1-7 February
PO Box 720040, San Jose, CA 95172-0040, USA
tel: +1-408-995 6305
fax: +1-408-277 3862
e-mail: SJFilmFest@Aol.com
or e-mail: http://www.webcom/~sjFilm
Contact: Mike Rabehl
Fantastica (Gerardmer) multi-media fantasy arts festival
early February (dates tbc)
c/o Le Publis Système, 36 rue Pierret, F-92200 Neuilly, France
tel: +33-1-46 40 55 00
fax: +33-1-46 40 55 39
Contact: Patricia Lejeune
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
2-10 February
26, rue des Jacobins, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
tel: +33-73 91 65 73
fax: +33-73 92 11 93
Contact: Christian Guinot, Roger Gonin
Competition
Grand Prix (FF20,000)
Previous winner: The Salesman and Other Adventures (Hannah Weyer)
Göteborg Film Festival
2-11 February
Box 7079, S-402 32 Göteborg, Sweden
tel: +46-31-410 546
fax: +46-31-410 063
Contact: Gunnar Bergdahl, Kristina Börjesson
IVCA Film & Video communications Festival Programme & Production Awards (London)
2 February
IVCA, Bolsover House, 5-6 Clipstone Street, London W1 8LD, UK
tel: +44-171-580 0962
fax: +44-171 436 2606
Contact: Ginny Williams
Fantasporto (Oporto International Film Festival)
3-12 February
Rua Da Constituição 311, P-4200 Oporto, Portugal
tel: +351-2-550 8990/1/2
fax: +351-2-550 8210
Contact: Mário Dorminsky
Competition
Best film award
Previous winner: Shallow Grave (Danny Boyle)
MILIA (Cannes)
9-12 February
Reed Midem Organisation, 179 ave Victor Hugo, F-75116 Paris, France
tel: +33-1-44 34 44 47
fax: +33-1-44 34 44 00
e-mail: Compuserve 100321 1310
Contact: Laurine Garaude
Competition and Market
Milia d'Or
previous winner: Myst (CD-rom from Broderbund Software)
Monte Carlo Television Festival
9-15 February
Centre de Congress Auditorium, Boulevard Louis II, 98000 Monte Carlo, Monaco
tel: +33-93 30 49 44
fax: +33-93 50 70 14
Contact: Wilfred Groote
Market & Competition
Golden Nymph Awards (Best TV Film, Miniseries, News Reports, News Features)
Previous winners: TV Film Pat and Margaret (Gavin Millar)
Miniseries Radetzkymarsch (Axel Corti)
News Reports Johannesburg Riots (CBC Canada)
News Features Yan'an yellor soil (NHK Japan)
Academy Award Nominations
15 February
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
8949 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
tel: +1-310-247 3000
fax: +1-310-859 9351
Contacty: Faye Kanin
Berlin International Film Festival
15-26 February
Budapester Strasse 50, D-10787 Berlin, Germany
tel: +49-30-25 48 92 25
fax: +49-30-25 48 92 49
Contact: Moritz de Hadeln, Werner Gondolf
Competition
Golden Bear
Previous winner: L'appat by Bertrand Tavernier
15-25 February
Folioscope, 19 rue de la Rhétorique, 1060 Bruxelles, Belgium
tel: +32-2-534 4125
fax: +32-2-534 2279
Contact: Doris Cleven, Philippe Moins
Mardi Gras Film Festival (Gay and Lesbian, Sydney)
15-18 February
PO Box 1081, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
tel: +61-2-332 4938
fax: +61-2-331 2988
Contact: Jeff Mitchell
Portland International Film Festival
15 February - 3 March
1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland 97205, Oregon, USA
tel: +1-503-221 1156
fax: +1-503-226 4842
Contact: Bill Foster
Competition
Imagina 96 (Monte Carlo)
21-23 February
B&CIE, 90, Bl Flandrin 75116, Paris, France
tel: +33-1-44 05 92 41
fax: +33-1-44 05 92 01
Contact: Hélène Bergdoll, Maria Héléna Senghor
Aspen Shortfest
22-25 February
110 E Halam, suite 102, Aspen, Colorado 81611, USA
tel: +1-970-925 6882
fax: +1-970-925 1967
Contact: Wendy Staton
Competition
Grand Prize
Previous winner: Nunzio's Second Cousins (Tom DeCerchio)
Cairo International Film Festival for Childen
25 February - 3 March
17 Kasr El Nil-Street, Cairo, Egypt
tel: +202 3923562/3923962/3933832
fax: +202 393 8979
Contact: Saad Eldin Wahba
Competition
Golden Cairo
PanAfrican Film and TV Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco)
25 February - 4 March 1997
Secretariat Général Permanent du Fespaco, 01BP - 2505 Ougadougou 01, Burkina Faso
tel: +226-30 7538
fax: +226-31 2509
Contact: Filippe Sawadogo
Competition
Etalon de Yennega (CFA 5m)
Previous winner: Cheick Oumar Cissoko (Mali)
Southampton Film Festival
27 February - 3 March
Harbour Lights Cinema, Ocean Village, Southampton, SO14 3TL, UK
tel: +44-1703-635 335
fax: +44-1703-234 444
Contact: Tim Webb
American Film Market (AFM)
29 February - 8 March
10850 Wilshire Boulevard, 9th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90232, USA
tel: +1-310-446 1000
fax: +1-310-446 1600
Contact: Brady Craine
Market
Bombay International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films
February (dates tbc)
Films Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 24-Dr G Deshmukh Marg, Bombay 400 026, India
tel: +91-22-386 1461
fax: +91-22-386 0308
Edinburgh Fringe Film and Video Festival
February (dates tbc)
29 Albany Street, Edinburgh EH1 3QN, Scotland, UK
tel: +44-131 556 2044
fax: +44-131 557 4400
e-mail: ffvf@cityscape.co.uk
Contact: David Cumings
Competition
Post Office Best Short Film (£500)
Previous winner: El Hombre de la luna (Luke Watson)
Green Screen (London)
February 96 (5 days-dates tbc)
45 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JH, UK
tel: +44-171-379 7390
fax: +44-171-379 7197
Contact: Victoria Cliff Hodges
Celebration + Children's Film Competition
The Bill Travers Insight Award (£1000)
Miami Film Festival
February (dates tbc)
Suite 229, 444 Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL 33131, US
tel: +1-305-377 3456
fax: +1-305-577 9768
Contact: Stephanie Martino
Oslo Filmdager/Oslo Film Event
February (dates tbc)
c/o Oslo Kinematografer, P.O.Box 1584 Vika, N-0118 Oslo
tel: +47-22 42 71 54
fax: +47 22 33 39 45
Contact: Guttorm Petterson
ist of all Film Festivals 02/96 Worldwide
Cinequest, San Jose Film Festival