ist of all Film Festivals 09/96 Worldwide

Arsenals International Film Forum (Riga) 16-23 September Marstalu 14, Riga, Latvia LV 1047 Tel: +371-722 1620/722 9552 Fax: +371-782 0445 e-mail: arsenals@sisenis.com.latnet.lv Festival director: Benita Sarma Festival programmers: Ieva Pitruka, Laima Freimane, Liana Boksa Competition Magic Crystal (US$10,000) Previous winner: L'arbre, le maire et la mediatheque (Eric Rohmer) Drama Short Film Festival (Athens) 16-22 September 71 Em Banaki St, Athens 10681, Greece Tel: +30-1-330 0309 Fax: +30-1-330 2818 Cinefest The Sudbury Film Festival 17-22 September 1996 16-21 September 1997 Suite 218, 40 Elm Street, Sudbury, Ontario, PC3 1S8, Canada Tel: +1-705-688 1234 Fax: +1-705-688 1351 Festival director/programmer: Sean Farnel Competition Best International Film/Best Canadian Film Previous winners: The White Balloon (Jafar Panahi), Le Confessional (Robert Lepage) WAEA (World Airline Entertainment Association) Annual Conference and Exhibition, Seattle 17-20 September WAEA Public Relations office, 5000 Van Nuys Blvd, Suite 300, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403, USA Tel: +1-818-995 7338 Fax: +1-818-995 0878 website Contact: Rob Brookler Opening Nights Athens Film Festival 18-26 September 5 Banaki Str, Athens, 152-35 Halandri, Greece Tel: +30-1-601 2924/606 1363 Fax: +30-1-601 4137 Festival director: George Tziotzios Festival programmers: George Kalogeropoulos, George Krassakopoulos Audience Award (2 million Greeek Drc.) Previous winner: Fun (Rafal Zielinski)

Amnesty International Film Festival 1996 DATES:September 15-19 Festival HEAD OFFICE address:Amnesty International, Keizersgracht 620 post code:1017 ER TOWN: Amsterdam (The Netherlands) office telephone:00-31-20-6264436 office fax:00-31-20-6240889 office e-mail: festival@dds.nl and website: http://www.dds.nl/~festival festival DIRECTOR:Heidi Lobato festival PROGRAMMER:Pauline Oosterhoff/Sjoera Nas competition and no market Name of major award:Amnesty Award Value of award:5.000 US Dollar Umeå International Film Festival 18-25 September 1996 17-24 September 1997 PO Box 43, 90102 Umeå, Sweden Tel: +46-90-133388/56 Fax: +46-90-777961 Festival director: Thom Palmen Breckenridge Festival of Film 19-22 September Breckenridge, Colorado, USA Tel: +1-970 453 6200 Fax: +1-970 453 2692 e-mail: filmfest@brecknet.com Festival director: Julie Bullock Competition Best of the Fest Awards The British Short Film Festival 19-26 September Room 313, Thershold House, 65-59 Shepherd's Bush Green, London W12 7RJ, UK Tel: +44-181-743 8000 Fax: +44-181-740 8540 Festival director: Amanda Casson Festival co-ordinator: Sophie Djian Competition The BBC Award for Best British Drama Previous winner: Puss in Boots (Garri Bardine) Lucas '96-International Film Festival for Children and Young People (Frankfurt am Main) 17-29 September Deutsches Filmmuseum, Schaumainkai 41, D-60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Tel: +49-69-2123 88 35 Fax: +49-69-21 23 78 81 Festival director: Prof Walter Schobert Festival programmers: Petra Diebold, Petra Eggensperger, Christian Exner, Günther Kinstler Competition Lucas Award (DM 1000) Previous winner: Henry and Verlin (Gary Ledbetter, Canada)

Film festival for film and video artists Santa Moncia, Ca September 27-29, 1996. website 289 S. Robertson blvd., #250 Beverly Hills, CA 90211 E-mail: lo-coninfo@lo-con.com Mostra Rio-Rio de Janeiro Film Festival 19-30 September Rua Voluntários da Pátria 97, 22270-000 Botafogo-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tel: +55-21-286 8505 Fax: +55-21-286 4029 website Festival director: Adhemar Oliveira Festival programmers: Marcelo Mendes, Ilda Santiago San Sebastian International Film Festival 19-28 September Plaza de Oqendo s/n, 20004 San Sebastian, Spain Tel: +34-43-48 12 12 Fax: +34-43-48 12 18 Festival director: Diego Galan Market & Competition Golden Shell Previous winner: Margaret's Museum (Mort Ransen) Atlantic Film Festival (Halifax) 20-28 September 1996 21-29 September 1997 5600 Sackonle Street, Room 220, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3E9, Canada Tel: +1-902-422 3456 Fax: +1-902-422 4006 e-mail: AG881@chebucto.ns.ca Festival director: Robin Johnston Festival programmer: Ron Foley MacDonald Market and Competition William F. White Ltd. Moonsnail Awards (8@ $1000) Previous winner: Lives of Girls and Women (Monique Le Blanc), Rude Festival of Fantastic Films (Manchester) 20-22 September 33 Barrington Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 1H2, UK Tel: +44-161-929 1423 Fax: +44-161-929 1067 Festival director/programmer: Gil Lane Young Competition Soffia

Helsinki Film Festival - Love and Anarchy 20-26 September 1996 19-25 September 1997 Unioninkatu 10, FIN-00130 Helsinki, Finland Tel: +358-9-629 528 Fax: +358-9-631 450 e-mail: r&a@cultnet.fi Internet site: http://www.love&anarchy.cultnet.fi Festival director: Pekka Lanerva Festival programmers: Jari Makela, Eija Niskanen, Matti Pauunio, Mika Siltala Cinec (Internationale Fachmesse für Filmtechnik und Postproduktion) (Munich) 21-23 September MOC Events Center, Lilienthalallee 40, D_80939 München, Germany Tel: +49-89-5107 369/372 Fax: +49-89-5107 138 International TV Fest of Children's and Youth Programmes, Prix Danube (Bratislava) 21-27 September Mlynská dolina, Bratislava, Slovakia, 845 45 Tel: +42-7-727 448/721 940 Fax: +42-7-729 440 Festival director: Mikulás Gavala Competition 4 Major Awards-Prix Danube Previous winner: One Day with Alexandra Riminicinema Mostra Internazionale 24-29 September 1996 23-28 September 1997 Via Gambalunga 27, I-47037 Rimini, Italy Tel: +39-541-26399/22627 Fax: +39-541-24227 Festival director: Gianfranco Miro Gori Festival programmers: Alberto Farassino, Gianfranco Miro Gori, Fabrizio Grosoli, Roberto Silvestri Competition Golden R (L15 million) Previous winner: A koldum klaka (Fridrik Thor Fridriksson) Aspen Film Fest 25-29 September 1996 24-28 September 1997 110 E Hallam Street, Aspen, Colorado 81611, USA Tel: +1-970-925 6882 Fax: +1-970-925 1967 Festival director: Laura Thielen Market & Competition Short Attention Span Film and Video Festival September (dates tbc) c/o Beth Hall, PO Box 460316, San Francisco, CA 94146

Netherlands Film Festival (Utrecht) 25 September-4 October 1996 24 September-3 October 1997 PO Box 1581, 3500 BN Utrecht, The Netherlands Tel: +31-30-232 2684 Fax: +31-30-213 3200 e-mail: nedfilmfest@artnet.xshall.nl Festival director: Jacques van Heyningen Festival programmer: Herman de Wit Market and competition Golden Calf ($10,000) Previous winner: Antonia's Line (Marleen Gorris) Film Fest Hamburg 26 September-2 October Friedensalee 1, D-22765 Hamburg , Germany Tel: +49-40-39826 210 Fax: +49-40-39826 211 e-mail: filmfest-hamburg@t-online.de Festival director: Josef Wutz Festival programmer: Johannes Wachs Festival International du Film Francophone (Namur) 27 September-5 October 1996 26 September-4 October 1997 175 Rue des Brasseurs, B-5000 Namur, Belgium Tel: +32-81 24 12 36 Fax: +32-81 22 43 84 Festival director/programmer: Andre Ceuterick Competition Golden Bayard for BestFilm (50.000 FB) Previous winner: Douce France (Malik Chibane) France/Algeria Holland Film Meeting (Utrecht) 27 September -1 October Tel: +31-30-232 2684 Fax: +31-30-213 3200 Festival director: Ellis Driessen Competition and Market Golden Calf Awards Magdeburg International Film Festival 27 September-1 October Coquistraße 18a, D-39104 Magdeburg, Germany tel/Fax: +49-39 14 86 68 Contact: Michael Blume New York Film Festival 27 September-13 October 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA Tel: +1-212-875 5610 Fax: +1-212-875 5636 e-mail: FSLCPress@aol.com Festival director: Richard Peña

Tokyo International Film Festival 27 September-6 October 4F Landic Building No. 2, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104, Japan Tel: +81-3-3563 6305 Fax: +81-3-3563 6310 Festival director: Yasuyoshi Tokuma Competition Tokyo Grand Prix-Int'l Competition/Tokyo Gold Prize -Young Cinema Competition (30.000 000 yen for the director) Previous winner: (Not awarded)/The White Balloon (Jafar Panahi), The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer) EuropaCinema (Viareggio) 28 September-4 October 1996 27 September-3 October 1997 Via Giulia 66, Pal. 00186 Rome, Italy Tel: +39-6 6875 330 Fax: +39-6 6875 333 Festival director: Felice Laudadio Competition Neighbours (Haifa) 28 September-3 October 142 Hanassi Ave, 34 636 Haifa, Israel Tel: 972-4-838 3424/838 6246 Fax: 972-4-838 4327 Festival director: Itamar Chizik Festival programmer: Pnina Blayer Competition Golden Anchor (US$ 25000) Prix Europa (Berlin and European Cities) 28 September-6 October SFB, 14046 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49-30 30 31 1610 Fax: +49 30 30 31 1619 Festival director: Susanne Hoffmann Competition Prix Europa ( 6250 ECU) Previous winner: Contre l'oubli (W. Karel) Films From The South September (dates tbc) P.O.Box 125 Blindern, N-0314 Oslo, Norway Tel: +47-22 36 07 18 Fax: +47-22 85 76 98 Contact: Ingunn Ek UFVA STUDENT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL August-Sept. 96 - May 97 and August-Sept. 97 - May 98 Festival HEAD OFFICE address: Dept. Film & Media Arts, Temple University Philadelphia, PA (USA) office telephone:(215)923-3532 office fax:(215)2045280 office E-mail: ufva@vm.temple.edu and website: http://thunder.ocis.temple.edu name of festival DIRECTOR: Dave Kluft name of festival PROGRAMMER: Dave Kluft