september 26 - october 4 1998
Dronningensgt. 16, 0152 Oslo, Norway
Tel: +47 22822480/81
Fax: +47 22822489
email: filmsor@filmenshus.no
Festivaldirector: Dag Asbjørnsen
Festivalmanager: Lasse Skagen
Programmer: Åse Meyer
entry deadline: Early August 1998
The 8th Oslo Films from the South festival is taking place in Norways main city september 26 - october 4, 1998.
It is a competitive 3 continents festival with films from Asia, Africa and Latin-America.
In a period of 10 days about 50 features is screened in 4 venues . This year Sogo Iishi`s "The labyrinth of drams" won "The Oslo films from the South Award 1997" and is by that guaranteed a commercial release in Norwegian Theatres.
"Jury`s special mention" went to Tsai Ming-liangs "The River".
PRIX LEONARDO
Festival/event TOWN: Parma
1997 festival/event DATES:14-18 OCTOBER
Festival HEAD OFFICE address: via Gramsci 14 /
town: PARMA
country:ITALY
post code:43100
office telephone:+39-521-982031
office fax:39-521-989975
office e-mail address: fondmed@ipruniv.cce.unipr.it
website:http://www:unipr.it/Centri/Medikina/
name of festival DIRECTOR:Karin Munck
name of festival PROGRAMMER:Eddy Lovaglio
- market? no
- competition? yes
- deadline for entry 15 MAY 1999
Name of major award:GRAN PRIX - PRIX LEONARDO 1997
GRAN PRIX LEONARDO 1997 Best film of the NATURE section
GRAN PRIX LEONARDO 1997 Best film of the ECOLOGY section
GRAN PRIX LEONARDO 1997 Best film of the MEDECINE
GRAN PRIX LEONARDO 1997 Best film of the SCIENCE
GRAN PRIX LEONARDO 1997 Best CD-ROM Programme
AND SPECIAL NOMINATIONS
Value of award: Silver trophy- $US500. / AND SIMBOLIV VALUE !!
Last winning film:
GRAN PRIX - PRIX LEONARDO 1997
GRAN PRIX LEONARDO 1997 Best film of the NATURE section
"BEETLEMANIA" A GREEN UMBRELLA Ltd. Production (England)
GRAN PRIX LEONARDO 1997 Best film of the ECOLOGY section
"A SMELLY KETTLE OF FISH" A DENMARKS RADIO TV - INTERNATIONAL
production
GRAN PRIX LEONARDO 1997 Best film of the MEDECINE
"TRAVEL TO THE TENDON AND SURROUNDING SHEATHS AREAS"
A "INSTITUT AQUITAIN DE LA MAIN" production (France)
GRAN PRIX LEONARDO 1997 Best film of the SCIENCE
"THE MAN WHO COLOURS STARS"- A YORK FILM Production (England)
GRAN PRIX LEONARDO 1997 Best CD-ROM Programme
"EDUMAT"- A co-production by the University of Parma and the
Universities of Pisa and Genova
Nordic Panorama.
1998 festival/event DATES: Sept 30, 1998 - Oct 4, 1998}
1997 festival/event DATES: Oct 15-19, 1997 (it was held in Helsinki, Finland.
E-mail: lars.bildt@kurmifilm.se or chachi@kurmifilm.se
KURMI foto & film - Chachi & Lars Bildt
Brännkyrkagatan 91, SE-118 23 Stockholm
Tel: +46 8 669 76 76, Fax: +46 8 668 47 97
Mobil: +46 70 869 76 76 (Lars), +46 70 859 76 76 (Chachi)
{Nordic Panorama} (in Scandinavian language also: Nordisk Panorama)
Festival/event TOWN: {Kiruna, Sweden}
This festival of Short Film: SVENSK ROULETTE by Anders Gustafsson
Due to the festivals 'touring' character the only office from-year-to-year is Filmkontakt Nord in Copenhaguen, deeply involved in the organisation.
However, in the beginning of next year a special office will be established in Kiruna (where the festival takes place).
Santa Fe de Bogota Festival
22 September-1 October 1997
Calle 26, No 4-92, Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia
Tel/fax: +57-1 342 2872
Festival director: Henry Laguado
Festival programmer: Camilla Lobo-Guerrera
Entry deadline: 1-15 June 1997
Lucas '97 - Int'l Film Festival for Children and Young People (Frankfurt am Main)
23 September-5 October 1997
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 programmer: Petra Diebold, Petra Eggensperger, Christian Exner, Gnther Kinstler
Competition
Lucas Award ($560)
Previous winner: King of Masks (Wu Tian Ming)
Entry for deadline: June 1997
Netherlands Film Festival (Utrecht)
24 September-3 October 1997
PO Box 1581, NL-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: Long Live the Queen (Esmé Lammers)
Entry deadline: 1 July 1997
Black Filmworks Festival of Film & Video (Oakland)
25-27 September, 3-4 October 1997
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, 405 14th Street, Suite 515, Oakland, CA, USA
Tel: +1-510 465 0804
Fax: +1-510 839 9858
Contact: Felix Curtis
Market & Competition
Best Film ($1,000)
Previous winner: One Red Rose (Charlie Jordon & Michelle Barnwell)
Entry deadline: 1 August 1997
FilmFest Hamburg
25 September-2 October 1997
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
Entry deadline: 1 July 1997
Festival Int'l du Film Francophone (Namur)
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 and programmer: Andre Ceuterick
Competition
Golden Bayard for Best Film ($1,350)
Previous winner: Honey and Ashes (Miel et cindre) (Nadia Fares)
Entry deadline: 15 August 1997
New York Film Festival
26 September-12 October 1997
25 September-1 October 1998
Film Society of Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA
Tel: +1-212 875 5638
Fax: +1-212 875 5636
e-mail: www.filmlinc.com
Festival director: Richard Pena
Entry deadline: 13 July 1997
Vancouver Int'l Film Festival
26 September-12 October 1997
Suite 410, 1008 Homer St, Vancouver V6B 2X1, Canada
Tel: +1-604 685 0260
Fax: +1-604 688 8221
e-mail: viff@viff.org
website: http://viff.org/viff/
Festival director: Alan Franey
Festival programmer: Po Chu Au Yeung
Audience-generated awards
Previous winner: Breaking the Waves (Lars Von Trier)
Entry deadline: Mid July 1997
Holland Film Meeting (Utrecht)
28 September-1 October 1997
PO Box 1581, NL-3500 BN, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tel: +31-30 232 2684
Fax: +31-30 213 3200
Festival director: Jacques van Heijningen
Competition and Market
Golden Calf Awards
Festival du Film Britannique (Dinard)
2-5 October 1997
2 Bd. Féart, F-35800 Dinard, France
Tel: +33-299 88 19 04
Fax: +33-299 46 67 15
Festival director: Thierry de la Fourniere
Competition
Entry deadline: tbc
Idyllwild Int'l Film Festival
2-5 October 1997
PO box 3319, Idyllwild, California, USA 92549
Tel: 909 659-7733
Fax: 909 659-7735
e-mail address: info@filmcafe.com
website: filmcafe.com
Festival director: Leonard Marcel
Festival programmer: Fritz Schwab
Entry deadline: 1 September
Competition
Independent Vision Award ($40,000)
Mill Valley Film Festival
2-12 October 1997
38 Miller Avenue, Suite 6, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA
Tel: +1-415 383 52
E-mail: Americanfinc@well.com
Festival director: Mark Fishkin
Festival programmer: Zoe Elton
Warsaw Film Festival
2-12 October 1997
PO Box 816, 00-950 Warsaw 1, Poland
Tel: +48-22 47 18 26
Fax: +48-22 644 11 84
e-mail: mientowy@toto.ternet.pl
Festival director: Stefan Laudyn
Festival programmer: Tomasz Dabala
Entry deadline: end of June 1997
Bradford The Mango Film Festival (Black & Asian Film & TV)
3-11 October 1997
National Museum Photography, Film & TV, Pictureville, GB-Bradford, BD11 NQ, UK
Tel: +44-1274 725 347
Fax: +44-1274 723 155
e-mail: c.sawhney@nmsi.ac.uk or fell@nmsi.ac.uk">fell@nmsi.ac.uk
Festival director: Cary Rajinder Sawhney
Festival programmer: Chris Fell
Entry deadline: 15 August 1997
Market (Trade Festival of South Asian & Black Film & TV)
Schermi d'amore, Sentimental and Mélo Film Festival (Verona)
3-10 October 1997
Comune di Verona, Corso Porta Borsari 17, I-37121 Verona, Italy
Tel: +39-45 800 5348
Fax: +39-45 803 6205
Competition
Previous winner: Broken English (Gregor Nicholas)
Entry deadline: tbc
'Sozvesdie' Actors Festival (Moscow)
3-10 October 1997
13 Vasilievskaya St, Room 5, Moscow 123056, Russia
Tel/Fax: +7-095 251 0220
Festival director: Yevgnij Zharikov
Competition
Entry deadline: tbc
PILOTS (Programme for the Int'l Launch Of Television Series Workshops)
5-17 October 1997
Diputaci- 279, E-08007 Barcelona, Spain
Tel: +34-3 487 3773
Fax: +34-3 4873952
Festival director: Pera Fages
Deadline: Mid September 1997
Prix Europa Berlin
5-12 October 1997
SFB, Berlin D-14046, Germany
Tel: +49-30 30 31 1610
Fax: +49-30 30 31 1619
Festival director: PL Braun
Festival programmer: Susanne Hoffmann
Competition
Prix Futura ($5,580)
Previous winner: Bolshe Vita (Ibolya Fekete)
Entry deadline: 1 June 1997
The 42nd Asia-Pacific Film Festival (Cheju Island)
6-9 October 1997
c/o Motion Picture Producers Association of Korea, Inc. 16-6,
Pil Dong, 2ka Choong-ku, Seoul, Korea
Tel: +82-2 278 3297
Fax: +82-2 278 3298
Festival director: Kim Chae Hwan
Competition
Previous winner: Petal (Jang Sun Woo)
Entry deadline: 1 July 1997
Yamagata Int'l Documentary Film Festival
6-13 October 1997
Tokyo Office, Kitagawa Bldg, 4fl,
6-42 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162, Japan
Tel: +81-33266 9704
Fax: +81-33266 9700
e-mail: yidff@bekkoame.or.jp
Festival director: Yano Kazuyuki
Competition
The Grand Prize (The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize) ($25,840)
Previous winner: Choice and Destiny (Tsipi Reibenbach)
Entry deadline: 31 March 1997
Flanders Int'l Film Festival (Ghent)
7-18 October 1997
1104 Kortrijksesteenweg,
B-9051 Ghent, Belgium
Tel: +32-9 242 8060
Fax: +32-9 221 9074
e-mail: info@filmfestival.be
website: http:/www.rug.ac.be/filmfestival/Welcome.html
Contact: Jacques Dubrulle, Walter Provo, Peter Bouckaert, Marian Ponnet
Competition
Golden Spur Award ($130,000)
Previous winner: Village of Dreams (Higashi Yoichi)
Entry deadline: August 1997
Austrian Film Days (Wels)
8-11 October 1997
Columbusgasse 2, A-1100 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43-1 604 0126
Fax: +43-1 602 0795
e-mail: 101645.3204@compuserve.com
Festival director and programmer: Reinhard Pyrker
Competition
Main award of the festival ($15,000)
Previous winner: Hasenjagd (Andreas Gruber)
Entry deadline: 1 July 1997
Chicago Int'l Film Festival
9-19 October 1997
8-18 October 1998
32 West Randolph Street, Suite 600, Chicago, Illinois 60601, USA
Tel: +1-312 425 9400
Fax:+1-312 425 0944
e-mail: filmfest@wwa.com
website: http//www.chicago.ddbn.com/filmfest/
Festival director: Michael J Kutza
Festival programmers: Helen Gramates, Colleen Sulliyan, Suzanne McCormick
Competition
The Gold Hugo Award (Grand Prix) ($300)
Previous winner: Ridicule (Patrice Leconte)
Entry deadline:
18 August 1997
Chicago Int'l Children's Film Festival
9-19 October 1997
Facets Multimedia, 1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA
Tel: +1-773 281 9075
Fax: +1-773 929 5437
e-mail: kidsfest@facets.org
Festival director and programmer: Rebekah Cowing
Competition
Grand Prize ($2,500)
Previous winner: Long Live the Queen (Esme Lammers)
Entry deadline: 30 May 1997
Denver Int'l Film Festival
9-16 October 1997
1430 Larimer Square, Suite 201, Denver, CO 80202, USA
Tel: +1-303 595 3456
Fax: +1-303 595 0958
e-mail: DenverFilm@csn.net
Festival director and programmer: Ron Henderson
Entry deadline: 25 July 1997
Nordic Film Festival (Trondheim)
9-12 October 1997
Prinsens Gt 2B, Trondheim, Norway
Tel: +47-72 54 73 69
Fax: +47-73 52 25 50
Festival director: Egil Aksilsen
Festival programmer: Eli Gjerde
Raindance Film Showcase (London)
9-19 October 1997
81 Berwick Street, GB-London W1V 3PF, UK
Tel: +44-171 287 3833
Fax: +44-171 439 2243
website: http://www:ftech.net/nindfilm
Festival director: Elliot Grove
Festival programmer: Suzanne Ballantyne
Competition and market
Raindance Spirit Award ($840)
Previous winner: Hard Core Logo (Bruce MacDonald)
Entry deadline: 1 September 1997
Sitges Int'l Film Festival
9-19 October 1997
Rossello 257 3, E-08008 Barcelona, Spain
Tel:+34-3 415 3938
Fax: +34-3 237 6521
e-mail: cinsit@arrakis.es
Festival director: Alex Gorina
Competition
Best Film Award
Previous winners: The Pillow Book (Peter Greenaway)
Entry deadline: 31 July 1997
Festival de cinéma Int'l
Ste-Thérèse/Ste-Adèle
10-19 October 1997
34 rue Blainville Ouest, Sainte-Thérèse, Quèbec, Canada, J7E 1W9
Tel: +1-514 434 0387
Fax: +1-514 434 7868
e-mail: festival@odyssee.net
Festival director: André Marion
Festival programmer:
Frédéric Lapierre
Competition
Festival Jury Award
Previous winner: Eggs
(Bent Hamer)
Entry deadline: 1 August 1997
Int'l Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg
10-18 October 1997
Collini-Center, Galerie, D-68161 Mannheim, Germany
Tel: +49-621 102943
Fax: +49-621 152316
e-mail: ifmh@mannheim-filmfestival.com
web: mannheim-filmfestival.com
Festival director: Dr Michael Koetz
Market & competition
International Independent Award ($16,740)
Previous winner: The Eighteenth (Andres Ronnow-Klarlund)
Entry deadline: 1 August 1997
The Iowa Independent Film and Video Festival
10-11 October 1997
c/o Christopher Martin, Electronic Media Division, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 50614-0139, USA
Tel: +1-319 273 2788
Fax: +1-319 273 7356
e-mail: martinc@uni.edu
website: http://www.uni.edu/~martin/iifv.html
Festival director: Christopher Martin
Festival programmer: Bettina Fabos
Competition
Best of Show first year
Entry deadline: 5 September 1997
New Orleans Film and Video Festival
10-16 October 1997
PO Box 50819, New Orleans, 70150 LA, USA
Tel: +1-504 523 3818
Fax: +1-504 529 2430
Festival director: Carol Gniady
Festival programmer: John Despias
Competition
Lumiere Awards
Entry deadline: spring 1997
Pusan Int'l Film Festival (PIFF)
10-18 October 1997
Room 208, #1393 Woo 1 Dong, Hacuudac-Ku, Pusan, Korea
Tel: +82-51 747 3010/1
Fax: +82-51 747 3012
Contact: Sun Young Lee
Cinekid (Amsterdam)
11-19 October 1997
Weteringschaus 249, NL-1017 XY Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: +31-20 624 7110
Fax: +31-20 620 9965
Festival director: Hans Klap
Festival programmer: Harry Peters
Competition
Cinekid Award ($2,480)
Previous winner: Watch me Fly (Vibeke Gad)
Entry deadline: end of July 1997
Festival de Cine Hispano (Miami)
11-21 October 1997
10700 SW 88 Ct, Miami, Florida 22176, USA
Tel: +1-305 274 1973
Fax: +1-305 279 1809
e-mail: hispana@icanect.netfestival
Festival director: Jaime Angulo
Festival programmer: Susan Angulo
Competition
Golden Egret Award
Previous winner: La leyenda de la doncella (Juan Pinzas)
Entry deadline: 20 August 1997
Le Giornate del Cinema Muto (Pordenone)
11-18 October 1997
c/o Cineteca del Friuli, Via Osoppo 26, I-33013 Gemona, Italy
Tel: +39-432 980458
Fax: +39-432 970542
Festival director: Livio Jacob
Market
Cork Int'l Film Festival
12-19 October 1997
Hatfield House, Tobin Street, Cork, Ireland
Tel: +353-21 271711
Fax: +353-21 275945
Festival director and programmer: Michael Hannigan
Competition
European Short Film ($8,270)
Previous winner: Quest (Tyron Montgomery)
Entry deadline: July 1997
Euro Aim Rendez-vous: Finance & Coproduction
12-15 October 1997
Euro Aim, Luxembourg, 18 Val Saint Croix, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, L-1370
Tel: +352-250393
Fax: +352-250394
e-mail: euroaim@pophost.evnet.be
Market director: Nicolas Steil
Market
London Premiere Screenings
13-17 October 1997
23-24 George Street, GB-Richmond, Surrey, TW3 1HY, UK
Tel: +44-181 948 5522
Fax: +44-181 332 0495
Market director: Tim Etchells
Market
Sheffield Int'l Documentary Festival
13-19 October 1997
The Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, GB-Sheffield, GB51 2BX, UK
Tel: +44-114 276 5141
Fax: +44-114 272 1849
e-mail: shefdoc@fdgroup.co.uk
Festival director: Kathy Loizou
Entry deadline: 27 June 1997
Festival Internazionale del cinema di Salerno
First week in October 1997
Casella Postale 137, I-84100 Salerno, Italy
Tel: +39-89 22 36 32
Fax: +39-89 22 36 32
e-mail: cinefestival@mline.peoples.it
Festival director: Dr Ignazio Rossi
Competition
Gran Trofeo Golfo di Salerno
Previous winner: Anna's Film (Gyorgy Molnar)
Entry deadline: tbc
British Film Festival (Cherbourg)
14-21 October 1997
8 Passage Digard, F-50100 Cherbourg, France
Tel: +33-233 93 38 94
Fax: +33-233 01 20 78
Festival director: Yolande Forafo
Festival programmer: Jean-Fran?ois Cornu
Competition
Audience award ($3,330)
Previous winner: Nothing Personal (Thaddeus O'Sullivan)
Entry deadline: tbc
Hollywood Film Festival
14-19 October 1997
433 N. Camden Drive, Suite 600, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA
Tel: +1-310 288 1882
Fax: +1-310 475 0397
e-mail: awards@hollywoodawards.com
Festival director and programmer: Carlos de Abreu
Competition
Hollywood Discovery Award ($20,000)
Entry deadline: 31 August 1997
The Hamptons Int'l Film Festival (East Hampton)
15-19 October 1997
3 Newtown Mews, East Hampton, NY 11937, USA
Tel: +1-516 324 4600
Fax: +1-516 324 5116
e-mail: filmfest@pecanic.net
Festival director: Bruce Fienberg
Festival programmer: Stephen Gallagher
Competition
Golden Starfish Award ($125,000)
Previous winners: Mugshot (Matt Mahurin) & Puddle Cruiser (Jay Chandreskhar)
Entry deadline: 8 August 1997
Mostra de Valencia/Cinema de Mediterrani
15-23 October 1997
Plaza del Arzobispo, 2 Bajo,
E-46003, Valencia, Spain
Tel: +34-6 392 1506
Fax: +34-6 391 5156
Festival director: Luis Fernandez
Festival programmer: Elena Escriba
Competition
Palmera de Oro ($19,870)
Previous winner: Las Hermanas Hamlet (Abdul Karim Bahlul)
Entry deadline: 15 September 1997
16-20 October 1997
Via Domenichino 11, I-20149 Milan, Italy
Tel: +39-2 481 5541
Fax: +39-2 498 0330
e-mail: MC1703@MCLink.IT
Israel Film Festival (Haifa)
16-21 October 1997
142, Hanassi Ave, Haifa, Israel 34633
Tel: +972-4 838 3424/6246
Fax: +972-4 838 4327
Festival director: Pnina Blayer
Competition
The Golden Anchor award for Mediterranean films ($25,000)
Previous winner: Salut Cousin (Merzeck Allouache)
Entry deadline: 15 July 1997
Leeds Int'l Film Festival
16-31 October 1997
The Town Hall, The Headrow,
GB-Leeds, LS1 3AD, UK
Tel: +44-113 247 8389
Fax: +44-113 247 8397
web site: http://www. sensei.co.uk/films/
Festival director and programmer: Liz Ryner
Entry deadline: 1 August 1997
San Juan Cinemafest
16-26 October 1997
PO BOX 4543, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902-4543
Tel: +1-787 721 6125
Fax: +1-787 723 6412
e-mail: JMV333@aol.com
Festival director: José Artemio Torres
Festival programmer: Doel Quinones
Competition
Pitirre
Previous winner: Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda (Sabina Berman & Isabelle Tardan)
Entry deadline: 31 August 1997
AFI Los Angeles Int'l Film Festival
17-31 October 1997
2021 N Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
Tel: +1-213 856 7707
Fax: +1-213 462 4049
Contact: Gary McVey
Entry deadline: 1 August 1997
The Athens Film Festival (Athens, Georgia)
17-24 October 1997
11-18 October 1998
PO Box 1631, Athens, Georgia, USA 30603
Tel: +1-706 613 7669
Fax: +1-706 613 0959
e-mail: gafilm@negia.net
Festival director: Juanita M Giles
Festival programmer: Todd Campbell
Competition
The Kudzu Award (1997 is the festival's first year)
Entry deadline: 15 August 1997
Olympia Film Festival
17-26 October 1997 (tbc)
218 & 1/2 West Fourth Avenue, Olympia 98501, Washington State, USA
Tel: +1-360 754 6670
Fax: +1-360 754 6670
e-mail: ofs@olywa.net
website: http://www.olywa.net/ofs/home.htlm
Festival director: Olympia Film Society Committee
Festival programmer: Devon Damonte
Informal competition
Golden Oly Award
Entry deadline: tbc
Sao Paolo Int'l Film Festival
17-31 October 1997
Al. Lorena 937 Cj.303, 01424-001 Sao Paolo, Brazil
Tel: +55-11 883 5137/30645819
Fax: +55-11 853 7936
e-mail: info@mostra.org
website: http://www.mostra.org.
Festival director: Leon Cakoff
Festival programmer: Leon Cakoff, Renata de Almeida
Market & competition
Bandeira Paulista Trophy
Previous winner: Kauas piva kaarkavat (Aki Kaurismki)
Entry deadline: tbc
Valladolid Int'l Film Festival
17-25 October 1997
PO Box 646, E-47080 Valladolid, Spain
Tel: +34-83 305700/305777
Fax: +34-83 309835
Festival director: Fernando Lara
Festival coordinator: Denise O'Keeffe
Competition
Golden Spike ($19,870)
Previous winner: La Promesse (Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne)
Entry deadline: end of June
Viennale (Vienna)
17-29 October 1997
Stiftgasse 6, A-1070 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43-1 526 5947
Fax: +43-1 523 4172
e-mail: organisation@viennale.or.at
Festival director: Alex Horwath
Festival programmer: as above
Fipresci prize
Previous winner: Y aura-t-il de la neige pour Noel? (Sandrine Veysset)
Entry deadline: mid August 1997
Int'l Film Festival 'Molodist' (Kiev)
18-26 October 1997
1998 festival/event DATES: October 17-25, 1998
6 Saksagansky str, Kiev, Ukraine, 252033
Tel: +380-44 22 74 557
Fax: +380-44 22 74 557
office e-mail address: molodist@gu.kiev.ua
website: http://www.compxpress.com/~dkmedia/molodist
Festival director: Andrei Khalpakhtchi
Festival programmer: Alexander Shpilyuk
Competition
Scythian Deer ($10,000)
Previous winner: 35 Aside (Damien O'Donell)
Entry deadline: 15 June 1997
Deadline for entry June 15, 1998
- market? No
- competition? Yes
Name of major award: Grand Prix
Value of award: $10,000 and the statuette "The Scythian Deer"
Last winning film: "Skud"
Director of winning film: Donna Swan
Kidscreen (Como)
19-24 October 1997
Rue royale St Marie 2, B-1030 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32-2 219 4896
Fax: +32-2 219 5860
Market director: Felix van Ginderhuysen
Market
Entry deadline: September 1997
20-25 October 1997
PO Box 378, E-08700 Igualada, Spain
Tel: +34-3 804 6907
Fax:+34-3 805 5469
e-mail: unescocine@adv.es
website: http://www.unesco-catalunya.com
Festival director: Miquel Segura
Competition
Grand Award 'Miquel Pique' ($3,311)
Previous winner: Sportsters (Beatrice Palicka)
Entry deadline: 28 August 1997
European Cable Communications '97 (London)
21-23 October 1997
The Cable Communications Association, The Fifth Floor, Artillery House, Artillery Row, GB-London SW1P 1RT, UK
Tel: +44-171 222 2900
Fax: +44-171 799 1471
Contact: Sharon Chapman
Shanghai Int'l Film Festival
21-29 October 1997
52 Yong Fu Road, Shanghai, China
Tel: +86-21 433 2558
Fax: +86-21 437 0598
Contact: Gong Xue Ping
ShowEast (Atlantic City)
21-23 October 1997
244 West 49th Street #200, New York, NY 10019, USA
Tel: +1-212 246 6460
Fax: +1-212 265 6428
Festival directors: Robert & Jimmy Sunshine
Entry deadline: tbc
Uppsala Int'l Short Film Festival
21-26 October 1997
Box 1746, S-751 47 Uppsala, Sweden
Tel: +46-18 12 00 25
Fax: +46-18 12 13 50
e-mail: //www2.passagen.se/
opulus/com/film/film.htm
Festival director: Magdalena Dubiel
Festival programmer: Annette Van Der Maarel
Market & competition
Six awards for six categories ($770)
Previous winner: Le bonheur cloche-pied (Jacqeline Surchat)
Entry deadline: tbc (June-July)
VIPER - Int'l Film, Video and Multimedia Festival (Lucerne)
21-26 October 1997
PO Box 4929, CH-6002 Lucerne, Switzerland
Tel: +41-1 450 6262
Fax: +41-1 450 6261
e-mail: viper@dial.eunet.ch
Festival director: Conny E Voester
Festival programmers: Conny E Voester, A Ensini
Competition
Film Award, Video Award ($3,370 each)
Previous winners: If 6 Was 9 (Elja-Liisa Athila)
Entry deadline: 1 July 1997
International Hofer Filmtage (Hof)
22-26 October
Loth Str.28, D-80335 Munich, Germany
Tel: +49-89 129 7422/332003
Fax: +49-89 123 6868
Festival director: Heinz Badewitz
Festival programmer: as above
Entry deadline: 15 September 1997
Int'l Short Film Festival (Tbingen)
23-26 October 1997
Osterbergsytr. 9, Tbingen,
D-72074, Germany
Tel: +49-7071 56960
Fax: +49-7071 56 96 96
e-mail: filmtagetuebingen@t-online.de
Festival directors and programmers: Jean-Michel Sidaine, Dieter Betz
Entry deadline: eight weeks before the beginning of the festival
Cinewomen (Norwich)
24-27 October 1997
Cinema City, St Andrews St, Norwich, GB-Norfolk, NR2 4AD, UK
Tel: +44-1603 632 366
Fax: +44-1603 767838
e-mail: jhmorgan@uea.ac.uk
Festival director and programmer: Jayne Morgan
Competition
Cinewomen Award ($1,670)
Previous winner: From A to D (Janie Walken)
Kinofilm '97 (Manchester)
24 October-4 November 1997
24 October-4 November 1998
48 Princess St, GB-Manchester, M1 6HR, UK
Tel: +44-161 288 2494
Fax: +44-161 237 3423
Festival director and programmer: John Wojowski
Entry deadline: 8 August 1997, 1998
Cinéma Meditérranéen Montpellier
24 October-2 November 1997
6 Rue Vielle-ai Guillerie, F-34000 Montpellier, France
Tel: +33-4 67 66 36 36
Fax: +33-4 67 66 36 37
Festival director: Pierre Pitiot
Festival programmer: Pierre Pitiot
Competition
Antigone d'Or ($20,000)
Previous winner: Miel et cendres (Nadia Farès)
Entry deadline: 31 August 1997
Sixth Annual Short Attention Span Film & Video Festival (San Francisco)
24-25 October 1997 (tour dates tba)
PO Box 460316, San Francisco, CA 94146, USA
Tel: +1-415 576 9335
e-mail: sasfvf@aol.com
Festival director: Elizabeth Hall
Festival programmer: Sarah Anderson
Market & competition
Viewers' Choice Award
Previous winner: Tony and Rachel Go to Tent Rocks Gorge (Anthony Flackett)
Entry deadline: 15 August 1998
Festival du Cinéma International en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Rouyn-Noranda)
25-30 October 1997
215 Mercier Avenue, Rouyn-Noranda, Quèbec, J9X 5W8, Canada
Tel: +1-819 762 6212
Fax: +1-819 762 6762
e-mail: fciatt@sac.telebec.qc.ca
Festival director: Jacques Matte
Festival programmer: as above
Entry deadline:1 September 1997
Premio Saint-Vincent Per Il Cinema Italiano
25 October-1 November 1997
Via Giulia 66, I-00186 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39-6 68 75 330
Fax: +39-6 68 75 333
Festival director: Felice Laudadio
Competition
Grolle d'Oro
Entry deadline: tbc
Geneva Film Festival 'Stars for Tomorrow'
28 October-3 November 1997
35, rue des Bains - C.P. 5615, CH-1211 Geneve 11, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22 809 9450
Fax: +41-22 809 9444
Festival director: Gérald Morin
Festival programmer: Gérald Morin
Competition
European Golden Star ($6,750 each)
Previous winners: Jason Flemyng (Indian Summer) and Magdalena Cielecka (Temptation)
Entry deadline: tbc
Int'l Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
28 October-2 November 1997
Box 0940, D-04009 Leipzig, Germany
Tel: +49-341 980 3921
Fax: +49-341 980 6141
Festival director: Fred Gehler
Festival programmer: Fred Gehler
Market & competition
Golden Dove ($5,020)
Previous winner: Better and Better (Alfredo Knuchel & Norbert Wiedmer)
Entry deadline: 1 September 1997
Fort Lauderdale Int'l Film Festival
29 October-16 November 1997
2633 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Tel: +1-954 563 0500
Fax: +1-954 564 1206
e-mail: Brofilm@aol.com
website: http://www.vcn.net/filmfest
Festival director and programmer: Greg von Hausch
Competition
Best Film
Previous winner: Shine (Scott Hicks)
Entry deadline: 1 September 1997
Puerto Rico Int'l Film Festival (San Juan)
29 October-9 November 1997
70 Mayagez St, Ste B-1, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00911, USA
Tel: +1-787 268 5777
Fax: +1-787 268 5769
Festival director and programmer: Juan Gerard
Fipresci Best Latin American Film
Previous winner: Profundo carmesi (Arturo Ripstein)
Entry deadline: 15 August 1997
Native American Film & Video Festival (New York)
30 October-6 November 1997
Film & Video Center, National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green,
New York, NY 10004, USA
Tel: +1-212 825 6894
Fax: +1-212 825 8180
Festival director: Elisabeth Weatherford
Entry deadline: 15 May 1997
San Luis Obispo Int'l Film Festival
30 October-9 November 1997
PO Box 1449, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, USA
Tel: +1-805 546 3456
Fax: +1-805 781 6799
e-mail: slofilmfest@slonet.org
Festival director: Mary A Harris
Festival programmer: Catherine Peacock
Competition
George Sydney Award ($500)
Previous winner: Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (Todd Robinson)
Entry deadline: 1 August
Virginia Film Festival (Charlottesville, Va)
30 October-2 November 1997
Drama Department, The University of Virginia, Culbreth Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
Tel: +1-804 982 5277
Fax: +1-804 924 1447
e-mail: rj.h2s@virginia.edu
Festival director: Richard Herskowitz
Entry deadline: 1 July
Saint Louis Film Festival
Festival/event TOWN: St. Louis, Missouri
1998 festival/event DATES: October 30-November 8, 1998
1997 festival/event DATES: October 30-November 9, 1997
Festival HEAD OFFICE address: 560 Trinity Ave.
town: St. Louis, MO
country: USA
post code: 63130
office telephone: 314-726-6779
office fax: 314-726-5076
office e-mail address: slffmo@aol.com
website: www.stlfilmfestival.com
name of festival DIRECTOR: Pat Scallet/Janet Herrmann
name of festival PROGRAMMER: Audrey Hutti
Deadline for entry August 15, 1998
- market? no
- competition? yes
Name of major award: Fox Theatre Emerging Filmmaker Award
Value of award: $2500 USD plus Kodak film stock and film processing costs
Last winning film: The Deli
Director of winning film: John Gallagher
Internationaal Speelfilmfestival (Ghent)
31 October-2 November 1997
Patijntjesstraat 150, Gent, Belgium, B-9000
Tel: +32-0 9 245 10 71
Fax: +32-0 9 245 10 71
e-mail: pin00974@ping.be
website: http://www.ping.be/ film/dedrake.html
Festival director: Wolfgang Freier
Festival programmer: De Drake-Gent
Competition
Entry deadline: 15 September 1997
Cape Town Int'l Film Festival
October 1997
University of Cape Town, Michaelis, Private Bag, Rondebosch, Cape Town 8001, South Africa
Tel: +27-21 238 257
Fax: +27-21 242 355
e-mail: filmfest@hiddingh.uct.ac.za
Festival director: James Polley
Festival programmer: Mignon Coetzee
Entry deadline: September 1997
ist of all Film Festivals 10/97 Worldwide
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