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List of all Film Festivals 01/99 Worldwide

 

NorTel Palm Springs International Film Festival

7-18 January 1999

1700 E. Tahquitz #3, Palm Springs, CA 92262, USA

Tel: +1-760 322 2930

Fax: +1-760 322 4087

E-mail: filmfest@ix.netcom.com.

Executive director: Craig Prater

Entry deadline: 1 November 1998


International Film Festival of India (New Delhi)

10-20 January 1999

Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, 4th floor, Lok Nayak

Bavan, Khan Market, New Delhi 110 003, India

Tel: +91 11 461 5953/469 49210/ 461 7226

Fax: +91 11 462 3430

Festival director: Malti Sahai

Festival programmer: Shankar Mohan & S Santhanam

Market & Competition

Golden Peacock for Best Film by an Asian director (Rs500,000)

Entry deadline: 19 November 1998


Kid Film Festival (Dallas)

11-24 January 1999

2917 Swiss Avenue, Dallas

75204, Texas, USA

Tel: +1-214-821 6300

Fax: +1-214-821 6364

Website: http://www.usafilmfestival.com

Festival director: Ann Alexander

Festival programmer: Alonso Duralde

Entry deadline: 19 October 1998


Travelling – Rennes Film Festival

11-18 January 1999

Université Renes 2,

6 avenue Gaston Berger,

F-35043 Rennes Cedex,

France

Tel: +33-299-141143

Fax: +33-299-141145

E-mail: hussam.hindi@uhb.fr

Festival director and programmer: Hussam Hindi

Competition

The Jury Prize (FFr30,000)

Previous winner: Junk Mail (Pal Sletaune)

Entry deadline: 1 December 1998


Cine Latino (Tübingen)

15 January-6 February 1999

Osterbergstr. 9, Tübingen, Germany 72074

Tel: +49 7071 56960

Fax: +49 7071 56 96 96

E-mail: filmtage tuebingen@t-online.de

Festival director: Paolo Robert de Carvalho

Entry deadline: 8 weeks before the festival


Imagina (Monaco/Paris)

18-22 January 1999

4 avenue de l’Europe, Bry-Sur-Marne, 94366, France

Tel: +33-1-4983 2693

Fax: +33-1-4983 3185

E-mail: Imagina@imagina.ina.fr

Web: http://www.ina.fr/imagina

Festival director: JM Villaret

Competition

Grand Prix Imagina

Entry deadline: tbc



Festival International de l'Alpe d'Huez du Film de Comédie et d'Humour - Comedi'Alp

18-23 January 1999

Office du Tourisme de l'Alpe d'Huez, Maison de l'Alpe - Place Baganon, 38750 Alpe d'Huez, France

Tel: +33 4 76 11 44 44

Fax: +33 4 76 80 69 54

E-mail: info@alpe-huez.com

Web: http://www.alpe_d_huez.com

Festival director: Laurence Condoux

Festival Programmer: Pierre de Gardebase

Competition

Grand Prix de l'Alpe d'Huez - Comedi'Alp

Entry deadline: 1 January 1999



FIPA (Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels) (Biarritz)

19-24 January 1999

14 Rue Alexandre Parodi, 75010 Paris, France

Tel: +33-1-44 89 99 99

Fax: +33-1-44 89 99 60

Festival president: Marie-France Pisier

Festival programmer:

Pierre-Henri Deleau

Competition

FIPA d’Or

Entry deadline: 15 November 1998


Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival

19-24 January 1999

Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Mainzer Str 8, 66111 Saarbrüken, Germany

Tel: +49-681-39452

Fax: +49-681-905 1943

E-mail: Filmhaus@aol.com

Festival director: Christel Drawer

Competition

Max Ophüls Preis (DM30,000 award and DM30,000 support for the distributor)

Previous winner: Mammamia (Sandra Nettelbeck)

Entry deadline: November 1998


Brussels International Film Festival

20-31 January 1999

30 Chaussée de Louvain,

B-1210 Brussels, Belgium

Tel: +32-2 227 3980

Fax: +32-2 218 1860

E-mail: infoffb@netcity.be

Website: http://ffb.cinebel.com

Festival director and programmer: Christian Thomas

Competition

Crystal Star ($150,000)

Previous winner: TwentyFourSeven (Shane Meadows)

Entry deadline: 30 October 1998


Sundance Film Festival (Park City)

21-31 January 1999

PO Box 16450, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116, USA

Tel: +1-801-328 3456

Fax: +1-801-575 5175

Festival director: Nicola Guillemet

Festival programmer: Geoffrey Gilmore

Competition

Grand Jury Prize (Drama/documentary) ($5,000)

Previous winner: Slam (Marc Levin)

Entry deadline: 9 October 1998 (for features)


New York Festivals (Non-broadcast Media & TV Programming & Promotion) (NYC)

22 January 1999

780 King Street, Chappaqua, NY 10514, US

Tel: +1-914-238 4481

Fax: +1-914-238 5040

Festival director: Bilha Goldberg

Competition

Gold, Silver, Bronze World Medals and four Grand Awards

Entry deadline: 15 September 1998


Premiers Plans (Angers)

22-31 January 1999

54 rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris, France

Tel: 33-1-42 71 53 70

Fax: 33-1-42 71 47 55

Website: http://www.anjou.com/premiersplans/

Festival director and programmer: Claude-Eric Poiroux

Competition

Grand Prix (FFr100,000)

Previous winner: Masoumiek (Zeki Demirkubuz)

Entry deadline: 10 November 1998


Women in Cinema Film Festival (Seattle)

22-28 January 1999

801 East Pine St, Seattle, 98122 WA, USA

Tel: +1-206-324 9996

Fax: +1-206-324 9998

E-mail: mail@seattlefilm.com

Festival director: Darryl Macdonald

Festival programmers: Darryl Macdonald, Kathleen McInnis

Market & Competition

Entry deadline: 15 November 1998


The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival

23-30 January, 22 April - 5 May, 18-28 Sept 1999

175 5th ave., suite 2334, NY., NY. 10010

Tel: +1 212 777 7100

Fax: +1 212 397 0873

E-mail:filmfest@bway.net

Website: http:://www.nyfilmvideo.com

Festival director: Stuart Alson

Festival programmer: Adam Zablotski

Market & Competition

Name of major award: best picture

Value of award: certificate no cash value

Last winning film: The Definite Maybe

Director of winning film: Sam Soccalo and Rob Loble


Future Film Festival (Le Nuove Tecnologie del cinema d'Animazione) (Bologna)
23-26 January 1999

via Pietralata 55/a, Bologna, 40121

Tel: +39.51.520629

Fax: +39.51.523816

E-mail address: fff@clarence.com

Website: www.clarence.com/home/futurefilm
Festival Directors: Andrea Romeo, Giulietta Fara, Andrea Morini


Slamdance Film Festival (Park City)

23-30 January 1999

6381 Hollywood Blvd. #520, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA

Tel: +1-213 466 1786

Fax: +1-213 466 1784

Festival director: Peter Baxter

Competition

Grand Jury Award

Previous winner: Surrender Dorothy (Kevin DiNovis)

Entry deadline: 11 November 1998


Golden Globe Awards (LA)

24 January 1999

292 South La Cienega Blvd, Suite 316, Beverly Hills, CA 90211-3055, USA

Tel: +1-310 657 1731

Fax: +1-310 657 5576

Contact: Chantal Dennage


MIDEM (Cannes)

24-28 January 1999

11 Rue du Colonel Avia, 75726, Paris, Cedex 15, France

Tel: +33-1-41 90 44 00

Fax: +33-1-41 90 44 50

Chief executive: Xavier Roy

Market


NATPE (National Association of TV Programming Executives) (New Orleans)

25-28 January 1999

2425 Olympic Boulevard, Suite 550E, Santa Monica, CA 90404, US

Tel: +1-310-453 4440

Fax: +1-310-453 5258

Website: www.natpe.org

Festival director: Nick Orfanopoulos

European Offices: 454 Oakleigh Rd North, London N20 ORZ, UK

Tel: +44-81-361 3793

Fax: +44-81-368 3824

Contact: Pam Mackenzie

Market


Solothurn Film Festival

26-31 January 1999

Unt. Steingrubenstrasse 19, PO Box 1030, CH-4502 Solothurn, Switzerland

Tel: + 41-32-625 8080

Fax: +41-32-623 6410

E-mail: filmtage@cuenet.ch

Festival director and programmer: Ivo Kummer

Entry deadline: 31 October 1998


Gerardmer Fantastic Arts

27-31 January 1999

36 rue Pierret, 92200 Neuilly, France

Tel: +33-1-46 40 5500

Fax: +33-1-46 40 5539

E-mail: publics@imaginet.fr

Festival director: Lionel Chouchan

Festival programmer: Daniel Benzakein

Competition

Grand Prix Gerardmer Fantastic Arts

Previous winner: An American Werewolf in Paris (Anthony Waller)

Entry deadline: tbc


International Film Festival Rotterdam

27 January-7 February 1999

Kruiskadehof 36b, 3002 EJ Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Tel: +31-10-411 8080

Fax: +31-10-413 5132

E-mail: iffr@luna.nl

Festival director and programmer: Simon Field

Market and Competition

Tiger Awards (3 x $10,000)

Previous winners: Knoflikari (Petr Zelenka), Giro di lune tra terra e mare (Giuseppe Gaudino), Die Siebtelbauern (Stefan Ruzowitzky)

Entry deadline: 7 November 1998


Tromsø – The Arctic Film Festival

27-31 January 1999

PO Box 285, Tromsø, N-9001 Norway

Tel: +47-77 62 0607

Fax: +47-77 62 0616

E-mail: tromsofilmfestival@lofotnett.no

Website: www.tromokino.no/filmfestival

Festival director: Hans Henrik Berg

Festival programmer: Ola Lund Renolen

Competition

Film Most Worthy of Import (NKr100,000)

Previous winner: The Witman Boys (J‡nos Sz‡sz)

Entry deadline: 1 December 1998


Cinequest Film Festival (San Jose)

28 January-3 February 1999

PO Box 720040, San Jose, CA 95172-0040, USA

Tel: +1-408-995 5033

Fax: +1-408-995 5713

E-mail: sjfilmfest@aol.com

Festival director: Halfdan Hussie

Festival programmer: Mike Rabehl

Competition

Maverick Spirit Award

Previous winner: Running Against (Antonio Tibaldi)

Entry deadline: 2 October 1998


Internale Filmwochenende (Würzburg)

28-31 January 1999

Gostbertsteige 2, D-97082, Würzburg, Germany

Tel: +49-931-414098

Fax: +49-931-416279

E-mail: ifw24@aol.com

Festival director: Berthold Kremmler

Competition

Audience Award (DM5,000)

Previous winner: Cameleon (Ceri Sherlock)

Entry deadline: 30 October 1998


Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival

29 January-6 February 1999

26, rue des Jacobins, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France

Tel: +33-473 91 65 73

Fax: +33-473 92 11 93

E-mail: festival@gdebussac.fr

Festival programmer: Roger Gonin, Christian Guinot

Competition

Grand Prix (FFr20,000)

Previous winner: Les mots magiques (Jean-Marc Vallee, Canada)

Entry deadline: 17 October 1998


Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival

29 Jan - 4 Feb 1999

203-732 Princess St., Victoria, BC, Canada V8T 1K6

Tel: (250) 389-1590

Fax: (250) 389-1599

E-mail: cinevic@coastnet.com Website: www.coastnet.com/~cinevic

Festival director: Kathy Kay

Festival programmer: Donovan Aikman


Competition

Entry deadline:
November 15, 1998


Goteborg Film Festival

29 January-7 February 1999

Box 7079, S-402 32 Goteborg, Sweden

Tel: +46-31-410 546

Fax: +46-31-410 063

E-mail: goteborg@filmfestival.org

Festival director: Gunnar Bergdahl

Festival programmer: Agneta Green

Entry deadline: 1 November 1998


The International Film Festival (Belgrade)

29 January-6 February 1999

Sava Centar, Milentija Popovica 9, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Tel:+381-11-622 555

Fax: +381 11 622 555/555 015

E-mail: film@scentar.co.yu

Festival director: Nevena Djonlic

Festival programmers: Miroljub Vuckovic, Dragan Jelicic

Entry deadline: 1 December 1998


Alpe Adria Cinema Film Festival (Trieste)

(Meetings with Central and Eastern European Cinema)

Mid January 1999

Via S. Rocco 1, 34121 Trieste, Italy

Tel: +39 40 311 153

Fax: +39 40 311 993

E-mail: aac@spin.it

Festival director and programmer: Annamaria Percavassi

Competition

Prize for the best feature film (L5 million)

Previous winner: Mondo Bobo (Goran Rusinovic) & Ekspres-Ekspres (Igor Sterk)

Entry deadline: 15 November 1998


Networks in the Studio Seminar (Geneva)

Last week of January 1999

Ancienne Route, 17A (European Broadcasting Union), Grand Saconnex (Geneva) Switzerland 1218

Tel: +41 22 717 2721/ 2725

Fax: +41 22 717 2749/ 10

E-mail: peters@ebu.ch

Festival director: Jean-Jacques Peters


The Chicago International TV Competition Awards

January 1999

32 West Randolph Street, Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60610 US

Tel: +1-312 425 9400

Fax: +1-312 425 0944

E-mail: filmfest@wwa.com

web site: http://www/chicago.ddbn.com/filmfest

Contact: Jim Healy

Entry deadline: 21 November 1998