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FESTIVALS IN ACTION - THE VIDEO DAILIES
Coverage from fest21.com on London Rome Fort Lauderdale AFI Funchal
Dailies from AFI
Girls on the run from AFI FEST
Music and Sex... right now live from AFI
Its a small world (Asian Cinema) It's Day 3 at AFI
AFIFEST day 2 Los Angeles: Its Character and its Characters
Fort Lauderdale
Teen Idol Davy Jones In Town for SEXSINA POPSTAR P.I.
American Indie Films On Tap This Weekend
Film In Focus: THE SAVAGES
Halloween Horrors At FLIFF
Eclectic Weekend Mix At The Fort Lauderdale FF
FLIFF Opening Night Gala: THE GRAND
Dailies from Funchal
Ain't it cool news : wifi breakfast
Jury duty at Funchal Festival
Funchal festival highlights
Its live Funchal Fest started in warm Madeira Island
Bruno Chatelin Jury member at Funchal Festival
A Tour on the Islands of Madeira
Film Festivals Destination Tourism and Business
Madeira Islands as a great filmming location
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AWARDS
THE AWARDS WATCH ON FEST21.COM Oscar and more
DOK Leipzig | Award Winners 2007
Nominations for the European Film Awards
DOK Leipzig awards The "Talent Dove"
I'm Through With White Girls wins at AABFF
Sport Movies & Tv 2007 Awards
London Festival Finishes with a Flourish
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FESTIVAL NEWS
Latin American Film Festival highlights
Cottbus ready for its opening
Inaugural Phuket Film Festival Rocks to Close
Cinequest Partners with Rivercoast Films in Distribution Deal
Hawaii Film Fest wraps another one for 73 000 viewers
Goden Pram of the Zagreb Film Fest
Korea, Busan WTO Conference on Metropolitan Tourism
Montréal’s image+nation LGBT film festival
Berlin Interfilm to celebrate The short documentary
Big Apple Film Festival Highlights
Munich’s Filmschoolfest kicks off with 27 world premieres
Inaugural Phuket Film Festival Rocks to Close with
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FEST PLAYERS FOCUS
USA Film Festival to honor Turturro
“Fred Claus "Vince Vaughn" to drive the pacecar
Shooting Stars moves with Michael Ballhaus as new President
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THE NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals francophones
LA COUVERTURE DE CANNES SUR http://croisette.fest21.com
ET...
Palmarès de Cinémed. Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier
Bilan et Palmarès de la 13e édition de Cinéma Tout Ecran
Trophées des SatisFecit, l'Innovation au coeur du marché
Yves Jeanneau succède à Jean Cressant à Sunny Side
+11% à l'exportation des films français en 2006
Le Palmarès du Festival du Film des Droits de l'Homme de Lomé.
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FILM FROM FEST FOCUS
Items to Watch for at the Festivals in 2008
Focus on Savage Grace from London Festival
D-CINEMA NEWS
HD EXPO unveils 3D Day
The world’s digital screens reach 4000 mark
NEC Digital Cinema Division Wins the 2007 American Business Award
French 3D cinema is awakening…
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Film Festival Tourism: a research on its rapid expansion
The previous articles provided the context for the growing film festival tourism phenomenon. In this last installment, more specific information is provided about the participants in festival tourism, the services provided by the few agencies in this new niche market, and the characteristics of the film festivals that would most likely benefit from film festival tourism.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
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CALL FOR ENTRIES ONLINE SUBMISSIONS
Filmmakers don't miss these ones!
DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL December 9 - 16, 2007l
December 9 - 16, 2007
TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S TV & FILM FESTIVAL April 4 - 8, 2008
Taiwan International Children’s TV & Film Festival Final Calls.Entry deadline: October 31, 2007. Don’t miss your opportunity to win cash prize USD 4,000 each category. Please visit our website: www.tictff.org.tw or the bulletin board page to get moresubmission information
SUBMIT INFORMATION ONLINE
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALl April 24 - May 8, 2008
The Golden Gate Awards competition is accepting submissions in 11 categories. Entries must have been completed on or after January 1, 2007. Works that have played a multiday commercial theatrical run in the Bay Area or had any kind of media broadcast are not eligible to apply to non-television categories
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SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA June 13 - 21, 2008
Now entering our 10th year, Short Shorts Film Festival (SSFF) has become one of Asia’s largest festival for international short films and is one of the few Academy Award(R) accredited short film festivals SSFF reaches audiences of 30,000 in Tokyo and major cities in Japan. Our main festival is held for over a week in the heart of Harajuku TOKYO!
Please note that our festival dates are tentative.
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INDEPENDENT FEATURES FILM FESTIVAL July 25 - 27, 2008
The Independent Features Film Festival is the world's first film festival in which films will be chosen by a global audience via a web-based competition. The competition will run May 1st, 2008 through June 30th, 2008. The top twenty-one films will go on to be screened at the Independent Features Film Festival which will be hosted July 25-27, 2008 at the acclaimed Tribeca Cinemas in Lower Manhattan.
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ECU THE EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL March 14 - 16, 2007
The European Independent Film Festival 2007 submission deadline of February 1st 2007 is fast approaching. Held in Paris on the 16th, 17th and 18th of March at the prestigious Biblioteque Nationale de Francois Mitterand the very best independent films from around the World will be screened to large audiences competing for 16 awards in 11 categories.
For more information go to www.ecufilmfestival.com
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Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee
The Kansas City Jubilee Film Festival wants to see your SHORTS!
Dramas, comedies, documentaries, animations, experimental works and films inspired by JAZZ.
Best of Fest Shorts Prize is $5000 USD - Go to www.kcjubilee.org for details (under 30 minutes, NO PAL).
Postmark deadlines are October 1, November 15 & December 1.
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Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra Feb 15 - 23, 2008
PUNTO DE VISTA, the Documentary Film Festival of Navarra calls for a competition, open to participation by documentaries of any nationality made in after 1 August 2006. The deadline for sending films is next 30 September.
Fiction, institutional or publicity films will not be admitted, nor reports or works of a journalistic nature.
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TURKS & CAICOS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL October 16 - 21, 2007
The Turks & Caicos International Film Festival (TCIFF) is dedicated to featuring films from all over the world that celebrate the fusion of cinema and music through content, character, theme or score/ soundtrack.
CINEMA IN PARADISE: BAHAMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL December 6 - 13, 2007
join filmmakers and celebrities from around the world at the 4th edition.
The festival will entertain visitors with a diverse presentation of international films,
unusual cultural experiences and fantastic social events. Come and be a part of the fun!
FANTASPORTO' 2008 CALL FOR ENTRIES
28th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Feb 29 - March 8,
Entries Close Dec 15 Running on 5 theatres screening 200 feature films each year with Massive press coverage 5000 clippings every year - Over 110,000 entries in past editions.contact: Mário Dorminsky (Director)
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FUNCHAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - MADEIRA ISLANDS November, 2 - 10, 2007
The Festival is sponsored by the Regional Government of Madeira to promote the films and various events around them, as well as to promote Madeira Islands and the capital city of Funchal. The Festival's main category is the "Atlantic Films Official Section", a competitive section for feature films produced or co-produced by participants from the ATLANTIC countries.
ANNUAL PROGRAM WITHOUT FRONTIERS
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