WELCOME TO OUR NEWSLETTER N° 390: November 19, 2008
NEWS FROM THE CIRCUIT Dailies & videos Our team of correspondants post and share their daily festival experience Festival Dailies THE EDITOR'S BLOG Bruno the french blogger Browse the Festivals posters gallery on fest21.com NEWS FROM CANNES Video, text and pictures  Cannes La Croisette Cannes Future of Cinema Short Film Corner BLOGGING ON FEST21.COM Locarno Comedy Fest Raindance Berlin Sundance Santa Barbara ECU Goa AFI Babelgum Funchal Rome Fort Lauderdale Taiwan Children London Toronto San Francisco Ischia Turks & Caicos Festivals in LA Silver Docs Festroia Bahamas Film In New York Awards Watch NYIIFVF Action On Film Fantasporto Tribeca Ischia Sarasota Palm Beach Bermuda Miami Cinequest Sundance 08 Sundance 07 Sundance 06 Berlin 07 Berlin06 Capri IDFA New York Carthage Martha'sVineyard Rhodes Santa Barbara06 Bangkok Bermudas   FESTIVAL GALLERIES PICTURES JUST PICTURES The festival Posters gallery on fest21 Festival ambience galleries on Flickr SUNDANCE PHOTO GALLERIES GOLDEN GLOBES RED CARPET   LAST MINUTE TRAVELS PLANS "One Stop Shop" to book your hotel, flights, rental car, etc... 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Publish your video on fest21.com Follow this link if you cannot read the newsletter properly OPEN YOUR FESTIVAL BLOG ON fest21.com "the new Myspace and Youtube for professionnals!..." 10 good reasons to open yours Publication tips   PROMOTE YOUR FILM ON fest21.com FESTIVALS ARE LOOKING FOR YOUR FILM FESTIVALS THIS WEEK The calendar FESTIVALS THIS MONTH Month Calendar FESTIVALS CALLING This month _____________________________________________________________________________________ LIVE FROM THE THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL Picture Gallery from Thessaloniki Luc Dardenne Masterclass 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival kicked off with the Wrestler Frost / Nixon from Ron Howard is closing Thessaloniki Fest The Wrestler from Darren Aronofksy will open Thessaloniki Fest International Jury Thessaloniki Film Festival The 4th Agora Film Market at the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival Christine Marik reporting _____________________________________________________________________________________ AWARDS THE AWARDS WATCH ON FEST21.COM Northwest Film & Video Festival awards Balkan Fund Awards at Thessaloniki Sheffield Doc/Fest 2008 reveals award winners Short Film Festival Berlin Awards ______________________________________________________________________________________ NEWS FROM OUR PARTNER THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SUMMIT IN LAS VEGAS Dec 7th-9th 2008 - Las Vegas Hilton The 5th Annual IFFS will be the most informative and fun filled summit to date. We are excited to announce new topics and speakers at the annual summit, insuring that attendees at all levels – first-timers and repeat attendees, new to the industry or seasoned professional can all find the answers and creative new ideas that they are looking for. With scores of keynote presentations, informative panel discussions, breakout sessions, social activities, and the IFFS Excellence Awards you won't want to miss the IFFS this December! REGISTER ONLINE Bruno Chatelin (advisory member of IFFS Europe) will be moderating apanel on festival ticketing: don't miss that. ______________________________________________________________________________________ MORE FESTIVAL NEWS A Home Grown kind-of Night at Denver Fest 23rd Israel Film Festival Coverage Bahamas International Film Festival Jury members 7th Discovering Latin America Film Festival highlights Schedule released for HDFEST Los Angeles TRUST to the Faludi International Youth Film Festival Zagreb Film Festival As It Once Was A Touch of Flash in Mannheim The Band Sails on in Mannheim Glittering end to the 18th Filmfestival Cottbus Opening Day at the Starz FilmCenter Cambofest set near Angkor Wat Israel Film Festival wrapped Bahamas International Film Festival Line up Bahamas International Film Festival line up Ultra Short Film Festival Santa Barbara International Film Festival highlights The 1st Annual Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival Program for the 5th edition of the Bahamas Fest Overall attendance for the 29th AFM was 7,903 The Starz Denver Film Festival will honour Bill Pullman ______________________________________________________________________________________ LIVE DAILIES ON FEST21.COM Dailies from Next Fest dailies on fest21.com Thessaloniki Film Fest , IFFS Vegas , ECU , Fantasporto , Recent video coverage Fort Lauderdale Film Festival, Montreal Nouveau Cinéma, Diractors, Cinemed, UNAFF, LondonFilmFestival , Montreal, Toronto, San Sebastian, London, Cinemed, Ischia, Locarno, New York, Silverdocs , Festroia More archive Blogging from Palm Beach, Miami , Cinequest , Santa Barbara , Berlin , Park City , Tribeca Film Festival, San Francisco, Sydney , Cannes , La Croisette Cannes , Future of Cinema Salon in Cannes _______________________________________________________________________________________ FEST PLAYERS FOCUS EFP announces Jury for next Shooting Stars The 2008 Stockholm International Film Festival Jury FESTIVALS AGENDA SUBMISSION CALENDARS Festivals calling for your films... This week, this month.. _______________________________________________________________________________________ THE NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals francophones Les interviews vidéos de Cécile Rittweger Les dailies de Cinemed News d'arras L'autre cinéma sur fest21.com Cinéma Miracolo à Paris sur fest21.com Dernières nouvelles sur la nouvelle version française de fest21.com Les temps forts de Cinema Miracolo FCAT 2009: nouvelles dates et Règlement! Critique de "Change", de Nicolae Margineanu. Par Cécile Rittweger Coup de cœur - Le projet, court métrage de Mohamed Ali Nahdi Le Palmarès des JCC de Carthage ET sur filmfestivals.fr... 600 œuvres soumises aux Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois ! Le Programme des 21es Rencontres Cinématographiques de Cannes Le cinéma nouveau à l'heure du Beaujolais? Monte-Carlo Film Festival de la Comédie Festival d'Arras 2008, prix et premier bilan un Joli parcours pour Laurent Cantet Palmarès du festival du film d'histoire de Pessac Le Palmarès des 1ers Trophées de la Musique du Film Muisque de film état des lieux Paris accueille les Premiers Trophées de la musique de film Parisfx - Creative Île-de-France Forum des images le retour: au programme... IMNE 2008 CartesBlanches, avant premières et temps forts des rencontres Les rencontres Paris Berlin Rencontres: Quel son pour le cinéma d’aujourd’hui ? 1ères Journées européennes de la musique de film Rétrospective et leçon de cinéma de John Boorman à Arras ASPIRING FEST REPORTERS & BLOGGERS WANTED, GET YOUR FEST ACCRED THROUGH US Share your Festival experiences with us: OPEN YOUR BLOG AND PUBLISH ON OUR FREE PLATFORM. Become a filmfestival reporter and ambassador and open your own blog on www.fest21.com FILM FROM FEST FOCUS EFA conference will focus on comedy EFP to continue promotional programmes with Media Funings NY Israel Film Festival awarded The Secrets Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anna will close Bahamas D-CINEMA NEWS Can you speak the Digital language? Digital screenings from Europe's Finest at Ghent First Digital 3D Movie Released in China 350 systems commitments to date for Dolby(R) 3D _______________________________________________________________________________________ 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 NEWS FROM CANNES Check out the Cannes Blog Photo Gallery, Video Gallery Short Film Corner CALL FOR ENTRIES ONLINE SUBMISSIONS Filmmakers don't miss these ones! OPENFILM.COM—Openfilm.com is a brand new web destination for quality films, videos and animation. With its versatile, high quality player and a host of social networking features designed to create a dialogue between independent filmmakers and their audience, Openfilm is the ultimate platform to feature professional and semi-professional film work. Features include true HD playback, manual processing and encoding of all videos, custom-made subtitles and translation, animated thumbnails and a chance to be featured in a professional film review.http://www.openfilm.com Submit online FANTASPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAl February 20 - March1, 2008 29th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Feb 20 - March 1 The Oporto International Film Festival, now going to its 29th edition, specializes in fantasy and science-fiction films in its Official Competitive section. 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) SUBMIT ONLINE NOW DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL December 11 - 18, 2008 The 2008 edition of the Dubai International Film Festival features 12 programmes that will showcase cinema of all genres from all over the world : The Cultural Bridge, Arabian Nights, A Celebration of Indian Cinema, The Cinema of the World, The Cinema of AsiaAfrica, Emirati Voices, Children’s Cinema, Animation, In Focus, Rythm & Reels, Screen on the Green and Lifetime Achievement Introducing the New Dubai Film Market ECU THE EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL March, 2009 The European Independent Film Festival 200ç submission deadline of January 15th, 2009 is fast approaching. Held in Paris in 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 SUBMIT ONLINE NOW SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA June, 2009 Now entering our 11th 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. SUBMIT ONLINE NOW L.A. COMEDY SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL March 5 - 8, 2009 This is a festival started by funny people, for funny people. All judges are top names in the fields of comedy and filmmaking. If what you have is short and people laugh at it, around here, that’s a good thing. So, you think you're funny? Prove it! SUBMIT ONLINE NOW AFRICA WORLD DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL February 5 - 8, 2009 Join us for the 2nd Africa World Documentary Film Festival in February 2009 in Saint Louis USA, in Europe, and the Caribbean. At our 2007 inaugural festival in Saint Louis USA and Lagos, Nigeria, over $5,000 in prizes was awarded. The festival and film makers presenting were highlighted on CNN’s Inside Africa. At the 2nd AWDFF in 2009, we are awarding more prizes to Film makers, along with viewing of your work on three continents under the banner of one festival. Look out for more and join us at the 2nd AWDFF around the globe! Submit your film ANNUAL PROGRAM WITHOUT FRONTIERS Calls SHORT FILMS producers worldwide to participate with their works. Also see the news on the Festival for Documentaries and Narrative Movies. Awards information and call for entries THE BULLETIN BOARD: CALL FOR ENTRIES BOOSTER See your Banner blinking on Filmfestivals.com HOMEPAGE linked to your online Call for Entries on our Bulletin Board. Maximize film entries. Email our COO Bruno Chatelin for a detailed proposition ________________________________________________________________________________________ MOST RECENT POSTS FROM FEST21.COM: YOUR COMMUNITY POSTS 10 good reasons to open and maintain your film or festival blog on fest21.com Fantasporto Calling For Entries Call for entry Go Short 2009!! Problem with video viewing for some browsers sixteen:nine international film festival Categories Sita (and Nina) Sing the Blues, but not for Long Call For Entries! 2009 Estes Park Film Festival “The Wrestler” Opens Theatrically December 19, 2008 23rd Israel Film Festival Closing Night PANAVISION Awards A Touch of Flash in Mannheim The Band Sails on in Mannheim Trailer for Sita Sings the Blues, at this year's SFIAFF Zagreb Film Festival As It Once Was MOST RECENT VIDEOS FROM FEST21.COM: WATCH SOME CMJ08 Director Bestor Cram introduces the NYC Premiere of “Johhny Cash At Folsom Prison” LFF Vodcast Day 13 with Gonzo, Ballast and The Brothers Bloom The BushMan Returns The Soul Taker UNDEAD Savannah Film Festival Trailer LLF Vodcast: The Secret of Moonacre and Surprise Film The Wrestler IFFLA Indian Film Festival in Los Angeles Trailer Berlin Interfilm Trailer MUNICH Short Film Festival Trailer LLF Vodcast Day 11: Steven Soderbergh, Benicio del Toro LLF Vodcast Day 9 with Oliver Stone NYIIFVF Best Feature Film - Strength and Honour Trailer "Tanghi Argentini" wins MUNICH INTERNATIONAL short film festival 2008 LFF Vodcast Day 8 with Colin Firth and Michael Winterbottom LLF Vodcast Day 7 with Penelope Cruz, Keanu Reeves... LLF Vodcast Day 6 with Atom Egoyan, Jonathan Demme, Anne Hathaway and Gwyneth Paltrow LLF Vodcast Day 5 with Peter Morgan, Anaud Desplechin and Steve McQueen Frost/Nixon screenwriter Peter Morgan, A Christmas Tale director Anaud Desplechin and Steve McQueen, director of Hunger. London Fest Live Vodcast Day 4 with Agnes Varda and "the Class" A FEW SEARCHING TIPS FOR OUR WEBSITE LOOKING FOR FESTIVALS DETAILS DATES EMAILS... Use the pro site for advanced search, reserved for precise, exhaustive festival details Search for film Add your festival in our database (3,600 listed worldwide and growing) Update Festival details, add press release... 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[Dory]

This is great info to know.