CAMBOFEST thanks all the contributors who are making this, our 3rd season, possible.
It's still not too late to make a contribution...to Cambodia's only first
international independent movie festival, CamboFest - now in our 3rd
year (2009 Edition takes place December 4-6, 2009 * www.cambofest.com)
The program part ‘Competitions' will bring two novelties during this year`s festival. Besides the Competition of Feature Films the festival will also offer Competition of Documentary Films and Competition of Short Films. The aim of the festival is to fill up the empty space in Slovak distribution, to present the best of the international documentary works, and also give space to young talents.
This year was FESPACO year, the festival was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Fasofrom February 28 to March 7, 2009. The Golden Yennenga Stallion went to "Teza"by Haile Gerima and the Silver Yennenga Stallion was awarded to "Nothing butthe Truth" by internationally recognized, multiple award-winningSouth African actor/director John Kani.
2009 Nihilist Film Fest Comes to Echo Park Film Center - For the eleventh year, the Nihilist Cultural Foundation presents the Nihilist International Film Festival. This year's evening of films will be presented at the Echo Park Film Center. The show will start at 7:30 pm on Sunday, December 20. The festival includes two hours of short films from around the country and around the world. The films range from troubling to hilarious, from profound to completely silly. Pretty much, something for everyone (except children and clergy).
13th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF 26 november, 6 December) announced the competition programme.
The festival will open with the American indie hit (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
13th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) published today the competition programme. EurAsia competition programme which takes place sixth year presents 21 movies.
Christmas Wishes 2009 – Fantastic Free Gift . Music Video
Christmas Wishes and New Year Greetings to Your Friends
How time flies! Christmas 2009 is around the corner and New Year, too! I would like to share with you a fantastic free gift for your family, relatives and friends. It is a sweet
music video and it is free. You may send the gift to anyone on the Internet easily when Christmas comes.
Greetings Page: (Ready made wishes to be sent by MSN, Yahoo Messenger, Skype or emails to your friends)
As our festival run with Butterflies ended, we were wondering if you would like to hear about the experiences we had at different film festivals.
We have found that some festivals and festival organizers are really helpful and there for indie filmmakers, and some other ones only care about the submission fee money.
Would you be interested in hearing about the festivals we attended?
This was the third year for this “film festival” and we should have known better and save ourselves the $60 submission fee.
Upon receiving the acceptance letter, we were also informed, that if we are planning to make the journey to Montana for this film-festival, we should absolutely contact the festival organizers. I have tried this for over 3 weeks without an email or phone call response. Again, we should have known ….
The 24th Israel Film Festival, the largest showcase of Israeli films in the United States will open on Saturday, December 5, 2009 and continue through December 13 at the SVA Theater (333 W. 23rd St.).
Until December 31, 2009 we have opened the inscription for Documenta Madrid 10. This is the second year we request PREMIER IN SPAIN REQUIRED. Access to the registration online clicking here.
DOCUMENTA MADRID 10 will have four competitive sections:
News from Paso Digital Film Festival- Just South and Sideways of Sundance in the Cowboy Wine Country town of Paso Robles, California, promoter Benford Standley is bringing back his unique independent film festival for a second-year run. Last year's festival was honored to host actor-director Clint Eastwood, Oscar-winning film editor Joel Cox, producer Nigel Sinclair, and a wide slate of fantastic independent films and filmmakers. Four days of films and music in 2008 featured greats like Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Johnny Rivers, Eagles songwriter Jack Tempchin, Kevin Bacon, Kyle Eastwood, and many others.
The Miami Short Film Festival (MsFF) has unveiled a sneak peek of the program for its 8th annual edition, scheduled for November 13th - 22nd, announcing a special focus on the environment. "Back To The Roots" is MsFF's slogan for 2009, as the Festival adds a new prize category for Best Environmental Short Film and replaces its Opening Night Gala red carpet with a "green" carpet.
Setting a new record of 18.900 visitors the 19th FilmFestival Cottbus is closing down this Sunday, Nov 15th. In addition to thousands of cinema guests there were more than 600 guests of the international film scene attending the festival, amongst them more than 130 film makers as well as many producers.
The RIFF Cultural Association was created in January of 2001, but has been a project of the association's founder and president, Fabrizio Ferrari, since early 1999. It was conceived with the intention to promote both Italian and international independent cinema.
The Roma Independent Film Festival (RIFF) is Rome 's first independent and international film festival. Its aim is to unite enthusiasm for films and filmmaking among young filmmakers with the realities of film production and distribution. The main aims of the Association are:
A unique mix of the world's foremost freeride skiers and snowboarders have all confirmed their participation in the Freeride World Tour 2010, with the prize purse of no less than $206 200. The athletes will see a new event on the 2010 Tour calendar, the Nissan Freeride de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, with scheduled competition day on January 30.
Play it again ...! : 60 Years of Berlinale - A Retrospective
Playit again ...!
60 Years of Berlinale - A Retrospective
The 11th International Film Festival Bratislava reveals the main highlights of its programme.- New talents and renowned filmmakers. Timeless thematic and new points of view. Discoveries and rediscoveries. Visitors of the 11th International Film Festival Bratislava will have the opportunity to watch feature films, documentaries and short films presenting what nowadays drives the world cinema. UniCredit Bank Slovakia a.s. became the official general partner of IFF Bratislava for next 4 years.
Are you looking for film festivals in Russia? Use our country festival search engine to search by Call for entry, Date and Submission Fee.
Lets Talk About Liffe- 20 years of Ljubljana Film Festival-LIFFEhttp://en.liffe.si/another film festival of the world starts tonight, 11th of November 2009. The Ljubljana International Film Festival presents Slovenian particular audiences of about 50,000 the standouts of Slovenian cinema, for two weeks.
CAIRO ¬ The joke going around Cairo today is that the Algerian Tribute in the city's international film festival will be withdrawn if the Algerian football team beats Egypt in this Saturday's crunch game.
THE CAIRO International Film Festival (CIFF) celebrates its 33rd edition this year from November 10 to November 20.
In its long history of successes, last year's triumph would be a hard act to follow. Never before had the festival attracted so many international stars. But the organizers say that this year promises to equal and perhaps even surpass last year's event.
The CIFF 2009 enjoys the fine backdrop of 100 years of a distinguished film history. It is undoubtedly the oldest and most prestigious festival of the entire Middles East.
Feature Documentary Feature Documentaries with a total running time from 61 - 180 minutes. (All films in a language other than English require English subtitles)
The 7th edition of Amal ended last Saturday 31st October in the Teatro Principal with a closing ceremony in which the winners were awarded. The event was the highlight of nine days of cinema, dialogue and tolerance in the heart of Santiago de Compostela. The winners, many institutional representatives, authorities, members of the jury, directors and the media came together to celebrate Amal and to enjoy the concert of the French-Algerian musician Fayçal Salhi.
In an earlier article on this Dailies site, I wrote about the European films that make up the core of the World Cinema section at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, which is entering its final weekend. However, choice non-European films from around the globe are among this year's highlights.
Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film drew (a record) 34,200 visitors - The 52nd International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film has closed with a new audience record: 34,200 visitors saw 330 productions in twelve cinemas, attended the industry events and took part in intensive discussions about the presented works as well as the future of documentary and animated film.
In comparison to 2008, when 28,000 visitors came to the festival, DOK Leipzig can, therefore, report an increase of 22 percent. With this number, even the final visitor figure of the 50th anniversary festival in 2007 (31,000) was significantly topped.
AFI DigiFest will take place at the Mann Chinese 1 Theatre in Hollywood on November 4 and 5.
Now in its third year, AFI DigiFest provides a unique, behind-the-scenes look at how storytelling is adapting to an ever-widening array of new screens and platforms. The event is open to the public and admission is free.
The 40th International Film Festival of India gets underway from 23rd November 2009.
This 11 day extravaganza is the biggest annual film event in South Asia.
The festival programme is divided into 4 sections:
