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    Cinematexas International Short Film + Video + New Media Festival
    Festival/event TOWN: Austin, Texas
    1998 festival/event DATES: September 16-20
    1997 festival/event DATES: September 25-28
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address:
    CMA 6.118, Department of Radio-TV-Film
    University of Texas at Austin
    town: Austin
    country: USA
    post code: 78712
    office telephone: 512-471-6497
    office fax: 512-471-4077
    office e-mail address:
    cinematx@uts.cc.utexas.edu
    website:
    http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~cinematx
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Bryan Poyser
    name of festival COORDINATOR: Jen Proctor
    Deadline for entry: July 17, 1998
    * market? no
    * competition? yes Name of major award:
    There are about 20 awards, including Narrative, Documentary,
    Animation,
    No-Budget, Screenplay, Acting, Alternative Value of award:
    Last
    year's Narrative
    awards received $1000 in processing and printing services

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    Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF '98)
    Festival/event TOWN: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    1998 festival/event DATES: September 25 to October 11, 1998
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: Suite 410 - 1008 Homer Street
    town: Vancouver, BC
    country: Canada
    post code: V6B 2X1
    office telephone: 604-685-0260
    office fax: 604-688-8221
    office e-mail address:
    viff@viff.org
    website:
    http://www.viff.org/viff
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Alan Franey
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: PoChu AuYeung (Ms.)
    * market? - Trade Forum
    * competition?- yes
    * deadline for entry - July 4 for Canadian films, July 31 for
    International Name of major award: 5 major awards;The Alcan Dragons & Tigers
    Award for Young Cinema - $5,000.00 The National Film Board Award for Best
    Documentary Feature - $1,500.00 The National Film Board Award for Best
    Animation - $1,000.00 The Telefilm Canada Awards - Best New Western Canadian
    Feature Film Director - $10,000 - Best New Short Film Director - $5,000
    Rogers Award for the Best Canadian Screen Play - High end computer system
    The list of this year's winners is available on our website.


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    The Third Tortured Artists Film Festival
    Event Town: Tacoma, WA USA
    Dates: Sept. 8 - 13, 1998
    Head Office: 728A Pacific Ave. Tacoma, WA 98402
    Phones: Toll Free in US.......1-888-20-CLUB-7
    Outside US.......1-253-627-5932
    Fax: 1-253-627-1525
    E-mail:
    TacomaFilm@aol.com Website:
    http://WWW.CLUBSEVEN.COM
    Director: James Hume
    Programmer: Kristen Revis
    Deadline for Entries: July 17, 1998
    Competition: YES
    Name of Awards: Reel & Barbed Wire Trophies / Stylish custom
    designed trophies presented at an Academy Awards style shindig. The Alan
    Smithee Award / honorary award of acknowledgment.
    List of last years 1997 winners:
    Reel & Barbed Wire Awards
    Puppet Show.......Jeffery Aguirre.......New York, NY
    Why I Hate Italians.......Jay Gable.......Grandview,
    NY Tao of the
    Dumpster.......David Linstrom.......Los Angeles, CA Rant.......Mary
    Siceloff.......Los Angeles, CA Kid New Year & Billboard.......Michael Dante
    Dimartino.......Los Angeles, CA Goiter Boy.......John Webb.......Atlanta, GA
    Don't Run Johnny.......Tom E.
    Brown.......San Francisco, CA Chekhov's Gun.......Matt Nix &
    Victor
    Fannucchi.......Los angeles, CA


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    Toronto International Film Festival
    10 - 19 September 1998
    2 Carlton St, Suite 1600, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1J3, Canada
    Tel: +1-416-967 7371
    Fax: +1-416 967 9477
    e-mail:
    tiffg@torfilmfest.ca
    website:
    http://www.bell.ca/filmfest
    Audience Award
    Air Canada People's Choice Award
    Previous winner: The Hanging Garden (Thom Fitzgerald)
    Entry deadline: Canadian: 15 May 1998; Internationa: 26 June
    1998


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    The Gladys Crane Mountain Plains Film Festival
    Festival/event TOWN: Laramie, WY
    1997 festival/event DATES: Sept. 12-14, 1997
    1998 festival/event DATES: Sept. 18-20, 1998
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: Dept. of Theatre and Dance, PO
    Box
    3951
    town: Laramie, WY
    country: USA
    post code: 82071-3951
    office telephone: 307-766-2199 or 307-766-2160
    office fax: 307-766-2197
    office e-mail address:
    hwoods@uwyo.edu
    website:
    http://www.uwyo.edu/a&s/th&d/UWFilmFestival.html
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Dr. Rebecca Hilliker
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: Harry Woods
    * market? no
    * competition? yes
    * deadline for entry: June 1st, 1998
    Name of major award: Best of Festival and Best in each
    Category
    Value of award: Plaque
    Last winning film: (This is first competitive year.)
    Director of winning film: NA


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    Fantastisk Film Festival
    Festival/event TOWN: Lund / Malmoe
    1998 festival/event DATES: September 16 - 20
    1997 festival/event DATES: September 11 - 14
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: Box 1693
    town: Lund
    country: Sweden
    post code: S-221 01
    office telephone: +46-(0)46-12 00 01
    office fax: +46-(0)40-97 14 85
    office e-mail address:
    info@fff.se
    website:
    http://www.fff.se
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Magnus Paulsson
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: Pidde Andersson
    Deadline for entry: August 8
    * market? No
    * competition? Yes
    Name of major award: The Jury's Grand Prize
    Value of award: Prestige
    Last winning film: Face/Off
    Director of winning film: John Woo

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    Open Film Festival (OFF)
    Festival/event TOWN:BUDAPEST (Hungary)
    1998 festival/event DATES:18-20 september
    1997 festival/event DATES:15-17 may
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: c/o Film Academy
    town:Budapest
    country:Hungary
    post code:1088
    office telephone:(+36-1) 2153968, (+36-1) 3407057
    office fax:(+36-1) 1171052
    office e-mail address:
    off@mail.datanet.hu
    website:
    http://www.datanet.hu/~off
    name of festival DIRECTOR:Buk Miklos, Sardi Daniel name of festival
    PROGRAMMER:
    Deadline for entry 30 JUNE
    * market? /no
    * competition? /no

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    Atlantic Film Festival (Halifax, Canada)
    18-26 September 1998
    c/o CBC 5600 Sackville St, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3E9, Canada (PO BOX
    36139 B3J 3S9)
    Tel: +1-902 422 3456
    Fax: +1-902 422 4006
    e-mail:
    festival@atlanticfilm.com
    website:
    http://www.atlanticfilm.com
    Festival director: Gordon Whittaker
    Festival programmer: Lia Rinaldo
    Market and Competition
    Best film or video 60 mins or over ($2,500)
    Previous winner: The Hanging Garden (Thom Fitgerald), The Sweet Hereafter
    (Atom Egoyan)
    Best Atlantic short film or video ($10,000)
    Previous winner: Terminal Lunch (Scott Simpson)
    Entry deadline: June 5th 1998

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    Cinefest, Sudbury's International Film Festival
    Festival/event TOWN: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
    1998 festival/event DATES: Sept. 22-27
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: 40 Elm St. suite 218
    town: Sudbury
    country: Canada
    post code: P3C 1S8
    office telephone: 705-688-1234
    office fax: 705-688-1351
    office e-mail address:
    cinefest@vianet.on.ca
    website:
    http://www.cinefest.com
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Tammy Frick
    name of festival PROGRAMMER:
    Deadline for entry July 22
    * market? no
    * competition? yes
    Name of major awards: Best International (audience selection no cash value)
    Best Canadian ($5,000), Best Ontario ($5,000), Best Short ($1,000)
    Last winning film:
    Ma vie en rose (International), THE HANGING GARDEN (Best Canadian), CUBE
    (Best Ontario), ZIE 37 STAGEN (Best Short) Director of winning film:
    Alain Berliner (Ma vie en rose), Thom Fitzgerald (THE HANGING GARDEN),
    Vincenzo Natali (CUBE), Sylvain Guy (ZIE 37 STAGEN).

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    Milwaukee International Independent Film Festival
    Festival/Event town: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    1998 Festival Dates: September 24 - 27, 1998
    1997 Festival Dates: None (this is our first annual city run festival)
    Festival Head Office address: 2825 N. Prospect Ave.
    Town : Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Country: USA
    postcode: 53211
    Office telephone: 414-332-9487
    Office fax: same
    Office e-mail:
    mcwu@concentric.net
    website:
    http://www.execpc.com/~spkeasy/MIIFF.html
    Name of festival DIRECTOR: Brian J. McGuire
    Name of festival PROGRAMMER: T. Patrick McGuire
    Deadline for entry: July 31, 1998
    * market: NO
    * competition: YES
    Name of Major award: Best Feature ($5,000)
    Best Foreign ($5,000)
    Audience ($5,000)
    Best Documentary ($5,000)
    Best Short ($3,000)
    Screenplay ($2,000)
    Last winning film: NONE
    Director of winning film: NONE


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    The 8th Oslo Films from the South Festival 1998
    Festival/event TOWN: Oslo
    1998 festival/event DATES: september 25 - october 4
    1997 festival/event DATES: september 26 - october 5
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: Dronningensgt. 16
    town: Oslo
    country: Norway
    post code: 0152
    Festival director: Dag Asbjornsen
    Festival manager: Lasse Skagen
    office telephone: 47 22 822481/80
    office fax: 47 22 822489
    office e-mail address:
    filmsor@filmenshus.no
    website:
    http://www.filmsor.filmenshus.no
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Dag Asbjornsen
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: Åse Meyer
    Deadline for entry august 1st 1998
    * market?
    * competition?
    Name of major award: Oslo Films From the South Award
    Value of award: guaranteed national distribution
    Last winning film: "Labyrinth of dreams"
    Director of winning film: Sogo Ishii
    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".


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    Nordic Panorama.
    (in Scandinavian language also: Nordisk Panorama)
    Festival/event TOWN: Kiruna, Sweden
    1998 festival/event DATES: Sept 30, 1998 - Oct 4,
    1998
    1997 festival/event DATES: Oct 15-19, 1997
    This festival of Nordic brand tours each year to a
    different Nordic
    country
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: (not established yet)
    conduced to the
    Nordic
    Liaison office for Short & Documentaries):
    Filmkontakt Nord,
    Skindergade 29
    bfbenhavn country: Denmark post code: DK-1159
    office telephone: +45 33 11 51 52
    office fax: +45 33 11 21 52
    office e-mail address:
    filmnord@centrum.dk
    website:
    http://www.centrum.dk/filmnord/
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Lars Bildt
    lars.bildt@kurmifilm.se
    name of festival PROGRAMMER:
    Deadline for entry: May 15,1998
    * market? yes
    * competition? yes
    Name of major award: Nordic Short Film Award,
    Nordic Documentary
    Award plus
    mentions etc Value of award: DKK 25.000 each
    widctlpar Last winning
    film: Short
    Film: SVENSK ROULETTE by Anders Gustafsson
    Documentary: VISION MAN
    by William
    Long Director of winning film: see above


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    Temecula Valley International Film Festival
    Festival/event TOWN: Temecula, California
    1997 festival/event DATES: Sept. 18 - 21, 1997
    1998 festival/event DATES: Sept. 1998
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: Temecula Valley Film Council,
    27645
    Jefferson Ave., #304A,
    town: Temecula, CA
    country: USA
    post code: 92590
    office telephone: 909-699-6267
    office fax: 909-308-1414
    office e-mail address:
    website:
    http://www.msjcNewMedia.com/tvfilmfest
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Jo Moulton
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: Jo Moulton
    * market? No
    * competition? Yes
    * deadline for entry July 31
    Name of major award: Viewer's Choice Awards for best feature, short
    and student film (student award sponsored by Blockbuster Entertainment)
    Value of award:
    $1000 each Last winning film: Feature - "Follow the Bitch," Short -
    "Ghost Writer," Student (tie) - "Cookiepuss Rex" and "A Garden for Rio."
    Director of winning film: Feature - Julian Stone, Short - Brian Strassman,
    Students - Damon Leary, Wesleyan University, and Lance Mungia, Loyola
    Marymount University Also note: Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented
    to Carl Reiner. Also note: 13 filmmaking workshops to be led by industry
    experts such as Michael Westmore (makeup), Carl Gottlieb (screenwriting),
    James Frawley (directing), Bob Zilliox (set decoration), June Chandler
    (acting).

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    BIVI-H BIENAL DE VIDEO HUMORISTICO
    Festival/event TOWN: Buenos Aires.
    (Every 2 years)
    1998 festival/event DATES: 26, 27 September
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address:
    Casilla de Correo 2007 (1000) Correo Central Buenos Aires,
    Argentina. office telephone/ fax: +54 1 962 6360 E-mail:
    kiwiproducciones@hotmail.com
    website:
    http://www.otokrause@interactive.com.ar
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Adalberto Leibovich
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: KIWIPRODUCCIONES Deadline for entry:
    May 30 every two years.
    * market? no
    * competition? Yes (Only Shorts up to 20 min.)
    Name of major award: The KIWI of the night.
    The Public Award and special mentions.
    Last winning film: Luna de Miel
    Director of winning film: Rubens Lumiere

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    Deauville Festival of American Films
    September 1998
    36 rue Pierret, F-92200 Neuilly, France
    Tel: +33-1 46 40 5500
    Fax: +33-1 46 40 5539
    e-mail:
    deauville@pobox.com
    Festival director: Lionel Chouchan, Andre Halimi
    Festival programmer: Daniel Benzaksin
    Competition
    Grand Prix 'Special Deauville'
    Entry deadline: end of July 1998

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