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About: (1) More Film / Video Festivals This Fall - Deadlines

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    3rd Siena International
    Short Film Festival (Siena, Italy, 6 - 14 November 1998) Two competitions:
    one for animated shorts, one for any other kinds of shorts (no video
    admitted). Grand Prix, Special Jury Prize, audience Prize for each section.
    Dead line: 31 July 1998. Short Film Market with 10 video units, special
    catalogue and screening rooms for distributors and buyers. Last year
    winners:
    Asan-Uision (Grand Prix Fiction), Nar Livet Gar Sin Vej (Grand Prix
    Animation).
    Organization: FILMCLUB ASSOCIATI,
    Via In Selci, 84/A - 00184 Roma - Italy -
    Tel. +39-6-4745585 -
    Fax +39-6-47885799 -
    e-mail:
    filmclub@pronet.it
    url:
    http://www.comune.siena.it/film/corto.htm
    Contact: Piero Clemente

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    Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival
    Festival/event TOWN: Colorado Springs, Colorado
    1998 festival/event DATES: November 6-7
    1997 festival/event DATES: November 7-8
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: 255 Laurel Oak Court
    town: Colorado Springs, Colorado
    country: USA
    post code: 80906
    office telephone: 719-590-8438
    office fax: 719-579-5395
    office e-mail address:
    jpblbb@ix.netcom.com
    website: NONE LISTED
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Linda B. Broker
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: Kathy VanInwegen
    Deadline for entry: June 30, 1998
    * market? no
    * competition? no


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    Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- & Videofest
    Festival/event TOWN: Kassel, Germany
    1998 festival/event DATES: 18.-22. November 1998
    1997 festival/event DATES: 19.-23. November 1997
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: Filmladen Kassel e.V.,
    Goethestr. 31
    town: Kassel
    country: Germany
    post code: 34119
    office telephone: **-561-70764-21
    office fax:**-561-70764-41
    office e-mail address:
    wissner@hrz.uni-kassel.de
    website:
    http://www.filmladen.de
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Gerhard Wissner
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: Wieland Hoehne, Gerhard
    Wissner
    Deadline for entry : 1. September 1998
    * market? no
    * competition? no

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    Festival International de Cinéma Mediterranéen à Montpellier
    Festival/event TOWN: MONTPELLIER
    1998 festival/event DATES: 23 October - 1 November 1998
    1997 festival/event DATES: 24/10/97-2/11/97
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: 6, rue de la Vieille - Aiguillerie
    town: MONTPELLIER
    country: FRANCE
    post code: 34000
    office telephone: 33 (0)4 67 66 36 36
    office fax: 33 (0)4 67 66 36 37
    office e-mail address:
    cinemed@mnet.fr
    website:
    http://www.cinemed.tm.fr
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Pierre Pitiot
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: Pierre Pitiot
    Deadline for entry 31 JULY 1998
    * market? NO
    * competition? YES Name of major award: ANTIGONE D'OR Value of award:
    60000ff
    Last winning film:joint winners BENT FAMILIA : GYPSY MAGIC
    Director of winning film: NOURI BOUZID (BENT FAMILIA) STOLE POPOV
    (GYPSY MAGIC)Thanks}

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    Peachtree Int'l Film Festival (Atlanta)
    November 1998
    Metropolitan Film Society, 2180 Pleasant Hill Rd, #A-5221, Duluth
    Georgia,
    30136, USA
    Tel: +1-770 729 8487
    Fax: +1-770 263 0652
    e-mail:
    metro@ilcnet.com
    website:
    http://www. ilcnet.com/~metro
    Festival director: Michelle Forren
    Festival programmer: Michelle Forren

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    Tokyo Int'l Film Festival
    November 1998
    4F Landic Building No. 2, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104, Japan
    Tel: +81-3 3563 6305
    Fax: +81-3 3563 6310
    Festival director: Yasuyoshi Tokuma
    Competition
    Tokyo Grand Prix - International Competition
    Tokyo Gold Prize - Young Cinema Competition ($258,000 for the
    director)
    Entry deadline: tbc

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    Worldfest-Charleston Int'l Film Festival
    November 1998
    PO Box 838, Charleston, 29402 South Carolina, USA
    Tel: +1-803 723 7600
    Fax: +1-713 965 9960
    e-mail:
    worldfest@aol.com
    Festival director: J Hunter Todd
    Festival programmer: Shelagh C Conley
    Market & competition
    Golden Palm

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    Moscow Ecological Film Festival
    November 1998
    2 Aivazovskogo St, Suite 88 Moscow, 117593, Russia
    Tel/fax: +7-095 426 1038

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    Film Art Fest (Ljubljana)
    November 1998
    Presernova 10, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Tel: +386-61 176 7150
    Fax: +386-61 22 42 79
    Festival director: Jelka Stergel

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    OFF (Ourense Film Festival)
    November 1998
    Apartado 664, Ourense E-32003, Spain
    Tel: +34-88 215885
    Fax: +34-88 215885
    e-mail:
    rey@bitmailer.net
    Festival director: Eloy Lozano
    Festival programmer: Jorge Maroyo
    Competition
    Gran Premio del Festival ($9,930)

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    The 15th Israel Film Festival
    November 1998 (Los Angeles), December 1998 (New York)
    6404 Wilshire Blvd, #1240, Los Angeles, CA 90048, US
    Tel: +1-213 966 4166
    Fax: +1-213 658 6346
    Festival director: Meir Fenigstein
    Festival programmer: Amy Haberland
    Competition
    Audience Award for most popular feature film ($5,000, sponsored by
    Nu Image)

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    Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema
    Festival/event TOWN: San Francisco, CA
    1997 festival/event DATES: Nov, 5-9, 1997
    1998 festival/event DATES: Nov. 4-8, 1998
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: Film Arts Foundation, 346 Ninth
    Street, 2nd
    Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103
    town: San Francisco, CA
    country: USA
    post code:
    office telephone: 415-552-8760
    office fax: 415-552-0883
    office e-mail address:
    filmarts@best.com
    website:
    http://www.filmarts.org
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Mark Taylor
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: Mark Taylor & Kevin Cunningham
    * market? no
    * competition? no
    * deadline for entry early June 19; final July 10

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    Heartland Film Festivals (Indianapolis)
    November 1998
    613 N East Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    Tel: +1-317 464 9405
    Fax: +1-317 635 4201
    e-mail:
    hff@inquest.net
    Festival director: Jeffrey L Sparks
    Festival programmer: Jeffrey L Sparks
    Competition
    Crystal Heart Award ($100,000)

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    Foyle Film Weekend (Derry)
    November 1998
    2nd Floor, Northern Counties Building, 8 Custom House Street,
    GB-Derry, Northern
    Ireland, UK
    Tel: +44-1504 267 432
    Fax: +44-1504 371 738
    e-mail:
    shona@iscm.ulst.ac.uk
    Festival director and programmer: Shona McCarthy
    Competition Award: $1,670

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    London Film Festival
    November 1998
    National Film Theatre, South Bank, Waterloo, GB-London SE1 8XT, UK
    Tel: +44-171 815 1320
    Fax: +44-171 633 0786
    Web:
    http://www.bfi.org.uk
    e-mail:
    jane.ivey@bfi.org.uk
    Festival co-directors: Adrian Wootton & Mark Adams
    Festival programmer: Sandra Hebron

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    Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival (New York)
    November 1998
    American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street at Central
    Park
    West, New York,
    10024 NY, USA
    Tel: +1-212 769 5305
    Fax: +1-212 769 5329
    e-mail:
    meadfest@amnh.org
    Festival director: Elaine Charnov

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    News World Int'l Forum for Broadcast News (Berlin)
    November 1998
    39 St James' Street, GB-London SW1A 1JD, UK
    Tel: +44-171 491 0880
    Fax: +44-171 491 0990

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    Nordic Film Days (Lubeck)
    November 1998
    Senat der Hansestadt Lubeck, Schleswig-Holstein, D-23539 Germany
    Tel: +49-451 122 4102
    Fax: +49-451 122 4106
    Festival director: Andrea Kunsemuller
    Competition
    NDR Promotion Prize ($13,950)

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    Northampton Film Festival
    Festival/event TOWN:Northampton, Massachusetts USA
    1996 festival/event DATES: NOV. 3-5
    1997 festival/event DATES: Nov. 5-8
    1998 festival/event DATES: Nov. 4-8
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: 351 Pleasant St. Suite 137
    town:Northampton, MA 01060
    country: USA
    post code: 01060
    office telephone: 413-586-3471
    office fax: 413-584-4432
    office e-mail address:
    filmfest@nohofilm.org
    website:
    http://www.nohofilm.org
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Howard Polonsky & Dee DeGeiso
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: Howard Polonsky & Dee DeGeiso
    * market? no
    * competition? yes
    * deadline for entry June 30
    Name of major award: Kodak Vision Award
    Value of award: $1000
    Last winning film: A Midwife's Tale
    Director of winning film: Richard P. Rogers & Laurie
    Kahn-Leavitt

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    Northwest Film & Video Festival (Portland)
    November 1998
    1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97205, USA
    Tel: +1-503 221 1156
    Fax: +1-503 226 4842
    e-mail: nwfc.org (Forwarder's note: an incorrect address)
    Festival co-ordinator: Lisa Pearson
    Competition
    Best of Festival ($10,000 in awards)

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    Amiens Int'l Film Festival
    November 1998
    36 rue de Noyou, F-80000 Amiens, France
    Tel: +33-322 91 01 44
    Fax: +33-322 92 53 04
    Festival director: Jean-Pierre Garcia
    Festival programmer: as above
    Competition - fiction and documentary Grand Prix

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    Banff Festival of Mountain Films
    November 1998
    PO Box 1020, Stn.38, Banff, Alberta T0L 0C0, Canada
    Tel: +1-403 762 6125
    Fax: +1-403 762 6277
    e-mail:
    DebSmythe@banffcentre.ab.ca
    website:
    http://www. banffcentre.ab.ca
    Festival director: Bernadette McDonald
    Festival programmer: Lisa Brent
    Market & competition
    Grand Prize ($9,070)

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    Children's Film Festival (Augsburg)
    6-15 November 1998
    Schroeckstr. 6, D-86152 Augsburg, Germany
    Tel: +49-821 153077
    Fax: +49-821 349 5218
    Festival director and programmer: Ellen Gratza



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    Hawaii Int'l Film Festival (Honolulu, neighbouring islands)
    November 1998 in Honolulu/ November on neighbouring islands
    700 Bishop Street, Suite 400, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
    Tel: +1-808 528 3456
    Fax: +1-808 528 1410
    e-mail:
    hiffinfo@hiff.org
    Festival director: Christian Gaines
    Festival programmer: Jeannette Paulson
    Competition
    Golden Maile Award

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    Latino Film Festival of Marin (Larkspur)
    November 1998
    3100 Kerner Blvd, Suite G, San Rafael, CA 94901, USA
    Tel: +1-415 459 3530
    Fax: +1-415 456 0560
    e-mail:
    sperel@linex.com
    Festival director: Sylvia Perel
    Festival programmer: S Stalman

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    Moving Image Festival (Plymouth)
    November 1998
    51 Amherst Rd, GB-Plymouth, PL3 4HJ, UK
    Tel: +44-1752 265 562
    Fax: +44-1752 265 562
    e-mail:
    start@sundog.zynet.co.uk
    Festival director: Stuart More
    Festival programmer: Kayla Parker

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    Stockholm International Film Festival
    Festival/event TOWN: Stockholm
    1998 festival/event DATES: 6th - 15th november 1997
    festival/event DATES:
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: P O Box 3136
    town: Stockholm
    country: Sweden
    post code: S - 103 62
    office telephone: +46 - 8 - 677 50 00
    office fax:+46 - 8 - 20 05 90
    office e-mail address:
    program@cinema.se
    website:
    http://www.filmfestivalen.se
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Mrs Git Scheynius
    name of festival PROGRAMCOORDINATOR: Mr Jakob Abrahamsson /
    Mr
    Albert
    Avramovic
    Deadline for entry 7th of September 1998
    * market? no
    * competition? yes
    Name of major award: The Bronze Horse
    Last winning film: Unmade Beds, USA
    Director of winning film: Nicholas Barker

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    Duisburger Filmwoche (Duisburg)
    November 1998
    Am Ksnig-Heinrich-Platz, D-47049 Duisburg, Germany
    Tel: +49-203 283 4171
    Fax: +49-203 283 4130
    Festival director: Werner Ruzicka
    Competition
    German Film Critics' Prize ($5,580)

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    London Programme Market
    November 1998
    23-24 George Street, GB-Richmond, Surrey TW9 1HY, UK
    Tel: +44-181 948 5522
    Fax: +44-181 332 0495
    Market director: Jonathan Bainbridge

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    Rassegna Citta di Palermo/ Int'l Sport Film Festival
    November 1998
    Via Notarbartolo 1/G, I-90141 Palermo, Italy
    e-mail:
    sporfife@mbox.vol.it
    Festival director and programmer: Vito Maggio
    Competition
    Premio Paladino d'Oro & $2,870

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    Cinanima - Int'l Animated Film Festival (Espinho)
    November 1998
    Apartado 43, P-4501 Espinho Codex, Portugal
    Tel: +351-2 724 611/721 621
    Fax: +351-2 726 015
    Festival director: Antonio Gaio
    Festival programmer: Organising Committee Cinanima
    Competition
    Grand Prize

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    Southern African Int'l Film & Television Market (Cape Town)
    November 1998
    PO Box 1563, Parklands, 2121, South Africa
    143 Oxford Road Rosebank, Johannesburg, 2196, South Africa
    Tel: +27-11 442 4790/788 7864
    Fax: +27-11 447 2111
    Market director: Dezi Rsrich

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    Int'l Film Festival in Munich
    November 1998
    Bonner Platz 1/V
    D-80803 Munich, Germany
    Tel: +49-89 307 992 20
    Fax: +49-89 307 992 22

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    Int'l Biennale Film+Arc Graz
    November 1998
    Hallerschloszstrasse 21, A-8010 Graz, Austria
    Tel: +43-316 35 6155
    Fax: +43-316 356156
    Festival director and programmer: Charlotte Pschhacker Competition
    Grand Prix film+arc.graz ($7,930)

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    Mediterranean Film Festival (Tubingen)
    November 1998
    Osterbergstr. 9, Tubingen,
    D-72074, Germany
    Tel: +49-7071 56960
    Fax: +49-7071 56 96 96
    e-mail:
    filmtage-tuebingen@t-online.de
    Festival director: Dieter Betz
    Entry deadline: eight weeks before the festival

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    Verzaubert, Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt,
    Stuttgart)
    November 1998
    Rosebud Entertainment, Herzog Wilhelm str 27, D-80331
    Munich,
    Germany
    Tel: +49-89 260 22 838
    Fax: +49-89 260 22 839
    e-mail:
    rosebud-entertainment@t-online.de
    Festival directors and programmers: Schorsch Muller, Rainer
    Stefan


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    Festival de Cine de Alcala de Henares
    November 1998
    Plaza del Empecinado 1, Alcala de Henares, E-28801, Spain
    Tel: +34-1 881 3934
    Fax: +34-1 881 3906
    Festival director: Pedro Medina
    Competition
    Primer premio nacional ($5,300)

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