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About: (2) More Film / Video Festivals This Fall - Deadlines

Mon, 20 Jul 1998 09:25:52 -0700 (PDT)

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    Mar del Plata Int'l Film Festival
    November 1998
    Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata,
    Fundacion Cine Argentino, Lima
    319, Piso 10, 1073 Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Tel: +54-1 383 2622
    Fax: +54-1 383 9091
    e-mail:
    INCAA@MICROSTAR.COM.AR
    Festival director: Julio Maharbiz Festival programmer: Oscar Barney=20
    Finn
    Market & competition Golden Omb =A6 ($625,000)

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    Brynmawr Film Festival
    November 1998
    Blaenau Gwent Arts Development Office, Beaufort Theatre, Beaufort,=20
    GB-Ebbw
    Vale,
    Gwent, South Wales, NP3 5QQ, UK
    Tel: +44-1495 308996
    Fax: +44-1495 308996
    Festival director and programmer: Geoff Cripps

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    Oslo Int'l Film Festival
    November 1998
    Ebbellsgate 1, N-0183 Oslo, Norway
    Tel: +47-22 20 07 66
    Fax: +47-22 20 18 03
    e-mail:
    filmfestival@login.eunet.no
    website:
    http://wit.no/filmfestival
    Festival director and programmer: Tommy L=BFrdahl
    Entry deadline: mid-October

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    Turin Int'l Film Festival
    November 1998
    Via Monte di Piety 1, Turin,
    I-10121, Italy
    Tel: +39-11 562 3309
    Fax: +39-11 562 9796
    e-mail:
    ficg@webcom.com
    Festival director and programmer: Alberto Barbera
    Competition
    Best Film ($20,000)

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    Welsh Int'l Film Festival (Aberystwyth)
    November 1998
    6G Park Gwyddoniaeth, Cefn Llan, GB-Aberystwyth, SY23 3AH, UK
    Tel: +44-1970 617995
    Fax: +44-1970 617942
    e-mail:
    wff995@aber.ac.uk
    Festival director: Berwyn Rowlands
    Festival programmers: Berwyn Rowlands, Diane Davies
    Competition
    DM Davies Award ($50)
    Entry deadline: first week of September

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    Encontros Internacionais de Cinema Documental (Odivelas)
    November 1998
    Centro Cultural Malaposta, Rua Angola, Olival Basto, P-2675 Odivelas,
    Portugal
    Tel: +351-1 938 8407/938 8570
    Fax: +351-1 938 9347
    Festival programmer and programmer: Manuel Costa e Silva Competition=20
    Best
    Feature Film Entry deadline: September 1998

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    festival
    IMPORTANT : SHORT FILMS ONLY
    Festival/event TOWN: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA 1998 festival/event DATES:
    ----- (Fourth EDITION 1999)
    1997 festival/event DATES: 15 - 20 NOVEMBER
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: Universidad del Cine - Pje. Giuffra 330
    town: Buenos Aires
    country: Argentina
    post code: 1064
    office telephone: (54 1) 300 8193 / 8190 Ext 119
    office fax: (54 1) 300 0674
    office e-mail address:
    ucine@sminter.com.ar
    website:
    http://universidaddelcine.com
    name of festival DIRECTOR: MARIA MARTA ANTIN
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: HERNAN MUSALUPPI
    Deadline for entry september 1999
    * market? yes/no NO
    * competition? yes/no YES
    Value of award: USD 3000
    Last winning film: Negocios (Universidad del Cine)
    Director of winning film: Pablo Trapero

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    Oulu Int'l Children's Film Festival
    November 1998
    Torikatu 8, 90100 Oulu, Finland
    Tel: +358-8 881 1293
    Fax: +358-8 881 1290
    e-mail:
    ku-kejonen@ouka.fi
    Festival director: Pentti Kejonen
    Festival programmer: Eszter Vuojala
    Competition
    Star Boy Award ($3,300)

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    Birmingham Int'l Film & TV Festival
    November 1998
    9 Margaret Street, GB-Birmingham
    B3 3SB, UK
    Tel: +44-121 212 0777
    Fax: +44-121 212 0666
    Festival director: Sarah McKenzie
    Festival programmer: David Sin
    Entry deadline: end of August

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    Action and Adventure Film Festival (Antwerp)
    November 1998
    1104 Kortrijksesteenweg, Ghent, B-9051, Belgium
    Tel: +32-9 221 8946
    Fax: +32-9 221 9074
    e-mail:
    filmfestival@infoboard.be
    www page:
    http://www.rug.ac.be/filmfestival/Welcome.html
    Contact: Jacques Dubrulle, Walter Provo, Peter Bouckaert, Marian
    Ponnet

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    Festival of French Cinema (Acapulco)
    November 1998
    Unifrance, 4 Villa Bosquet,
    F-75007 Paris, France
    Tel: +33-1 47 53 95 80/ 47 53 27 48
    Fax: +33-1 47 05 96 55
    Contact: Stephan Melchiori

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    Brief Encounters (Short Film Festival) (Bristol)
    November 1998
    PO Box 576, GB-Bristol BS99 2BD, UK
    Tel: +44-117 922 4636
    Fax: +44-117 922 2906
    e-mail:
    brief.encounters@dial.pipex.com
    Contact: Andrew Kelly

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    Int'l Festival of Authorial Film (Belgrade)
    November 1998
    Jugoslavija film, Makedonska 22/VI, 11000 Beograd, Yugoslavia
    Tel: +381-11 324 8554/324 8282
    Fax: +381-11 324 8659
    Contact: Vojislav Vucinovic
    Competition
    Aleksandar Petrovic Award

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    The Ohio Independent Film Festival
    November 1998
    2258 West 10th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, USA
    Tel: +1-216 781 1755
    e-mail:
    OhioIndieFilmFest@juno.com
    Festival directors and programmers: Bernadette Gillota, Annetta
    Marion

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    Vevey Int'l Comedy Film Festival
    November 1998
    La Grenette CP 421, CH-1800 Vevey, Switzerland
    Tel: +41-21 922 2027
    Fax: +41-21 922 2024
    Festival director and programmer: Yves Moser
    Competition
    Golden Cane ($4,050)

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    French Film Festival (Edinburgh/Glasgow)
    20-29 November 1998
    French Institute, 13 Randolph Crescent, GB-Edinburgh, EH3 8TX, UK
    Tel: +44-131 243 3601/225 5366
    Fax: +44-131 220 2443
    Festival director: Richard Mowe
    Festival programmer: Allan Hunter
    Hennessy Audience Prize
    Entry deadline: 30 September

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    Gijon Int'l Film Festival for Young People
    November 1998
    Po. Bego-a No 24 entlo, E-33205 Gijon, Spain
    Tel: +34-8 534 3739
    Fax: +34-8 535 4152
    e-mail:
    festcine@airastuz.es
    Festival director and programmer: Jose Luis Cienfuegos
    Competition
    Principado de Asturias

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    Int'l Thessaloniki Film Festival (Thessaloniki)
    from 13 to 22 November 1998
    36 Sina Street, 10672 Athens, Greece
    Tel: +30-1 361 0418
    Fax: +30-1 362 1023
    new e-mail address:
    filmfestival@magnet.gr
    Web Site:
    http://www.magnet.gr/filmfestival
    Festival director: Michel Demopoulos
    Festival programmer: Dimitri Eipides
    Competition
    Golden Alexander ($50,000)

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    Festival of Film Schools (Munich)
    November 1998
    Kaiser St. 39, Munich, D-80801, Germany
    Tel: +49-89 381 9040
    Fax: +49-89 381 90426
    Festival director: Prof. Wolfgang LSngsfeld
    Competition
    Six material prizes

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    Festival dei Popoli International Review of Social Documentary Film
    (Florence)
    November 1998
    Borgo Pinti 82R, Florence,
    I-50121, Italy
    Tel: +39-55 244 778
    Fax: +39-55 241 364
    e-mail:
    fespopol@dada.it
    Festival director: Mario Simondi
    Contact: Patricia Baroni
    Competition
    Award for best documentary film

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    IIberoAmerican Film Festival (Huelva)
    November 1998
    Casa Colon, Plaza del Punto,
    E-21003 Huelva, Spain
    Tel: +34-59 21 0170
    Fax: +34-59 210173
    Festival director: Jose Luis Ruiz
    Festival programmer: Jose Luis Ruiz, Julia Marquinez Competition
    Colon de oro by the jury ($19,870)

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    Junior Dublin Film Festival
    November-December 1998
    c/o Irish Film Centre, Eustache Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
    Tel: +353-1 671 4095
    Fax: +353-1 677 8755
    Festival director and programmer: Alan Robinson

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    Int'l Festival of Documentary and Short Films (Bilbao)
    November 1998
    C/Col-n de Larreategui, n1/4 37-41/4 drch, E-48009 Bilbao, Spain
    Tel: +34-4 424 8698/424 5507/424 7860
    Fax: +34-4 424 5624
    Festival director: Luis Iturri
    Festival programmer: Maria Angeles Olea
    Competition
    Grand Prize ($2,650)

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    Nature Film Festival Valvert (Brussels)
    November 1998
    E. Facto S.A. - Rue Masui 45, Brussels, B-1000, Belgium
    Tel: +32-2 203 4363
    Fax: +32-2 203 4294
    Festival director: Sebastian Lob
    Festival programmer: Claudine Brasseur
    Competition
    Aigle de cristal ($2,700)

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    FESTIVAL VIDEO AMATEUR DU FILM NATURE
    Festival/event TOWN: NAMUR (BELGIUM)
    1997 festival/event DATES: 15 NOVEMBER 1997
    1998 festival/event DATES: NOVEMBER 1998
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: FESTIVAL VIDEO AMATEUR DU FILM NATURE
    Philippe Taminiaux
    Trys St pierre 13
    town: Profondeville
    country: Belgium
    post code: 5170
    office telephone:
    +32.81.41.31.69
    office fax: +32.81.41.31.60
    office e-mail address:
    video.nature@skynet.be
    website:
    http://www.tnl.be/video/default.htm
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Taminiaux Philippe
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: Taminiaux Philippe
    * market? no
    * competition? yes
    * deadline for entry: none Name of major award:
    12 golden cassettes
    Value of award: 15.000$ 400.000 FB

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    Festival des Trois Continents (Nantes)
    November-December 1998
    19a Passage Pommeraye, BP 43302, F-44033, Nantes Cedex 1, France
    Tel: +33-240 69 74 14
    Fax: +33-240 73 55 22
    Festival directors: Alain Jalladeau, Philippe Jalladeau
    Festival programmers: as above
    Competition (only for feature films)
    Montgolfiere d'Or ($4,950)

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    TV Movie Script Workshop (Girona)
    November 1998
    C/Pau Claris 115, 5*, 4a, E-08009 Barcelona, Spain
    tel: +34-3 487 3773
    fax: +34-3 487 3952
    Festival director: Pere Fages

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    Int'l Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
    November-December 1998
    Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 10, NL-017 RR Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Tel: +31-20 627 3329
    Fax: +31-20 638 5388
    e-mail:
    idfa@xs4all.nl
    Festival director: Ally Derks
    Competition
    Joris Ivens Award ($12,500)

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    Canadian Int'l Annual Film/Video Festival (Campbell River, British
    Columbia)
    November 1998
    25 Eugenia St, Barrie, Ontario, L4M 1P6, Canada
    Tel: +1-705 737 2729
    Fax: +1-705 737 2729
    e-mail:
    ciaff@iname.com
    Festival director: Ben VW Andrews
    Festival programmer: Kevin Harrison
    Competition
    Best Amateur Entry Award

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    Golden Knight Int'l Amateur Film and Video Festival
    (Valletta-Malta)
    November 1998
    Malta Amateur Cine Circle, PO Box 450, Valetta CMR 01, Malta
    Tel: +356-222345
    Fax: +356-225047
    website:
    http://www.global/ net.mt/amacc
    Festival director: Alfred Stagno Navarra
    Festival programmer: Vincent Lungaro Mifsud
    Competition
    Golden Knight

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    Camerimage (Torun)
    November-December 1998
    Rynek Nowomiejski 28, 87-100 Torun, Poland
    Tel: +48-56 24879/10019
    Fax: +48-56 27595
    Festival director: Marek Zydowicz
    Festival programmer: Remigiusz Zawadzki, Voitek Warszewski, Marek=20
    Zydowicz
    Competition
    The Golden Frog Award

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    Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
    November-December 1998
    Floor 7, No 45, Chilin Road, Taipei, 104 Taiwan ROC
    Tel: +886-2 567 5861/523 2195
    Fax: +886-2 531 8966/521 6311
    e-mail:
    tghff@email.gen.net.tw
    Festival director: You-ning Yu
    Festival programmer: Jane HC Yu

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    New York Short and Video Expo
    November 1998
    532 La Guardia Place, Suite 330, New York, NY 10012, USA
    Tel: +1-212 505 7742/873 1353
    Fax: +1-212 724 9172
    e-mail:
    rswbc@cunyvm.cuny.edu
    Contact: Robert Withers

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    First Look (New York, Los Angeles)
    November 1998 - July 1999
    Tribeca Film Center, 375 Greenwich St, New York, NY
    Tel: +1-212 941 4011
    Fax: +1-212 941 2032
    Website:
    http://www.TRIBECAFILM.COM
    Festival director: Harlene Freezer
    Entry deadline: rolling submissions

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    Festival/event TOWN: GHENT (BELGIUM)
    1998 festival/event DATES: None
    1999 festival/event DATES: 4-5-6-7 November 1999
    1997 festival/event DATES: October 31, November 1-2 Festival HEAD=20
    OFFICE
    address:
    town: SINT-AMANDSBERG (GENT)
    country: BELGIUM
    post code: B9040
    office telephone: None (private)
    office fax: +32 9 259 2317
    office e-mail address:
    martin.bracke@skynet.be
    website:
    http://users.skynet.be/dedrake
    http://www.ping.be/film
    Name of festival DIRECTOR: Wolfgang Freier
    Name of festival PROGRAMMER: VZW DE DRAKE - GENT
    Deadline for entry =3D 1999 September 1
    * market? NO
    * competition? YES
    Name of major award: A DRAGON (symbol of Ghent) made by a
    local
    artist
    Value of award: about 7.000 BEF
    Last winning film: THE SHOOT
    Director of winning film: Terry Mendoza (UK)

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    CINEWOMEN
    Festival/event TOWN: NORWICH, ENGLAND
    1996 festival/event DATES: 24-27 OCTOBER
    1997 festival/event DATES: 6-9 NOVEMBER
    1998 festival/event DATES: OCTOBER-NOVEMBER
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: CINEMA CITY, ST ANDREWS STREET,
    NORWICH NR2 4AD, UK
    office telephone: +44 1603 456239
    office fax: +44 1603 767838
    office e-mail address:
    j.h.morgan@uea.ac.uk
    website:
    http://www.parker-barry.co.uk/cinewomen
    (new site under construction, new URL supplied asap)
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Jayne Morgan
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: Jayne Morgan
    Deadline for entry July 31st -
    * market? no
    * competition? yes
    Name of major award: Cinewomen Award (this year as
    audience award )
    Value of
    award: #1000
    Last winning film: Lounge and Skywatchers (joint
    winners) Director
    of winning film: Miranda Pennell and Joanna Dunn

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    Virginia Film Festival
    Festival/event TOWN:Charlottesville, VA
    1998 festival/event DATES:Oct-Nov.
    1997 festival/event DATES:10/30-11/2
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address:UVA Drama Dept., Culbreth Rd
    town:Charlottesville, VA
    country:USA
    post code: 22903
    office telephone:804-982-5277
    office fax:804-924-1447
    office e-mail address:
    filmfest@virginia.edu
    website:
    http://www.virginia.edu/~vafilm
    name of festival DIRECTOR:Richard Herskowitz
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: Richard Herskowitz
    Deadline for entry July 1
    * market? no
    * competition? no

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    Pacific Coast Film Festival
    Festival/event TOWN: San Diego, CA
    1997 festival/event DATES: November 7 - November 16
    1998 festival/event DATES: November
    Festival HEAD OFFICE address: 1155 Camino Del Mar Suite 104
    town: Del Mar, CA
    country: USA
    post code:92014
    office telephone: 619-755-8544
    office fax: 619-755-8585
    office e-mail address:
    films@bptv.com
    website:
    http://bptv.com
    name of festival DIRECTOR: Jeffrey Lehmann
    name of festival PROGRAMMER: Various
    Deadline for entry September 1, (October 1, with late fee)
    * market? Most Likely
    * competition? Yes
    Name of major award: Audience Choice Best Short
    Film, Jury Choice
    Best Short
    Film Additional Awards for Student, Underwater, and
    other catagories
    Value of
    award: ($500 each) Last winning film: Car Thief, The
    Bottle Director
    of winning
    film: Mike Addis, Mike Rababy

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