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Palm Springs Int'l Short Film Festival
6-10 August 1998
1700 E Tahquitz #3, Palm Springs, CA 92263, USA
Tel: +1-760 322 2930
Fax: +1-760 322 4087
Executive director: Craig Prater
Artistic director: Paola Freccero
Market & competition
Four Awards (animation, film, video, student)
Entry deadline: 15 June 1998
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Melbourne Int'l Film Festival
July-August 1998
1st Floor, 207 Johnston Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia 3065
Tel: +61-3 9417 2011
Fax: +61-3 9417 3804
e-mail:
miff@netspace.net.au
Festival director: Sandra Sdraulig
Festival programmer: Sandra Sdraulig and Brett Woodward Competition (short
films only)
City of Melbourne Award for best film ($3,680)
Previous winner: Baka (Thierry Knauf)
Entry deadline: April 1998
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Brisbane Int'l Film Festival
July-August 1998 (tbc)
GPO Box 909, Brisbane, 4101 Australia
Tel: +66-7 3220 0333
Fax: 66-7 3220 0400
e-mail: brisfilm@thehub.com.au
Festival director: Anne Demy-Geroe
Festival programmer: Rhonda Clark
Entry deadline: April/May 1998 (tbc)
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Hollywood Film Festival
Festival/event TOWN: Hollywood
1998 festival/event DATES: August 4 to 9
1997 festival/event DATES: October 12 to 18
Festival HEAD OFFICE address: 433 N. Camden Drive, Suite 600
town: Beverly Hills
country: USA
post code:90210
office telephone:310.288.1882
office fax:310.475.0193
office e-mail address:
website:
http://hollywoodfilmfestival.com
name of festival DIRECTOR: Carlos de Abreu
name of festival PROGRAMMER: Carlos de Abreu
Deadline for entry: May 30
* market? Yes
* competition? Yes
Name of major award: Hollywood Discovery Award
Value of award: Prizes valued at more than $100,000
Last winning film: "Always Say Goodbye" (under one million
dollars},
"My Brother's War" (over one million dollars) Director of winning film:
Joshua Becket ("Always Say Goodbye"), James Brolin ("My Brother's War").
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Ecran Total (Brussels)
July/August 1998
Galerie de la Reine 28, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32-2 511 6515
Fax: +32-2 502 5285
E-mail:
cindeit@skynet.be
http://arti.vub.ac.be/www/culture/ecran.html
E-mail:
ecran97@arti.vub.ac.be
Festival director: Eliane Du Bois
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Wine Country Film Festival
17 July-10 August 1998 (Napa, Sonoma, Glen Ellen)
PO Box 303, Glen Ellen, CA 95442, USA
Tel: +1-707 996 2536
Fax: +1-707 996 6964
e-mail:
wc.filmfest@aol.com
Festival director and programmer: Stephen Ashton
Competition
First Feature Award, Blockbuster's Film Competition
Entry deadline: 31 March 1998
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California International Film/Video Festival
Festival/event TOWN: Newport Beach, CA
1998 festival/event DATES: August 18th , every year.
1997 festival/event DATES: Festival HEAD OFFICE address: 4 Surfside Ct.
town: Newport Beach
country: UAS
post code: 92663
office telephone: (714) 548-5244
office fax:
office e-mail address:
filmfestival@freeyellow.com
website:
http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/filmfestival/filmmain.html
name of festival DIRECTOR: Aaron Masters
name of festival PROGRAMMER: Laurie Yapel
Deadline for entry: August 18th
* market? No
* competition? Yes
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Dublin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Early August 1998
125 Melvin Road, Dublin 6W, Ireland
Tel: +353-1 492 0597
Fax: +353-1 670 6377
Festival director: Kevin Sexton, Yvonne O'Reilly Festival
programmer: Declan Meade, Yvonne O'Reilly Entry deadline:
1 June 1997
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Locarno Int'l Film Festival
5-15 August 1998
Via della Posta 6, CH-6600 Locarno, Switzerland
Tel: +41-91 751 0232 / 0041 91 751 01 71
Fax: +41-91 751 7465 / 0041 91 752 15 06
e-mail:
pardo@tinet.ch
website:
http://www.pardo.ch
Festival director & programmer: Marco Muller Market &
competition Golden Leopard ($20,240)
Previous winner: Nenette et Boni (Claire Denis)
Entry deadline: 31 May 1998
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Odense Int'l Film Festival
11-16 August 1998
Vindegade 18, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark
Tel: +45-6 613 1372 x.4044
Fax: +45-6 591 4318
Festival director: Christian Braad Thomsen
Competition
Grand Prix ($5,150)
Previous winner: Schwarzfahrer (Pepe Danqurrart)
Entry deadline: 1 May 1998
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Rhode Island International Film Festival
Festival/event TOWN: Woonsocket, Rhode Island
1998 festival/event DATES: August 13-16, 1998
1997 festival/event DATES: August 20-24, 1997
Festival HEAD OFFICE address: P.O. Box 162
town: Newport, Rhode Island
country: USA
post code: 02840-0002
office telephone:(401) 847-7590
office fax: (401) 847-7590
office e-mail address:
flicksart@aol.com
website:
http://www.eatinri.com/flickers
name of festival Producer: Flickers Arts
Collaborative
name of festival Director: George T. Marshall
name of festival Programmer: Julien Bessette
Deadline for entry: June 5, 1998
* market? yes
* competition? yes Name of major awards:
Festival's Best Feature, Best Short, Best Editing, Best Director,
Best Score, Best Documentary, and Audience Award.
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Weiterstadt Open Air Filmfest
Festival town: Weiterstadt
13-16 August 1998
Festival head office address: Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt,
c/o Pollitt, Bahnhofstr. 70, D-64331 Weiterstadt
Country: Germany
Office telephone: +49-6150-12185
Office fax: +49-6150-14073
Office e-mail address:
sfk@hrzpub.th-darmstadt.de Website:
http://www.th-darmstadt.de/hg/sfk/weiterstadt/welcome.html
Name of festival director: Jochen Pollitt
Name of festival programmer: Mario Rempp
Deadline for entry: June 15th, 1998 (like every year)
* market: no
* competition: no
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Chichester Film Festival
15 August-1 September 1998
New Park Film Centre,
New Park Road, GB-Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1XN, U. K.
Tel: +44-1243 786 650
Fax: +44-1243 539 853
Festival director and programmer:
Roger Gibson Entry deadline: early June 1997
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Norwegian Int'l Film Festival (Haugesund)
15-22 August 1998
PO Box 145, N-5501 Haugesund, Norway
Tel: +47-52 73 44 30
Fax: +47-52 73 44 20
e-mail:
haugfest@online.no
Festival director: Gunmar Johan Loevvik
Festival programmer: Vigdis Lian
Market
Entry deadline: July 1998
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Film Screenplay Festival (Vrnjacka Banja)
16-21 August 1998
Vrnjacka 20, 36210 Vrnjacka Banja, Yugoslavia
Tel: +381-36 662 398
Fax: +381-36 662 398
Festival director: Jelena Borovic Dimic
Festival programmer: Miomir Stamenkovic
Competition
The Best Screenplay Award
Previous winner: Premeditated Murder
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Espoo Cin
18-23 August 1998
PO Box 95, Ahertajankuja 4, Espoo 02100, Finland
Tel:+358-9 466 599
Fax: +358-9 466 458
Festival director: Timo Kuismin
Festival programmer: Outi Heiskanen
Entry deadline: 30 June 1998
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Hiroshima Int'l Animation Festival
20-24 August 1998
4-17 Kako-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730, Japan
Tel: +81-82 245 0245
Fax: +81-82 245 0246
e-mail:
hiroanim@urban.or.jp
website:
http://www.city.hiroshima.jp
Festival director: Sayoko Kinoshita
Festival programmer: as above
Competition
Grand Prix ($8,620)
Previous winner: Repete (Michaela Pavlatova)
Entry deadline:
21 April 1998
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Sao Paulo Int'l Short Film Festival=
20-29 August 1998
Rua Cristiano Viana, 907 05411-001 D0o Paulo - SP,
Brazil
Tel/fax: +55-11 852 9601
e-mail:
spshort@ibm.net
Festival director: Zita Carvalhosa
Entry deadline: 25 May 1998
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Montreal World Film Festival
22 August-2 September 1997
Late August 1998
1432 De Bleury, Montreal H3A 2JI, Canada
Tel: +1-514 848 3883
Fax: +1-514 848 3886
website:
http://www.ffm-montreal org
Festival director: Serge Losique
Festival programmer: Daniele Cauchard
Market & competition
Grand Prix of the Americas
Previous winner: Different for Girls (Richard
Spence)
Entry deadline: 5 July
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Festival of Actors (Nis)
24-30 August 1998
Pavla Orlovica 28 A, 18000 Nis, Yugoslavia
Tel: +381-18 47 757/ 42 849
Fax: +381-18 23 197
Festival director: Branislav Stojkovic
Grand Prix for the Best Actors
Previous winner: Dragan Bjelogrlic
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Int'l Festival of Tourist, Ecological and Sport Films -
Mefest
(Zlatibor)
28 August-1 September 1998
Alekse Nenadovica 19-23, 11 000 Beograd, Yugoslavia
Tel: +381-11 439 938/ 452 787
Fax: +381-11 439 938
Festival director: Gavrilo Azinovic
Festival programmer: Bozidar Zecevic
Competition
Golden Pine
Previous winner: Treasures of Thailand (Emilio Uberti)
Entry deadline: 15 July 1998
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Australian Movie Convention
August 1998
MPEAQ, PO Box 1031, Stafford City, QLD 4053, Australia
Tel/fax: +61-7 335 65671
Contact: Pauline Parker
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Chicago Underground Film Festival
August 1998
2501 North Lincoln Ave. Ste 278, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Tel: +1-773 866 8660
Fax: +1-773 275 8313
e-mail:
info@cuff.org
Festival director: Jay Bliznick
Festival programmer: Bryan Wendorf
Competition
Awards for best feature
Previous winner: The Delicate Art of the Rifle
Entry deadline: 15 May 1998
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Martha's Flavor Fest
TOWN: Martha's Vinyard
1998 festival/event
DATES: August
Festival HEAD OFFICE address: 1619 Broadway, 8th
Floor
town: New York, NY
country: USA
post code: 10019
office telephone: (212) 726.2179
office e-mail address:
cmpnyc@email.msn.com
website:
http://www.cpwd.com/marthas
name of festival DIRECTOR: Miles Ferguson name of festival
PROGRAMMER:
Deadline for entry : FILM : May 1, 1998 ; SCRIPT : April 1,
1998
* market? YES
* competition? YES
Name of major award: BEST FILM/BEST SCRIPT
Value of award: $2,500 and Film Stock/$2,000
Last winning film: NEW FESTIVAL
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Empire State Exhibitions Film & Video Fest
August-September 1998
PO BOX 177, Mohawk, NY 13407, USA
Tel: +1-212 802 4679
Fax: +1-518 581 7614
e-mail:
Empirefilm@aol.com
website:
http://members.aol. com/empirefilm/festival
Festival directors/programmers: Michael J Zimmerman & Jon
Galt
Competition
The 'Essey' Award
Entry deadline: 11 July 1998
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Edinburgh International Film Festival
Festival/event TOWN:Edinburgh
1998 festival/event DATES:16-30 August 1998
Festival HEAD OFFICE address:88 Lothian Rd
town:Edinburgh
country:Scotland
post code:EH3 9BZ
office telephone:44 131 228 4051
office fax:44 131 229 5501
office e-mail address:
info@edfilmfest.org.uk
website:
http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk
name of festival DIRECTOR:Lizzie Francke
name of Festival PRODUCER: Ginnie Atkinson
name of festival PROGRAMMER:Lizzie Francke
* market? yes - for all British made fiction films of the previous 12
months in a market & talent spotting week long event called NBX (New
British Expo)
* competition? yes
* deadline for entry - approx mid May
Name of major award:In 1997 4 awards with cash prizes!
1. Post Office McLaren Award for Best British Animation
2. Standard LIfe Gala Award
3. The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature
4. The Observer Documentary Award
and also the prestigious (non-cash) Channel Four
Director's Award
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Fantasy Film Festival
(Munich-Frankfurt-Cologne-Stuttgart-Hamburg-Berlin)
August 1998
Rosebud Entertainment, Herzog-Wilhelmstr. 27, D-80331
Munich,
Germany
Tel: +49-89 260 22838
Fax: +49-89 260 22839
e-mail:
rosebud-entertainment@t.online.de (Posters note: this may
not be
correct) Festival directors and programmers: Rainer Stefan and
Schorsch M?Dller Entry deadline:
1 June 1998
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Gramado Film Festival
Latin and Brazilian Cinema
August 1998
Rua da Andradas 1137 6 Andar, 90 020 007 Porto Alegre,
Brazil
Tel: +55-51 226 0774
Fax: +55-51 228 2966
e-mail:
festival@via-rs.com.br
Festival director: Esdras Rubinn
Market & competition
Kikito
Previous winner: Guantanamera (Tomas Gutierez Alea, Juan
Carlos
Tabio)
Entry deadline: 10 June 1998
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Int'l Festival 'Window into Europe' (Vyborg)
August 1998
Chistoprudni Blvd, 12 A, Room 601, Moscow 123242, Russia
Tel: +7-095 924 8508
Fax: +7-095 924 1331
Festival director: George Nersisian
Competition
Entry deadline: 1 July 1998
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Mostra Internazionale d'arte Cinematografica (Venice)
Late August 1998
Ca Giustinian, S Marco 1364A,
I-30124 Venice, Italy
Tel: +39-41 521 8711/520 7983
Fax: +39-41 522 7539
Festival director: Felice Laudadio
Competition
Gold Lion Award
Previous winner: Michael Collins (Neil Jordan)
Deadline for entries: end of June
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The Scottish Screen Edinburgh Int'l Film Festival
August 1998
88 Lothian Road, GB-Edinburgh EH3 9BZ, Scotland, UK
Tel: +44-131 228 4051
Fax: +44-131 229 5501
e-mail:
info@edfilmfest.org.uk
Festival director: Lizzie Francke
Festival programmer: Lizzie Francke
Market
Entry deadline: 22 May 1998
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Yugoslav Film Festival (Herceg-Novi)
First week of August 1998
JUK Herceg-Fest, Dvorana park, Njegoseva bb, 85340
Herceg-Novi,
Yugoslavia
Tel: +381-82 52 098
Fax: +381-82 52 004
Festival president: Dragan Jankovic
Festival programmer: Zoran Zivkovic
Competition
Grand Prix
Previous winner: Premeditated Murder (Gorcin Stojanovic)
Entry deadline: 15 July 1998
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Int'l Animation Film Festival (KROK-97)
August 1998
6 Saksagansky str, Kiev, Ukraine
Tel: +38044 2275280
Fax: +38044 2273130
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Oulu Music Video Festival
Festival/event TOWN: Oulu
1996 festival/event DATES: August/28-Sebtember/1
1996
1997 festival/event DATES: August/28-31 1997
1998 festival/event DATES: August/28-31
Festival HEAD OFFICE address: Pikisaarentie 13
town: Oulu
country: Finland
post code: 90100
office telephone: +358 8 3128023
office fax: +358 8 3128012
office e-mail address:
ppirtti@mimas.otol.fi
website:
http://mimas.otol.fi/~svaris/omvf.html
name of festival DIRECTOR: Pasi Pirttiaho
name of festival PROGRAMMER: Mika Ronkainen
* market? no
* competition? yes: Finnish
* deadline for entry: August/7 1998
Name of major award: Golden Pumpeli
Value of award: 5000FIM
Last winning film: Aknestik: Neptunus
Director of winning film: Jukka Takalo
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Anima Mundi International Animation Festival
Festival/event TOWN: Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo
1998 festival/event DATES: both in August 98
1997 festival/event DATES: Rio - August 8 to 17th,
Sao Paulo - Sep
24th to 2 8th
Festival HEAD OFFICE address: Luz Produ\'8d\'9bes,
Rua
Marques de
Sao Vice nte
124 sl.204 town: Rio de Janeiro country: Brasil post code:
22451-040
office telephone: 55-21 511-3294
office fax: 55-21 529-8729
office e-mail address:
animamundi@ism.com.br
website:
http://www.animamundi.com.br/ name of festival
DIRECTOR: Aida Queiros, Cesar Coelho, Marcos Magalhaes & Lea
Zagury
name of
festival PROGRAMMER: all of the above Deadline for
entry: March
* market? no -
competition? yes
Name of major award: Audience Jury Award for Best
Film Value
of
award: $1,000.00 Last winning film: Dada Director of winning film:
Piet Kroon
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