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ALBANIA | Tirana | December Tirana International Film Festival Biennial; odd years Deadline: October Categories: Shorts; documentary; animation; experimental Requirements: Entries are invited in competition: all formats of films, video and digital. Films in competition must have been completed within three years of festival Awards: Over €20,000 in cash and prizes is awarded to winners Fees: None Administrative address: AAI (Albanian Art Institute), P.O. Box 8361, Tirana, Albania, Tel: +355 6920 78270 Email address: headoffice@tiranafilmfest.com Director: Ilir Butka Festival Programmer: Genc Permeti Website: http://www.tiranafilmfest.com ARGENTINA | Buenos Aires | April Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Films Deadline: January Categories: Features, shorts, first or second film Requirements: 16mm, 35mm. Entries must be produced 12 months before festival. Must have subtitles in Spanish Awards: Various awards Fees: None Administrative address: Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Films, Corrientes 1530 Piso 8, Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel: +54 (0)800 3337848 Email address: produccion@bafici.gov.ar Website: http://www.bafici.gov.ar ARGENTINA | Cordoba | April ANIMA - Cordoba Animation Festival Odd years Deadline: February Categories: Animation. Several categories (narrative, experimental, interactive and Internet, etc.) Requirements: VHS or DVD copy Awards: Grand Prix of the International Jury; Best Animation Prize in each competing category; Best Animation from a film, video or TV educational institution; Audience Prize. Fees: None Festival Address: ANIMA - Cordoba Animation Festival, c/o Centro Cultural España - Cordoba, Entre Ríos 40, X5000AJB . Córdoba, Argentina Tel: +54 351 4332721 Fax: +54 351 4332721; Email address: info@animafestival.com.ar Director, ANIMA: Alejandro R. Gonzalez Director, CCEC: Pancho Marchiaro Website: http://www.animafestival.com.ar AUSTRALIA | Auburn | September Auburn International Film and Video Festival for Children and Young Adults Annual Deadline: June Categories: Works for and by children and young people Requirements: 35mm (optical), Beta SP, S-VHS (PAL), VHS (PAL, NTSC) Awards: Tadgell's Bluebell Awards Fees: None Administrative address: Cinewest Ltd., Building A/1 Herb Elliott Ave, Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127, Australia Tel: +61 2 8756 5035 Fax: +61 2 8756 5045; Email address: festival@cinewest.org.au Artistic Director: Vahid Vahed Festival Registrar: Bradley Barnden Postal Address: PO Box 861 , Auburn W Sydney NSW 1835, Australia Website: http://www.cinewest.org.au AUSTRALIA | Brisbane | July/August Brisbane International Film Festival Deadline: April Categories: World cinema, Asian-Pacific focus, video, shorts Requirements: 16mm, 35mm. Original language with English subtitles Awards: Non-competitive Fees: None Festival and administrative address: Brisbane International Film Festival, Level 3, Hoyts Regent Building, 167 Queen Street Mall, Brisbane 4001, Queensland, Australia Tel: +61 7 3007 3003 Fax: +61 7 3007 3030; Email address: biff@biff.com.au Director: Anne Demy-Geroe Website: http://www.biff.com.au AUSTRALIA | Gympie | October Heart of Gold International Film Festival Deadline: June Categories: Shorts, Docs, Animation, Children's, Comedies Requirements: Completed within 2 years of festival dates. Special focus on films that make us smile, inspire or give us hope. See website for requirements. Awards: over AUD$17,000 value in cash and other prizes Fees: US$25-$35 Administrative address: PO Box 726, , Gympie, Queensland, 4570 , Australia Festival Director: Toni Powell Marketing: Tricia Roth Website: http://www.heartofgold.com.au AUSTRALIA | Melbourne | September International Portable Film Festival Deadline: Contact festival for details Categories: Animation; documentaries; short narrative films; music clips and others Requirements: Filmmakers should keep in mind that the short films will be viewed on portable medium and small screen Awards: Please contact festival for details Fees: None : Tel: +61 3 9640 0822 Fax: +61 3 9640 0844; Email address: elly@portablefilmfestival.com Festival Organizer: Elly Smart Director: Andrew Apostola International Portable Film Festival: Level 3, 35 Little Collins St, Melbourne, Australia, 3000 Website: http://www.portablefilmfestival.com AUSTRALIA | Sydney | January Flickerfest International Short Film Festival AA Deadline: September Categories: Fiction; documentary; animation; experimental Requirements: 35mm for competition. Betacam only accepted for documentaries. Maximum running time 30 minutes. Films must be in English or subtitled in English Awards: Best Film & Best Animation, both Academy Award accredited prizes Fees: A$35 per international entry Administrative address: Flickerfest, PO Box 7416, NSW 2026, Australia Tel: +61 (0)2 9365 6877 Email address: info@flickerfest.com.au Director: Bronwyn Kidd Manager: Clare Sawyer Website: http://www.flickerfest.com.au AUSTRALIA | Sydney | February Mardi Gras Film Festival Deadline: November Categories: Gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender films Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, Beta SP (PAL) Awards: Audience award for best short, best feature and best documentary Fees: None Festival and administrative address: Queer Screen, 11/94 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia Tel: +61 2 9332 4938 Email address: info@queerscreen.com.au Festival Programmer: David Pearce Website: http://www.queerscreen.com.au FRANCE | Clermont-Ferrand | January/February Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival BC AA Deadline: October Categories: Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental. Industrial or advertising films not accepted Requirements: 16mm, 35mm single optical soundtrack system, DigiBeta, Beta SP. Maximum running time 40 minutes. Entries must have been completed during the two years before festival. French or English script Awards: Grand Prix (€4,000), Jury's Special Prize (€4,000), Public Prize (€4,000), Lab Competition (€3,500) Fees: None Festival and administrative address: Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont Ferrand, La Jetée - 6 place Michel-de-L'Hospital, 63058 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 1, France Tel: +33 4 73 91 65 73 Fax: +33 4 73 92 11 93; Email address: c.guinot@clermont-filmfest.com Contact: Christian Guinot Website: http://www.clermont-filmfest.com FRANCE | Clermont-Ferrand | March Videoformes International Multimedia and Video Arts Festival Deadline: Contact festival organisation or festival website for details Categories: International video and multimedia art, installations, plus performances, DJs, VJs Requirements: All art pieces must have been produced during two years before festival. Beta SP PAL and MiniDV PAL, DVCam, sites and CDRoms Awards: €3,000 Fees: None, except return coupons (see regulations) Administrative address: Vidéoformes, B.P. 50, 64 rue Lamartine, 63002 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex , France Tel: +33 4 73 17 02 17 Fax: +33 4 73 93 05 45; Email address: videoformes@nat.fr Director: Gabriel Soucheyre Contact: Pierre Hillard Website: http://www.videoformes.com CANADA | Toronto | September Toronto International Film Festival BC FIAPF Deadline: June Categories: Features and Canadian shorts. No restrictions. Programme includes world and North American premières, galas, retrospectives, national programmes Requirements: 16mm, 35mm. Entries must have been produced during the 20 months before festival and must not have been screened commercially in Canada. Entries must be in their original language with English subtitles Awards: Non-competitive Fees: None Administrative address: Toronto International Film Festival, 2 Carlton Street - West Mezzanine, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1J3, Canada Tel: +1 416 967 7371 Fax: +1 416 967 3595; Email address: tiffg@torfilmfest.ca Director: Piers Handling Website: http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest CANADA | Toronto | September Rebelfest International Film Festival Deadline: July Categories: Features; shorts; music video Requirements: Privately funded projects, 35mm, 16mm, Digital Betacam, DVcam & DVD Awards: Audience Choice, Rebel Spirit award, Best Feature/Short/Music video/student project Fees: Feature: US$50 Short: US$35 Music Vid: US$30 Administrative address: Rebelfest, 157 Adelaide Street West, Suite 324,, Toronto, Canada M5H 4E7 Tel: +1 647 286 0067 Fax: +1 416 703 9205; Email address: info@rebelfest.com Festival Director: Grace Kosaka Submissions: Annette Bain Website: http://www.rebelfest.com CANADA | Toronto | April Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Deadline: Contact festival for details Categories: Documentary of various types. (Not eligible are the following: news reports, information programming, magazine formats or series) Requirements: 35mm, 16mm, Betacam, Beta SP. Awards: Competitive, awards in various categories Fees: Contact festival for details Administrative Address: Hot Docs Canadian International Festival, 110 Spadina Avenue Suite 333, Toronto, Ontario M6G 4A2, Canada Tel: +1 416 203 2155 Fax: +1 416 203 0446; Email address: info@hotdocs.ca Executive Director: Chris McDonald Managing Director: Brett Hendrie Website: http://www.hotdocs.ca CANADA | Toronto | June Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival BC AA Deadline: February Categories: Shorts in all genres: fiction, experimental, documentary, animation, music videos Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, Beta SP, DigiBeta. All entries must have been produced during the two years before festival, and must not exceed 40 minutes Awards: Over CDN$60,000 in cash and prizes. The Worldwide Short Film Festival is accredited by the Academy Awards Fees: $15 per entry Administrative address: Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival, 2489 Bayview Avenue, Toronto M2L 1A8, Canada Tel: +1 416 445 1446 ext 312 Fax: +1 416 445 9481; Email address: shortfilmfest@cdnfilmcentre.com Artistic Director: Shane Smith Managing Director: Jennifer Collins Website: http://www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com CANADA | Toronto | August YoungCuts Film Festival Deadline: Contact festival for details Categories: Shorts; features; student films; animation; documentaries Requirements: DVD copies, films must be produced by people aged 24 and under Awards: See website for details Fees: $60 - $70 CAD fee includes yearlong membership to YoungCuts web site Administrative address: 1002 Sherbrooke West, Suite 2230,, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 3L6 Tel: +1 514 287 1062 Email address: info@youngcuts.com General Manager: Peter Bailey President: Jay Moulton Website: http://www.youngcuts.com GERMANY | Oberhausen | May Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (plus short films market) BC AA FIAPF Deadline: January Categories: Short films and video works of all genres, with an emphasis on innovative, artistic productions. International, German, children's and youth film competitions, other non-competitive programmes on different themes Requirements: Super-8, 16mm, 35mm comopt, commag, 16mm sepmag. Video work acceptable on U-matic (low-band), S-VHS, VHS (PAL, SECAM, NTSC), Beta SP (PAL). Films must have been completed during the 24 months before festival. Maximum running time 35 minutes Awards: Various cash awards plus MuVi award for best German music video Fees: None Festival and administrative address: Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen gGmbH, Grillostrasse 34, D-46045 Oberhausen, Germany Tel: +49 (0) 20 88 25 26 52 Fax: +49 (0) 20 88 25 54 13; Email address: info@kurzfilmtage.de Director: Lars Henrik Gass Website: http://www.kurzfilmtage.de JAPAN | Yamagata City | October Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival Biennial, odd years Deadline: December/April (contact festival for details) Categories: Films which promote better co-operation and understanding between peoples and cultures by presenting new achievements in international documentary film and to encourage young filmmakers around the world Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, video. Films must have been produced during the two years before festival and must not have been already released publicly or televised in Japan. Features only Awards: International competition: Robert Flaherty Grand Prix (¥3,000,000), Mayor's Prize (¥1,000,000), two runner-up prizes (¥300,000), one special prize (¥300,000) Fees: None Administrative address: Yamagata Internatinal Documentary Film Festival, Organizing Committee Office (Yamagata Office), 2-3-25 Hatago-machi , Yamagata-shi, Yamagata-ken 990-8540 , Japan Tel: +81 23 624 8368 Fax: +81 23 624 9618; Email address: info@yidff.jp Contact: Saito Aiko Tokyo Office: ID Kawadacho Building, 3rd Floor, 7-6 Kawadacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0054, Japan Website: http://www.city.yamagata.yamagata.jp/yidff NETHERLANDS | Amsterdam | November Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival Deadline: August Categories: Documentary films and videos Requirements: 16mm, 35mm comopt, commag. Films must be submitted in their original language with English subtitles. Entries must have been produced during the 15 months before festival and must not have been previously screened or broadcast in the Netherlands Awards: An international jury will award the Joris Ivens award to the winning film. A separate video jury will award the Silver Wolf to the best video Fees: None Administrative address: Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 1017 RR Amsterdam, Netherlands Tel: +31 20 627 3329 Fax: +31 20 638 5388; Email address: info@idfa.nl Director: Ally Derks Website: http://www.idfa.nl NETHERLANDS | Amsterdam | June World Wide Video Festival Deadline: Contact festival for details Categories: The aim of the festival is to create a platform for well known video and new media artists worldwide, and shows single-screen works, installations, performances and Net-art Requirements: VHS, MiniDV, Betacam, U-matic (PAL or NTSC for all systems), CDRom, DVD, internet sites. Entries must have been completed during the 17 months before festival Awards: Non-competitive Fees: None Administrative address: World Wide Video Festival, Keizersgracht 462, 1016 GE Amsterdam, Netherlands Tel: +31 20 420 7729 Fax: +31 20 421 3828; Email address: wwvf@wwvf.nl Director: Tom van Vliet Website: http://www.wwvf.nl UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Utah | January Sundance Film Festival BC AA Deadline: September Categories: Features, documentary, world cinema. Shorts (non-competitive) Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, comopt (separate soundtracks not acceptable). Features must be over 70 minutes and documentaries over 50 minutes. Films must have been completed during the 15 months before festival Awards: Competitive Fees: US$25-50 depending on category Administrative address: Sundance Film Festival, Film ID #, 8857 West Olympic Blvd., Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90211-3605, USA Tel: +1 801 328 3456 Email address: festivalinfo@sundance.org Director: Geoff Gilmore Programme Director: John Cooper Website: http://www.sundance.org GERMANY | Berlin | February Berlinale Talent Campus Deadline: November Categories: Shorts Requirements: Contact festival for details Awards: Talent movie of the Week Award Fees: None Administrative address: Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale Talent Campus, Potsdamer Strasse 5, D-10785 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 30 259 20 515 Fax: +49 30 259 20 519; Email address: info@berlinale-talentcampus.de Website: http://www.berlinale-talentcampus.de ARGENTINA | Buenos Aires | March Mar del Plata International Film Festival FIAPF Deadline: January Categories: All types of films in various sections: official competition, informative, retrospective Requirements: 35mm. Films must have been produced in the 12 months before the festival and be subtitled in Spanish Awards: Golden Astor for best film, various Silver Astors Fees: None Administrative address: Festival Internacional de Cine, 319 Lima, 9th Floor, Office 904, C1073 AAG, Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel: +54 11 4383 5115 Fax: +54 11 4383 5115 ext. 12; Website: http://www.mardelplatafilmfest.com ARGENTINA | Mar del Plata | October Festival Inernacional de Cine Independiente de Mar del Plata Deadline: August Categories: Shorts; documentaries; features; experimental; indies Requirements: 35mm and DVD format Awards: International Competition of Documentaries. National contest of short films. Fees: None Administrative address: Av. Independencia 1950, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina B7600Dip. Tel: +54 223 493 0737 Fax: +54 223 493 0737; Email address: info@festivalmdp.org Executive Director: Gabriel Jacobo: Website: http://www.festivalmdp.org UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | New York | April/May Tribeca Film Festival Deadline: November Categories: Special screenings, international film showcase, independent film competition (short films and directorial debut feature-length films) Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, DigiBeta. Films must have been produced during the 15 months before festival and cannot have been broadcast (television or the internet) or distributed commercially in the US prior to the festival. Shorts must not exceed 40 minutes running time Awards: Jury awards for best short film, best documentary, best feature, emerging film-maker award Fees: US$30 (short), US$40 (feature) Administrative address: Tribeca Film Festival, ATTN: Submissions, 375 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013, USA Tel: +1 212 941 4000 Fax: +1 212 941 3939; Email address: entries@tribecafilmfestival.org Website: http://www.tribecafilmfestival.net FRANCE | Annecy | June Festival International du Film d'Animation AA Deadline: January Categories: Short and feature films; commissioned films; TV films; graduation films; internet films Requirements: 35mm, Beta SP, DigiBeta. Films must have been produced during the 21 months before festival. Non-French-speaking works must be subtitled Awards: Grand Prize for best animated film, two special distinction prizes and a special distinction prize for best computer-animated film. Also prizes for fiction films (shorts and feature films), for commissioned and television films, and for internet animation Fees: €35 Festival and administrative address: Festival International du Film d'Animation, 18 avenue du Tresum, BP 399, 74013 Annecy Cedex, France Tel: +33 (0)4 50 10 09 00 Fax: +33 (0)4 50 10 09 70; Email address: info@annecy.org Managing Director: Tiziana Loschi Artistic Director: Serge Bromberg Website: http://www.annecy.org FRANCE | Cannes | May Cannes International Film Festival (plus market) BC AA FIAPF Deadline: March Categories: Competition: feature-length films and shorts; non-competitive section: "Un Certain Regard", "Out of Competition"; Cinéfondation film schools section (medium-length and short films, see separate entry) Requirements: 35mm only. Films must have been produced during 12 months before festival and must not have been shown previously outside the country of origin. Short films must not exceed 15 minutes Awards: Palme d'Or, Grand Prix, award for best actress and best actor, best director, best screenplay, Jury Prize (awarded to a technician), the Palme d'Or to the best short film, The Caméra d'Or to the best first-time feature film of any category Fees: None Administrative address: Festival de Cannes, Film Department, 3, rue Amélie, 75007 Paris, France Tel: +33 (0)1 53 59 61 71 Fax: +33 (0)1 53 59 61 70; Email address: laurent.rivoire@festival-cannes.fr General Manager: Veronique Cayla Artistic Director: Thierry Fremaux Website: http://www.festival-cannes.org CZECH REPUBLIC | Karlovy Vary | July Karlovy Vary International Film Festival FIAPF Deadline: April Categories: International competition of full-length and short documentary films, a non-specialised international competition of feature films Requirements: 35mm, 70 mm (documentary competition also 16mm) provided with either English or French subtitles Awards: Grand Prix of a Crystal Globe and US$20,000 for best feature film, special jury prize, best director award, best actress award and best actor award, best documentary Fees: None Administrative address: Film Servis Festival, a.s., Panská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic Tel: +420 221 411 011 Fax: +420 221 411 033; Email address: festival@kviff.com Artistic Director: Eva Zaoralová Website: http://www.kviff.com CZECH REPUBLIC | Karlovy Vary | August Fresh Film Fest International Student Film Festival Deadline: April Categories: Student films: fiction, documentaries, animation, experimental Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, video. Films must have been produced during the year before the festival Awards: Fresh Film Fest award 2000 EUR, Visegrad Award 2000 EUR, Theatre Optique Award 2000 EUR Fees: None Administrative address: Fresh Films,, Kubelíkova 1548/27, 130 00 Praha 3, Czech Republic Tel: +420 296 330 940 Fax: +420 296 330 951; Email address: info@freshfilmfest.net Program department: Jan Stehlík Festival address: Fresh Film Fest, Thermal Hotel, , I.P.Pavlova 11, , 360 01 Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Website: http://www.freshfilmfest.net UNITED KINGDOM | Edinburgh | August Edinburgh International Film Festival Deadline: April (shorts, features), June (animation, Mirrorball) Categories: Features, shorts, documentary, animation, music promos, experimental, young person's films Requirements: 70mm, 16mm, 35mm, comopt (occasional Beta, DigiBeta, Super-16mm). Films submitted from outside the UK must have been produced during the two years before festival and British films during the year before festival Awards: Awards include: McLaren award for new British animation, Michael Powell award for best new British feature Fees: None (animation and Mirroball), £25 (shorts), £95 (features) Festival and administrative address: Edinburgh International Film Festival, Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9BZ, Scotland, UK, Tel: +44 (0)131 228 4051 Fax: +44 (0)131 229 5501; Email address: info@edfilmfest.org.uk Artistic Director: Shane Danielsen Managing Director: Ginnie Atkinson Website: http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk ITALY | Venice | September Venice Film Festival BC AA FIAPF Deadline: Contact festival for details Categories: Features, competitive and panorama sections. Participation dependent on invitation from the directory council of the Biennale. Competition for shorts of less than 30 minutes Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, 70mm comopt, commag, sepmag. Must be first release outside country of origin and first festival showing. Films must be subtitled in Italian Awards: Golden Lion for best film. Prize for best first or second work by a young author, jury prize to best artistic-professional collaboration, special jury prize, Silver Lion for best short Fees: Contact festival for details Administrative address: La Biennale di Venezia, Ca'Giustinian, 1364 San Marco, 30124 Venice, Italy Tel: +39 041 521 8711 Fax: +39 041 522 7539; Email address: cinema@labiennale.org Director: Marco Mueller Website: http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema KOREA | Pusan | October Pusan International Film Festival FIAPF Deadline: July Categories: Features, shorts, animation, documentary Requirements: 16mm, 35mm. Must at least be Korean premiere Awards: New Currents Award for best new film by Asian director. FIPRESCI award for new Asian film Fees: None Administrative address: Pusan International Film Festival, Annex 2-1, 1393 Woo 1-Dong Yachting Center, Haeundae-Gu, Busan, Korea Tel: +82 51 747 3010 Fax: +82 51 747 3012; Email address: program@piff.org Seoul Office: Pusan International Film Festival, 1-143 Shinmunno-2ga, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-062, Korea Website: http://www.piff.org FINLAND | Tampere | March Tampere International Short Film Festival BC AA FIAPF Deadline: November Categories: Animation, documentary, fiction, experimental. Films must have been completed in 15 months before festival. Also a short film market, specialising in work from Nordic, Baltic and European countries Requirements: 35mm, 16mm, Beta SP, DigiBeta, DVD Awards: International jury to award Grand Prix, a 'Kiss' trophy, for best film in the competition; three prizes for the best film in each category; one special prize; diplomas of merit and cash prizes awarded by the festival organisers Fees: None Festival and administrative address: Tampere Film Festival, PO Box 305, 33101 Tampere, Finland Tel: +358 33 146 6149 Fax: +358 32 230 121; Email address: office@tamperefilmfestival.fi Contact: Jukka Pekka Laakso Website: http://www.tamperefilmfestival.fi SWEDEN | Göteborg | January/February Göteborg Film Festival Deadline: November Categories: Features, documentary, shorts Requirements: Films must not have been previously shown in Sweden and must be subtitled in English or Swedish Awards: Non-competitive Fees: None Administrative address: Göteborg Film Festival, Olof Palmes plats, 413 04 Göteborg, Sweden Tel: +46 31 339 30 00 Fax: +46 31 41 00 63; Email address: goteborg@filmfestival.org Director: Jannike Åhlund Website: http://www.goteborg.filmfestival.org AUSTRALIA | Sydney | June Sydney Film Festival BC AA FIAPF Deadline: February Categories: Features, documentary and shorts in no defined categories Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, DigiBeta, Beta SP (PAL). Films must not have been screened in the state of New South Wales before the festival. Films using a language other than English must be subtitled in English Awards: The Prix UIP for best European feature, the FIPRESCI prize for best documentary, the Dendy awards for Australian short films Fees: Contact festival for details Festival and administrative address: Sydney Film Festival, PO Box 96, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012, Australia Tel: +61 2 9280 0511 Fax: +61 2 9280 1520; Email address: info@sydneyfilmfestival.org Director: Gayle Lake Programme Manager: Jenny Neighbour Website: http://www.sydneyfilmfestival.org ISRAEL | Jerusalem | July Jerusalem International Film Festival Deadline: April Categories: Features, documentary, shorts, animation Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, Beta SP. Entries must not have been screened publicly in Israel Awards: Wim Van Leer 'In Spirit of Freedom' award for features and documentaries Fees: None Administrative address: Jerusalem Cinemateque, 11 Hebron Road, PO Box 8561, Jerusalem 91083, Israel Tel: +972 2 565 4333 Fax: +972 2 565 4334/565 4335; Email address: festival@jer-cin.org.il Director: Lia Van Leer Website: http://www.jff.org.il GERMANY | Hamburg | August/September Bitfilm Festival Deadline: Contact festival for details Categories: 3d; fx; flash; machinima; micromovies; realtime demo; short films; music promos; motion graphics; computer animation; digital work; pop promos; ad directors' personal work; cutting-edge short films, animations; features; gaming Requirements: Beta SP, Mini DV or DV-Avi Awards: Bitfilm Awards with prize money Fees: None Administrative address: Steintorweg 4 , 20099 Hamburg, Germany Tel: +49 40 24 84 51 22 Director: Aaron Koenig Contact: Moritz Hirchenhain Website: http://www.bitfilm.com/festival GERMANY | Hamburg | June International Short Film Festival Hamburg (plus short film market) BC Deadline: February Categories: International competition: professionally produced international short films. No Budget competition: international shorts produced without public or private sponsor, with emphasis on the idea rather than the technical realisation. Three-minute quickie: shorts dealing with a special theme (deadline: April). Films can be either fiction, documentary, animation or experimental. Other special programmes Requirements: 16mm, 35mm comopt, Super-8, VHS, Beta SP (PAL), CD-ROM, DVD, Mini-DV Awards: Various cash awards. Contact festival for more details Fees: None Administrative address: Int. KurzFilmFestival Hamburg, c/o KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg e.V., Friedensallee 7, D-22765 Hamburg, Germany Tel: +49 40 39 10 63 23 Fax: +49 40 39 10 63 20; Email address: festival@shortfilm.com Programming Director: Jürgen Kittel Administrative Director: Karsten Stempel Website: http://www.shortfilm.com GERMANY | Hamburg | September Filmfest Hamburg Annual Deadline: July Categories: Features, shorts, documentary. Must not have been previously shown in Germany Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, Beta SP, DigiBeta Awards: Various. Contact festival for details Fees: None Festival address: Filmfest Hamburg GmbH, Steintorweg 4, D-20099 Hamburg, Germany Tel: +49 40 39 91 90 00 Fax: +49 40 39 91 90 01 0; Email address: office@filmfesthamburg.de Director: Albert Wiederspiel Programme Co-ordinator: Kathrin Kohlstedde Website: http://www.filmfesthamburg.de GERMANY | Hamburg | October Hamburg International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Deadline: August Categories: Short film competition, general gay and lesbian programme, video productions, European feature film competition, retrospectives Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, Super-8, U-matic, Video-8, Beta SP, DVD Awards: Ursula short film award, European feature film award, audience award Fees: None Administrative address: Lesbisch-Schwule Filmtage Hamburg/ Querbild e.V, Schanzenstr 45, 20357 Hamburg, Germany Tel: +49 40 34 80 67 0 Fax: +49 40 34 05 22; Email address: mail@lsf-hamburg.de Contact: Joachim Post Website: http://www.lsf-hamburg.de BERGEN FILM FESTIVAL www.biff.no 17-24 oct 2007 GERMANY | Munich, then peripatetic | November/ December Verzaubert International Queer Film Festival Deadline: September Categories: Features, shorts, documentary concerning gay and lesbian subjects or made by gay/lesbian film-makers Requirements: 35mm, Beta SP. German premières prefered; all films which are not in English should be subtitled in German. Festival starts in Munich in November, then goes to Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, Cologne and finishes in Berlin in December Awards: Rosebud award for best feature and best short film Fees: None Administrative address: Rosebud Entertainment Berlin, Fregestr. 36, D-12161 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 30 86 14 53 2 Fax: +49 30 86 14 53 9; Email address: info@rosebud-entertainment.de Website: http://www.verzaubertfilmfest.com CANADA | Halifax | September Atlantic Film Festival Deadline: June Categories: Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental. All lengths Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, Beta SP (NTSC). Films must have been completed within 18 months before the festival Awards: Competitive Fees: CDN$25 per entry Administrative address: Atlantic Film Festival, PO Box 36139, 5600 Sackville Street, Suite 220, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1L2, Canada Tel: +1 902 422 3456 Fax: +1 902 422 4006; Email address: festival@atlanticfilm.com Director: Lia Rinaldo Website: http://www.atlanticfilm.com BRAZIL | Rio de Janeiro | September/October Festival do Rio - Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival Deadline: June Categories: Features , documentaries, children's films Requirements: 35mm, DigiBeta PAL, HDcam Awards: Prix UIP Fees: None Administrative address: Festival do Rio - Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Rua Voluntarios da Patria, 53 - 4th floor, 22270-000 Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tel: +55 21 2579 0352 Fax: +55 21 2539 3580; Email address: films@festivaldorio.com.br Directors: Ilda Santiago, Walkiria Barbosa Website: http://www.festivaldorio.com.br BRAZIL | Rio de Janeiro | November/December Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival Deadline: August Categories: Shorts Requirements: 35mm, 16mm, video. Works must have been produced during two years before festival Awards: Various Fees: None Administrative address: Praia de Botafogo, 210 cob 01, 22250-040 Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tel: +55 21 2553 8918/2830 Fax: +55 21 2554 9059; Email address: program@curtacinema.com.br Festival Directors: Ailton Franco Jr., Rossine A. Freitas Programming Coordinator: Eduardo Cerveira Website: http://www.curtacinema.com.br BRAZIL | Rio de Janeiro | July Anima Mundi - International Animation Festival of Brazil BC Deadline: March Categories: All types of animation films. In competition: shorts, video, computer graphics, television series, commercials, showreels. Out of competition: features Requirements: 35mm, Betacam NTSC, DVD Awards: Audience award (trophy and cash) and professional jury award (trophy and cash) Fees: None Administrative address: Anima Mundi, c/o Iman Imagens Animadas Ltda, Rua Elvira Machado 7, casa 5, 22280-060 RJ Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tel: +55 21 2541 7499 Fax: +55 21 2543 8860; Email address: info@animamundi.com.br Directors: Marcos Magalhães, Aida Queiroz, Cesar Coelho, Lea Zagury Website: http://www.animamundi.com.br TURKEY | Ankara | May The Flying Broom - Ankara Women's Film Festival Deadline: January Categories: Features, documentary, shorts directed by women film-makers Requirements: 35mm for feature films, 35mm, 16mm, betacam-sp for other formats. Awards: International Film Critics Federation (FIPRESCI) Fees: None Administrative address: The Flying Broom, Uçan Süpürge, Büyükelçi sok. 20/4 Kavaklidere, 06700 Ankara, Turkey Tel: +90 312 427 0020 Fax: +90 312 466 5561; Email address: festival@ucansupurge.org Director: Sevna Akpinar Website: http://www.ucansupurge.org TURKEY | Ankara | December Ankara International Film Festival Deadline: July Categories: Features, shorts, animation, documentary Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, Beta SP. Short films must not exceed 30 minutes running time Awards: Various awards, contact festival for more information Fees: None Administrative address: Ankara International Film Festival, Farabi sok. No: 29/1, 1 Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey Tel: +90 312 468 7745 Fax: +90 312 467 7830; Email address: festival@filmfestankara.org.tr Website: http://www.filmfestankara.org.tr TURKEY | Ankara, Bursa, Ýzmir, Kars, Van | October Festival Of European Films on Wheels Annual Deadline: July Categories: Features, shorts, experimental, animation Requirements: 35mm. Films must have been produced during the two years before festival and shorts must not exceed 30 minutes Awards: Short film audience award €1,000 Fees: None Administrative address: Festival Of European Films on Wheels, Abay Kunanbay Cad. 20/13, 06700 Kavaklidere, Ankara, Turkey Tel: +90 312 466 3484 Fax: +90 312 466 4331; Email address: info@europeanfilmfestival.com Director: Basak Emre General Secretary: Ahmet Boyacioglu Website: http://www.europeanfilmfestival.com BELGIUM | Ghent | April COURTisane Festival for short film, video & new media Deadline: January Categories: Short film/video projects; narrative, non-narrative, fiction, experimental, new media Requirements: Preview: VHS, DVD, DV (PAL/NTSC) Screening: 16mm, Beta, DV, (DVD) Awards: Belgian short film/video competition, Canvas prize Fees: None Administrative address: COURTisane vzw, Scheldestraat 169, B-9040 Ghent, Belgium, Tel: +32 (0)9 219 9143 Fax: +32 (0)9 219 9143; Email address: info@courtisane.be Director: Thierry Vandenbussche Website: http://www.courtisane.be BELGIUM | Ghent | October Flanders International Film Festival BC FIAPF Deadline: August Categories: Contact festival for details Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, 70mm, Beta SP, DigiBeta. Competing films must have a running time of at least 75 minutes. Entries should not have been released commercially in Belgium/Benelux and must be subtitled in Dutch, English or French (unless one of these languages is the original) Awards: Various cash prizes. Contact festival for further details Fees: None Administrative address: Flanders International Film Festival - Ghent, Leeuwstraat 40b, 9000 Gent, Belgium Tel: +32 9 242 8060 Fax: +32 9 221 9074; Email address: info@filmfestival.be Director: Jacques Dubrulle Programmer: Wim De Witte Website: http://www.filmfestival.be BELGIUM | Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels | February/March Jigsaw Circus International Music Video Festival Deadline: January Categories: Music videos, ads, shorts, 3D-CGI, animation, motion graphics, features, documentaries, graphic design exhibitions, mutlimedia, veejaying visuals. Anything that fuses images and music in a special, radical, confronting way Requirements: dvd, DVcam, Mini-dv, Betacam SP, Digibeta, 16mm, 35mm Awards: Non-competitive Fees: None Administrative address: Grondwetlaan 60, 9040 Ghent, Belgium Tel: +32 9 228 33 03 Fax: +32 9 228 33 03; Email address: info@jigsawcircus.com Director: Jo Smets Administrator: Olivier Braet Website: http://www.jigsawcircus.com UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Chicago | August Chicago Underground Film Festival Deadline: April Categories: Features; shorts; documentaries; experimental; animation Requirements: Contact festivals for details Awards: Fees: Contact festival for details Administrative address: Chicago Underground Film Festival, 3428 W. Parker #1, Chicago, IL 60647, USA Email address: info@cuff.org Director: Bryan Wendorf Website: http://www.cuff.org UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Chicago | October Chicago International Film Festival BC AA Deadline: August Categories: Features, shorts, animation, experimental, documentary, student films Requirements: Contact festival for details Awards: Gold and Silver Hugo for best overall entry in each category, Gold and Silver plaques, certificates of merit Fees: Contact festival for details Administrative address: Cinema/Chicago, 30 E. Adams St. Suite 800, Chicago IL 60603, USA Tel: +1 312 683 0121 Fax: +1 312 683 0122; Email address: info@chicagofilmfestival.com Director: Michael Kutza Website: http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Chicago/Illinois | September/October Chicago International Reel Shorts Festival Deadline: August Categories: All films under 39 Minutes; We especially like odd, original, international, sci-fi, comedy and films about growing up. Requirements: All standatrd formats accepted. If on video film must be on NTSC Awards: Over 20 awards Fees: US$15 and up. Save by submitting early Administrative and submission address: Project Chicago, Att: Chicago Int REEL Shorts Festival, 428 N Wolcott , Chicago, IL 60622, USA Tel: +1 949 548 1087 Email address: info@projectchicago.com Director: Scott Rudolph Co-Director: Nels Dahlquist Theatre Address: 3 Penny Cinema, 2424 N. Lincoln Avenue , Chicago, IL 60614 , USA Website: http://www.projectchicago.com UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Chicago | August Indiefest Deadline: May Categories: Feature, short, documentary, animation, music video Requirements: 35mm, 16mm, Beta SP, VHS, DVD, DigiBeta, Digital Video Awards: Various Fees: US$20-US$100 Administrative address: Indiefest, PO Box 148849, Chicago, IL 60614-8849, USA Tel: +1 773 665 7600 Email address: info@indiefestchicago.com Director: Lee Alan Website: http://www.indiefestchicago.com UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Chicago | March Women in the Director's Chair Deadline: September Categories: Films and videos of any length directed by women in the categories: documentary, animation, computer graphics, video art, fiction Requirements: 3/4" or 1/2" VHS or Beta (NTSC), 16mm, 35mm Awards: Non-competitive Fees: US$25, US$30 late submissions Administrative address: Women in the Director's Chair, PO Box 11135, Chicago, IL 60611-0135, USA Tel: +1 773 907 0610 Fax: +1 773 907 0381; Email address: widc@widc.org Program Director: KJ Mohr Website: http://www.widc.org IRELAND | Cork | October Cork Film Festival Deadline: June Categories: Features, shorts, student films, documentary, animation, experimental Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, DVD, Beta SP, Digibeta. Short films must not exceed 30 minutes running time and entries must have been produced during two years before festival deadline. Awards: Competitive for shorts only. Best Irish short, best international short, best short made in Cork, best Irish short by a first-time director, best Irish-language short, best Lesbian & Gay short Fees: None Administrative address: Cork Film Festival, Emmet House, Emmet Place, Cork, Ireland Tel: +353 21 427 1711 Fax: +353 21 427 5945; Email address: info@corkfilmfest.org Festival Manager: Eimear O'Herlihy Festival Director: Mick Hannigan Website: http://www.corkfilmfest.org NORWAY | Haugesund | August Norwegian International Film Festival FIAPF Deadline: June Categories: National and international features Requirements: 16mm, 35mm Awards: The Amanda Award ceremony Fees: None Festival and administrative address: The Norwegian International Film Festival, PO Box 145, 5501 Haugesund, Norway Tel: +47 52 734 430 Fax: +47 52 734 420; Email address: info@filmfestivalen.no Director: Gunnar Johan Løvvik Website: http://www.filmfestivalen.no NORWAY | Volda | April/May The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival Deadline: Contact festival for detalis Categories: Documentaries Requirements: Awards: Best Documentary Film, Best Student Production and The Public’s Favourite Award Fees: Administrative address: Den Norske Dokumentarfilmfestivalen, HVO, Postboks 500, N-6101 Volda, Norway Fax: +47 70 07 50 51; Email address: info@dokfilm.no Website: http://www.dokfilm.no UNITED KINGDOM | London | November International Manga and Anime Festival Deadline: September Categories: Animation; Character Design; Print Cartoon Comic; IMAF Logo Anime Ident; Character Brief; One Page Themed Story Requirements: See terms and conditions on the website Awards: Overall prize fund worth $85,000 Fees: Free Administrative address: Trocadero Studio, County Hall, Riverside Building, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7PB, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 3268 2023 Email address: yinghu84@gmail.com Director: Candice Johnson-Cole Coordinator: Ying Hu Website: http://www.imaf.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM | London | August London International Animation Festival (LIAF) Annual Deadline: December Categories: Animation Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, Beta Awards: All categories Fees: None Administrative address: 18 Raines Court, Northwold Rd, London N16 7DG, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7241 4991 Email address: info@liaf.org.uk Director: Nag Vladermersky Website: http://www.liaf.org.uk UNITED KINGDOM | London | on going events onedotzero Deadline: Categories: Short films, music promos, motion graphics, computer animation, digital work, pop promos, ad directors' personal work, cutting-edge short films and animations, features, gaming Requirements: Awards: Fees: None Administrative address: onedotzero, Unit 212c - Curtain House, 134-146 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3AR, England Tel: +44 (0)20 7729 0072 Fax: +44 (0)20 7729 0057; ’ Email address: info@onedotzero.com Studio Manager: Ben Murtagh Contacts: Shane Walter, Anna Doyle, Donna Sibley Website: http://www.onedotzero.com UNITED KINGDOM | London | January The London Short Film Festival (Presented by Halloween) Deadline: October Categories: Short films of all genres Requirements: Beta-SP (4:3 or Letterbox. N.B. we will not screen 16:9), Digi-Beta (4:3 or Letterbox. N.B. we will not screen 16:9), Mini-DV (4:3 or Letterbox. N.B. we will not screen 16:9) Awards: Time Out, Lux, Plexi, Fortean Times, Dead by Dawn, Teenage jury Fees: None Submissions Address: Halloween Short Film Festival, c/o Curzon Soho, 99 Shaftesbury Ave, London W1D 5DY , UK Email address: info@shortfilms.org.uk Co-Director: Philip Ilson Co-Director: Kate Taylor Festival Addresses: Curzon Soho, 99 Shaftesbury Ave, W1D 5DY, , ICA, The Mall, London, SW1 Website: http://www.shortfilms.org.uk UNITED KINGDOM | London | March The Birds Eye View Festival Deadline: November Categories: Short films (all genres), documentaries (any length), silent films Requirements: Must be female director Awards: Non-competitive Fees: £10 shorts, £15 documentaries + VAT plus SAE for return of tape Administrative address: Unit 310a, Aberdeen Centre, 22-24 Highbury Grove, London N5 2EA, England Tel: +44 (0)20 7288 7444 Email address: rachel@birds-eye-view.co.uk Director: Rachel Millward Website: http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk The Birds Eye View Festival Deadline: November Categories: Short films (all genres), documentaries (any length), silent films Requirements: Must be female director Awards: Non-competitive Fees: £10 shorts, £15 documentaries + VAT plus SAE for return of tape Administrative address: Unit 310a, Aberdeen Centre, 22-24 Highbury Grove, London N5 2EA, England Tel: +44 (0)20 7288 7444 Email address: rache |
