Cin 21 Week9 Readings & Assignment

Cinema 21

American Cinema and the Global Market

Week 9 Readings and Assignment

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INTRODUCTION

Reading 1 presents a case study of 6 films in the summer of 1997.

Reading 2 continues the festival listings fro May through August 2000.

Reading 1: Box Office Performance for 6 Films

The graph below plots the cumulative box office of six well-known films as they played during the all important summer run. Five of these films were opened wide as mainstream releases. Ulee’s Gold was originally an art house release, but opened on more and more screens as time went on.

All figures are in $millions. Items to note:

1) Batman IV levels off at week 7, yet continues to play for 2 more weeks, before being pulled from exhibition.

2) My Best Friend’s Wedding starts more slowly at the box office, but exceeds cume BO of Batman in week 7. However it has begun to decelerate, and is pulled 2 weeks later, without going flatline.

3) Hercules start with the same profile as Wedding, but decelerates sharply in week 4

4) Face/Off was pulled a little early while it was still earning $2M per week.

5) Speed 2 was held in theaters too long as it earned a mere $400K each of its last two weeks.

6) The shape of the graph for Ulee’s Gold is different in shape, not just timing, from the other mass market films.

Week	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10
Batman IV	42.87	75.21	90.72	98.80	102.81	104.55	105.19	105.51	105.67
My Best Friend’s Wedding	21.68	49.22	69.28	83.50	94.73	103.09	108.93	113.11	116.09
Hercules	23.66	50.03	66.49	76.76	83.43	86.82	88.77	90.07
Face/Off	23.39	51.52	71.77	86.30	96.06	102.03	105.67	107.69
Speed 2	16.16	30.87	38.11	41.11	42.88	44.46	45.80	46.69	47.36	47.76
Ulee’s Gold	.0896	.4423	1.1853	2.1215	3.0638	4.2941	5.4185	6.3156	6.9799	7.4697

The graphs above have had regression analysis applied. For each one, a fourth power equation was found to fit the data points with a match of R=0.995 or better. These are incredibly good fits, with less chance than 5 in 1000 of being statistical accidents.

This indicates that for some reason, total box office is a function of time in the market place. Time contributions have not just the expected 1^st power contribution (that is, the longer a film is in theaters, the more money it earns), but also 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th power contributions.

The constant at the end of predictive equation is related to the opening weekend media spending

The one film that has a very different formula is Ulee’s Gold. It has a constant of opposite sign from the others--i.e., there was no media blitz to launch it.

Reading 2: Festival Calendar May to August 2000

May

Visions du Reel: Festival International du Cinema Documentaire (31st)
18 rue Juste-Olivier, CP 593
CH-1260 Nyon, Switzerland
Phone: (41-22) 361-6060
Fax: (41-22) 361-7071
E-mail: docnyon@visionsdureel.ch
Web site: www.visionsdureel.ch
Director: Jean Perret
Location: Nyon, Switzerland
Showcase for international docus, including works by self-taught or student filmmakers, world premieres, revisited standards. Competitive.
Deadline: Jan. 31
Dates: May 1-7

Silver Images Film Festival (7th)
Terra Nova Films
9848 S. Winchester Ave.
Chicago, IL 60643
Phone: (773) 881-6940
Fax: (773) 881-8517
E-mail: siff@terranova.org
Web site: www.terranova.org
Director/programmer: Sheila Malkind
Contact: James VandenBosch
Location: Chicago
Showcasing international films and videos that depict older adulthood in a positive and realistic manner.
Deadline: Nov. 15
Dates: May 1-12

Ankara Intl. Film Festival (12th)
Farabi Sokak 29/1
Cankaya 06690
Ankara, Turkey
Phone: (90-312) 468-7745
Fax: (90-312) 467-7830
Director: Mahmut Tali Ongoren
Programmer: Gokhan Erkilic
Location: Ankara, Turkey
Competitive for Turkish features, shorts and documentaries, and an international competition for short animated films. Also noncompetitive sections.
Deadline: Feb. 15
Dates: May 1-14

Kristiansand Intl. Children’s Film Festival (3rd)
Kristiansand Kino
P.O. Box 366
N-4663 Kristiansand, Norway
Phone: (47-38) 104-200
Fax: (47-38) 104-201
E-mail: d.krohn@kristiansand-kino.no
Web site: www.filmweb.no/kristiansandkino/barnefilmfest
Director: Petter Benestad
Programmer/contact: Danckert M.-Krohn
Location: Kristiansand, Norway
New features for children for theatrical and video release. Sidebars include short films, retrospectives, Nordic classics. Noncompetitive.
Deadline: March 1
Dates: May 3-7

Augsburg Short Film Weekend (9th)
Schroeckstr. 8
86152 Augsburg, Germany
Phone: (49-821) 349-1060
Fax: (49-821) 349-5218
E-mail: filmbuero@t-online.de
Director/programmer: Erwin Schletterer
Location: Augsburg, Germany
International competition for fiction, animation and docu shorts.
Deadline: March 1
Dates: May 4-7

Cucalorus Film Festival (6th)
P.O. Box 2763
Wilmington, N.C. 28402
Phone: (910) 343-5995
Fax: (910) 762-8572
E-mail: cucalorus@mailcity.com
Web site: www.cucalorus.org
Directors: Kristy Byrd, Brent Watkins, Bo Webb
Contact: Kristy Byrd
Location: Wilmington, N.C.
Noncompetitive, filmmaker-oriented showcase for independent and classic film and video. All formats, all genres.
Deadline: Jan. 15; Feb. 1
Dates: May 4-7

West Virginia Intl. Film Festival — Spring (10th)
P.O. Box 2165
Charleston, WV 25328-2165
Phone: (304) 342-7100
Fax: (304) 776-8469
E-mail: haynespam@aol.com
Web site: www.wviff.org
Director/programmer: Pamela Haynes
Location: Charleston, W.Va.
Shorts, features, docus, animation in 16mm and video, all genres. Noncompetitive.
Deadline: March 1
Dates: May 4-7

Golden Rose of Montreux (40th)
c/o Television Suisse Romande
Quai Ernest-Ansermet 20/CP 234
CH-1211 Geneva 8, Switzerland
Phone: (41-22) 708-8599
Fax: (41-22) 781-5249
E-mail: gabrielle.bucher@tsr.ch
Web site: www.rosedor.ch
Director: Georges Luks
Contact: Gabrielle Bucher
Location: Montreux, Switzerland
Competitive for light entertainment programs for television.
Deadline: January
Dates: May 4-9

Oberhausen Intl. Short Film Festival (46th)
Grillostrasse 34
D-46045 Oberhausen, Germany
Phone: (49-208) 825-2652
Fax: (49-208) 825-5413
E-mail: info@kurzfilmtage.de
Web site: www.kurzfilmtage.de
Director: Lars Henrik Gass
Contact: Melanie Piguel
Location: Oberhausen, Germany
International short film festival, open to all genres and formats, including video. Competitive. FIAPF-recognized.
Deadline: Jan. 15
Dates: May 4-9

Toronto Jewish Film Festival (8th)
33 Prince Arthur Ave., 2nd floor
Toronto, Ontario, M5R 1B2, Canada
Phone: (416) 324-8226
Fax: (416) 324-8668
E-mail: tjff@interlog.com
Web site: www.tjff.com
Director: Helen Zukerman
Programmer/contact: Shlomo Schwartzberg
Location: Toronto
International shorts, features and docs that reflect the Jewish experience and the diversity of Jewish life.
Deadline: Feb. 15
Dates: May 4-11

FIFREC (Intl. Film & Student Directors Festival)
BP 7144
30913 Nimes Cedex, France
Phone/fax: (33-4) 7202-2036
Director: Jean Sondel
Location: Cannes.
Competitive.
Deadline: March
Dates: early May

European Media Art Festival
Postfach 1861
49008 Osnabruck, Germany
Phone: (49-541) 21658
Fax: (49-541) 28327
Director: Alfred Rotert
Location: Osnabruck, Germany
Deadline: February/March
Dates: early May

National Cable TV Assn. Convention & Intl. Exposition (48th)
c/o Dobson & Associates
1225 19th St. NW, Suite 310
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: (202) 775-3606
Fax: (202) 775-1028
Location: New Orleans
Dates: May 7-10

Rochester Intl. Film Festival (42nd)
P.O. Box 17746
Rochester, NY 14617
Phone: (716) 242-0191
Web site: www.rochesterfilmfest.org
Director/programmer: Karen vanMeenen
Location: Rochester, N.Y.
Open to films and videos under 40 minutes in all genres.
Deadline: Dec. 18 (early); Feb. 12 (late)
Dates: May 10-13

Cannes Intl. Film Festival (53rd)
99 Blvd. Malesherbes
75008 Paris, France
Phone: (33-1) 4561-6600
Fax: (33-1) 4561-9760
Web site: www.festival-cannes.fr
Director: Gilles Jacob
Contact: Christian Jeune
Location: Cannes
The world’s most famous film festival, screening U.S. and world cinema, with a market. Competitive. FIAPF-recognized.
Deadline: March 15
Dates: May 10-21

Cable & Satellite
Oriel House
26 The Quadrant
Richmond-Upon-Thames
Surrey, TW9 1DL, U.K.
Phone: (44-181) 910-7918
Fax: (44-181) 910-7866
Contact: Sonya Gent
Location: London
Dates: mid-May

Los Angeles Asian Pacific American Film & Video Festival (15th)
Visual Communications
120 Judge John Aiso St., basement
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: (213) 680-4462
Fax: (213) 687-4848
E-mail: viscom@apanet.org
Web site: viscom.apanet.org/filmfest
Directors/contacts: David Magdael, Abe Ferrer
Programmer: Abe Ferrer
Location: Los Angeles
Showcasing work by American and international Asian Pacific filmmakers.
Deadline: Dec. 15 (early); Jan. 15 (final)
Dates: May 18-25

Inside Out Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival (10th)
401 Richmond St. W., Suite 456
Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3A8, Canada
Phone: (416) 977-6847
Fax: (416) 977-8025
E-mail: inside@insideout.on.ca
Web site: www.insideout.on.ca
Director: Rachel Giese
Programmer: Shane Smith
Contact: Dara Gellman
Location: Toronto
Screening more than 150 international feature, docu and short films and videos. Competitive.
Deadline: Jan. 15
Dates: May 18-28

Seattle Intl. Film Festival (26th)
911 Pine St., Suite 607
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: (206) 464-5830
Fax: (206) 264-7919
E-mail: mail@seattlefilm.com
Web site: www.seattlefilm.com
Director: Darryl Macdonald
Programmer: Carl Spence
Contact: Chris Ophoven
Location: Seattle, Wash.
Presenting more than 200 features and 80+ shorts. Competitive for American independent, new director and short film.
Deadline: Dec. 30 (early); March 3 (regular)
Dates: May 18-June 11

Vancouver Jewish Film Festival (12th)
4544 W. Seventh Ave.
Vancouver, B.C., V6R 1X3, Canada
Phone: (604) 266-0245
Fax: (604) 431-0724
E-mail: vjff@hotmail.com
Director/contact: Morey Altman
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Emphasis on independent films and videos from around the world on subjects related to Jewish issues. Noncompetitive.
Deadline: March 1
Dates: May 21-June 4

Cascadia Festival of Moving Images (32nd)
RR5, 357 King Road
Gibsons, B.C., V0N 1V5, Canada
Phone: (604) 886-3269
Fax: (604) 886-3213
E-mail: cmia@stargate.ca
Web site: www.stargate.ca/cmia
Director/contact: Donna Lee Howes
Programmer: Earl R. Thurston
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Juried showcase of work from emerging and independent film artists, including workshops, panels, screenings.
Deadline: varies by category
Dates: May 24-29

Maui Film Festival (1st)
P.O. Box 669
Paia, HI 96779
Phone: (808) 579-9996
Fax: (808) 579-9552
E-mail: mauifilmfestival@mauifilmfestival.com
Web site: www.mauifilmfestival.com
Director/programmer: Barry Rivers
Contact: Donne Dawson
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Under-the-stars screenings of films united by their commitment to transformative and compassionate storytelling.
Deadline: March 30
Dates: May 31-June 3

Intl. Film Festival Innsbruck (9th)
Museumstr. 31
A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Phone: (43-664) 120-7458
Fax: (43-512) 581-762
E-mail: ffi.cinematograph@tirolkultur.at
Web site: www.tirolkultur.at/cinema
Director/programmer: Dr. Helmut Groschup
Location: Innsbruck, Austria
International films and retrospectives. Competitive.
Deadline: March 1
Dates: May 31-June 4

Prix Jeunesse
c/o Bayerischer Rundfunk
D-80300 Munich, Germany
Phone: (49-89) 5900-2058
Fax: (49-89) 5900-3053
E-mail: ks@prixjeunesse.de
Web site: www.prixjeunesse.com
Contact: Kirsten Schneid
Location: Munich
Competitive for children’s television programming in categories of fiction and entertainment. Biennial.
Dates: May 31-June 6

CineLatino (7th)
co/Filmtage Tubingen
Osterbergstr. 9
D-72074 Tubingen, Germany
Phone: (49-7071) 569-652
Fax: (49-7071) 569-696
E-mail: filmtagetuebingen@t-online.de
Web site: www.cityinfonetz.de/filmtage/index.html
Director/programmer: Paulo Roberto de Carvalho
Location: Tubingen and Stuttgart, Germany
Features and short films — fiction and docu — from and about Latin America.
Deadline: Feb. 28
Dates: May

Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival (3rd)
180 S. 4th St., Suite 2 South
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Phone: (718) 388-4306
Fax: (718) 599-5039
E-mail: info@wbff.org
Web site: www.wbff.org
Director: Marco Ursino
Programmer: Marco Ursino, Mark Doyle
Contact: Mario Pegoraro
Location: Brooklyn, N.Y.
International film competition: features, shorts, docs, experimental, trailers.
Deadline: Oct. 15 (early); Feb. 15 (final)
Dates: May

Hudson Valley Film Festival (6th)
40 Garden St.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone: (914) 473-0318
Fax: (914) 473-0082
E-mail: hfvo@vh.net
Web site: www.sandbook.com/hvfo
Contact: Nancy Cozean
Location: around Dutchess County, N.Y.
Celebrating the screenwriter via script readings, panel discussions and closing-night tribute to a writer. Screens shorts by new helmers and students, indie shorts and docus. Noncompetitive.
Deadline: N/A
Dates: May/June

June

Annecy Intl. Animated Film Festival (23rd)
Centre International du Cinema d’Animation
6 Avenue des Iles, BP 399
74013 Annecy Cedex, France
Phone: (33-4) 5010-0900
Fax: (33-4) 5010-0970
E-mail: info@annecy.org
Web site: www.annecy.org
Director: Tiziana Loschi
Programmer: Serge Bromberg
Contact: Laurent Million
Location: Annecy, France
Competitive.
Deadline: Jan. 31
Dates: June 1-6

Las Vegas Intl. Film Festival (3rd)
2048 Waverly Circle
Las Vegas, NV 89104
Phone/fax: (702) 547-0877
E-mail: lviff@aol.com
Director: Diane Phillips
Contact: Eileen Harrison
Location: Las Vegas
Showcasing international and domestic features, shorts and documentaries. Also educational seminars, tributes, gala events. Competitive.
Deadline: May 1
Dates: June 1-10

Barcelona Intl. Women’s Film Festival (8th)
Valencia 248, pral. 1a
08007 Barcelona, Spain
Phone: (34-93) 216-0004
Fax: (34-93) 215-3519
E-mail: drac.info@cambrabcn.es
Web site: www.mostra.arrakis.es
Directors/programmers: Marta Selva, Anna Sola
Contact: Raquel Aranda
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Documentary and feature films directed by women.
Deadline: April 15
Dates: June 1-15

Dimension SF — The Montreal Sci-Fi Film Festival (2nd)
Centre Cinema Imperial
1432 DeBleury St.
Montreal, H3A 2J1, Canada
Phone: (514) 848-7187
Fax: (514) 848-3886
E-mail: ccis@colba.net
Web site: www.dimensionSF.com
Programmer/contact: Sandro Forte
Location: Montreal
Forty to 50 science fiction features and a selection of shorts.
Deadline: April 1
Dates: June 1-18

Emden Intl. Film Festival
Postfah 2343
26703 Emden, Germany
Phone: (49-49) 2191-5533
Fax: (49-49) 2191-5591
Web site: www.filmfest-emden.de
Directors/programmers: Rolf Eckard, Thorsten Hecht
Location: Emden, Germany
German-language films and northwest European feature films. Competitive.
Deadline: March 15
Dates: June 2-9

Huesca Film Festival (28th)
Calle de Parque 1, 2o
22002 Huesca, Spain
Phone: (34-974) 212-582
Fax: (34-974) 210-065
E-mail: huescafest@tsai.es
Web site: www.huesca-filmfestival.com
Director: Jose Maria Escriche
Contact: Kay Smith
Location: Huesca, Spain
Competitive for Iberoamerican and international short films (up to 30 minutes) on any theme except promotion and tourism.
Deadline: April 1
Dates: June 2-11

The New Festival/New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (12th)
47 Great Jones St., 6th floor
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 254-7228
Fax: (212) 254-8655
E-mail: newfest@idt.net
Web site: www.newfestival.org
Director: Wellington Love
Programmer/contact: Basil Tsiokos
Location: New York City
Showcasing films and videos by, about or of interest to lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people. Competitive.
Deadline: Feb. 7
Dates: June 2-12

KAN Film Festival (9th)
705 E. 72nd St.
Kansas City, MO 64131
Phone: (816) 333-0814
Fax: (816) 421-0255
E-mail: menglish@juno.com
Web site: www.filmkc.org
Director/contact: Martin English
Location: Lawrence, Kansas
Competitive student film festival for Kansas and Missouri residents that aims to foster future filmmakers. Categories include drama/comedy, doc, musicvideo, industrial/educational.
Deadline: May 2
Dates: June 3

Acapulco Black Film Festival (4th)
UniWorld Films
100 Ave. of the Americas
New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212) 219-7267
Fax: (212) 219-1936
Web site: www.uniworldfilms.com
Director/programmer: Jeff Friday
Location: Acapulco, Mexico
Competitive for American and international independent films. Also HBO Short Film competition.
Deadline: Feb. 1
Dates: June 5-10

Docfest (New York Intl. Documentary Festival) (3rd)
159 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 943-6333
Fax: (212) 943-6396
E-mail: docfest@aol.com
Web site: www.docfest.org
Director: Gary Pollard
Programmers: Gary Pollard, David Leitner, Alla Verlotsky
Location: New York City
Dates: early June

The Princes’ Award
The Princes’ Award Foundation
c/o European Environment Agency
Kongens Nytorv 6
DK-1050 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Phone: (45-33) 36-7100/7121
Fax: (45-33) 36-7199
E-mail: princeaward@princeaward.dk
Web site: www.princeaward.dk
Contact: Stig Elliot Nyegaard
Location: Copenhagen
Competition for the producers of the best CD-ROM, video and film on Europe’s environment and the challenge of sustainable development.
Deadline: April 15
Dates: early June

Troia Intl. Film Festival (16th)
Forum Luisa Todi
Av. Luisa Todi 65
2900-461 Setubal, Portugal
Phone: (351-65) 525-908
Fax: (351-65) 525-681
E-mail: festroia@mail.teleweb.pt
Web site: www.festroia.pt
Director: Fernanda Silva
Location: Setubal, Portugal
Competitive for countries with annual production of up to 21 features per year. FIAPF-recognized. Also sections of First Works, American Independents, Man and His Environment, retrospectives.
Deadline: March 15
Dates: early June

Pesaro Film Festival (36th)
Via Villafranca 20
00185 Rome, Italy
Phone: (39-06) 491-156
Fax: (39-06) 401-163
E-mail: pesarofilmfest@mclink.it
Web site: www.comune.pesaro.ps.it
Director/programmer: Andrea Martini
Contact: Paola Acquaviva
Location: Pesaro, Italy
Focus on a national cinema plus tributes and retrospectives. Competitive only for features.
Deadline: March 31
Dates: second week of June

Newport Intl. Film Festival (3rd)
P.O. Box 146
Newport, RI 02840
Phone: (401) 848-9443
Fax: (401) 848-9438
E-mail: NewportFF@aol.com
Web site: www.newportfilmfestival.com
Director/contact: Nancy Donahoe
Programmer: Maude Chilton
Location: Newport, R.I.
Shows international documentary, feature and short films. Competitive.
Deadline: March 1
Dates: June 6-11

U.S. Intl. Film & Video Festival (33rd)
841 N. Addison Ave.
Elmhurst, IL 60126-1291
Phone: (630) 834-7773
Fax: (630) 834-5565
E-mail: filmfestinfo@filmfestawards.com
Web site: www.filmfestawards.com
Director: J.W. Anderson
Location: Chicago
Competitive. Films or videotapes produced or aired anywhere in the world in the previous 18 months are eligible and grouped within 68 subject categories (advertising, PR, docu, TV programming, etc.) or 11 production techniques (editing, directing, etc.).
Deadline: March 1
Dates: June 7-8

Chicago Alt.film Fest (3rd)
3430 N. Lake Short Drive, Suite 19N
Chicago, IL 60657
Phone: (773) 525-4559
Fax: (773) 327-8669
E-mail: chialtfilm@aol.com
Web site: members.aol.com/chialtfilm/fest/home.html
Director: Leticia Esquivel
Programmer/contact: Dennis Neal Vaughn
Location: Chicago
Showcase for American indie filmmakers. Competitive for narrative features, shorts and docs.
Deadline: March 10
Dates: June 7-11

Nashville Independent Film Festival (31st)
P.O. Box 24330
Nashville, TN 37202-4330
Phone: (615) 742-2500
Fax: (615) 742-8010
E-mail: niffilm@bellsouth.net
Web site: www.nashvillefilmfestival.org
Director/programmer: Michael Catalano
Contact: Kelly Brownlee
Location: Nashville, Tenn.
International competitive fest for features, shorts, docus, animation, experimental films, TV and musicvideos. Also a young filmmakers category.
Deadline: Feb. 1
Dates: June 7-11

Lake Placid Film Forum (1st)
P.O. Box 489
Lake Placid, NY 12946
Phone/fax: (518) 576-2063
E-mail: naj@kvvi.net or KatCarr@aol.com
Web site: www.lakeplacid-filmforum.org
Director/contact: Naj Wikoff
Programmer: Kathleen Carroll
Location: Lake Placid, N.Y.
Festival celebrating excellence in screenwriting. Prizes for adapted and original script.
Dates: June 8-11

Waterfront Film Festival (2nd)
P.O. Box 387
Saugatuck, MI 49453
Phone: (616) 857-8351
Fax: (616) 393-0964
E-mail: info@waterfrontfilm.com
Web site: www.waterfrontfilm.com
Director: Hopwood DePree
Programmer: Kori Eldean
Contact: Dana DePree
Location: Saugatuck, Mich.
Noncompetitive. Features, shorts, docus, animation, etc., in 35mm and 16mm. Dedicated to celebrating and entertaining the American independent filmmaker.
Deadline: March 17
Dates: June 8-11

Florida Film Festival (9th)
1300 S. Orlando Ave.
Maitland, FL 32751
Phone: (407) 629-1088
Fax: (407) 629-6870
E-mail: filmfest@gate.net
Web site: www.floridafilmfestival.com
Director: Peg O’Keef
Programmer: Mathew Curtis
Location: Maitland and Orlando, Fla.
The best American indies and foreign films. Competitive for features, docs, shorts, animation. Also Florida student works, tributes, retrospectives, seminars, etc.
Deadline: Feb. 25 (early); March 24 (late)
Dates: June 9-18

Sydney Film Festival (47th)
405 Glebe Point Road
Glebe, NSW 2037, Australia
Phone: (61-2) 9660-3844
Fax: (61-2) 9692-8793
E-mail: info@sydfilm-fest.com.au
Web site: www.sydfilm-fest.com.au
Location: Sydney, Australia
Forum for international features, docus, shorts, animation, experimental films and video — all Aussie premieres — along with retrospectives and tributes. Competitive. FIAPF-recognized.
Deadline: Feb. 19
Dates: June 9-23

Balticum Film & TV Festival (11th)
Skippergade 8
DK-3740 Svaneke, Denmark
Phone: (45-70) 230-024
Fax: (45-70) 202-001
E-mail: cindyjoergensen@bmc.dk
Web site: www.bmc.dk
Contact: Cindy Joergenson
Location: Gudhjem, Denmark
Docus and TV programs produced in countries surrounding the Baltic Sea. Also a European Film School program, feature film section, kids programs. Also the Baltic Sea Forum, where filmmakers can pitch ideas to an international panel of commissioning editors and obtain financing or sell rights.
Deadline: Feb. 1
Dates: June 10-16

Banff TV Festival (21st)
1516 Railway Ave.
Canmore, Alberta, T1W 1P6, Canada
Phone: (403) 678-9260
Fax: (403) 678-9269
E-mail: info@banfftvfest.com
Web site: www.banfftvfest.com
Director: Pat Ferns
Programmer: Jerry Ezekiel
Location: Banff, Canada
International program competition and conference for TV industry professionals.
Deadline: Feb. 21
Dates: June 11-16

Hamburg Intl. Short Film Festival (16th)
Kurtzfilmagentur Hamburg e.V.
Friedensallee 7
D-22765 Hamburg, Germany
Phone: (49-40) 3982-6122
Fax: (49-40) 3982-6123
E-mail: kfa@shortfilm.com
Web site: www.shortfilm.com
Contact: Astrid Kuhl
Location: Hamburg, Germany
International shorts. Competitive. Theme for three-minute quickie competition for 2000 is “My favorite song.”
Deadline: March 1
Dates: June 13-18

“Message to Man” Intl. Documentary, Short & Animated Film Festival (10th)
Karavannaya 12
191011 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone: (7-812) 230-2200
Fax: (7-812) 235-2660 or 235-3995
E-mail: centaur@spb.cityline.ru
Director/contact: Mikhail Litviakov
Programmer: Victor Semenyuk
Contact (U.S.): Anne Borin, (212) 586-6367
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Competitive. Docus (up to 40 min. and up to 120 min.), short fiction and animated films.
Deadline: May 1
Dates: June 15-22

San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (24th)
c/o Frameline
346 Ninth St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 703-8650
Fax: (415) 861-1404
E-mail: info@frameline.org
Web site: www.frameline.org/festival/
Director/contact: Michael Lumpkin
Programmer: Jennifer Morris
Location: San Francisco
The world’s oldest and largest festival of lesbian and gay films and videos. Noncompetitive.
Deadline: Feb. 1
Dates: June 15-25

Intl. Bochum Videofestival (10th)
Bochumer Videofestival
ASTA Kulturreferat der Ruhr-Universitat
Universitatstr. 150
44801 Bochum, Germany
Phone: (49-234) 700-6902
Fax: (49-234) 701-623
E-mail: videofestival@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Web site: www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/videofestival
Contact: Jessica Manstetten, Katharina Keller
Location: Bochum, Germany
Competitive festival for experimental, animation, docu and narrative video. Also workshops and installations.
Deadline: March 15
Dates: mid-June

Midnight Sun Film Festival (15th)
Malminkatu 36, B102
00100 Helsinki, Finland
Phone: (358-9) 685-2242
Fax: (358-9) 694-5560
E-mail: office@msfilmfestival.fi
Web site: www.msfilmfestival.fi
Programmer: Kristina Haataja
Location: Sodankyla, Finland
Deadline: March 30
Dates: mid-June

Norwegian Short Film Festival
Filmens Hus
Dronningens Gate 16
N-0152 Oslo, Norway
Phone: (47-22) 474-646
Fax: (47-22) 474-690
Web site: www.nfi.no/krtf
Director: Torunn Nyen
Location: Oslo, Norway
Competitive for Norwegian films.
Deadline: March 15
Dates: mid-June

Shots in the Dark (10th)
Broadway Media Centre
14 Broad St.
Nottingham, England, NG1 3AL, U.K.
Phone: (44-115) 952-6600
Fax: (44-115) 952-6622
Contact: Gill Henderson
Location: Nottingham, England
Showcase for thrillers, film noir and mysteries, including previews, retrospectives and screenwriting events. Noncompetitive.
Deadline: late March
Dates: mid-June

Vue Sur les Docs
3 Square Stalingrad
13001 Marseille, France
Phone: (33-4) 9504-4490
Fax: (33-4) 9184-3834
Director: Michel Tregon
International documentaries. Competitive.
Location: Marseille, France
Deadline: end March
Dates: mid-June

Intl. Advertising Film Festival (47th)
27 Mortimer St.
London W1N 7RJ, U.K.
Phone: (44-171) 291-8444
Fax: (44-171) 291-8400
Web site: www.canneslions.com
Director/contact: Romain Hatchuel
Location: Cannes
Advertising market and competition.
Deadline: March 10
Dates: June 19-24

Nantucket Film Festival (5th)
P.O. Box 688, Prince St. Station
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (508) 325-6274
E-mail: ackfest@aol.com
Web site: www.nantucketfilmfestival.org
Director: Jonathan Burkhart
Programmer: Jill Goode
Location: Nantucket Island, Mass.
Competitive for features, docs and shorts. Also screenplay competition.
Deadline: April 7 (films); March 10 (screenplays)
Dates: June 21-25

Q Cinema, Fort Worth’s Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (2nd)
P.O. Box 17072
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Phone: (817) 462-3368
Fax: (817) 390-7257
E-mail: Qcinema@rimshotfeatures.com
Web site: www.rimshotfeatures.com/Qcinema99.html
Director/contact: Shawn Moore
Programmer: Todd Camp
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
New and classic gay and lesbian features, docs, shorts and multimedia presentations.
Deadline: April 1
Dates: June 22-25

Showbiz Expo West (17th)
383 Main Ave.
Norwalk, CT 06851
Phone: (203) 840-5688
Fax: (203) 840-9688
Web site: www.showbizexpo.com
Director: Steven Kalman
Contact: Robert Perschino
Location: Los Angeles
Entertainment production trade show.
Dates: June 23-25

Intl. Film Festival of Festivals (7th)
10 Kamenoostrovsky Prospect
St. Petersburg 197101, Russia
Phone: (812) 237-0072
Fax: (812) 237-0304
E-mail: festoffest@spb.cityline.ru
Director/programmer: Alexander Mamontov
Contact: Tanay Balandina
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Recent outstanding international and Russian feature films. Market and competition.
Deadline: May 1
Dates: June 23-29

Art Film (8th)
Konventna 8
Bratislava 81103, Slovak Republic
Phone:-7) 5441-1679
E-mail: festival@artfilm.sk
Web site: www.artfilm.sk
Director: Peter Hledik
Programmer: Vladimir Stric
Contact: Alexandra Popovicova
Location: Trencianske Teplice, Slovak Republic
Recent films and docus about art. Competitive sections Artefacts (new docs on art and artists), Art Fiction, On the Road (student films on art). Also market.
Deadline: April 7
Dates: June 23-30

Intl. Film Festival of Munich (18th)
Internationale Munchen Filmwochen
Kaiserstr. 39
D-80801 Munich, Germany
Phone: (49-89) 381-9040
Fax: (49-89) 3819-0426
E-mail:festivalleitung@filmfest-muenchen.de
Web site: www.filmfest-muenchen.de
Director: Eberhard Hauff
Location: Munich
A forum for German and international film premieres. Sections include independents, Top Television, children’s films, retrospectives. Noncompetitive. FIAPF-recognized. Overlaps with the 20th Intl. Festival of Film Schools, presented by the same org.
Deadline: May 1
Dates: June 24-July 1

Cinema Expo
244 W. 49th St., Suite 200
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 246-6460
Fax: (212) 265-6428
E-mail: sunshine@maestro.com
Contact: Andrew Sunshine
Location: Amsterdam
Europe’s leading convention for film exhibition.
Dates: June 26-29

Avignon Film Festival (17th) & Rencontres Cinematographiques Euro-Americaines d’Avignon (1st)
10 montee de la Tour
30400 Villeneuve-les-Avignon, France
Phone: (33-4) 9025-9323
Fax: (33-4) 9025-9324
E-mail: jhr2001@aol.com
Web site: www.francetelecomna.com/twist
Director/contact: Jerome Henry Rudes
Location: Avignon, France
Celebrates European and American independent film with new films, retrospectives and round tables. The official film event of Avignon 2000, a millennial celebration of European culture for which Avignon was named Capital of Culture for France. Narrative features and shorts plus feature docus. Competitive.
Deadline: May 19
Dates: June 27-July 2

Filmart: Hong Kong Intl. Film & TV Market (4th)
Office Tower Convention Plaza, 38th floor
1 Harbour Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 2584-4333
Fax: (852) 2824-0249
E-mail: hktdc@tdc.org.hk
Web site: hkfilmart.tdc.org.hk
Director/contact: Johnson Yip
Location: Hong Kong
Market to promote and sell Hong Kong movies, Chinese-language films and TV programs.
Dates: June 28-30

La Cittadella Del Corto (6th)
Via Garibaldi 60
00069 Trevignano, Rome, Italy
Phone/fax: (39-06) 999-9823
E-mail: cittadella@edl.it
Web site: www.edl.it/personalweb/cittadella
Director/contact: William Azzella
Programmer: Vanessa Strizzi
Location: Rome
Short fiction films.
Deadline: April 30
Dates: June 29-July 3

Adriaticocinema (3rd)
Via Gambalunga 27
47900 Rimini, Italy
Phone: (39-0541) 26399
Fax: (39-0541) 24227
E-mail: adriaticocinema@comune.rimini.it
Director/contact: Gianfranco Miro Gori
Location: Bellaria Igea Marina, Cattolica and Rimini, Italy
Competitive. Shorts, Italian independents, international premieres.
Deadline: April 25
Dates: June

Bradford Animation Festival (7th)
National Museum of Photography, Film & TV
Bradford, BD1 1NQ, U.K.
Phone: (44-1274) 203-308
Fax: (44-1274) 770-217
E-mail: filmfest@mail-server.nmsi.ac.uk
Web site: www.nmsi.ac.uk
Director: Bill Lawrence
Programmers: Bill Lawrence, Emma Sanders, Lisa Kavanagh
Location: Bradford, England
Showcase for international animation. Competitive.
Deadline: May
Dates: June

Intl. Film Fest Cinematograph
CineVision
c/o Cinematograph
Museumstrasse 31
Innsbruck, Austria 6020
Phone: (43-512) 580723
Fax: (43-512) 581762
E-mail: cinema@nomad.transit.or.at
Web site: www.tirolkultur.at/cinema/
Director: Dr. Helmut Groschup
Location: Innsbruck, Austria
Dates: June

Mediterranean Film Festival Tubingen-Stuttgart (8th)
co/Filmtage Tubingen
Osterbergstr. 9
D-72074 Tubingen, Germany
Phone: (49-7071) 569-652
Fax: (49-7071) 569-696
E-mail: filmtagetuebingen@t-online.de
Web site: www.cityinfonetz.de/filmtage/index.html
Director/programmer: Dieter Betz
Contact: Andrea Bauer
Location: Tubingen and Stuttgart, Germany
Films from countries of the Mediterranean region and the Balkans.
Deadline: March 31
Dates: June

Potsdam Film Fest
Dianastr. 21
14482 Potsdam, Germany
Phone: (49-331) 706-0369
Fax: (49-331) 706-0339
Director: Heidrun Podazus
Dates: June

Provincetown Intl. Film Festival (2nd)
c/o Beacon Cinema Group
1691 Beacon St.
Boston, MA 02445
Phone: (617) 739-2901
Fax: (617) 739-8579
E-mail: bcinema@tiac.net
Web site: www.beaconcinema.com/ptownfilmfest
Directors: P.J. Layng, Connie White, Marianne Lampke
Programmers: Connie White, Marianne Lampke
Contact: Ned Hinkle
Location: Provincetown, Mass.
Noncompetitive, programmed fest featuring independent, foreign and documentary films.
Deadline: April
Dates: June

Sunny Side of the Doc (11th)
23 rue Francois Simon
13003 Marseille, France
Phone: (33-4) 9504-4480
Fax: (33-4) 9184-3834
E-mail: sunnyside@wanadoo.fr
Director: Olivier Masson
Location: Marseille, France
International documentary market. Registration onsite.
Dates: June

Cologne Conference (10th)
Im Mediapark 5b
D-50670 Cologne, Germany
Phone: (49-221) 454-3280
Fax: (49-221) 454-3289
E-mail: info@cologne-conference.de
Web site: www.cologne-conference.de
Director: Lutz Hachmeister
Contact: Karin Laub
Location: Cologne, Germany
TV festival and market featuring cult shows, retrospectives and seminars. Competitive.
Deadline: March 1
Dates: June/July

24 Hours of Nurnberg (1st)
Filmbuero Franken e.V.
Gewerbemuseumsplatz 1
90403 Nurnberg, Germany
E-mail: filmbuero@heimweh.de@edl.it
Web site: www.alleyways.de/24hours.htm
Contact: Filmbuero Franken
Location: Nurnberg, Germany
Twenty-four hours nonstop of short films (live action, animation, docs, experimental, etc.), preferably 8mm, 16mm, 35mm; video OK.
Deadline: March 31
Dates: June/July

July

San Antonio Film Festival (2nd)
P.O. Box 7010
Austin, TX 78713
Phone: (512) 440-9301
Fax: (965) 723-0004
E-mail: safilmfestival@juno.com
Web site: www.safilmfestival.com
Director/contact: Ray Melendez
Programmer: Mike Hernandez
Location: San Antonio
Shorts and features. Competitive.
Deadline: Nov. 1
Dates: Summer 2000

Brainwash Movie Festival (6th)
P.O. Box 881911
San Francisco, CA 94188
Phone: (415) 273-1545
E-mail: shelbytoland@laughingsquid.com
Web site: www.laughingsquid.com/brainwash
Director/contact: Dave Krzysik
Location: San Francisco
Shorts of all genres. After San Francisco dates, tours to cities including San Diego; Tucson, Ariz., Albuquerque, N.M.; Houston; Miami; Washington, D.C.; and New York.
Deadline: May 1
Dates: July 1-2

Il Cinema Ritrovato (14th)
c/o Cineteca di Bologna
Via Galliera 8
40121 Bologna, Italy
Phone: (39-051) 237-088
Fax: (39-051) 261-680
E-mail: cinoffcr@comune.bologna.it
Director: Gian Luca Farinelli
Location: Bologna, Italy
Festival of film restoration from archives all over the world. Noncompetitive.
Dates: July 1-8
Age d’Or (27th)
23 Ravenstein St.
1000 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: (32-2) 507-8370
Fax: (32-2) 513-1272
E-mail: filmmuseum@ledoux.be
Director: Gabrielle Claes
Programmer/contact: Ludo Bettens
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Competitive; prizes to five films undistributed in Belgium, over 60 minutes long.
Deadline: May
Dates: July 1-15

Divercine Children’s Intl. Film Festival (9th)
Lorenzo Carnelli 1311
11200 Montevideo, Uruguay
Phone: (598-2) 408-2460/409-5795
Fax: (598-2) 409-4572
E-mail: cinemuy@chasque.apc.org
Web site: www.cinemateca.org.uy
Director/programmer: Ricardo Casas
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
Films for children and young people. Competitive.
Deadline: May 8
Dates: July 3-14

Werkleitz Biennale: Realwork (4th)
Strasse des Friedens 26
D-39249 Tornitz, Germany
Phone: (49-39) 298-6750
Fax: (49-39) 2986-7555
E-mail: info@werkleitz.de
Web site: www.werkleitz.de/zkb/
Director: Peter Zorn
Programmers: Marcel Schwierin, Florian Wust (video/film); Corinna Koch, Christiane Mennecke (visual arts); Ray Langenbach (performance); Benjamin Heidersberger (Internet/CD-ROM)
Contact: Thomas Munz
Location: Werkleitz, Germany
Dates: July 5-9

Capalbio Cinema Intl. Short Film Festival (7th)
Via Bari 11
00161 Rome, Italy
Phone: (39-06) 4424-9239
Fax: (39-06) 4424-9353
E-mail: capalbio.cinema@flashnet.it
Web site: www.capalbiocinema.com
Directors: Sita Alessandra Banerjee, Tommaso Mottola
Programmer: Sita Alessandra Banerjee
Location: Capalbio, Tuscany, Italy
Competitive for international short films (under 15 minutes). Sections include animation and history of cinema. Also market.
Deadline: March 31
Dates: July 5-9

Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival (35th)
Panska 1
11000 Prague 1, Czech Republic
Phone: (420-2) 2423-5412
Fax: (420-2) 2423-3408
E-mail: foundation@iffkv.cz
Web site: www.iffkv.cz
Programmer: Eva Zaoralova
Location: Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Feature film and docu competition, sections for western and eastern films and a Forum of Independent Filmmakers. Competitive.
Deadline: April 30
Dates: July 5-15

Jerusalem Film Festival (17th)
11 Hebron Road, POB 8561
Jerusalem 91083, Israel
Phone: (972-2) 672-4131
Fax: (972-2) 673-3076
E-mail: festival@jer-cin.org.il
Web site: www.jer-cin.org.il
Director: Lia van Leer
Programmers: Lia van Leer, Avinoam Harpak, Gilli Mendel
Location: Jerusalem
Showing the best of new international, Israeli and Mediterranean cinema, with sidebars including Avant Garde, New Directors and Jewish Themes. Also retrospectives, classics, restored films. Competitive.
Deadline: April 15
Dates: July 6-15

Galway Film Fleadh (12th)
Cluain Mhuire, Monivea Road
Galway, Ireland
Phone: (353-91) 751-655
Fax: (353 91) 770-746
(U.S: phone (212) 727-0249; fax (212) 929-7412)
E-mail: galfleadh@iol.ie
Web site: www.iol.ie/~galfilm/fleadh/
Director: Miriam Allen
Programmer: Pat Collins
Contact: Fiona Kilkelly; TC Rice (U.S.)
Location: Galway, Ireland
Focusing on emerging Irish filmmakers. Also international features and shorts. In tandem with the Fleadh is the Galway Film Fair, which seeks to start dialogue among young filmmakers, producers and distributors.
Deadline: May 26
Dates: July 7-12

Maine Intl. Film Festival (3rd)
10 Railroad Square
Waterville, ME 04901
Phone: (207) 861-8138
Fax: (207) 872-5502
E-mail: info@miff.org
Web site: www.miff.org
Director/contact: Joan Phillips-Sandy
Programmers: Ken Eisen, Alan Sanborn
Location: Waterville, Maine
Noncompetitive. Features, docus, shorts.
Deadline: April 30
Dates: July 7-16

Auckland Intl. Film Festival (32nd)
P.O. Box 9544
Marion Square
Wellington 6035, New Zealand
Phone: (64-4) 385-0162
Fax: (64-4) 801-7304
E-mail: enzedff@actrix.gen.nz
Web site: www.enzedff.co.nz
Director/contact: Bill Gosden
Programmers: Sandra Reid, Bill Gosden
Location: Auckland, N.Z.
International showcase twinned with the Wellington Film Festival. Noncompetitive. Also prominent archival component.
Deadline: April 15
Dates: July 7-23

Taormina Intl. Film Festival (30th)
Palazio dei Congressi
98039 Taormina, Italy
Phone: (39-09) 422-1142
Fax: (39-09) 422-3348
Director: Felice Laudadio
English-language features. Competitive.
Deadline: June 20
Dates: July 8-15

Outfest (18th)
1125 N. McCadden Place, #235
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Phone: (323) 960-2389
Fax: (323) 960 2394
E-mail: outfest@aol.com
Web site: www.outfest.com
Showcase for films for and by gay men and lesbians. Competitive.
Dates: early July

PIA Film Festival (22nd)
5-19 Sanban-cho
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
Phone: (81-3) 3265-1425
Fax: (81-3) 3265-5659
Director/programmer: Keiko Araki
Location: Tokyo and five other cities in Japan
Supports young directors and independent films, with the aim of finding and nurturing new talent. Competitive.
Deadline: October
Dates: early July

Sopot Film Festival
Centar za kulturu Sopot
Kosmajski trg 7
11450 Sopot, Yugoslavia
Phone: (381-11) 825-1238
Fax: (381-11) 825-1315
Contact: Zivorad Milosavljevic
Location: Sopot, Yugoslavia
Dates: early July

Festival du Court Metrage en Plein Air de Grenoble (Outdoor Short Film Festival) (23rd)
4 rue Hector Berlioz
Grenoble 38000 , France
Phone: (33-4) 7654-4351
Fax: (33-4) 7651-2443
Director/programmer: Michel Warren
Location: Grenoble, France
Presenting new and old talents, with both indoor and open-air screenings. Competitive.
Dates: second week of July

Wellington Film Festival (29th)
P.O. Box 9544
Marion Square
Wellington 6035, New Zealand
Phone: (64-4) 385-0162
Fax: (64-4) 801-7304
E-mail: enzedff@actrix.gen.nz
Web site: www.enzedff.co.nz
Director/contact: Bill Gosden
Programmers: Sandra Reid, Bill Gosden
Location: Wellington, N.Z.
New Zealand’s leading film festival, screening New Zealand premieres of diverse films and videos. Noncompetitive.
Deadline: April 15
Dates: July 14-30

Fred Ducker’s S-8 Short Film Contest (1st)
Fabrice Ducouret
47450 Colayrac, France
Phone: (33-60) 1443-1642
E-mail: fredducker@yahoo.com
Director/programmer: Fred Ducker
Contact: Fabrice Ducouret
Location: Agen, France
Festival and contest for silent Super-8 films in all genres. Competitive.
Deadline: March 15
Dates: July 15-16

Giffoni Film Festival (29th)
Piazza Umberto 1
84095 Giffoni, Valle Piana
Salerno, Italy
Phone: (39-089) 868-544
Fax: (39-089) 866-111
Web site: www.virtualdreams.it/il.htm
Director/programmer: Claudio Gubitosi
Location: Salerno, Italy
Competitive children’s festival, with films judged by a jury of kids.
Deadline: mid-June
Dates: mid-July

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (20th)
346 Ninth St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 621-0556
Fax: (415) 621-0568
E-mail: jewishfilm@sfjff.org
Web site: www.sfjff.org
Director: Janis Plotkin
Programmers: Janis Plotkin, Samuel Ball
Location: San Francisco, Berkeley, Menlo Park and San Rafael, Calif.
Independent films on Jewish subjects.
Deadline: March 15
Dates: July 20-Aug. 3

Melbourne Intl. Film Festival (49th)
P.O. Box 2206
Fitzroy Mail Centre
Melbourne, Victoria 3065, Australia
Phone: (61-3) 9417-2011
Fax: (61-3) 9417-3804
E-mail: miff@netspace.net.au
Web site: www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au
Director: Sandra Sdraulig
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Presenting international features, shorts, docus, animation and experimental films. Competitive for shorts. FIAPF-recognized.
Deadline: March 4 (shorts); April 2 (features)
Dates: July 20-Aug. 6

Fantasy Filmfest (14th)
Rosebud Entertainment
Fregestr. 36
12161 Berlin, Germany
Phone: (49-30) 861-4532
Fax: (49-30) 861-4539
E-mail: rosebud-entertainment@t.online.de
Web site: www.fantasyfilmfest.com
Directors: Rainer Stefan, Schorsch Muller
Location: Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin
Traveling showcase (one week per city) for fantasy, horror, thriller and sci-fi films. Feature premieres, shorts, retrospective. Noncompetitive.
Deadline: May 31
Dates: July 27-Aug. 24

Dublin Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (8th)
6 S. William St.
Dublin 2, Ireland
Phone: (353-1) 492-0597
Fax: (353-1) 670-6377
Web site: www.iftn.ie/dublingayfilm/index.html
Directors/programmers: Kevin Sexton, Yvonne O’Reilly
Location: Dublin
Deadline: June 1
Dates: late July

Vila do Conde Intl. Short Film Festival (8th)
Auditorio Municipal
Praca da Republica
4480 Vila do Conde, Portugal
Phone: (351-52) 641-644
Fax: (351-52) 642-871
Directors/programmers: M. Dias, M. Micaelo, R. Maia, D. Oliveira, J. Rodrigues
Location: Vila do Conde, Portugal
Showcase for recent international and Portuguese shorts, including special exhibitions and retrospectives. Also market. Competitive.
Deadline: April
Dates: July

Wine Country Film Festival (14th)
P.O. Box 303
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
Phone: (707) 996-2536
Fax: (707) 996-6964
E-mail: wcfilmfest@aol.com
Web site: www.winecountryfilmfest.com
Director/programmer: Steve Ashton
Location: Napa and Sonoma Valleys, northern California
Showcase for U.S. and foreign-language features, shorts, docus and animation in 16mm, 35mm, digital and video formats. Competitive.
Deadline: May 1
Dates: July 20-Aug. 13

Dances With Films (3rd)
Warner Hollywood Studios
1041 N. Formosa
Pickford Building, Room 203
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Phone: (323) 850-2929
Fax: (323) 850-2928
E-mail: info@danceswithfilms.com
Web site: www.danceswithfilms.com
Director: Michael Trent
Programmer: Leslee Scallon
Location: Los Angeles
Competitive festival of independent narrative features and shorts. Pics must have no known directors, producers, actors, etc.
Deadline: May 15
Dates: July 21-27

Pula Film Festival
Matka Laginje 5
Istarsko Narodno Kazaliste
Pula 52100, Croatia
Phone: (385-52) 22380
Fax: (385-52) 214-303
Director: Ljubo Sikic
Location: Pula, Croatia
Competitive.
Deadline: end of June
Dates: last week in July

Palm Springs Intl. Short Film Festival (6th)
1700 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite 3
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Phone: (760) 322-2930
Fax: (760) 322-4087
E-mail: info@psfilmfest.org
Web site: www.psfilmfest.org
Director/contact: Craig Prater
Location: Palm Springs, Calif.
Short films from around the world, seminars and student programs. Competitive. FIAPF-recognized. Also market.
Deadline: June 1
Dates: July 25-31

Woods Hole Film Festival (8th)
50 Longwood Ave., #1020
Brookline, MA 02446
Phone: (617) 232-4722
E-mail: woho3@aol.com
Web site: www.woodshole.com
Director: Judy Laster
Location: Woods Hole, Mass.
Showcasing the work of New England’s independent filmmakers: shorts, features, docs, animation and experimental films. Noncompetitive.
Deadline: May 31
Dates: July 31-Aug. 7

Festival of the Dhow Countries (3rd)
c/o Zanzibar Intl. Film Festival
P.O. Boz 3032
Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa
Phone/fax: (255-54) 233-135
E-mail: ziff@zanzibar.org
Web site: www.zanzibar.org
Director/contact: Imruh Bakari
Programmer: Yusuf Mahmoud
Location: the islands of Zanzibar, Tanzania
International film and cultural fest showcasing art forms from the “dhow countries” of East Africa, India, Iran, Pakistan, Arab nations and islands of the Indian Ocean, historically connected by the use of the ancient sailing vessel (dhow). World Cinema and Women’s, Children’s and Village Panorama sections. Competitive.
Deadline: May
Dates: July

Moscow Intl. Film Festival (23rd)
Khokhlovski Pereulok 10/1
Moscow 109028, Russia
Phone: (7-095) 917-2486/0944
Fax: (7-095) 916-0107
Location: Moscow
Presenting about 20 international features including films from the former republics of the Soviet Union and a tribute to Russian cinematography. Competitive.
Deadline: June
Dates: July

Rio Cine Intl. Festival
Rua Fernandez Guimaraes 39
Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro
22290 Brazil
Phone/fax: (55-21) 295-1060
Director: Walkiria Barbosa
Programmer: Vick Birkbeck
Location: Rio de Janeiro
Brazilian shorts (competitive), features (noncompetitive) and international seminars. Attached market.
Deadline: May
Dates: July

Asian American Intl. Film Festival (23rd)
Asian CineVision
32 E. Broadway, 4th floor
New York, NY 10002
Phone: (212) 925-8685
Fax: (212) 925-8157
Web site: www.asiancinevision.org
Director: Vivian Huang
Location: New York City/Brooklyn
Four weekends of films (short and feature-length) by Asian or Asian-American filmmakers. The first and oldest festival of its kind. Noncompetitive.
Dates: July-August (weekends)

Brisbane Intl. Film Festival (9th)
Level 3, 167 Queen St.
Hoyts Rebent Building
Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia
Phone: (617) 3220-0333
Fax: (617) 3220-0400
E-mail: biff@biff.com.au
Web site: www.biff.com.au
Director: Gary Ellis
Contact: Tracey Baillie
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Noncompetitive. Features, docus, animation, shorts, silent film, experimental film, films on filmmaking, seminars, retrospectives. Focus on Asia-Pacific.
Deadline: May
Dates: July-August

Fant-Asia Festival
300 Leo Pariseau St., Suite 1500
Montreal, Quebec H2W 2P3, Canada
Phone: (514) 982-0020
Fax: (514) 982-0796
E-mail: festival@videotron.ca
Web site: www.fantasiafest.com
Director: Pierre Corbeil
Programmers: Mitch Davis, Julien Fonfrede, Karin Hussain, Martin Sauvageau
Location: Montreal and Toronto
Competition and market for fantasy and action films.
Dates: July-August

August

Locarno Intl. Film Festival (53rd)
Via Luini 3/a
CH-6601 Locarno, Switzerland
Phone: (41-91) 756-2121
Fax: (41-91) 756-2149
E-mail: info@pardo.ch
Web site: www.pardo.ch
Director: Marco Muller
Programmer: Teresa Cavina
Contact: Pia Ferrari
Location: Locarno, Switzerland
International showcase for the year’s major new films, competition for emerging directors and New Cinema dis-playing innovative trends in style and content. Also market. Competitive. FIAPF-recognized.
Deadline: June 15
Dates: Aug. 2-12

Hollywood Film Festival (3rd)
433 N. Camden Drive, Suite 600
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: (310) 288-1882
Fax: (310) 475-0193
E-mail: awards@hollywoodawards.com
Web site: www.hollywoodfestival.com
Director: Carlos de Abreu
Programmer: Janice de Abreu
Location: Hollywood
Competitive. Features, shorts, docus, animation.
Deadline: May 31
Dates: Aug. 3-8

Urbanworld Film Festival
375 Greenwich St.
New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212) 941-3845
Fax: (212) 941-3849
E-mail: aphill@aol.com
Web site: www.uwff.com
Directors: Angelique Phillips, Stacy Spikes
Programmer: Angelique Phillips
Location: New York City
Market and competition for films made by or featuring black people. Also screenplay competition.
Deadline: late July
Dates: early August

Narrowsburg Intl. Independent Film Festival (2nd)
P.O. Box 148
44 Main St.
Narrowsburg, NY 12764
Phone: (914) 252-6561
Fax: (914) 252-7232
E-mail: narrowsburgfilm@hotmail.com
Web site: www.narrowsburgfilm.com
Director: Jocelyn Castellano
Contact: Shannon Marie Holland
Location: Narrowsburg, N.Y.
Competitive. Features, shorts, docus, animation.
Dates: Aug. 8-11

Providence/Rhode Island Intl. Film Festival (4th)
P.O. Box 162
Newport, R.I. 02840
Phone: (401) 861-4445
Fax: (401) 847-7590
E-mail: flicksart@aol.com
Web site: www.film-festival.org
Director: Michel Coutu
Contact: George T. Marshall
Location: Providence, R.I.
World premieres and video and multimedia work by local and regional artists, forums. Themed sections include From the North Country (from Canada), Overlooked Treasures, First Look, Salute, New Directors Showcase, Documentaries: Truth With an Attitude; KidsEye (films for and by kids). Competitive. Also market, New England Screenwriters Conference, master class on production.
Deadline: June 1
Dates: Aug. 9-13

Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt (24th)
c/o Pollitt
Bahnhofstrasse 70
D-64331 Weiterstadt, Germany
Phone: (49-6) 1501-2185
Fax: (49-6) 1501-4073
E-mail: sfk@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de
Web site: www.home.pages.de/~sfk/weiterstadt/filmfest
Director: Jochen Pollitt
Contact: Andreas Heidenreich
Location: Weiterstadt, Germany
Open-air and indoor screenings in a forest setting of feature, short and docu films and video. Noncompetitive.
Deadline: June 1
Dates: Aug. 10-14

Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival (54th)
88 Lothian Road
Edinburgh EH3 9BZ, U.K.
Phone: (44-131) 228-4051
Fax: (44-131) 229-5501
E-mail: info@edfilmfest.org.uk
Web site: www.edfilmfest.org.uk
Director: Lizzie Francke
Programmer: Nicola Pierson
Contact: Angie Jennings
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
The world’s longest continually running film festival. World and British premieres; best of British pics; first and second films; docus; retrospectives; Mirrorball, exploring the arena where film meets music, art and design; mas-ter-class-style lectures; shorts and animation. Noncompetitive.
Deadline: late April (features); May 21 (shorts)
Dates: Aug. 13-27

Chicago Underground Film Festival (7th)
3109 N. Western Ave.
Chicago, IL 60618
Phone: (773) 327-3456
Fax: (773) 327-3464
E-mail: info@cuff.org
Web site: www.cuff.org
Director/contact: Bryan Wendorf
Programmer: Wendy Solomon
Location: Chicago
Competitive showcase for defiantly independent filmmakers — works that dissent radically in form, technique or content from the mainstream. Features, shorts, docus, animation.
Deadline: May 15
Dates: mid-August

Odense Intl. Film Festival (15th)
Vindegade 18
DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark
Phone: (45-6) 613-1372, ext. 4044
Fax: (45-6) 591-4318
E-mail: filmfestival@post.odkomm.dk
Web site: www.filmfestival.dk
Director: Christian Braad Thomsen
Contact: Helle Nielsen
Location: Odense, Denmark
Showcase for fairy tale and original shorts with experimental or imaginative content. Competitive.
Deadline: April 1
Dates: mid-August

Crested Butte Reel Fest (3rd)
P.O. Box 1333
Crested Butte, CO 81224
Phone: (970) 349-1383
Fax: (970) 349-1384
E-mail: bvan@webcom.com
Web site: www.crestedbuttereelfest.com
Director: Barbara VanHanken
Contact: Jessica Hunt
Location: Crested Butte, Colo.
Competitive for short films: animation, comedy, docu, drama, experimental and student.
Deadline: May 1 (regular categories); June 1 (students)
Dates: Aug. 17-20

Sao Paulo Intl. Short Film Festival (11th)

Associacao Cultural Kinoforum
Rua Simao Alvares 784/2
05417.020, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Phone/fax: (55-11) 852-9601
E-mail: spshort@ibm.net
Web site: www.kinoforum.org/shorts
Director: Zita Carvalhosa
Programmer: Francisco Cesar Filho
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Shorts in all genres (up to 35 minutes) from Brazil, Latin America and around the world. Promoting a greater ex-change between Latin American and international production as well as the development of the short film. Non-competitive.
Deadline: May 29
Dates: Aug. 17-26

Espoo Cine Intl. Film Festival (11th)
P.O. Box 95
02101 Espoo, Finland
Phone: (358-9) 466-599
Fax: (358-9) 466-458
E-mail: espoocine@cultnet.fi
Web site: www.espoo.fi/cine
Director: Timo Kuismin
Contact: Satu Elo
Location: Espoo, Finland
Noncompetitive general festival focusing mainly on European fiction features and fantasy films.
Deadline: May 31
Dates: Aug. 22-27

Festival der Neue Heimatfilm (13th)
Salzgasse 25
A-4240 Freistadt, Austria
Phone/fax: (43-7942) 77773
E-mail: kino.buehne@epnet.at
Web site: members.aon.at/local-buehne/
Director: Wolfgang Steininger
Programmers/contacts: Wolfgang Steininger, Sylvia Platzer
Location: Freistadt, Austria
Competitive. Features and docs dealing with “Heimat,” a German expression meaning the place where you are born or feel at home, concentrating on life in the country.
Deadline: July 1
Dates: Aug. 23-27

Montreal World Film Festival (24th)
1432 De Bleury St.
Montreal, H3A 2J1, Canada
Phone: (514) 848-3883
Fax: (514) 848-3886
E-mail: ffm@interlink.net
Web site: www.ffm-montreal.org
Director: Serge Losique
Programmers: Serge Losique, Daniele Cauchard
Location: Montreal
Numerous sections include World Greats, Cinema of Tomorrow, Latin American Cinema, Panorama Canada, Films for Television. Competitive. FIAPF-recognized. Also film, TV and video market.
Deadline: mid-July
Dates: Aug. 24-Sept. 4

Hiroshima Intl. Animation Festival (8th) 4-17 Kako-machi
Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0812, Japan
Phone: (81-82) 245-0245
Fax: (81-82) 245-0246
E-mail: hiroanim@urban.ne.jp
Web site: www.urban.ne.jp/home/hiroanim
Director: Sayoko Kinoshita
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Animated films and videos under 30 minutes. Competitive. Biennial.
Deadline: March 21
Dates: Aug. 24-28

Antarctic Film Festival (2nd)
2543 2nd St., Suite C
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone/fax: (310) 396-2759
E-mail: info@antarctic-filmfest.com
Web site: www.antarctic-filmfest.com
Director: C.T. Pinguino
Programmer: Yarrum Ztnim
Contact: M. Mazelman
Location: Santa Monica, Calif.
The festival for filmmakers left out in the cold. Submissions must have been rejected by other major festivals. All genres, all lengths. Competitive.
Deadline: May 19
Dates: Aug. 24-31

The Guardian Edinburgh Intl. Television Festival (25th)
24 Neal St.
London WC2H 9PS, U.K.
Phone: (44-171) 379-4519
Fax: (44-171) 836-0702
E-mail: GEITF@festival.demon.co.uk
Director: Fran Barlow
Programmer: Susanne Curran
Contact: Ellie Wenborn
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
A forum for discussion between TV program makers and broadcasters with international speakers. No screenings.
Dates: Aug. 25-28

Austin Gay & Lesbian Intl. Film Festival (13th)
P.O. Box L
Austin, TX 78713
Phone: (512) 302-9889
Fax: (512) 302-1088
E-mail: kino@agliff.org
Web site: www.agliff.org
Director/contact: Sandra Martinez
Programmer: Scott Dinger
Location: Austin, Texas
Features, docus and short films and videos dealing with gay, lesbian and transgender issues.
Deadline: July 14
Dates: Aug. 25-Sept. 7

Norwegian Intl. Film Festival (28th)
P.O. Box 145
5501 Haugesund, Norway
Phone: (47-52) 734-430
Fax: (47-52) 734-420
E-mail: info@filmfestivalen.no
Web site: www.filmfestivalen.no
Director: Gunnar Johan Lovvik
Programmer: Christin Berg
Location: Haugesund, Norway
Screening about 100 international films. Incorporates Nordic Children’s Film Fest market and New Nordic Films. Also seminars. FIAPF-recognized.
Deadline: June
Dates: Aug. 27-Sept. 3

Martha’s Flavor Fest (2nd)
14 Kling St., 2nd floor
West Orange, NJ 07052
Phone: (973) 669-8683
Fax: (973) 669-1282
E-mail: cmpnyc@email.msn.com
Web site: www.marthasflavorfest.com
Director: Hopi Morton
Programmer: Kimberly Ferraro
Contact: Miles Ferguson
Location: Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.
Competitive black independent film festival. Scripts, features, shorts, documentaries.
Deadline: March 15 (scripts); April 1 (films)
Dates: Aug. 28-Sept. 2

Method Fest (2nd)
880 Apollo St., Suite 337
El Segundo, CA 90245
Phone: (310) 535-9230
Fax: (310) 535-9128
E-mail: wrldclssprts@earthlink.net
Web site: www.methodfest.com
Contact: Don Frankel
Location: Pasadena, Calif.
Celebrating breakout acting performances in indie film.
Dates: August

NextFrame: UFVA’s Touring Festival of Intl. Student Film & Video (8th)
09 Annenberg Hall
13th & Diamond St.
Temple University 011-00
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: (215) 923-3532
Fax: (215) 204-6740
E-mail: ufva@vm.temple.edu
Web site: www.temple.edu/nextframe
Directors/programmers: Anna Minkkinen, Juan Carlos Rojas
Contact: Vanessa B