Sonoma Valley Film Festival: April 9th-13th, 2008

Late Deadline: November 16th, 2008
Extended Deadline: December 14th, 2008
$10,000 Cash Prize for Best Narrative Feature

With wine tastings and mad hot filmmaker parties, who wouldn't want to submit and attend the 11th Annual Sonoma Valley Film Festival!?

We are located here in the heart of wine country and we know how to have a good time. We accept Narrative Features, Documentaries, Shorts, and Animated Shorts that celebrate spirit of Independent Cinema! We have a stellar World Cinema Program this year with a focus on Latino Cinema.

Visit www.SonomaFilmFest.org for more information.

See you in the Spring!

SVFF

PORTLAND WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL Call For Entries

CALL-FOR-ENTRIES!

The Portland Women’s Film Festival (a.k.a. POW Fest), the premiere showcase for international independent films made by women, is currently accepting film submissions of any length, style, or genre, directed or co-directed by women. Spanning May 15th-18th and held at Portland, Oregon’s historic Hollywood Theatre, POW Fest will exhibit women-made movies, host several exciting and inspiring workshops and panels, and create an expo of women-owned and served businesses. In addition, the festival will feature a retrospective of award-winning director Allison Anders’ (Gas Food Lodging, Grace of My Heart) work. Anders will also be joining us as this year’s Guest of Honor.
Young Filmmakers (under 19 years old) may submit their film free of charge.

Student Filmmakers currently enrolled in school are eligible for discounted submission fees. See the website for details.

Go to www.powfest.com for a submission application and further details. The FINAL DEADLINE for entries is February 21, 2008!

CALL FOR ENTRIES - BIG BANG FILM FESTIVAL - OCTOBER 1 - 5, 2008

The call for submissions is now open for the 2008 Big Bang Film Festival (BBFF). BBFF is a celebration of exciting and inventive films in the Action, Adventure, Suspense and Asian Action Cinema genres. BBFF also welcomes documentary submissions featuring extreme sports and athletic events, activities and competitions which have contributed some of the most entertaining video of death defying speed, skill and daring. Each year Big Bang Film Festival showcases amazing films, some classics, some classics in the making. Every submission is posted on the BBFF Submissions Page so that all of our filmmakers can link to their listing.

We are now calling for submissions. Visit our website for more information on the festival, our submission process, special events, and opportunities to join our team!

Big Bang Film Festival
Philadelphia, PA
October 1-5 2008
Action, Adventure, Suspense and Asian Action Cinema.
cont...@bigbangfilmfestival.com
www.BigBangFilmFestival.com
www.myspace.com/bigbangfilmfestival

SF Indieclub Screening & Networking Meeting

DATE: Saturday, October 25, 2008

TIME: 12 noon til 5pm

PROGRAM: includes Guest Speakers from our professional film community plus a FULL program of our local filmmaker's short films, trailers from their features, docs, reels, clips, etc. Also enjoy pot luck luncheon, free raffle prizes, networking and a whole lot more ~ Fun! Fun! Fun!

LOCATION: VA Medical Center Auditorium at: 4150 Clement St, San Francisco, Ca 94121

DIRECTIONS: CORNER of 42nd and CLEMENT
See large VA Medical Center Sign ~ proceed up entrance driveway, STOP, turn right at Stop sign proceed 100 yards to BLDG # 7 (on left) Look for 'Auditorium Sign' ~ Take Elevator to 2nd floor * HUGE Parking Lot - FREE Parking! ~ Public transportation friendly.

DOOR DONATION: $20 everyone except staff

SF INDIECLUB MEMBERSHIP IS FREE! ~ Meetings act as our fundraiser to keep this group alive. We aim to enhance local filmmaking. Thanks for your support. SF Indieclub FREE membership includes: film related job opportunities, auditions, cast & crew postings, location & equipment needs, post & pre production needs, film related events, film festival call to entries, contests and much, much more.

JOIN SF INDIECLUB: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFindieclub

Feel free to share this information with your filmmaker, crew and talent colleagues.

UP TO 10,000 BUCKS

THE CINEMA CITY FESTIVAL INVITES YOU TO APPLY FOR THE UP TO 10,000 BUCKS
PROGRAM, WHICH WILL INCLUDE ALL FILMS MADE WITH A BUDGET SMALLER THAN
$10,000. ALL SORTS AND GENRES ARE WELCOME!!!

The festival is taking place in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 6th to 14th July,
2009. The selector of this program is Dejan Zecevic, last year laureat
for The award for best direction of a domestic film at the last year
Cinema City festival. This year award is $2000.
Authors of the selected films will be invited to be festival guests.
• You should complete the Entry Form which you will find and submit
online: http://eng.cinemacity.org/do10000/
• Year of production should not be prior to 2007
• All films must have English subtitles!!! Except where English is the
original language
• Preview copies on DVD should be sent to the following address:
Cinema City, Exit
Up to 10,000 bucks
Trg mladenaca 5
21000 Novi Sad
Serbia
• Be sure to write the following declaration on your package -
"FILM/VIDEO FOR FESTIVAL PURPOSES ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL VALUE".
• At the Festival films will be screened in DV and BETA formats.
• Expenses of returning films will be covered by the Festival, whereas
DVD preview copies will not be returned.
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS 30 APRIL AND THE DEADLINE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF
PREVIEW COPIES IS 5 MAY, 2009

For any further information, please contact our Program Coordinator:
dina...@cinemacity.org
www.cinemacity.org

http://www.GoingGreenFilmFestival.com

With the motto “REthink, REplenish, REcommit”, the GOING GREEN FILM FESTIVAL launches its official call for entries on July 15, 2009.

The festival’s first place prizes include Hybrid electric bicycles, a tree planted in their names in Central America, Africa or Asia, as well as Fuji Film and screenwriting software.

A pending Grand Prize will include a HYBRID CAR!

$20 of all entry fees will go towards Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) which produce clean energy.

The CATEGORIES ARE are:

* GREEN PRODUCTION, where a film’s production worked to lessen the carbon footprint left on the planet

* OUR PLANET, where the film’s topic covers third world issues, ecology, nature or the environment; and

* HYBRID/ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION, where the film features a hybrid vehicle, bicycle, electric scooter or public transportation.

Films can be any genre, but must be between 20 minutes and 120 minutes in length and have been completed between 2008 and 2010.

Earlybird/Discount Deadline: August 31, 2009.

Submit by going to: http://www.GoingGreenFilmFestival.com

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Send an email to: goin...@yahoogroups.com

Notice to all aspiring film-makers out there! If you have made a short film which you think should be showcased on a wider audience and International platform, then Sixteen:Nine International Film Festival, India is the place to be.
Sixteen:Nine is a student’s film festival organized yearly by the students of Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management, Mumbai. Sixteen:Nine is currently in its third year and has had entries from over 30 countries from across the globe.
So come! Showcase your talent! Send in your entries to www.16isto9.com, or contact me at my email id - yash...@yahoo.com or adi...@16isto9.com
Cheers!
Yash Mishra,
Public Relations
Sixteen:Nine International Film Festival