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

WIN a PAIR of VIP PASSES to attend fest by subscribing to our newsletter.
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

MiShorts has joined forces with the Branchage and London Short Film Festivals to bring you an unusual online film competition.

The ‘Vauxhall 48-hour Film Challenge’ took place at the Branchage festival in October 2009, when five teams of hotly-tipped European filmmakers, headed by the UK's Blaine Brothers, were set the task of creating an original film in just two days - with genre and title drawn from a hat. You can watch these films in glorious HD in a special voting area on the MiShorts site and help decide which wins the Best Film prize of £1,000.

Our special Culture Counter gives you a real-time display of each film’s progress and we expect things to get pretty tense as the deadline approaches. And if that’s not enough excitement for you, we also have an official screening/awards party in London on January 11th at the Roxy Bar and Screen from 7pm.

MiShorts – download for life

www.mishorts.com

The 2010 Talking Pictures Festival (www.talkingpicturesfestival.org) invites independent filmmakers to submit their work to its film competition and celebration of independent films from around the world. Regular submission DEADLINE: January 22, 2010. Late deadline: Feb 1, 2010. Low entry fees. Cash awards for winning entries.

We seek films that are thought-provoking, intriguing, entertaining, vibrant, authentic, artful and informative. From dramatic films to hard-hitting documentaries, comedic shorts, experimental films, or music videos, we invite independent filmmakers to send us their work for consideration. All genres, styles and lengths welcome.

The Talking Pictures Festival takes place in May 2010 in Evanston, Illinois (right next to Chicago) and attracts filmgoers from the entire Chicago metro-area. The 2009 Talking Pictures Festival received much press coverage and attracted 1,100 filmgoers over the course of a long weekend. True to its name, screenings at The Talking Pictures Festival are often accompanied by discussions with filmmakers, guest speakers or community groups. The Talking Pictures Festival is produced by Percolator Films (www.percolatorfilms.org), a non-profit film organization that also organizes the popular ten-year-old Reeltime film and discussion series.

Regular postmark DEADLINE: January 22, 2010
Late postmark DEADLINE: February 1, 2010

Entry form and more info at: http://www.talkingpicturesfestival.org
Submit your entry at: http://www.withoutabox.com/login/8776
Questions? Contact: Ines Sommer, Festival Co-Director, film...@yahoo.com

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - Friday, May 28, 2010
Deadline: Thursday, April 1, 2010

Zagreb, Croatia

Zagreb, Croatia Croatia

Apply Online
February 1st - April 1st, 2010
www.jff-zagreb.hr

FOR UP & COMING
PRODUCERS, SCREENWRITERS, DIRECTORS, CINEMATOGRAPHERS, EDITORS AND PRODUCTION SOUND RECORDISTS/MIXERS

The last edition of the International Talent Workshop has drawn the attention onto many young filmmakers coming from different countries from all over the world. It has proven to have become a successful educational programme coached by award-winning filmmakers for 14 young selected talents from numerous international film-schools.

This year we are continuing in our mission of JFF Talent Workshop to put together young international talents of multicultural backgrounds to broaden their networking and creative skills in the world of cinema in a spirit of mutual appreciation.

Filling the gap between formal education and its practical application, during the intensive 8 day educational JFF programme, our mission is to produce tangible and quality driven results in film making in a highly international setting. That is why JFF Talent Workshop is designed for small teams with the goal to produce concrete results in the form of two short movies. We are highly motivated to give students the best insight about the secrets of the filmmaking business.

The programme of 2010 Talent Workshop consists of a series of lectures, workshops, film screening, screenplay development, shooting, editing, idea generation, open discussions in a friendly atmosphere and the realization of two short digital movies. Jewish Film Festival is an excellent opportunity to get more familiar with contemporary Jewish film productions, selected by the honorary president, Mr. Branko Lustig, who is one of the most significant and emerging cinematographers nowadays.

Throughout their stay in Zagreb, the 12 selected young participants will have a chance to gain the know-how, shared by some of the world's greatest film experts during their lectures on the art of filmmaking, as well as to make new friendships on and off set with their colleagues through the most valuable experiences that the filming of short movies has to offer.

Talent Workshop is a Free Educational Programme; the organization of the Jewish Film Festival offers FREE board and lodging to the selected participants.

WE CELEBRATE CULTURAL DIVERSITY BY LEARNING FROM IT AND EMBRACING THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF CINEMA!

To see last editon experts, mentors and talents go to:
http://jff-zagreb.hr/arhiva/2009/en/txta916.html?id=44

Join us on FACEBOOK; CINEMA TALENT WORKSHOP JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

Contact us at tale...@gmail.com

ZAGREB JEWSIH FILM FESTIV

Zagreb, Croatia

Zagreb, Croatia Croatia
http://www.jff-zagreb.hr

Call For Entries until June 30, 2010
Red Rock Film Festival: November 11th-14th, 2010

Early Double Chance Deadline: April 30, 2010, $14
Regular Deadline: May 30, 2010, $15
Late Deadline: June 30 2010, $20
Extended Deadline is available through www.withoutabox.com
Filmmakers can also enter through www.redrockfilmfestival.com/RedPages/SubmitOnline.html
$10,000 worth of software prizes.

With low entry fees, feedback provided upon request and its "no back door" fairness policy, its no wonder that the Red Rock Film Festival made MovieMaker Magazine's 2009 List of "Festivals Worth the Entry Fee!" It is the largest film festival in sunny Southern Utah on the opposite side of the state from Sundance and a short 90 minute drive from Las Vegas.

Held beneath a gorgeous backdrop of the majestic red mountains of Zion Canyon and Snow Canyon, the festival offers an inspiring location to meet approachable filmmakers and film lovers. We consider all genres, including Animation, Documentary, Narrative Fiction, Experimental, and Music Videos. Categories of entry include Feature, Featurettes, Shorts, Short-Shorts and Young Filmmakers. The competition boasts a "no back door" policy which means that it does not matter "who you know" or how big or small the film is, all entrants are treated as equals.

The mission of the festival is to encourage the production of media in both the independent and professional market that portray the human race in a positive light, and to applaud original works that redefine media through innovation, creativity and sensitivity that both enlightens and educates audiences from around the world.

Visit www.RedRockFilmFestival.com for more information.
See you in "color country!"

Calling all Filmmakers - Be Discovered in Hollywood!

Submit your film NOW! The 14th Annual Hollywood Film Festival is now open for submissions. Visit http://www.hollywoodfestival.com to submit your film. We are accepting the following categories: Features, Documentaries, Shorts.

The Deadline has been extended, so submit ASAP!!!

The objective of the Bodhi International Film Festival (“BodhiFest” for short) is to celebrate spirituality, nature, and humankind through engaging, creative, and sophisticated content in reference to the concept of SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT. The path to spiritual enlightenment can take many forms, as many forms as there are minds to perceive said concept, which allows for variety of content.

The BodhiFest is accepting films/videos in the following categories: US & International Spiritual, Narrative, Documentary, Environmental, Comedy, Action/Adventure, Family/Children, Experimental Films, Animation, Shorts, and Short-Short.

See www.bodhifilmfestival.web.officelive.com for more information.

We are looking for a few viewer generated short video clips of ordinary people expressing how they feel in response to any of the following questions:

•Why do people run for political office – or what motivates them to do so?
•What attributes do you look for in a politician?
•What is a mayor’s job?
•Why is there a growing anti-establishment movement?

Steps:

1.Upload your video of no longer than 20 seconds to your favorite video site, such as Youtube or Vimeo, by July 15.
2.Email the link to your video to i...@citizenmayor.org , or post the link to our Facebook page http://facebook.com/citizenmayor .
3.Tell your friends and invite them to submit.
Selection Criteria - in the order of importance:

1. Authenticity and honesty of the content/message.
2. Short and concise.
3. Quality of the video.

Deadline: July 15.

Disclaimer: No endorsement messages will be accepted. Only 2 to 5 will be included in the movie. There is no guarantee that your video submission will be chosen. Submission is voluntary.