Festivals

• Brisbane International Film Festival, GPO Box 909, Level 3, Hoyts Regent Building, 167 Queen Street Mall, Brisbane , Queensland 4000, Australia (tel) (7)32200333 (fax) (7)32200400 (contact) Gary Ellis, Anne Demy-Geroe (dates) August (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) New World Cinema, Asian Pacific films

• Film West, PO Box 153, Milperra, NSW 2214, Australia (tel) (2)7742043 (fax) (2)7742043 (contact) Hunter Cordai (dates) July (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International, film, video, electronic art

• Melbourne International Film Festival, PO Box 2206, Fitzroy Mail Centre, Victoria 3065, Australia (tel) (3)4172011 (fax) (3)4173084 (contact) Tait Brady (web) http://www.swin.edu.au/ssb/media/miffhp.html (dates) June (deadline) March (entry fee) $10, $20 (type) Competitive (awards) Category prizes, Overall prizes (subject matter) Animation, Experimental, video, documenatary, features, shorts (categories) Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, student, science, children's films, Video, Environment, Architecture/Design (eligibility) Australian Premieres (formats) 16mm, 35mm, Super-8, 3/4", VHS, 8mm (sponsors) City of Melbourne, Australian Film Commision, Poppy, Film Victoria, VicHealth, Kidsafe, Palace

• Melbourne International Film & Video Festival, PO Box 43, St. Kilda, Victoria 3182, Australia (tel) (03)534-3967 (contact) Harvey Hutchison (deadline) June (entry fee) $5 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Non-commercial, Independents, Student (categories) Fiction, Documentary, Animation, General (eligibility) Non-commercial (sponsors) Ormond Movie Club Inc.

• Moomba International Amateur Film Festival, PO Box 286 , Preston, Victoria 3072, Australia (tel) (03) 470 1816 (entry fee) None (subject matter) Amateur, Student

• Sydney Film Festival, PO Box 950, Glebe, NSW 2037, Australia (tel) (2)6603844 (fax) (2)6928793 (contact) Paul Byrnes (web) http://www.ozemail.com.au/~sff/ (dates) June (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) General, International

• America Film Festival, Museumstrasse 31, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria (tel) (512)580723 (fax) (512)581762 (contact) Karl Zeiger (dates) June (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Features, Documentaries from North & South America

• Film Festival of Nations, Austria

• International Film Festival of Non-Professional Films, Austria

• Vienna International Film Festival, Stiftgasse 6, A-1070, Vienna, Austria (tel) (431)5265947 (fax) (431)5234172 (email) viennale@apanet.apa.co.at (contact) Alexander Horwath (web) http://www.Viennale.or.at/Viennale (dates) Oct. 12 - 22 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International films, children's films, Austrian films, Shorts, Documentaries, Features

• Dhaka International Short Film Festival, Bangladesh

• Brussels International Film Festival, 30 Chaussee de Louvain, Brussels 1030, Belgium (tel) (2)2181055 (fax) (2)2186627 (contact) Christian Thomas (web) http://www.netcity.be/ffb (dates) January (type) Competitive (subject matter) European Features

• Festival International du Court Metrange de Mons, rue de Arbalestries, 7000, Mons, Belgium (tel) 32 65 31 81 75 (fax) 32 65 31 30 27 (contact) Alain Cardon (dates) March (deadline) February (entry fee) $12 (student) (type) Competitive (awards) Cash (subject matter) Shorts, Student, Independents, General (categories) Independent, Production Company, Student, Musical Clip (eligibility) maximum 30 minutes (formats) 35mm

• Festival International du Film Francophone, 175 rue des Brasseurs, Namur 5000, Belgium (tel) (81)241236 (fax) (81)224284 (contact) Andre Ceuterick (web) http://www.ciger.be/namur/evenements/fiff95/index.html (dates) Sept. 29 - Oct. 7 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Features, docs, shorts from French speaking countries

• Flanders International Film Festival, Kortrijksesteenweg 1104, 9051 Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Gent, Belgium (tel) (9)2218946 (fax) (9)2219074 (contact) Jacques Dubrulle (web) http://www.rug.ac.be/filmfestival/Welcome.html (dates) Oct. 10 - 21 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Impact of Music on Film

• Media 10-10 + International Short Film Festival, Belgium

• World Festival of Short Films, 5 Rue Nokin, 4520 , Antheit (HUY), Belgium (tel) 85 21 78 29 (fax) 85 23 51 48 (contact) Roger Closset (deadline) September (entry fee) $15 (subject matter) Shorts, Student (categories) General, Student

• Banco Nacional International Film Festival, Rua Voluntarios da Patria 97, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22270-000, Brazil (tel) (21)2868505 (fax) (21)2864029 (contact) Adhemar Oliveira (web) http://www.ibase.org.br/~estacao/tabu.htm (dates) August (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International, Independents

• Gramado International Film Festival, Rua Evaristo da Veigna 21-606, 20031-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (tel) (21)2407804 (fax) (21)5372898 (contact) Enoir Zorzanello (dates) August (type) Competitive (subject matter) Films made in Spanish speaking countries

• International Market for Independent Film & Video, Jornada Internacional de Cinema da Bahia, Av. Araujo Pinho, 32, Salvador, Bahia CEP: 40.110.150, Brazil (tel) 71-235-4392 (fax) 71-336-9299 (dates) September (deadline) August (entry fee) $20 (description) Creates an alternative space for the commercialization and international distribution of experimental and independent film & video.

• Mostra Internacional de Cinema de Sao Paulo, Brazil

• One Minute World Festival, Brazil

• Rio Cine Festival, Brazil

• Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Al. Lorena 973 CJ. 303, Sao Paulo 01424-001, Brazil (tel) (11)8835137 (fax) (11)8537936 (contact) Leon Cakoff (dates) Oct. 20 - Nov. 3 (type) Competitive (subject matter) International, first films by directors

• Atlantic Film Festival, 5600 Sackville Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3E9, Canada (tel) (902)422-3456 (fax) (902)422-4006 (email) ag881@ccn.cs.dal.ca (contact) Robin Johnston (web) http://www.screen.com/atlanticfilm (dates) September 22-30 (deadline) June (entry fee) $45-$75 (type) Competitive (awards) Awards of Excellence (subject matter) Atlantic, Canadian, International (eligibility) Open (formats) 16/35mm, 3/4", SVHS, VHS, Beta, Video8 (description) Exhibition of Atlantic, Canadian and international films. (sponsors) TELEFILM CANADA, NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA FILM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE MOVIE NETWORK, YTV, CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, MITV

• Canadian International Annual Film Festival, 25 Eugenia St., Barrie, Ontario L4M 1P6, Canada (tel) (705)737-2729 (fax) (705)726-4655 (contact) B.V.W. Andrews (dates) September (deadline) June (entry fee) $15-$40 (type) Competitive (awards) Best Canadian Entry, Best Scenario, Best Doc, Best Nature Film, Best Animation, Best Experimental, Best Editing, Most Humorous, Best film by teens (subject matter) General, Student, Scenario, Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Nature, Independent, Shorts (categories) Student, Amateur, Independent (eligibility) non-professional productions (formats) Super8, 16mm, VHS, 3/4"

• Festival du Cinema International en Abitibi-Temiscamingue, 215 Avenue Mercier, Rouyn - Noranda, Quebec J9X 5W8, Canada (tel) (819)762-6212 (fax) (819)762-6762 (contact) Jacques Matte (web) http://www.telebec.qc.ca/fciat/ (dates) Oct. 28 - Nov. 2 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International features, shorts, animations, documentaries

• International Festival of Films on Art, 640 St. Paul St. West, Suite 406, Montreal , Quebec, Canada (tel) (514)974-1637 (fax) (514)874-9929 (contact) Rene Rozon (dates) March (type) Competitive (subject matter) Films about the arts

• Local Heroes International Screen Festival, National Screen Institute - Canada, 3rd Floor, 10022-103 St., Edmonton, Alberta T5J OX2, Canada (tel) (403)421-4084 (fax) (403)425-8098 (contact) Jan Miller (dates) March (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Independents (recent films/guests) Costa Gravas, Bruce Beresford, Jiri Menzel, Ken Loach, Charles Burnett

• Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and Video, 3726 Boulevard St. , Laurent, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2V8, Canada (tel) (514)843-4725 (fax) (514)843-4631 (email) nouveau.festival@spherenet.com (contact) Claude Chamberlan (web) http://station1.spherenet.com/nouveaufestival/index2.html (dates) June (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) New Cinema, Video, audivisual technology

• Montreal International Short Film Festival, 4205, rue Saint Denis, Bureau 326, Montreal, Quebec H2J 2K9, Canada (tel) 514-285-4515 (fax) 514-285-2886 (dates) April (deadline) December (entry fee) $30 (type) Competitive (awards) Cash; Grand Prize, Canadian Prize, Screenplay, Youth Prize, Public Prize, C/FP Prize, Best Student (subject matter) Shorts (categories) International, Animation, Quebec Students, Quebec Panorama, Tribute, Student (eligibility) maximum 35 minutes, Student competition accepts Quebec films only (formats) 35mm, 16mm, Super8 (description) Exists to promote and support the production and release of short films in Canada and abroad.

• Montreal World Film Festival, 1432 de Bleury St., Montreal, Quebec H3A 2J1, Canada (tel) (514)848-3883 (fax) (514)848-3886 (contact) Serge Losique, Daniele Cauchard (web) http://www.ffm-montreal.org/home.htm (dates) August (deadline) July (type) Competitive (awards) Grand Prize, Jury Prize (subject matter) International films, Canadian films (categories) Features, Shorts (formats) 16mm, 35mm, 70mm

• Ottowa International Animation Festival, Canada (web) http://www.DocuWeb.ca/CFI-OttAniFest/OIAF/

• Toronto International Film Festival, 70 Carlton St., Toronto, Ontario M5B 1L7, Canada (tel) (416)967-7371 (fax) (416)967-9477 (contact) Piers Handling, Pauline Mizzi (web) http://www.bell.ca/toronto/filmfest/ (dates) September (deadline) July (entry fee) None (type) Non-competitive (awards) Best Canadian feature, People's Choice Award, BestCanadian Short, Metro-Media award, FIPRESCI Award for Best First Film (subject matter) New Canadian Cinema (formats) 16mm, 35mm

• Vancouver International Film Festival, 1008 Homer St., Suite 410, Vancouver, BC V6B 2X1, Canada (tel) (604)685-0260 (fax) (604)688-8221 (contact) Alan Franey (web) http://viff.org/viff/ (dates) Sept. 29 - Oct. 15 (type) Non-competitive (awards) Most Popular film, Most Popular Canadian Film, Award for Young Cinema, Best Canadian Screenplay, Best Docuentary, Best Animation, Best Dramatic Short (subject matter) 350 films, focus on East Asia, Canada, and non-fiction features (sponsors) Air Canada, Rohmans Ltd.

• Shanghai International Animation Film Festival, China

• Shanghai International FIlm Festival, 160 Xin Hua Road, Shanghai, China (tel) (21)2402005 (fax) (21)4370598 (contact) Gong Xueping (dates) Oct. 28 - Nov. 6 (type) Competitive

• Cartagena Film Festival, PO Box 1834, Cartagena, Columbia (tel) (53)600966 (fax) (53)600970 (contact) Victor Nieto (web) http://www.escape.com/~spyder/CART.HTML (dates) March (type) Competitive (subject matter) Films from Latin American Countries

• International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Calle 23, No. 1155, Vedado, Havana, Cuba (tel) (7)34169 (fax) (7)334273 (contact) Alfredo Guevara (dates) Dec. 5 - 15 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Latin American & International Films

• Amateur Arsfilm Festival, Dum kultury, ARSfilm-Ivo Hanak,, Tovacovskeho 2828, Kromeriz 767 01 , Czech Republic (tel) 42-634-23-827 (fax) 42-634-921-557 (contact) Ivo Hanak (dates) October (deadline) September (entry fee) $10 (awards) Cash, Grand Prize, Jury Prize, Crowd Prize (subject matter) Amateur, Student (categories) Films about Art, Animation, Experimental (eligibility) non-commercial, Maximum 20 minutes (formats) 8mm, 16mm, VHS

• BRNO 16, Culture and Information Centre of Brno, B16, Radnicka 4, BRNO 658 78, Czech Republic (tel) 05-42216260 (fax) 05-42214625 (contact) Sarka Tryhukova (dates) October (deadline) September (entry fee) $12 (awards) cash, trophies (subject matter) Film, Video, Independent, amateur, Student (categories) amateur, student, independent (eligibility) Independents, amateurs, Student (formats) 35mm, 16mm, 8mm, VHS, 3/4"

• Golden Golem (Prague International Film Festival), Dlouha 16, 110 00, Prague 1, Czech Republic (tel) (2)2322068 (fax) (2)22322068 (contact) Antonin Moskalyk (web) http://www.cannes.zds.softway.worldnet.net/http/cannes/pmovpict.htm (dates) June (subject matter) International and Czech features, Independents

• Golden Prague International Film Festival, Czech TV, Kaveci Hory 14070, Prague 4, Czech Republic (tel) (2)61212882 (fax) (2)61212891 (contact) Radim Smetana (dates) May (type) Competitive (subject matter) TV music programs

• World Festival of Animated Film, Czech Republic (web) http://bjesomar.srce.hr/

• Copenhagen Film Festival, FSI Buldwsrej 50A, Frederiksberg C 1870, Denmark (tel) (35)372507 (fax) (31)355758 (contact) Jonna Jensen (dates) Sept.15-21 (type) Competitive (description) Audience-oriented event showing features and previews, with a special gay and lesbian program.

• Alexandria International Film Festival, 9 Oraby St., Cairo 11111, Egypt (tel) (2)574-1112 (fax) (2)768727 (contact) Ahmad Al-Hadary (dates) Sept.10-17 (deadline) August (type) Competitive (subject matter) Mediterranean Features, First time directors

• Cairo International Film Festival, 17 Kasr El Nil St., Cairo, Egypt (tel) (39)23562 (fax) (39)38979 (contact) Saad Eldin Wahba (dates) December (type) Competitive (subject matter) Features, Tribute, retros, market

• International Documentary Film Festival, Giza, Egypt (subject matter) Documentary

• Ismailia International Film Festival, Culture Development Fund, Ministry of Culture, Opera House Area, El Gezira, Cairo, Egypt (tel) (34)07001 (fax) (34)06759 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Shorts, documentaries, animation

• Espoo Cine Film Festival, PO Box 95, 02101, Espoo, Finland (tel) (0)466599 (fax) (0)466458 (contact) Ilkka Kalliomaki (web) http://www.kaapeli.fi/~lumo/English/Festivals/Espoo/ (dates) August (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Finnish Films, European arthouse films

• Helsinki Film Festival, Unioninkatu 10, Helsinki 00130, Finland (tel) (0)629528 (fax) (0)631450 (contact) Pekka Lanerva (web) http://www.kaapeli.fi/~hff/ (dates) Sept. 22 - 28 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) General (description) Introduces important films to Finnish audiences and distributors, ans screens controversial films.

• Midnight Sun Film Festival, Malminkatu 36 B 102, 00100, Helsinki, Finland (tel) (0)6852242 (fax) (0)6945560 (contact) Peter Von Bagh (web) http://www.kaapeli.fi/~lumo/English/Festivals/Sodankyla/ (dates) June (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Retros, International Film, Silent movies

• Tampere International Short Film Festival, Box 305, 33101, Tampere, Finland (tel) (31)2130034 (fax) (31)2230121 (contact) Pertti Paltila (web) http://www.kaapeli.fi/~lumo/English/Festivals/Tampere/ (dates) March (deadline) January (entry fee) None (type) Competitive (awards) Grand Prize, Category prizes (subject matter) Shorts (categories) Animation, Documentary, Fiction (formats) 16mm, 35mm

• Amateur and Non-professional Film and Video Festival, France

• Amiens International Film Festival, 36 Rue De Noyon, Amiens 80000, France (tel) (22)910144 (fax) (22)925304 (contact) Jean-Pierre Garcia (dates) Nov. 3 - 12 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Features, Shorts, fiction & documentary focusing on minority groups

• Annecy International Festival of Animation, 2, Blvd. du Lycee, 74013, Annecy, France (tel) 011-33-50574172 (fax) 011-33-50678195 (web) http://www.cur-archamps.fr/HauteSavoie/Topics/Jica.F.html (dates) May (deadline) April (entry fee) None (subject matter) Animation (categories) General, Computer Animation, Student (formats) 16mm, 35mm (description) Includes separate competition for student animation

• Blois Cinema Forum, France

• Brest Short Film Festival, France

• Cannes International Film Festival, 99 Boulevard Malesherbes, 75008, Paris, France (tel) (1)45616605 (fax) (1)45619494 (contact) Gilles Jacob (web) http://www.interactive8.com/cannes/welcome/welcome.html (dates) May (type) Competitive (subject matter) International Films, Market

• Cinema du Reel, 19 rue Beaubourg, 75197, Paris, Cedex 04, France (tel) 33 1 42 77 12 33, 33 1 44 78 44 21 (fax) 33 1 42 77 72 41, 33 1 44 78 12 15 (contact) Suzette Glenadel (dates) March (deadline) December (entry fee) None (awards) Cash (subject matter) ethnographic and sociological documentary (formats) 16mm, 35mm

• Cinema Forum, Musee de l'Espadrille, rue Joseph Nivet, Saint-Laurens de Cerdans, 66260, France (tel) 68 39 50 06 (subject matter) Student, Amateur, about the rural world (formats) 8mm, 16mm

• Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, 26 Rue des Jacobins, 6300, Clermont-Ferrand, France (tel) (73)916573 (fax) (73)921193 (contact) Christian Guinot (web) http://clrwww.in2p3.fr/ShortFilm/ClermontFd.html (dates) February (deadline) October (entry fee) None (type) Competitive (awards) Cash, Trophies (subject matter) International & French Shorts, retros (categories) Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental (eligibility) Less than 40 minutes (formats) 16mm, 35mm (recent films/guests) Salesman & Other Adventures (sponsors) Ministry of Culture

• Confrontation Cinematographique Perpignan, Institut Jean Vigo, 21 Rue Mailly, Perpignan 66000 , France (tel) 68-66-30-33 (fax) 68-66-30-26 (contact) Michel Cade (deadline) February (type) Competitive (awards) "Jeune Universitaire" prize. (subject matter) General, Student

• Deauville Festival of American Films, 36 rue Pierret, Neuilly-sur-Seine 92200, France (tel) (1)46405500 (fax) (1)46405539 (contact) Lionel Chouchan (web) http://www.imaginet.fr/deauvillefest (dates) September 1-10 (type) Non-competitive (awards) None (subject matter) U.S. Features, Independent Films (eligibility) American Feature Films (formats) 16/35mm (description) Highlights U.S. features, with a panorama of independent films.

• Entrevues Film Festival, France

• Festival International Du 1er Film et de la Jeuness, France

• Independent Cinema Encounters, France

• International Festival of Young Cinema, France

• International Film and Video Festival of Sarlat in Perigord, BP 163, 24205, Sarlat, Cedex, France (tel) 33-53-291813, 33-53-310124 (fax) 33-53-298419 (contact) Gilles Chevriau, Anne Marie Carassou (deadline) July (entry fee) None

• International Film Fortnight, Jeunes Cineastes Ebroiciens, BP 666, Evreux , cedex 27006 , France (tel) 32 34 80 57 (subject matter) Amateur, Student, Independents

• International Short Film Festival, Culture Expo, France

• International Video and TV Festival, Manifestation Internationale de Videoet de TV, Centre d'Action Culturelle, Herimoncourt, BP5 25310, France (tel) 33 81 30 90 30 (fax) 33 81 30 95 25 (contact) Pierre Bongiovanni (dates) June (deadline) January (entry fee) FF250 (type) Competitive (awards) Cash (subject matter) Video, TV (categories) Documentary, Fiction, News, Video Art, Animation, Music, Computer Graphics, Miscellaneous (eligibility) Minimum running time of 5 minutes, one entry per person (formats) Umatic, VHS (description) Biannual.

• International Women Director's Film Festival, France

• International Women's Film Festival, Maison des Arts, Place Salvador Allende, Creteil 94000, France (tel) (1)49803898 (fax) (1)43990410 (contact) Jackie Buet, Christophe Leparc (dates) March (deadline) December (entry fee) None (type) Competitive (subject matter) Features, documentaries, shorts by women (eligibility) Films Directed by Women, French Premieres (formats) 16mm, 35mm

• La Rochelle International Film Festival, 16 rue Saint Sabin, 75011, Paris, France (tel) (1)48061666 (fax) (1)48061540 (contact) Jean-Loup Passek (dates) June/July (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) World Cinema

• Le Mans Image Festival, France

• Marseille Documentary Film Festival, 3 Square Stalingrad, 13001, Marseille, France (tel) (91)844017 (fax) (91)843834 (contact) Brigitte Rubio (dates) June (type) Competitive (subject matter) Documentary

• Primiers Plans/European First Films Festival, 54 Rue Beaubourg, 75 003, Paris, France (tel) 33 1-42715370 (fax) 33 1-42714755 (contact) Claude-Eric Poiroux (web) http://www.univ-angers.fr/premiersplans/ (deadline) November (entry fee) None (subject matter) Independents/Students (eligibility) Student category open only to certain European Schools.

• Prix de Court, France

• Recontres du Cinema Independent, 16 rue de Metz, 3600, Chateauroux, France (tel) 54 34 80 04 (contact) Pierre Laudijois (deadline) September (subject matter) Independents, Student

• Short Film Festival 13100, France

• Wattrelos Short Film and Video Festival, France

• Augsburg Short Film Festival, Germany

• Berlin International Film Festival, Budapester Str. 50, 10787, Berlin, Germany (tel) (30)254890 (fax) (30)25489249 (contact) Moritz de Hadeln, Ulrich Gregor (web) http://fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de:8080/~frs/bff-index.html (dates) February (type) Competitive (subject matter) International Young Cinema, German Films

• European Media Arts Festival, Postfach 18 61, D-49008, Osnabruck, Germany (tel) 49-0-54121658 (fax) 49-0-54128327 (email) EMAF@BIONIC.ZER.DE (web) http://emaf.nda.net/ (dates) September (deadline) April (entry fee) None (type) Competitive (awards) Honoraria (subject matter) Experimental, International Student Forum (categories) Film, Video, CD-ROM, Installation, Expanded Media (eligibility) Student forum is by invition only. (formats) 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, VHS, SVHS, Umatic, Betacam, installations, Multi-media (description) Innovative/Experimental works. (sponsors) International Experimentalfilm Workshop e.V.

• Feminale Debuts, Feminale E.V., Hansaring 86, Cologne D-50670, Germany (tel) (221)426-066 (fax) (221)417-568 (contact) Katja Mildenberger (dates) Oct. 5 - 8 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Debut features and documentaries by women

• Festival of Film Schools, Kaiserstrasse 39, Munich D-80801, Germany (tel) (89)3819040 (fax) (89)38190426 (contact) Eberhard Hauff (dates) November (deadline) October (entry fee) None (type) Non-competitive (awards) cash, film stock and equipment (subject matter) Student films (eligibility) Students from invited film schoosl only. Entries selected by those schools. European Schools only. (formats) 16mm, 35mm

• Filmfest Hamburg, Friedensallee 1, Hamburg 22765, Germany (tel) (40)39826210 (fax) (40)39826211 (contact) Josef Wutz (dates) Sept. 20-24 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International Productions, Hong Kong, Children's Films, Shorts (description) International productions, with a focus on Hong Kong, children's films, and shorts.

• Filmfest Oldenburg, T'n'T Eventures, Gottorpstr.6, Oldenburg 26122, Germany (tel) (441)25659 (fax) (441)26155 (contact) Torsten Neumann, Thorsten Ritter (dates) August (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International, US & German Independents

• Filmfestival Max Ophuls, Mainzerstrasse 8, Saarbrucken 66121, Germany (tel) (681)39452 (fax) (681)9051943 (contact) Christel Drawer (web) http://coli.uni-sb.de/~erbach/mop95.html (dates) January (type) Competitive (subject matter) Young Directors from Germany, Austria & Switzerland

• FrauenFilmFestival - Kvln , Germany (web) http://www.dom.de/filmworks/feminale/

• Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg e.V., Glashuttenstr. 27, Hamburg D-20357, Germany (tel) 49 40 43 44 99 (fax) 49 40 430 27 03 (contact) Birgit Kamper (dates) May (subject matter) Indepenents, Shorts (formats) 35 mm, 16 mm, Super 8, Umatic, Betacam, VHS, S-VHS

• Independent Film Days, Filmburo Augsburg, Schroeckstrasse 6, Augsburg 86152, Germany (tel) (821)153077 (fax) (821)3495218 (contact) Franz Fischer, Dieter Rieken, Annette Eberle (dates) May (deadline) August (entry fee) None (type) Non-competitive (awards) Cash, Student Award (subject matter) International Documentaries, Independents

• Interfilm 12 International Film and Video Festival, Germany

• International Documentary Film Festival, Munich, Trogerstrasse 46, D-81675, Munich, Germany (tel) (89)4703237 (fax) (89)4706611 (contact) Gudrun Geyer (dates) April (type) Competitive (subject matter) International & German documentaries

• International Filmfest Emden, Postfach 23 43, D-26703, Emden, Germany (tel) (4921)23023 (fax) (4921)21517 (contact) Rolf Exkard, Thorsten Hecht (dates) May (type) Competitive (subject matter) British and Irish Cineam, German Cinema, Dutch & Belgian Features, International

• International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Collini-Center-Galerie, D- 68161, Mannheim, Germany (tel) (621)102943 (fax) (621)291564 (contact) Micheal Koetz, Margit Schroeder (dates) October (deadline) September (entry fee) None (type) Competitive (awards) Cash, Accomodations (subject matter) International, Independents (categories) Features, Shorts, Documentaries, Animation, Experimental (eligibility) European Premieres (formats) 16mm, 35mm

• International HofFilmdays, Heinz Badewitz, Lothstr. 28, Munich 80335, Germany (tel) (89)1287422 (fax) (89)1236868 (contact) Heinz Badewitz (dates) Oct. 25 - 29 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International & German Cinema, Independents

• International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Grillostrasse 34, 46042, Oberhausen, Germany (tel) (208)825-2652 (fax) (208)825-5413 (contact) Angela Haardt (web) http://www.uni-duisburg.de/HRZ/IKF/home.html (dates) April (deadline) February (entry fee) None (type) Competitive (awards) Cash (subject matter) International and German Shorts, all genres (eligibility) maximum 35 minutes (formats) Super 8, 16mm, 35mm, U-matic, VHS

• Leipzig Festival for Documentary & Animated Films, Leipziger Dokfilmwoche, Box 940, Leipzig 04009, Germany (tel) (347)294660 (fax) (347)294660 (contact) Fred Gehler (dates) November (deadline) September (entry fee) Cash (type) Competitive (subject matter) Documentary, Animation (categories) Documentary, Animation (formats) 35mm, 16mm

• Magdeburg International Film Festival, Conquistrasse 18a, Magdeburg D-39104, Germany (tel) (391)401-0875 (fax) (391)48668 (contact) Michael Blume (dates) Sept. 27 - Oct. 1 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Features, Shorts, retros.

• Munich Film Festival, c/o International Muenchner Filmwochen, Kaiserstr. 39, Munich 80801, Germany (tel) (89)3819040 (fax) (89)38190426 (contact) Eberhard Hauff (dates) June (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) New German Films, American Independents

• Prix Europa, Prix Europa, SFB, D - 14046, Berlin, Germany (tel) (30)30311620 (fax) (30)39311619 (contact) Peter Braun, Susanne Hoffmann (dates) Oct. 6 - 13 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Fiction, Non-Fiction, Youth

• Short Film Weekend, Germany

• Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Teckstrase 56, D-70190 , Stuttgart, Germany (tel) 49 711 262 26 99 (fax) 49 711 262 49 80 (contact) Albrecht Ade, Katja Walter (dates) March (deadline) December (entry fee) None (awards) Cash, Scholarships, Accomodations (subject matter) Animation, Student (categories) International Competition, Student Animation (eligibility) Works no longer than 35minutes, CILECT schools only. (formats) 16mm, 35mm

• Wurzburg Film Weekend, Filminitiative Wurzburg, Gosbertsteige 2, D-97082, Wurzburg, Germany (tel) (931)414038 (fax) (931)416279 (contact) B. Kremmler (dates) January (type) Competitive (subject matter) International Productions, films for children, retros

• International Thessaloniki Film Festival, 36 Sina St., GR 10672, Athens, Greece (tel) (1)3610418 (fax) (1)3521023 (contact) Michel Demopoulos (web) http://www.compulink.gr/filmfestival (dates) November (type) Competitive (awards) Golden Alexander ($50,000), Silver Alexander ($30,000) (subject matter) World Cinema; international and greek competitions, Independents, first and second films, Greek Cinema, Balkan Cinema (recent films/guests) Krzysztot Kieslowski

• Hong Kong International Film Festival, Festivals Office, Level 7, Admin. Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsimshatui, Kowloon, Hong Kong (tel) (27)342903 (fax) (23)665206 (contact) Angela Tong (dates) March (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International Films, Asian Film Showcases, Hong Kong Cinema

• Hong Kong International Independent Short Film Competition, Festivals Office, Level 7, Admin. Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsimshatui, Kowloon, Hong Kong (tel) (27)342903 (fax) (23)665206 (contact) Angela Tong (dates) March (deadline) October (type) Competitive (awards) Cash, Trophies (subject matter) Independents, Amateur, Student (eligibility) films directed by Hong Kong citizens (formats) 35mm (description) Sidebar of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (sponsors) Urban Council of Hong Kong

• Bombay International Film Festival for Documentary, Short, and Animated Films, Film division, 24 Peddar Road,, Bombay 26, India (contact) D. Gautaman (dates) February (deadline) October (awards) Cash (subject matter) Documentary (categories) Shorts, Documentaries, Animation

• International Film Festival of India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 4th Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi 110003, India (tel) (11)4615953 (fax) (11)4623430 (contact) Malti Sahai (dates) January (type) Competitive (subject matter) International features, retros, Indian Cinema, features by Asian women

• Fajr International Film Festival, Farhang Cinema, Dr. Shariati Ave., Gholhak, Tehran 19139, Iran (tel) (21)265086, 2052088/89/90 (fax) (21)267082 (contact) Mehdi Faridzadeh (web) http://gpg.com/film/simorgh.html (dates) January (type) Competitive (subject matter) International films, local competition

• Cork Film Festival, Festival Office, Hatfield House, Tobin Street, Cork, Ireland (tel) (21)271711 (fax) (21)275945 (contact) Michael Hannigan (web) http://www.eirenet.net/ciff (dates) Oct. 1 - 8 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Contemporary World Cinema, shorts, emerging artists

• Dublin Film Festival, 1 Suffolk St., Dublin 2, Ireland (tel) (1)6792937 (fax) (1)6792939 (contact) David McLoughlin (dates) March (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Irish and International Cinema

• Haifa International Film Festival, 142 Hanassi Ave., Haifa 34644, Israel (tel) (4)383424 (fax) (4)384327 (contact) Pnina Blayer (dates) Oct. 9 - 13 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Mediterranean Cinema, new international productions

• Jerusalem Film Festival, PO Box 8561, Jerusalem 91083, Israel (tel) (2)724131 (fax) (2)2733076 (contact) Lia Van Leer (web) http://qrd.tau.ac.il/israel_update.html#jerusalem (dates) July (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International Cinema, Animation, TV, video, retros, tributes

• Asolo International Animation Festival, Italy

• Bellaria Independent Cinema Festival, Italy

• Festival Internazionale Cinema Giovani (Turin International Young Cinema Festival), Via Monte di Pieta 1, Torino 10121, Italy (tel) (11)5623309 (fax) (11)5629796 (contact) Alberto Barbera, Angela Savoldi (web) http://www.webcom.com/~ficg/ (dates) November (deadline) August (entry fee) None (type) Competitive (awards) Cash, one prize for features, three for shorts (subject matter) Films by young or new directors; shorts, features, Italian Independents (formats) 16mm, 35mm

• Filmvideo Mostra Internazionale di Montecatini, Italy

• Giffoni International Film Festival, Piazza Umberto 1, 84095, Giffoni Valle Piana, (Salerno), Italy (tel) (89)868544 (fax) (89)866111 (contact) Claudio Gubitosi (dates) July (type) Competitive (subject matter) International, cinema for young people, children

• Pesaro Film Festival, Via Villafranca 20, Rome 00185, Italy (tel) (6)4456643 (fax) (6)491163 (contact) Adriano Apra (dates) June (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) New Directors

• Riminicinema International Film Festival, Via Gambalunga 27, Rimini 47037, Italy (tel) (541)26399 (fax) (541)24227 (contact) Gianfranco Miro Gori (dates) September (type) Competitive (awards) Federico Fellini award (subject matter) Italian Premieres, film school students

• Taormina International Film Festival, Via Pirandello 31 , 98039, Taormina, Italy (tel) (942)21142 (fax) (942)23348 (contact) Enrico Ghezzi (dates) July (type) Competitive (subject matter) International Cinema, New films

• Venice Film Festival, La Biennale di Venezia, S. Marco, Ca'Giustinian, Venice 30124, Italy (tel) (41)5218711 (fax) (41)5200569 (contact) Gillo Pontecorvo (web) http://www.mclink.it/cinema.venezia (dates) August (type) Competitive (subject matter) International, recent Italian cinema

• Festival of International Cinema Students (FFICS), FFICS Office c/o Tokyo Agency, 4-8-18, Akasaka, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 107, Japan (tel) (3)34753855 (fax) (3)54110382 (contact) Haruki Iwasaki (dates) December (deadline) July (entry fee) None (type) Competitive (awards) Scholarships, Cash, Certificates (subject matter) Student Film. (categories) Fiction, documentary, animation (eligibility) Student, Films must be nominated by the student's school. (formats) 16mm, 35mm (description) Aims to discover and cultivate talented filmmakers around the world. (sponsors) Pioneer Electronic

• Hiroshima International Amateur Film and Video Festival, c/o Chugoku Broadcasting Co., 21-3 Motomachi, Nakaku, Hiroshima 730, Japan (tel) 082-222-1133 (fax) 082-222-1319 (dates) June (deadline) March (type) Competitive (awards) Trophies, Certificates, other (subject matter) amateur (categories) 16mm, 8mm, Video (eligibility) non-commercial, content must manifest an 'effort toward peace or reverance for life', maximum 20 minutes, one work per entrant (formats) 16mm, 8mm, 3/4", VHS, Beta (sponsors) Fuji Film, ANA, Yokocine D.I.A, Genkosha, Chugoku Broadcasting Co.

• Hiroshima International Animation Festival , 4-17 Kako-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730, Japan (tel) (82)2450245 (fax) (82)2450246 (contact) Sayoko Kinoshita (dates) August (type) Competitive (subject matter) Animation

• Pia Film Festival, 5-19 Sanban-chu, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan (tel) (3)32651425 (fax) (3)32655659 (contact) Keiko Araki (dates) December (type) Competitive (subject matter) Japanese Cinema (description) New and emerging talent in Japanese Cinema.

• Tokyo International Film Festival, 4th Floor, Landic Ginza Bldg. II, 1-6-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104, Japan (tel) (3)35636305 (fax) (3)35636310 (contact) Yasuyoshi Tokuma (dates) September (deadline) June (entry fee) None (type) Competitive (awards) Cash (subject matter) Features: Japanese, pacific rim, and beyond; Japanese retros. (categories) International competition, young cinema section for directors of thirty-five years and under; retrospective (formats) 35mm

• Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Kitagawa Bldg. Fourth Floor, 6-42 Kagurazaka Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162, Japan (tel) (3)32669704 (fax) (3)32669700 (email) hhg02034@niftyserve.or.jp (contact) Yano Kazuyuki (web) http://www.tuad.ac.jp/net-expo/ff/en/ (dates) October (deadline) March (type) Competitive (awards) Cash (subject matter) Documentary (eligibility) Features only (formats) 16mm, 35mm (description) Odd years only

• Arsenal Film Forum, Latvia

• Golden Knight International Amateur Film & Video Festival, PO Box 450, Valletta CMR01, Malta (tel) 00356 22 23 45 (fax) 356-225-047 (dates) November (deadline) September (entry fee) $15, $30(student), $60 (type) Competitive (awards) Trophies, Certificates (subject matter) Amateur, Student, Independent, Shorts, Film, Video (categories) Amateur, Student, Other (eligibility) maximum 30 minutes (formats) 8mm, Super8, 16mm, VHS (sponsors) Malta Amateur Cine Circle

• Cancun Film Festival, Benito Juarez 7, Col. Del Carmen, Coyaocan 04100 D.F., Mexico (tel) (5)6597186 (fax) (5)5543700 (contact) Jean Pierre Leleu (dates) Nov. 26 - Dec. 2 (type) Competitive (subject matter) International Films, national shorts, film market

• Holland Animation Film Festival, Netherlands

• International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Kleine Garmanplantsoen 10, 1017 RR, Amsterdam, Netherlands (tel) (20)6273329 (fax) (20)6385388 (contact) Ally Derks (web) http://www.dds.nl/~damocles (dates) Dec. 6 - 14 (awards) Joris Ivens Prize (subject matter) Documentary

• Rotterdam International Film Festival, PO Box 21696, 3001 AR, Rotterdam, Netherlands (tel) (10)4118080 (fax) (10)4135132 (email) iffr@luna.nl (contact) Emile Fallaux (web) http://www.iffrotterdam.nl/ (dates) January (type) Competitive (subject matter) International Premieres, retros, market

• Auckland International Film Festival, PO Box 9544, Wellingtom, New Zealand (tel) (4)3850162 (fax) (4)8017304 (contact) Bill Gosden (dates) July (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International

• Norweigan International Film Festival, PO Box 145, 5501, Haugesund, Norway (tel) (52)734430 (fax) (52)734420 (contact) Gunnar Johan Lovvik (dates) August (type) Non-competitive

• Tromso International Film Festival, Georgernes Verft 3, N5011, Bergen, Norway (tel) (55)322590 (fax) (55)323740 (contact) Hans Henrik Berg (dates) January (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Contemporary Art films, documentaries

• Cracow International Short Film Festival, c/o Apollo Film, ul. Pychowicka 7, Krakow 30-364, Poland (tel) (12)672340 (fax) (12)671552 (contact) Wit Dudek (dates) May (deadline) February (entry fee) 50 PLN (type) Competitive (awards) Cash, Certificates (subject matter) Shorts (categories) Documentary, Animation, Fiction, Experimental (eligibility) upto 35 minutes (50 minutes in some circumstances) (formats) 35mm, 16mm, Betacam (sponsors) PIF Apollo Film,

• Warsaw Film Festival, PO Box 816, 00-950, Warsaw 1, Poland (tel) (2)635-7591 (fax) (2)635-7591 (contact) Stefan Laudyn (dates) Oct. 4 - 13 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) European features, U.S. Independents, new Polish films (description) Largest film even in Poland.

• International Fil Festival of Figueira da Foz, Apartado dos Correios 50407, 1709, Lisboa, Codex, Portugal (tel) (1)8126231 (fax) (1)8126228 (contact) Jose Vieira Marques (dates) August (type) Competitive (subject matter) International Features, documentaries, shorts, young directors

• Troia International Film Festival, Troia, 2902, Setubal , Cedex, Portugal (tel) (65)44121 (fax) (65)44123 (contact) Costa e Silva (dates) June (type) Competitive (subject matter) International (eligibility) Competitive section open to films from countries producing less than 21 features per year.

• Vila do Conde Short Film Festival, Auditorio Municipal, Praca da Republica, Vila do Conde 480 , Portugal (tel) (52)641644 (fax) (52)642871 (contact) Miguel Dies (dates) June (subject matter) International Shorts

• Puerto Rico International Film Festival, 70 Mayaguez St., Suite B-1, Hato Rey, PR 00918, Puerto Rico (tel) (809)763-4997 (fax) (809)753-5367 (contact) Juan Gerard (dates) Nov. 8 - 19 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International Cinema, current Spanish & Latin American Films

• San Juan Cinemafest, PO Box 4543, San Juan, PR 00902, Puerto Rico (tel) (809)721-6125 (fax) (809)723-6412 (contact) Jose Artemio Torres (dates) Oct. 17 - 27 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Caribbean competition, World Cinema (categories) Fiction, Documentary, Animation

• Romanian International Festival, Costinesti, Romania (deadline) July

• Moscow International Film Festival, Khokhlovsky Per. 10/1, 109028, Moscow, Russia (tel) (95)9172486 (fax) (95)9161070 (contact) Alexandre Atanesyan (web) http://www.cannes.zds.softway.worldnet.net/http/cannes/mospict.htm (dates) July (type) Competitive (subject matter) International, truibutes, retros

• St. Petersburg International Film Festival, 10 Kamennoostrovsky Ave., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia (tel) (812)2385811 (fax) (812)2328881 (contact) Aleksander Mamontov (dates) June (subject matter) International and Russian Films

• Drambuie Edinburgh Film Festival, 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9BZ, Scotland (tel) (131)2284051 (fax) (131)2295501 (email) info@deff.demon.co.uk (contact) Mark Cousins (dates) August (type) Competitive (subject matter) UK Films, young directors

• Singapore International Film Festival, 168 Kim Seng Road 0923, Singapore (tel) (73)87567 (fax) (73)87578 (contact) Philip Cheah, Teo Swee Leng (dates) April (deadline) January (type) Competitive (subject matter) Asian & International Cinema (categories) International Features, Shorts, Asian Features, Shorts; fiction, documentary, experimental (formats) 16mm, 35mm, video

• International Art Film Festival , Art Film Foundation, Brectanova 1, Bratislava 833 14 , Slovak Republic (tel) 42-7-371-426, 371-926 (fax) 42-7-371-426, 372-224 (contact) Peter Hledik (dates) June (deadline) April (entry fee) None (type) Competitive (awards) financial support, UNESCO awards for Best Student Film (subject matter) Films about Art, student section

• Film Art Fest, Ljubljana, Cankarjev Dom, Presernova 10, Ljubljana, Slovenia (tel) (661)1258121 (fax) (661)212492 (contact) Telka Stergel (dates) Oct. 20 - 31 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) EuropeanProduction, U.S. Independents

• Cape Town International Film Festival, c/o U. of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7700, Cape Town, South Africa (tel) (21)238257/8 (fax) (21)242355 (contact) James Polley (dates) April (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) international cinema, retros, documentaries

• Durban International Film Festival, University of Natal, King George V Avenue, Durban 4001, South Africa (tel) (31)8113978 (fax) (31)2617107 (contact) Ros Sarkin (dates) July (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International Films, local talent

• South Africa International Film Festival, 139 Smit St., Braamfontein, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa (tel) (11)4037111 (fax) (11)4031025 (contact) Lyle Britton (dates) September (type) Competitive (subject matter) International Features, Shorts

• Barcelona International Exhibition of Gay & Lesbian Films, Casal Lambda, Carrer Ample 5, Barcelona 08002, Spain (tel) (3)4127272 (fax) (3)4127476 (contact) Xavier Daniel (dates) Oct. 23 - 27 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International Features, Gay & Lesbian

• Bilbao International Festival of Documentary & Short Films, c/o Colon de Larreategui, N. 37-4 drcha., Bilbao 48009, Spain (tel) (4)4248698 (fax) (4)4245624 (contact) Luis Iturri Sojo (dates) Nov. 26 - Dec. 2 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Documentary

• Certamen de Cine Amateur, Spain

• Certamen Internacional De Cine Amateur "Ciutat D'Igualada", Film Amateur, Apartal 378, Igualada, (Barcelona) 08700, Spain (tel) 93-804-4363 (fax) 93-804-69-07 (contact) Joana Morera (dates) October (deadline) July (entry fee) None (type) Competitive (awards) Cash, Other, special awards (subject matter) General, Student, shorts (categories) Amateur, Student (eligibility) maximum 60 minutes (formats) 16mm, Super8 (sponsors) Ajuntament d'Igualada, Diputacio de Barcelona, Generalitat de Catalunya, Consell Comarcal de L'Anoia, La Caixa, Punto Blanco, Sonimagfoto, gasNatural, Corredors d'Assegurances

• Certamen Internacional de Curmetratges i Video, Apartado de Correos 286, 08911 , Badalona (Barcelona), Spain (tel) 464-01-91, 212-74-37 (fax) 464-04-50 (dates) October (deadline) September (entry fee) None (awards) Best film or video, best fiction, best documentary, best animation, best experimental, best european film, best local film, special awards (subject matter) Shorts, Independents, Student, Video (categories) Independent film, Student film, Independent video, Student video (eligibility) Maximum 30 minutes (formats) 35mm, 16mm, Super8, VHS, Umatic

• Festival Internacional de Barcelona de Cine Y Video No Professionales, Spain

• International Festival for Young People of Gijon, Maternidad 2-20, 33207, Gijon, Asturias, Spain (tel) (8)5343739 (fax) (8)5354152 (contact) D. Jose Luis Genfuegos (dates) Nov. 25 - Dec. 3 (type) Competitive (subject matter) New Features and Shorts for Young People

• Mostra Internacional de Cinema Alternatu, Spain

• Muestra de Cine Internacional, Spain

• San Sebastian International Film Festival, Plaza de Okendo S/N, Donostia - San Sebastian 20080, Spain (tel) (43)481212 (fax) (43)481218 (contact) Diego Galan (web) http://sarenet.es/iffss/ (dates) Sept. 14 - 23 (type) Competitive (subject matter) International Features

• Semana Internacional de Cine Experimental, Spain

• Valladolid International Film Festival, C/Angustias, 1-2nd Floor, PO Box 646, Valladolid 47003, Spain (tel) (83)305700 (fax) (83)309835 (contact) Fernando Lara (web) http://www.gui.uva.es/seminci/seminci-english.html (dates) Oct. 20 - 28 (type) Competitive (subject matter) features, shorts, tributes, retros, documentaries

• Gothenburg Film Festival, Box 7079, 40232, Gothenburg, Sweden (tel) (31)410546 (fax) (31)410063 (contact) Gunnar Bergdahl (dates) February (deadline) December (entry fee) None (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International Films, Swedish Films, Shorts (categories) Features, Shorts (eligibility) English or Swedish Subtitles, by invitation only

• Malmo International Film Music Festival, Sodra Forstadsgatan 18, S-211 43, Malmo, Sweden (tel) (40)976602 (fax) (40)120467 (contact) Stefan Olsson (dates) May (type) Competitive (subject matter) Films incorporating music

• Stockholm International Film Festival, PO Box 3136 SE-103 62, Stockholm, Sweden (tel) 46-8-677 50 00 (fax) 46 8 20 05 90 (contact) Jakob Abrahamsson (email) program@cinema.se (web) http://www.filmfestivalen.se/ (dates) (1998) 6-15 November (1999) 12-21 November (2000) 11-20 November (type) Competitive (subject matter) Feature Competition, Short Competition, American Independents, Made in Asia, etc.

• Umea International Film Festival, P.O. Box 43, Umea 90102, Sweden (tel) (90)133388 (fax) (90)777961 (contact) Thom Palmen, Stig Eriksson (dates) Sept. 21 - 27 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) features, documentaries, women directors, Swedish Film

• Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Box 1746, Uppsala S-75147, Sweden (tel) (18)120025 (fax) (18)121350 (contact) Asa Forman (dates) October (deadline) August (entry fee) None (type) Competitive (awards) Best film in each category (subject matter) retros, seminars, exhibits, general (categories) Shorts, Features, Documentaries, Animation, Experimental (formats) 16mm, 35mm

• International Documentary Film Festival of Nyon, Case Postale 2320, CH-1260, Nyon 2, Switzerland (tel) (22)3616060 (fax) (22)3617071 (contact) Jean Perret (dates) September (deadline) August (entry fee) None (type) Competitive (subject matter) Documentary (categories) Short, medium or feature length documentaries and investigation of contemporary social issues. (formats) 16mm, 35mm, Umatic

• Locarno International Film Festival, Via della Posta 6, Casella Postale, Locarno 6600, Switzerland (tel) (93)310232 (fax) (93)317465 (contact) Marco Mueller, Tiziana Soudani (web) http://www.tinet.ch/pardo/ita/home.htm (dates) August (deadline) May (type) Competitive (awards) Golden, Silver & Bronze 'Leopards' (subject matter) International, Young Directors (categories) Features, Shorts, first films, student (formats) 35mm, 16mm

• Viper, International Film & Video Festival, Postfach 4929, Lucerne CH-6002, Switzerland (tel) (1)271-7227 (fax) (1)271-7227 (web) http://www.viper.ch/viper/ (dates) Oct. 25 - 27 (subject matter) Experimental, Avante gard, film, video & new Media

• Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Film Festival Committee, Room 7F, No. 45 Chilin Road, Taipei, Taiwan (tel) (2)5675861 (fax) (2)5318966 (contact) Christine Tseng (dates) December (type) Competitive (subject matter) International and offshore Chinese Cinema

• Netherlands Film Festival, Hoogt 4, 3512 GW, Utrecht, The Netherlands (tel) (30)2322684 (fax) (30)2313200 (contact) Jacques van Heijningen (web) http://www.dru.nl/nedfilmfest (dates) September (type) Competitive (awards) Golden Calf Awards (subject matter) Dutch Film (description) A combo festival and industry gathering, including a look at all Dutch film Productionfor the year.

• Festival International du Fil Amateur de Kelibia , Tunisia

• Ankara International Film Festival, Turkey

• Istanbul International Film Festival, Istanbul Kultur ve Sanat, Bakfi, Istiklal Cad., Luvr Apt., No. 146, Beyoglu, Istanbul 80070, Turkey (tel) (212)2933133/4/5 (fax) (212)2497771 (contact) Hulya Ucansu (dates) March (type) Competitive (subject matter) International features about the arts, Turkish Cinema

• Istanbul Short Film and Video Festival, Turkey

• Birmingham International Film & Television Festival, c/o Central Independent TV, Central House, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2JP, United Kingdom (tel) (121)6344213 (fax) (121)6344392 (contact) Sarah McKenzie (dates) Oct. 12 - 22 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Premieres, Previews, Classics, Shorts

• British Short Film Festival, Room 313, BBC Threshold House, 65-69 Shepheard's Bush Green, London W127RJ, United Kingdom (tel) (181)743-8000 ext. 62222 (fax) (181)740-8540 (contact) Amanda Casson (dates) September 15-21 (type) Competitive (awards) Best British Student Film (subject matter) General, Student (eligibility) New Short Films from around the world

• Cambridge Film Festival, Cambridge Arts Cinema, 8 Market Passage, Cambridge CB2 2PF, United Kingdom (tel) (1223)352001 (fax) (1223)462555 (contact) Tony Jones (web) http://www.gold.net/camfest/ (dates) July (subject matter) New World Cinema, retros

• Cardiff International Animation Festival, c/o The British Film Institute, 21 Stephen St., London W1P 1PL, United Kingdom (tel) (171)2551444 ext.101 (fax) (171)2552315 (contact) Fran Barlow (dates) May (subject matter) Animation

• Guernsey Lily International Amateur Film & Video Festival, La Geniesse, Forest Guernsey, GY8 0AQ Channel Islands, United Kingdom (tel) 01481-38147 (fax) 01481-35989 (contact) Joan Ozanne (dates) September (deadline) May (entry fee) 5 pounds (type) Competitive (awards) Trophies, Cash, Certificates; Best photography, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Yourth Entry, Best script, Best Animation, Best Documentary, Best Acting, Best Comedy, Best 8mm entry, others (subject matter) Amateur, Independent, Student (categories) Photography, Youth, Fiction, Comedy, Sound, Script, Acting, 8mm, Editing, Animation, Documentary (eligibility) non-commercial, maximum 30 minutes (formats) 16mm, 8mm, VHS, SVHS (sponsors) Guernsey Lily Tourist Board, Channel Television

• International Film and Video Festival, IAC, 24c West Street, Epsom, Surrey KT18 7RJ, United Kingdom (tel) 0372 739672 (deadline) January. (entry fee) £2-5 (type) Competitive (awards) Cash (subject matter) Amateur, Student, Independent, Film, Video (categories) Amateur, Student, Junior (under 17), Youth(17-21yrs.) (eligibility) non-commercial (formats) VHS, 8mm, Hi-8, SVHS, Super8, 9.5mm, 16mm (sponsors) Camcorder User, JVC, Jessops

• Leeds International Film Festival, City of Leeds Promotions, Town Hall, Headrow, Leeds LS1 1UR, United Kingdom (tel) (113)2478389 (fax) (113)2478397 (contact) Liz Rymer (web) http://www.sensei.co.uk/films/ (dates) Oct. 12-27 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Yearly Themes - ie Dance, animation, the Western

• London Film Festival, South Bank, Waterloo, London SE1 8XT, United Kingdom (tel) (171)8151322/3 (fax) (171)6330786 (contact) Sheila Whitaker (web) http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/lff.html (dates) Nov. 2 -19 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) General, fiction, documentary

• NorthWest Film Festival - Southport, 33 Barrington Road, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 1HZ, United Kingdom (tel) (161)9291423 (fax) (161)9291067 (contact) Gil Lane-Young (dates) January (type) Competitive (subject matter) UK and International Films

• Norwich Festival of Women Filmmakers, Cinema City, St. Andrews Street, Norwich NR2 4AD, United Kingdom (tel) (1603)622047 (fax) (1603)767838 (contact) Susie Bailey (dates) Oct. 20 - 31 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) features, shorts, animation, documentaries by women (description) Includes workshops and seminars.

• Pandmonium Festival, 5-7 Buck Street, London NW1 8NJ, United Kingdom (tel) 0171 424 0411 (fax) 0171 267 6078 (email) enquiries@pandaem.demon.co.uk (contact) Karen Dowell, Cordelia Swann (dates) March (type) Non-competitive (awards) Commissions to young British Artists (subject matter) recent International Film, Video, New Media, Installations (recent films/guests) David Byrne, Sadie Benning, Nam June Paik (sponsors) London Electronic Arts, Institute of Contemporary Arts

• Raindance Film Showcase, 81 Berwick St., London, W1V 3PF, United Kingdom (tel) (171)4373991 (fax) (171)4392243 (contact) Elliot Grove (dates) Oct. 28 - Nov. 3 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Independents, multimedia, shorts, documentaries

• Sheffield International Documentary Festival, United Kingdom (web) http://www.shef.ac.uk/city/sidf/

• Southampton Film Festival, United Kingdom

• Tyneside International Film Festival, United Kingdom

• International Film Festival Montevideo, Lorenzo Carnelli 1311, Montevideo, Uruguay (tel) (2)482460,495795 (fax) (2)494572 (contact) Manuel Martinez Carril (dates) April (type) Competitive (subject matter) Iboamerican and international shorts, features, documentaries

• American Film Market, 10850 Wilshire Blvd., 9th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA (tel) (310)446-1000 (fax) (310)446-1600 (contact) Brady Craine (dates) February (subject matter) Independents

• American International Film & Video Festival, American Motion Picture Society, Box 4034, Long Beach, CA 90804-0034, USA (deadline) August (entry fee) $5 (categories) General, Student

• Ann Arbor Film Festival, MI, USA (web) http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/honey/aaff/

• ARCHITECTURE AND THE MOVING IMAGE FILM AND VIDEO, Architecture Conference, Dept. of Arch., Catholic University, Washington, DC 20064, USA (tel) (202)319-5188 (fax) (202)319-5728 (contact) Neal Payton (entry fee) $25

• ARTS FESTIVAL OF ATLANTA , 140 First Union Plaza, , 999 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309-3964, USA (tel) (404)885-1125 (dates) September (deadline) March (awards) Cash Honoraria (subject matter) Video (eligibility) Video (description) "Video Work" side bar of large arts festival.

• Asbury Festival of Short Films, NY, USA

• Asian American International Film Festival, Asian Cinevision, 32 E. Broadway, New York, NY 10002, USA (tel) (212)925-8695 (fax) (212)925-8157 (contact) Minnie Hong (dates) July (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) work by Asians and Asian Americans

• Aspen Film Fest, 110 E. Hallam Suite 102, Aspen , CO 81611, USA (tel) (970)925-6882 (fax) (970)925-1967 (contact) Ellen Kohner (web) http://www.infosphere.com/aspen/performance/FilmFest.html (dates) September (entry fee) $30, $40 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Independents, foreign features, documentaries, shorts (formats) 16mm, 35mm (sponsors) Time Warner, Norwest Bank, Ritz-Carlton

• Aspen Shortsfest, 110 E. Hallam Suite 102, Aspen, CO 81611, USA (tel) (910)925-6882 (fax) (910)925-1967 (contact) Ellen Kohner (web) http://www.infosphere.com/aspen/performance/FilmFest.html (dates) February (type) Competitive (subject matter) International Shorts

• Athens International Film and Video Festival, Box 388, 75 W. Union St. Rm. 407, Athens , OH 45701, USA (dates) May (deadline) February (entry fee) $10 (categories) Film, Video (formats) 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, VHS, Umatic

• Atlanta Film & Video Festival, Image Film & Video Center, 75 Bennett St., N.W., Suite M-1, Atlanta, GA 30309, USA (tel) (404)352-4225 (fax) (404)352-0653 (contact) Anne Hubbell (web) http://www.solutions.ibm.com/multimedia/festival.html (dates) March (deadline) January (entry fee) $30 (Student), $40, $50 (type) Competitive (awards) $1o,000 in cash & equipment, honoraria (subject matter) Film, Video, Student, Indepenenet (categories) Animation, Narrative, Documentary, Student, Experimental (formats) 35mm, 16mm, 8mm, VHS, 3/4" (sponsors) NEA, Georgia Council for the Arts, City of Atlanta, Fulton County Arts Council

• Austin Film Festival, 707 Rio Grande, Suite 101, Austin , TX 78701, USA (tel) 800-310-3378, (512)478-4795 (web) http://www.awpi.com/AFF/ (dates) October (deadline) August (entry fee) $25.00 - $30.00(Student) (type) Competitive (awards) Cash, Festival Passes (subject matter) Screenplays, Narratives, Shorts, Student (categories) Student Film, Student Screenplay, Family Screenplay, Adult Screenplay (eligibility) Student shorts must be under 30 minutes (formats) 35mm, 16mm (sponsors) HBO, TNT, Bravo, TCM, Continental Airlines

• BACA Film and Video Festival, The Brooklyn Arts Council, 195 Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA (tel) (718)625-0080 (dates) January (deadline) December (entry fee) $40 (type) Competitive (awards) Certificates, Screenings (subject matter) Indpendents, Features, Shorts, Animation (categories) Narrative, Documentary, Animation, Experimental (formats) 16mm, 3/4" (sponsors) Brooklyn Arts Council

• Baltimore FIlm Festival, Baltimore Film Forum, Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA (tel) (410)235-2777 (fax) (410)235-3111 (dates) April (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) World Cinema, restored classics

• Baltimore Independent Film and Video Maker's Competition , MD, USA

• BERKELEY VIDEO FESTIVAL, 2054 University Avenue, Suite 203, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA (tel) (510)843-3699 (fax) (510)843-3379 (dates) November (deadline) October (entry fee) $30 (type) Competitive (awards) Best overall, Category Awards (subject matter) Video, Students, Young Producers (categories) Feature, Young Producer, Documentary, Ethnographic, Experimental, Commercials, Animation, Educational, Comedy, Arts (formats) 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, 70mm, VHS, 2", Pixelvision, 8mm, Beta, 3/4" (sponsors) Futurevideo Productions, 3M, Videomaker Magazine, SF Video, Peet's Coffee & Teas, Corp. on Disabilities & Telecommunications, East Bay Media Center

• Big Muddy Film Festival, Dept. of Cinema & Photography, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA (tel) (618)453-2656 (fax) (618)453-1482 (web) http://www.siu.edu/~films/ (dates) March (deadline) February (entry fee) $20-$30 (type) Competitive (awards) Cash (subject matter) Independents, Students, General (categories) Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Narrative (formats) 16mm, VHS, 3/4" (sponsors) Illinois Arts Council

• Birmingham International Educational Film Festival, PO Box 2641, Birgmingham, AL 35291-0665, USA (tel) (205)250-2711 (fax) (205)933-9080. (contact) Victoria Baxter (dates) May (deadline) January (entry fee) $25 (student)-$60 (type) Competitive (awards) Cash (subject matter) Educational Media (categories) 16 Educational categories (sponsors) AV Communicationa, birmingham Board of Education, Jefferson County Board of Education, Shelby County Board of Education, University of Alabama

• Black Filmworks, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, PO Box 28055, Oakland, CA 94604, USA (tel) (510)465-0804 (fax) (510)839-9858 (contact) Beverly Robinson (dates) April (type) Competitive (awards) Cash (subject matter) screenplays, shorts (categories) film, video, screenplay

• Black Maria Film & Video Festival, Dept. Media Arts, Jersey City State College, 203 West Side Ave, Jersey City, NJ (201)200-2043, USA (tel) (201)200-2043 (dates) January (deadline) November (entry fee) $25 (type) Competitive (awards) cash, national tour (subject matter) Independents, Experimental (eligibility) up to 100 minutes (description) Mission is to identify, exbhit, and reward compelling new independent media. (sponsors) Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, NJ Council on the Arts, Suburban Cablevision, Bell Atlantic, PSE&G, Eastman Kodak, AT&T

• Boston Film Festival, 333 Victory Road, Suite 11-13, Quincy, MA 02171, USA (tel) (617)471-1778 (fax) (617)479-0778 (contact) Mark Diamond (web) http://www.movienet.com/movienet/festivals/bostonhp.html (dates) Sept. 8 -21 (type) Non-competitive (awards) None (subject matter) General, Student, Documentary, Shorts (description) Screens about 60 films. (recent films/guests) Kenneth Branagh, Vanessa Redgrave (sponsors) Loews Theatres, CocaCola, Northwest Airlines

• Breckenridge Festival of Film, CO, USA (web) http://www.brecknet.com/bff/home.html

• Bucks County Film Festival, PA, USA

• Carolina Film & Video Festival, Broadcast/Cinema Division, Carmichael Building, UNCG, Greensboro, NC 27412-5001, USA (tel) (910)334-5360 (fax) (910)334-5039 (web) http://www.uncg.edu/~ldwarren/ (dates) March (deadline) February (entry fee) $15 - $25 (type) Competitive (awards) Eastman Kodak Award for Excellence ($1000), cash (subject matter) Indepndents, Student (categories) Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Narrative, Other (formats) 16mm, Super8, 3/4", SVHS, VHS (description) Showcases works of independent artistry and personal vision. (recent films/guests) Picture #4, Glass Jaw, Brother (sponsors) UNC Greensboro,

• Central Florida Film & Video Festival, FL, USA (web) http://sundial.net/~amy/

• Charlotte Film & Video Festival, Mint Museum of Art, 2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte, NC 28207, USA (tel) (704)337-2019 (fax) (704)337-2101 (email) MintFilm@AOL.COM (contact) Robert West (dates) May (deadline) February (entry fee) $30 (type) Competitive (awards) $5,000 cash, Regional tour, Honoraria (subject matter) Shorts, Features, Independents (categories) Documenatry, Narrative, Experimental, Animation, Student (eligibility) no corporate, institutional or instructional work (formats) 35mm, 16mm, 3/4", VHS, CD-ROM (description) General Competition with separate judging for student work. (sponsors) Mint Museum of Art, USAir, Cablevision of Charlotte

• Chicago International Film Festival, 415 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, USA (tel) (312)644-3400 (fax) (312)644-0784 (email) filmfest@wwa.com (contact) Brian Andreotti (web) http://www.chicago.ddbn.com/filmfest/ (dates) October (deadline) July (entry fee) $35(student) - $200 (type) Competitive (awards) Drama, Humor, Documentary, Experimental, Animation (subject matter) international features, U.S. independents, television (categories) feature, documentary, short, experimental, animation, student (description) Oldest competitive International Festival in North America. (sponsors) Cinema/Chicago

• Chicago Latino Film Festival, 600 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605, USA (tel) (312)431-1330 (fax) (312)360-0629 (contact) Pepe Vargas (dates) April (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Features, Shorts, and videos, Latino culture

• Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL, USA (web) http://lainet3.lainet.com/Digital.Ink/cuff.htm

• CINE Golden Eagle Film & Video Competition, 1001 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 638, Washington, DC 20036, USA (tel) (202) 785-1136 (fax) (202)785-4114 (deadline) August (entry fee) amateur: $45-$75, professional:$100-$155 (type) Competitive (subject matter) General, Student (categories) General, Student, Amateur, Youth (description) Introduces U.S. films and videos to international events

• Cinequest (San Jose Film Festival), PO Box 720040, San Jose , CA 95172-0040, USA (tel) (408)995-6305 (fax) (408)277-3862 (contact) Halfdan O. Hussie (web) http://www.webcom.com/~sjfilm/ (dates) February (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Independent Cinema, maverick films (recent films/guests) The Nasty Girl, My Own Private Idaho, Ladybird Ladybird

• Cleveland Interantional FIlm Festival, 1621 Euclid Ave. No. 428, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA (tel) (216)623-0400 (fax) (216)623-0103 (contact) David W. Wittkowsky (dates) March (deadline) November (entry fee) $25 - $50 (type) Competitive (awards) Cash, Best Short, Best Student Short, Best Ohio Short, Best Doc. Short, Best Women's Short, Best African American Short (subject matter) International Films, shorts competition, features (categories) Narrative, Documentary, Animation, Experimental (formats) 16mm, 35mm

• Columbus International Film & Video Festival, 5701 North High, Suite 204,, Worthington, OH 43085, USA (tel) (614)841-1666 (dates) October (deadline) July (entry fee) $35(student)-$125 (type) Competitive (awards) trophies, certificates (subject matter) General, Student (categories) Art & Culture, Business & Industry, Education, Health & Medicine, Media of Print, Religion & Philosophy, Screenwriting, Science, Social Issues, Student, Television & Advertising (formats) 16mm, VHS (description) Includes student division with four categories. (sponsors) Film Council of Greater Columbus

• Dallas Video Festival, 215 A Henry St., Dallas, TX 75226, USA (tel) (214)651-8888 (fax) (214)651-8896 (email) Vbart@aol.com (web) http://www.videofest.org (deadline) August (entry fee) $15(Student) (type) Competitive (subject matter) Video (eligibility) Video

• Denver International Film Festival, 1430 Larimer Square, Suite 201, Denver, CO 80202, USA (tel) (303)595-3456 (fax) (303)595-0956 (contact) Ron Henderson (web) http://www.innoventions.com/DenverFilm/ (dates) Oct. 11 - 20 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International Features, documentaries, new American Cinema

• Film Arts Festival, 346 Ninth St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (tel) (415)552-8760 (fax) (415)552-0882 (contact) Lissa Gibbs (web) http://www.sirius.com/~sstark/org/faf/fest/fafinfo.html (dates) Nov. 1 - 5 (subject matter) Independents, from Northern Californiaa

• Film Fest New Haven, c/o Wayne Buck, 111 Clinton Ave., New Haven, CT 06513, USA (tel) (203) 865-2773 (email) 73303.405@compuserve.com (contact) Wayne Buck (web) http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Film_Fest_New_Haven (dates) April (deadline) March (entry fee) $25 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Independents, shorts, features, narrative, documentary, experimental (formats) 16mm for exhibition (description) Showcases every accepted entry.

• Filmfest DC, Washingtom D.C. International Film Festival, PO Box 21396, Washington, DC 20009, USA (tel) (202)274-6810 (contact) Anthony Gittens (web) http://www.emerald.net/ffdc (dates) April (subject matter) International Cinema

• Florida Film Festival, Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland, FL 32751, USA (tel) (407)629-1088 (fax) (407)629-6870 (contact) Sigrid Tiedtke (web) http://magicnet.net/enzian-bin/fff (dates) June (deadline) April (type) Competitive (subject matter) Documentaries, Shorts, Features, Independents (formats) 16mm, 35mm (sponsors) Universal Studios, Florida

• Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, 2633 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304-3205, USA (tel) (305)563-0500 (fax) (305)564-1206 (contact) Gregory Van Hausch (web) http://www.flsig.org/ftlfest/ (dates) Nov. 1 - 19 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Independent features, documentaries, shorts, student film, seminars

• Great Plains Film Festival, Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery/U. Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0302, USA (tel) (402)472-5353 (dates) July (deadline) June (entry fee) $10 (type) Competitive (awards) Cash; Grand Prize, Best Feature, Best Doc., Best Short, Best Native American work (subject matter) Independents, Native American, General (categories) Dramatic Feature, Documentary Feature, Short, Native American (eligibility) films/filmakers from or about AK, CO, IA, KS, MN, MO, MT, NK, ND, OK, SD, TX, WY (formats) 16mm, 35mm, 3/4", VHS (description) Regional venue for independent film and video artists working in the 'heartland'. (sponsors) MacArthur Foundation, U. Nebraska, Mary Riepma Ross, Nebraska Arts Council, NEA, Nebraska Humanities Council, UNL

• Hamptons International Film Festival, 3 Newtown Mews, East Hampton, NY 11937, USA (tel) (516)324-4600 (fax) (516)324-5116 (contact) Darryl Macdonald (web) http://www.peconic.net/arts/hamptons/film-festival/ (dates) October (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International Features, film preservation & restoration (sponsors) Time Warner, Arrow Company, United Artist Theatres

• Hawaii International Film Festival, 700 Bishop St., Suite 400, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA (tel) (808)528-3456 (fax) (808)528-1410 (contact) Jeannette Paulson (dates) Nov. 3 - 16 (subject matter) features, documentaries, shorts from or about Asia, the Pacific, and North America.

• Heartland Film Festival, 613 N. East St., Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA (tel) (317)464-9405 (fax) (317)635-4201 (contact) Jeffrey L. Sparks (web) http://www.a1.com/derringer/heartlan.html (dates) Nov. 9 - 12

• Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 211 Exchange, Hot Springs, AK 71901, USA (tel) 501-321-4747 (fax) 501-321-0211 (contact) Marlys Moodie (dates) November (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Documentary (description) Curated program of documentaries, and seminars, free and open to the public. No unsolicited submissions accepted.

• Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, 485 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10017-6104, USA (tel) (212)972-8400 (fax) (212)972-0905 (contact) Bruni Burres (web) http://www.wiesenthal.com/filmfest/ (dates) June (deadline) December (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Human Rights Issues (description) Also screens in L.A. in July

• Humboldt International Film Festival, Theatre Arts Dept., Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521, USA (tel) (707)826-4113 (fax) (707)826-5494 (contact) Ann Alter (dates) March (deadline) February (entry fee) $30 - $35 (awards) Cash, other (subject matter) Independents, Student (categories) Documentary, Animation, Narrative, Experimental (formats) 8mm, Super8, 16mm, 35mm

• IDA Awards Documentary Competition, IDA, 1551 S. Robertson Blvd., Suite 201, Los Angeles, CA 90035-4233, USA (tel) (310)284-8422 (fax) (310)284-9334 (dates) November (deadline) June (entry fee) $50-$60 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Documentary (formats) 16mm, 35mm, 3/4" (sponsors) Discovery Network

• Independent Feature Film Fair, CA, USA

• Independent Feature Film Market, 104 W. 29th St., New York, NY 10011, USA (tel) (212)465-8200 (fax) (212)465-8525 (contact) Rachael Shapiro (web) http://www.interactive8.com/filmnetwork/iffm/ (dates) Sept. 17-24 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) New American Indies, brings together young filmmakers and foreign distributors.

• LA Alternative Film Festival, CA, USA (web) http://www.teleport.com/~cdeemer/LA-rev.html

• Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, CA, USA (web) http://www.laiff.com/

• Los Angeles International Animation Celebration, 28024 Dorothy Drive, Agoura Hills, CA 91301, USA (tel) (818)991-2884 (fax) (818)991-3773 (contact) Terrry Thoren (dates) April (type) Competitive (subject matter) International Animation

• Los Angeles International Film Festival, AFI Festivals, 2021 N. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA (tel) (213)856-7707 (fax) (213)462-4049 (contact) Gary McVey (web) http://www.afionline.org/SCREEN/AFIFEST/index.html (dates) Oct. 19 - Nov. 2 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International Filmmakers

• Margaret Meade Film Festival, American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street @ Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA (tel) (212)769 - 5305 (fax) (212)769 - 5329 (contact) Elaine Charnov (web) http://elab-server.usc.edu/mead94.html (dates) Oct. 12 - 18 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Documentary, Ethnographic, features, shorts

• Marin County National Film Competition, Marin Country Fair & Exposition, FairGrounds, San Rafael, CA 94903, USA (tel) (415)499-6400 (dates) June (deadline) March (entry fee) $15 (type) Competitive (awards) Cash (subject matter) Independent, Student, Animation (categories) Independent, Student, Animation (eligibility) Maximum 30 minutes (formats) 16mm

• Medicine Wheel Animation Festival, PO Box 1088, Groton, MA 01450-3088, USA (subject matter) Animation (formats) 16mm (description) Touring Festival (sponsors) Massechusetts Cultural Council

• Miami Film Festival, 444 Brickell Ave., Suite 229, Miami, FL 33131, USA (tel) (305)377-3456 (fax) (305)577-9768 (contact) Nat Chediak (dates) February (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International Films, seminars

• Mill Valley Film Festival, 38 Miller Ave, Suite 6, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA (tel) (415)383-5256 (fax) (415)383-8606 (email) finc@well.com (contact) Mark Fishkin (web) http://www.well.com/mvff/ (dates) October (deadline) May (entry fee) $20 - $25 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Tributes, Seminars, film, video, interactive media (categories) Animation, Documentary, Narrative, Experimental, VideoArt, Children's Films (formats) 35mm, 16mm, Beta, 3/4", VHS (sponsors) Film Institute of Northern California

• National Educational Film & Video Network, 655 13th St., Oakland, CA 94612-1220 , USA (tel) (510)465-6885 (fax) (510)465-2835 (email) NEMN@aol.com (dates) December (deadline) April (entry fee) $30-$40 (type) Competitive (awards) Cash (subject matter) Educational, General, Media Market (categories) Over 100 categories (formats) 16mm, 35mm, VHS, 3/4", Hi-8, Beta, One-Inch (description) Formerly the National Educational Film & Video Festival (recent films/guests) Black is...Black Aint, Baseball

• New Directors/New Films, The Film Society of Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA (tel) (212)875-5610 (fax) (212)875-5636 (contact) Richard Pena (web) http://www.film.com/film/filmfests/new.directors.1995.html (dates) March (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) New Directors (sponsors) Museum of Modern Art, Film Society of Lincoln Center

• New England Film & Video Festival, Boston Film/Video Foundation, 1126 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215, USA (tel) (617)536-1540 (fax) (617)536-3576 (contact) Pam Korza (web) http://www.actwin.com/cgi-bin/BFVF/@e562e/nefvf.html (dates) May (entry fee) $20(student), $30 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Films created by residents of New England (formats) 16mm, Super8, Video

• New Orleans Film & Video Festival, 821 Gravier St. Suite 600, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA (tel) (504)523-3818 (fax) (504)529-2430 (contact) John Desplas (dates) Oct. 13 - 22 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Independents, International Features

• New York Expo of Short Film & Video, 532 La Guardia Place, Box 330, New York, NY 10012, USA (tel) (212)505-7742 (contact) Robert Withers (dates) November (deadline) July (entry fee) $35 (type) Competitive (awards) Cash, category prizes, tour (subject matter) Cutting Edge Independent Shorts (categories) Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Animation (eligibility) maximum 60 minutes (formats) 16mm, 3/4" (sponsors) New School for Social Research, NY State Council on the Arts, HBO, Kodak, NY Film/Video Council

• New York Film Festival, Film Society of Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA (tel) (212)875-5610 (fax) (212)875-5636 (contact) Richard Penna (web) http://www.indium.com/biz/indium/nyff.html (dates) Sept. 29 - Oct. 15 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) foreign and U.S. independents, premieres

• Newark Black Film Festival, The Newark Museum, PO Box 540, Newark, NJ 07101, USA (tel) (201)596-6637 (fax) (201)642-0459 (contact) Jane Rappaport (dates) June/July (type) Competitive (subject matter) Films by Black Independents, International

• Newport Beach International Film Festival, 4000 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach, CA 92660, USA (tel) (714)851-6555 (fax) (714)851-6460 (contact) Jeff Connor (dates) March (type) Competitive (subject matter) Independents & Studio Films

• Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival, PO Box 2230, Palm Springs, CA 92263, USA (tel) (619)322-2930 (fax) (619)322-4087 (contact) J.P. Allen (web) http://palm-springs.org/filmfest (dates) January (type) Competitive (subject matter) World & U.S. premieres, retros

• Northhampton Film Festival, USA (email) kstoddard@crocker.com-5

• Northwest Film & Video Festival, Northwest Film Center, 1219 S.W. Park Ave., Portland, OR 97205, USA (tel) (503)221-1156 (fax) (503)226-4842 (contact) Bill Foster (dates) Nov. 3 - 12 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Features, shorts, documentaries

• Olympia Film Festival, Olympia Film Society, 218 & 1/2 W. Fourth Ave., Olympia, WA 98501, USA (tel) (360)754-6670 (contact) Devon Damonte (web) http://www2.connectsoft.com/~ofs/ (dates) Oct. 20 - 29 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Independent Features, and shorts; U.S. and International

• Onion City Film Festival, 1467 S. Michigan Avenue, Third Floor, Chicago, IL 60605, USA (tel) (312)986-1823 (contact) Johnny White (web) http://www.videos.com/onion.html (deadline) April (entry fee) $20 (subject matter) Experimental

• Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, PO Box 2230, Palm Springs, CA 92263, USA (tel) (619)322-2930 (fax) (619)322-4087 (contact) J.P. Allen (web) http://palm-springs.org/shortfest (dates) August (type) Competitive (subject matter) Shorts (categories) Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama

• Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema, International House, 3701 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA (tel) (215)895-6593 (fax) (215)895-6562 (contact) Linda Blackaby (web) http://www.libertynet.org/~pfwc/ (dates) May (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International features, documentaries, shorts

• Philafilm, The Philadelphia International Film Festival, 215 S. Broad St. , Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA (tel) (215)977-2831 (fax) (215)546-8055 (contact) Larry Smallwood (dates) July (deadline) April (entry fee) $20 (type) Competitive (subject matter) General, Shorts, International, Indpendents, Student (categories) Feature, Short, Documentary ,Experimental, Animation, Music Video, Student, TV Series (sponsors) WPVI, Philadelphia Film Office, Philadelphia Visitors BUreau, Eliott Fruit Juice, Anheiser Bush, Channel 29, Ginger Group, Urban Coalition

• Poetry Film Festival, Fort Mason Center, Landmark Bldg D, San Franciso, CA 94123, USA (tel) (415)776-6602 (fax) 415)776-3206. (email) gamuse@aol.com (dates) November (deadline) November (awards) Cash, Other (subject matter) "Cine-poems" (description) Entries should combine literature, music & dynamic visual imagery to carry a poetic statement. (sponsors) Poetry Film Workshop

• Portland International Film Festival, Northwest Film Center, 1219 S.W. Park Ave., Portland, OR 97205, USA (tel) (503)221-1156 (fax) (503)226-4842 (contact) Bill Foster (web) http://www.film.com/film/filmfests/portland.95.html/ (dates) February (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) New International features, documentaries, shorts

• Prized Pieces International Film & Video Competition, The National Black Programming Consortium, 929 Harrison Ave., Suite 101, Columbus, OH 43215, USA (tel) (614)299-4761 (fax) (614)299-4761 (contact) Jackie Tshaka (deadline) August (entry fee) $35(student) - $60 (type) Competitive (awards) Best Student Filmmaker, Best Independent, other; cash (subject matter) Works of interest to the African & African American Diaspora communities (categories) Public Affairs, News, Youth/Teens, Drama, Doc, Music Video, Promotional, Shorts, Comedy, Experimental (formats) VHS, 3/4", 16mm (recent films/guests) Portia Cobb, Pratibha Parmar, Marlon Riggs (sponsors) The National Black Programming Consortium

• Rainy States Film Festival, USA (web) http://www.film.com/film/filmfests/rainy.states.95.html/

• Riverside Film Festival, MN, USA (web) http://cmp1.ucr.edu/film_festival/rivfilmfestival.html

• Rivertown Film Festival, 425 Ontario St. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA (tel) (612)627-4431 (fax) (612)627-4111 (contact) Al Milgrom (web) http://www.umn.edu/nlhome/g023/filmsoc/ufilm.html (dates) April (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International Films

• Rochester International Independent Film Festival, Movies on a Shoestring, Box 17746, Rochester, NY 14617, USA (tel) (716)454-6664 (contact) Shelley Adams (deadline) March (entry fee) $15 (subject matter) Student, Amateur, Independents

• Saguaro Film Festival, AZ, USA

• San Antonio CineFestival, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, 1300 Guadalupe St., San Antonio , TX 78207, USA (tel) (210)271-3151 (fax) (210)271-3480 (deadline) November (subject matter) Film and Video by or about Latinos (categories) Narrative, Documentary, Experimental, Animation, Emerging Artists

• San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, c/o NAATA, 346 Ninth St., San Francisco, CA 94621, USA (tel) (415)863-0814 (fax) (415)863-7428 (contact) Paul Yi (web) http://www.dnai.com/~abenamer/naata/!naata.html (dates) March (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Film & Video by Asians and Asian Americans

• San Francisco International Film Festival, 1521 Eddy St., San Francisco, CA 94115, USA (tel) (415)929-5000 (fax) (415)921-5032 (contact) Peter Scarlet (web) http://sfiff.org/sfiff/ (dates) April (entry fee) $35-$160 (type) Competitive (awards) Category Prizes (subject matter) International Cinema, Shorts, dcoumentaries (categories) Narrative, non-narrative, documentary (formats) 16mm, Umatic

• San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Frameline, 346 Ninth St., San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (tel) (415)703-8658 (fax) (415)861-1404 (contact) Boone Nguyen (dates) June (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Gay & Lesbian Themes

• San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, PO Box 1449, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406, USA (tel) (805)546-FILM (fax) (805)543-2456 (contact) Mary A. Harris (dates) Nov. 2 - 5 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Independents, retros, seminars

• Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 1216 State St. Suite 170, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA (tel) (805)963-0023 (fax) (805)962-2524 (contact) Diane M. Durst (web) http://www.rain.org/~filmfest/ (dates) March (type) Competitive (subject matter) International Features, documentaries, shorts

• Sarasota French Film Festival, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA (tel) (813)351-9010 ext. 4300 (fax) (813)351-5796 (contact) Molly Haskell (web) http://www.sol.sarasota.fl.us/film.html (dates) Nov. 8 - 12 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) French Film

• Seattle Interantional Film Festival, c/o Egyptian Theatre, 801 E. Pine St., Seattle , WA 96122, USA (tel) (206)324-9996 (fax) (206)324-9998 (contact) Darryl Macdonald (web) http://205.199.66.239/info.html (dates) May (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) International Features and Shorts

• Silver Images Film Festival, Terra Nova Films, 9848 S. Winchester Ave., Chicago, IL 60643, USA (tel) (312)881-8491 (fax) 312-881-3368 (deadline) January (subject matter) Aging, Older Adults (categories) Student, General

• Sinking Creek Film & Video Festival, 402 Sarratt Center, Vanderbilt U., Nashville, TN 37240, USA (tel) (615)322-4234 (fax) (615)343-8081 (contact) Meryl Truett (deadline) May (entry fee) $25-$65 (awards) Cash (subject matter) Independents, Students (formats) 35mm, 16mm, 3/4"video

• Slice of Life Film and Video Showcase, PA, USA

• Sundance Film Festival, PO Box 16450, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, USA (tel) (801)328-3456 (fax) (801)575-5175 (contact) Geoffrey Gilmore (web) http://sundancefilm.com/festival/index.html (dates) January (type) Competitive (subject matter) Independents, International & U.S. premieres, retros

• Taos Talking Picture Festival, 216M North Pueblo Rd. #216, Taos, NM 87571, USA (tel) (505)751-0637 (fax) (505)751-7385 (email) taosfilm@laplaza.taos.nm.us (contact) Kelly Clement (web) http://www.taosnet.com/ttpix/ (dates) April (deadline) February (entry fee) $25 (type) Competitive (awards) Real Estate (subject matter) Independents, Media Literacy, Film, Video (eligibility) Productions over 1 hour. (description) The Festival aspires to serve as a rendezvous where people meet to trade ideas and inspiration in an atmosphere conducive to clear, uncluttered thought; a unique context in which to view and discuss the art of film and media in general in this rapidly unfolding Age of Information. (sponsors) Taos Land and Film Company

• Telluride Film Festival, USA (tel) (603)643-1255 (fax) (603)643-5938 (contact) Tom Luddy, Bill Pence (web) http://www.filmscouts.com/ (dates) Sept. 1 - 4 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) World premieres, archival films, tributes

• Temecula Valley International Film Festival, Temecula, CA, USA (tel) (909)699-6267 (dates) Sept. 13 - 17 (subject matter) Romantic Comedies, Features, Shorts, Student Film (sponsors) Temecula Valley Film Council, City of Temecula, Arts Council of Temecula Valley, SoCal Cinemas, Layton Belling & Assoc., Pala Mesa resort, Embassy Suites, Press Enterprise, Temecula Creek Inn, Target Stores, Paradise Chevrolet Buick Geo, The Californian

• THE AVIGNON/ NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL, French-American Film Workshop, 198 avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013, USA (tel) (212) 343-1850 (fax) (212) 343-1849 (email) JHR2001@AOL.COM (dates) April (awards) Audience prizes for young directors (subject matter) French & American Independents

• Three Rivers Film Festival, PA, USA (web) http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/Web/Unofficial/Movies/3RiversFilmFest.html/

• USA Film Festival, 2917 Swiss Ave., Dallas, TX 75204, USA (tel) (214)821-6300 (fax) (214)821-6364 (contact) Alonso Duralde (dates) April (type) Competitive (subject matter) US and International Films, Shorts

• Utah Short Film & Video Festival, 20 SW Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, USA (tel) (801)534-1158 (fax) (801)322-2343 (web) http://uptown.turnpike.net/G/gold/index.html (deadline) June (entry fee) $10-$50 (subject matter) Shorts, Independents, Students (categories) General, Young Media Artists (under 18)

• Vermont International Film Festival, VT, USA

• Virginia Festival of American Films, PO Box 3697, 104 Midmont Lane, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA (tel) (804)982-5277 (fax) (804)982-5297 (contact) Hugh Southern (web) http://minerva.acc.virginia.edu/~vafilm (dates) Oct. 27 - 29 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) American Film, Independents, documentaries, shorts, premieres, panels, discussions

• VISUAL ARTISTS FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL, San Jose State University, Student Union Rm #350, San Jose, CA 95192-0132, USA (tel) (408)924-6260 (fax) (408)924-6239 (contact) James Moore (deadline) January (entry fee) $7 (subject matter) Independents, Students

• Wine Country Film Festival, 12000 Henno Road, PO Box 303, Glen Ellen , CA 95442, USA (tel) (707)9962536 (fax) (707)996-6964 (contact) Stephen Ashton (web) http://www.winery.com/winery-bin/filmfest (dates) July/August (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Features, Shorts, Independents

• Women In Film International Film Festival, CA, USA

• Women in the Director's Chair International Film and Video Festival, IL, USA

• Worldfest Charleston, PO Box 838, Charleston, SC 29401, USA (tel) (803)723-7600 (fax) (713)965-9960 (contact) J. Hunter Todd (web) http://www.sims.net/organizations/worldfest/worldfest.html/ (dates) Nov. 7 - 12 (type) Competitive (subject matter) Independent Features, seminars, shorts documentaries, student.

• WorldFest Houston, PO Box 56566, Houston, TX 77256, USA (tel) (713)965-9955 (fax) (713)965-9960 (contact) J. Hunter Todd (web) http://www.vannevar.com/worldfest/ (dates) April (type) Competitive (subject matter) Independents, International, Studio Films

• Welsh International Film Festival, 6G Science Park, Cefn Llan, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3AH, Wales (tel) (1970)617995 (fax) (1970)617942 (contact) John Berwyn Rowlands (web) http://www.aber.ac.uk/~wff995/index.html" (dates) Nov. 10 - 19 (type) Non-competitive (subject matter) Welsh & International features and Shorts, retros, workshops, seminars