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58. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (07-17 02 2008)
Pressemitteilung/Press Release

Berlinale Talent Campus continues to attract up-and-coming filmmakers from around the globe
Berlinale Talent Campus #6 , February 9 - 14, 2008

In its sixth year the attraction of the Berlinale Talent Campus remains strong: 3304 young filmmakers from 120 countries applied to the Berlinale Talent Campus #6, with applications received for the first time from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Vietnam. 350 applicants will be invited from February 9 - 14, 2008, to explore the Campus focus entitled "SCREENING EMOTIONS - Cinema's Finest Asset". "To examine the role of emotions in cinema is to look into the heart of the film industry," explains Dorothee Wenner, director of the Berlinale Talent Campus. "Every cinematic craft deals with producing emotions. Yet at the same time, they are the least calculable aspect of a business that is fascinated by them and revolves around them." Together with guests of the Berlinale and internationally renowned experts from all fields of filmmaking, the Talents will take a theoretical and practical look at the many facets of this theme. The Campus will once again take place at the 'Hebbel am Ufer' and its three theatres HAU1, HAU2 and HAU3, located in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

The imaginary worlds of set designer Alex McDowell Alex McDowell has set new standards with his screen designs for film and is one of the most accomplished and renowned representatives of his field. Since the 90s he has utilized and researched the possibilities of digital design. With his innovative style that mixes classic set design with digital effects, McDowell has set a unique stage for films like Fight Club, Minority Report, The Terminal, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. During his lecture at the Berlinale Talent Campus, Alex McDowell will provide Talents with a look into the fascinating process of creating imaginary worlds - a highlight of the six Campus days, and certainly not just for the young set designers of the Campus community.

"Short films expand Cinema"
Short films have secretly become the centre of cinematographic innovation with a potential that benefits not only the film industry but other artistic domains as well. For young filmmakers, short films are a kind of business card, an access point to the film industry. The genre, however, is increasingly (re-)establishing itself as a kind of experimental playing field for advanced cinema. Short films are abandoning the traditional movie screens more and more to become the crossroads for art and cinema -simultaneously avant-garde pioneer and aesthetic trendsetter. The Berlinale Talent Campus is seizing the opportunity to tap into this evolution and, together with Forum expanded and Berlinale Shorts , will present "Short films expand Cinema", an event that will give insight into new ways and spaces for presenting short films and the new hot spots of the short film scene. Panel guests will include the internationally successful and award-winning filmmaker and video artist Matthias Müller and the founder and curator of the international "Experimenta" film festival in India, Shai Heredia.

The Berlinale Talent Campus is an initiative of the Berlin International Film Festival, a business division of the Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in Berlin GmbH, in co-operation with MEDIA - Training programme of the European Union, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Skillset and UK Film Council as well as Volkswagen.

Press Office
November 30, 2007
as pdf-file download on our website:

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Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
07. - 17.02.2008
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Ein Geschäftsbereich der
Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in Berlin GmbH
Schöneberger Str. 15, 10963 Berlin

Amtsgericht Charlottenburg
HRG Nr. 96 HRB 29357

Geschäftsführung: Dieter Kosslick, Dr. Thomas Köstlin (Kaufm.
Geschäftsführer) , Prof. Dr. Joachim Sartorius, Dr. Bernd M. Scherer

Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Bernd Neumann

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EDDY APPELS
President of the Dutch Association of Visual Anthropology and Director of the Beeld voor Beeld International Documentary Film Festival for Culture and Representation
www.beeldvoorbeeld.nl

10 Ocak 2008
18:00 - 21:00

"Anthropological Film Festivals in Europe"

A short overview of the most important festivals, their policies and positions, and screening of some of the highlights of the Beeld voor Beeld Festival for Visual Anthropology. Beeld voor Beeld in Amsterdam is one of the oldest and most prestigious anthropological film festivals in Europe. Its focus has shifted somewhat from a purely Dutch ethnographic audiovisual festival to an international film festival focusing on visual anthropology and documentary cinema. We will discuss this shift and the name change from Festival for Visual Anthropology to Documentary Film Festival on Culture and Representation, and we will also talk about the position of anthropological film festivals in Europe, since Beeld voor Beeld is one of the founders of CAFFE, a network of the twelve most important anthropological film festivals in Europe. We will discuss admission criteria, and there will be a screening of some of the best recent anthropological films.

Workshop programı ve program hakkında bilgi eklidir.

Yer: NIHAnkara Toplantı Salonu
Koza Sokak 111 Gaziosmanpaşa Ankara
(Uğur Mumcu Caddesi -Migros Durağı- İki Paraleli)

Ayrıntılı bilgi için:

Tel: 0312.4463413
info@kozavisual.org

www.kozavisual.org

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Cyprus International Short Film Festival - CISFF 08
April 2008 - North Cyprus - Nicosia

Cyprus International Short Film Festival seeks its Best Fiction and Best Experimental films in the competitive category. Fictions of maximum length of 30 minutes and experimentals of maximum length of 15 minutes….

In the broadest respect; CISFF aims to promote fiction and experimental short films produced in an amateur or professional manner, and by doing this, to support new and innovative ideas in film and to give young film makers an opportunity to exhibit their talents.

The awards are:

* Best fiction short film
* Best experimental short film
* Best script in a fiction short film
* Best script in an experimental short film
* Best editing in a fiction short film
* Best editing in an experimental short film
* Best cinematography in a fiction short film
* Best cinematography in an experimental short film
* Best actor/actress in a short film (common)

APPLICATION TO NON-COMPETITIVE SECTION � SPECIAL SELECTIONS

Fiction, experimental, documentary, and animation short films not exceeding 30 minutes can apply for the non-competitive section. The selected films will be shown in �Festival Shorts�.

Entry Rules
http://www.cyprusshortsfest.com/eng/rules.htm

Entry Form
http://www.cyprusshortsfest.com/eng/submit.htm

Download Entry form as PDF
http://www.cyprusshortsfest.com/ENTRY%20FORM%20CISFF%202008.pdf

Address:

Cyprus International Short Film Festival
Attn: Bugra Gulsoy (Devlet Tiyatrolari)
Okullar Street No:49
Yenisehir - Nicosia - North Cyprus
URL; www.cyprusshortsfest.com
Email: organisation@cyprusshortsfest.com

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Starting on October 1st (2007) through January 31st (2008) Tekfestival, an international showcase of independent and social cinema, accepts submissions for the 7th edition that will take place in Rome in May 2008.

Bringing to the surface wandering gazes, opening spaces to directors walking on the edges of cinema; screening the new Italian and international productions; mixing documentaries, fiction, live performances, video-installation and video-essays; rediscovering artists of the past, investing in directors who portray the present; organizing seven days of independent and social cinema, workshop, conferences, performances and exhibitions.

The key words of next edition will be migration, crosswalks, permanent war and resistance, the effects of globalization, media landscapes, gender and sexual identities and much more.

How to submit movies to Tekfestival competitions

Tekfestival accepts submissions for two competitive sections: Doc Competition, open to Italian documentary directors and International Doc Competition, open to outstanding international documentaries
(http://www.tekfestival.it/index.php?lang=en).

* The admission is free.
* We will accept films completed after January 1st, 2007.
* Rules and regulation are available online
* You can register by filling the form and mailing the required
material.
* The deadline for submissions is January 31st, 2008. The complete
submission package should be sent to:
Tekfestival - Via Braccio da Montone, 56 - 00176 Roma – Italia –
tel/fax. +39.06.2147126

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5th Naoussa International Short Film and Video Festival

The Naoussa International Short Film and Video Festival reaches its 5th year. By being consistent to its commitments, determined to achieve its objectives, showing interest to the work of the creators and paying respect to the audience we continue our effort to promote the Naoussa International Festival into the most important digital cinema festival in the Northeastern Europe.

The first four editions of the festival have showed the seriousness of our effort and the unique perspectives of the event. In these frames we are preparing the 5th Naoussa International Festival –which will take place the period from 8 to 11 of May 2008 – promising the confirmation of the expectations for the organizing of an unforgettable cultural celebration.

We are in the pleasant position to announce the start of the official procedure of applications submission for participation in the 5th edition of the Naoussa Festival. The deadline for applications submission will be the 31st of January 2008. In the Naoussa Festival we accept films that belong to the fiction, animation and experimental categories.

The Participation Terms and the Application form are available in the Festival’s website (www.naoussafilmfestival.gr and www.niff.gr). The creators can submit their applications through our online submission system.

From the forthcoming 5th Festival the department of mobile phov e movies “movile” will be in full function, confirming the pioneering and innovative character of the Naoussa Festival. The applications submission for the department of the mobile phone movies will last till the 15th of March 2008.

If there are any queries please contact Mr. Nikos Koutsogiannis, Finance, Marketing and Public Relations Dept. at the following telephone numbers:
- +306974479043
- +302310278190,

or through e-mail:
- pr@niff.gr

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Dear Friends,

We are pleased to inform you that HIROSHIMA 2008 will take place from 7th to 11th of August.
We will accept entry works from February 1st to April 1st. The regulations and entry form of HIROSHIMA 2008 will be announced soon. We would like to send them soon and more information in future to this e-mail address. If you would prefer not to receive further messages from us either by e-mail or snail mail, or if this message has reached you by any mistake, please notify us.
(e-mail to: hiroanim@urban.ne.jp snail mail: 4-17, Kako-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0812 JAPAN fax: +81-82-245-0246 / +81-82-504-5658)

We will come back to you soon!

Sincerely,

Sayoko Kinoshita
Festival Director
HIROSHIMA 2008

International Animation Festival HIROSHIMA
(Postal Address) 4-17, Kako-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0812 JAPAN
(Telephone) 81-82-245-0245
(Facsimile) 81-82-245-0246/504-5658
(E-mail Address)Â hiroanim@urban.ne.jp
www.urban.ne.jp/home/hiroanim/

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X_Science - Cinema between Science and Science Fiction International Short Films Competition

Last call for submission to X_Science - Cinema between Science and Science Fiction international short films competition, event organized by Genova Film Festival and by the

Faculty Of Mathematical, Physical And Natural Sciences of the University of Genoa (Italy).

Filmmakers should submit short films of all genres (fiction, animation, experimental and documentary) having a duration no longer than 30 minutes. The subject treated in the short film must be focused on real or futuristic scientific topics, that means: Science and/or Science Fiction in all their facets.

Download entry form and rules and regulations from www.xscience.it

Deadline is on February 15h, 2008

X_Science: Cinema between Science and Science Fiction 3th edition - Genoa (Italy) 13/14/15 March 2008 + Science Fiction Night

GENOVA FILM FESTIVAL
Segreteria e Archivio Genova Film Festival:
c/o Ufficio Cultura e Città - Palazzo Ducale - P.zza Matteotti 62 - 16121 - Genova - Italy
tel.: +39 010 5573958
e-mail: segreteria@genovafilmfestival.it
Orari di apertura al pubblico: Lun., Mer. e Gio 15/18, Ven. 14/16
URL: www.genovafilmfestival.it, www.xscience.it
Organization:
Associazione Culturale DAUNBAILÒ
Via C.A.Tavella 10R - 16136 - Genova - Italy
tel.: +39 010 2725915 - cell.: +39 349 6222857
e-mail: contact@daunbailo.org

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Dışişleri Bakanlığı Çok Taraflı Kültürel İşler Genel Müdürlüğü Yardımcılığından alınan yazıda, Moldova Çağdaş Toplum Kadın Derneği tarafından Kişinev Büyükelçiliğine gönderilen mektupta; Moldova’da “Mosaic” adı altında Ağustos veya Eylül (2008) aylarında 5 gün süreyle “Uluslararası Kısa Film Festivali”nin düzenlenmesinin öngörüldüğü bildirilerek, söz konusu etkinliğin yarışma kısmına ülkemizden filmlerin katılmasının da arzu edildiği ifade edilmiştir.

Ayrıca festivalde çocuk ve kadınların sorunları.insan ticareti gibi sosyal sorunlara Değinen filmlere ağırlık verileceği,Moldova’da bu tip bir etkinliğin ilk kez düzenleneceği ve Festivalin amacının;diğer ülkelerin sinemalarının tanıtılarak Moldova sinemasına katkıda bulunması,farklı fikirler geliştiren genç film yapımcılarının teşvik edilmesi ve Moldova halkına diğer ülkelerin kültür ve geleneklerinin tanıtılması olduğu belirtilmiştir.Etkinliğin organizasyonunu üstlenen Moldova Çağdaş Toplum Kadın Derneği’nin
İletişim bilgileri aşağıda sunulmuştur.

ADRES
STR. BULGARA 26,2 MD 2001 CHİŞİNAU REPUBLİCA MOLDOVA
TEL\FAX:+(373) 22 26 02 38_069 188 291
E_mail: moldova@yahoo.com
Web: moldova-intershortfilmfest.org/www.fscmd.org

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New York’ta yer alan Zohe Film Productions “7. Bölüm Yarışması” adında bir belgesel film yarışması düzenliyor. Yarışma Jennifer Fox’un “UÇUŞ: Özgür Bir Kadının İtirafları“ adlı filminden esinlenerek hazırlanılmış. “Uçuş” ta Jennifer Fox modern kadın için özgürlüğün anlamını ele alıyor ve onun hayatından samimi ve bir yandan kadını zorlayan 6 bölümü göstererek kadını ifşa ediyor. Zohe Film Productions da bu filmdekine benzer şekilde kendi hikâyelerini paylaşacak yönetmenler arıyor.

Yarışmaya yaratıcısının hayatı ve deneyimlerini “Uçuş”un samimiyetinde aktaran kısa (3-15 dakika) bir film ile katılınabilir. Organizatörler yarışmaya katılmak isteyenlere Jennifer Fox’un kendi hikâyesini anlattığı şekilde kendilerini anlatabilmeleri için bir yol gösterici sunacaklar. Ayrıca yarışmacıların filmlerinde “Pass the Camera” tekniğini kullanması bekleniyor.

Ödüllere gelince, yarışmanın birincisine $500 verilecek; filmi Sundance Channel’ın web sitesinde yayımlanacak ve temsili olarak “Uçuş” ile birlikte gösterilebilir bu sitede. Ayrıca “Uçuş” un DVD paketinde ek olarak dağıtılabilir yarışmayı kazanan film. Yarışmada ikinci gelen $250 kazanacak. Mansiyon ödülü ise $100 ve ödül kazananların tümünün isimleri “Uçuş”un web sitesinde yer alacak. Tüm katılımcılara ise “Uçuş”un DVD’si hediye edilecek.

Başvuru için son gün 29 Nisan 2008, ve başvurular “Uçuş” filminin sitesine yapılabilir.

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Arrivano i Corti ShortFilm Festivaline çağrı

Celebrating our 10th Anniversary, a new competition is born:
OneMinuteFreedom, for 60 seconds ultra-shorts.
Please forward this message to friends and other filmmakers, enjoy some full shortfilms in our videos section,
or help us if you work in the mediascape. If you work for another Festival, consider to discuss for a partnership. Thank you.
If you don't care about this email, please accept our apologies and unsubscribe.

http://www.arrivanoicorti.it

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Invitation to Participate DOC FEST 2008 in south India

Dear Friend

Greetings from Free Media Club of South India (FMCSI). This Club was formed to foster uncensored creativity among various form Media. We support and encourage and free media expression by conducting Documentary festivals and providing media materials for students of communication studies.

Every year we conduct Documentary Festivals In various cities of south India, we screen international documentaries which stands example of free expression and selected movies will also be recognized and we invite the Director of that movie for student and public interaction.

This Year We have planed to conduct the Documentary Festival in Madurai, "The Athens Of India"< This city is known for its Philosophical and religious contribution, we Invite Documentaries on all topics, especially we invite students film makers to send their creations to our" DOC FEST2008", and support our event to bring awareness among public on various forgotten and not main stream media issues.

DOC FEST 2008 Details

1. We invite documentaries on any topic originating from anywhere. But it should be a bona fide work.

2. Student Film makers and women film makers are encouraged

3. This Festival is to support free expression of documentary makers.

4. Movies can be in any language but should be supported by English sub-titles or Main theme typed material has to be in English

5. All the Participants will be getting Certificate of participation.

6. Selected film Directors will be notified and they can participate in festival.

7. There is no entry registration fee.

8. The Documentaries should be in DVD or in VCD format,

9. The festival will be held in the first week of June 2008

10. Last date for submission 25-05-2008

11. The Decision made by the Awards committee will be final.

12. All correspondence must be forwarded to freemediasi@gmail.com, no written correspondence to following address will be entertained , Use following address only for sending your work

Kindly send documentary work along with introduction letter to

FMCSI/GET
Post Box: 43
Madurai-625020
TN, India

We wish success to all the participants and associations that work for free media expression.

Thanks
Dr.Charls
Convener DOC FEST 2008

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