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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on August 3, 2008 under Bearded Child Film Festival, Filmini International Short Film Festival, Sacramento Film & Music Festival, Traverse City Film Festival, Tri Continental Film Festival (South Africa) | Be the First to Comment

The South African Tri Continental Film Festival will kick off from 15 to 24 August at Cinema Nouveau in Rosebank, before moving to Cinema Nouveau at the V&A Waterfront from 22 to 31 August. Thereafter, the film festival travels to Pretoria ’s Brooklyn Nouveau from 29 August to 4 September, and wraps up at Gateway Cinema Nouveau from 5 to 11 September. | Tri Continental Film Festival

The second edition of Filmini International Short Film Festival will take place in October 22-26, 2008 in Sofia, Bulgaria. | Filmini International Short Film Festival

The 8th Annual Bearded Child Film Festival will once again bring an eclectic array of independent and experimental short films to the Reif Center, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, this coming weekend, August 8-9. | Bearded Child Film Festival

Madonna returns to Michigan roots to screen her documentary film “I Am Because We Are” at the Traverse City Film Festival|Photos: Madonna at Traverse City Film Festival

The 9th Annual Sacramento Film & Music Festival both opens and closes with features about life in a small town: On Friday, August 8th, the Festival’s Opening Night Feature is the California Premiere of Jake’s Corner in which an ex-football player has to care for his nephew after a family tragedy; and on Sunday, August 17th, the Festival’s Closing Night Feature is War Eagle, Arkansas in which a high school baseball player has to choose between family and friends, and a college scholarship.