Filmmaker: Call For Submissions

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on February 3, 2009 under Bicycle Film Festival, New York Surf Film Festival, Ohio Short Film and Video Showcase, Raindance Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

Bicycle Film Festival

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The 2009 Bicycle Film Festival is approaching, and they’re looking for films with a strong theme or character of bicycles. This includes all mediums and styles such as animation, experimental, narrative, documentary and music videos. The deadline for entries is March 7th.

The BFF is held in over 17 cities around the world including Tokyo, New York City, Los Angeles, Milan, and London. [via]

NY Surf Film Festival 2009

The 2nd Annual New York Surf Film Festival will return in September 2009.

The New York Surf Film Competition is open to independently produced feature-length and short films in the surf genre. In order to be considered for the Festival’s Film Competition for U.S and International films, submitted films must have been completed after January 1, 2004. The running time for features must be greater than 30 minutes. Short films under 30 minutes in length are eligible for participation in the Short Film Program.

Submissions open from February 2nd to May 31st, 2009.

SheppARTon Festival of 2009

As part of the SheppARTon Festival of 2009, in Victoria, Australia, entries are invited to show original short films in the Shepparton Shorts- Short Film Festival. A total prize pool of over $3000 will be offered for the best films. An additional Shepparton Festival Award for films related to the festival theme of  New HorizonsTM.

Deadline: 13 February

17th Raindance Film Festival

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The 17th Raindance Film Festival is now open for submissions. Raindance is the UK’s leading independent film festival and takes place annually in London’s West End.

Raindance showcases features and shorts made by independent filmmakers from all around the world to an audience of film fans, journalists, acquisition executives, actors, producers and directors. Nearly 2000 films were submitted for last year’s festival, of which just over 200 were screened. Festival admissions were up over 40%.

17th Raindance Film Festival: 30 September - 11 October 2009.

Ohio Short Film and Video Showcase

The Wexner Center for the Arts, one of central Ohio’s only art institutes, is looking for entries for its 14th annual Ohio Short Film and Video Showcase (full details here). The event is designed to showcase Ohio’s independent media artists and it gives them a chance to shine in front of an audience.  Read more …

Bicycle Film Festival returns to Portland on December 12th and 13th

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on December 7, 2008 under Bicycle Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

The eighth annual Bicycle Film Festival returns to Portland next week. On the schedule are two full nights of bike-inspired films (five programs total) that will show at Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave) on December 12th and 13th.

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Festival Headlines

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on August 2, 2008 under Bicycle Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Pikes Peak Lavender Film Festival, Traverse City Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai will be presented the director award, the Leopard of Honor, and Christine Vachon — is slated for the producer award, the Raimondo Rezzonico Prize at the Locarno Film Festival.

Next Weekend: Bicycle Film Festival Chicago!!

Fans are getting ready for Madonna to make an appearance at the Traverse City Film Festival

The 9th annual Pikes Peak Lavender Film Festival will be at Cornerstone Arts Building and Armstrong Hall on the Colorado College campus in Colorado Springs, September 19-21, 2008.

Festival Headlines

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on July 17, 2008 under Bicycle Film Festival, Deep Blues Festival, International Black and Latino Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

The Bicycle Film Festival is happening in Los Angeles. July 18th-20th.

There will be a film festival featuring films about blues – many documentaries of featured bands – at the Second Annual Deep Blues Festival, which will take place between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. Friday, July 18, through Sunday, July 20 at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Minnesota.

Don Cheadle stars in Kasl Lemmons’ “Talk To Me”, which will be screened at The International Black and Latino Film Festival which makes its debut in Hartford - opening today, and running through Saturday

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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on July 11, 2008 under Bicycle Film Festival, Osian's-Cinefan, Paris Cinema International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

‘The Secret Life of Bees’, which stars Jennifer Hudson, Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, and Sophie Okonedo, To Premiere At Toronto Film Festival

“Tribu” has won the Pari de l’Avenir award, or Youth Jury Prize, at the Sixth Paris Cinema International Film Festival, which ends this Saturday

Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit on Friday formally inaugurated the 10th Osian Film Festival

The Bicycle Film Festival continues tonight and tomorrow in Minneapolis, before heading westward to Los Angeles, next up in a roster of 14 more U.S. and international locations.

“Borat” director Larry Charles is bringing his follow-up project, the documentary “Religulous, starring Bill Maher,” to the Toronto International Film Festival for its world premiere in September, organizers said Thursday.

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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on July 7, 2008 under Bicycle Film Festival, Festival Headlines, French Film Festival (Cuba), GI Film Festival, Japan Cuts Film Festival, Maine International Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

GI Film Festival 2008 a HUGE Success!

The 11th French Film Festival is underway in Cuba with the world premiere of “Paris 1936″

11th annual Maine International Film Festival kicks off this week in Maine | Maine International Film Festival

Bicycle Film Festival Comes to Minneapolis July 9-12

“Japan Cuts,” a festival of new Japanese films, opens at the Japan Society in New York