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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

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Posted by admin on July 1, 2008 under Artists’ Film Festival (Durham), Durban International Film Festival, Festival Headlines, French and Francophone Film Festival (Macedonia), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival, New York Asian Film Festival, Wavescapes Surf Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

Former world surfing champion Shaun Tomson will premiere his hit film Bustin’ Down the Door on Thursday 3 July, as a precursor to the Wavescapes Surf Film Festival, part of the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) that runs between July 23 and August 3.

The first French and Francophone Film Festival kicks off Tuesday in Macedonia’s biggest tourist resort, the lakeside town of Ohrid.

Journeys, the theme for Durham’s first Artists’ Film Festival, is to be held at the Gala Theatre and Cinema in Millennium Place in the winter. The two-day event begins on November 22.

The first ever Tallahassee Film Festival was a big hit and was recently awarded a 60 thousand dollar grant by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival is at the Sydney Opera House from Friday to Sunday

Actor Danny Glover will be awarded the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (MFF) president’s prize for his outstanding contribution to world cinematography.

New York Asian Film Festival 2008 Report 8: Strawberry Shortcakes and Fine, Totally Fine

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Posted by admin on June 30, 2008 under Festival Headlines, Jerusalem Film Festival, New Brunswick Free Public Library International Film Fe, Taipei Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

The 25th Jerusalem Film Festival is set to open on July 10| and unveils lineup | Jerusalem Film Festival

Indie directors shine at Taipei Film Festival | Taipei Film Festival

The annual International Film Festival returns to the New Brunswick, NJ Free Public Library this year from July 8 to August 12

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Posted by admin on June 29, 2008 under Asian American International Film Festival, Festival Headlines, Moscow International Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

Israeli filmmaker Dror Zahavi’s “For My Father” captured the people’s choice award at the annual Moscow Film Festival on Saturday

The Asian American International Film Festival in New York opens with PRINCESS OF NEBRASKA, Wayne Wang’s moving homage to the post-Tiananmen Square generation of Chinese youth, and closes with Jessica Yu’s hilarious narrative feature debut PING PONG PLAYA.

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Posted by admin on June 28, 2008 under Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Daejong Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Festival Headlines, Los Angeles Film festival, Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, Silverdocs | Be the First to Comment

Asian American, Patricio Ginelsa, wins the Los Angeles Film festival’s 72 Hour Film Competition sponsored by CANON

2008 Atlanta Underground Film Festival: Early Picks

Edinburgh International Film Festival star-studded finale

Winners of Korea 45th Daejong Film Festival

International and Irish documentaries and features, short film screenings and special guests including Peter O’Toole, Jessica Lange and Bill Pullman are all in the line-up for the 20th Galway Film Fleadh, which takes place from July 8th -13th 2008.

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Posted by admin on June 27, 2008 under Durban International Film Festival, Festival Headlines, Libertas Film Festival, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, South Asian Film Festival (SAFF), Venice International Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

The 29th Durban International Film Festival will run from 23 July to 3 August in South Africa, featuring more than 200 films from more than 95 countries

The 4th Libertas Film Festival in Dubrovnik, Croatia, will run from 27th June till 2nd July | Libertas Film Festival

The third South Asian Film Festival (SAFF) got underway in Panaji, India, on Friday with film makers stressing the need to spread the message of peace and harmony through cinema

German director Wim Wenders will head the international jury awarding the coveted Golden Lion at this year’s Venice Film Festival

22nd London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival on Tour Arrives in Bristol from Sat 5 July to Sun 27 July

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Posted by admin on under Action On International Film Festival, American Black Film Festival (ABFF), Festival Headlines, Queer Women of Color Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

4th Queer Women of Color Film Festival in San Francisco

Actor Anthony Mackie named as Ambassador for the Film Life’s 2008 American Black Film Festival (ABFF)

Cowboy Smoke to screen at Action On International Film Festival

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Posted by admin on June 26, 2008 under Caribbean Tales Film Festival, Cinema Diverse: Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Encounters South African International Documentary Fest, Festival Headlines, Hungarian Film Festival (London), Riverside Saginaw Film Festival, Rosemount Australian Film Festival, Sarajevo international Film Festival, Sedona International Film Festival, Showcomotion Young People's Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

The Cinema Diverse 2008 Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Palm Springs held from JULY 22 – 27, 2008, Palm Springs, CA will debut several episodes of Del Shores’ new LOGO TV series based on his stage play “Sordid Lives” at the opening night of the festival

10th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival held from 3 to 13 July | Encounters South African International Documentary Festival

Fans of Studio Ghibli’s inventive fantasies should catch the UK premiere screenings of Spanish animation Nocturna, about a boy searching for a missing star at Showcomotion Young People’s Film Festival

Movie companies may boycott this year’s Venice Film Festival in protest at Italy’s decision to scrap tax incentives.

The Caribbean Tales Film Festival is set to hit Toronto again this summer from July 10th – 13th

Rosemount Australian Film Festival 2008 kicks off and includes as a tribute to the late Heath Ledger a special screening of ‘Two Hands’, his first major Australian film

Iranian film ‘Snow’ to open Sarajevo festival

Sedona International Film Festival Announces Summer Indie Film Series

Riverside Saginaw Film Festival Schedule Set and runs from June 25-29

The Hungarian Cultural Centre’s first film festival, ‘Check the Gate: Our 21st Century‘ begins today in London

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Posted by admin on June 25, 2008 under Festival Headlines, Rabat Film Festival, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, St. Louis Jewish Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

The 13th edition of Rabat’s “auteur cinema festival” kicked off at a time when a study released by the Moroccan Film Centre prior to the festival showed nearly 60% of Moroccans do not go to the cinema

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival bigger, better this year | Lineup and schedule announced

Free movies will be shown as part of the Free Family Film Festival. All summer long, a family friendly film will be shown at the Indiana Theater in Terre Haute, Indiana

Mehreen Jabbar’s Ramchand Pakistani to premiere at Osian’s-Cinefan Film Festival

Police report anti-Semitic protest at St. Louis Jewish Film Festival

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Posted by admin on June 24, 2008 under Avignon Film Festival, Detroit Windsor International Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Festival Headlines, Moscow International Film Festival, South Asian Film Festival (SAFF) | Be the First to Comment

The first ever Detroit Windsor International Film Festival is June 26-29

Bonjour, Today marks the start of the Avignon Film Festival

South Asian Film Festival (SAFF) wants to stay in Goa

Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF) turned down Sri Lankan request not to feature a documentary film on Black Tigers in the film festival

Time for award predictions at the Edinburgh Film Festival?