London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 30-Mar - 13-Apr, London, UK National Film Theatre South Bank Waterloo London, SE1 8XT UK tel: (44) 207 815 1323 fax: (44) 207 633 0786 email: carol.coombes@bfi.org.uk web: www.llgff.org.uk contact: Carol Coombes - Festival Assistant submission deadline: December 10, 2000
Chicago Latino Film Festival 31-Mar - 12-Apr, Chicago, USA 600 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60605 USA tel: (1) 312 431 1330 fax: (1) 312 344 8030 email: cposse@popmail.colum.edu web: www.chicagolatinocinema.org contact: Caroline Posse submission deadline: January 10, 2000
Italian Film Festival 31-Mar - 16-Apr, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, UK 82 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9EW UK tel: (44) 131 668 2232 fax: (44) 131 668 2777 email: richard.mowe@which.net web: www.jahnke.net/italcult contact: Richar Mowe submission deadline: February 10, 2000
Local Heroes International Film Festival 31-Mar - 8-Apr, Edmonton, Canada 10159 - 108 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5J 1L1 Canada tel: (1) 780 421 4084 fax: (1)780 425 8098 email: filmhero@nsi-canada.ca Web: www.nsi-canada.ca/localheroes. contact: Bill Evans - Festival Director submission deadline: December 15, 1999
Schermi D'Amore - Sentimental and melo film festival 31-Mar - 9-Apr, Verona, Italy Seltimana Cinematografica Internazionale Corso Porta Borsari 17 Verona, 37121 Italy tel: (39) 045 800 5348 fax: (39) 045 803 6205 email: settimana.cinematografica@comune.verona.it web: www.comune.verona.it contact: Paolo Romano submission deadline: February 15, 2000
Singapore International Film Festival 31-Mar - 15-Apr, , Singapore 45A Keong Saik Road Singapore, 89149 Singapore tel: (65) 73 87 567 fax: (65) 73 87 578 email: filmfest@pacific.net.sg web: www.filmfest.org.sg contact: Philip Cheah - Festival Director submission deadline: January 15, 2000
Aspen Shortfest 5-Apr - 9-Apr, Aspen, USA 110 E. Hallam Suite 102 Aspen, CO 81611 USA tel: (1) 970 925 6882 fax: (1) 970 925 1967 email: shortfest@aspenfilm.org web: www.aspenfilm.org contact: Laura Thielen - Executive Director submission deadline: January 15, 2000
Celtic Film and Television Festival Aberystwyth 5-Apr - 8-Apr, Skye, Scotland Festival Office Y Lanfa Trefechan Aberystwyth, Wales SY23 1AS UK tel: (44) 1970 613226 fax: (44) 1970 613249 email: aber2000@celticfilm.co.uk web: www.celticfilm.co.uk contact: Menna Heulyn submission deadline: December 30, 1999
Washington DC International Film Festival (filmfest DC) 5-Apr - 16-Apr, Washington, USA Filmfest DC PO Box 21396 Washington, DC 20009 USA tel: (1) 202 724 5613 fax: (1) 202 724 6578 email: filmfestdc@aol.com web: www.capaccess.org/filmfestdc contact: Anthony Gittens - Director submission deadline: January 14, 2000
Canyonlands Film Festival 6-Apr - 9-Apr, Moab Utah, USA 59 South Main Street Suite 214 Moab Utah, 84532 USA tel: (1) 970 382 9528 email: canyonfilm@hotmail.com web: moab-utah.com/film contact: Nicholas Brown - Festival Director submission deadline: December 15, 1999
Dublin Film Festival 6-Apr - 16-Apr, Dublin, Ireland 1 Suffolk Street Dublin, 2 Ireland tel: (353) 1 679 2937 fax: (353) 1 679 2939 email: dff@iol.ie web: www.iol.ie/dff contact: Paul Taylor - Programme director submission deadline: December 17, 2000
Film Fest New Haven 7-Apr - 9-Apr, New Haven, USA PO Box 9644 New Haven, CT 6536 USA tel: (1) 203 481 6789 fax: (1) 203 776 6789 email: info@filmfest.org web: www.filmfest.org contact: Nina Adams - Festival Director submission deadline: January 15, 2000
It's All True - International Documentary Film Festival 7-Apr - 16-Apr, Sao Paulo, Brazil Associacau Cultural Kinoforum Rua Simao Alvares 784/2 5417.02 Sao Paulo, SP Brazil tel: (55) 11 852 9601 fax: (55) 11 852 9601 email: itstrue@ibm.net web: www.kinoforum contact: Amir Labaki - Director submission deadline: January 14, 2000
Minneapolis/St Paul International Film Festival 7-Apr - 22-Apr, Minneapolis, USA 23331 University Avenue SE #130B Minneapolis, MN 55414 USA tel: (1) 612 627 4431 fax: (1) 612 627 4111 email: filmsoc@tc.umn.edu web: www.ufilm.org contact: Al Milgrom submission deadline: February 1, 2000
Worldfest Houston 7-Apr - 16-Apr, Houston, USA 2700 Post Oak Blvd No. 1798 Houston, Texas 77056 USA tel: (1) 713 965 9955 fax: (1) 713 965 9960 email: J Hunter Todd web: www.worldfest.org contact: J Hunter Todd - Festival Director submission deadline: February 28, 2000
Far East Film Festival 8-Apr - 15-Apr, Udine, Italy 24 Via Villata 33100 Udine, Italy tel: (39) 04 32 299 545 fax: (39) 04 21 229 815 email: cecudine@tin.it web: www.udineincontri.it contact: Sabrina Baracetti contact organisers for submission dates
Festival de l'Oiseau et de la Nature, Abbeville-Baie de Somme 8-Apr - 16-Apr, Abbeville, France 30 rue Lesueur, 80142 ABBEVILLE CEDEX, FRANCE tel: (33) 322 24 02 02 fax: (33) 322 31 40 47 email: bird.festival@dyadel.net web: festival-oiseau.asso.fr contact: Marie Agnes Boche Dates for 2001 - April 14th to 22nd 2001. submission deadline: January 30, 2000
Sprockets - Toronto International Film Festival for Children 8-Apr - 19-Apr, Toronto, Canada c/o Toronto International Film Festival 2 Carlton Street Suite 1600 Toronto, Ontario M5B 1J3 Canada tel: (1) 416 934 3281 fax: (1) 416 967 9477 email: sprocket@torfilmfest.ca web: www.bell.ca/filmfest contact: Jane Schoettle submission deadline: February 1, 2000
British Academy Film Awards 9-Apr - , London, UK British Academy of Film and Television Arts 195 Piccadilly London, W1V 0LN UK tel: (44) 207 734 0022 fax: (44) 207 437 0473 email: amandab@bafta.org web: www.bafta.org contact: Amanda Berry - Deputy Executive Director submission deadline: December 31, 1999
Mip-TV 10-Apr - 14-Apr, Cannes, France Reed Midem Organisation Walmar House 196 Regent Street London, W1R 6AB UK tel: (33) 207 528 0086 fax: (33) 207 895 0949 web: www.miptv.com contact: Peter Rhodes submission deadline: 8-Mar
The Hong Kong International Film Festival and Market 12-Apr - 27-Apr, Hong Kong, Chine Festival Office, Level 7, Administration Building Hong Kong Cultural Centre 10 Salisbury Road Tsimshatsui, HSKAR China tel: (852) 2734 2903 fax: *852) 2366 5206 email: hkiff@hkiff.org.uk web: www.hkiff.com.hk contact: Alice Chan - Manager submission deadline: Dec-99
Taos Talking Picutre Festival 13-Apr - 16-Apr, Taos, New Mexico Taos Talking Pictures 7217 NDCBU 1337 Gusdorf Road ste F Taos, New Mexico 87571 USA tel: (1) 505 751 0637 fax: (1) 505 751 7385 email: ttpix@taosnet.com web: ttpix.org contact: Kelly Clement submission deadline: 15/1/00
Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 13-Apr - 19-Apr, Turin, Italy Piazza San Carlo 161 10123 Turin, Italy tel: (39) 011 534 888 fax: (39) 011 535 796 email: glfilmfest@assioma.com web: space.tin.it/cinema/gminerba contact: Giovanni Minerba - Director submission deadline: 31/1/00
Bermuda International Film Festival 14-Apr - 20-Apr, Hamilton, Bermuda PO Box HM 2963 Hamilton, HMMX Bermuda tel: (441) 293 3456 fax: (441) 293 7769 email: bdafilm@ibl.bm web: www.bermudafilmfest.com contact: Aideen Ratteray Pryse submission deadline: 15/1/00
Cartoons on the Bay: International Festival of TV animation 14-Apr - 18-Apr, Positano, Italy Cartoons on the Bay - Rai Trade via U Novaro 18 195 Rome, Italy tel: (39) 063 749 8315 fax: (39) 063 735 3521 email: cartoonsbay@raitrade.it web: www.raitrade.rai.it/cartoonsbay contact: Alfio Bastiancich - Director submission deadline: 20/1/00
International Film Festival of Uruguay 15-Apr - 30-Apr, Montevideo, Uruguay Cinemateca Urguaya Lorenzo Carneli 1311 11200 Montevideo, Uruguay tel: (59) 82 408 2460 fax: (59) 82 409 4572 email: cinemuy@chasque.apc.org web: www.cinemateca.org.uy contact: Manuel Martinez Carril - Director submission deadline: 15/2/00
International Istanbul Film Festival 15-Apr - 30-Apr, Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts Istklal Caddesi no. 146 Luvr Apt Beyoglu Istanbul, 80070 Turkey tel: (90) 212 293 3133 x21 fax: (90) 212 249 7771 email: film.fest@istfest-tr.org web: www.istfest.org contact: Hulya Ucansu submission deadline: 31/1/00
San Francisco International Film Festival 20-Apr - 4-May, San Francisco, USA 1521 Eddy Street San Francisco, CA 94115 USA tel: (1) 415 929 5000 fax: (1) 415 921 5032 email: sfiff@sfiff.org web: www.sfiff.org contact: Doug Jones contact organisers for submission dates
Mediawave International Festival of Visual Arts 25-Apr - 1-May, Gyor, Hungary Mediawave Foundation H-9028 Gyor, Soprani utca 45 Hungary tel: (36) 96 315 664 fax: (36) 96 315 664 email: filmgyor@interlog.com web: www.interlog.com/~filmgyor submission deadline: 10/1/00
St Barth Film Festival 25-Apr - 29-Apr, St Barth, Caribbean 410 West 24th Street no. 16k New York, NY 10011 USA tel: (1) 212 989 8004 fax: (1) 212 727 1774 email: jpharris@stbarthff.org web: www.stbarth.org contact: Joshua Harrison submission deadline: 15/3/00
Gen Art Film Festival 26-Apr - 2-May, New York, USA 145 W 28 Street no. 11C New York, NY 10001 USA tel: (1) 212 290 0312 fax: (1) 212 290 0254 email: balletta@negart.org web: www.genart.org contact: Dominick Balletta - Film Division Director submission deadline: 15/2/00
Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema 27-Apr - 7-May, Philadelphia, USA 3701 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA tel: (1) 215 865 6593 fax: (1) 215 895 6562 email: pfwc@ihphilly.org web: www.libertynet.org/pfwc contact: Phyllis Kaufman - Artistic Director contact organisers for submission dates
USA Film Festival 27-Apr - 4-May, Dallas, USA 6116 N Central Expressway Suite 105 Dallas, Texas 75206 USA tel: (1) 214 821 6300 fax: (1) 214 821 6364 web: www.usafilmfestival.com contact: Ann Alexander - Festival Director submission deadline: 3/3/00
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