from Lancaster Children's Film Festival Lancaster Children’s Film Festival (LancsCFF) is issuing a call for entries for the upcoming 2010 festival, to take place from October 23rd-October 30th.  Screenings will take place in Lancaster’s Dukes Cinema.  For entry form and requirements go to: http://www.lancasterchildrensfilmfestival.co.uk/submissions  

From Encounters International Film Festival This is just a gentle reminder that Encounters International Film Festival’s Early bird submission prices end on Monday 31st May.  After this date the cost of DVD entries will rise from £20 to £25. However, we are still offering filmmakers the opportunity to submit their films digitally to us for the reduced price of £15.  So far almost 70%…

After a successful first week, the festival goes on for a second week. Directors came from France and the US; prizes went to Colombia and Japan; and appreciative audiences enjoyed four competition programmes, a panorama showing and an eye-bending retrospective from Ian Helliwell with plenty of questions to answer. Traditional film projectors were also in evidence, to show the distinctive collage…

New films from Woody Allen, Mike Leigh, Stephen Frears, Jean-Luc Goddard and Oliver Stone will premiere at the 63rd Festival de Cannes, while Ridley Scott's Robin Hood is the opening night film. Running from May 12 to May 23, the event also sees the debut of Enda 'Hunger' Walsh's tantalising collaboration with Hideo 'The Ring' Nakata, Chatroom, Woody Allen's London shot You Will Meet a Tall Dark…

CANNES in a VAN (www.cannesinavan.com) - who brought Franny Armstron'g landmark Age of Stupid to the festival last year, from the back of a transit - is returning to Cannes and is looking for spponsors. More info from CIAV's Sam Clements below: Cannes in a Van, the four-wheeled film festival, has come up with an innovative way to fund this year's trip to Cannes in May. Their plan is to…

THE 8th Hull International Short Film Festival - Glimmer - gets underway on the 19th of April (until the 25th) and includes a look at the work of Jeff Keen, a retrospective of a 14-year-old filmmaker and the UK festival premiere of the Werner Herzog narrated Plastic Bag. While I wonder if it is the same plastic bag who made an unforgettable screen debut in American Beauty, you can check out the f…

from Renderyard publicist The Renderyard Short Film Festival runs from 8th to 10th October 2010 and supports the screening of new short films and animations including documentaries and this year feature films. The Festival also includes music videos and film scripts and film scores. The Festival is held in London and Spain. We screen in central London at the Roxy Bar & Screen. And in…

from CIS8FF publicist Cambridge International Super 8 Film Festival - Free film festival from the 22nd of April 2010 to the 1st of May 2010 in Cambridge (UK). In 2009, the third Cambridge International Super 8 Film Festival was hailed a resounding success with more than 88 short films shown in four days! More than 20 filmmakers from all around the world joined the festival for a great  days of…

AND 2010 - 15 March - 10 April 2010 This Spring, AND will lead you on a digital journey across real and virtual worlds, set against the scenic backdrops of Cumbria and Lancashire - abandon the city and head for the hills.... Expect strange, playful and radical interventions across the northwest's natural landscape, with high-wire adventures in Grizedale Forest,an inflatable cinema in Preston…