From the Whitby in Shorts film festival [please use the copy from Word function, when copying from Word - and preferably just use a text editor! thanks, Ed] Great news! The "WHITBY IN SHORTS" INTERNATIONAL SHORT-FILM FESTIVAL is on! From September 5th to September 13th 2009 (inclusive), WiSiS-FF will host 240 of the very best short-films in the world. From 1st March, the Festival, known to the…

For the second year, Edinburgh's Africa in Motion (AiM) film festival is inviting African filmmakers to submit short films of up to 30 minutes for the festival's short film competition. In order to target the competition specifically towards young and emerging African film talent, filmmakers who enter a film for consideration must not have completed a feature-length film previously. Films entered…

SHORT FILMS ARE EVERYWHERE NOW! In metros, airports, shopping centres, trains… ART BY CHANCE is the brand new “Ultra Short Film Festival” that will be aired in May 2009 all around the world. Films will meet with us un expectedly  in 6 countries; US,UK, Canada, Turkey, Netherlands, Germany and 26 cities. New ones adding to the list everyday. Bes…

The 2009 Edinburgh International Film Festival is open for submissions. You can submit online through the EIFF website or download a form and mail it to them or submit through withoutabox. The 63rd EIFF will take place from 17 – 28 June in Edinburgh.  The Festival is internationally regarded as a focus for discovery, a celebration of cinema, a centre of debate and a catalyst for…

17th Raindance Film Festival 30 September - 11 October 2009 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS   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, journalist…

The projector with teeth returns as the institution formerly known as Halloween rides into town for a a short film extravaganza spanning 13 programmes in ten venues across London. Highlights include a Berlin programme from Dazzle with Interfilm, a Kris Marhsall retrospective, a free Duane Hopkins screening, and the competitions, including the Vauxhaul Auteur Theory £750 prize for best aut…

Two of the largest film festivals in the UK get underway this week, providing a wealth of films for those who are in the North of England. Tuesday 4th November sees the opening of the 22nd Leeds International Film Festival (www.leedsfilm.com), which runs from 4th-16th November, whilst Wednesday 5th November will see the start of the Sheffield Doc/Fest, (www.sheffdocfest.com )  which r…

Oska Bright Film Festival 2009 is now open for submission of short films made by learning disabled artists. Submitted by Lisa Wolfe. Oska Bright is the key national festival of films made by, and for, the learning disabled community. Now in its fourth year, the festival screens up to 40 short films, selected by the Oska Bright committee. Any genre welcome, must be under 10 minutes. Dead…

The Blue Tower - the first feature by award-winning Indian British writer/director Smita Bhide, set in Southall, West London's colourful and bustling Indian community - picked up the best British Film at Raindance 2008 , which came to a close as the 52nd London Film Festival kicked off with the world premiere of Frost/Nixon. Mohan dreams of escape: from his unhappy marriage, his overb…