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EARLY & LATE DEADLINES IN DECEMBER
For more listings, check out http://www.insidefilm.com/calendar.html
China-American Film Festival (May 2005, China)
Deadline: Dec. 15, 2004
Web site: http://CAFF.theRoseGroup.org
Registration Fee: $15 student/ $30 others
The China-American Film Festival is looking for short films featuring individuals or groups engaged in cross-cultural endeavors for the betterment of communities across the United states or China. The top three winners of the competition will receive a cash award of $1500, in addition to travel to beijing, China, to participate in the prestigious Beijing Student Film festival.
Full Frame (April 7-10, 2005 NC)
Deadline: Oct.15 (early), 2004 / No.15, 2004 (regular)/ Dec.15, 2004 (late)
Web site: www.fullframefest.org
Registration Fee: $35/ $45/ $55
Now recognized as the premier documentary film festival in the United States by both The New York Times and indieWIRE, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (formerly the DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival) celebrates the power and artistry of documentary film
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (Oct. 7-13, 2005, Japan)
Deadline: Dec. 15, 2004 & Apr.15, 2005
Web site: www.city.yamagata.jp/yidff/
Registration Fee:
The program for the festival is currently taking shape, including staples such as the international competition and New Asian currents, and a diverse array of other screening programs.
SXSW (march 11-19, 2005, Austin TX)
Deadline: Nov.8, 2004 & Dec.6, 2005
Web site:www.sxsw.com
Registration Fee:$25->$40
The SXSW FILM CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL emphasizes on all aspects of the art and business of independent filmmaking. The Festival has gained international acclaim for the quality of its programming with a special focus on emerging talents who bask in being included in the company of the cinematic greats whose work is regularly presented.
Desert Reel Film Festival (April 21-24, 2005, Midland and Odessa TX)
Deadline: Dec.5, 2005
Web site:www.desertreel.com
Registration Fee:$15 student
The Desert Reel Film Festival is a festival created by people who truly appreciate independent film. It was founded upon the idea of showcasing local works of film and digital art. After much planning, the Desert Reel Film Festival debuted in 2004 with films not only from the Midland/Odessa area, but from across the country. The festival exposed the community to an element of film that was not often seen in the area.
San Francisco International Film Festival (April 21-May 5, 2005, San Francisco CA)
Deadline: Nov. 19/ Dec.10, 2005
Web site:www.sffs.org
Registration Fee:$30-$70 student
The mission of the San Francisco Film Society is to foster an appreciation for film, video and other moving-image media, and to preserve and disseminate knowledge about them as powerful means both of aesthetic expression and of cultural understanding. We serve and seek to expand a multinational and multicultural community of artists and audiences through year-round exhibition, education, annotation, advocacy, encouragement of artists and celebration.
Smog Dance (January, 2005, Pamona CA)
Deadline: Dec.15, 2005
Web site:www.smogdance.com
Registration Fee:$20
Accepting: experimental, animated, comedy and sci fi/fantasy.
International Jewish Student Film Festival at USC (Feb. 27, LA CA)
Deadline: extended to Dec. 31
Web site: www.JFFfilmfest.com
Registration Fee: none
Must be written, directed or produced by a jewish film student, or recent graduate of a film program.
Queer Film Festival (Feb. 24-27, U. of Oregon)
Deadline: Dec. 1
Web site: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~qff/
Registration Fee: none
Cash Prizes. Include 250 word statement about what makes your film queer.
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