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> AFM DAILIES November 5 - 12
AFM will welcome over 70 new exhibiting companies for 2014 edition
AFM 2014 Screening Schedule Now Available
Adam Carolla, comedian, podcast king, New York Times Best Selling Author...returns to AFM as a speaker

AFM 2014 Conference Line up
The AFM Conference Series gives attendees tremendous knowledge, insight, access, value and a rare opportunity to hear from the industry’s global thought leaders, decision makers and experts who all converge annually at the AFM. The AFM Conference Series will take place Friday Nov. 7 – Tuesday Nov. 11, from 9:15am – 12:45pm daily and will includ...
A Lifetime Love of Movies…by Jeff Cooke

Learn why 1,600 Buyers from 80+ countries attend AFM, by Thomas Mueller

Start with the End by Sarah Elizabeth Timmins

Get one in the can by Christina Marie


> FILMS IN FOCUS
The Rule of Lead - La Regola del Piombo For festival consideration

Trailer for Pseudonym, for festival consideration

Pseudonym enters the Festival Circuit, Tubingen, then Fantasporto
Force Majeure-Winner of Cannes Jury Prize-Un Certain Regard

The Rule of Lead - 30" Teaser
The Supreme Price: Documentary Empowering Women in Nigeria

"Two Days, One Night" Film Premiere at the 52nd New York Film Festival

Jo Coates: Director of Hide and Seek - interview

Five Debut Films Nominated for European Film Awards

The Rule of Lead - La Regola del Piombo

> THE AWARDS WATCH
The second annual Sunscreen Film Festival West Awards Hoovey with Best Film
25th Dinard Festival - And the winners are...

HAT TRICK as Australia takes the 2014 Iris Prize: All God’s Creatures directed by Brendon McDonall - Iris Prize
> PARTNERS NEWS
Fantasporto 2015 35th edition February 27th - March 7th
Submissions close December 5th
This year's edition will pay tribute to Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers and Orson Welles celebrating his 100th anniversary and screening new restored prints of Citizen Kane and Top Hat which opened 75 years ago. Both are in the Fantas Classics area.
The selection for shorts is only for fantasy ones, like always. Submissions are open and we are accepting online submissions.
Fantasporto's blog I Website www.fantasporto.com
The Nashville Film Festival 46th Annual April 16 - 25, 2015
The Nashville Film Festival is proud to bring the world to Nashville through a celebration of the diversity of the human spirit expressed through the art of film. In year-round programs, NaFF helps build a more informed, collaborative and alive community.
The call for entries for the 2015 Nashville Film Festival is now open. Make sure to enter your film today. We offer cash and prizes valued at over $54,000 and qualify Live Action, Animated and Documentary Short Films for Academy Award™ consideration. SUBMIT VIA WAB or use the Call for Entry 2015 .
Nashville Film Festival's blog I Website: www.nashvillefilmfestival.org
The Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) March 25 - 29, 2015
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Final deadline is January 30th 2015. Please submit via "Withoutabox"
The Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) is presented by the Sonoma Film Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, as a welcoming, entertaining and inspiring cinematic experience that supports and promotes independent films, celebrates the cultural diversity in the Sonoma Valley through film, and funds visual arts in education.
"2014" - 220 Filmmakers - 14 countries - 114 films
Named one of America's "Top Ten Destination Film Festivals," Sonoma prides itself on giving every filmmaker the royal treatment. Celebrated as one of the friendliest and most uplifting festivals on the circuit. SUBMIT
Sonoma International Film Festival's blog I Website www.sonomafilmfest.org
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival April 23 - May 3, 2015
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EARLY-BIRD DEADLINE – November 19, 2014
Hot Docs (www.hotdocs.ca), North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market, will present its 22nd annual edition from April 23 – May 3, 2015. An outstanding selection of approximately 200 documentaries from Canada and around the world will be presented to Toronto audiences and international delegates. Hot Docs will also mount a full roster of conference sessions and market events and services for documentary practitioners, including the renowned Hot Docs Forum, Hot Docs Deal Maker and The Doc Shop. In partnership with Blue Ice Group, Hot Docs operates the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, a century-old landmark located in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood.
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival's blog I Website http://www.hotdocs.ca/
New York Int'l Children's Film Festival February 27 - March 22, 2015
Final Deadline for Shorts Oct 14, 2014 - Final Deadline for Feature Films Nov 10, 2014
New York Int'l Children's Film Festival is North America's film festival for children and teens. Each year the Festival presents 100 animated, live action and experimental shorts and features from around the world plus retrospectives, filmmaker Q&As, workshops, audience voting, and an annual Awards Ceremony.
We are looking for creative, original, non-formulaic short and feature films that support our mission to create a more dynamic film culture for children and teens. We often program films that were not created with a young audience in mind, but are received passionately and enthusiastically by attendees ages 3-18 nonetheless. We are not shy about showing films with mature themes, subject matter, language or sensibilities.
Members of the Festival jury include Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Bill Plympton, Christine Vachon, James Schamus, Henry Selick and Gus van Sant, among others. The Festival is an Academy®-qualifying festival. SUBMIT
NYICFF's blog I Website www.gkids.com
The Myrtle Beach International Film Festival April 22 -25, 2015
This will mark the 10th year anniversary of the festival ranked one of the top 25 film festivals in the World by Movie Maker Magazine.
We are open to all genres. MBIFF also has a budget category, so a film with a 10 thousand dollar budget does not compete against a project with a 10 million dollar budget (with the exception of the overall winner).
We have been quoted as the best or one of the best festivals ever attended by films makers around the globe.
We are passionate about film and it shows! Submit by January 10th 2015
Myrtle Beach International Film Festival's blog I Website http://www.myrtlebeachfilmfestival.com/
The Garden State Film Festival
2015 Call for Entries is OPEN NOW!!!
The Garden State Film Festival was founded to promote the art of filmmaking on all levels by showcasing a wide variety of film, video and animated works as well as provide educational programs in the creative arts to the public by industry leaders. The artistic philosophy of the Garden State Film Festival is rooted in the celebration of the independent film genre and the creation of a forum where local and other independent filmmakers can exhibit their work. Film, Screenplay and Movie Music competitions all open now!!
Film EntriesScreenplay Competition
Movie Music Competition
The Garden State Film Festival's blog I Website http://www.gsff.org
L Europe autour de l' Europe Festival calling for entry for 2015


> THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT
Why take your movie to a film festival?

Features in competition in Mallorca

Budapest Film Week Day 3

Day 2 of the MAGYAR FILMHÉT Budapest Film Week

41st edition of Film Fest Gent has kicked off!

Jon Fitzgerald's new Hollywood Film Festival is almost there with a cause...

Other Worlds Austin Announces Full Film Slate

The EFM Goes Serial
Opening Night of the New Hungarian Film Week with a tribute to Kertész
Fourth Annual Napa Valley Film Festival Announces Film Line-Up, Special Events and Celebrity Tribute Honorees

52nd NY Film Fest Closing Night Gala Presentation of Birdman Red Carpet Photos

> PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
EFA Board Elections 2014 - Vote now! Bruno Chatelin stands for re election

The man behind the Festival Policy of Renault in Cannes, Venice...
2014 Evolutionary Award for Actress Ana de Armas
Dieter Kosslick to receive the Innovation Prize from the International Economic Forum Baden-Baden (IEF)

Dani Rovira hosting the 29th Goya Awards

Perspektive Deutsches Kino: Marie Bäumer to be Jury President of “FGYO-Award Dialogue en perspective”

Stockholm Achievement Award 2014 goes to Uma Thurman

Visiting guests during the 2014 Stockholm International Film Festival

EFA Board Elections 2014 - EFA Members are invited to vote now!

“Two Days, One Night” Marion Cotillard

> STRICTLY BUSINESS
November 2014 Acting Intensive Workshop in Palma de Mallorca
Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum Award 2014 for the best project

The Inaugural ZURICH SUMMIT, on invitation only, ready to kick off
Filmfestivals.com renews partnership with IFFS for the 11th Annual International Film Festival Summit in Austin

Need more and better film submissions for your festival? don't miss the one month booster
> LES NOUVELLES DU CIRCUIT FRANCOPHONE
Le programme des conférences de Screen4All Forum
La 7e édition du Festival du film polonais KINOPOLSKA 2014 aura lieu du 11 au 16 novembre au Cinéma Le Balzac à Paris.
Clôture de Dinard 2014 en Images

Catherine Deneuve est l'invitée du 16e Mumbai Film Festival.
Devenez membre du jury « Prix OFAJ - Dialogue en perspective » à la Berlinale, rejoignez Marie Baümer : Présidente du jury

PIERRE CLÉMENTI, MAGIC MALIK, JOANA PREISS - DEMAIN SOIR À L'ÉGLISE SAINT-MERRY (PARIS)
Le Festival des cinémas différents et expérimentaux de Paris
3 grands cinéastes allemands à Pessac pour le festival de Film d'Histoire
3 grands cinÉastes allemands A Pessac pour le festival de Film d'Histoire
Palmarès 2014 du Festival de Dinard du Film Britannique: The Goob remporte le Hitchcok d'Or

> COVERAGE FROM CANNES
The exhaustive coverage of Cannes competitions as PDF
Your Cannes Market Dailies as PDF
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