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To garner the attention and recognition that will get a film distributed, entering film festivals is a must. With more than 500 festivals worldwide, each listing features detailed information, including contact names, addresses, Web sites, entry materials, entry deadlines, and fees. Insider information for each festival is also included, such as what types of features are shown most frequently, festival reputations, noteworthy celebrity sightings, location details, and more than a dozen interviews with festival industry professionals. It includes a listing of the 16 best festivals including the hugely diverse Berlin International Film Festival, the revamped and vastly improved Chicago International Film Festival, and the Valladolid International Film Festival, where A Clockwork Orange premiered. This book also includes a handy guide for film buffs who want to plan a vacation around an interesting festival in a marvelous setting, as well as film house listings for a great escape into the dark for a movie fix. ... Read more

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Very Good Book
This is an excellent book and a great guide to film festivals, for both filmmakers and film lovers

I wish there were more film festivals listed within this book, however, the important ones are covered

Hopefully, we'll also see an update of it soon

I recommend it to anyone who is submitting films to festivals, anytime soon

an excellent and succinct overview of festival process
I found this to be an excellent and helpful guide to navigating the filmfestival process. Most helpful were the pointers about how to save moneyapplying for film festivals and how not to "cancel out" yourchances at one festival by applying to another. Like with any guidebook,some of the entries will go out of date. That's why they should always bechecked before you apply to a particular festival. Most festivals will mailyou their application materials, so this book is a good starting point tofind which of the festivals are right for your film.

good source; bad contact info
This is a comprehensive guide to film festivals, however there are so many mistakes in the contact information:wrong phone and email addresses, no contact info, orinfo for one festival listed as contact info for another-- that contacting these festivals becomes an exercise in frustration.Idon't think all this is due to the fact that the pub date was 1998.Itappears that the info was never correct.Ugh! ... Read more

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Title: Worldwide Short Film Festival (6/14-19/05).(FESTIVAL WRAPS)
Author: Lindsay Gibb
Publication: Take One (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 14Issue: 51Page: 45(2)

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Chapters: 2001 Film Festivals, 2003 Film Festivals, 2004 Film Festivals, 2005 Film Festivals, 2006 Film Festivals, 2007 Film Festivals, 2008 Film Festivals, 2009 Film Festivals, 2010 Film Festivals, List of Films at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, 2007 Slamdance Film Festival, List of Films at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, 21st Ankara International Film Festival, 65th Venice International Film Festival, 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, 2003 Toronto International Film Festival, 2009 Cannes Film Festival, 2004 Toronto International Film Festival, 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, 63rd Venice International Film Festival, 62nd Venice International Film Festival, 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, 2006 Cannes Film Festival, 2007 Cannes Film Festival, 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival, 2008 Cannes Film Festival, 2004 New York Underground Film Festival, 2006 Sundance Film Festival, 2005 Cannes Film Festival, 2008 New York Underground Film Festival, 2003 New York Underground Film Festival, 2005 New York Underground Film Festival, 13th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, 12th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, 2007 Tropfest Finalists, 64th Venice International Film Festival, 2006 New York Underground Film Festival, 2003 Cannes Film Festival, 2009 Metro Manila Film Festival, 2007 New York Underground Film Festival, 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, 60th Berlin International Film Festival, 2004 Cannes Film Festival, 66th Venice International Film Festival, 2008 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, 2006 Bangkok International Film Festival, 16th Vietnam Film Festival, 2009 Sundance Film Festival, 2008 Tropfest Finalists, 15th Vietnam Film Festival, 13th Vietnam Film Festival, 14th Vietnam Film Festival, 59th Berlin International Film Festival, 1st Amsterdam Turkish Film Festival, Festival International de Films ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9164566 ... Read more

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Every winter, 8,000 feet above sea level in the Utah snow, the hopes and dreams of young moviemakers are put on display at the Sundance Film Festival--the haven for independent films where you can show up a kid and go home a star. In barely twenty years of existence, the festival--now overseen by Robert Redford's Sundance Institute--has assumed tremendous importance for today's film culture: during the annual ten-day event, tiny Park City is so overrun by agents, publicists, studio executives, and other Hollywood types that in 1988 they blew out the town's cell-phone relay system.

JOHN ANDERSON, chief film critic for New York Newsday, attended his ninth Sundance in 1999, but this time he did more than screen films and leap for tables at overbooked restaurants. He interviewed performers and filmmakers of all kinds, including top prize winners, but also uncovered the effect of all this ballyhoo on the indie film scene--and on the bemused Park City locals. Alongside the thoughts of Diane Lane, Steve Buscemi, Mike Figgis and other distinguished film people are conversations with festival volunteers, bus drivers, policemen, shopkeepers, and more. Together, they form the most candid, most fascinating, most hilarious, and most human-sized coverage of the Sundance Film Festival ever achieved. Join John Anderson as he goes...SUNDANCING

JOHN ANDERSON, chief film critic for New York Newsday, attended his ninth Sundance in 1999, but this time he did more than screen films and leap for tables at overbooked restaurants. He interviewed performers and filmmakers of all kinds, including top prize winners, but also uncovered the effect of all this ballyhoo on the indie film scene--and on the bemused Park City locals. Alongside the thoughts of Diane Lane, Steve Buscemi, Mike Figgis and other distinguished film people are conversations with festival volunteers, bus drivers, policemen, shopkeepers, and more. Together, they form the most candid, most fascinating, most hilarious, and most human-sized coverage of the Sundance Film Festival ever achieved. Join John Anderson as he goes...SUNDANCING ... Read more

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It draws a fair picture
A previous reviewer claimed author John Anderson was some kind of piteous wannabe. He didn't read this book very closely: it's not Anderson talking. The author almost completely relies on interviews with others; they make up 9/10ths of the book. It's an *oral history*, or maybe an oral snapshot, of the 1999 festival. I just got back from my first Sundance (2003) last month, and read this book afterwards. Very amusing, very "human-sized," as the back cover blurb puts it. Some movie suits are their own self-parodists; it's interesting to read about people who live in Park City, Utah all year and then get overrun for two weeks annually. This is not snobby at all, not whiny. It's fun and funny and true.

So sad . . . . .Just reeks of the empty life of a hanger-on
Far from informative, this book does nothing toward providing any sort of accurate rendition of the madness that has engulfed Sundance of late. Both the dashed dreams and the fulfilled hopes of the various players are often obscured by the author's tedious, hackneyed prose. Prosethat is so cliche-ridden I wonder whether the esteemed Mr. Anderson actually wrote it himself or simply gave the book as an assignment to another drear film student, a pre-John Anderson in its larval stage if you will. On every page we learn not so much about the Sundance festival or its participants as we discover Anderson's yearnings to fit into that world, to find a place for himself among the glamor and achievement that only true creators attain.Sour grapes and misgivings on every page, it might more aptly be titled "Tales of a Film Critic Nothing." ... Read more

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The world's most innovative new directors can't be found in Hollywood.

In the medium of film, the most important years of a filmmaker's life are in the beginning, when young directors can explore and expand their artistic visions and styles without the constraints of studio or marketplace demands. Such raw artistry, though fascinating, rarely reaches the public eye-until now. Chamberlain Bros. has gathered works from the premier film programs around the country and world from some of the hottest young directors, all of which are featured in this DVD collection. The accompanying book tells the story of each film's director through commentary and in-depth interviews, exploring individual approaches, and offering survival tips for the movie set and the classroom. Introduced by legendary independent filmmaker Roger Corman, here's a glimpse into the future of the moving image, a film festival no true cinemaphile can afford to miss. ... Read more

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WELL WORTH IT
For the person who simply likes unique films - this was well worth buying. A great behind the scenes look into how student films are made and the challenges they face and overcome. A nice variety; action, laugh-out-loud dark comedy,poignant drama. I wish there were more student film festival books/DVD's like this.

Wow.Eye-opening.
Worth reading to view another perspective of a film festival.Written like a documentary with interviews from participants in the festival.Good for other student filmmakers and anyone who wants to become a filmmaker.The dvd alone has enough to give you an eyeful of original filmmaking. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Take One, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2005. The length of the article is 950 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cannes Film Festival (5/11-22/05).(FESTIVAL WRAPS)
Author: Tom McSorley
Publication: Take One (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 14Issue: 51Page: 42(2)

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