Festivals

The Lions of Documentary Films are Gathering
at the Plimouth Plantation in July

BE THERE!!!

This summer The Plymouth Independent Film Festival, PIFF ’06 presents the Year of the Documentary. The filmmakers who produced GIMME SHELTER, BOB DYLAN: DON’T LOOK BACK, CRISIS, PRIMARY, GREY GARDENS and more will offer workshops, discussion groups and screenings of their films followed by Q&A sessions.

Visit www.plyfilmfest.org today. This summer visit Plymouth, Massachusetts between July 20th and July 23rd to network and learn from the legends of documentary film:
Ricky Leacock
Robert Drew
Albert Maysles
D.A. Pennebaker
MGlorianna Davenport (Founder of the Media Fabrics at the MIT Media Lab)
Michel Negroponte
Nell Cox
MJ Doherty
Ann MacIntosh
and surprise guests!!!

Opening Night at Plimoth Plantation, July 20th will feature jazz musicians Stan Strickland and Chris Janney and art and installations by artist Carole Bolsey.

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
The 18th annual Boston Jewish Film Festival (BJFF) Nov. 1-12, 2006.

BJFF screens films and videos that highlight the Jewish experience; explore Jewish culture/heritage/history; or are of particular interest to the Jewish community. BJFF presents narrative, documentary, animated and experimental works. We do not screen works in progress. Films submitted must be available for presentation in 35mm, Beta SP or DVD. Works can be of any length. The early deadline is May 1 with a $15.00 entry fee. The late deadline is May 22 with a $25.00 entry fee. Please note there is no entry fee for international entries. Films must have been completed after January 2004, and should be Massachusetts premieres. Entry forms available on our website at: www.bjff.org. For more information e-mail: programming@bjff.org

Billyburg Short Film Festival

The Billyburg Short Film Festival is a competitive film and video festival, and a celebration of a diverse collection of short filmmakers. It is founded on the principle of expanding the independent film market through the short film, a stepping-stone for all independent filmmakers. The BSFF is also dedicated to enriching the Williamsburg film community, a convergence of up and coming artists and filmmakers, by gathering prominent industry members to a core Williamsburg event. Early every summer, the BSFF showcases talented filmmakers, artists and musicians to an audience of peers and industry leaders to enhance the spirit of independent film. http://www.rabbitinaturtleshell.com

Filmmakers Workshop

Filmmakers Workshop offers Boston area independent media artists a non-competitive, supportive community to strengthen their work. The screenings and workshops (held on the third Wednesday of each month) enhance the quality of projects produced from the pitch to the completed work by offering filmmakers informal professional development opportunities, constructive feedback, and a chance to network with their peers.

Filmmakers Workshop has openings to screen rough cuts at our March and April workshops. If would would like feedback on your film from a supportive group of your peers in the beautiful Bernard Toale Gallery, submit your film project today. All genres welcome.

Contact Megan Gelstein at megan@filmmakersworkshop.org.

JHRTS Film Festival

Are you a filmmaker, or know a filmmaker trying to break into the television industry? JHRTS is here to help. Submissions for the 2006 JHRTS Film Festival are now being accepted from amateur filmmakers across the country. The top 5 films will be screened June 5th for television agents, managers, executives, and producers at the 2006 JHRTS Film Festival Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills. Entry deadline is April 3rd. The entry form and informational flyer are attached or can be found at: www.JHRTS.com. Email us at JHRTSFILMFESTIVAL@GMAIL.COM with any additional questions.

Submissions Needed - Naked Eye College Film Festival

The New England Institute of Art and the Provincetown Film Festival are sponsoring the Naked Eye College Film Festival. It is an exciting project that we hope will catch on and become a regular fixture on the schedules of aspiring student filmmakers every year. The festival will be held at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Massachusetts for three nights. It will be linked to the Provincetown International Film Festival where students will be exposed to an even larger audience.

It is a juried festival with student entries competing in five categories. The top contenders and winners will have a single screening at the Coolidge on April 25. On April 26, there will be a special screening featuring the winners of the NextFrame Film Festival from Temple University in Philadelphia. The final evening, April 27, we will screen the runners up of the Naked Eye Festival. All the top entries will be sent to Provincetown for its college category.

This is an opportunity for students to meet one another, network, see the quality of other student work and have a chance for their video/films to appear at a higher profile festival.

If you know - or are - a student film/video maker, we'd love your short piece.

Go to Naked Eye Film Festival.

The Ivy Film Festival submission deadlines are fast approaching! Student films must be postmarked by Feb 1st or Feb 15th (late deadline). Students can find submission materials at our website: www.IvyFilmFestival.com.

Base Film Festival

Base Film Festival: The 2nd International festival of film school will be at Terrassa ( Barcelona ) July 4-8, 2006. The festival’s aim is to build a bridge to connect students with professionals, through the exhibitions of the school projects. The festival is the perfect landscape to share experiences and projects, to analyze the trends and media and it’s a platform to present and support the student's integration into the cinema market.

The festival will organize workshops, masterclass, and roundtables, for discuss about the development of new technologies.

The deadline for the works entry is March 13, 2006.

Download the rules and regulations (PDF).

Download the entry form (Excel).

For further infomation:
Contact: coordinacionbff@escac.es

Festival Directory for Students - An excellent source of information on student oriented festivals and other useful information.

Sofanet - This link is specifically for student entries

Withoutabox - This is a service that enables you to choose from hundreds of festivals and enter then easily on line. Here you can enter information and a press kit describing your film/video and send it electronically each time you enter a festival. It saves tons of time and is a very useful tool for anyone who plans to enter numerous film and video festivals.

Filmmaker Magazine.com - This site has an expansive list of festivals around the globe, tilted a bit towards the unconventional and alternative.

Shoots.com - A comprehensive listing of film and video festivals around the world.
FilmFestivals.com More worldwide listings, a little more geared for attendance than entry.

FilmLand - This site lists film/video festivals around the world according to month of the year.

Sivideo - This is a Producer's Resources site, but also includes links to almost 200 festival websites.

InsideFilm - This site is posted by Inside Film Magazine and is a comprehensive listing of film and video festivals worldwide with links to each festival's homepage.

Directory of International Film Festivals - This is a British site that offers a comprehensive listing as well as useful information for film and video makers.