Zlin Festival is one of the oldest festivals dedicated to films for children and youth. Films compete in six sections - film for children, for youth, animated film, European debuts, student films and films from Visegrad countries. The project is supported by the Czech Parliament and Ministry of Culture, the EU Media Programme and the International Visegrad Fund. Festival is held under the auspices the Czech UNESCO Commission and the Czech UNICEF Commission. For more information, visit www.zlinfest.cz.

The Zimbabwe International Film Festival (ZIFF) is back for its 9th edition. The event screens feature films, documentaries and short films from any genre. The films will be up for 11 coveted Mweya awards at the annual Closing Night ceremony on Saturday Sept. 2, 2006. In 2006, the festival will be bringing audiences in Harare, Chitungwiza and Bulawayo the best in world cinema. For more information, visit www.ziff.co.zw.

Tired of paying just to have your project looked at? We are too. That is why we DON'T charge a submission fee. ZIFF 2004 is an irreverent film/video festival in its SIXTH year, held in San Francisco in the backyard of a bar called Zeitgeist (seats 300). We seek short films/videos (under 15 minutes) in any category /genre that will hold the attention of the average bar patron. Formats: 16mm, vhs, mini-dv. Preview on VHS (NTSC). Entry Fee: NO ENTRY FEE

Zagreb: 16th World Festival of Animated Films is an ASIFA sanctioned competitive festival. The festival was formed in 1969 to encouraging creativity, which eschews pre-set patterns and ideas/notions/conceptions, and finds new ways of exploring the possibilities of film animation. It is accepting all animation works completed in 2002 or after. Awards with cash prizes will be given as follows: grand prize, best first production, best student film, plus five special prizes and three special distinctions. For more information, visit http://www.animafest.hr.

Zagreb is perhaps the hidden gem that has survived through some terribly tough times and blows. Borivoj "Bordo" Dovnikovic supplies us with a history and look at Zagreb today. >Click here!

Call for Films!
York Independent Film Festival is an annual competitive festival held in York, England.
The 2002 festival will be held at the University of York on 23rd and 24th of February, and entries are now being accepted.
Deadline for entries is January 12th 2002, and entry is FREE.
Awards are to be given in the following categories:
Best Animation,
Best Documentary,
Best Feature,
Best Short,
Best in Festival.
Entries will be shown in the following formats:- 35mm, 16mm, PAL Beta, PAL DV. Please note: VHS copies are required for selection purposes but films will NOT be screened on this format at the festival.
The festival will be a publicly advertised and attended event (not a students-only festival).
For details about how to enter, please see the festival website (www.yorkfilmfestival.org) or email the
information desk (info@yorkfilmfestival.org).

York Independent Film Festival, now in its third year, is due to take place in March at the luxury city centre City Screen cinema in York, England. The festival is competetive and has awards in the following categories:
Best Feature
Best Short
Best Documentary
Best Animation
Best Short-Short
Best In Festival.
Honourable mentions may also be given out should the judges feel that films merit them. VHS tapes are required for selection purposes, with an entry deadline of December 2nd. Films can be shown in 35mm, BetaSP (PAL only) or digiBeta. Entry fees are based upon film length, please see our application form for details (www.yorkfilmfestival.org). For reference, a short film under 60 minutes in length costs no more than 10 pounds sterling to submit. Films selected will receive assistance with shipping costs.

The Xth Edition of the Image Workshop "Zero on Behavior",Coordinated by the CGAI and the Master in Digital Creation and Communication, feature this year an amazing program of recognized international lecturers, an overview of the state of the art in 3D computer graphics and its role in media:


-Gabriel White (Digital Artist 3D.MillFilm, UK)


-Mike Milne (Director of Computer Animation.
Framestore CFC, UK)


-Juan Buhler (Lead Effects Animator. PDI/Dreamworks, San Francisco,USA)


-Juan Tomicic (Daiquiri/Spainbox, Spain)


-Juan Nouche, Alberto Taracido, Javier Reigada y David Caeiro (Dygra Films, Spain)


-Isaac Kerlow (Director Digital Production and Talent, Technology and New Media. Walt Disney Company, Los Angeles, USA)



The aids to the digital creation in Europe, Spain and Galicia will be discussed with :


-Ignacio Otero, Director of the Audiovisual Production and Social Communication, Xunta de Galicia.Spain.


-Jesus Hernadez, Mediadesk Spain.



There will be screenings every day affter the conferences:

Shrek,
Episode II: Attack of the Clones,
The Living Forest,
Walking with Beasts and
Black Hawk Down, among others.

http://mccd.udc.es/mundosdigitales or

http://www.cgai.org

The Wrexham Science Film Festival is looking for short films between 30 seconds and 10 minutes based on the theme of science. The deadline for entering your short films is the 20th March 2007. To find out more information about the film festival and the Wrexham Science Festival please visit http://www.scifilm.co.uk

The Science Festival is the very last event of an 8 day science festival where Cosgrovehall Films, Hot Animations and Mackinnon & Saunders will be exhibiting and running seminars during the 8 day festival. There could be some fantastic opportunities for film makers and animators who enter the Science Film Festival as your shorts films will be seen be a whole range of industry professionals and also some great opportunities for networking and finding those valuable leads and contacts. You can enter as many films as you like, so longs they relate to science in one way or another. You can download a submission form from http://www.scifilm.co.uk

The Worldwide Short Film Festival is fast becoming one of the world's premier short film festivals, presenting the finest short films from around the world and attracting buyers and distributors. Highlights of this year's event include: a Spotlight on Mexico; Classic Silent Shorts; Animators Perspective program; Midnight Mania, Celebrity Shorts, Award-Winners from around the world; More than $40,000 in cash and prizes; and Short Films, BIG IDEAS: A Symposium on the Art and Commerce of Short Filmmaking. The event is accredited by the Academy Awards. For more information, visit www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com.

Founded in August 1961, WorldFest is the third oldest competitive International film festival in North America. It gave first honors and awards to Spielberg, George Lucas, Randall Kleiser, Ridley Scott, Ang Lee, The Coen Brothers, Robert Rodriguez and many more. It screens 50-60 new features and around 100 new shorts, in 35mm and digital video DLP projection in a large commercial theater complex. The event provides great networking as more than 450 international filmmakers attend, and the general audience exceeds 25,000 at the 10-day event. There is an awards gala, parties, Texas BBQ, regatta on the bay, VIP tour of NASA, Festival Club (no stinkin' badges required) and six professional production seminars. For more information, visit http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/03/oct/houston.shtml.