JAWS documentary THE SHARK IS STILL WORKING will debut as part of the Los Angeles United Film Festival on May 2.

The documentary features appearances by Steven Spielberg, Richard Dreyfuss, Kevin Smith, Bryan Singer and M. Night Shyamalan and is narrated by Roy Scheider.

Screenings are at 9:45 p.m. Saturday, May 2 and midnight on Sunday, May 3 at the Los Feliz 3 Cinemas (1822 Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027).

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The Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival (LAJFF) highlights and celebrates the diversity of the Jewish experience through film. With its focus on Jewish identity, LAJFF informs and inspires its audience. By featuring films that deal with Jewish culture, history, traditions, challenges and characters, LAJFF deepens Jewish values, promotes ideas of tolerance and encourages a new dialogue within the greater Los Angeles Community. In our fourth year, LAJFF will introduce an international line-up of new films including comedies, dramas, documentaries, shorts and animated films. Many of the programs are co-produced with community partners and will be enhanced by exciting panel discussions with filmmakers, actors and special guests. The 2009 fest schedule: Music Hall/Beverly Hills 25-Apr 8:00, WHERE I STAND: THE HANK GREENSPUN STORY Music Hall/Beverly Hills 26-Apr 2:30, LEMON TREE Music Hall/Beverly Hills 26-Apr 5:00, TOYLAND/NOT IDLY Music Hall/Beverly Hills 26-Apr 7:30, BEAU JEST Music Hall/Beverly Hills 27-Apr 7:30, YOO-HOO, MRS. GOLDBERG/AT HOME IN UTOPIA Music Hall/Beverly Hills 28-Apr 7:30, HEY HEY IT'S ESTHER BLUEBURGER Music Hall/Beverly Hills 29-Apr 7:30, ONE DAY YOU'LL UNDERSTAND Town Center 5/Encino 25-Apr 8:00, HEY HEY IT'S ESTHER BLUEBURGER Town Center 5/Encino 26-Apr 3:00, STUDENT FILM PROGRAM Town Center 5/Encino 26-Apr 5:00, HOLYLAND HARDBALL Town Center 5/Encino 26-Apr 7:30, JUMP Town Center 5/Encino 27-Apr 7:30, MAKING THE CROOKED STRAIGHT/REFUGEES Town Center 5/Encino 28-Apr 7:30, THE ROAD TO TEL AVIV/THE CASE FOR ISRAEL Town Center 5/Encino 29-Apr 7:30, LETTERS FOR JENNY Town Center 5/Encino 30-Apr 7:30, THE BROTHERS WARNER Fallbrook 7/West Hills 25-Apr 7:30, BROKEN PROMISE Playhouse 7/Pasadena 28-Apr 7:30, BEAU JEST

The 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival, a celebration of international and independent film and filmmakers, will run April 23-May 7, 2009. The call for entries for narrative features, documentary features and short films is now open. The primary deadline is Friday, November 7 and the final deadline is Friday, December 5, 2008. The longest-running film festival in the Americas, the San Francisco International Film Festival has built an international reputation for bringing the world's finest films and filmmakers together with passionate and enthusiastic Bay Area audiences. Visionary from the start, the S.F. International has shown nearly 6,000 films from over 120 countries to nearly two million people and earned worldwide recognition as an extraordinary showcase of cinematic excellence. The 15-day festival presents 200 films from 50 countries to an audience of 80,000 film lovers, filmmakers, industry representatives and journalists and awards $80,000 in cash prizes to filmmakers. Narrative features, documentaries, shorts, animation, experimental, youth-produced and television works on film, video and digital media which have been completed after January 1, 2008 may be submitted. The Festival highlights current trends in international film and video production with an emphasis on work that has not yet secured U.S. distribution. Entry form and information can be found at http://www.sffs.org/sfiff/enter.html. San Francisco Film Society members at the Filmmaker Pro level are eligible for a discount on SFIFF entry fees. More information about SFFS membership can be found at www.sffs.org/membership. Documentaries, shorts, animation, experimental, youth-produced and television works are eligible for 15 Golden Gate Awards and cash prizes totaling $80,000. SFIFF52 will inaugurate the Golden Gate Award for Best Investigative Documentary Feature to $20,000 and with a juried cash prize of $25,000. This new award, along with increases in the purse for Best Documentary FeatureBest Bay Area Documentary Feature to $15,000 will enable the Festival to showcase the world's finest nonfiction works. Additional prizes of goods and services TBA. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizes the San Francisco International Film Festival as a qualifying festival for the live action, animated and documentary short categories of the 81st annual Academy Awards. First features by emerging filmmakers will be considered for the $15,000 New Directors Prize, established in 1997 by the Festival to recognize a film with a unique artistic sensibility or vision. Narrative features are eligible to be considered for the FIPRESCI Prize, awarded by members of the International Federation of Film Critics. The San Francisco International Film Festival is one of only three North American film festivals selected to award a FIPRESCI Prize. Audience Awards will be given to the Best Narrative Feature and the Best Documentary Feature. The Chris Holter Award for Humor in Film includes a $3,500 prize. The Golden Gate Awards, New Directors Prize, Holter Award and FIPRESCI Prize winners will be announced at the Golden Gate Awards celebration on Wednesday, May 6. The Audience Awards will be announced on Closing Night, Thursday, May 7.

The Video Festival Imperia is organized by the Cineforum of Imperia and is open to amateurs and professionals. The festival is now at its fourth edition and will take place in Imperia, Italy from April 22-26, 2009. Deadline for foreign works is February 23, 2009.

The international category is reserved to foreign authors. The sections are: Short, Documentary, Animation with an unlimited running time. Works must be subtitled in Italian, French or English. Prizes will go to winners in each section.

Participation is free, go to http://www.videofestivalimperia.org for more information.

The NAB Show is the world's largest professional digital media industry convention. The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has been hosting this event for over 80 years for all traditional broadcast, entertainment and emerging platform industries, including TV, Radio, Film, Internet and many others. Organizers of the NAB Show have announced the featured speakers and highlights of the 2009 Content Theater. Featuring content and insights from blockbuster animated features, harrowing documentaries, and legendary industry executives, the 2009 NAB Show's Content Theater will be one of the highlight venues during the NAB Show. Unveiled in 2008, the NAB Show Content Theater showcases the most innovative cinema, television, online and mobile filmed entertainment, and examines how it was created using new tools and technologies found on the Show floor. The 2009 Content Theater is part of the NAB Show's overall Content Central exhibit area, located in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Highlights will include: -- Pixar Animation Studios -- Case Study: Pixar Stereoscopic With two Disney Pixar films releasing in Disney Digital 3D in 2009, Pixar is moving to the forefront of 3D cinema. This case study will examine the use of 3D in Pixar's storytelling, the process developed for resurrecting and converting 14-year-old images to release TOY STORY in 3D on October 2, and the production pipeline designed for Disney Pixar's first feature film in 3D, UP, opening nationwide on May 29. The speakers will be Josh Hollander, Director of Stereoscopic Production, and Bob Whitehill, Stereoscopic Supervisor. The presentation will include special content, not to be missed. -- The Jim Henson Company -- Case Study: Jim Henson's Creature Shop -- Performing animated characters in real time. Kerry Shea, Head of Digital Production demonstrates the cutting edge technology from Jim Henson's Creature Shop that allows Henson puppeteers to perform animated characters in real time by combining mechanical input technology, motion capture and a proprietary real time viewer. The session will feature special guest, Sid, star of the PBS KIDS animated preschool series SID THE SCIENCE KID. -- Animal Planet --- Case Study: "Walk the Lion" In Animal Planet's upcoming series WALK THE LION, large predator expert Dave Salmoni embarked on the journey of a lifetime. For six months, Salmoni lived among a pride of lions, alone, in the African wilderness where his experience and knowledge as a zoologist and large cat expert was put to the test. In this case study, Salmoni will talk about the technology and production techniques that were used to create this groundbreaking and challenging documentary. Television personality and entertainment business executive Robin Leach will serve as the host for the Content Theater sessions on Tuesday, April 21. The NAB Show will take place April 18-23, 2009 in Las Vegas (exhibits open April 20).

Entries open for the 42nd Annual WorldFest-Houston on August 15, 2008. The main entry deadline is December 15, 2008. The 42nd Annual WorldFest-Houston Dates are April 16-25, 2009.

Go to www.worldfest.org to see the subcategories for features, shorts, music videos, documentaries, student, experimental and new media.

Aspen Shortsfest invites submissions of live-action, documentary and animation short films and videos for the 18th annual edition of its Oscar-qualifying competitive showcase. Aspen Shortsfest 2009 will be held April 1-5, 2009. Entries will be accepted beginning September 1, 2008. Early bird entry (reduced entry fee) deadline is November 1, 2008. Regular entry deadline is December 15, 2008. Instructions for entering are available online at www.aspenfilm.org. A jury of noted film professionals will award more than $20,000 in cash plus other prizes. Winners in live-action and animation categories may also qualify for Academy Award consideration. In recent years, several Aspen Shortsfest award-winners have garnered Oscar Awards or nominations (THE DANISH POET, ERAMOS POCOS, BADGERED, GOD SLEEPS IN RWANDA, OUR TIME IS UP, WASP, TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT, 7:35 IN THE MORNING and SQUASH among others). Widely recognized as one of the world's premiere showcases for short film and video, Aspen Shortsfest offers an intimate international forum attended by emerging artists, established film professionals, journalists, buyers, bookers and film-loving audiences from the U.S. and abroad. Says Shortsfest alumni Jason Reitman (director, JUNO), "One of my favorite film festivals in the world. Young filmmakers often ask me where to send their shorts, and I always say Aspen." In addition to the international competition screenings, highlights of the five-day event include tributes, retrospectives, panels and workshops. A MasterWorks panel, famous industry-wide for its makeup of high-profile guests, shares insights that contribute to the mentoring element of Shortsfest. Other special programs like Planet Cinema and Director Spotlight provide a more in-depth look at the artistry of a filmmaker, film genre or country. A presentation of Aspen Film, Aspen Shortsfest is made possible in part by the Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Colorado Council on the Arts, the City of Aspen and Town of Snowmass Village. For more information on Aspen Film and its year-round programs, contact (970) 925-6882 or visit www.aspenfilm.org.

The 33rd Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) will be held March 19-29, 2009 in Cleveland, Ohio.

The festival features two family film programs as well as several shorts programs that feature animation. Last year, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences designated the CIFF as one of its qualifiers to the Academy Awards.

Animated short films to screen include TINY NATION from ILL Clan Animation Studios, CLOSED (Germany), MY HAPPY END (Germany), THE NEEDFUL HEAD (U.S.), POUND (U.S.), SLEEPING BETTY (Canada), ZOOLOGIC (U.S.) and ARTS DESIRE (U.S.).

The Producers Guild of America New Media Council East presents a comprehensive session on the latest examples of animation in non-fiction filmmaking -- "What's Up, Documentary?" -- Wednesday evening, March 18, from 7-9 p.m., at the New School's Eugene Lang Auditorium, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor. A wine and cheese reception will follow the presentation. Admission is free, but RSVP is required to rsvp@pga-ny.org. The increasingly popular use of animation in documentary and non-fiction filmmaking will be examined in this panel discussion. Producers, directors and animators will show clips and discuss a range of projects, explaining how and why they chose to use animation, the positives and negatives in terms of time, budget and skill sets, and the artistic or interpretive contributions that animation can bring to a project. Trilby Schreiber, executive committee member of the PGA NMC East, will moderate the panel; Howard Weinberg, documentary filmmaker and member of the Film/Video Council, will introduce the event.

The European Independent Film Festival (ECU) discovers, promotes and projects the best independent films from around the world every year at La Bibliotheque Nationale de France in Paris. This year's festival will take place March 13-15, 2009. Approximately 100 films will be selected to compete in 13 categories, including features, shorts, documentaries, animation, student films and experimental. The festival's official selection will represent the pinnacle of contemporary filmmaking talent from around the world and compete for 22 awards including the prestigious title of "Europe's Best Independent Film". At ECU 2008, dozens of distribution agreements were signed, and several films were sold directly after their screening. Since its inception four years ago, ECU has become the premier arena in Europe for independent filmmakers to screen their films to large international audiences, to network with producers, talent scouts, agents and distributors as well as exchange ideas with other indie filmmakers. The ECU festival is regularly referred to as Europe's version of the Sundance Film Festival. After the Paris festival screenings in March 2009, a selection of ECU's award-winning films will be presented at our partner festivals around the world. The early deadline for submissions is December 15, 2008 and the late deadline is January 15, 2009. Independent filmmakers are invited to submit their films at www.ecufilmfestival.com.