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YENNY comic strip creator David Alvarez is hosting the

CON-CAN Movie Festival is an audience-interactive online film festival targeting shorts. Thirty Grand-Prix nominees will be streamed for global viewing on the audience-interactive website. One Grand Prix ($10,000) and two awards ($3,000) will be chosen by a seven-member international jury comprised of Jean-Michel Frodon (chief editor, CAHIERS DU CINEMA, France), Dennis Lim (film critic, VILLAGE VOICE, USA), Fei Zhao (DP, professor, Beijing Film Academy), Babak Payami (film director, Iran), Jukka-Pekka Laakso (director, Tampere Film Festival, Finland), Peter Millynn (pro exec, Australian Film TV & Radio School) and Shoichiro Sasaki (audio/visual creator, Japan).

All films must be independently produced, up to 20 min in length, in any language, genre, of any theme. Entry fee is free. More information can be found at www.con-can.com.

The Screenwriting Expo 4 Screenplay Competition is giving away $80,000 in cash and prizes. The Expo 3 Screenplay Competition is supported by the Writers Guild of America, west.

Grand Prize is almost $25,000 value

Sponsored by several top production and management companies, Screenplay Festival offers an honest opportunity for undiscovered writers to get their work into the right hands. Awards given for each of the following five categories: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family and Thriller / Horror. Prizes include cash, gifts from sponsors and announcement to more than 6,500 industry professionals. Visit www.screenplayfestival.com to learn more.

EuroMedCafe is hosting its second short film contest for the Web on the theme of intercultural dialogue. Three prizes of 4,000 euros will be awarded. Jean-Claude Carri

Schools get ready for lift off... Mission to Titan starts in September! You are challenged to dream up and develop a story about your own mission to Titan. You can design your own spacecraft, build characters and crew members, create alien worlds and creatures, and tell the story of your mission in a short animation. The animation you create must not be longer than five minutes, so you have to think about how to tell your story in a comprehensive but concise way. You don't have to cover the whole journey in your animation, and can concentrate on an interesting episode if you prefer. The most important factor is that your story is imaginative and gripping, and that you manage to tell it in moving images which give us a glimpse of what it looked like and what happened to you on Titan. Completely Online: Pupils create artwork, collaborate and animate live in FluxTime Studio, the online animation environment for children from 4 to 14 years. Competition Terms: 1) The competition is for primary and secondary schools only. 2)Participating pupils must be 4 to 14 years old. 3) Schools can send in up to three animation clips per key stage. 4) A jury will select three winning animation clips per key stage. 5) Winners will receive one year free school membership. 6) The best animations will be shown in an online exhibition. For more information visit http://www.fluxtime.com/titan.php

Scriptapalooza TV, has grown in reputation and stature over the last three years with several of its past winners gaining access to top television production companies and literary representatives. Barbara Schwartz has won a 2003 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children's Animated Program for the TV series, RUGRATS, produced by Klasky Csupo. Her animation work is a direct result of her finalist placement in the Scriptapalooza TV competition. Scott Gray, also a 2003 Daytime EMMY winner, for Outstanding Children's Animated Program for the TV series, RUGRATS. The three categories include existing one-hour spec scripts, existing half hour spec scripts and pilots. For more information, visit www.scriptapaloozaTV.com or email us at info@scriptapalooza.com or call (323) 654-5809.

AtomFilms and Intel Corp. launched the Intel Indies Film Contest. Filmmakers will compete for a grand prize that includes worldwide distribution from AtomFilms, $25,000 in cash and $20,000 in digital home equipment from Intel. Two runners-up will receive $10,000 cash prizes. Winners will be announced at a major film festival in January 2006.

The contest asks entrants to create films that imagine what they would do with a magic wand. The theme allows entrants to fully unleash their imagination and tell the story of how they would transform their world, to make it better, easier and more exciting, all through the magic of movies.

Entries will be judged by AtomFilms staff, Intel staff, and film industry experts including:
* Joe Dante, director of GREMLINS, SPACE JAM and dozens of other feature films
* Christopher Coppola, producer-director of DEADFALL, GUNFIGHTER and others
* Elizabeth Stanley, producer & former assistant director of the Directors Guild of America
* Marcia Zellers, director of the American Film Institute Digital Content Lab
* Anna Marie Piersimoni, director of media and technology for the American Film Institute

Additional information about the Intel Indies Film Contest and submission instructions can be found at intel.atomfilms.com.

February 1, 2006
Deadline: November 30, 2005

Zoom Girl Media is accepting entries for its first competition to name outstanding lesbian-themed comedy short films. Filmmakers are invited to submit original comedies, 10 minutes or under in length, dealing with lesbian themes and related cultural and social issues. Films will be judged on originality of subject matter, production values, technical excellence and overall merit.

A panel of senior entertainment industry executives and creative talent will judge the entries. Winners in three competitive categories will receive cash prizes and their films will be screened at special events in Los Angeles and New York.

To enter the contest, visit www.zoomlensmedia.com, or send an e-mail to contest@zoomlensmedia.com.