The Zoie Films Online Festival celebrates 10 years of independent cinema and showcases the best works from around the globe. This unique forum utilizes the best technology for presentation and allows filmmakers to be seen by an international audience. ZoieFest offers viewers a

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

The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival has given poetry its own international film festival, the festival itself becoming the most important forum for an independent art form fusing poetry, film and new media. THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM will be screened as one of the Zebra Poetry Film Festival's official selections, Oct. 9-12, 2008 in Berlin, Germany.

Zagreb: 18th 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. 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.

Deadline for films made in 2004 and 2005 is Dec. 15 2005. Deadline for films finished in January 2006 is Feb. 15, 2006. For more information, visit www.animafest.hr.

Zagreb: 17th 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. 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 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!

SabuCat Productions will present the largest 3D tribute show ever at the Egyptian Theatre (6712 Hollywood Boulevard). The 10-day festival, which celebrates the golden era of 3D filmmaking, will include many of the best known 3D titles of the 1950's, such as BEANY & CECIL, HOUSE OF WAX, KISS ME KATE and CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, but will also offer fans of the format an opportunity to see some of the more obscure 3D movies. L.A. Premieres include THE NEBRASKAN; FLIGHT TO TANGIER, JESSE JAMES VS. DALTONS; and THE GLASS WEB. In all, 33 features and 21 short subjects (including 3-D animation) will be shown. In person guests will speak at selected screenings. For more information contact the festival at: tel: (661) 538-9259, fax: (661) 793-6755, or Web: www.3dfilmfest.com.

Woodstock Museum 5th Annual Film & Video Festival celebrates work in features, documentaries, shorts and works in progress. The theme this year is "respect." If postmarked by July 3, 2004 the entry fee is $10 - Late Entry Fee is $25. The festival will take place at the Woodstock Town Hall. All genres including animation and digital media will be accepted. Supporting materials could include description of piece, autobiography, reproduction photograph, resume and artists' statement. For more information, contact the Woodstock Museum at P.O. Box 73, Woodstock, New York 12498-0073, tel.: 845-246-0600, fax: 845-246-7763 or Web: http://www.WoodstockMuseum.org.

Topic: Social Media – Everybody’s doing it, but what is it doing?
We invite you to join us at our Executive Breakfast, Tuesday, September 15, 2009, from 8:00 – 10:00 am at theWit Hotel (201 N. State St, Chicago).Our panelists will shine a light on what does and does not work in the world of social media. Attendees will walk away with a better understanding of how to make social media work for you in the world of advertising, branding, film, tv and the arts. Visit www.wifchicago.org to purchase tickets.

Wizard Ent. has announced a new 3-day pop culture consumer show. The Atlanta show is Wizard's sixth, joining similar events in Chicago, Boston, Texas, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. Wizard Ent.s Wizard World Chicago attracted an audience of more than 54,000 last year making it the second largest pop culture convention in the U.S., trailing only the San Diego Comic-Con. For more information, visit www.wizarduniverse.com/.

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Will Vinton