Hosted by the Sundance Institute, the 2005 Sundance Film Festival will screen a total of 120 feature films, including 87 world premieres, nine North American premieres and 19 U.S. premieres. As the premier showcase for American independent film, and an important new platform for international independent film, the festival screens films that embody risk-taking, diversity and aesthetic innovation. For more information, visit www.sundance.org.

The Telluride Film Festival is one of the premiere independent film festivals in the U.S. The event is open to professional and nonprofessional filmmakers working in all aesthetic disciplines; documentary, narrative, animation, experimental, etc. Features and shorts, of all styles and lengths are eligible for consideration, provided that they are new works and will remain unseen by the public until the current Labor Day weekend. Selected short films will play either with a feature or as part of three specially selected programs of "Student Prints," "Great Expectations" and "Calling Cards" featuring works by emerging artists. For complete information and an entry application, visit www.telluridefilmfestival.org/entry.html or call (603)433-9202, fax (603)433-9206, e-mail info@telluridefilmfestival.org, or by mail at 379 State Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshie 03801.

The 2005 VES-VFX Festival will include a cocktail party and silent auction featuring items of visual effects significance up for bid to raise money for the eight-year-old non-profit organization.

Please note that the following schedule is subject to change:

Friday, June 24
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Zeitgeist International Film Festival 2005 Entry Deadline: April 30, 2005. Showdates: June13, July 11, and Aug 8, 2005. (Three different shows.) Tired of paying just to have your project looked at? We are too. That is why we DON'T charge a submission fee. ZIFF is a SEVEN-year-old San Francisco film festival held in the great outdoor patio at the Zeitgeist bar. We have been showing cutting edge, low budget, ultra independent films for seven years and now we want yours. 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, DVD (region 1). Preview on VHS (NTSC) or DVD. Entry Fee: NO ENTRY FEE Entry forms and information: www.overcookedcinema.com Or contact B Berzins at b@overcookedcinema.com.com

The 2006 Spiritual Cinema Festival-at-Sea will be a week of film, community, beauty, creativity and fun. The festival, taking place on the Holland America Cruise ship, the M/S Oosterdam, will feature 25 hours of screenings and Q&A discussions with filmmakers and special guests over a seven-day cruise through the Mexican Riviera.

The Spiritual Cinema Festival-at-Sea is a floating festival that celebrates films that inspire and take us on a magical journey through the limitless depths of our own hearts and souls.

Registration for our 2006 Spiritual Cinema Festival-at-Sea is now open. Visit www.spiritualcinemafestival.com for more details.

The Port City Animation Festival is a non-competitive showcase of independent animated films located in the small coastal city of Wilmington, NC.

The festival operates on this philosophy: If they like it, they show it. If they show it, you win.

The directors of the festival are animators themselves, and they are looking for the most creative and entertaining work from all over the world.

Last year, they had over 60 shorts on the program spread over three days, including two screenings of The Animation Show, produced by Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt.

Special guests: In 2004, world-reknown animator John Dilworth visited us and in 2005, Academy-Award nominated animator Bill Plympton was the guest filmmaker for a one-night only screening!

Call for Entries for 2007 Taiwan International Animation Festival. No Entry Fee Required.

The 2007 Taiwan Internation Animation Festival accepts animated film, all lenghths, all genre. It is a non-competitive for International Showcase. There is also a compitition with cash prizes for Taiwan Animation Showcase.

- Entry forms and preview DVD should reach the Festival Office before 5:00 pm, May 31st, 2007

- No entry fee for submission

-Entry materials should be addressed to:
Chinese Taipei Film Archive / TIAF
4F, No. 7, Ching-Tao East Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan, R.O.C.


The 2007 TIAF will take place in Taipei city from September 28th to October 7th, 2007.

The Taiwan International Animation Festival (TIAF) is organized by The Chinese Taipei Film Archive (CTFA), a non-profit foundation which is annually sponsored by the Government Information Office. The Archive is devoted to collect, restore and preserve moving image heritage of Taiwan and to assist the development of film industry in Taiwan. Since 1995, the Archive joined the International Federation of Film Archives, and cooperated with many FIAF members in exchanging film information and culture.


For more information and submission form please visit Website: www.ctfa.org.tw/tiaf

Tel: +886-2-23924243 ext. 57
Fax: +886-2-23926359
E-mail: tiaf@mail.ctfa.org.tw

The 2007 VES Festival of Visual Effects will take place the weekend of June 8-10 at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. The VES defines most influential as "those films that have had a significant, lasting impact on the practice and appreciation of visual effects as an integral, artistic element of cinematic expression and the storytelling process." The VES Festival is open to the public; information on programs and tickets will be released in upcoming months. One of Hollywood's youngest organizations, the VES (www.visualeffectssociety.com) was formed in 1997 in response to the explosive growth in the visual effects industry. It is a professional, honorary society, dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences, and applications of visual effects and to improving the welfare of its members by providing professional enrichment and education, fostering community, and promoting industry recognition. The VES is the entertainment industry's only organization representing the full breadth of visual effects practitioners including artists, technologists, model makers, educators, studio leaders, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and producers in all areas of entertainment from film, television and commercials to music videos and games. Comprised of a diverse group of about 1,500 global members, the VES strives to enrich and educate its own members and members of the entertainment community at large through a multitude of domestic and international events, screenings and programs.

The 2008 MoCCA (Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art) Art Festival will take place the weekend of June 7-8 at the historic Puck Building (293 Lafayette Street at Houston) in downtown Manhattan's famed SoHo arts district. The festival will be open to the public from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm both days. Admission starts at $10/day or $15/weekend but is only $10/weekend for MoCCA members. The MoCCA Art Festival, held each June since 2002, annually brings together cartoon and comics artists, writers, publishers, collectors and thousands more -- from the most hardcore enthusiasts to the merely curious - to see and peruse an incredibly wide range of contemporary comic and cartoon artworks. The festival also presents a full two-day slate of interesting and informative lecture/discussion panels featuring artists, publishers, scholars and other experts. For more information, visit the museum's website (www.moccany.org) or their page on My Space (www.myspace.com/moccany).

Featuring the returning Tiffcom market, the festival will be the last major feature of CoFesta, an umbrella event covering 16 festivals devoted to music, games, comicbooks, TV shows and film that starts with the Tokyo Game Show to start either September 24 or 25. (Per VARIETY).