What is an Indie Film / Independent Film?

Independent film
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside, "independent", of the Hollywood Studio system. Additionally, the term is used to describe less commercially-driven art films which differ markedly from the norms of plot-driven, mainstream classical Hollywood cinema. These films are often produced by subsidiaries of larger studios, such as Sony Pictures Classics, but are not really considered independent films even if less than half of its budget comes from a major movie studio. In 2005, about 15% of the U.S. domestic box office revenue was from independent studios. Independent films are often distinguishable by their content or style. The writer or director's original authorial intent or personal creative vision is usually maintained in the final film.
The independent film scene's development in the 1990s and 2000s has been stimulated by a range of factors, including the development of affordable high-definition digital video cameras that can rival 35 mm film quality and easy-to-use computer editing software and the increasing visibility of independent film festivals such as the Sundance Film Festival.

History
The roots of independent film can be traced back to the early pioneer filmmakers in the 1900s who resisted the control of a company called the Motion Picture Patents Company and the Edison trusts. Independent filmmakers built their own cameras and moved to Southern California where they laid the foundations of the American film industry as well as the Hollywood studio.This period can be classified as the first era.
The studio system eventually became so powerful that some filmmakers once again sought independence as a result. The second era of indie filmmaking is highly influenced by World War 2. Numerous social and cultural changes had been taking place all over the world at that time due to the effect of the ongoing war, which created a pool of new ideas and views to be tested in the films; one of which is the conception of Film Noir: a style very much prevalent even in the crime dramas of the recent years. Some of the greatest films of the 20th century such as Citizen Kane and Chinatown fall into the category of film noir.
The third era, comprising the time span of the 60’s and the 70’s is shaped by the Freedom of speech and Anti-war movements, and not the least, The Hippie Movement. In this period the indie directors and producers insisted on making films that are more “down to earth”. While the major studios kept on producing films the same old storyline which kept the moviegoers off the theatres, independent filmmakers started realizing the potential the teenagers hold in the 13-17 year old demographic.
And finally comes the modern era, starting from the late 80’s till today. This period is characterized by the swarm of new indie films released frequently, thanks to modern inventions of cost-efficient technology which make the process of creating and distributing films easier than before. Filmmakers no longer have to depend on the major studios to provide them with filming equipment as this have become inexpensive and accessible; neither have they to rely on the studios to edit and distribute films. Editing can be done on the home computer because a large array of professional scale editing software is available in the market. Previews and teasers of new films can be viewed on the Internet for free. Pulp Fiction, The Blair Witch Project, Clerks, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are few of the influential films of the 20th and the 21st century.
What links all these periods is the concept of independent production as a form of resistance to any attempts towards monopolization of the American film industry. Independent filmmakers around the world have created a diverse range of filmmaking styles that symbolize their own unique cultures and subcultures such as experimental film and underground film. Some independent filmmakers use digital video techniques. While most of the U.S. film industry is located in Los Angeles, one-third of all independent films in the U.S. are produced in New York City.

Technology
Until the advent of digital alternatives, the cost of professional film equipment and stock was a major obstacle to independent filmmakers who wanted to make their own films. The cost of 35 mm film is steadily rising: in 2002 alone, film negative costs were up 23%, according to Variety.[2] Studio-quality filming typically required expensive lighting and post-production facilities.
But the advent of consumer camcorders in 1985, and more importantly, the arrival of high-definition digital video in the early 1990s, have since lowered the technology barrier to movie production considerably. Both production and post-production costs have been significantly lowered; today, the hardware and software for post-production can be installed in a commodity-based personal computer. Technologies such as DVD, FireWire connections and professional-level non-linear editing system software make movie-making relatively inexpensive.
The first independent film released on HD DVD was One Six Right on November 1, 2006.

Independent versus major: Indiewood
On the business side, the cost of big-budget studio films also leads to conservative choices in cast and crew. The problem is exacerbated by the trend towards co-financing. An unproven film director is almost never given the opportunity to get his or her big break with the studios unless he or she otherwise has significant industry experience in film or television. Films with "unknowns" in the cast, particularly in lead roles, are also rarely produced by the Big Six.
The increasing popularity and feasibility of low-budget (but not necessarily low-quality) films over the last 15 years has led to a vast increase in the number of aspiring filmmakers -- people who have written spec scripts and who hope to find several million dollars to turn that script into an independent film sensation like Reservoir Dogs, Little Miss Sunshine, or Juno. These aspiring filmmakers often work day-jobs while they pitch their scripts to independent film production companies, talent agents, and wealthy investors. Their dream seems much more attainable than before the independent film revolution because these novice filmmakers no longer need to gain the backing of a major studio and access to perhaps a hundred million dollars to make their film.
Independent movie-making has also resulted in the proliferation and repopularization of short films and short film festivals. Full-length films are often showcased at film festivals such as the Sundance Film Festival, the Slamdance Film Festival, the South By Southwest film festival, the Raindance Film Festival, ACE Film Festival, or the Cannes Film Festival. Award winners from these exhibitions are more likely to get picked up for distribution by major film studios.

Biography of Indie Film Maker Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was born in New York, and was considered intelligent despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would produce better academic performance, Kubrick's father Jack (a physician) sent him in 1940 to Pasadena, California, to stay with his uncle Martin Perveler. Returning to the Bronx in 1941 for his last year of grammar school, there seemed to be little change in his attitude or his results. Hoping to find something to interest his son, Jack introduced Stanley to chess, with the desired result. Kubrick took to the game passionately, and quickly became a skilled player. Chess would become an important device for Kubrick in later years, often as tool for for dealing with recalcitrant actors, but also as an artistic motif in his films.

Jack Kubrick's decision to give his son a camera for his thirteenth birthday would be an even wiser move: Kubrick became an avid photographer, and would often make trips around New York taking photographs which he would develop in a friend's darkroom. After selling an unsolicited photograph to Look Magazine, Kubrick began to associate with their staff photographers, and at the age of seventeen was offered a job as an apprentice photographer.

In the next few years, Kubrick had regular assignments for "Look", and would become a voracious movie-goer. Together with friend Alexander Singer, Kubrick planned a move into film, and in 1950 sank his savings into making the documentary Day of the Fight (1951). This was followed by several short commissioned documentaries (Flying Padre (1951), and _Seafarers, The (1952)_), but by attracting investors and hustling chess games in Central Park, Kubrick was able to make Fear and Desire (1953) in California.

Filming this movie was not a happy experience; Kubrick's marriage to high school sweetheart Toba Metz did not survive the shooting. Despite mixed reviews for the film itself, Kubrick received good notices for his obvious directorial talents. Kubrick's next two films Killer's Kiss (1955) and The Killing (1956) brought him to the attention of Hollywood, and in 1957 directed Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory (1957). Douglas later called upon Kubrick to take over the production of Spartacus (1960), by some accounts hoping that Kubrick would be daunted by the scale of the project and would thus be accommodating. This was not the case, however: Kubrick took charge of the project, imposing his ideas and standards on the film. Many crewmembers were upset by his style: cinematographer Russell Metty complained to producers that Kubrick was taking over his job. Kubrick's response was to tell him to sit there and do nothing. Metty complied, and ironically was awarded the Academy Award for his cinematography.

Kubrick's next project was to direct Marlon Brando in One-Eyed Jacks (1961), but negotiations broke down and Brando himself ended up directing the film himself. Disenchanted with Hollywood and after another failed marriage, Kubrick moved permanently to England, from where he would make all of his subsequent films. Despite having obtained a pilot's license, Kubrick is rumored to be afraid of flying.

Kubrick's first UK film was Lolita (1962), which was carefully constructed and guided so as to not offend the censorship boards which at the time had the power to severely damage the commercial success of a film. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) was a big risk for Kubrick; before this, "nuclear" was not considered a subject for comedy. Originally written as a drama, Kubrick decided that too many of the ideas he had written were just too funny to be taken seriously. The film's critical and commercial success allowed Kubrick the financial and artistic freedom to work on any project he desired. Around this time, Kubrick's focus diversified and he would always have several projects in various stages of development: "Blue Moon" (a story about Hollywood's first pornographic feature film), "Napoleon" (an epic historical biography, abandoned after studio losses on similar projects), "Wartime Lies" (based on the novel by Louis Begley), and "Rhapsody" (a psycho-sexual thriller).

The next film he completed was a collaboration with sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), is hailed by many as the best ever made; an instant cult favorite, it has set the standard and tone for many science fiction films that followed. Kubrick followed this with A Clockwork Orange (1971), which rivaled Lolita (1962) for the controversy it generated - this time not for only for its portrayal of sex, but also of violence. Barry Lyndon (1975) would prove a turning point in both his professional and private lives. His unrelenting demands of commitment and perfection of cast and crew had by now become legendary. Actors would be required to perform dozens of takes with no breaks. Filming a story in Ireland involving military, Kubrick received reports that the IRA had declared him a possible target. Production was promptly moved out of the country, and Kubrick's desire for privacy and security have resulted in him being considered a recluse ever since.

Having turned down directing a sequel to The Exorcist (1973), Kubrick made his own horror film: The Shining (1980). Again, rumors circulated of demands made upon actors and crew. Stephen King (whose novel the film was based upon) reportedly didn't like Kubrick's adaptation (indeed, he would later write his own screenplay which was filmed as "The Shining" (1997) (mini).)

Kubrick's subsequent work has been well spaced: it was seven years before Full Metal Jacket (1987) was released. By this time, Kubrick was married with children and had extensively remodeled his house. Seen by one critic as the dark side to the humanist story of Platoon (1986), Full Metal Jacket (1987) continued Kubrick's legacy of solid critical acclaim, and profit at the box office.

In the 1990s, Kubrick began an on-again/off-again collaboration with Brian Aldiss on a new science fiction film called "Artificial Intelligence (AI)", but progress was very slow, and was backgrounded until special effects technology was up to the standard the Kubrick wanted.

Kubrick returned to his in-development projects, but encountered a number of problems: "Napoleon" was completely dead, and "Wartime Lies" (now called "The Aryan Papers") was abandoned when Steven Spielberg announced he would direct Schindler's List (1993), which covered much of the same material.

While pre-production work on "AI" crawled along, Kubrick combined "Rhapsody" and "Blue Movie" and officially announced his next project as Eyes Wide Shut (1999), starring the then-married Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. After two years of production under unprecedented security and privacy, the film was released to a typically polarized critical and public reception; Kubrick claimed it was his best film to date.

Special effects technology had matured rapidly in the meantime, and Kubrick immediately began active work on Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001), but tragically suffered a fatal heart attack in his sleep on March 7th, 1999.

After Kubrick's death, Spielberg revealed that the two of them were friends that frequently communicated discretely about the art of filmmaking; both had a large degree of mutual respect for each other's work. "AI" was frequently discussed; Kubrick even suggested that Spielberg should direct it as it was more his type of project. Based on this relationship, Spielberg took over as the film's director and completed the last Kubrick project.

How much of Kubrick's vision remains in the finished project -- and what he would think of the film as eventually released -- will be the final great unanswerable mysteries in the life of this talented and private filmmaker.

Orson Welles, indie filmaker. Biography

Orson Welles. (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) Though little appreciated in his time, Orson Welles is today one of classic Hollywood's most acclaimed cinematic visionaries and was once nominated for Academy Awards in four separate categories for his contribution to one film (see below). Always an outsider to the studio system which dominated filmmaking at the time however, Welles never condescended to play by Hollywood's rules and his arduous four-decade career was pocked with moments of brilliance, excess and waste.
CITIZEN KANE (1941). Welles produced, directed and starred in this classic which was nominated for nine Academy Awards, four of which Welles shared in: Best Actor, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. The film won only one of the Oscars for which is was nominated however, that for the screenplay co-written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz.

Filmography

• Hearts of Age (1934) - Welles's first film, a silent one-reeler made at age 18.
• Too Much Johnson (1938) - assorted scenes to accompany stage play, all footage now lost
• Citizen Kane (1941) - won Oscar for Best Writing (Original Screenplay); nominated for Best Actor, Best Picture and Best Director.
• Tanks (film) (1942) - Film unknown, valued at 18 million dollars, one of the three copies are available in Argentina, in the Archives of Roberto Di Chiara.
• The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) - nominated for Oscar for Best Picture; shortened and recut against Welles's wishes, excised footage lost
• The Stranger (1946) - nominated for Oscar
• The Lady from Shanghai (1947) - shortened and recut against Welles' wishes but with his cooperation, excised footage lost
• Macbeth (1948) - shortened and recut by Welles at studio's request, restored to original version in the 1970s
• Othello (1952) - won the Palme d'Or, 1952 Cannes Film Festival
• Mr. Arkadin (also known as Confidential Report) (1955) - shortened and recut against Welles' wishes, extended Criterion restoration released in April 2006.
• Touch of Evil (1958) - won the top-prize at the Brussels World's Fair; shortened against Welles's wishes, some of Welles' requested editorial changes made in 1998
• The Trial (1962)
• Chimes at Midnight (1965)
• The Immortal Story (1968) - T.V. film only broadcasted in France
• F for Fake (also known as Vérités et mensonges) (1974) - Documentary
• The Orson Welles Show (1979) - Welles directed as G.O. Spelvin. Unaired TV show with Burt Reynolds, Angie Dickinson, Frank Oz, Jim Henson

List of Independent Film Festivals

Find an independent film festival in your neighborhood and submit those indie films. A comprehensive list of film festivals.

Alabama

Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
P.O. Box 590125
Birmingham, AL 35259
Phone: (205) 326-6793
Fax: (205) 326-2476
(Contact: Erik Jambor, Festival Director)
Email: info@sidewalkfest.com
Web site: Click here

Alaska

Anchorage International Film Festival
Dec. 12th though 21st
1410 Rudakof Circle
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907) 338-3690
Fax: (907) 338-3857
(Contact: Tony Sheppard)
Email: filmsak@alaska.net
Web site: Click here

Panhandle Picture Show
Haines Arts Council
PO Box 505
Haines, AK 99827
ph. (907)766-2196
contact: Kim Lehner
Email: panhandlepictureshow@yahoo.com
Website: Click here

Arizona

Arizona International film Festival
P.O. Box 431
Tucson, AZ 85702
Phone: (520) 628-1737
Fax: (520) 628-1737
(Contact: Festival Director, Giulio Scalinger)
Email: reelfrontier@azmac.org
Web site: Click here

Phoenix Jewish Film Festival
c/o Temple Chai
4645 E. Marilyn Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 86032
Phone: (480) 451-1788
Fax: (480) 661-4330
(Contact: Sheldon Pierson, Chair)
Email: spiersonp@cs.com
Web site: Click here

Tucson Jewish Film Festival
Tucson Jewish Community Center
3800 E. River Road
Tucson, AZ 85718
Phone: 520-299-3000
(Contact: Susan Silverman)
Email: ssilverman@tucsonjcc.org
Web site: Click here

Winslow International Film Festival
October 23 - 26
115 N. Kinsley Ave.
Winslow, AZ 86047
Phone: (818) 219-9339
(Contact: Jennifer Lee)
Email: info@winslowfilmfestival.org
Web site: Click here

California

Absolute Time Film Festival
March
2215-R Market Street, PMB #253
San Francisco, Ca 94114
Phone: (415) 401-9768
(Contact: J. Schwartz)
Email: sfstagefilm@yahoo.com
Web site: Click here

Beverly Hills Film Festival
MAY, 8-11
9663 SANTA MONICA BLVD. # 777
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: (310) 779-1206
(Contact: Kathren Hanna)
Email: Kat@beverlyhillsfilmfestival.com
Web site: Click here

Burbank International Children's Film Festival (BICFF)
201 E. magnolia Blvd. #325
Burbank, CA 91502
Phone: (818) 841-3901
Fax: (818) 841-3666
Email: patted012@aol.com

Cinema LA
Weekly Film Festival on Television
2323 Corinth Ave
West Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: (310) 943-5288
Fax: (310) 943-5299
(Contact: Armando Gudino)
Email: agudino@latv.com

Cinema LA
Weekly Film Festival on Television
2323 Corinth Ave
West Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: (310) 943-5288
Fax: (310) 943-5299
(Contact: Armando Gudino)
Email: agudino@latv.com

Cinequest San Jose Film Festival
Feb 27 - Mar 9
22 North Almaden Ave
San Jose, Ca 95172
Phone: (408) 995-5033
Fax: (408) 995-5713 (Contact: Mike Rabehl)
Email: info@cinequest.org
Web site: Click here

Click-Flick.Com
(On-going On-line festival)
P.O. Box 51986
Irvine, CA 92806
Phone: (714) 685-4325
Fax: (949) 203-8514
(Contact: Mike Perry)
Email: mcperri@click-flick.com
Web site: Click here

CREEPFEST
October 25th
1937 Vista del mar
Hollywood, CA 90068
Phone: (323) 466-5094
(Contact: Lisa Ferguson)
Email: Childrev@pacbell.net
Web site: Click here

Duke City Shootout
July 22-30
1680 N. Vine St. Suite 605
Hollywood, Ca 90028
Web site: Click here

EarthVison International Environmental Film Festival
September 29-October 2
816 Pacific Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: (831) 425-8848 ext 314
Fax: (831) 425-3958
(Contact: Cynthia Begin)
Email: cynthia@earthvisionfest.org
Web site: Click here

Exploding Cinema
9575 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Phone: (323) 769-5603
(Contact: Angela Stimson)
Email: angelastimson@hotmail.com
Web site: Click here

Flickapalooza Film Festival
7775 Sunset Blvd., PMB #200
Hollywood, CA 90046
Phone: (323) 654-5809
Fax: (323) 650-5824
(Contact: Mark Andrushko)
Email: info@flickapalooza.com
Web site: Click here

Golden Star Shorts Fest
February 22-26, 2006
P.O. Box 5787
Santa Monica, Ca 90409
Phone: (310) 656-8841
Fax: (310) 656-8846
(Contact: Serge Polakoff)
Email: info@gsfest.com
Web site: Click here

HERMOSA SHORT FILMS FESTIVAL
August 26 & 27 2005
710 Pier Avenue
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
(Contact: Tom Kearney)
Email: kearney6@earthlink.net
Web site = Click here

Hip Hop Film Fest
Ongoing traveling showcase
640 Masonic Ave
San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone: (415) 929-7115
(Contact: Webmaestro)
Email: webmaestro@hiphopfilmfest.com
Web site: Click here

Hollywood International Student Film Festival
September
11304 Chandler Blvd. Suite 110
North Hollywood, CA 91603
Phone: (818) 203-4179 / 753-8107
Fax: (818) 753-0135
(Contact: Robin Saban)
Email: info@hisfilmfestival.org
Web site: Click here

Humboldt International Film Festival
Humboldt State University
Attn: Dept. of Theater, Film and Dance
Arcata, CA 95521
Phone: (707) 826-4113
Fax: (707) 826-4112
(Contact: Jordan Packer)
Email: filmfest@axe.humboldt.edu
Web site: Click here

IFP/West-Los Angeles Film Festival
8750 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Phone: (323) 951-7090
Fax: (310) 432-1203
(Contact: Richard Raddon)
Email: lafilmfest@ifpwest.org
Web site: Click here

International Black Women's Film Festival //SF
Spring-Fall
155 Tenth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Fax: (415)680-2413
(Contact: Adrienne Anderson)
Email: festival@ibwff.com
Web site: Click here

International Family Film Festival (IFFF)
P.O. Box 801507
Santa Clarita, CA 91380
Phone: (661) 257-3131
Fax: (661) 257-8989
(Contact: Patte Dee)
Email: patted012@aol.com
Web site: Click here

International Student Fim Festival Hollywood
Nov-1-6
5259 Lankershim Blvd Suite.A
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Phone: (818) 506-1066
( Contact: Robin Saban)
Email: info@isffhollywood.org
Web site:Click here

LA Freewaves Celebration of Experimental Media Arts
2151 Lakeshore Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90039
Phone: (323) 664-1510
(Contact: Anne Bray)
Email: freewaves@aol.com
Web site: Click here

Long Beach International Film Festival
Palo Verde #309
Long Beach, CA 90815
Phone: (562) 938-9687
Fax: (562) 938-9687
(Contact: T. Swanson / Darrin Plant)
Email: lbiff@yahoo.com
Web site: Click here

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and Video Festival
Visual Communications
120 Judge John Aiso St., Bsmt.
Los Angeles CA 90012
Phone: (213) 680-4462 ext. 68
Fax: (213) 680-687-4848
(Contact: Abe Ferrer/ Dave Magdael)
Email: viscom@apanet.org

Lunafest Film Festival
1610 5th St.
Berkeley, CA 94710
Phone: (510) 558-7855
Fax: (510) 531-3043
(Contact: Allison Justice)
Email: allison@aspiringheights.com
Web site: Click here

MT. SHASTA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
October 8th, 9th, and 10th
701 Wisner Road
Mt. Shasta, CA 96067
Phone: (530) 926-5186
(Contact: Jegffrey Winters)
Email: jrw@nctv.com
Web site: Click here

Newport Beach Film Festival
4540 Campus Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Phone: (949) 253-2880
Fax: (949) 253-2880
(Contact: Gregg Schwenk)
Email: gschwenk@newportbeachfilmfest.com
Web site: Click here

Ojai Film Festival
Po Box 545
Ojai, CA 93024
Phone: (805) 640-1947
(Contact: Pauletta Walsh)
Email: filmfestival@ojai.net
Web site: Click here

OUTrageous: Santa Barbara Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
November 3 -6, 2005
126 E. Haley Street, Suite #A-11
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: (805) 963-3636 x232
Fax: (805) 963-9086
(Contact: Heather Stevenson)
Email: submissions@outrageousfilmfestival.org
Web site = Click here

Pacific Palisades Film Festival
15330 Antioch St.
Los Angeles, CA 90272
Phone: (310) 459-7073
(Contact: Bob Sharka)
Email: bobsharka@PalisadesFilmFest.com
Web site: Click here

Palm Springs International Short Film Festival
1700 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, #3
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Phone: (760) 322-2930
Fax: (760) 322-4087
(Contact: Jim Shearer)
Email: jshearer@psfilmfest.org
Web site: Click here

PlanetOut Short Movie Awards
995 Market St., Apt. C
San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone: (415) 644-8111
(Contact: Director)
Email: movieawards@planetout.com
Web site: Click here

Pomona Film Festival, SMOGDANCE
DA CENTER
242D S. Main St.
Pomona, CA 91767
Phone: (909) 397-9716
Fax: (909) 629-8697
(Contact: Dan Dobrin, (909) 629-9797)
Email: smogdance@hotmail.com
Web site: Click here

Port Hueneme International Film Festival
45 W. Easy St.
Simi Valley, CA 93065
Phone: (805) 579-2500
Fax: (805) 583-1932
(Contact: Angela Kamm)
Email: angela@thefilmcompany.com

Sacramento Jewish Film Festival
March 4 & 5 (Sat. eve, Sun. afternoon)
Crest Theatre K and 11th Streets
Sacramento, California 95814
Phone: (916) 442-5189
Fax: (916) 442-5282
(Contact: Sid, Margi or Laura)
Email: sid@thecrest.com
Web site: Click here

San Francisco Women's Film Festival
April 3-10, 2006
4425-C Treat Blvd. #245
Concord, CA 94521
Phone: (925) 286-7071
(Contact: Scarlett Shepard)
Email: scarlett@womensfilmfestival.us
Web site: Click here

Santa Monica Film Festival
February
3000 Olympic Blvd.
Bldg 4, Suite 1369
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Email: info@smff.com
Web site: Click here

Smogdance 2006
January 20, 21, 22
252-D South Main Street
Pomona, CA 91766
Phone: (909) 997-0761
Fax: (909) 445-9006
(Contact: Charlotte Cousins)
Email: info.@smogdance.com
Web site: Click here

Sonoma Valley Film Festival
April 5-9, 2006
P.O. Box 1613
Sonoma, CA 95476
Phone: (707) 933-2600
Fax: (707) 933-2605
(Contact: Gabe Wardell)
Email: info@cinemaepicuria.org
Web site: Click here

Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival
Sept.10-14
OFFICE: 27740 Jefferson Avenue, #100
Temecula, Ca 92590
Phone: (909) 699-8681
Fax: (909) 506-4193
(Contact: Jo Moulton)
Email: jmmoulton@earthlink.net
Web site: Click here

Tiburon International Film Festival
March 9-17, 2006
1680 Tiburon Boulevard
Tiburon, CA 94920
Phone: (415) 381-4123
Fax: (415) 388-4123
Email: info@tiburonfilmfestival.com
Web site: Click here

Valley International Family Film Festival
November 7 - 16
P O Box 3609
Chatsworth, CA 91313-03609
Phone: (818) 968-0052
Fax: (818) 709-8597
(Contact: Mobin Khan)
Email: flmproduzr@aol.com
Web site: Click here

West Coast Student Film Festival
San Francisco State University
August Coppola Theatre
San Francisco, CA 94132
Phone: (415) 469-8165
(Contact: Joey Garner)
Email: wcsfilmfest@hotmail.com

Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival
January 11-13
216 Main Street
Nevada City, Ca 95959
Phone: (530) 265-5961 x202
Fax: (530) 265-6232
(Contact: Kathy Dotson)
Email: kathy@syrcl.org
Web site: Click here

Wine Country Film Fest
P.O. Box 303
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
Phone: (707) 996-2536
Fax: (707) 996-6964
(Contact: Stephen Ashton)
Email: wcfilmfest@aol.com
Web site: Click here

Zeitgeist Int'l Film Festival
June 9, July 8, and Aug 11
199 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 786-9967
(Contact: B Berzins)
Email: ikooking@yahoo.com
Web site: Click here

Colorado

Crested Butte Reel Fest
August 10-14
P.O. Box 1733
Crested Butte, CO 81224
Phone: (970) 349-2600
(Contact: Carol Lynn Tiegs, Director)
Email: info@cbreelfest.com
Web site: Click here

Cripple Creek Film Festival
400 W. Midland Ave., Suite 232
Woodland Park, CO 80866
Phone: (719) 686-9249
Fax: (719) 686-9249
(Contact: Mike Herst)
Email: MHWRITSCRN@aol.com

Durango Film Festival
March 1-9
P.O.Box 241
Durango, CO 81302
Phone: (970)-259-2291
(Contact: Sofia van Surksum-Executive Director)
Email: director@durangofilmfestival.com
Web site: Click here

Connecticut

Film Fest New Haven
September 19 - 21
205 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
Phone: (203) 776-6789
Fax: (203) 776-4260
(Contact: Robin Andreoli)
Email: randreoli@filmfest.org
Web site: Click here

Hygienic Filmwerks Screening Room
P.O. Box 417, Bank St.
New London, CT 06320
Phone: (860) 442-4ARTS
(Contact: Warren J. Avery)
Email: warrenavery@hotmail.com

Florida

Delray Beach Film Festival
March 8-12, 2006
919 Foxpointe Circle
Delray Beach, FL 33445
Phone: (561) 213-5737
Fax: (561) 865-1947
(Contact: Michael Posner)
Email: mike@delraybeachfilmfestival.com
Web site: Click here

Florida Film Festival
1300 S. Orlando Ave.
Maitland, FL 32751
Phone: (407) 629-1088
Fax: (407) 629-6870
(Contact: Matthew Curtis)
Email: filmfest@gate.net
Web site: Click here

Independents' Film Festival
September
703 N. Willow Ave.
Tampa, Fl 33606
Phone: (813) 254-2253
Fax: (813) 253-3267
(Contact: Laura Tierney)
Email: info@educationchannel.org
Web site: Click here

Jacksonville Film Festival
May 19-22
128 E. Forsyth Street #300
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Phone: (904) 685-2339
(Contact: Jean Tait)
Email: jctait@jacksonvillefilmfestival.com
Web site: Click here

Pensacola Bay International Film and Television Festival
March 20-23
1401 E. Gregory Street
Pensacola, FL 32501
Phone: (850) 434-0700
(Contact: Tom Roush)
Email: thomas.roush@cox.com
Web site: Click here

Springfield Film Festival
Deadline: February 25 and April 21
March 17 through September
1830 N. Main Street, Suite 5
Jacksonville, FL 32206
(Contact: Ingar Brunnett)
Phone: (904) 254-4143
Email: bib3@comcast.net
Web site: Click here

The Palm Beach International Film Festival
289 Via Naranjas, #48
Boca Raton, FL 33488-0149
Phone: (561) 362-0003
(Contact: Randi Emerman)
Email: info@pbifilmfest.org
Web site: Click here

Georgia

Atlanta Underground Film Festival
August
740 Lakeview Ave. NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
Phone: (404) 520-1820
(Contact: Eric Panter)
Email: eric@auff.org
Web site: Click here

CINE-MACABRE
Oct 8th, 9th & 10th
301 Main St
Gainesville, GA 30501
Phone: (678) 617-1653
(Contact: Ron McLellen)
Email: southlanfilms@aol.com
Web site: Click here

Dahlonega International Film Festival
617 N. Highland Ave.
Atlanta, GA 30306
Phone: (404) 433-0026
Fax: (404) 885-0700
(Contact: Barry Norman)
Email: Barry@diff.tv
Web site: Click here

Downstream Film Festival
Sept. 12-21
Various locations
Decatur, GA 30030
Phone: (770) 998-2288
Fax: (770) 998-2288
(Contact: Michael Williams)
Email: contact@downstreamfest.com
Web site: Click here

Rome International Film Festival
Sept. 8-11
248 Broad St.
Rome, GA 30161
Phone: (706) 295-2787
Fax: (561) 747-9649
(Contact: Barry Norman)
Email: barry@riff.tv
Web site: Click here

Fright-Fest
Oct. 11th-12th
The Georgia Mountains Ctr. 301 Main St.
Gainesville, GA 30501
Phone: (678) 617-1653
Fax: (770) 534-8425
(Contact: R. McLellen)
Email: southlanfilms@aol.com
Web site: Click here

The Sweet Auburn Springfest
May 6-8,
236 Auburn Ave Suite 17
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 886-0986
(Contact: Deneen Jordan)
Email: deneenjordan@hotmail.com
Web site: Click here

Illinois

Big Muddy Film Festival
Dept. of Cinema and Photography MC 6610
Carbondale, IL 62901-6610
Phone: (618) 453-1482
(Contact: Phil Hastings)
Email: bigmuddy@siu.edu
Web site: Click here

Chicago Community Cinema
401 W. Ontario, Suite 250
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: (312) 863-3451
Fax: (312) 863-3455
(Contact: Mike Kwielford)
Email: info@chicagocommunitycinema.com
Web site: Click here

Route 66 Film Festival
September 26-28
207 N. Lincoln
Springfield, IL 62702
Phone: (217) 793-3572
(Contact: Linda McElroy)
Email: linmcelroy@aol.com
Web site: Click here

Kansas

The Wild West Film Fest
June 10th
1020 Massachussetts St
Lawrence, KS 66044
Phone: (913) 645-4207
(Contact: Chris Dorsey)
Email: info@wildwestfilmfest.com
website = www.wildwestfilmfest.com

Kentucky

SplitScreen
203 UK Student Center
Lexington, KY 405060-0030
Phone: (859) 257-8867
(Contact: Allison Morris)
Email: almorr0@hotmail.com
Web site: Click here

Main

Maine International Film Festival
10 RailRd. Square
Waterville, ME 04901
Phone: (207) 861-8138
Fax: (207) 872-5502
(Contact: Joan Phillips-Sandy)
Email: info@miff.org
Web site: Click here

Maryland

Annapolis Reel Cinema Festival
February 21 - 23
P.O. Box 5521
Annapolis, MD 21403
Phone: (410) 263-1465
(Contact: Noi Mahoney)
Email: nmah744@aol.com
Web site: Click here

Massachusetts

Boston Motion Picture Awards
December, 2005
c/o 7 Fluid Oz. Productions LLP | P.O. Box 401
Reading, MA 01867
(Contact: Aaron Howland)
Phone: (781) 942-2836
Email: bmpa-support@bostonawards.com
Web site: Click here

Independent Film Festival of Boston
April 21-24
276 Washington St. - PMB 385
Boston, MA 02108
(Contact: Jason Redmond)
Email: info@iffboston.org
Web site: Click here

Lower the Light Film/Music Festival
May 16-17-18
442 belleville ave
New Bedford, MA 02740
Phone: (508) 992-9303
(Contact: Manual Control)
Email: mcontrolu@excite.com

Provincetown International Film Festival
June 15 - 19,
170 Commercial Street #161
Provincetown, MA 02657
Phone: (508)-487-FILM
Fax: (508)-487-2494
(Contact: Gabrielle Hanna)
Email: info@ptownfilmfest.org
Web site:Click here

Tambakos Film Festival
315 Turnpike St.
North Andover, MA 01845
(Contact: Peter Waldron)
Email: peter.waldron@merrimack.edu
Web site: Click here

Michigan

Waterfront Film Festival
P.O. Box 387
Saugatuck, MI 49453
Phone: (616) 857-8351
Fax: (616) 393-0964
(Contact: Dana DePree)
Email: info@waterfrontfilm.com
Web site: Click here

Missouri

Bargain Basement Film/Video Festival
409 W. Walnut St.
Columbia, MO 65203
Phone: (573) 449-7504
Phone: (573) 449-7557
(Contact: Peter Gerard)
Email: pter@usa.net
Email: peter@bbfilm.com
Web site: Click here
Web site: Click here

Lucid Underground Media Arts Festival
November 9, 10
TBA
Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: (816) 786-5824
(Contact: Luci Harper)
Email: info@lucidunderground.com
Web site: Click here

Show Me Missouri International Film Festival
March 2-5, 2006
411 Sherman Pkwy
Springfield, MO 65802
Phone: (417) 725-8267
(Contact: Elizabeth Allen)
Email: eallen@mofilmfest.com
Web site: Click here

Vicious Video 2
September 5
P.O. box 10057
Kansas City, MO 64171
Phone: (816) 931-1922
(Contact: Erin Zona, Kacy Maddux)
Email: kacymaddux@viciousvideo2.com
Web site: Click here

Montana

Music on Wings Bluegrass Festival
Eastern Montana Fairgrounds
Miles City, MT 59301
Phone: (406) 232-2480
(Contact: Joyce)
Email: Runawayjoyce@aol.com

Nebraska

Great Plains Film Festival
August 1 through 14
313 N. 13th Street; P.O. Box 880253
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0253
Phone: (402) 472-9100
Fax: (402) 472-2576
(Contact: Danny L. Ladely)
Email: dladely1@unl.edu
Web site: Click here

Nevada

Cinevegas
2501 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 118-D
Henderson, NV 89014
Phone: (702) 368-2890
Fax: (702) 898-5191
(Contact: Andrea Weinberger)
Email: andreacinevegas@hotmail.com
Web site: Click here

New Hampshire

S.N.O.B.(somewhat North of Boston) film festival
Nov 11-12
15 Pleasant St
Concord, N.H.03301
Phone: (603) 223 6515
Contact person = John Hatten
Email: contactsnob@gwi.net
Web site: Click here

New Jersey

Atlantic City Film Festival
8/9/03-8/16/03
5211 Ventnor Ave.
Ventnor, NJ 08406
Phone: (609) 487-9299
Fax: (609) 487-9951
(Contact: Joe Fedison)
Email: acfilmfest@yahoo.com
Web site: Click here

Lunafest Film Festival
at the Landmark Loew's Jersey
October 23, 2005
54 Journal Square
Jersey City, NJ 07306
Phone: (Loew's Jersey) 201-798-6055
Phone 2: (gaia) 973-978-4305
(Contact: Lillian Ribeiro, Colin Egain)
Email: info@loewsjersey.org
Email 2: performing@gaiastudio.org
Website: Click here
Website 2: Click here
Website 3: Click here

The 9th Montclair International Film Festival
April 20-23, 2006
427 Bloomfield Ave. Suite 207
Montclair, NJ 07042
Phone: (973) 509-7300
(Contact: Rob Moretti)
Email: contact@montclairfilmfestival.com
Web site: Click here

The Myhelan Indie Film Festival
18 Schooley's Mountain Rd.
Long Valley, NJ 07853
Phone: (908) 876-5959
Fax: (908) 979-0045
(Contact: Linda Helm Krapf)
Email: myhelan@worldnet.att.net
Web site: Click here

Ocean City Film Festival
June 6-June 8
854 Asbury Avenue
Ocean City, NJ 08226
Phone: 1-800-232-2465
Fax: (609) 398-3932
(Contact: Joann Delvescio)
Email: admin@oceancityfilmfestival.com
Web site: Click here

Stand Film & Video Festival
285 Madison Avenue, M-MS2-01
Madison, NJ 07940
(Contact: Agnes Varnum)
Email: standfilmfest@netscape.net
Web site: Click here

New Mexico

Fiery Film Fest
117 W. Grand Ave.
Clovis, NM 88101
Phone: (505) 762-9535
(Contact: Ced Rael)
Email: director@fieryfilmfest.org
Web site: Click here

New York

Century Festival
611 BRd.way, Suite 308
New York, NY 10012
(Contact: Chelsea Fuhrer)

D.U.M.B.O. Art under the bridge short film and video festival
October 17-19
30 Washington Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 694-0831
Fax: (718) 694-0867
(Contact: Michael Wilson)
Email: mail@dumboartscenter.org
Web site: Click here

Film Makers Night
The Trilogy Theatre
341 West 44th St.
New York, NY 10036-5402
Phone: (212) 489-1632
(Contact: Niko)
Email: normansiopis@thetrilogytheatre.com

First Sundays
The First Sunday of Every Month
1105 1st Avenue
New York, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 888-5233
Fax: (212) 888-0810
(Contact: Jay Stern)
Email: film@chicagocitylimits.com
Web site: Click here
Sub Deadline: Always Open

Gen Art Film Festival
145 W 28 St., 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 290-0312
Fax: (212) 290-0254
(Contact: Dominick Balletta)
Email: balletta@genart.org
Web site: Click here

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
485 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 972-8400
Fax: (212) 972-0905
(Contact: John Anderson, Associate Director)
Email:andersj@hrw.org
Web site: Click here

Nantucket Film Festival
P.O. Box 688
Prince St. Station
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 642-6339
(Contact: Joy Huang)
Email: ackfest@aol.com
Web site: Click here

New York International Independent Film & Video Festival
873 Broadway, Suite 303
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212)777-7100
Fax (212) 387-0873
(Contact: Sophia Kim/ Stuart Alson)
Email: filmvoice@hotmail.com
Web site: Click here

Sprout Film Festival
May 7 & 8
893 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10025
Phone: (212) 222-9575
Fax: (212) 222-9768
(Contact: Laura Cohen)
Email: Laura@GoSprout.org
Web site: Click here

Stony Brook Film Festival
Stony Brook, Long Island, NY
Phone: (516) 632-7235
Fax: (516) 632-7233
(Contact: Alan Inkles, Director)
Web site: Click here

The Rural Route Film Festival
July
P.O. Box 3900 Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163
Phone: (718) 389-4367
(Contact: Alan Webber)
Email: filmfest@ruralroutefilms.com
Web site: Click here

Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival WBFF
180 South 4th St. #2S
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Phone: (718) 388-4306
Fax: (718) 599 5039
(Contact: Mario Pego)
Email: submit06@wbff.org
Web site: Click here

North Carolina

5-minute Funny Film Festival
April 4 - 13
431 Peace Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
(Contact: Jeffrey Gardner)
Email: film@comedyworx.com
Web site: Click here

Asheville Film Festival
November 6-9
70 Court Plaza, Fourth Floor
Asheville, NC 28802
Phone: (828) 259-5689
Fax: (828) 259-5606
(Contact: Melissa Porter)
Email: mporter@ashevillenc.gov
Web site: Click here

Carolina Film and Video Festival
205 Brown Building
Greensboro, NC 27402
Phone: (336) 334-4197
Fax: (336) 334-5039
(Contact: Chad Phillips)
Email: Carolinafilmfest@excite.com
Web site: Click here

Hi Mom! Film Festival
401 Pritchard Ave
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(Contact: Mike Connor)
Email: himomfilmfest@yahoo.com
Web site: Click here

Sometime In October
P.O. Box 81
Wilmington, NC 28402
(Contact: Rich Gehron)
Email: richardg@cfifn.org
Web site: Click here

Ohio

Athens International Film and Video Festival
75 West Union St., #407
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: (740) 593-1330
Fax: (740) 597-2560
(Contact: Ruth Bradley)
Email: filmfest@cats.ohiou
Web site: Click here

Strange Brew Friday Midnight Film Festival
227 East Cecil St.
Springfield, OH 45503
Phone: (937) 322-4233
Fax: (937) 328-2715
(Contact: Shawn Thomas)
Email: petalaw@cfanet.com
Web site: Click here

The Indie Gathering
August 4-6, 2006
4913 Storer Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44102
Phone: (216) 651-5441
(Contact: Ray Szuch)
Email: ray@worldeonline.com
Web site: Click here

Oklahoma

Dead Center Film Festival
Children's Theater -OKC fairgrounds
Oklahoma City, OK 73099
Phone: (405) 324-5305
(Contact: Jayson Floyd)
Email: jaysonf@gctech.org

Oregon

Ashland Independent Film Festival
April 3-7
P.O. Box 218
Ashland, OR 97520
Phone: (541) 488-3823
Fax: (541) 488-7782
(Contact: Ron Hulteen)
Email: info@ashlandfilm.org
Web site: Click here

The Fifth Annual Portland LGBT Film Festival
818 SW 3rd St., #1224
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: (503) 242-0818
Fax: (503) 239-0026
(Contact: Maura King)
Email: maura@sensoryperceptions.org
Web site: Click here

Northwest Film Festival
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
Phone: (503)221-1156
(Contact: Jenny Jones)
Email: jenny@nwfilm.org
Web site: Click here

Pennsylvania

3rd Annual Artsfest Film Festival
P.O. Box 15105
Harrisburg, PA 17101-5105
Phone: (717) 838-7884
(Contact: Caleb Smith)
Email: caleb@moviate.org

Great Lakes Independent Film Festival
P.O. Box 346
Erie, PA 16512
Phone: (814) 873-5069
(Contact: Steven M Opsanic)
Email: festinfo@greatlakesfilmfest.com
Web site: Click here

Philadelphia Video Festival
06/06/03 - 06/07/03
120 Radcliffe Street
Bristol, PA 19007
Phone: (215) 932-0293
(Contact: Ralph J. Ippoliti, Jr.)
Email: ralph@phillyvideofest.com
Web site: Click here

Texas

Austin Film Festival
1604 Nueces
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (800) 310-FEST
Fax: (512)478-6205
(Contact: Courtney Davis)
Email: austinfilm@aol.com
Web site: Click here

Buck 99 Film Festival
June 13
612 Woodford Ln.
Denton, TX 76201
Phone: (940) 382-8590
(Contact: K. Geter)
Email: k_geter@msn.com
Web site: Click here

Dallas Video Festival
3636 Turtle Creek Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75219
Phone: (214) 428-8700
Fax: (214) 428-8702
(Contact: Laura Neitzel)
Email: info@videofest.org
Web site: Click here

Deep Ellum Film Festival
November 17-20, 2005
3002B Commerce St.
Dallas, TX 75226
Phone: (214) 752-6759
Fax: (214) 752-6759
(Contact: James Faust)
Email: james@def2.org
Web site: Click here

Extremely Shorts V
800 Aurora St.
Houston, TX 77009
Phone: (713) 868-2101
Fax: (713) 868-2101 (call first)
(Contact: Andrea Grover)
Email: grover@aurorapictureshow.org
Web site: Click here

Lamar University/Spindletop Film Festival
Jan. 30 - Feb. 1
LU Box 10011
Beaumont, TX 77710
Phone: (409) 880-8490
Fax: (409) 880-1873
(Contact: Chris Castillo)
Email: castillojc@hal.lamar.edu
Web site: Click here

Red River Rockout Festival
October 9th
Red River Street at E. 7th Street
Austin, TX 78702
Phone: 512-220-7733
Fax: 512-220-7733
Contact: Beky Hayes
Email: BekSabbath@yahoo.com
Website: Click here

The McGuffin Film Festival
February 26,
2804 Rio Grande #302
Austin, Tx 78705
Phone: (512) 480-9669
(Contact: T.J. McGraw)
Email: mcguffinfestival@hotmail.com
Web site: Click here

Virginia

PETA’s Animal Rights Film Festival
Festival dates TBA
501 Front St
Norfolk, Va 23510
Phone: (757) 622-PETA
(Contact: Elizabeth O'Mara)
Email: elizabetho@peta.org
Web site: Click here

Re-Imagining Ireland
145 Ednam Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone: (434) 924-9721
Fax: (434) 296-4714
(Contact: Elizabeth Kiem)
Web site: Click here

Washington

Catatonifilms Online Filmfest
New Fest Cycle Each Month
VIitual
Seattle, WA 98107
Phone: (425) 398-9249
(Contact: Hue Wong)
Email: wong_hue@yahoo.com

Damah Spiritual Film Festival
Oct. 10-11
Seattle, WA
(Contact: Tory)
Email: tory@spiritualpr.com
Web site: Click here

Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival
401 Mercer St.
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone: (206) 443-7239
(Contact: Caroline Cumming)
Email: info@hazelfilm.org
Web site: Click here

Irish Reels Film & Video Festival
117 Yale Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone: (206) 938 2924
Fax: (206) 682-7422
(Contact: Caroline Cumming)
Email: caroline@irishreels.org
Web site: Click here

Northwest Asian American Theatre: A-Fest Through the Lens
409 7th Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 340-1445
(Contact: Marie Broderick)
Email: afestfilm@hotmail.com
Web site: Click here

Perception Online Film Festival
Runs Each Month
Seattle, WA 98107
Phone: (206) 782-5002
(Contact: Hue Wong)
Email: wong_hue@yahoo.com
Website: Click here

Port Townsend Film Festival
Sept. 26-28
211-A Taylor St
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Phone: (360) 379-1333
(Contact: Peter Simpson)
Email: peter@ptfilmfest.com
Web site: Click here

Seattle International Film Festival
May 19- June 12,
400 9th Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone: (206) 464-5830
Fax: (206) 264-7919
(Contact: Beth Barrett)
Email: mail@seattlefilm.org
Web site: Click here

Thumbdance Mobile Film Festival
March - May
821 Second Avenue, Suite 1400
Seattle , WA 98104
Phone: (206)-332-1749
(Contact: Elaine Grabicki)
Email: thumbdance@mobliss.com
Web site: Click here

Washington DC

DC Independent Film Festival
February 27 - March 6th
2950 Van Ness Street, NW, Suite 728
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: (202) 537 9493
Fax: (202) 686 7168
(Contact: Carol Bidault/Founder)
Email: info@dciff.org
Web site: Click here

West Virginia

Appalachian Film Festival
June 2-4
TBA
Huntington, WV 25701
Phone: (304) 781-2500
Cell: (304) 634-8581
(Contact: George R. Snider)
Email: grsnider3@aol.com
Web site: Click here

Wisconsin

Black Point Film Festival
April 23-27
3235 Chicago Club Drive
Lake Geneva, WI 53115
Phone: (262) 903-1955
Fax: (262) 249-0299
(Contact: David Malsch, Richard Paro)
Email: blackpointfilmfestival@yahoo.com
Web Site = Click here

Milwaukee International Film Festival
November 6 - 16
413 N. 2nd Street, Suite 150
Milwaukee, WI 53203
Phone: (414) 736-4324
(Contact: Jonathan Jackson)
Email: program@milwaukeefilmfest.org
Web Site = Click here

International

Autrailia

Melbourne Intl. Film Fest
First Floor, 207 Johnston St.
Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia
Phone: (011) (61-3) 9417-2011
Fax: (011) (61-3) 9417-3804
(Contact: Sandra Sdraulig)
Email: miff@netspace.net.au
Web site: Click here

Sydney Film Festival
P.O. Box 950
Glebe, NSW 2037, Australia
Phone: (011) (61-29) 660-3844
Fax: (011) (61-29) 692-8793
(Contact:Paul Byrnes)
Email: info@sydfilm-fest.com.au
Web site: Click here

Belgium

COURTisane festival of shortfilm and new media
14 - 16 May
Scheldestraat 169
Gent, OV 9040
Phone: 0032(0)9 219 91 04
Fax: 0032(0)9 219 91 04
(Contact:Thierry Vandenbussche)
Email: thierry@courtisane.be
Web site: Click here

Canada

2nd Annual Drug War Vigil Film Festival
May1-4/03
307 West Hastings
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
(Contact: George Bailey)
Email: dwvinfo@netscape.net

Banff Television Festival
1516 Railway Ave.
Canmore, Alberta
T1W 1P6, Canada
Phone: (011) (403) 678-9260
Fax: (011) (403) 678-9269
(Contact: Pat Ferns)
Email: info@banfftvfest.com
Web site: Click here

Focus Niagara Film and Video Festival
October
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Phone: TBA
Fax: TBA
(Contact: Anthony Perrotta)
Email: focusniagara@hotmail.com
Web site: Click here

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
517 College St., Suite 420
Toronto, Ontario
M6G 4A2
Phone: (416) 203-2155
Fax: (416) 203-0446
(Contact: Rhonda Costas)
Email: rcostas@hotdocs.ca
Web site: Click here

Kingston Canadian Film Festival
February 27 - March 2
The Screening Room Movie Theatre, Famous Players Theatre, Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario K7M 7W2
(Contact: Alison Migneault, Festival Publicist)
Email: alison@kingcanfilmfest.com
Web site: Click here

Splice This!
423 Shaw St.
Toronto, Ontario M6J 3X4
Phone: (416) 537-2256
(Contact: Laura Cowell, Kelly O'Brian)
Email: coldsore@interlog.com
Web site: Click here

University of Toronto Film and Video Festival
February 14-18, 2006
7 Hart House Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H3
Phone: (416) 978-8674
(Contact: Paul Templin or Steven Hoffner)
Email: uoftfilmfest@harthousetheatre.ca
Website: Click here

Czech Republic

Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival
Panska 1
Prague 1, 110 00 Czech Republic
Phone: (011) (420-2) 2423-5448
Fax: (011) (420-2) 2423-3408
(Contact: Eva Zaoralova)
Email: iffkv@tlp.cz

France

Cannes Intl. Film Festival
99 Blvd. Malesherbes
75008 Paris, France
Phone: (011) (33-1) 4561-6600
Fax: (011) (33-1) 4561-9760
(Contact: Gilles Jacob)
Email: festival@festival-cannes.fr
Web site: Click here

India

Aqs Magic independent Film Festival
January 15th
Akash apartments
1305, s.g.marg, jacob circle.
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400011
Phone: 0091 22 38972786
(Contact: Vaalee S)
Email: aqsmagic@hotmail.com

Ireland

Galway Film Fleadh
Cluain Mhuire, Monivea Rd.
Galway, Ireland
Phone: (011) (353-91) 751-655
Fax: (011) (353-91) 770-746
(Contact: Anthony Sellers)
Email: galfilm@iol.ie

Isreal

Jerusalem Film Festival
(Contact: Lia Van Leer, Director or Avinoam Harpak Program Director)
Email: jer-cin@jer-cin.org.il
Web site: Click here

London

Greenwich Film Festival
The Old Seager Distillery, Broomill Rd
London, UK SE8 4JT
Phone: 44 (0)20 86942211
Fax: 44 (0)20 86942971
(Contact: Megan)
Email: info@greenwichfilmfestival.co.uk
Web site: Click here

Raindance Film Festival
72/74 Brewer St.
London, UK W1R 3PH
Phone: 44 207 49 49 400
Fax: 44 207 28 73 777
(Contact: Anastasia Watkinson)
Email: anastasia@coppernob.net
Web site: Click here

Philippines

Cinemanila International Film Festival
76-B Scout Gandia, Brgy. Laging Handa
Quezon City, Philippines
Phone: (063) 2 4127686
Fax: (063) 2 3718821
(Contact: Mr. Amable Aguiluz VI)
Email: tikoyaguiluz@pacific.net.ph
Web site: Click here

Portugal

Troia Intl. Film Festival
Forum Luisa Todi, Av. Luisa Todi
65, 2902 Setubal Codex, Troia, Portugal
Phone: (011) (351-65) 525-908
Fax: (011) (351-65) 525-681
(Contact: Fernanda Silva)
Email: festroia@mail.telepac.pt

Romania

ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival
August, 16-21
Bvd, Primaverii, 12
Bucharest, ROMANIA 100123
Phone: 0040212301693
Fax: 0040212301298
(Contact: Daria Pall - General Secretary)
Email: festival@anonimul.ro
Web site: Click here

Sousse

International Film Festival for Youth and Childhood
M'hammed Maarouf
Sousse, Sousse 657
Phone: 216-3-224-995
Fax: 216-3-224-995
(Contact: Hassen Alilèche)
Email: fifej@gnet.tn

United Kingdom

Laugh Out Loud
12 september-24 september
Phoenix Arts Leicester
Leicestershire, UK le7 8jk
Phone: 0116-2904825
(Contact: Roopal Dhanota)
Web site: Click here