Deadline: Monday, February 28th

The Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF) presents Word Lab, a new monthly, unstaged readings series of original, feature-length screenplays performed by a cast of professional actors. The series will present talented writers, actors and directors working together to showcase new screenplays for a New York audience.

Sprockets engages young people by fuelling creativity, nurturing self-expression and cooperation, and getting youth talking about issues that matter to them. This year's Sprockets invites budding filmmakers to immerse themselves in all the event has to offer. Short film and video submissions are being accepted for Jump Cuts Young Filmmakers Showcase. The deadline for submissions is March 24, 2005. The 8th-annual Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children presents kids and families with the best films from around the globe from April 29 to May 8, 2005. To find out all the ways kids can get involved with Sprockets, visit their website or call the Bell Infoline at 416-968-FILM.

Inside the Edit Room – A Special Presentation

Film producer Ted Hope will be at Apple Store SoHo in New York City on Thursday, February 24 to discuss the challenges facing independent film producers, and how the marriage of inspiration, perspiration, and technology helps meet and overcome those challenges.

Emile is the poignant exploration of an older man’s struggle to reconnect with his past.  From the director of Johnny (1999) and Lola (2001) comes the third chapter of films dealing with a character’s search for identity at a critical point in life.  This marks Bessai’s third feature film on which he served as writer/director/producer/ and cinematographer.  The cast includes Tygh Runyan, Chris William Martin, and Ian Tracey.

When Emile (Ian McKellen) is given the opportunity to travel from England to Victoria on Canada’s west coast to receive an honorary degree at the university, he goes knowing that it might be his last chance to reconnect with his only living relatives.  His niece Nadia (Deborah Kara Unger) and her daughter Maria (Theo Crane) hold the key to Emile’s tragic past and the guilt, which has taunted him his entire life.  The film starts to develop along two paths; in the present Emile struggles to connect with his estranged family, and in the past he plays back his memories of leaving the farm where he grew up with his two brothers.  As the past weaves together with the present, the film artfully and touchingly reveals a portrait of one man’s redemption.  
 
Emile runs 92 minutes and is not yet rated.

Dancing For the Camera International Festival of Film & Video Dance

The ADF is currently seeking entries for the 2005 Dancing for the Camera: International Festival of Film and Video Dance.

Dancing for the Camera will take place from July 8-10, 2005 on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The festival is free and open to the public.

On Friday, March 4th the New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) launches its seventh year with the US premiere of Millions by acclaimed director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later). The director and actors Alex Etel and Lewis McGibbon will be on hand for an audience Q&A following the screening. In addition, there will be an all-ages Gala Opening Night reception, with food and cocktails. Millions will be screened at the Director’s Guild of America (110 West 57th Street) at 6:00 PM.

Vincent Sassone’s A Tale of Two Pizzas, released by Cockeyed Caravan, will debut in five markets in two states in February. N&S Cinemas, based in Wisconsin, has booked the independent film to premiere 2/11 at Act One Theatre in Daytona Beach, FL (where Pizzas headlined the Daytona Beach Film Festival last November) and at Cinema 6 in Sturgeon Bay, WI, followed by an opening 2/18 at Pavilion Cinema in Naples, FL.

Curated by Gina Kim and is co-presented with the Film and Video Center
at University of California, Irvine.

Guests:    * Director  Im Kwon-taek in person  March 4 and 5.
       Director Kim Dong-won in person March 21.
       Director  E J-Yong in Person April 18.

where:     Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St. Cambridge MA 02138, 617 495
4700, www.harvardfilmarchive.org
when:     March 2 -  May 9, 2005
Tickets:     $8/$6,* tickets for Chihwaseon and Chunhyang with director
Im Kwon-taek in person are $10/$12 and may  be purchased at The Harvard
Box Office, 1350 Mass Ave, Holyoke Center         Arcade, 617 496-2222.

THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE PRESENTS
A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT OF ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED SHORTS IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH
AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE

Presented In Association with Apollo Cinema

ACTOR/COMEDIAN DAVE FOLEY TO HOST CEREMONY WITH DISTINGUISHED JUDGES INCLUDING
SCREENWRITERS AND PRODUCERS OF
MOULIN ROUGE, MONSTER, ALI, NIXON AND GARDEN STATE

Red Carpet Ceremony To Be Held at the Writers Guild Theater on February 25, 2005

U.S. Theatrical Premiere Wednesday, March 23 at Film Forum

Once upon a time Americans drank scotch and soda, martinis or vodka tonics. Today wine is the beverage of choice for millions of sophisticates worldwide. MONDOVINO explores the culture, economics and politics of the wine phenomenon.

At the Tiburon International Film Festival (this is right outside of San Francisco)
http://www.tiburonfilmfestival.com   (415) 381-4123
Date: March 13, 2005   at 1:50 PM
Looks like we will be there, too.

Also, it will have its television premiere on
HBO/Cinemax March 15, 2005 at 7:30 PM

For more info check out www.dogamentary.com

RONALD COLMAN, HOLLYWOOD'S FORGOTTEN STAR AT THE AERO AND
EGYPTIAN THEATRES

February 25 - March 5, 2005
The American Cinematheque presents IF I WERE KING - RONALD
COLMAN, HOLLYWOOD'S FORGOTTEN STAR, (February 25 - March 5) at the Aero and Egyptian Theatres.

Witness 2005, the first  film festival of its kind in Chicago, is  seeking politically conscious films that promote awareness of the various  social, economic, and political realities around the globe. In addition, the  festival is intended as an outreach vehicle to shed light and spur public  discourse on the issue of human rights with the hope of increasing awareness  and promoting activism through the arts.   The 2005 festival will run for 3 continuous days starting  on Friday, October 28 and ending on Sunday, October 30, 2005.  

Opens on Friday, March 11 at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema

In DON'T MOVE, an almost unrecognizable Penelope Cruz returns to
European filmmaking with a knockout performance in a career-defining
role that has already won her best performance accolades.

In conjunction with the exhibition East Village USA, the New Museum of Contemporary Art presents a 5-day film festival at the Pioneer Theater featuring rare short films and cult classics originating in the context of the 1980s East Village scene.

When: Wednesday – Sunday, February 16-21, 2005 (Times vary)
Where: Pioneer Theater (155 East Third Street)
Cost: Tickets are $9 and available at the Pioneer Theater

New Documentary Explores 21st Century Venice;
Film Has US Theatrical Premiere Wednesday, March 16 at Film Forum

The Waterfront Film Festival call for entries

"ONE OF THE MOST FUN FILM FESTIVALS IN THE US". 
The Waterfront Film Festival (June 9-12,2005) is currently accepting 35mm/16mm/DV features, shorts, docs and animation.

BOSTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
WARMS UP WINTER WITH FILMS AND FILMMAKERS
New Films from Israel, Uruguay Mark February and March

NEWTON, Massachusetts –February 7, 2005 –The Boston Jewish Film
Festival is pleased to offer screenings of three films, not yet
theatrically released, each with an appearance by its filmmakers, this
February and March.  Details appear below.

Milestone presents 2 More Great DVDs for March!
Milestone & Image Entertainment to release
Mary Pickford in LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY
And one of the first Bollywood Meets Hollywood features,
David Rathod’s WEST IS WEST

Director, Writer and Lead Actor: STEPHEN CHOW
Cast: YUEN WAH, YUEN QIU and BRUCE LEUNG SIU LUNG
Set amid the chaos of pre-revolutionary China, small time thief, Sing
aspires to be one of the sophisticated and ruthless Axe Gang whose
underworld activities overshadow the city.  

Christine Vachon and her Killer Films producing partner Pamela Koffler, producers of "Far From Heaven," "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," and "Boys Don't Cry," will participate in a session at the Apple Store Soho tomorrow (103 Prince Street), February 3rd at 7 p.m.

After talking about the company, Vachon and Koffler will take questions from attendees.

Friday, February 4th is the final deadline to participate in Tribeca All Access (TAA) Connects. TAA Connects is a networking and meetings program that brings narrative and documentary filmmakers of color together with the film industry decision makers during the Tribeca Film Festival. Filmmakers who identify as African American, Asian American, Latino/a, Pacific Islander or Native American are welcome to submit scripts or documentary proposals for consideration. TAA Connects will run April 25 - 28. For more information, visit thier website.