The American Cinematheque presents IT WAS 25 YEARS AGO...THE FILMS OF 1980, at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica (April 28 - May 4) and Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood (April 14 - 17). At the quarter century mark, it's a good time to take a closer look at a watershed year that saw mainstream Hollywood in full force with mega-hit comedies (THE BLUES BROTHERS), horror films (FRIDAY THE 13th) and a terrific, much-anticipated sequel (STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK) to one of the most successful films of all time.

For more information, please visit the American Cinematheque website.

Film screenings with Wim Wenders, Arthur Penn, Campbell Scott and Andy Keir at the Avon Theatre Film Center in Stamford, Conn.

March 30 @ 7 p.m. - Sneak Preview of LAND OF PLENTY. Q&A with Wim Wenders.

March 31@ 7 p.m. - The 30th Anniversary screening of NIGHT MOVES. Q&A with Arthur Penn.

April 2 @ 7 p.m. - Screening of OFF THE MAP. Q&A with Campbell Scott and Andy Keir (editor).

For more information, please visit the Avon Theatre website.

Filmmakers Bill Brown and Thomas Comerford follow up their 2002 Lo Fi Landscapes Tour with a new program of films about the space of history and the history of spaces. These films explore how historical text becomes physical texture, and how filmmaking itself is memory recovered from landscape's amnesia. Their new tour will run from April 28 through June 17.

For more information, please visit the following website.

The ADF is pleased to announce the EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES for
the 2005 Dancing for the Camera: International Festival of Film and Video Dance.

The NEW deadline for completed entries is FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2005 AT 6:00 PM.

The Chicago Underground Film Festival is accepting entries for its fest taking place in August. Features, shorts, documentaries, experimental, narrative, and animation are accepted in 35mm, 16mm, super-8 and video, with a deadline of May 1. For more information, visit their website.

April 1, 2005 is the final deadline for HypeFest submissions. Send
us your best commercials, music videos, short films and promos for
consideration for the 2005 event. For complete details, visit their
website. Both spec and commissioned work are accepted.

Macs in the Movies

Dan Halsted and Philip Hall from Camelot Pictures will be appearing at the Apple Store, The Grove, in Los Angeles to discuss how they use Apple computers and products to run an organized, efficient, wireless office.

Where: Apple Store, The Grove in Los Angeles
When: Friday, April 1st, 7:00 p.m

Russell Lee Fine, Cinematographer of films such as EVERYDAY PEOPLE and THE GREY ZONE, will appear at the Apple Store, Soho on March 24 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss how digital technology impacts the creative process of cinematography and filmmaking.

Outfest, the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, wich takes place July 7-18th 2005, has extended their submission deadline to March 25th. For more information and submission forms please visit their website.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Film/Video Shorts
An Eclectic Showcase of Film/Video Shorts
Directed by Women.

Early Deadline:  April 15, 2005
Late/Final Deadline:  May 13, 2005

Submission Guidelines and Application
info@reelvenus.com

Reel Venus Film Festival is an Eclectic 3 Day Showcase of current,
alternative and mainstream film and video shorts, 30 minutes
and under in length, which have been directed and conceived by
emerging and established women filmmakers
and video artists from the USA and abroad.

All topics, subjects considered. All genres accepted:
Narrative, Experimental, Documentary and Animation.
All work must have been completed after July 2003.

This year’s Festival will take place on July 20, 21 & 22, 2005
in New York City At Peter Norton Symphony Space
in the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater
www.symphonyspace.org

The Images Festival
Announces its 2005 Off Screen Program

The world's most provocative and radiant visions made visible at
The Images Festival
April 7 - 16, 2005

"In Good Conscience: Sister Jeannine Gramick's Journey of Faith"
7:00pm, directed by Barbara Rick
In Good Conscience brings together award-winning journalist/filmmaker
Barbara Rick and the legendary cinematographer Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens) to recount the courageous story of Sister Jeannine Gramick, an American nun who has defied a Vatican edict to shut down her compassionate ministry to gay and lesbian Catholics. Refusing to remain silent at tremendous risk to her calling, Sister Jeannine protests the Church’s discrimination and
hypocrisy, taking her case all the way to Rome to seek an audience with
Vatican officials. For more information, visit their website.

The 5th annual International Film and TV Finance Summit March 7-9.

The Summit will address current trends in Film and TV Finance and the legal agreements used in these types of financial transactions. This conference brings together a senior roster of international film finance professionals. These financiers, independent producers, legal advisors, and studio executives provide "hands-on" practical experience and technical knowledge on how to obtain financing for film projects.

wade invites you to create a temporary project for a wading pool in Toronto. Toronto's 105 wading pools, built in the 1950s and 60s, create a network of people, neighbourhoods, and parks in the downtown core. wade is an arts project celebrating Toronto's wading pools, inviting people of all ages to explore these remarkable public spaces in our city.

Canadian Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival
June 14 – 19, 2005
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
 

Saturday, April 16, 2005 at The Museum of Television & Radio, 25 West 52 Street, New York NY 10019

Got a great idea for a two-minute short film but never had a reason to get off the couch and do it? Here's your reason!

THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE PRESENTS
NEW WORK FROM AGNES VARDA AND
A TRIBUTE TO SILENT FILM COMEDIAN HARRY LANGDON
AT THE AERO AND EGYPTIAN THEATRES