The MFA Film Program is presenting a four-show engagement of Argentinean director Lucrecia Martel’s acclaimed feature debut "The Swamp" (La Cienaga) from June 16-19 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. For information please visit the MFA website.

The National Film Board of Canada is putting the call out to new filmmaking talent with "Reel Diversity," a national competition for emerging filmmakers of color. Reel Diversity will give three promising directors the chance to direct their own NFB documentary, to be broadcast nationally on CBC Newsworld. As many as eight proposals will be selected for a five-month development period, during which directors will also benefit from an intensive training session. Deadline for submissions is July 15, 2005. For information on eligibility and how to apply, visit the Reel Diversity website .

The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) is dedicated to presenting the best Latino films made in the U.S., Spain, the Caribbean and Latin America. The festival runs from October 21-30, 2005. The deadline for entries is July 5, 2005.

For more information, please visit the Latino Film Website .

David Koh & Chris Blackwell announced today the dates for this year's Goldeneye Film Festival & Retreat. The former home of Ian Fleming -- where he wrote all 13 James Bond novels -- hosts the December 7–12, 2005 event. His retreat, Goldeneye, is now an Island Outpost resort in Oracabessa Bay, Jamaica, just outside of the resort destination of Ocho Rios. Goldeneye Film Festival & Retreat is still accepting submissions. For more information, visit the festival's website.

The Walker Art Center presents "Alexander Payne: Sideways Glance at America" from June 3-11 in Minneapolis, MN. Fresh off capturing a screenwriting Oscar for "Sideways," Nebraska-born filmmaker Alexander Payne returns to the Midwest on June 3 for dialogue with Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times. Their discussion of Payne's creative process and career will be followed by a retrospective of his feature films "Citizen Ruth," "Election," "About Schmidt," "Sideways," and his film school thesis project, "The Passion of Martin."

The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria Queens in collaboration with the North Star Fund will present a daylong tribute to John Sayles and Maggie Renzi for their seminal role in launching the American independent film movement. The program, on Saturday, May 21, will include screenings of "Matewan" (1987) and" City of Hope" (1991), directed by Sayles and produced by Renzi, and two panel discussions, exploring the current state of political filmmaking and the role of women in the film industry. Both Sayles and Renzi will appear in person to present their work and participate in the discussions.

The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens will present a retrospective tribute to audacious French director François Ozon from Sunday, May 22 through Sunday, June 5, 2005. Ozon will appear in person at the Museum on June 5 following a special screening of his acclaimed new film, "5x2," a reverse chronological narrative of scenes from an unraveling marriage.

The International Family Film Festival
What IFFF? Kids Short Film and Screenplay Competition and Film Camp
July 11-16, 2005 in Santa Clarita, CA
Deadline for Entries: June 1, 2005

Competition is open to films and screenplays that follow the IFFF Mission Statement: To promote and encourage the creation and sharing of family film product through film exhibition, screenplays, professional children's hands-on workshops, and engaging post-film discussions. Any subject matter may be covered. For more information, please visit the IFFF website.

Are you interested in working in the industry and need to know how to write coverage? Or have you written a script and wonder how a distributor or production company reader might evaluate your material? Join AIVF's two-night seminar on May 17 and 31 from 6-10 p.m. in New York City and learn the elements of story analysis and how to write standard industry coverage from professional story analyst Maureen Nolan. For more information, please visit the AIVF website.

The Museum of Modern Art presents its third annual festival of preserved and restored films, including many works never before seen in the U.S. To Save and Project: The Third MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation will be presented in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters from May 26 through June 26, 2005. The exhibition of short and feature-length films encompasses animated, dramatic, documentary, and avant-garde works that have been preserved and restored by Hollywood and European studios and distributors, and by archives around the world, including MoMA. Restored films by Sergei Eisenstein, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jacques Feyder, Ingmar Bergman, and Michael Reeves among many rarities in 81-film exhibition. For more information, visit the MoMA website.

The American Cinematheque presents "Golden Balls: A Tribute to Spanish Director Bigas Luna" at the Egyptian (May 20 - May 22) and Aero Theatres. Drawn from his seemingly inexhaustible passion for sex, food and his native Catalunya, the films of legendary Spanish director Bigas Luna literally overflow with symbolist and surrealist images. Everything is oversized in Luna's universe, from women's breasts to male egos. A popular and controversial filmmaker in Spain since the late 70s, Luna's "Jamon Jamon" (1991) starring a young Javier Bardem ("Before Night Falls") and Penelope Cruz ("Vanilla Sky," "Don't Move") finally brough him to the attention of American audiences. The series featured the nearly impossible to see "Poodle" (1979), a shocking portrait of an incestuous pair of siblings and their dog. Plus the LA Premiere of "Sound of the Sea" (2001) starring Leonor Watling ("Talk to Her"). For more information, visit the American Cinematheque website.

Academy Award winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen will be at the Apple Store Soho (NYC) to discuss the process of editing their feature films “Intolerable Cruelty” and “The Ladykillers” using Apple’s Final Cut Pro software. After their presentation, Joel and Ethan will take questions from the audience.

when: May 10, 8:00 p.m.
where: Apple Store Soho, 103 Prince Street, New York, NY 10012
(212) 226-3126

The tenth annual Angelus Awards Student Film Festival , has announced its call for entries. The 2005 Angelus Awards ceremony and screening of winning films will be held Oct. 22 at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood. All genres will be accepted, including dramas, comedy, documentary and animation. Eligible films’ maximum running time is 90 minutes or less, and they must have been completed between June 2003 and July 2005 while the filmmaker was an undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited film school or university. The early bird entry fee through June 1 is $25, and afterwards it will be $35. The deadline is July 1, 2005. Entries can be downloaded from without a box.com or through their website .

The MFA Film Program and the Boston Jewish Film Festival are proud to present an advance screening of filmmaker Marian Marzynski’s new documentary “A Jew Among the Germans” on May 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Marzynski will be present for a discussion following the screening. For more information, please visit the MFA website.

The Museum of Fine Arts Film Program is pleased to present a six-show engagement of director Hiner Saleem’s new Armenian tragicomic drama “Vodka Lemon” from June 3-11 in Boston. Post-Soviet Armenia provides the setting for Hiner Saleem’s beautifully understated “Vodka Lemon,” a loving look at a world frozen both in time and in the snows of Caucasian winter. This is a film about a community that has little left and whose future seems dreary—yet still, sparks of love and hope fly. Hiner Saleem was born in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1964. Before pursuing a film career, he was an exhibited painter and a published poet. A political refugee for the past 20 year, Saleem now lives in Paris. For more information, please visit the MFA website.

In celebration of National Bike Month, the 5th Annual Bicycle Film Festival will kick off its 2005 cross-country tour at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City on May 12. The festival will run through May 15. In addition to screening 55 feature-length and short films that celebrate bicycles and urban bike culture, the festival will also host a bike-centric art show entitled “Street,” and a downtown parade on May 14. For more information, please visit the Bicycle Film Festival website.

From May 27-29, the Northwest Film Center presents Jessica Yu's “Breathing Lessons: The Life and Death of Mark O’Brien." Yu's new film captures the haunting imprint of an extraordinary man-legendary outsider artist Henry Darger (1892-1973).

The Jacob Burns Film Center will showcase six feature films and two short films in collaboration with the New York African Film Festival (AFF) from May 6-12. The Film Center’s festival features the AFF’s National Traveling Series, designed to bring the unique experience of watching African cinema to the broadest possible audience. The films range from filmmaker/novelist Ousmane Sembene’s look at female circumcision (“Moolaadé”), to films about the cosmos (“Cosmic Africa”), corruption (“Agogo Eewo”) and the struggle toward multiculturalism (“Dirt for Dinner”). The Film Center is located at 364 Manville Road in Pleasantville, NY. For more information, please visit the Jacob Burns Film Center website.