Film Festival

The 13th Thai Short Film and Video Festival will be held on August 13-23, 2009. Submissions are being accepted until May 31, 2009. The short films or videos may be in any genre and should be less than 30 minutes. Documentaries, however, have no time limit. The works to be submitted must have been...
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Attention Film-makers, you might want to join this local festival. Got the information from Jason Laxamana via email. Let us support the budding film makers from the outskirts of Metro Manila. The 1st Cinekabalen Philippine Film Festival The short film competition seeks to explore, criticize, promote, empower, and/or describe the Kapampangan experience through independent...
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The Filipino International Film Festival – Los Angeles (FIFFLA) is now looking for entries! Since its conception in October 2008, Jeff Solema, the festival director, has worked so hard to translate this vision to reality. The website of the Film Festival is now up and running, please do check it out at www.fiffla.org I’m...
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The World Comedy Film Festival will be held on April 23-29, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. The good thing is, the government of Thailand agreed to fund this festival according to Variety.com More than 60 comedy films from all over the world will be screened during the film festival. The festival will also present a...
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Here’s an inter-school short video festival! Piling Obrang Vidyo or P.O.V. is an inter-school short video festival that is supported by different participating schools as well as film practitioners in both the academe and in the industry. Having first started in the year 2004 with a minimal audience and only a handful of entries,...
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Hey friends, I got this from Jason Paul Laxamana of Kamaru, a cultural advocacy group in Pampanga. In case you’re interested, join in! BE PART OF HISTORY! Are you an aspiring independent filmmaker? The 1st Kapampangan Film Festival in the country is being organized, and one of the highlights of the event will be...
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It’s that time of the year again. CinemaOne originals is accepting entries to the 2009 CinemaOne Originals Digital Movie Festival. Check out the press release below. Premiere movie cable channel Cinema One is now accepting entries for the 2009 Cinema One Originals Digital Movie Festival competition! Now on its 5th Year, Cinema One Originals...
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Shangrila Plaza in Mandaluyong City has been home to a number of really great Film Festivals in the Metro. There’s the Eiga Sai and the French Film Festival during the third quarter of the year. This January, the first Film Festival to hit Shangrila’s Cineplex is the Chinese Spring Film Festival on January 21-27....
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I almost missed this one. Thanks to a gentle reminder from Cinematical.com through my RSS reader. The Sundance Film Festival is one of the most highly anticipated events each year. Especially so because its a really great way to start the year!! How I really wish I could be there at the 2009 Sundance...
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So far, I have watched only two films in the 34th Metro Manila Film Festival-Baler and Dayo sa Mundo ng Elementalia. For the Penstalker Movie Blog review of Baler, please click here. Here’s my take on Dayo sa Mundo ng Elementalia. A Snapshot Dayo follows the adventures of Bubuy (voiced by Nash Aguas) as...
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