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International Film
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| Date | Film Festival | City | Country | Website | Description |
| February 27 - March 2, 2008 | Kingston Canadian Film Festival | Kingston | Canada | Canadian Film Festival | The 8th Annual Kingston Canadian Film Festival! Presented by The Kingston Whig-Standard and Cogeco, this year’s festival promises to be spectacular with screenings of the year’s very best films, receptions and film industry guests. These films will touch your heart, make you laugh, and most of all, entertain. |
| March 12 - 21, 2008 | Human Rights Watch Film Festival | London | England | Human Rights | Human Rights Watch's International Film Festival has become a leading venue for distinguished fiction, documentary and animated films and videos with a distinctive human rights theme. Through the eyes of committed and courageous filmmakers, we showcase the heroic stories of activists and survivors from all over the world. We seek to empower everyone with the knowledge that personal commitment can make a very real difference. |
| March 20-30, 2008 | KinoRurik Russian Film Festival | Stockholm/Uppsala | Sweden | KinoRurik | Since 1999, we have screened many new and a few older Russian films to the people in the Stockholm/Uppsala area. All films have English or Swedish subtitles. For further information in English, please contact redaktor@kinorurik.nu |
| March 25-29, 2008 | Canadian Film Fest | Toronto | Canada | Can Film Fest | The Canadian Filmmakers Festival is a non-profit organization devoted
to the celebration, promotion and advancement of Canadian filmmaking talent. Exclusively featuring Canadian films. |
| March 26-30, 2008 | Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival | Belgrade | Serbia | Belgrade Short | Domestic and foreign films from the competition program are divided by blocks: documentary, animated, experimental and short feature. |
| April 16-20, 2008 | Okanagan Film Festival | British Columbia | Canada | Okanagan | |
| April 17 - 27, 2008 | Hot Docs Canadian International Doc. Festival | Toronto | Canada | Hot Docs | Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America's largest documentary festival. Each year, the festival presents a selection of more than 100 cutting-edge documentaries from Canada and around the globe. Through its industry programmes, the Festival also provides a full range of professional development, market and networking opportunities for documentary professionals. |
| April 21 - 27, 2008 | Courtisane Film Festival | Ghent | Belgium | Courtisane | Courtisane explores the national and international field of audiovisual creation. We focus on short film, video and new media projects from artists/creators who challenge boundaries, are innovative, and give new meaning to existing concepts. |
| April 23- 27, 2008 | International Women’s Film Festival | Cologne | Germany | Frauen Film Festival | The International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund|Cologne takes
place annually, alternating between Dortmund and Cologne. Unique
in Germany, the IWFF provides a perfect platform for the presentation of
the latest film developments and trends as they relate to women working
in all areas of film production. Not just women film directors but women
cinematographers, film-music composers and other women film-makers are
given an unrivalled opportunity to showcase their latest work. |
| April 23-27, 2008 | KAN Film Festival | Wroclaw | Poland | KAN | Between 23th and 27rd April 2008 we would like to invite you for the meeting with the international/world and Polish, amateur and independent cinematography and its creators. |
| April 24-27, 2008 | Dead by Dawn Film Festival | Edinburgh | Scotland | Dead By Dawn | Four days of utter horror indulgence with the usual stunning programme of previews and glorious indie discoveries, complemented by a superb selection of classics, more short film programmes than you can shake a splintered bone at, special guests, endless give-aways, goodies, a late bar every night and your very own FAB Press shop. |
| April 25-May 4, 2008 | The Brussels Short Film Festival | Brussels | Belgium | Brussels | |
| May 2-4, 2008 | Festival des Tres Courts | France | Tres Courts | ||
| May 3-11, 2008 | Toronto Jewish Film Festival | Toronto | Canada | TJFF | The 16th annual Toronto Jewish Film Festival offers up 92 films from 13 countries this year: 25 feature films, 22 shorts, 42 documentaries, three programmes of TV series and three free ticketed events. One of the world’s great Jewish films festivals the TJFF draws thousands of fans annually. |
| May 12-17, 2008 | Monaco Charity Film Festival | Monte Carlo | Monaco | Monaco Charity | |
| May 14 - 25, 2008 | Cannes Film Festival | Cannes | France | Cannes | The Festival de Cannes is the most important motion-picture event in the world with 35,000 accreditees representing all the professions of the film industry. |
| May 15-25, 2008 | Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival | Toronto | Canada | THAFF | The Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival returns for its 11th edition with a spectacular new selection of feature film dramas, comedies, and documentaries from Spanish speaking countries. |
| May 20-25, 2008 | Ethnocineca | Vienna | Austria | Ethnocineca | |
| May 23-31, 2008 | Ibiza International Film Festival | Ibiza | Spain | Ibiza Int'l | The Ibiza and Formentera International Film Festival is a competitive platform where international productions can compete in equal opportunity without margination due to budget or provenance. The selection is made using guide lines of originality and good execution. |
| May 27 - June 1, 2008 | DOXA Documentary Film Festival | Vancouver | Canada | DOXA | DOXA – a curated and juried festival comprised of public screenings, workshops, panel discussions and public forums. |
| May 31-June 7, 2008 | Swansea Film Festival | Swansea | Wales | Swansea | The Swansea Life Film Festival provides an important platform for Welsh talent and a stage for film makers who now have made Swansea a regular stop on the international film circuit. The profile given to the Swansea region by the Film Festival can only improve the cultural and economic aspects of the City |
| June 4-11, 2008 | Emden Film Festival | Emden | Germany | Emden Film Festival | the International Filmfest Emden-Norderney is one of Germany’s most nationally acclaimed and internationally recognised film festivals. The main focus of the programme is on current film productions from north-western Europe. |
| June 4 - 22, 2008 | Sydney Film Festival | Sydney | Australia | Sydney | Sydney Film Festival is a major cultural event on the city's social calendar and one of the world's longest running film festivals. |
| June 8 - 11, 2008 | Banff World Television Festival | Banff | Canada | BANFF 08 | The Banff World Television Festival is the world's most important television content creation event. 2008 will mark the 29th edition of this annual forum of business and creative opportunities for those in television and new media. |
| June 11-15, 2008 | Biografilm Festival | Bologna | Italy | Biografilm | |
| June 14-22, 2008 | Shanghai International Film Festival | Shanghai | China | Shanghai Int'l | After being successfully established, the festival was soon accredited by FIAPF as one of the competitive feature film festivals. Every year in June, this only international festival in China opens its curtains, and brings to you a visual feast of films |
| June 15-21, 2008 | Taormina Film Festival | Sicily | Italy | Taromina | |
| June 18-29, 2008 | Edinburgh International Film Festival | Edinburgh | Scotland | Edinburgh Int'l | The longest continually running film festival in the world, it has come a long way from its beginnings as a documentary-based festival established in the wake of World War II. Its spirit was and is bold and its focus international. |
| June 20 - 28, 2008 | Filmfest Munchen | Munich | Germany | Filmfest Munich | For over a quarter of a century, Filmfest München has stood for hot movies, film discoveries of the most compelling, delightful and entertaining kind, and, first and foremost, a laid back and yet productive festival atmosphere. |
| July 24 - 27, 2008 | 37 South: 2008 | Melbourne | Australia | 37 South | Australia’s only film co-financing market in a film festival environment, 37 South: Bridging the Gap enables Australian producers with market-ready feature-length projects to meet with key international film co-financiers in Melbourne. The emphasis is on producers pitching projects to financiers with the aim of deepening marketplace relationships and generating financier interest in their slates. |
| July 25 - August 10, 2008 | Melbourne International Film Festival | Melbourne | Australia | Melbourne Int'l | MIFF will accept features, shorts, documentaries, animations, experimental works, and music videos. |
| July 29-August 10, 2008 | International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre | Brazil | Fantastic Film Festival | The festival will present several novelities, the main one being the international feature film competition section. The festival has the objective of developing and sustaining an interest in fantasy, sci-fi and horror films. |
| July 4 - 12, 2008 | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | Karlovy Vary | Czech Republic | KVIFF | |
| July 8-13, 2008 | Galway Film Fleadh | Galway | Ireland | Galway | Founded twenty years ago, the central goal of the Galway Film Fleadh remains unchanged: to bring together audiences and filmmakers within an intimate environment, and share a common experience – the wonder of cinema. |
| August 5-10, 2008 | Alpinale Eurpoean Film Festival Nenzing | Bludenz | Austria | Alpinale | The 23nd Alpinale Filmfestival is one of the most traditional summer-festivals in Vorarlberg. The Alpinale aims at bringing together newcomers to film-making from various parts of Europe, thereby offering opportunities to establish contacts, exchange ideas, gather experience and reach a wider audience. |
| August 8-21, 2008 | 10th Cinemanila International Film Festival | Quezon City | Phillipines | Cinemanila Int'l | Cinemanila International Film Festival, recognized by local cineastes as the Festival of Festivals. Indeed, only Cinemanila can boast of no less than 50 films from almost just as many countries, movies as diverse in theme and flavour as their origins. |
| August 11-17, 2008 | ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival | Bucharest | Romania | ANONIMUL | The Festival has a competitive character with two sections: feature, fiction and animation short. The total value of prizes is up to USD 23,000. The Festival Trophy, of USD 10,000, goes to the best feature in the competition. |
| August 15-23, 2008 | Sarajevo Film Festival | Sarajevo | Bosina | SFF | An international film festival with a specific goal of supporting and promoting regional cinema and authors. Sarajevo Film Festival represents the main meeting place for all regional producers and authors and is recognized by film professionals from all over the world as the pinnacle point for networking for all wishing to learn more about the possibilities this region has to offer. |
| August 15-23, 2008 | Monterrey International Film Festival | Monterrey | Mexico | Monterrey Int'l | The Monterrey International Film Festival is pleased to invite filmmakers from Mexico and around the world to submit their short and feature films for the 2008 Festival |
| September 8-13, 2008 | Festival de Artes Audiovisuales de La Plata | La Plata | Argentina | FESAALP | Comienza el 3º Festival de Artes Audiovisuales de La Plata - FESAALP 2008. Del 8 al 13 de septiembre de este año, volveremos a llenar el Centro Cultural Islas Malvinas de La Plata de películas y de público ávido de ver los mejores trabajos audiovisuales de toda América Latina. |
| September 12-21, 2008 | Strasbourg International Film Festival | Strasbourg | France | Strasbourg Int'l | Strasbourg International Film Festival will be geared toward industry networking. Our film festival seeks to offer an intimate, close-knit networking circle. The film festival also plan to have special events for students and the community-at-large. |
| October 1-12, 2008 | Raindance Film Festival | London | England | Raindance | Raindance showcases features and shorts made by independent filmmakers from all around the world to an audience of film fans, journalists, acquisition executives, actors, producers and directors. Each year we receive thousands of film submissions of just about every genre you can imagine from very talented filmmakers so it’s safe to assume that the competition is fierce. |
| November 5-9, 2008 | Moving Image Film Festival | Toronto | Canada | Moving Image | As it is our first year in the festival ring we assure you it will be an astonishing year for filmmakers and audience members alike. |
| November 19-23, 2008 | Full Length Film Festival | Lubin | Poland | Full Length | Kinoteatr Projekt is the organizer of the Full Length Festival. The Festival
takes a form of a contest with an audience award for best film. |
| February 5-15, 2009 | Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin | Germany | Berlin Int'l | Berlin - a cosmopolitan, exciting capital, a city of culture with international appeal. In the middle of it all: the Berlinale – not only the city’s largest cultural event, but also one of the most important dates on the international film industry’s calendar. More than 19,000 film professionals from 120 countries, including 4,000 journalists, are accredited for the Berlin International Film Festival every year. |