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Janus/Criterion b&w and color DVD box set [10/2006] 50 disks & book for $764.99 FIFTY FILMS including Eisenstein's "Alexander Nevsky" [Russia 1938]; Wajda's "Ashes and Diamonds" [Poland 1958]; Antonioni's "L'Avventura" [Italy 1960]; "Ballad of A Soldier" [Russia 1959]; Cocteau's "Beauty and The Beast" [France 1946]; "Black Orpheus" [Brasil 1959]; "Brief Encounter" [U.K. 1945]; "The Fallen Idol" [U.K. 1948]; Ichikawa's "Fires On The Plain" [Japan 1959]; Ozu's "Floating Weeds" [Japan 1959]; Clément's "Forbidden Games" [France 1952]; Truffaut's "The 400 Blows" [France 1959]; Renoir's "Grand Illusion" [1937]; "Häxan" [1922 silent]; Kurosawa's "Ikiru" [Japan 1952]; "The Importance of Being Earnest" [U.K. 1952]; Eisenstein's "Ivan The Terrible, Part II" [Russia 1958]; "Le Jour se Lève" [France 1939]; Truffaut's "Jules and Jim" [France 1962]; "Kind Hearts and Coronets" [U.K. 1949] starring Alec Guinness; Polanski's "Knife In The Water" [Poland 1962]; Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes" [U.K. 1938]; "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" [U.K. 1943]; Forman's "The Loves of A Blonde" [Czech 1965]; Fritz Lang's "M" [Germany 1931] starring Peter Lorre; Tati's "M. Hulot's Holiday" [France 1953]; "Miss Julie" [Sweden 1951]; Pabst's "Pandora's Box" [Germany 1929] starring Louise Brooks; "Pépé le Moko" [France 1937] starring Jean Gabin; Olmi's "Il Posto" [Italy 1961]; "Pygmalion" [U.K. 1938]; Kurosawa's "Rashomon" [Japan 1950]; Olivier's "Richard III" [U.K. 1955]; Renoir's "The Rules of The Game" [France 1939]; Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" [Japan 1954]; Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" [Sweden 1957]; "The Spirit of The Beehive" [Spain 1973]; Fellini's "La Strada" [Italy 1954]; David Lean's "Summertime" [U.K. 1955] starring Katharine Hepburn & Rossano Brazzi; "The Third Man" [1949] starring Orson Welles; Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps" [U.K. 1935]; Mizoguchi's "Ugetsu" [Japan 1953]; De Sica's "Umberto D." Italy 1952]; Bergman's "The Virgin Spring" [Sweden 1960]; Buñuel's "Viridiana" [Sapin 1961]; Clouzot's "The Wages of Fear" [France 1953]; Fellini's "The White Sheik" [Italy 1952]; Bergman's "Wild Straw- berries" [Sweden 1957]; and 3 documentaries by Saul J. Turell

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	"The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide" [2000] by Chris Gore iFilm/Lone Eagle 8¾x6 3rd edition pb [9/2004] for $14.93 iFilm/Lone Eagle 9x6 2nd edition pb [3/2001] out of print/used
	"International Film Festival Guide" [3rd edition 2000] Edited by Shael Stolberg Hushion House 9x6 pb [2/2000] out of print/used

Film Festivals Around The World

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film festivals A-Z on Google's directory
UTYX.com Film Resources film festival directory
film festival listings on Yahoo! Directory
Film Festival Club

Go Left TV's Documentary Film Festival [deadline 31 August 2007]

HDfest: High-Definition Film Festival [world tour 2004 = #5]
European Film Festivals Coordination

Festival du Cinema de Paris [short films; January]

Copenhagen [Denmark] Intl. Film Festival [est. Aug 2003]
Copenhagen [Denmark] Intl. Children's Film Festival [Sept-Oct 2003 = #4]
Odense [Denmark] Intl. Film Festival [Aug 2003 = #18]
NatFilm Festival, Denmark [March 2004 = #15]

Venezia [Italy] Intl. Film Festival [Aug-Sept 2003 = #60]

Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo, Brasil [Oct 2003 = #27]

Resfest Digital Film Festival [2003 World Tour Sept-Dec]

Freedom Film Festival [Feb 2004 = #7] in Los Angeles, CA & Berlin, Germany
Gay & Lesbian Humanist Assn. Film Festival [July 2005] in London, U.K.

One World Intl. Human Rights Documentary Film Festival [April]

Vallarta Film Festival [Dec 2006 = #3]

biannual FESPACO Pan-African Film & Television Festival [est. 1969; Feb-March 2007 = #20]

United States Film Festivals

The New York International Independent Film & Video Festival [est. 1993]
in NYC, L.A., Las Vegas & Miami

First Nations / First Features showcase of indiginous film
in Washington, DC & New York City [May 2005]

SlamDance Film Festival [Jan 2003 = #9]
Sundance Film Festival [Jan 2004] in Park City, UT
Freedom Cinema Festival [Jan 2005 = #2] in Park City, UT
Laugh is Hope Comedy & Film Festival [Jan 2004 = #1] in Houston, TX

Reel Music Film Festival [Jan-Feb 2006 = #23] in Portland, OR

Portland Intl. Film Festival [Feb 2006 = #29] in Portland, OR
Sedona [AZ] Intl. Film Festival & Workshop [Feb 2006]
Boulder [CO] International Film Festival [Feb]

Scottsdale AZ Western Film Festival [March 2003 = #13]
Wisconsin Film Festival [March 2003 = #5]
South By Southwest Film Festival [March 2003 = #10] in Austin TX
Durango [CO] Intl. Film Festival [March 2006= #1]

Key West [FL] Indie Fest [Easter Weekend]
Sarasota [FL] Film Festival [March-April 2006 = #9]
Worldfest Houston [TX] Intl. Film Festival [April 2003 = #36]
Miami [FL] Latino Film Festival [April 2003 = #6]
Sin Fronteras {Latino/Latina} Film Festival [April 2006 = #4] in Albuquerque, NM
Tribeca Film Festival [April-May 2006 = #5] in New York City
Tribeca Underground Film Festival [May 2006 = #3] in New York City

Florida Film Festival [June 2003 = #12]
Memphis [KY] Film Festival [June 2003 = #32]
First Glance Philadelphia Film Festival [2006 = #10]
Maui [HI] Film Festival [June]

Tombstone [AZ} Western Film Festival & Symposium [July 2005 = #5]
Santa Fe NM 'Summer In The Dark' Noir Film Festivasl [July 2003 = #6]
St. Louis [MO] Filmmakers Showcase [July 2005 = #5]
'Slapsticon' silent comedy film festival [July 2007 = #5] in Arlington, VA

Roxbury [Boston MA] Film Festival [Aug 2002 = #4]

Coney Island [NY] Short Film Festival [Sept 2003 = #3]
Telluride [CO] Indie Fest [Sept]
Cheyenne [WY] Western Film Festival [Sept] = call 307/635-4646
Bluegrass Independent Film Festival in Louisville, KY [Sept]
Condé Nast Traveler Intl. Film Forum, New York City [Sept]
Toofy Film Festival [Sept 2006 = #3] in Boulder, CO
Yellowstone [MT] Film Festival [Sept]
Emerald Eye Short Film Festival [Sept 2003 = #2] in NC
Wild Film! International Wildlife Film Festival [Sept 2007] in Taos, NM
Gallup [NM] Inter-Cultural Film Festival [Sept-Oct 2005]

IndieMemphis [Oct] in TN
Winslow [AZ] Film Festival [Oct 2003 = #2]
Taos [NM] Mountain Film Festival [Oct 2004 = #4]
Denver [CO] indigenous Film & Arts Festival [Oct 2007 = #4]
Sun Valley [Idaho] International Film Festival [Oct 2003 = #4]
Denver [CO] Indigenous Film & Arts Festival [Oct 2005 = #2]

Midwest Film Festival [est. Oct 2003] in Scottsbluff, NE
International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival [Oct 2005 = #6] in Phoenix, AZ
FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival [2006 = #10]

Asheville [NC] Film Festival [Nov]
Northwest Film & Video Festival [Nov 2004 = #30] in Portland, OR
St. Louis [MO] International Film Festival [Nov 2005 = #14]
Puro Mexicano Tucson [AZ] Film Festival [Nov 2005]
Starz Denver Intl. Film Festival [Nov 2006 = #29]

Santa Fe [NM] Film Festival [Dec 2004 = #5]
FirstGlance Hollywood Film Festival [Dec 2005 = #6]

California Film Festivals

Kern Film Festival [Jan 2003 = #3]
Palm Springs [CA] Intl. Film Festival [Jan 2003 = #14]
Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival [Jan 2007 = #5]
Santa Barbara [CA] Intl. Film Festival [Feb-March 2003 = #18]
San Diego [CA] Latino F/F [March 2004 = #10]
Newport Beach [CA] Film Festival [April 2003]
San Francisco Intl. Film Festival [April 2003 = #46]
International Family Film Festival [April 2004 = #10] in Valencia, CA
Palm Springs, CA Noir Film Festival [May 2003 = #3]
Coachella Independent Film Festival in Indio, CA [May 2004 = #5]

San Francisco [CA] Jewish Film Festival [July-Aug 2003 = #23]
Big Bear Lake [CA] Intl Film Festival [Sept 2005 = #6]
Outfest: San Diego [CA] Gay & Lesbian Film Festival [Sept 2003 = #6]
Lake Arrowhead [CA] Celebration of Film [Sept]
Palm Springs [CA] Intl. Festival of Short Films [Sept 2004 = #10] {requires Flash}
Channel Islands Indie F/F in Oxnard, CA [Sept 2003 = #6]
San Diego [CA] Underwater Film Festival [Sept 2003]
Mill Valley [CA] Film Festival [Oct 2003 = #26]
San Luis Obispo [CA] Intl. Film Festival [March 2007 = #13]
San Diego [CA] Asian Film Festival [Oct 2003 = #4]

Los Angeles / Hollywood
Film Festivals

A.S.F.L.A. Scandinavian Film Festival [Jan-Feb 2003 = #4]

Pan-African Film Festival [Feb 2004 = #12]
Santa Monica [CA] Film Festival [Feb]
A.C.F. Freedom Film Festival [Feb 2003 = #6]
Israel Film Festival [Feb-May]
The Other Venice Film Festival [March 2004 = #1] in Venice, CA
Hungarina Film Festival [March 2005 = #6] in Beverly Hills, CA
Artivist Film Festival [#1 = Earth Day 2004]

American Cinematheque's Festival of Film Noir in April
[2002 = #4] • [2003 = #5] • [2004 = #6]

L.A. Italian Film Awards Festival [April 2003 = #5]
Polish Film Festival in L.A. [April 2004 = #5]
Malibu Intl. Film Festival [April 2005 = #6]
MethodFest Breakout Independent Film Festival [April 2004 = #6] in Burbank, CA
L.A. Harbor Intl. Film Festival [April-May 2005 = #2]
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles [April 2005 = #3]
Inspiration Film Festival [April 2005 = #1] in Santa Monica, CA
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival [April-May 2005 = #21]
Beverly Hills [CA] Film Festival [May 2004]
Renegade Short Film Festival [May 2004 = #2]
I.F.P. Los Angeles [CA] FilmFest [June 2005 = #11]
Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival [July 2004 = #22]
Dances With Films in Santa Monica [July 2004 = #7]
Action On Film Int'l Film Festival in Long Beach [July 2006 = #2]

L.A. Chinatown F/F [July-Aug 2003 = #3] [note: pdf file]
InFACT™ Theatrical Documentary Showcase {formerly DOCtober} [Aug 2003]
Intl. Documentary Assn. [est. 1982] DocuWeek Festival in L.A. [Aug 2007 = #11]
Women's Image Network Film Festival [Aug 2004 = #5]
Don't Knock the Rock Film & Music Festival [Aug 2003 = #1]
World 3D Film Expo [Sept 2003]
Malibu [CA] International Film Festival [Sept 2004 = #5]
SoCal Independent Film Festival in Huntington Beach, CA [Sept 2007 = #3]
Westwood Intl. Film Festival [Sept 2005 = #1] in Los Angeles, CA

Intl. Short Films, Animation & Games Festival [Oct 2004] in Culver City, CA
Vietnamese Intl. F/F [Oct-Nov 2003 = #1]
Festival of German Cinema L.A. [Nov]
A.F.I. Fest: Los Angeles Intl. Film Festival [Nov 2003]
FirstGlance Hollywood F/F [2005 = #6]
Intl. Buddhist Film Festival [Nov 2003 = #1]
PXL This Film Festival [Nov]
Nihilist Film Festival [Dec 2003 = #5]
Valley Film Festival [Dec 2004] in North Hollywood, CA
Backlot Film Festival [Dec 2004 = #1] at W.L.A. College

New Mexico Film Festivals

New Mexico Film Industry Page

RioFest Intl. Environmental Film Festival [Jan 2007 = #1] in Socorro, NM
White Sands Film Festival [Feb 2007 = #3] in Alamogordo, NM
Albuquerque, NM Italian Film Festival [Feb 2008 = #2]
Sin Fronteras {Latino/Latina} Film Festival [April 2006 = #4] in Albuquerque, NM
Taos Picture Show film festival [April 2005 = #2]
Indigenous Independent Film Festival [April 2006 = #1] in Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase [May 2006] in Albuquerque, NM
Organ Mountain Film Festival [May 2005] in Las Cruces, NM
Santa Fe, NM 'Summer In The Dark' Noir Film Festival [July 2006 = #9]
Duke City Shootout filmmaking film festival [July] [requires Flash ]
Roswell [NM] Film Festival "1947" [2007 = #1?]
PAHfest Digital Media Festival [July 2006] in Grants, NM
Local Shorts Film Festival [Aug 2005 = #3] in Albuquerque, NM
Northern New Mexico Film Festival [Sept 2007 = #2] in Las Vegas, NM
Silver City [NM] Short Film Festival [Sept 2007 = #2]
Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival [Sept-Oct]
Gallup [NM] Inter-Cultural Film Festival [Sept-Oct 2005]
New Mexico Middle-Eastern Film Festival [Oct 2005 = #2]
Fiery Film Fest [Oct 2005 = #5] in Clovis, NM
Taos [NM] Mountain Film Festival [Oct 2005 = #5]
Taos [NM] Shortz Film Fest [Nov 2007]: Flash site • MySpace site
Santa Fe [NM] Film Festival [Dec 2007 = #8]

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