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 Filmmakers Alliance is launching globally in late 2009 with the most comprehensive online filmmaker destination ever created, it’s Everything You Need To Build And Manage Your Life As A Filmmaker! Your submission to THE ULTIMATE FILMMAKER COMPETITION makes you a part of this dynamic new filmmaking community – PLUS your chance to win a $200,000 PRODUCTION GRANT and have your feature film PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED!

“Filmmakers Alliance is not just an exciting component of the filmmaking universe, it is absolutely necessary…”….Terry Gilliam – “Brazil”, “Fisher King”

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CALL FOR ENTRY – 4th CINEFANTASY
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” – Edgard Allan Poe

Cinema is known as the dream factory, a machine which produces all extraordinary things in the mind of humans and carries them to an almost touchable reality on screen. Very much like a gate between imagination and reality can only find its fullness through the Fantastic genre, where magic creatures and faraway worlds make themselves materialized in front of the eyes of the audience.

In order to praise this type of cinema, the city of São Paulo, Brazil, will attend next November the Cinefantasy Festival, the bigger film festival in the world dedicated to fantastic short films, that is, horror, sci-fi, and fantasy. In 2008, Cinefantasy took place in six different venues, screening more than 160 films comprising Brazilian and foreign productions. It was attended by filmmakers such as Rodrigo Aragão, director of the new national cult “Mud Zombies” (Mangue Negro); André Vianco, author of novels on the vampire universe; and the acclaimed English animator Robert Morgan, director of the astonishing “Cat with Hands”.

The Cinefantasy Festival is an international event that reaches its 4th edition with a Short Film competive session, special shorts and features screenings, premières, Conferences with filmmakers, national and international guests, lectures, workshops, and more.

Call for submissions to the competitive session of the 4th Cinefantasy will occur from May 18th through September 11th. Films must be up to 20 minutes long and must contain elements of fantasy. What is fantasy? Supernatural unreal stories. They may be horror, sci-fi or fantasy films. Professionals and beginners are invited to enroll.
The Competitive Session will award 12 categories:
Best Horror Short Film
Best Sci-Fi Short Film
Best Fantasy Short Film
Choice of the audience award
Student Incentive Award
Beginners Incentive Award
Best Director
Best Creature
Best Make-up
Best Special Effects
Best Music Score
Best Screenplay

During this same period we also accept submissions for something gloomier. The MASTER OF THE SCREAM contest has its first edition during the 4th Cinefantasy. It will be only one session where the winner is the film that scares the audience more. Films submitted to the MASTER OF THE SCREAM contest must be up to 5 minutes long and, of course, really scary.

The 4th Cinefantasy takes place at São Paulo, Brazil, from 6th to 15th of November.

For more information, entry form and guidelines please visit
http://www.cinefantastico.com.br/eng/index.html

E-mail: – contact@cinefantasy.com.br

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 Now in its fifteenth year, the Los Angeles Film Festival is widely recognized as a world-class event, showcasing the best in new American and international cinema and providing the movie-loving public with access to some of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers, film industry professionals, and emerging talent from around the world. Drawing on an expected attendance of 85,000, the Festival provides films with the opportunity to be embraced by the public and discovered by the industry.  More than 70 feature films – narrative and documentary – are featured in the Festival, alongside gala premieres, panels and seminars, short film programs, music video showcases, free outdoor screenings, live musical performances, and unique signature events

When: June 18-28

Read more at the official site Los Angeles Film Festival

HauntCon 2009

Join Haunters from across the country for the Sixth Annual Haunted Attraction National Tradeshow and Convention, at the Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel and Convention Center, April 29 – May 4, 2009. HAuNTcon is a conference and expo that strives to help you make next October the best season it can be!

Designed by Haunters, for Haunters of every age and level of experience, HAuNTcon brings people together who love Haunted Houses and Halloween for a fun filled three days and nights of Haunter Education, Tours of Local Haunted Houses, a packed Tradeshow Floor, Hearse Show and an incredible Costume Ball!

The HAuNTcon Haunt Tours starts on Wednesday April 29 with a pre-show tour. This overnight bus trip includes lights on and lights off tours of the Hartford Jaycees Haunted House, Terror on Rural Street, Crypt of Terror, Bad Boy’s Scenic Design’s Terror on the Fox, Shawano Manor and Dominion of Terror.

The Thursday Night Kick-off Tour and Social on April 30 includes dinner and a tour of the Realm of Terror owned by Tom Kristof. Then on May 1, the Friday Night Haunt Tour is a multi-element event Wisconsin Fear Grounds, owned by Tim and Ann Marie Gavinski, and features Morgan Manor and the brand new attraction called Unstable.

A key component of HAuNTcon is education! Over 40 hours of seminars, workshops and demonstrations are included in the price of admission. Haunter education to help attendees learn new techniques on prop and set building, advertising amd marketing, and tips and tricks to make their lives easier and their attractions more successful.

The Tradeshow floor, Friday May 1 through May 3, is filled with the latest in fright services and equipment for the professional Haunted House owner and Halloween enthusiast alike. From horror makeup and highly detailed masks to static props and large animatronic creatures, everything a Haunter needs will be for sale and many at wholesale prices.

Saturday night May 2, is the massive Haunted Attraction Magazine Costume Ball, where Haunters from across the country show off their most creative costumes at a rocking party that celebrates the joy of getting into character for fun rather than for work. It is Halloween in May!

The Hearse and Parade Car Rally is on Sunday May 3, when the hotel parking lot fills with a collection of creepy tricked-out vehicles and funeral cars. Then NEW for HAuNTcon 2009 is the Sunday Night Haunt Tour and social on May 3 of Monster Mayhem owned by Jeff Lister.

“HAuNTcon is an opportunity for Haunters to network, share tips and stories, get fresh ideas, learn new ways of doing things and check out the latest in Haunting props,” explains Leonard Pickel, Editor of Haunted Attraction Magazine and HAuNTcon event coordinator. “It is the best money you can spend on your Haunted Event.”

Attendee and Exhibitor Registrations are available at www.hauntcon.com, as is a schedule of events for the weekend. Discount hotel rates for the Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel and Convention Center are also available on the convention website.

If you own a Haunted House or would like to find out how to get started in the Haunt business, then HAuNTcon is a “not to be missed” convention! Even if you just like Haunted Houses and Halloween, then you are in for a rare inside look at how major Haunted Attractions across the country scare millions of people each October. Go to www.hauntcon.com for more details or to register for HAuNTcon 2009!

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