EVENTS DIARY 2015
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15th January 2015 |
Closing date for WEST-EAST NEIGHBOURS AND FRIENDS FESTIVAL Berlin's long-running festival bringing the former Eastern and Western block film makers together. Details here. Festival 20th-22nd March. |
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15th January 2015 |
Closing date for MELBOURNE 8 by 8 FESTIVAL Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Super 8 & Single 8 (1965 to 2015) Details. |
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18th January 2015 |
MELBOURNE 8 by 8 FESTIVAL Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Super 8 & Single 8 (1965 to 2015) Details. |
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22nd January 2015 |
Final closing date for THE PENNY CUP (WEYMOUTH) Amateur films by individuals or clubs up to 15 minutes long. £5 entry fee. This year a cash prize. For Further Information: Tel: 01305 780150 E-mail: annevincentvsw@fsmail.net The festival screenings are on 12th March. Download the rules and entry form here. |
 25th January 2015 |
Copy deadline for March/April issue of Film & Video Maker. |
| 31st January 2015 |
Final closing date for BIAF COMPETITION Details and entry forms. Festival will be 17th-19th April in Sittingbourne, Kent. More details here. |
Jan 15 | Feb 15 | Mar 15 | Apr 15 | May 15 | Jun 15 | Jul 15 | Aug 15 | Sep 15 | Oct 15 | Nov 15 | Dec 15
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1st February 2015 |
Final closing date for THE IAC PETER COLES INTERNATIONAL AV COMPETITION Festival will be 15th & 15th March 2015 at Capel Curig. Full details and entry forms from www.nwawavg.org.uk or mewaine@chasingthelight.co.uk. |
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1st February 2015 |
Closing date for THE FESTIVAL OF NATIONS in Lenzing, Austria. Details here. Screenings 12th-18th June. |
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8th February 2015 |
THE CEMRIAC TRAINING SEMINAR at Perdiswell Young People's Centre, Worcester. Ashley Hawkins on doing interviews solo plus white balance, colour correction and grading. Michael Gough on Style and Substance. Plus a discussion/interactive session. Details soon on www.cemriac.org.uk/seminar.html |
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9th February 2015 |
Closing date for THE FROME FIVE MINUTE FESTIVAL Screenings on 28th March. Details here. |
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26th February 2015 |
Closing date for THE PILGRIM TRUST AWARD - films from anywhere but about Scotland. Screenings on 2nd April. Details here. |
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1st March 2015 |
Closing date for THE FOUR RIVERS (YOUTH) FILM FESTIVAL (Croatia) The festival is 23rd-27th June. Details here. |
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1st March 2015 |
Closing date for THE SENFTENBERG FESTIVAL - Germany This friendly event becomes a mixed-media weekend and even includes the German national one-minute movie contest. This year's main theme, however, is Rescued from oblivion: preserved by cameramen. Screenings on 27th- 29th March. No entry fee. Details here. |
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7th March 2015 |
Closing date for THE CEMRIAC SPRING MOVIE FESTIVAL The event is on 20th March. Details on www.cemriac.org.uk/mfestAGM.html |
| 12th March 2015 |
THE PENNY CUP (WEYMOUTH) Amateur films by individuals or clubs up to 15 minutes long. £5 entry fee. This year a cash prize. For Further Information: Tel: 01305 780150 E-mail: annevincentvsw@fsmail.net Closing date was 22nd January |
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14th-15th March 2015 |
THE IAC PETER COLES INTERNATIONAL AV COMPETITION at The Community Centre, Capel Curig, North Wales. Closing date was 1st February. Full details from www.nwawavg.org.uk or mewaine@chasingthelight.co.uk. |
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20th-22nd March 2015 |
WEST-EAST NEIGHBOURS AND FRIENDS FESTIVAL Berlin's long-running festival bringing the former Eastern and Western block film makers together. Details here. Closing date was 15th January 2015. |
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22nd March 2015 |
AUDIO-VISUAL DAY - Worcester Audio Visual Group holds its 19th AV day at Perdiswell Youth Centre, Worcester. Guest speakers: Richard Brown and Malcolm Imhoff. Contact Bill Every on bde315@hotmail.co.uk |
| 25th
March 2015 |
Copy deadline for May/June issue of Film & Video Maker. |
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27th - 29th March 2015 |
THE SENFTENBERG FESTIVAL - Germany This friendly event becomes a mixed-media weekend and even includes the German national one-minute movie contest. This year's main theme, however, is Rescued from oblivion: preserved by cameramen. Closing date was 1st March. No entry fee. Details here. |
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28th March 2015 |
FROME FIVE MINUTE FESTIVAL - for films no longer than five minutes. Details here. Closing date was 9th February 2015. |
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29th March 2015 |
CEMRIAC SPRING FESTIVAL & AGM at Derby Conference Centre. Guest speaker: Tom Hardwick. Details on www.cemriac.org.uk/mfestAGM.html |
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2nd April 2015 |
THE PILGRIM TRUST AWARD SCREENINGS in the E.C.V.S clubrooms, 23a Fettes Row, Edinburgh. The closing date was 26th February. |
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11th April 2015 |
Closing date for THE CROATIAN ONE-MINUTE MOVIE FESTIVAL Details here. |
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12th April 2015 |
NERIAC AGM - guest speaker Mike Whyman talking about his career at BBC, NCB and JVC. In the village hall, Aberford, North Yorkshire. Details from Derek Mathieson. |
| 17th-19th April 2015 |
BIAFF - THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR FILM FESTIVAL Sittingbourne, Kent. More details here. |
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19th April 2015 |
SERIAC AGM - this will be held at the end of the BIAFF event at the Coniston Hotel, Sittingbourne. Details and papers on the SERIAC website. |
Jan 15 | Feb 15 | Mar 15 | Apr 15 | May 15 | Jun 15 | Jul 15 | Aug 15 | Sep 15 | Oct 15 | Nov 15 | Dec 15
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22nd May 2015 |
BOX FILM FESTIVAL at Arlington Arts CentreNewbury, Berkshire. Closing date was 31st January. More. |
| 25th
May 2015 |
Copy deadline for July/August issue of Film & Video Maker. |
| 27th-30th May 2015 |
CROATIAN ONE-MINUTE MOVIE FESTIVAL Held in Pozega with an outstanding social programme and the world's best sixty-second movies. Details here. |
Jan 15 | Feb 15 | Mar 15 | Apr 15 | May 15 | Jun 15 | Jul 15 | Aug 15 | Sep 15 | Oct 15 | Nov 15 | Dec 15
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| 12th-18th June 2015 |
THE FESTIVAL OF NATIONS in
Lenzing, Austria. Details here. Closing date for entries 1st February 2015. |
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23rd-27th June 2015 |
THE FOUR RIVER (YOUTH) FILM FESTIVAL (Karlovac,
Croatia) Closing date was 1st March. Details here. |
Jan 15 | Feb 15 | Mar 15 | Apr 15 | May 15 | Jun 15 | Jul 15 | Aug 15 | Sep 15 | Oct 15 | Nov 15 | Dec 15
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10th July 2015 |
Closing date for THE GOLDEN DIANA FESTIVAL - Klopeiner See, Austria Entries in English or German up to 25 minutes long. Fee 15 Euros or 20 US dollars. Screenings 23rd - 28th August. Details here. |
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26th July 2015 |
Closing date for KENT FILM FESTIVAL 2015 Festival is 26th September. Details Kent Festival website. |
| 25th July 2015
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Copy deadline for September/October issue of Film & Video Maker. |
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31st July 2015 |
Closing date for Entries for the 2015 NERIAC AUTUMN FESTIVAL at the Esplanade Hotel, Scarborough. Chairman's Challenge theme: transport and all NERIAC clubs are invited to send a film of up to 10 minutes long. Send entries to the NERIAC Secretary Derek Mathieson. Event is on 26-27th September. |
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31st July 2015 |
Closing date for the ANNUAL SOCO COMPETITION Entry forms available in SOCO news May-Jun here. |
Jan 15 | Feb 15 | Mar 15 | Apr 15 | May 15 | Jun 15 | Jul 15 | Aug 15 | Sep 15 | Oct 15 | Nov 15 | Dec 15
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| 7th
August 2015 |
Closing date for THE SUSSEX FILM FESTIVAL - event will be held 4th October at Wivelsfield Village Hall. Details from www.seriac.org.uk/sussexfilmfestival.html |
| 16th
August 2015 |
Closing date for THE NAMUR NATURE FESTIVAL, Belgium. Details here. Screenings 9-18th October |
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23rd-28th August 2015 |
THE GOLDEN DIANA FESTIVAL - Klopeiner See,
Austria Entries in English or German up to 25 minutes long. Fee 15 Euros or 20 US dollars. Closing date was 10th July. Details here. |
Jan 15 | Feb 15 | Mar 15 | Apr 15 | May 15 | Jun 15 | Jul 15 | Aug 15 | Sep 15 | Oct 15 | Nov 15 | Dec 15
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2nd September 2015 |
Closing date for THE NEWCASTLE (Australia) INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL. Details here. Screenings 7th October. |
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4th September 2015 |
Closing date for THE TATRA CHAMOIS FESTIVAL - Slovakian festival for films on culture, environment and contemporary life. Details here. Screenings 16-18th October. |
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4th-6th September 2015 |
RPS NATIONAL AUDIO VISUAL CHAMPIONSHIP in the Ruxton Lecture Theatre at the Ruxton Technology Centre, on the Beaconside Campus of Staffordshire University, Stafford ST18 0AD. Details from www.rps.org/events/2015/september/04/2015-national-audio-visual-championship |
| 5th-12th September 2015 |
UNICA in ST. PETERSBURG, Russia. World
association of non-professional film makers meets for a week of
international film competition, sight-seeing and friendship.
Details. |
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12th September 2015 |
EAST ANGLIAN FILM COMPETITION for clubs in East
of England. More information here. |
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12th September 2015 |
Closing date for CEMRIAC AV COMPETITION FOR THE JESSOP ROSE BOWL Event will be on 3rd October. Details on www.cemriac.org.uk/avcomp.html |
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14th September 2015 |
Closing date for THE TALLINN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL. Films up to 25 minutes. Screenings 24th October. For details and entry form click here. |
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15th September 2015 |
Closing date for THE AMPS FESTIVAL - the American Motion Picture Society festival is back! Films up to 60 minutes long. Entry fee $20 first entry, $10 for subsequent entries. Details here. |
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15th September 2015 |
Closing date for THE ARSFILM FESTIVAL - in Kromeriz, Czech Republic. The festival for films about art of any type, for animation, experimental and video-art pieces up to 20 minutes long. Screenings 9th-11th October. Details here. |
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15th September 2015 |
Closing date for THE WALSER FILM DAYS, near Salzburg, Austria. Details here. Screenings 23-26th October. |
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19th September 2015 |
Closing date for THE NORTH THAMES REGION (IAC) ANNUAL MOVIE FESTIVAL Event will be on Saturday 21st November. Details in their magazine, downloadable as pdf here. |
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21st September 2015 |
Closing date for THE LIECHSTENSTEIN GRAND PRIX FESTIVAL. Details here. Screenings 21st November. |
| 25th
September 2015 |
Copy deadline for November/December issue of Film & Video Maker. |
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26th September 2015 |
2015 KENT FILM FESTIVAL Details Kent Film Festival website. |
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26-27th September 2015 |
2015 NERIAC AUTUMN FESTIVAL at the Esplanade Hotel, Scarborough.Guest speaker is Jill Lampert. Booking forms from Derek Mathieson. |
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30th September 2015 |
Closing date for THE 53rd GOLDEN KNIGHT FESTIVAL - Malta Screenings 3rd-4th December. This long-running and very famous international film festival for amateurs on the hospitable island of Malta. Maximum length 30 minutes. No fee, though they welcome donations. Details here. |
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30th September 2015 |
Closing date for ZOOM festival in Poland. Screenings in 16-21 February 2016. Films made in 2014-5, less than 60 minutes, no fee. Details here. |
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3rd October 2015 |
CEMRIAC AV COMPETITION FOR THE JESSOP ROSE BOWL at Smethwick Photographic Society Club Room, The Old Schoolhouse, Churchbridge, Oldbury, West Midlands B69 2AS. Closing date was 12th September. Details on www.cemriac.org.uk/avcomp.html |
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4th October 2015 |
SUSSEX FILM FESTIVAL - at Wivelsfield Village Hall. Closing date was 7th August. Details from www.seriac.org.uk/sussexfilmfestival.html |
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7th October 2015 |
THE NEWCASTLE (Australia) INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL. Details here. Closing date was 2nd September. |
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9th-11th October 2015 |
THE THURROCK INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, Grays, Essex. Details here. Various closing dates, the last was 1st June. |
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9th-11th October 2015 |
ARSFILM FESTIVAL - in Kromeriz, Czech Republic. The festival for films about art of any type, for animation, experimental and video-art pieces up to 20 minutes long. Closing date was 15th September. Details here. |
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9th-18th October 2015 |
NAMUR NATURE FESTIVAL, Belgium. Details here. Closing date was 16th August. |
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10th October 2015 |
Closing date for THE PSSST SILENT FILM FESTIVAL, Croatia. Details here. Screenings 5-7th November. |
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10th October 2015 |
Closing date for THE CAMERA 300 FESTIVAL, Bitola, Macedonia. Details here. Screenings 23-31st October. |
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17th October 2015 |
VIDEO WORKSHOP - organised by Nuneaton Moviemakers. Details here. |
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16th-18th October 2015 |
TATRA CHAMOIS FESTIVAL - the festival takes place this year in Liptovsky Hradok, Slovakia. It celebrates culture, monuments, environment and contemporary living. Details here. Closing date was 4th September 2015. |
| 22nd - 25th Oct 2015 |
IAC AUTUMN CONVENTION and AGM at the Hotel Celebrity, 47 Gervis Road, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 3DD. Details from Alan Creamer, FACI |
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23rd-26th Oct 2015 |
THE WALSER FILM DAYS, near Salzburg, Austria. Details here. Closing date was 15th September. |
| 23rd-31st Oct 2015 |
THE CAMERA 300 FESTIVAL, Bitola, Macedonia. Details here. Closing date was 10th October. r. |
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24th October 2015 |
THE TALLINN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL - closing date was 14th September. Details here. |
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24th October 2015 |
GLOBAL SUPER-8 DAY - a multi-nation celebration of the cine format. Read more here. |
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24th October 2015 |
Closing date for THE NORTH-WEST REGION FESTIVAL - details from jimwhalley1@gmail.com |
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30th October 2015 |
Closing date for THE NORTH V SOUTH COMPETITION Final on 6th December. Details here: www.altvideo.co.uk/nvs/ |
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31st October 2015 |
Early closing date for THE BOX FILM FESTIVAL Newbury. Regular closing date is 31st January 2016. Late closing date is 29th February 2016. Screenings on 21st May. Details here. |
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5-7th November 2015 |
THE PSSST SILENT FILM FESTIVAL, Croatia. Details here. Closing date was 10th October. |
| 7th November 2015 |
NORTH-WEST REGION FESTIVAL at Chads Theatre, Mellor Road, Cheadle Hulme SK8 5AU Closing Date for Entries was 24th October 2015 |
| 13th November 2015 |
Earlybird closing date for THE ROB KNOX FESTIVAL - Bexley, London. Festival screenings 30 May to 8th June 2016. Details here. |
| 15th November 2015 |
CEMRIAC AUTUMN FESTIVAL - at Sutton Arts Theatre, South Parade, Sutton Coldfield B72 1QY. Reception opens 10am. Details on www.cemriac.org.uk/atmnfest.html |
| 15th November 2015 |
Closing date for THE SENIORFORUM - in Kromeriz, Czech Republic. The festival for film makers over 58 years old! Screenings 27th-29th November. Details here. |
| 21st November
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NORTH THAMES REGION Annual Movie Festival & AGM at Northaw Village Hall, Northaw Road West, Northaw, Potters Bar EN6 4NW. Doors open 10am. Bring your own lunch or pop out to local pubs that do lunches. Tickets £5 in advance or £7 on the day. Closing date was 19th September. |
| 21st November 2015 |
THE LIECHSTENSTEIN GRAND PRIX FESTIVAL. Details here. Closing date was 21st September. |
| 25th
November 2015 |
Copy deadline for January/February 2016 issue of Film & Video Maker. |
| 27th-29th Nov 2015 |
SENIORFORUM - in Kromeriz, Czech Republic. The festival for film makers over 58 years old! Closing date was 15th November. Details here. |
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| 3rd-4th Dec
2015 |
THE 53rd GOLDEN KNIGHT FESTIVAL - Malta Closing date was 30th September. This long-running and very famous international film festival for amateurs on the hospitable island of Malta. Maximum length 30 minutes. No fee, though they welcome donations. Details here. |
| 6th December 2015 |
NORTH V SOUTH COMPETITION - GRAND FINAL South: Village Hall, High Street, Farnborough, Kent. Closing date was 30th October. |
| 14th December 2015 |
Closing date for TO LOVE A MAN FESTIVAL in Oswiecim (Auschwitz) Poland Screenings 28-30 January 2016. Details here. |
| 17th December 2015 |
Closing date for UNCIPAR - Villa Gessell, Argentina. Screenings 24-26th March 2016. Details here. |
| 21st December 2015 |
Early closing date for BIAFF (THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR FILM FESTIVAL) Late closing date is 31st January 2016. Festival screenings 14-17th April 2016. Details and entry forms here. |
| 31st December 2015 |
Regular closing date for THE ROB KNOX FESTIVAL - Bexley, London. Festival screenings 30 May to 8th June 2016. Details here. |
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