16/07/2002 - Entry deadlines for the end of July and the beginning of August for several film festivals throughout Europe

Candidates still have a few days to submit their films. The 27th of July is the deadline to enter the Chicago Film Festival, which from the 4th to the 18th of October, will present feature films, documentaries and short films. The juries which award prizes will be made up of international critics (FIPRESCI).
Three European festivals have deadlines of July 31 for candidates who wish to submit their work: The Spanish San Sebastian Film Festival, will celebrate its 50th anniversary from the 19th to the 28th of September 2002. It will present a retrospective of the works of Volker Schlöndorff and Michael Powell and will feature a section dedicated to the 1950s, with a selection of the best films of that era. Going further north to Montpellier, the 24th Festival of Mediterranean Cinema will take place from October 25 to November 3, 2002 and is open to all Mediterranean cinematography, (feature length, shorts, and documentaries). It also offers the opportunity for producers and directors to present works in progress in order to obtain financial backing to complete the films. In Sweden, for the 8th time, the Fantasy Film Festival will present the best films of the genre to fantasy fans. August 1 is the deadline to enter four other festivals: The International Film Festival of Alexandria will be presented in September and is open to Mediterranean cinematography. The Portuguese festival, Cinanima is exclusively dedicated to animated films and will take place between the 4th and the 10th of November, 2002. This 26th edition of the festival is gathering films of various formats (feature length and shorts). The Titanic International Film Festival in Budapest will celebrate its 10th anniversary and will continue to focus its attention on originality in cinematography, presented through films of various formats (shorts, documentaries and feature length). The German festival, Young East European Cinema, takes place in Cottbus, Germany, from October 30 to November 3, 2002, and will concentrate on films coming from East Europe. In addition to prizes awarded by its international jury, it will also host a jury from FIPRESCI which will present a Best Film award.

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The last 2 deadlines: The London Film Festival will be presented from the 7th to the 22nd of November, 2002 and has a cut-off date of August 2 for submissions. All film formats (from 8mm to 70mm) are acceptable. This 46th edition has various sections and will give the opportunity to hundreds of film producers from all over the world to meet others who work in this sector (thanks also to the presence of a market in this festival).
The Swedish Umea Film Festival takes place between the 12th and the 18th of September, 2002 and is the largest festival in Scandinavia. The deadline for submissions is August 5. A novel section, «dark camera» will present films from all over the world which are extraordinary, banned, censored or those which have simply deteriorated.