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Atlantic Film Festival

Nova Scotia

14th - 23rd September 2006

Public festival screening both shorts and features, together with industry events. It's international remit, according to the festival website, is as follows:

"Explores the common cultures and histories of countries situated on the Atlantic Rim including the Celtic (Ireland, Scotland, England,Wales and Brittany) and Nordic (Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Denmark and Norway) countries and the United States."

Submissions may be fiction, documentary, animation or experimental films of any length. Only films completed no more than 18 months prior to the festival will be considered and preference will be given to submissions that have not been distributed theatrically or broadcast on television in the Atlantic region prior to the 2006 Festival.

There is a $25 entry fee until June 9th, after this date the entry fee rises to $30 until the second and FINAL deadline of the 30th June.

Preview formats: 1/2" VHS NTSC or PAL video formats and DVD (region 1) only.

Exhibition formats: 16mm, 35mm, NTSC Betacam SP video or DVD (region 1). The festival cannot screen PAL or other digital formats.

Link: http://www.atlanticfilm.com Contact: Lia Rinaldo Email: festival (at) atlanticfilm (dot) com Telephone: +1 902 422 3456 Fax: +1 902 422 4006 Address: PO Box 36139, 5600 Sackville Street, Suite 220, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1L2, Canada