I'm planning on entering my film Bethel: Community and Schizophrenia in Northern Japan to several ethnographic and documentary film festivals next year. I've been searching for information on places to enter, and here's the short list that I came up with. If you have any suggestions or comments, please send them in!
United Nations Royal Anthropological Institute
Montreal Ethnographic Film Festival
Jan 26-28
Nov 1 (2006)
www.anthro.umontreal.ca/varia/ffem06/ (2006 festival). Submitted. Withdrawn.
Portland Intl Film Festival
Feb 5-17
Nov 15 (2006)
Submitted. Dinged.
Through Women's Eyes
Feb 23-26
Nov 13 (2006)
Submitted. Rejected.
Reel Women's Intl Film Festival
Mar 8-12
Nov 15 (2006)
Submitted. Rejected.
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Mar 20-25
Nov 22 (2006)
Submitted. Dinged.
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Apr 12-15
Nov 30 (2006)
http://www.fullframefest.org/. Submitted. Dinged.
Nashville Film Festival
Apr 19-26
Oct 26 (2006)
http://www.nashvillefilmfestival.org/. Submitted. Dinged.
Brooklyn Arts Council
May 5-15
Nov 22 (2006)
Submitted.
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Mar 3-Nov4
Dec 15 /
Jan 7 http://www.hkiff.org.hk/eng/events/entry.html. Did not enter.
Documentary Film Festival
Apr 21 - 22
http://www.storiesfromthefield.org. Submitted. Dinged.
Ethnographic Film Festival
Jun 27 - July 1
Jan 12
http://www.therai.org.uk/film/festival/index.html. Submitted. Dinged.
Women's Independent Cinema
Oct 1-31
Nov 22 (2006)
Submitted.
Women's Independent Cinema
Oct 1-31
Nov 22 (2006)
Submitted.
Seattle International Film Festival
May 24-June 17
Submitted. Dinged.
Margaret Mead Film Festival
Nov ??
May 31
http://www.amnh.org/programs/mead/
Submitted.
Society for Visual Anthropology
Nov ??
March
Submitted.
Mental Health Film Festival (UBC)
May 2008
??
Göttingen International Film Festival
May 2008
Jan 2008
http://www.iwf.de/giff/
SuperFest: Disability and Culture Film Festival
June 2008
Jan 2008
http://www.culturedisabilitytalent.org/
Visual Anthropology's list of film festivals: http://www.visualanthropology.net/fest.php
Asian Film Festivals: http://www.jpnfilm.com/festival/
I mocked up the DVD jacket cover for my forthcoming film, Bethel: Community and Schizophrenia in Northern Japan.
Yesterday, I was interviewed by John Dankowsky for the Where we live show on WNPR (a NPR affiliate in Connecticut) about the Margaret Mead Film Festival as well as my film, Bethel: Community and Schizophrenia in Northern Japan.
