The organisers of the ALUTA FILM FESTIVAL, South Africa’s premier township cinema event, are calling for entries from South African and International filmmakers for 2011, the 8th edition of the festival. The 2011 film festival edition will be hosted on the 23rd till 26th February 2011 in Kimberley - South Africa

Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen: 16 – 20 March 2011

Entry form and regulations can be found on www.goshort.nl

The preparations for the third edition of the Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen have begun. We are now accepting submissions for the upcoming edition. All shorts completed after 1 September 2009 are eligible to compete in our competition programs (Student shorts completed after 1 March 2009).

In a dimly-lit attic, terrifying plans are afoot. The Brothers and Sisters Grimm are drawing schedules on the wall and sigils on the floor; preparing to conjure up this year’s dark celebration of all things uncanny. Already, a Great Darkness is stirring, gaining strength, readying itself to traumatise the city of Manchester with a carefully-chosen arsenal of soul-destroying cinematic horrors. But it needs feeding: It needs FILMS! This is not so much a call, as a scream for submissions – we are looking for shorts and features, before it’s too late! Help us feed the Darkness - and when it takes over entirely you will have a place in its Kingdom!

Submissions to Steve Balshaw, Film Programmer, Grimm Up North, 4 Acton Square, The Crescent, Manchester M5 4NY, UK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Please Note: To cover Administration Costs, there is a Festival Submission Fee. Before September 9, this is £5 for Short Films and £15 for features. After this date, the cost is £10 for Short Films and £30 for features. Cheques payable to “Grimm Up North Limited” or payment by Paypal.

The Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival returns 15 - 19 September, and the programme - entitled Stagings - is set to explore the notion of performance on film and the function of the screen as a stage.

We are now open for submissions within this theme, and are accepting moving image works of all types and genres. To find out more, go to www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com. The tender for commissioned work will go out in the next couple of weeks.

Lancaster Children’s Film Festival (LancsCFF) is issuing a call for entries for the upcoming 2010 festival, to take place from October 23 - 30. Screenings will take place in Lancaster’s Dukes Cinema. For entry form and requirements go to: www.lancasterchildrensfilmfestival.co.uk/submissions

We are now seeking short films and features for the Seventh Salford Film Festival, scheduled for 10th - 14th November 2010. The Festival prides itself on having a local accent but a truly international perspective: We are particularly keen to receive work with a strong Salford connection (and failing that a Greater Manchester or North West focus), but we have a totally open submission policy and welcome films from all over the world. There is no submission fee.

Submissions should be sent on DVD to: Steve Balshaw, Programme Manager, Salford Film Festival, The International Media Centre, Adelphi House, Salford Crescent, Salford, M3 6EN, UK.

Further information and submission form available from This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or from our website www.salfordfilmfestival.org.uk.

Deadline for submissions is August 20th. Any submissions after this date will be at the discretion of the Programme Manager.