The international EDN documentary event Documentary in Europe is calling for documentary projects with an international appeal. You can submit it either for the Pitching Forum, which is for developed documentary projects, or the Match Making session, which is for documentary ideas at an earlier stage.

Documentary in Europe takes place on July 4-7, 2007 in Bardonecchia, close to Torino, Italy. Deadline for submitting your project is May 20, 2007.

Documentary in Europe is organised by the non-profit organisation Documentary in Europe and European Documentary Network, EDN. The event is supported by the MEDIA Programme of EU.

Further information is available in the attachment.
You can also read about Documentary in Europe here - www.edn.dk/art.lasso?-token.skip=&na=200404&ndd=672

EDN Press contact:
Ove Rishøj Jensen,
ove@edn.dk
Mobile: +45 303 111 50
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Ove Rishøj Jensen
Web Editor/Film Consultant
ove@edn.dk
www.edn.dk/art.lasso?nn=1

EDN
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Phone: +45 3313 1122
Fax: +45 3313 1144

Congratulations to DER filmmaker Tara Wray whose newest release Manhattan, Kansas  was selected for the Biografilm Festival, The International Celebration of Lives in Bologna, Italy from June 6th to the 10th 2007 - www.biografilmfestival.com/

We hope all our Italian friends will have an opportunity to attend the festival and see Tara’s film.

DER is proud to annouce that:

**BUDDY will open in Theatres on Friday, April 27th**
Providence Place Cinemas 16, Providence, RI
Warwick Showcase Cinemas, East Greenwich, RI

Also Playing:
Friday, May 4th through Thursday, May 10th
The Jane Pickens Theater, Newport, RI

June 21st through July 12th
The Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, MA

June 22nd through June 24th
Revival House Theatre
Westerly, RI

May 17-19
Pacific Palisades Film Fest
Pacific Palisades, California
Screening times to be announced

May 23rd, Wednesday, 7:30pm
Avon Theatre Film Center
Stamford, CT

**BUDDY DVD RELEASE**
BUDDY will be released on DVD this summer.

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BUDDY AWARDS and ACCOLADES
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WINNER: Best Documentary, Boston Film Festival
WINNER: Best Documentary, Audience Award, RI Film Festival
WINNER: Best Emerging Documentary Filmmaker, Cherry Arnold for BUDDY, Woods Hole Film Festival

“RIVETING, EDUCATIONAL AND FUNNY!”
The Newport Mercury

****“ARNOLD CAPTURES CIANCI’S VIVID PERSONALITY.”
The Providence Journal

“DON’T MISS THIS FILM!”
The Boston Phoenix

****“FASCINATING!”
The Cape Cod Times

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ABOUT THE FILM
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BUDDY is a feature documentary about the often contradictory and always audacious public figure, Buddy Cianci, the
former Mayor of Providence, RI. From his early promise prosecuting organized crime to his success overseeing
Providence’s “renaissance,” the film tracks Cianci’s entanglements with city council opposition, union skirmishes,
personal scandals, and criminal indictments. The result is a fascinating study of American local politics and a
surprising tale of a man who, in the words of one commentator, “has a city as his mistress.”
Narrated by James Woods

To find out more about the film please visit www.buddycianci.com/
And please forward this update to any folks who might be interested - Thank You!

Cherry Arnold
Big Orange Films
www.bigorangefilms.com

The Jingpo language HIV/AIDS, drug and trafficking prevention radio drama, “Life of Tragedy”, took first prize at the Fifth Provincial Literary and Artistic Creation Awards held recently in Kunming, Yunnan, China.

This radio “soap opera”, written by the renowned Jingpo author, Professor Yue Jian, and produced by a team from Yunnan Radio, combines an exciting story with HIV/AIDS, drug and trafficking prevention information.  The author and the Yunnan Radio broadcasting team produced the programme using the methodology developed by UNESCO – a methodology designed to guarantee the production of culturally and linguistically appropriate materials. Financial support for this programme came from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to UNESCO.

“Life of Tragedy” was broadcast twice by Yunnan Radio, first in October 2004, and again in February 2005.  With further financial assistance from UNESCO, the drama was reproduced on both cassette tapes and CDs and distributed to 260 Jingpo villages in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan, in early 2006.  Copies of the programme have also reached the Kachin State in Myanmar/Burma.

The UNESCO methodology has been used to produce radio programmes in Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia and Yunnan Province since 2002.  The programmes receive funding and support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through the UNESCO Regional Project on Trafficking and HIV/AIDS.

More information can be found on the Trafficking and HIV/AIDS website: www.unescobkk.org/culture/trafficking. Inquiries can be addressed to David Feingold at d.feingold@unescobkk.org; or Heather Peters at h.peters@unescobkk.org

David A. Feingold, Ph.D.
Director,
Ophidian Research Institute
and
International Coordinator for HIV/AIDS and Trafficking, Office of the Regional Advisor for Culture,
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization,UNESCO Bangkok Office
5th Floor Darakarn Building, 920 Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok 10110 Thailand
Tel: (662) 391-0577 (ext.504)
Fax: (662) 391-0866
Home (Bangkok): 258-8796
Visit: www.unescobkk.org/culture/trafficking

Congratulations to DER filmmaker Rehad Desai.

The Prescreening Committee chose your film “Bushman’s Secrets” for screening at the Festival.  This year,
between direct submissions, “withoutabox” submissions, and distributor submissions, we received
nearly 800 entries - it was an extremely competitive year!

“Bushman’s Secrets” has been scheduled for screening on April 28, at 1:00 pm, in a show called “People
on the Land.”

Ruth Bradley, Director
Athens Int’l Film and Video Festival
740-593-1330 phone
740-597-2560 fax
www.Athensfest.org

imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
TORONTO, CANADA
OCTOBER 17-21, 2007
www.imagineNATIVE.org

The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is an international festival that celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio, and new media. Each fall, the festival presents a selection of the most compelling, distinctive Indigenous works from around the globe. The festival’s screenings, parties, panel discussions, and cultural events attract and connect filmmakers, media artists, programmers, buyers, and industry professionals. The works accepted reflect the diversity of the world’s Indigenous nations and illustrate the vitality and excellence of our art and culture in contemporary media.

We are currently seeking features, shorts, documentaries, dramas, comedies, animation by international and Canadian  Indigenous filmmakers and producers. We invite all genres and lengths and encourage submissions from first-time and emerging directors. Student films are welcome.

The film and video submissions form is attached and is also available on our website at www.imagineNATIVE.org.

Mail submissions to:
Amye Annett
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 417
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 3A8  CANADA

There is no entry fee. The festival pays screening fees for programmed works. For more information, please contact the festival office at 416.585.2333 or email aannett@imagineNATIVE.org, or visit our web site www.imagineNATIVE.org.

Please note that there is a separate call for radio programming and new media submissions by Indigenous radio producers and new media artists/website designers that is coming soon. For more information, please contact Amye Annett at aannett@imagineNATIVE.org.