■ Asian Film Academy Calls for Young Talents

Short Film News (SFN) - Asian Film Academy (AFA) accepts application from the talented young Asian filmmakers for its 4th edition till May 31. AFA which is related to Pusan International Film Festival is an educational program where young Asian filmmakers can practice filmmaking and learn philosophy of cinema through the production of short films, workshops, master-classes, lectures and mentoring under the direction of the prominent Asian directors and talented faculty staffs from Korea.

■ IKFF Hamburg Selects 300 Shorts

Short Film News (SFN) - The 24th International Short Film Festival Hamburg (IKFF) is going to screen 300 short films from 40 countries from June 4th to June 9th. The festival programmers chose these films among near 4000 works from 108 countries which were submitted for the different categories.

■ Oberhausen Announces Award Winners

Short Film News (SFN) - An Australian film won 54th International Oberhausen Short Film Festival's the top award. The international jury presents the Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen to Chainsaw by Dennis Tupicoff at festival's award ceremony.

■ The Call Entry of Lisbon Horror Film Festival

■ Hot Docs Announces Audience and CIDA Awards

■ Hot Docs Award Winners Announced

■ Iranian Short Wins Award at Al Jazeera Festival

■ SILVERDOCS to Honor Spike Lee

■ Cannes Unveils Short Film and Cinefondation Programs

■ DocPoint's New Artistic Director Appointed

■ SFN INTERVIEW / Hot Docs Director of Programming, Sean Farnel

■ Iranian Animations in Georgia

■ Oberhausen Announces Competition Line-up

■ Four Iranian Short Films in Krakow Film Festival

■ Commercials Return to LA Shorts Fest

■ Documentaries of the World Cinema Prominent Figures in Madrid Festival

■ Stolac Short Film Festival Calls for Entries

■ Lucania Film Festival Accepts Entries until May

■ Another Iranian Documentary in HotDocs Festival

■ 7th Tribeca Festival Announces Short Film Selections

■ Cinema Eye Awards Winners

■ Sole e Luna Doc Fest Announced New Deadline

■ Films in Spotlight on Iran in HotDocs Festival

■ "Cyanosis" the Winner of Two Prizes in Tampere Festival

■ Retrospective Iran Cinema in Sguardi Altrove Festival

■ HotDocs Announces Festival Jury Members

■ Two Iranian Films in Jean Rouch Film Festival

■ The 18th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema in UCLA University

■ The Date of IDFA 2008 is Announced

■ Amir Naderi in Tiburon Film Festival

■ Best Short Films and Documentaries in Fajr Festival

■ Berlinale Announces Short Film Winners

■ Clermont-Ferrand Festival Winners

Michael Moore readies "Fahrenheit 9/11" follow-up
Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore has begun work on a "searing and provocative" follow-up to his 2004 political documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," with plans to release it next year.

Rainbow buys Sundance Channel
Cablevision's Rainbow Media, which already owns AMC and IFC, has bolstered its film portfolio by ponying up $496 million for the Sundance Channel.

Locarno to honor Christine Vachon
Producer Christine Vachon will take home the Raimondo Rezzonico Prize for independent film producers at the 61st Locarno Film Festival.

APSA launches movie academy
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards is to launch a movie academy headed by Australian screen legend Jack Thompson as its patron.

Dubai Film Festival dates announced
Organizers at the Dubai Intl. Film Festival have announced the 5th edition of the fest will unspool from December 11-18 this year.

Polanski documentary coming to theaters in July
Indie studio ThinkFilm has picked up "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," a documentary that generated early sales buzz at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

Tribeca festival announces winners
A Swedish coming-of-age horror film and a U.S. documentary about female peace activists in war-torn Liberia won the top awards at New York's Tribeca Film Festival.

Rossellini unsure if films can make money online
While Isabella Rossellini enjoyed her foray into new media with her short films, she is not sure they could turn a profit, given that so much content is available on the Internet for free.

HBO announces summer documentary slate
HBO is launching a documentary franchise on Monday nights this summer. Kicking off the showcase June 9 is "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," about the legal case against the Oscar-winning director

Imax channels documentaries
Imax has sold the 21 documentary films it produced since 1985, including "Space Station," narrated by Tom Cruise, and "Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon," voiced over by Tom Hanks, to the Documentary Channel.