Fest Bits | Dates to submit, dates to attend

Tribeca has announced their call for entries for the eighth fest, running April 22 - May 3, 2009. Starting September 15 they'll accept narrative and doc features and shorts. Deadline is December 15, 2008. Tribeca's All Access program (pictured), which provides high-level meetings between select producers and execs, will run April 20-25. Check out tribecafilmfestival.org.
Slamdance is looking for films for their 15th fest, skedded for January 15-23, 2009. New this year -- they're taking music video submissions. Forms and rules are at slamdance.com.
Film Independent's fourth annual Filmmaker Forum is set for September 26-28, 2008. The Forum gives attendees access to indie execs via panels on all aspects of filmmaking and distribution. This year's panelists will be announced shortly. Go to filmindependent.org.

Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com.













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