http://www.shortfilmnews.com/ Shortfilmnews.com ASP-Rider Modular V1.1 - http://www.asp-rider.com/ http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=2112739674 Short Film News (SFN) - The 16th World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP) will be held from 1 to 4 December, 2008 in Florence, Italy. More than 500 international broadcasters, producers and distributors from more than 24 countries are expected in Florence, following last year's record-breaking edition in New York, which had 94% of delegates reporting advancement of their projects. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-990628273 Short Film News (SFN) -2 Iranian short films are going to participate in the 19th edition of Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival in Brazil. In the festival, which is going to take place from 21st till 29th August, 400 films from different countries of the world are going to be screened. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=253010604 Short Film News (SFN) - Fike 2008 - 7th Evora International Short Film Festival extended the deadline for submission until 15th July, 2008. The Deadline Extended for FIKE 2008 is open to works produced after 1 January, 2007 of up to 40 minutes and can be of any genre. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-1803908747 Short Film News (SFN) - "Cinema Verite" - Iran International Documentary Film Festival invited filmmakers around the world to submit their documentary for its second edition. The festival will take place from 15 to19 October 2008 in Tehran, and documentaries in any formats and subjects which have produced after January 2006 are eligible to submit. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=220164879 Short Film News (SFN) - Supported by renowned documentary filmmakers, IDFA's first Summer School will take place from 14 to 19 July in Studio K in Amsterdam. The IDFAcademy Summer School consists of group meetings and individual support from a range of experts and fifteen international participants will focus specifically on improving the narrative structure of their documentary projects. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=156304721 Short Film News (SFN) - Alegio Chocolate Film Society presented a night of Iranian Cinema featuring two award-winning short films by Naser Zamiri On June 18, 2008. The event took place at Epicurious Garden at 1511Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley (San Francisco Bay Area, California). http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-1661680320The Irish Film Board is seeking short film scripts in Irish or English for the new Signatures short film scheme, which will see up to six successful shorts produced and premiered at the Corona Cork Film Festival 2009. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-1874973631A total of 23 entries have been received from Namibian film scriptwriters for the country's first-ever Short Film Competition. An international panel of film judges will select the four best scripts. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=1831870073 Short Film News (SFN) - A film about a British neurosurgeon in Ukraine won top international award at the 6th SilverDocs documentary festival on Sunday. The festival awarded Sterling World Feature Award to The English Surgeon by Geoffrey Smith. It follows South London neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, who spends several weeks each year working in Ukraine and teaching a local friend, Dr. Igor Kurilets. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-2087021052Scott Sternberg, one of the most active producers of nonfiction TV series in the U.S., has set up a division devoted to feature-length documentaries. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=641885097 Short Film News (SFN) -Third Eye invited filmmakers to submit their entries for the 7th Third Eye Asian Film Festival which will take place from 16 to 23 October 2008 at Mumbai. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=1213882854 Short Film News (SFN) -The first edition of Istanbul Documentary Film Festival will be opened on 8th July. Award-winning documentaries from around the world will be screened in this five-day event in Istanbul, Turkey. This event is established by the Eurasia Art Collective (ASK), that is an NGO dedicated to creating intercultural and interdisciplinary platforms through art events. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=547634079Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey is to help judge Virgin Media Shorts, a competition for Belfast's budding film-makers. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=1213704358 Short Film News (SFN) -Germany ARD Channel intends to make a documentary about Mahmoud Kiani Falavarjani, the Iranian Documentarist. Kiani Falavrjani does not have any academic education on filmmaking and he is a trucker. He is active in documentary making for many years and his works are mainly about ecology and animals'lives. http://en.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-226186008A documentary of China's seven-year preparation for the Beijing Olympic Games will premiere on the occasion of the 50-day countdown to the start of the Games.