This guide offers a wide range of unique information on over 500 film festivals around the world. Excellent for anyone involved in the film industry at any level. Attorney John Sloss writes its foreword. He is, according to the Hollywood Reporter, "the quintessential lawyer...(whose) projects are quality all the way". The guide also has feature articles which include the making of "Cuba 15" an award winning short film by its creator Elizabeth Schub, the benefits of traveling festivals and first-hand coverage f different festivals throughout the world. It also includes a listing of producers, distributors and film schools. Produced in association with the Kodak Emerging Filmaker Program. Following the enthusiastic reception accorded it's last two editions; the 1999 IFFG has expanded its coverage once again. The first-hand coverage of festivals now includes Sundance, the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival (LAIFF), Toronto, Edinburgh, Nantucket and many more. There is a brief description of each film festival, with festival dates, addresses, number of attendees, type of film accepted, languages and country restrictions, entry fees, email and website information, contact person and awards. Each entry is separately indexed alphabetically, by month, genre, country and submission date to make searching as easy and quick as possible.