Business screen magazine (1946)

1970 FILM FESTIVAL PLANNING GUIDE An exclusive revie\A/ of 1970 film festivals and awards competitions. THE AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL Sponsored by the Educational Film Library Association New York City May 12-16, 1970 The 1970 American Film Festival, sponsored by the Educational Film Library Association, representing school, university and public libraries throughout the U.S., will be held Mav 12-16, 1970 at the New York Hilton Hotel, New York City. CATEGORIES: 32 major areas of education and information, art and culture, religion and ethics, business and industry, and health and medicine will be offered for final judging by screening groups during the Festival. Elections will have been made by pre-screening juries for final entries. AWARDS: Blue Ribbon (trophy) Awards to be presented at banquet, Saturday, May 16, 1970. FESTIVAL: May Closing date for entries: January 15, 1970. INFORMATION: Educational Film Library Association, Inc., 2.50 West 57th Street, New York City 10019. THE 1970 AMERICAN TV & RADIO COMMERCIALS FESTIVAL New York City — May 19, 1970 Other U.S. & Foreign Cities — May-June F.LIGIBILITY: Open to commercials broadcast in the U.S. and Canada for first time during 1969 and through January 1970. No limit on entries from sponsors, agencies, station or production companies. ENTRY DEADLINE: February 1, 1970. FEES: $50 per entry; $35 to attend the full tlay of screenings and the formal award ceremonies ill Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center. CATEGORIES: TV-Forty product classifications plus one category for Classics, which must have been first telecast more than five \cars ago. A special International TV and cinema category is open to entries from all other countries. Radio entries are grouped by size of market reached. JUDGING: By ten regional councils of prominent advertising executives. CRITERIA: Outstanding commercials . . . based on strength of the sales message, visual and aural appeal and the all-over technical skill. AWARDS: A golden "CLIO" statuette to each Best of Product Category and Spec'al Citation winner. Certificates to Runners-Up in both American and International competitions. In 1969, there were 2064 TV entries, 968 Radio entries and 402 International entries. A total of 78 Clio statuettes were presented. INFORMATION: 16mm reel of winners is available from Wallace A. Ross, Director, American TV Commercials Festival, .30 East 60th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. Phone: (212) 59.3-1900. THE NINTH ANNUAL FILM FESTIVAL AMERICAN PERSONNEL & GUIDANCE ASSOCIATION Held in conjunction with the Annual APGA Convention at New Orleans, Louisiana March 23-25, 1970 CATEGORIES: Films and filmstrips in the following categories will be presented: InterPersonal Relations; Educational and Career Planning, Rehabilitation; Counseling; The Profess.'on. Principles and Techniques; and Guidance Films from other countries. SELECTION: All films and filmstrips presented at the Film Festi\al are previewed before the final invitation to the producer. Generally 75 to 100 films are previewed, and 25 to 30 are chosen. Selection is aimed to provide as wide a program as possible. AWARD: "Best Film: 1970 APGA Film Festival" will be given for the first time this year. The winner or winners will be recognized by a plaque and receive coverage in the June issue of the Cuideposi, APGA's nationally distributed newsletter. INFORMATION: Further information about APGA Film Festivals is available from: APGA Convention Film Festival, 1607 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Wasliiiigton, D.C. 20009. Georgia 30324 USA Phone: (404) 633-4105. Cable: INTERFILM, USA. Telex: 54-2484. SUPPORTING GROUPS: "Forward Atlanta" (Atlanta Chamber of Commerce); The Atlanta Arts Alhance; INTERFILM. CATEGORIES: (and entry fees): Feature ftlm ($200); short subjects ($50); television commercials ($30 each); experimental films ($25), documentary films ($50); student productions, no entry fee. AWARDS: The Golden Phoenix (best of Festival); The Silver Phoenix (best film in each category); The Golden Dove (best film dealing with world peace; Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals for best films in each division as: industrial; educational; sales training; economics; television; safety; public relations; sports; underwater; peace, etc. OTHER AWARDS: The Eastern Ionosphere Award (best film dealing with flight); The Regencv Hvatt Award (best film bv a southern U.S. film ' producer); INTERFILM Award (cash grant to best student film; and The "Forward Atlanta" Award (best film by an -Atlanta producer). SHOWING SITES: Preliminary screenings; Regency Hyatt House; Arts Alliance Film Center; feature and short subjects (35mm) winners: Roxy Theater, June 13-21, 1970. THE THIRD ANNUAL ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Atlanta, Ga. June 13-21, 1970 MANAGEMENT: J. Hunter Todd, Executive Producer; David O'Keefe, Associate Director. Vhiiling address: Drawer 1325SK, Atlanta, THE 6TH CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Chicago — November 7-21, 1970 CATEGORIES: Industrial film competition plus seven other categories including entertainment, e,xperimental, etc. ELIGIBILITY: 35mm, 16mm and videotape mav be entered in the industrial competition. Films produced in 1969 or 1970 are eligible. Each entry should be accompanied by a statement of purpose and specification of the particular audience for which the film was intended. Entry fee is $35. A\\'ARDS: Awards are made for commercially produced and in-plant produced films in the areas of sales, marketing, public relations, training and recruiting. A total of six Gold and Silver Hugo Awards are made in addition to the issuance of certificates of participation for all films accepted in the competition. SPECIAL FILMS: Industrial film entries w iiich, because of budget, size, multiplicity of images or screens, are termed "special" and treated in a separate category. BUSINESS SCREEN