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The WIN Film Festival 2009 & Screenplay Contest
Now in its sixth year, The WIN Film Festival 2009 will be held November 1st to 3rd in Los Angeles and will book end The WIN Awards 2009, its annual high-profile event which to be held Monday, November 2nd.

The WIN Awards 2009: Honors competing broadcast network television shows and released studio films. To be held on Monday, November 2, 2009.

The Screenplays:
Select screenplays which feature a female protagonist will be selected for winning writers to pitch to an industry panel. Also ONE SCREENPLAY FINALIST will be staged before agents, managers and producers at a SCREEPLAY FORUM which will be made available free and open to the public. Final Screenplay Entry Deadline October 10th. Winners announced October 20th.

Out of Competition
For the first time since its inception The WIN Film Festival 2009 will invite films to be programmed in its first "Out of Competition Sidebar". This year WIN will host a Latin Cinema Showcase screening feature and short films from Spain, Mexico, Central and South America which are either made by women OR which feature a female protagonist.

WIN Mission
Since 1993, Women's Image Network, (WIN), a 501c3, non-profit charity has produced The WIN Awards to thank film and television producers, writers, directors, actors and executives, who create dimensional female media images and thereby promote economic and social parity.

WIN History
A few former WIN Award honorees and recipients include: Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Cloris Leachman, Helen Mirren, Lauren Bacall, Drew Barrymore, Jodie Foster, Jane Campion, Lynn Redgrave, Laura Ziskin, Lauren Shuler Donner, Tichi Wilkerson, Eric Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Ralph Fiennes, Pierce Brosnan, Diane Ladd, Catherine Hardwicke and Gurinder Chadha.

The WIN Awards present tributes in seven competitive categories. Former hosts, presenters and participants are: Rachel Weisz, Katie Holmes, Seth Rogen, Jon Peters, Frances Fisher, Harry Shearer, Sam Neill, Eric Roberts, Lili Fini Zanuck, Kathy Griffin, Keith David, David Brown. Kathy Najimy and David O. Russell.

Previous Event Chairs are Martha Luttrell, Susan Sarandon and Jane Fonda while on behalf of Robert Redford, Mary McDonnell presented our 2007 Woman of The Year tribute to Barbara Boxer.

In addition to producing The WIN Awards show WIN also created the ABC Primetime Special 50 YEARS OF FUNNY FEMALES.
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Find additional information at http://www.thewinawards.com.
For the complete history of WIN see www.thewinawards.com.

For more information contact Joy Tuttle at info@thewinawards.com or Julianne Eggold at asst1@thewinawards.com
Telephone 310-229-5365.
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See WIN Awards Festival VIDEO: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=17753608
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qN8Bhh5cxY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiteDVB8df0&feature=channel

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