FILMFESTIVALS TO LAUNCH MAJOR ONLINE FILM SPACE
AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2001

FILMFESTIVALS.COM NAMES CARLA DIAMOND VICE PRESIDENT, TELEVISION AND BROADBAND PRODUCTIONS BERLIN
FEB. 2001

Filmfestivals.com, the leading online server for film festivals around the world, has appointed Carla Diamond as Vice President, Television and Broadband Productions, based in Paris, it is announced by Filmfestivals President, Malo Girod de l'Ain and COO Bruno Chatelin.
Diamond was formerly Vice President of Development and a producer with Stone Canyon Entertainment/MGM where her credits included Swingers and Welcome to Hollywood.
Prior to that, she was an independent film and television producer working with such companies as MTV, VH-1, Turner Classic Movies, HBO, Showtime and E! Entertainment, as well as being a production and sales consultant for Virgo Entertainment.

In her new position, Diamond will be responsible for the editorial content and production of FilmfestivalsTV.com's new monthly half-hour syndicated television program covering star, filmmaker and celebrity interviews and events at the world's leading film festivals.
The january issue covered Palm Springs, Sundance, Rotterdam and prominent talent interviews. She will also play a leading role in the development of Filmfestivals.com's online world premieres of feature-length festival films for broadband users, which was begun at this year's Sundance Film Festival with the launch of six online world premieres.

Stated Malo Girod de l'Ain: "We are excited about the new developments that Filmfestivals is pursuing in these areas and we're delighted to have an executive with Carla's ability and experience join us. She will be prominent in helping us build a new way to experience movies with online interactivity."

Carla Diamond stated: "Filmfestivals.com has established itself as a leader in its field and this is a tremendous opportunity to move forward in an exciting new area of the entertainment industry." Bruno Chatelin comments " Somehow the match between Carla's experience and Filmfestivals scope seemed totally obvious at first glance almost like E! MTV meets the net frontier " Filmfestivals.com, the world's largest film festival server with offices in France, the USA, U.K. and Italy, was founded by Malo Girod de l'Ain, president, in 1995 when it created the first website for the Cannes International Film Festival. The site now lists mre than 1,000 film festivals worldwide, and has extensive online tools to help festival organizers, filmmakers, producers, distributors in such areas as marketing, film registration, web presence and ticket sales. FilmfestivalsTV was launched at last year's Berlin Film Festival with video coverage of major festivals. FilmfestivalsTV produces a monthly TV show, Non Stop Film Festivals, for worldwide syndication.

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