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We welcome notice of film, video, and multimedia competitions. Please write us at: newsletter@proscenia.net Deadline: February 15, 2006
Late Deadline: March 15, 2006 Mad Late Deadline:April 1, 2006 The Jilted Film Festival will be held in NYC, April 2006. The Festival is now accepting comedy shorts that have been passed over by other festivals. The Jilted Film Festival of comedy shorts is a fresh, fun, campy way for up-and-coming filmmakers to make lemonade out of lemons and celebrate the spirit of perseverance. It's an opportunity for audiences to see very funny films they won't have the opportunity to see in other film festivals. Filmmakers from underrepresented communities/backgrounds are strongly encouraged to submit. Read More Deadline: March 08, 2006 Nontzeflash III Animated Film Competition The Nontzeberri.com cultural web site promotes the 3rd Animated Film Competition called Nontzeflash. This is an online competition on the notzeflash.com site. The best animated films will be shown on Bilbao's Fantastic Film Festival (FANT 2006) The animated films have to be produced in SWF file, no bigger than 2,5 MB. Awards: to the best animated film 2000 euros, second award 1500 euros, third award 900 euros. To the best animated film of Basque Country 900 euros. Registering is free. Evolution 2006 call for entries 3-9 April 2006 - Submissions will be taken on a rolling basis until the programming is complete. Leeds, UK Lumen invite submissions of new artists' films and videos for a new screening series taking place during the Evolution 2006 programme (3-9 April 2006). We're particularly interested in short works created in 2005/06, that take experimental or avant-garde approaches to film and video. Please send preview tapes (any format), and a cover letter to: William Rose <william.rose (@) lumen.org.uk> Deadline of April 15th Final deadline on May 15th. The Plymouth Independent Film Festival (PIFF ’06) Call for the submission of films for the Plymouth Independent Film Festival. Feature films, documentary and fiction as well as short films and animation, will be chosen for screenings at various locations in Historic Downtown Plymouth this summer from July 20th to July 23rd. The Plymouth Independent Film Festival accepts works in progress. Foreign language films without subtitles will only be eligible to be screened as a work in progress. All genres will be considered including cultural diversity and the environment. Visit www.plyfilmfest.org today to download your submission form. For more information contact Lisa Mattei, Festival Director via e-mail at lisa@plyfilmfest.org Deadline May 1, 2006 and June 23, 2006 Walt Disney/ABC Entertainment Writing Fellowships Fellowships in the feature film and TV areas are offered. No previous experience is necessary but writing samples are required. Salary is $50,000 for a one-year period beginning in February, 2007. For consideration, an application, writing fellowship program letter agreement, writing sample with proof of current registration with Writers Guild of America or the Library of congress, resume, and autobiography must be submitted together between May 1, 2006 and June 23, 2006. There is no application fee. For details please visit www.abctalentdevelopment.com or e-mail abc.fellowships@abc.com Deadline: 1 May 2006 WACC Photographic Competition 2006 This competition, in its third year, is open to all men, women and children, of all ages and from all countries. Entries from amateurs and professionals are welcome. There is no limit to the number of photographs that a person may enter, but no entrant may win more than one prize in the contest. Read More Deadline: May 1, 2006 Film Your Issue Web: www.filmyourissue.com National "Issue Film" Competition Targeting Young Americans 18 to 26 Including 7 Million College Students on 1200 Campuses Launched January 24, 2006 at the Sundance Film Festival In Partnership With Microsoft, MSN Spaces, MSNBC.com, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly and mtvU And in Association With the United Nations, The Humane Society of the United States and USC Center for Public Diplomacy VIP Jury Includes Walter Cronkite, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Senator Barack Obama, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Brian Williams, Amy Gross, Anderson Cooper, Gillian Sorensen Walter Cronkite and George Clooney Have Each Penned Open Letters Urging Engagement in the Pressing Social Issues of Our Time FYI - FILM YOUR ISSUE Is Soliciting 30-to-60 Second 'Issue Films' To Encourage Young Americans to Add Their Voice To Public Dialogue on Current Issues, Via Film On-Going: Arts Electric Calendar. A worldwide calendar for new music, electronic music and the media arts. You'll find hundreds of events listed, as well as articles, interviews, and other writings. DIVA Center Media Events. Over 30 programs have been scheduled for 2005 at the Downtown Center for the Visual Arts in Eugene. A full schedule of film, video, and multimedia programs can be accessed at: http://www.proscenia.net/indie/medialist2005.htm Film Festivals. A quick glance at the Film Festival website quickly provides the users with a great resource about previous and upcoming film festivals from all over the world. Here visitors can read the latest headline news from the various festivals, read coverage of the proceedings, and search a prodigious database of information. Visitors may also want to consider signing up to receive the free weekly newsletter or also viewing a selection of popular video clips culled from coverage of recent festivals. Source: Scout Report. Northwest Film Center Events. Film screenings, workshops, classes and other activities in Portland. Mediatopia.2 fresh! assembles an exciting mix of recent net-based work by a diverse group of neoteric artists, creatives and thinkers. Their fresh, networked interfaces look to a variety of means to utilize the internet, as playground, platform or paintbrush. Mediatopia.net is a recurring network mediated culture space for art, technology and writing. We still believe in networked culture. |