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Academy Awards $450,000 to US Film Festivals

True/False Film Fest

In case you think the Academy only hands out Oscars:
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ Academy Foundation has awarded a total of $450,000 to 24 U.S. film festivals for the 2010 calendar year. Recipients range from Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and the Ann Arbor Film Festival to the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival and the True/False Film Fest.
Two festivals, the Nashville Film Festival and the New Orleans Film Festival, are in the second year of a three-year grant worth $75,000. The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and the Virginia Film Festival are receiving the third and final annual installment of another [...]

CineKink NYC Calls for Entries

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Scheduled for its seventh annual appearance February 16-21, 2010, CineKink NYC is seeking films and videos, of any length and genre, that explore and celebrate the wide diversity of sexuality. Billing itself as "the kinky film festival," organizers are looking to blur some boundaries and will be considering offerings drawn from both Hollywood and beyond, with works ranging from documentary to drama, camp comedy to hot porn, mildly spicy to quite explicit–and everything in between.
Presented by CineKink, an organization dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television, the specially-curated festival will also feature a short film competition, audience choice awards, an adult entertainment showcase, presentations, parties and [...]

Film Riot

Hosted by Ryan Connolly, the weekly series Film Riot is being launched today at the Internet TV network Revision3.
Film Riot follows a team of independent filmmakers from scriptwriting to the premiere of their latest film. All the while, they provide how-to tips "for making high quality films with little to no budget."
According to its press release, Film Riot will also feature film industry experts discussing the practical implementation of the special-effect techniques introduced in the show.
 

Artivist 2009 Call for Entries

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"ARTIVIST" is the 1st international film festival dedicated to addressing Human Rights, Children’s Advocacy, Environmental Preservation, and Animal Advocacy. Our mission is to strengthen the voice of international activist artists – "Artivists" – while raising public awareness for social global causes.
The 6th Annual Artivist Film Festival is currently accepting international Film and Video submissions that concern themselves with human rights, social or political issues, children’s issues/advocacy, animal issues/rights, or environmental issues. Artivist also accepts films that tell inspirational stories or are empowering. Each year Artivist screens shorts, feature-length films, documentaries, narratives, music videos, experimental and animated shorts directed by established international filmmakers, novice filmmakers and the YouTube community. Since 2004, Artivist has showcased 350 [...]

Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting 2009 Deadline

The deadline for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition is May 1, 2009.  Entries must be postmarked by May 1 or submitted online by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on May 1.
As per the Academy’s press release, "the program is open to screenwriters who have not earned more than $5,000 writing fictional work for film or television.  Entry scripts must be feature length and the original work of a sole author or of exactly two collaborative authors.  The scripts must have been written originally in English.  Adaptations and translated scripts are not eligible.  Up to five $30,000 fellowships are [...]

Babelgum Online Film Festival 2009 Competition

Babelgum, the independent web TV service, has announced the 40 finalists for the 2nd edition of the Babelgum Online Film Festival. The festival rewards international independent short filmmaking by providing international exposure and cash awards for upcoming talent.
Spike Lee is returning as the Honorary Chairman of the Festival Jury. He will announce the award winners on April 27, 2009, at a private event during the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
As per the Babelgum press release, nearly two thousand filmmakers from around the globe submitted their films and sixty-two thousand votes were cast via the Babelgum broadband and mobile platforms. Ten films in each of the four [...]

48 Hour Film Project 2009

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The 48 Hour Film Project, the world’s largest timed filmmaking competition, today announced that its ninth annual tour will expand to nearly 80 cities in 2009, including the first-ever local contests in Beijing, Lisbon, Prague, Savannah, and Paducah, Kentucky.
The 48 Hour Film Project’s 2009 Tour will challenge a record 35,000 people worldwide to complete the entire filmmaking process – from writing and casting to shooting and editing – in a mere 48 hours. Since its 2001 launch in Washington, D.C. by filmmakers Mark Ruppert and Liz Langston, the project has become a global cultural phenomenon, with more than 130,000 participants producing nearly 9,000 short films. (An archive of past [...]

Student Academy Awards 2009 Competition

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that a record 559 entries, from students representing 103 U.S. colleges and universities, will be vying for the 2009 Student Academy Awards. Additionally, a record 57 entries from 39 countries have been submitted in the Honorary Foreign Film award category, including first-ever entries from Egypt and Estonia. Trophies and prize money will be presented to the winners on Saturday, June 13, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
As per the Academy’s press release, the Student Academy Awards were established in 1972 "to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level. Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal [...]

John August: Behind the Scenes Filmmaker Series

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Nominated for BAFTA’s and Grammy’s alike, screenwriter John August has been garnering attention for the past decade.  He first received kudos for his multi-perspective indie film, Go, directed in 1998 by Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity).  A frequent collaborator with director Tim Burton, August has provided the screenplays for Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Corpse Bride.  In 2007, he directed his first feature-length film, The Nines, based on his own script.  August’s next projects include Dark Shadows, a stop-motion adaptation of Burton’s short film, Frankenweenie, and an adaptation of graphic novel Preacher with Sam Mendes attached to direct.  A frequent advisor to the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, August also runs a web site aimed at budding screenwriters.
 
Nicholl Fellowships in [...]

Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting 2009 Competition

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is now accepting entries for the 2009 Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. As many as five $30,000 fellowships will be awarded through the program later this year.
Application forms may be downloaded from the Academy’s Web site and mailed with the other required materials, or they may be completed and submitted online. Rules and details are available at www.oscars.org/nicholl.
The Nicholl Fellowships competition is open to any individual who has not earned more than $5,000 from the sale or option of a screenplay or teleplay, or received a fellowship or prize of more than $5,000 that includes a “first look” [...]

Student Academy Awards 2009 Deadline

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The deadline for U.S. student filmmakers to submit their films for consideration in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 36th Student Academy Awards is Wednesday, April 1. The Student Academy Awards is a national annual competition designed to recognize and encourage promising new filmmakers.
Applications and rules for the competition are available online at http://www.oscars.org/saa. All completed entry forms for the 36th Student Academy Awards must be submitted electronically. Additionally, filmmakers must send a DVD of their film and a printed copy of their signed entry form to the appropriate regional coordinator. All entry materials must be received by the deadline to be considered (it is not a [...]

American Cinematheque’s Filmmaking Seminars

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Seminars for Filmmakers
The American Cinematheque continues its program of one night seminars for filmmakers. The American Cinematheque debuted its Filmmaking Seminars for Filmmakers and other artists in September 2007 with the concept of offering concrete, practical information on a variety of filmmaking, marketing, creative and business practices at a very reasonable cost to the many independent filmmakers working in the Los Angeles area.
Film consultant and festival programmer Thomas Ethan Harris leads many of our seminars in tandem with guest speakers working in the spotlighted fields.
Topics include: Navigating the Film Festival World; Marketing & Publicity for Festivals, Short Film, Documentary Film and Feature Film Distribution and Creating a More Visually [...]

International Outreach Initiative: Annette Bening, Alfre Woodard, James Longley in Iran

Eight members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are currently in Tehran for several days of educational and cultural exchanges with Iranian filmmakers, students and others from Iran’s artistic community.
The Academy delegation includes actresses Annette Bening and Alfre Woodard (right, with fellow actress Fatemah Motamed-Aria); writer Frank Pierson; writer-director Phil Robinson; producer William Horberg, executive Tom Pollock; Academy President Sid Ganis; and Ellen Harrington, the Academy’s Director of Exhibitions and Special Events. Documentarian James Longley, who was already in Iran working on a project, is also taking part in the proceedings.
The visit was organized as part of the Academy’s International Outreach initiative, which has previously [...]

Munich International Short Film Festival: Call for Entries

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Due to an overwhelming number of requests, MUNICH INTERNATIONAL has extended its deadline to March 15th, 2009 – Send in your submissions today! The festival takes place directly prior to the "big" Munich Filmfest. Starting on Thursday, June 18 through Wednesday, June 24, 2009, the festival will showcase the world’s best contemporary short films each night at the tradition-steeped Gloria Filmpalast in the heart of the Bavarian capital.
Submissions are open to non-German language films of all genres (fiction, animation, documentary, experimental, music video or other) from any nation of the world. Films must not have been shown in Bavaria at a festival, in a theatre or on television before, and must not exceed a length of 15 minutes. All [...]

Animacor 2009: Animation Film Festival Calls for Entries

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Prize-winnings totaling 39,000 € will be awarded. The winners will also receive the "Carrasquito" statue, which is in the shape of the festival logo.
The Association for the Development of the Animation Industry of Córdoba is announcing the call for entries with the publication of the rules and regulations of the 5th International Animation Film Festival of Córdoba, Animacor’09, which will be held from November 2nd to 7th of this year.
The internationally prestigious Animacor’09 Festival has gained in scope over the course of its lifetime, putting Córdoba on the international circuit of animation festivals. Each year the number of films has increased, not only from European and Latin American countries, but [...]

Fusion 2009: Los Angeles Gay People of Color Film Festival

Fusion 2009: The Sixth Annual Los Angeles LGBT People of Color Film Festival will be presented by Outfest and HBO on March 6-8, 2009. The three-day festival includes screenings of features and short films, in addition to panels, workshops, and parties throughout the Los Angeles area. The screenings will be held at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood; the panels and workshops will take place at Universal Studios and the Village at Ed Gould Plaza.
As per the Outfest press release, Fusion "is a growing part of Outfest and is the only multi-racial, gender-inclusive film festival of its kind." I don’t believe that the color white is included, but I’m not going [...]

South East European Film Festival – Los Angeles Calls for Entries

The annual South East European (SEE) Film Festival – Los Angeles is currently accepting submissions for its 2009 edition, which runs April 30-May 5, 2009. The film submission form can be downloaded at the festival’s website.
Among the submission rules are:

1. The festival accepts feature, documentary, short and animated films from and about South East Europe.
2. Deadline for submissions is March 6.
3. The festival does not charge entry fees.
4. Once a film is selected to be screened at the SEE Film Festival of Los Angeles, producers or distributors agree not to hold a screening of the film in Los Angeles prior to the festival screening.

The festival is [...]

Gen Art Film Festival 2009

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Gen Art Film Submissions
The 14th Annual Gen Art Film Festival kicks off on April 1, 2009 in New York City. The Gen Art Film Festival (GAFF)’s unique format showcases seven features and seven shorts from emerging filmmakers which are followed by seven premiere parties. The festival allows film lovers to experience a movie premiere like a true insider. Each night of this cutting edge festival is an interactive experience, allowing filmmakers, media, and the audience to share in the excitement.  The festival will be taking place at SVA; the completely redesigned, state-of-the-art Visual Arts Theater on West 23rd Street between 8-9th Avenue.
Adding to the anticipation, the star-studded LYMELIFE is set to open the GAFF festival.  Executive produced by Martin Scorsese and [...]

Los Angeles Film Festival 2009: Submission Deadlines

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The final deadline for the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival is coming up fast.  The last day to submit short films and music videos is Friday, February 6.  The deadline for feature-length narrative and documentary films is Monday, March 2.  Spread the word amongst your filmmaker friends and readers, as this is a must-attend event on the film festival circuit!
Please visit http://www.filmindependent.org/events/la_Film_Festival+/guidelines for submission guidelines.
This summer, over the course of ten days from June 18 – 28 in Westwood Village, Film Independent’s Los Angeles Film Festival will showcase the best of American and international independent cinema. With an expected audience of over 100,000 people, the festival will screen over 175 narrative features, documentaries, [...]

MALTA TV INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2009: Call for Entries

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From April, TVM, the national public broadcasting station, will be broadcasting for the first time in Malta and also in Europe, a short film festival from around the world which will not only show films but be judged by a professional jury and also by public vote. The short film medium today are not only a stepping stone to full feature films but a genre it its own right.  Although producing a short film might reduce the technical, financial and human resources required to produce the film, but on the other hand, the creativity, room for experimentation and artistic risk is more often than not heightened. Moreover, specific skills in scriptwriting, [...]

Oscar 2009: Correspondent Contest

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, today announced the first-ever “Oscar Correspondent Contest,” giving college journalists nationwide the chance to head to Los Angeles to cover red carpet festivities and backstage celebrations at the 81st Academy Awards.
From January 8 through January 23, college students are invited to submit a video at http://oscars.mtvu.com, showcasing their broadcast journalism skills and proving why they deserve to cover the Oscars®. All videos submitted must be from a team made up of one anchor and one videographer. The Academy and mtvU will select the top ten videos to be posted online at mtvU.com, where students and other viewers [...]

Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2009: Call for Entries

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Entries must be received by March 1, 2009 for consideration in the 22nd CT Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (May 22 – 30, 2009).
Download Entry Form
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Film Submission Rules

Entries will be accepted for preview only in 1/2" VHS or DVD format. We can show 16mm, 35mm, Beta SP and DVCam at the festival, but we can only preview film entries on tape or DVD. Please do not send your master tape. 
You must hold all necessary rights for the submission of your film to the festival. 
Entries are accepted starting September 1 for the following May’s festival. Entry forms and tapes must be received by March 1 of the festival year.  [...]

The Journal of Short Film Volume 4 (Summer 2006)

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Columbus, OH (August 8, 2006) – The Journal of Short Film released Volume 4 (Summer 2006) today. Its ten films represent five different countries and nearly every genre of film imaginable. The summer volume contains more than the usual thrills and comedy, but maintains the Journal’s manic commitment to diversity.
The JSF is a quarterly DVD providing its subscribers collections of exceptional, peer-reviewed short films. It was the first DVD publication to make the Top 10 list of BEST MAGAZINES for 2005 in The Library Journal.
Some of the films in Volume 4 have appeared at the Cannes, Sundance, or Toronto festivals. Comedies come from the Basque region, the offices of The Onion, and the Columbia University film school. A noirish [...]

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