July 29, 2010
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July 26, 2010
Last Call for Applicants
A program for non-fiction media research and group production
The UnionDocs Collaborative is a one or two-year program for emerging media producers. It is both a rigorous platform for exploring contemporary approaches to the documentary arts and a process for developing an innovative group project. The program focuses on providing what we believe are the most effective educational resources for individuals at the beginning of their careers:
Mentorship toward the production of an original work.
Dynamic interaction among a network of talented peers.
Direct contact and structured exchange with visiting artists.
Exposure to a wide variety of practices and models.
Regular group critique sessions.
Exposure through a toured exhibition and/or publication of annual project.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: AUGUST 1
July 23, 2010
South Carolina Film Commission Accepting Applications for Production Fund Grants
The Production Fund, which will be offered in collaboration with the University of South Carolina and Trident Technical College, will provide grant funds for one major short-film project valued at $100,000, and up to six mini-grants for smaller short films funded on an as-needed basis (from $2,000 to $10,000 for each project).
The Production Fund was created to develop collaborative projects between the film industry and institutions of higher learning. The projects help independent producers and other professionals in the motion picture industry work to build a talent pool of students and people already in the field who want to sharpen their skills. Projects that receive the mini-grants will be managed through Trident Tech for the 2010-2011 academic year and will be part of the curriculum of the Division of Film, Media, and Visual Arts. The single, major short-film project that is awarded the $100,000 grant will be managed through USC for the 2011-2012 school year and will be part of the curriculum of the USC Media Arts Area of the Art Department, collaborating with USC's Theater Department.
In addition to offering production grants, the Film Commission will host a series of seminars from August 2010 to July 2011 for media professionals and students studying film in South Carolina. Sessions will cover lighting, directing, location management, producing, and safety workshops.
For information on the grants or the workshops, visit the SC Film Commission Web site.
San Francisco Film Society Invites Letters of Inquiry for Filmmaking Grants
The grant program supports independent film projects that use plot, character, theme, or setting to explore human and civil rights, antidiscrimination, gender and sexual identity, and other urgent social justice issues. The program supports films that will have a significant economic or professional impact on the San Francisco Bay Area filmmaking community. The grants program, scheduled to run from 2009 to 2013, awards grants in the spring and fall of each year.
Films at all levels of production are eligible for a total of $225,000 in grant money through the fall 2010 cycle. Grant recipients are required to spend some or all funds in the Bay Area. In addition to the cash grant, recipients will receive various benefits through the Film Society's comprehensive filmmaker services programs.
Independent filmmakers who have a key creative role in the film project — screenwriter, producer, or director — are eligible to apply.
Applicants who are not SFFS members are required to pay a $35 application fee. The fee is waived for SFFS members.
Information is available at the SFFS Web site. Click on title.
July 22, 2010
Completion Funds
Open Call accepts:
•Single programs of standard broadcast length (half-hour or one-hour). In rare cases, when a filmmaker’s skills, subject, and story structure warrant it, ITVS will consider programs at feature lengths.
•Works-in-progress (for nonfiction submissions), i.e. projects that have already begun production
•Programs that can be completed within one year of contract
Open Call does not accept:
Proposals for completed projects seeking distribution
•Series proposals or fictional dramas
•Projects intended solely for theatrical release
There are two funding rounds per year, and the deadlines are typically in mid-January and early August. Applicants may apply with only one project per call. The entire proposal review process takes up to five months. Only one to two percent of Open Call applicants will receive funding.
Open Call is not a grant; ITVS provides a co-production investment in the program.
July 16, 2010
2011 Sundance/Alfred P. Sloan Commissioning Grant
The Grant will include the following:
■A cash grant of up to $20,000 to provide support during the writing period.
■A stipend of up to $5000 for a science advisor.
■Creative support during the writing process from a select group of creative advisors.
■The possibility of a fellowship to a Screenwriters Lab.
■Strategic and practical support from the Feature Film Program staff.
ELIGIBILITY
■Projects must have science or technology as a major theme or scientists as major characters. We cannot consider science fiction or projects that stray too far from a base scientific reality.
■Screenwriters with any level of experience, including numerous produced works may apply.
■Projects must be narrative (fiction) features and not documentary in nature.
■Projects must be live action.
■Projects must be in active development and can range from treatment stage to full draft.
■Projects must be English language. However, screenwriter does not need to reside in the U.S.
■Projects currently in development within the studio system are not eligible.
■Projects based on source material must have proper permissions and rights to use that material.
TIMELINE
The selection process timeline for the 2011 Sundance/Sloan Commissioning Grant is as follows:
July 9, 2010 Application available online
September 24, 2010 Online application deadline and hard copy of materials postmark deadline
October 29, 2010 Notification of 2nd Round selections
January 14, 2011 Notification of Final selections
APPLICATION
The application for the 2011 Sundance/Sloan Commissioning Grant is now available until September 24, 2010. If you have any further questions, please e-mail Anne Lai at anne_lai@sundance.org
July 12, 2010
THE SCREENWRITING EXPO, OCT 7-10, 2010, IS.....
FROM $300 LEFT TO HIS NAME TO $110 MILLION AT THE BOX OFFICE
Do not miss this exciting presentation: this writer gave up a comfortable movie executive job to become a screenwriter. He worked at it day and night. He used up his savings. He was down to his last $300 and desperate. And then ...
No, he did NOT use connections or get lucky. He broke in by doing something you could have thought of yourself, and that you could do from home whether you live under the shadow of a studio or off in Ten Sleep, Wyoming. And $110 million at the box office later, this multiple-major-movie writer is coming to the Expo to tell you how he made it in Hollywood. How YOU can if your work is good.
MARKETING YOURSELF AND YOUR SCREENPLAYS–THE STEP-BY-STEP COURSE
Speaking of how to break in: for the very first time, the Expo will present a three-hour course on how to market your screenplay, by legendary live-online screenwriting teacher Hal Croasmun. And always, the Screenwriting Expo is THE place to choose from 100 screenwriting classes, talk to Hollywood's top screenwriters, pitch your scripts at the Golden Pitch, and network with other writers.
July 11, 2010
ida seminar in los angeles for doc writers
THE WRITERS GUILD AND YOU: A seminar on WGA benefits, protections and programs for theatrical and television documentary writers and hyphenates.
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Dan Sturman - Writer, Director, Producer, SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION; Writer and Director, NANKING
Jim Milio - Writer, Director, Producer, DOG WHISPERER WITH CESAR MILLAN, HISTORY'S MYSTERIES, RESCUE 911
Glenn Kirschbaum - Writer, DOG WHISPERER WITH CESAR MILLAN and UNSOLVED MYSTERIES; Writer, Director, Producer, THE UNFINISHED CIVIL WAR
Elisabeth Flack - WGAW Administrator, Contracts Department
Kay Schaber Wolf - WGAW Independent Film Executive
IDA Members: FREE
WGAW Nonfiction Writers Caucus and Independent Writers Caucus: FREE
Seating Limited - Reserve your space now!
Not an IDA Member? Join now and attend this event for free!
Friday, July 16, 2010
7:30PM - 9:00PM
WGAW Building, 2nd Floor
7000 West Third St,
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Parking entrance at Blackburn, one block South of Third Street
and some street parking (please read signs)
Light desserts will be served.
Doc U is the International Documentary Association's branded, yearly seminar series produced to enlighten and enliven our documentary community.
AFI Fest Call for Entries
Shorts
Shorts can be narrative, documentary, or animation as long as they are under 30 min. in length.
Features
Narrative Feature Films are over 30 min. in length. Premiere status is taken into account for all sections, and films that have not yet screened in the US are given priority. Feature films (both narrative and documentary) that have previously screened for the public in Los Angeles or have been televised in the Los Angeles area are not eligible for consideration.
Documentary
Documentaries under 30 min. should be submitted as Shorts.
Documentary Feature Films are over 30 min. in length. Premiere status is taken into account for all sections, and films that have not yet screened in the US are given priority.
Feature length films (both narrative and documentary) that have previously screened for the public in Los Angeles or have been televised in the Los Angeles area are not eligible for consideration.
Experimental
Experimental films are non-narrative and non-documentary works of any runtime.
MISSION & OBJECTIVE
AFI FEST presents a survey of the year's most significant films each fall. Featuring international work from emerging filmmakers, global showcases of films from the great masters and red-carpet gala premieres, AFI FEST brings world cinema to the heart of Hollywood.
Since 2000, the consumer audience at AFI FEST has tripled to over 65,000 attendees. In 2008, over 600 press representatives secured accreditation to the Festival, with combined media impressions in excess of 1.6 billion worldwide.
The American Film Market (AFM) in November 2010 is the market partner of AFI FEST. Since its formation in 2004, this strategic partnership has grown into the largest gathering of film professionals in North America. The association between the two events connects art and commerce, broadening the opportunities for all participants.
AFI FEST is the only film festival in the United States to hold the prestigious FIAPF accreditation (www.FIAPF.org), assuring a high standard of quality and reliability for the international film community. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizes AFI FEST as a qualifying festival for the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Last year’s AFI FEST presented by Audi enjoyed record attendance, as audiences turned out in force to attend films and special events. Programming highlights from AFI FEST 2009 presented by Audi included 7 consecutive nights of galas and tributes, including FANTASTIC MR FOX, PRECIOUS, THE MESSENGER, A SINGLE MAN, THE ROAD and a 50th Anniversary digitally re-mastered presentation of Alfred Hitchcock’s NORTH BY NORTHWEST; tributes to Viggo Mortensen and Christopher Plummer, the latter featuring a screening of THE LAST STATION; red carpet appearances by Wes Anderson, Drew Barrymore, Angela Bassett, Kate Beckinsale, Nicolas Cage, Lee Daniels, Julie Delpy, Robert De Niro, Colin Firth, Tom Ford, Terry Gilliam, Woody Harrelson, Werner Herzog, Martin Landau, Julianne Moore, Mo’Nique, Bill Murray, Tyler Perry, Eva Marie Saint, Jason Schwartzman, Charlize Theron and Oprah Winfrey; and access to the AFI Digital Content Lab’s 2-day DigiFest conference.
ORGANIZERS
Derek Call (Festival Producer) ; John Roberts ; Lane Kneedler (Associate Director of Programming) ; Sandy Gow (Database Designer)
GENERAL RULES
Premiere status is taken into consideration for every submission with priority given to US Premieres, North American Premieres and World Premieres - a Los Angeles premiere at the very least is required. Must not have major theatrical release or broadcast airing. VHS (NTSC or PAL) videocassettes and DVD's will be accepted for preview screening. More than one entry may be submitted. Each entry must be accompanied by a separate entry and entry fee. While we do not require a US Premiere for selection to the festival in all sections, please note that premiere status is taken into consideration for the selection process. But in order for Feature films to be considered for the Competition, they need to be made by first or second time directors and we require a US or North American Premiere to be in the competition section. If your film is selected, you will be asked to provide: headshot and filmography of director; b&w and/or color stills from the film; press materials; video trailer (if available). Preview cassettes and DVD's must be labeled with the title, running time and contact information on face and spine of tape. Entry Fee is non-refundable. Screeners will not be returned. Please do not send originals. If confirmed receipt of entry is required, please include a self-addressed stamped postcard. All film entries selected for the Festival grant AFI FEST the rights to use footage, stills and/or titles and information from the film for promotional purposes.
All filmmakers will be notified by October 8, 2010.
July 07, 2010
Paley DocFest Pitch Contest
The PaleyDocFest Pitch Contest offers a $5,000 grant, sponsored by SnagFilms, for an unfinished or work-in-progress documentary from an emerging filmmaker.
The Paley Center for Media is using this contest, now in its seventh year, to choose five finalists who will pitch their unfinished films to a panel of experts and producers in front of an audience. This event, the PaleyDocFest Pitch Workshop, will take place on Saturday, October 16, 2010, in New York as part of the Paley Center's eleventh annual documentary festival.
PITCH WORKSHOP PANEL
Simon Kilmurry, Executive Director, POV
Lauren Lazin, Filmmaker and Executive Producer, MTV Networks
Andrew Mer, Vice President, Content Partnerships, SnagFilms
Molly Thompson, Programming Director, A&E Indie Films
Susan Werbe, Executive Producer, History
To Enter Pitch Contest
To enter this contest, you must submit no more than ten minutes of footage from an UNFINISHED or WORK-IN-PROGRESS feature-length documentary that you hope to pitch to our panel. You must also send in a printed and filled-out entry form (below.)
We will judge entries based on the originality of your vision and the viability of the concept. At the pitch workshop, finalists will be judged by originality, viability and the persuasiveness of their pitch to our panel.
Entries must be postmarked by deadline. Deadlines and fees are as follows:
Earlybird deadline: July 20, 2010 ($20 / $15 for Withoutabox members)
Regular deadline: Aug. 17, 2010 ($25 / $20 for Withoutabox members)
Late deadline: Sept. 7, 2010 ($30 / $25 for Withoutabox members)
Withoutabox extended deadline: Sept. 14, 2010 ($45 / $30 for Withoutabox members)
There are two ways to submit:
1) We accept entries through Withoutabox.
OR
2) To submit on your own, download the PDF forms by clicking on title above.
Overview
Official Rules
Entry Form & Submission Agreement
Then print out, sign, and mail a complete and fully executed copy of the Entry Form & Submission Agreement, along with your DVD, submission materials, and a check for your entry fee made out to The Paley Center for Media to:
Pitch Workshop
c/o The Paley Center for Media
9th Floor
25 West 52 Street
New York, NY 10019
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2009: From Texas to Tehran directed by Till Schauder
2008: Circo directed by Aaron Schock
2007: The House that Herman Built directed by Angad Bhalla
2006: Whatever it Takes directed by Christopher Wong
2005: Asparagus! (A Stalk-umentary) directed by Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly
December 04, 2009
grants
The Sundance Documentary Fund is dedicated to supporting international documentary films and videos focused on current and significant issues and movements in contemporary human rights, freedom of expression, social justice, and civil liberties....
Posted on December 3, 2009
Deadline: February 9, 2010
Haitian Memorial Foundation Invites Pierre Toussaint Art and Essay Entries
Project budgets of up to $500,000 will be awarded to artists, sculptors, or high school students for their artwork, sculpture, or essays depicting a solid understanding and appreciation of Pierre Toussaint and his achievements....
Posted on December 3, 2009
Deadline: Various
National Geographic All Roads Film Project Offers Seed Grants for Indigenous Storytellers
Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to filmmakers for the development and production of a film or video that showcases indigenous or underrepresented minority-culture storytellers....
Posted on December 2, 2009
Deadline: Quarterly
December 02, 2009
Call for Entries
The longest-running film festival in the Americas, the San Francisco International Film Festival, recognized throughout the world for bringing eclectic, intelligent and adventurous programs and events to discerning and passionate Bay Area audiences is accepting submissions to SFIFF53 (April 22-May 6, 2010). Works in all genres, forms and lengths are considered.
The final deadline is Friday, December 4; the final deadline for documentary features only is December 21.
The 15 day International presents 200 films from 40 countries to an audience of 82,000 film lovers, filmmakers, industry representatives and journalists. Close to $100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to outstanding feature and short films.
Enter your film now at sffs.org
November 19, 2009
Free!!!
Time: 7:00 P.M.
Location: Bovard Auditorium, USC make reservations »
Visions and Voices: The USC Arts & Humanities Initiative and the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Invite you and a guest to a special evening with
Russell Banks, Atom Egoyan and the Scripting of Time
7:00 P.M. on Monday, November 23rd
Bovard Auditorium, USC Campus
Admission is free.
RSVP online at www.usc.edu/esvp
(code: cc1123)
ABOUT THE EVENT
Russell Banks is a critically acclaimed author whose work has received numerous international prizes and awards. His dazzling novels include The Sweet Hereafter, Affliction, Cloudsplitter, Continental Drift and Rule of the Bone. Atom Egoyan is one of today's most remarkable independent filmmakers. His spectacular films include his stunning adaptation of The Sweet Hereafter as well as Calendar, Exotica and Ararat. Both Banks and Egoyan powerfully explore themes of tragedy, humanity, alienation and memory in their work.
This event will bring these two geniuses together for a provocative conversation about the treachery of memory and how we learn, forget and lie in time.
Organized by the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Email Address: visionsandvoices@usc.edu
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Washington DC Film Series
December 2009 - June 2010
NomadsLand Presents Film Series in Washington DC is seeking six social issue documentaries for the 2009-2010 season. (See our trailer here.)
For two successful years, NomadsLand has held monthly documentary screenings in conjunction with legendary progressive eatery, bookstore and salon Busboys and Poets. Our aim this year is to coordinate closely with Washington, D.C. area nonprofits and social enterprises to create 6 themed nights on important social issues and frame the discussion with a fantastic feature documentary.
To see our listing of past films and our upcoming scheduled event dates, click here at MeetUp.
Each screening consists of an independent feature film and 30-minute round-table discussion with the filmmaker. International filmmakers field questions after the screening - whether in-person or via phone or Skype video conferencing.
If you would like your film to be considered for the upcoming season, please send the following information to filmfestival@nomadsland.com.
- The name of the film and a short synopsis
- Your association with the film (producer, distributor, director, etc.)
- A list of festivals the film has been featured in (you must have at least one)
- Links to the film's webpage, critical reviews, online video trailers or full-length streaming-
Your preferred date of screening from our Calendars on Facebook or Meetup.
We prefer newer films (made in the last two years) but will consider all entries. Our deadline is December 10, 2009. We program on a first-com first-serve basis.
We also encourage you to check out our new website and join our growing community site.
All the best,
The Events Team at NomadsLand
http://www.nomadsland.com
http://www.twitter.com/nomadsland
October 01, 2009
tv movie contest
To enter the contest, writers must submit a movie treatment (5-10 pages) and the first act of their screenplay (20 to 40 pages). The deadline for entry is November 30, 2009. Visit www.nytvf.com and www.iontelevision.com for more information.
September 09, 2009
ITVS Funding Opportunity for Filmmakers of Color
ITVS Funding Opportunity for Filmmakers of Color
ITVS seeks producers of color to develop single documentary programs for public television. The Diversity Development Fund (DDF) provides up to $15,000 for project research and development. Activities may include travel, scripting, preliminary production for fundraising/work-in-progress reels, or other early phase activities. Projects should speak to the ITVS mission to serve underserved audiences, explore complex issues, inspire dialogue and express points of view seldom seen on commercial or public television.
http://www.itvs.org/producers/funding.html
Deadline: September 25, 2009.
American Documentary Showcase 2010 Call for Entries
The American Documentary Showcase is looking for nominations of documentaries for possible inclusion in the 2010 series of the program. With the renewal of a grant by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to UFVA, the ADS is able to include 5-10 new titles and filmmakers in its second round, which runs through December 2010.
Mission:
The American Documentary Showcase, funded by and as a cooperative program with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of States, and administered through a cooperative grant to the University Film and Video Association, is a curated selection of contemporary documentaries that is offered to US Embassies for screening abroad. The Showcase is designed to travel American documentaries and their filmmakers to international overseas venues, including U.S. Embassy organized events and/or U.S. Embassy supported international documentary film festivals.
The goal of The Showcase is to offer a broad diversified look at life in the United States and the values of a democratic society as seen by American documentary filmmakers. The Showcase is intended to demonstrate the role documentary plays in fostering understanding and cooperation among people.
Qualifications for Consideration:
Documentaries nominated can be of any length and style, although the emphasis is on shorter, under one hour films in this grant cycle. They must have a release date no earlier than January 2007and must be completed by September 2009, and available on DVD. They must be made by an American citizen, focus primarily on American subject (this can be Americans overseas, but the main emphasis must be on American citizens), and fit in to one or preferably more, of the following categories. Filmmakers may nominate their own films. Student films of exceptional quality are welcome.
Subject Categories:
The Democratic Process
Emigration/Immigration
Environment, Nature, Our Planet
Ethnic Diversities
Health
Innovation in Education
Music and Society (no concert films or music videos)
Popular Culture
Women, Families and Children
A panel of experts will vet up to 10 films for possible inclusion. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs makes final decisions about selection. To nominate a film, four NONRETURNABLE DVDs must be submitted along with a short SYNOPSIS and CREDIT LISTS. Entries must be shipped PREPAID. Nomination Postmark Deadline: SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
Nomination to this curated Showcase grants the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, the UFVA and the IDA the right to use brief clips, photographs, and biographical data of filmmakers and their subjects for publicity and promotional purposes, including UFVA/ IDA/DOS websites, podcasts and internet feeds. If the film is chosen to be in the American Documentary Showcase, the copyright holder further grants permission to the Showcase to make DVD duplicates, to screen the entire documentary, or portions thereof, at American Embassies and overseas venues selected by the Embassies, including foreign film festivals. The copyright holder also agrees to allow the Showcase to subtitle their film as deemed necessary by the Showcase.
All materials must be shipped/mailed with all charges prepaid to:
Betsy A. McLane, PhD
Showcase Director
3801 University Avenue
Suite 260
Riverside, CA 92501
For more information visit www.ufva.org/showcase
Any questions not addressed above should be directed to:
betsymclane@documentarydiva.com
Read more about the 2009 American Documentary Showcase program here.
September 02, 2009
nominate a doc
Nominating documentaries for possible inclusion in The American Documentary Showcase
With the renewal of a grant by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to UFVA, we are able to include 5-10 new titles and filmmakers in our second round, which runs through December 2010.
The American Documentary Showcase, funded by and as a cooperative program with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of States, and administered through a cooperative grant to the University Film and Video Association, is a curated selection of contemporary documentaries that is offered to US Embassies for screening abroad. The Showcase is designed to travel American documentaries and their filmmakers to international overseas venues, including U.S. Embassy organized events and/or U.S. Embassy supported international documentary film festivals.
The goal of The Showcase is to offer a broad diversified look at life in the
Qualifications for Consideration:
Documentaries nominated can be of any length and style, although the emphasis is on shorter, under one hour films in this grant cycle. They must have a release date no earlier than January 2007and must be completed by September 2009, and available on DVD. They must be made by an American citizen, focus primarily on American subject (this can be Americans overseas, but the main emphasis must be on American citizens), and fit in to one or preferably more, of the following categories. Filmmakers may nominate their own films. Student films of exceptional quality are welcome.
Subject Categories:
The Democratic Process
Emigration/Immigration
Environment, Nature, Our Planet
Ethnic Diversities
Health
Innovation in Education
Music and Society- no concert films or music videos
Popular Culture
Women, Families and Children
A panel of experts will vet up to 10 films for possible inclusion. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs makes final decisions about selection. To nominate a film, four NONRETURNABLE DVDs must be submitted along with a short SYNOPSIS and CREDIT LISTS. Entries must be shipped PREPAID. Nomination Postmark Deadline: SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
Nomination to this curated Showcase grants the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, the UFVA and the IDA the right to use brief clips, photographs, and biographical data of filmmakers and their subjects for publicity and promotional purposes, including UFVA/ IDA/DOS websites, podcasts and internet feeds. If the film is chosen to be in the American Documentary Showcase, the copyright holder further grants permission to the Showcase to make DVD duplicates, to screen the entire documentary, or portions thereof, at American Embassies and overseas venues selected by the Embassies, including foreign film festivals. The copyright holder also agrees to allow the Showcase to subtitle their film as deemed necessary by the Showcase.
All materials must be shipped/mailed with all charges prepaid to:
Betsy A. McLane, PhD
Showcase Director
3801 University Avenue
Suite 260
For more information visit www.ufva.org/showcase
Any questions not addressed above should be directed to:
betsymclane@documentarydiva.com
August 19, 2009
CMJ09 FILM FESTIVAL, OCT. 20-24 - WANTS YOUR FILM...
Submission Deadline - August 31 (late deadline September 11)
Official submission guidelines and more information can be found at WithoutABox.com
As part of New York's legendary CMJ Music Marathon, one of the world's largest and longest running new music festivals, the 15th Annual CMJ Film Festival promises to be our most ambitious thus far. Having gained a reputation over the past 14 years for providing CMJ and New York audiences with the very best in breakthrough independent cinema, the festival also features advance screenings and premieres of high profile, cutting-edge films -- such as the box office smashes Pulp Fiction, Boogie Nights, Fight Club, Walk The Line, and Borat, and 2008’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno. We have a rich tradition of bringing artists and filmmakers into direct contact with CMJ's enthusiastic crowds. Past festivals featured face-to-face sessions with leading filmmakers such as David Cronenberg, Quentin Tarantino, Michael Moore, Harmony Korine, Wim Wenders, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and Kevin Smith.
Selected films are eligible for the CMJ09 Film Festival Audience Award in each of four categories: Narrative Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film, Narrative Short Film, and Documentary Short Film. Also be sure and check out CMJ's first ever Film Festival Trailer Competition.
The CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival will take place from October 20 - 24, and will be headquartered in
You can get more information about the CMJ09 Music
June 11, 2009
DEADLINES
Squeaky Wheel’s four-week International Artist-in-Residence program, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, allows mid-career film and media artists the time, space, and equipment to expand their practice and learn new technologies. Inter-media, performance, and installation artists are also welcome to apply. Residents receive accommodations, travel, and a $1,000 stipend, and have access to the center’s cameras, production and post-production systems, editing software, and found-footage library. As part of the residency, each artist curates an evening screening of films or video and teaches a local media art workshop. To apply, mail the application form, typed response to the application questions, a one-page résumé or artist bio, and one or two clearly labeled work samples; see the downloadable PDF for acceptable submission formats and full details.
June 22
The JT3 Artist Awards, a program of the Jesse Thompkins III Foundation for Young People in the Arts, provides grants to talented, hardworking filmmakers living in Brooklyn who demonstrate real potential for growth. Artists must be between the ages of 18 and 30. At least one $2,000 JT3 Artist Award will be granted, as well as one or more other awards under $2,000. To apply, submit the application form, personal essay, resume, screenplay (short or feature length), short film of no more than 10 minutes written and directed by the applicant, proof of residency, and a list of any additional completed works or works in progress to be considered as part of your body of work (note that these do not need to be limited to screenplays and films).
June 24
The Field’s Artward Bound is a 10-day group artist residency which gives participants the opportunity to make new work, participate in Fieldwork (the Field’s mixed discipline workshops program), and focus on personal career development. This program is open to artists who create original work in dance, music, performance art, text, and theater. To be eligible, applicants must be members of the Field; based in the greater New York City area or be a Field Network administrator, facilitator, or program participant; have worked professionally for a minimum of three years; and have publicly presented at least 60 minutes of original material. The program is free, including lodging, meals, and transportation from New York City. To apply, complete the application with your personal information, work history, and production history, and submit by email by the deadline date. For full details, see the website or download the PDF Application Form.
June 26
NYFA’s statewide Fellowships Program is seeking designs for a poster and postcard to promote next year’s competition. The winner will receive $500 and have his/her design used on NYFA’s Fellowships materials; second- and third-place winners receive $300 and $100 each. Submissions must include two separate layouts, one for the poster (11 x 14 inches) and one for the postcard (4 x 6 inches), as well as the necessary Fellowships text. To apply, send an email by 5 p.m. on the deadline date with your name, address, phone number, and two JPEG attachments of your designs to contest@nyfa.org. Images should have a resolution of 72 dpi with maximum dimensions 700 x 700 pixels and maximum size 2 MB. Members of NYFA’s Staff, Board of Trustees, and Artists’ Advisory Committee are ineligible to apply. For further details, and the full text to include with each design, see here.
June 26
The annual frieze Writer’s Prize is an international award for discovering and promoting new writers in the field of arts criticism. Entrants should be emerging critics, with a maximum of three pieces on art having been published in any national or regional newspaper or magazine (previous online publication, however, is permitted). The winner receives ₤2000 and will be commissioned to write a review for the October issue of frieze magazine. To apply, submit by email one previously unpublished review of a recent contemporary art exhibition, approximately 700 words in length. The judges of this year’s award are critic and art historian James Elkins, novelist and critic Ali Smith, and coeditor of frieze magazine Jennifer Higgie.
July 1
A.I.R. Gallery, a nonprofit gallery space advocating for women in the visual arts since 1972, invites artists working in all media to submit artwork to be considered for its fall 2009 exhibition “Mother/mother.” Curator Jennifer Wrobleski is seeking work (by women and men) made during a pregnancy or within five years of the birth of the artist’s child. Submissions need not be specifically about parenting or childbirth, though the curator is particularly interested in work resulting from changes in artistic processes or new thematic concerns that arise out of pregnancy. Proposals must be postmarked or hand delivered to the gallery on or before July 1, 2009 at 6 p.m., and online submissions must be received on July 1 by 11 p.m.. A downloadable application is available here.
July 3
Obscureterrain is seeking artists, performers, and community members to participate in a multi-rooftop spectacle of performances and events on Saturday, October 17, 2009 from 2-7 p.m. Taking place in Gowanus, Brooklyn, on rooftops along the F train where it emerges from underground at 4th Avenue and descends at Carroll Street, this happening invites participants to harness the subway commute as an opportunity to lift fantasies and potentials out of the mundane, and invent/imagine alternative modalities for transforming the urban landscape. Submit a brief description (no more than 250 words) of the project you would like to contribute, including your name, phone number, and email address to: obscureterrain@dtek.net. You do not have to secure a roof prior to your submission.
July 15
Supporting Women Artists Project (SWAP), a nonprofit organization whose mission is preparing the next generation of women artists for successful and fruitful careers, offers a year-long Residency and Mentor opportunity to women artists. Free studio space is provided in exchange for mentoring and teaching art classes to NYC public school girls at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. The weekly commitment is two hours per week, as well as two enrichment programs per semester, which might include a gallery visit or a lecture. (Note that applicants must have prior experience with young people) More information and an application is available here.
July 15
The Experimental Television Center’s Artists in Residency Program of Oswego, NY, provides artists with time and space to create new work which approach media as a contemporary electronic and cinematic form. The self-directed environment also offers personalized instruction, access to the media library, and use of a unique imaging system. Artists have unlimited access to the studio during their stay, and are encouraged to explore the boundaries and intersections within narrative, documentary, and social-issue traditions as well as experimental forms. To apply, send a brief project description, a current bio or résumé, a prioritized set of dates for attending the residency between September 1, 2009 and January 31, 2010, and a sample of completed work. More information and an application are available at on the ETC website.
Ongoing NYFA is launching a new program, an affordable workspace opportunity to NYFA-affiliated artists and organizations. The program provides a desk station and office amenities in NYFA’s air-conditioned DUMBO offices, and is open to past and current NYFA fellows, SOS and BUILD recipients, Immigrant Artist Mentors and Mentees, and currently fiscally sponsored artists and emerging organizations (contract fees up-to-date). Program participants pay a discounted rate of $200 a month, and receive a private workstation in the NYFA space, high-speed wireless Internet access, meeting space available by appointment, free and discounted printing and copying rates, access to NYFA’s in-house library of art resources and publications, and a fully equipped kitchen with hot coffee, tea, and filtered water. Individual phone service is available for an additional fee. NYFA’s offices are located five minutes from the York stop on the F train in Brooklyn’s DUMBO arts district, a 10-minute ride from Manhattan. See here for pictures of the space and full details on program benefits, office hours, and submitting an application.
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