SHORT FEST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSThe first ever short film festival on TV, online and in the cinema!
What is propeller?
propeller is Europe's biggest short film TV channel on Sky 195, which reaches 8.2 million homes in the UK. We are also on the Eurobird satellite which enables us to reach a further 10 million homes across mainland Europe.
Please check www.propellertv.co.uk for more details
What is Short Fest?
ShortFest, this March 27-31 2008, invites you to spend 5-days with propeller TV, celebrating the best in short film from around the world. Promoted by propeller TV, and supported by SCREEN YORKSHIRE your films will be available on Channel 195, online and in the cinema.
If your film is selected for ShortFest, it will be judged by a panel of experts from TV & Film Industries including:
James Mullighan, Creative Director, Shooting People
David Sproxton, Co-founder of Aardman Animations
James Jackson, TV Editor of The Times
Jesse Malone, Casting Director, BBC Industry Panel Member for short film andexpert panel member with Lord Puttnam on 'Make Your Mark in Film.'
Dave Hollis, Senior Programme Acquisition Executive, ITV plc
Julia Thompson, Director of Entertainment UK, Sony Pictures TelevisionInternational
Diane Henderson, Programme Producer, Edinburgh International Film Festival
Here are just some of the prizes on offer to filmmakers:
Free subscription to Film & Festivals Magazine, a copy of Final Draftsoftware, and a magazine profile of the winner, supplied by The FilmFestival Magazine.
Avid Media Composer Software, valued at ukp3,600, supplied by UK & MEAMarketing Avid Technology Europe Ltd
Free film course 'Lo-to-No Budget', taught by Elliot Grove, Director ofRaindance Independent Film Festival.
Short fest is supported by Raindance, Show and Tell films, Avid, Film Festival magazine, Movie Scope magazine, Stellar Network & The Northern Film School.
Please check http://www.propellertv.co.uk/ShortFest.aspx and or email john@propellertv.co.uk to submit to the festival
Short Film Screening
Film screening as part of a three day Arts, Film and Music event to be held in Peckham in March is looking for films.
Please see below for some criteria to give you an idea of the type of films they are looking for.
They are particularly interested in submissions from film makers or films based in South East London.
Does your film deal with any of the following issues: CommunityRacial, Generational, Cultural differences, Immigration, CrimeYouth culture
Documentary, Fiction, Live action or Animation.
Please email me matt@lazarusfilms.co.uk with information on your project in the first instance.
THE NEXT GENERATION GLOBAL INTERNET TV NETWORK BABELGUM HAS LAUNCHED THE BABELGUM ONLINE FILM FESTIVAL
20.000 EUR CASH PRIZES
The first global Online Film Festival has 7 categories (The Babelgum Looking for Genius Award, The Babelgum Short Film Award, The Babelgum Documentary Award, The Babelgum Animation Award, The Babelgum Social/Environment/Award, The Babelgum Spot Advertising Award, The Babelgum Music Video Award) and awards talented independent filmmakers, film students included .
The closing date for entries is February 15th 2008 and after this date all entries will be screened on Babelgum and then judged by Babelgum audiences and then short listed by industry experts. Winners in each of the 7 categories will be chosen by Spike Lee, who will present the cash prizes of 20,000 EUR at a gala awards ceremony in May 2008.
This is a fantastic and unique opportunity to increase global awareness of your work.Submitting your film to the Babelgum Online Film Festival is hassle free: Please click here and upload your film in one go!
CLOSING DATE IS FEBRUARY 15th 2008.
ESoDoc - European Social Documentary
Application deadline March 18, 2008
ESoDoc is a EU's Media Plus training initiative.
Meet us at Berlinale 2008ZeLIG / ESoDoc is present at the European Film Market under the MEDIA Programme's Umbrella, located in the Central Hall of the Martin-Gropius-Bau building (Niederkirchner Strasse 7).
Contact persons in Berlin:
Heidi Gronauer (Director of ZeLIG) from Fri 8 till Thu 14 February: Mob. +39 347 9661272
Thomas Righetti (Project Assistant) from Fri 8 till Tue 12 February: Mob +39 349 1634075
Please feel free to contact us to arrange a meeting during the Berlinale!
ESoDoc Target group: ESoDoc trains across the range of documentary film making, new media and participatory video. We are looking for documentary film makers who wish to work in the areas of human rights and environmental protection, often in the developing world and sometimes in collaboration with NGOs.
In addition, in 2008, we are keen to train NGO field workers or/and citizen activists who appreciate the value of film and want to learn how to make participatory videos and new media as part of their work. We intend to maintain a gender balance, a wide age spread, and representation from a large number of Euro countries, east and west.
Number of admitted participants: 22
Participation fee: 1.200€ (600€ for participants from new member countries).
Participation fee includes tuition, room and board for the entire course.
Sessions: ESoDoc offers three 1-week sessions held over a 6-month period, during which participants, either individually or in groups, develop a documentary film project in a stimulating intercultural environment. An e-platform and a tutor will support this work.- session 1: May 31 - June 6, 2008, Italy- session 2: July 19 – 25, 2008, Latvia- session 3: October 2008, Sweden(dates and venues could be subject to change)
All seminars are in English.
Application deadline: March 18, 2008 (date of receipt)
Application form and further information on: http://www.esodoc.eu/
Tuesday, 29 January 2008
FILMZOOMER- NEWS
Festival Fund
Dear All,
You may be aware that Martin is currently signed-off sick until the end of March.I'm pleased to be able to let you know that his health is improving day-by-day. You will note that the deadline for submission of your Festival Fund application isthe 3rd March 2008. Val Baxter (a very experienced arts development consultant) has been appointed tocover Martin's work until he returns.
Val will be using Martin's email address so please email any queries to her at martin@screeneast.co.uk. Val will be in the office from Tuesday 29thJanuary.
Please make an effort to call in to speak with Val during the day so that you can establish your line of communication as part of this temporary arrangement. All the guidance papers and application forms are on the web site. However, I haveattached the appropriate application form.
Please ensure you include details of thefollowing:
· Renewed targets and objectives 2008/09
· Audited Accounts for last year 2006/07 and budget for this year
· Revised or up to date business plan
Best whishes,
Hayley London
MediaBox Coordinator
http://www.screeneast.co.uk
Seminar: Emerging Cinema from Brazil and Cuba
04 February, 6:30pm
Stephen Hart and Adriana Rouanet present & discuss new Latin American cinema. Is there just one Latin American cinema . . . or many “cinemas” made of sometimes contradictory currents that often collide?
Professor Stephen M. Hart teaches Latin American film and literature in the Department of Spanish American Studies and the Film Studies Programme at UCL. He has published widely on Latin American film and literature. He co-ordinates workshops on documentary film-making in Cuba at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in San Antonio de los Baños.
Adriana Rouanet is undertaking a PhD at King’s College, University of London , on Brazilian cinema during the dictatorship. She is Programmer for Cinema and Visual Arts at the Embassy of Brazil in London .
Illustrated presentations and discussion followed by complementary Wine Reception
Entrance: £3/£5 non-members
RSVP: culture@canninghouse.com
Venue: Canning House2 Belgrave Square
London SW1X 8PJ
Short & Sweet
“If you have a film inside you” make sure you enter this film making event.
http://www.straight8.net
Deadline 26 March 200
Europanet Making Of
Interviews and videos shot on film sets in collaboration with Europanet Invideo. On this page you will find the more recent Making Ofs. You can search for a specific film by country or key word. The films are sorted by title in their original language.
http://www.cineuropa.org/makings.aspx?lang=en&treeID=1095
Dear All,
You may be aware that Martin is currently signed-off sick until the end of March.I'm pleased to be able to let you know that his health is improving day-by-day. You will note that the deadline for submission of your Festival Fund application isthe 3rd March 2008. Val Baxter (a very experienced arts development consultant) has been appointed tocover Martin's work until he returns.
Val will be using Martin's email address so please email any queries to her at martin@screeneast.co.uk. Val will be in the office from Tuesday 29thJanuary.
Please make an effort to call in to speak with Val during the day so that you can establish your line of communication as part of this temporary arrangement. All the guidance papers and application forms are on the web site. However, I haveattached the appropriate application form.
Please ensure you include details of thefollowing:
· Renewed targets and objectives 2008/09
· Audited Accounts for last year 2006/07 and budget for this year
· Revised or up to date business plan
Best whishes,
Hayley London
MediaBox Coordinator
http://www.screeneast.co.uk
Seminar: Emerging Cinema from Brazil and Cuba
04 February, 6:30pm
Stephen Hart and Adriana Rouanet present & discuss new Latin American cinema. Is there just one Latin American cinema . . . or many “cinemas” made of sometimes contradictory currents that often collide?
Professor Stephen M. Hart teaches Latin American film and literature in the Department of Spanish American Studies and the Film Studies Programme at UCL. He has published widely on Latin American film and literature. He co-ordinates workshops on documentary film-making in Cuba at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in San Antonio de los Baños.
Adriana Rouanet is undertaking a PhD at King’s College, University of London , on Brazilian cinema during the dictatorship. She is Programmer for Cinema and Visual Arts at the Embassy of Brazil in London .
Illustrated presentations and discussion followed by complementary Wine Reception
Entrance: £3/£5 non-members
RSVP: culture@canninghouse.com
Venue: Canning House2 Belgrave Square
London SW1X 8PJ
Short & Sweet
“If you have a film inside you” make sure you enter this film making event.
http://www.straight8.net
Deadline 26 March 200
Europanet Making Of
Interviews and videos shot on film sets in collaboration with Europanet Invideo. On this page you will find the more recent Making Ofs. You can search for a specific film by country or key word. The films are sorted by title in their original language.
http://www.cineuropa.org/makings.aspx?lang=en&treeID=1095
Monday, 21 January 2008
FILMZOOMER- AWARDS
Nominations announced for inaugural 'Cinema Eye Awards' for Nonfiction Filmmaking
Into Great Silence" and "Manda Bala (Send A Bullet)" lead with six nominations each¥ Five nominations for "Lake Of Fire"¥ Presenting Sponsor IndiePix announces Audience Choice Award¥ Awards to be presented March 18 at the IFC Centre, New York CityNew York, US - 21 January, 2008 - Nominations for the inaugural Cinema Eye Honoursfor Nonfiction Filmmaking were announced today at the Sundance Film Festival by thetwo Co-Chairs of the Awards Thom Powers, the Documentary Programmer and filmmaker AJSchnack, in conjunction with the presenting sponsor IndiePixFilms.com - the leadingonline distributor of independent films. The Awards are named after therevolutionary group of young filmmakers led by pioneering documentarian DzigaVertov.
Visit the Nonfiction Awards web site- http://www.indiepixfilms.com/awards?ref=iba
BAFTA 2008- Who will be the grand winner?
Atonement has received 14 nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2008. No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood have each received 9 nominations and La Vie en Rose has received 7.
The Bourne Ultimatum has 6 nominations, with American Gangster, The Lives of Others and Michael Clayton receiving 5 nominations each.
Atonement has been nominated in the categories Best Film, Best British Film, Director for Joe Wright, Adapted Screenplay, Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair. Keira Knightley and James McAvoy have been nominated for Leading Actress and Leading Actor, with Saoirse Ronan receiving a Supporting Actress nomination.
No Country for Old Men has received three performance nominations: Javier Bardem and Tommy Lee Jones have both been nominated for Supporting Actor, with Kelly Macdonald nominated for Supporting Actress. The film’s other nominations are for Best Film, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing and Sound, with the Coen brothers receiving a Director nomination.
Daniel Day-Lewis has been nominated for Leading Actor for his performance in There Will Be Blood, with a Supporting Actor nomination going to Paul Dano. The film also received nominations for Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Music, Cinematography, Production Design and Sound.
La Vie en Rose has been nominated for Film Not in the English Language, Music, Production Design, Sound, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair. Marion Cotillard has been nominated for Leading Actress for her portrayal of Edith Piaf.
Paul Greengrass has been nominated for Director for The Bourne Ultimatum, which has also been nominated for Best British Film, Cinematography, Editing, Sound and Special Visual Effects.
American Gangster has been nominated for Best Film, Original Screenplay, Music, Cinematography and Editing.
George Clooney has received a nomination for Leading Actor for his portrayal of the title role in Michael Clayton, which was also nominated for Original Screenplay and Editing. Tom Wilkinson has received a Supporting Actor nomination and Tilda Swinton has been nominated for Supporting Actress for this film.
The Lives of Others has been nominated for Best Film and Film Not in the English Language, as well as receiving nominations for Director, Original Screenplay and Leading Actor for Ulrich Mühe.
Cate Blanchett has received nominations for both Supporting and Leading roles in I’m Not There and Elizabeth: The Golden Age respectively. Elizabeth: The Golden Age also received nominations for Production Design, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair.
The remaining Leading Actress nominations go to Julie Christie for Away From Her and Ellen Page for Juno. Juno also received a nomination for Original Screenplay.
Viggo Mortensen has been nominated for Leading Actor for Eastern Promises, which has also been nominated as Best British Film. Philip Seymour Hoffman has received a Supporting Actor nomination for Charlie Wilson’s War.
Control has been nominated for Best British Film, with Samantha Morton nominated for Supporting Actress and writer Matt Greenhalgh has been nominated for The Carl Foreman Award.
The other nominees for The Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film are Chris Atkins (Taking Liberties), Mia Bays (Scott Walker: 30 Century Man), Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane) and Andrew Piddington (The Killing of John Lennon).
This is England has been nominated for Best British Film and Original Screenplay
Joining The Bourne Ultimatum in the Special Visual Effects category are The Golden Compass, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Spider-Man 3 and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which has also been nominated for Production Design.
Make Up & Hair nominations have gone to Hairspray and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which has also been nominated for Costume Design.
The nominees for the Animated Film award are Ratatouille, Shrek the Third and The Simpsons Movie.
The nominees for the Orange Rising Star Award, announced earlier this month, are Shia LaBeouf, Sienna Miller, Ellen Page, Sam Riley and Tang Wei. This audience award is voted for by the British public and presented to a young actor or actress who has demonstrated exceptional talent and ambition.
The Orange British Academy Film Awards take place on Sunday 10 February at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. They will be hosted by Jonathan Ross for the second year running.
FILMZOOMER -SUBMISSIONS
Free Training
Creative Business in the Digital Era
http://www.openrightsgroup.org/creativebusiness/blog/cbde-application-pack/
B3 ‘supercharges’ revolutionary feature film project for Film4
B3 seeks to redefine the notion of ‘British Cinema’and is looking for the next distinctive British feature film.
B3 FeatureLab is an innovative 12-month feature film development initiative created by B3 Media in partnership with the Binger Film Lab, Film4 and Skillset.
B3 FeatureLab aims to fast forward the filmmaking process for people who are ready to make the leap to a full-length feature film for commercial release. Not everyone will get that far but we’ll help you give it your best shot.
The B3 FeatureLab will kick off with a ‘discovery training week’ in London where you’ll develop a treatment and extended story outline. You’ll also get the chance to discuss your aspirations and hopes with executives from Film4, key industry figures and international filmmakers.
We’re particularly interested in writers, directors or writer/director teams, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds currently under-represented in film and TV. We’re also looking for talent from radio, TV, theatre and visual arts. If you understand the building blocks of drama and narrative and have something different to say, then we want to hear from you.
If you submit your idea, we’ll choose the ones to get hands-on support from some of the best film professionals around. Whether it’s script development, production, marketing or distribution, we’ll be covering all aspects of getting a feature film from idea to TV or the big screen.
But you’ll need to be quick.
The deadline for applications isMonday 4 February 2008
For further information check out our website: http://www.b3media.net/
If you have any further queries, please call us0207 274 2121
ROCKET FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES VISIONARY THEME AND CALLS FOR NEW VJ TALENT. PLUS, MORESTUNNING ACTS REVEALED.ENTER HERE: http://rocketfestival.com/wonw.php
Raindance Film Festival 2008 is now open for submissions.
If you have a short, documentary or feature you would like to be considered for this year's festival 1-12 October, please send it in!Details and instructions of how to submit
iDOCs to host Pangea Day event in London!
Submit Your Film!
Submissions close February 15, 2008.
Pangea Day :: Call for Entries
If you had the world’s attention for just a few minutes, what story would you tell? On May 10, the opportunity is yours.
We’re looking for short films that will make people laugh, pause and think. They can be fiction, non-fiction, real-life, or animation.
Above all, they should tell a story that someone else on the other side of the world will be able to relate to.
We will be offering a $3000 licensing fee to every featured Pangea Day filmmaker.
Register athttp://www.pangeaday.org
Creative Business in the Digital Era
http://www.openrightsgroup.org/creativebusiness/blog/cbde-application-pack/
B3 ‘supercharges’ revolutionary feature film project for Film4
B3 seeks to redefine the notion of ‘British Cinema’and is looking for the next distinctive British feature film.
B3 FeatureLab is an innovative 12-month feature film development initiative created by B3 Media in partnership with the Binger Film Lab, Film4 and Skillset.
B3 FeatureLab aims to fast forward the filmmaking process for people who are ready to make the leap to a full-length feature film for commercial release. Not everyone will get that far but we’ll help you give it your best shot.
The B3 FeatureLab will kick off with a ‘discovery training week’ in London where you’ll develop a treatment and extended story outline. You’ll also get the chance to discuss your aspirations and hopes with executives from Film4, key industry figures and international filmmakers.
We’re particularly interested in writers, directors or writer/director teams, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds currently under-represented in film and TV. We’re also looking for talent from radio, TV, theatre and visual arts. If you understand the building blocks of drama and narrative and have something different to say, then we want to hear from you.
If you submit your idea, we’ll choose the ones to get hands-on support from some of the best film professionals around. Whether it’s script development, production, marketing or distribution, we’ll be covering all aspects of getting a feature film from idea to TV or the big screen.
But you’ll need to be quick.
The deadline for applications isMonday 4 February 2008
For further information check out our website: http://www.b3media.net/
If you have any further queries, please call us0207 274 2121
ROCKET FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES VISIONARY THEME AND CALLS FOR NEW VJ TALENT. PLUS, MORESTUNNING ACTS REVEALED.ENTER HERE: http://rocketfestival.com/wonw.php
Raindance Film Festival 2008 is now open for submissions.
If you have a short, documentary or feature you would like to be considered for this year's festival 1-12 October, please send it in!Details and instructions of how to submit
iDOCs to host Pangea Day event in London!
Submit Your Film!
Submissions close February 15, 2008.
Pangea Day :: Call for Entries
If you had the world’s attention for just a few minutes, what story would you tell? On May 10, the opportunity is yours.
We’re looking for short films that will make people laugh, pause and think. They can be fiction, non-fiction, real-life, or animation.
Above all, they should tell a story that someone else on the other side of the world will be able to relate to.
We will be offering a $3000 licensing fee to every featured Pangea Day filmmaker.
Register athttp://www.pangeaday.org
FILMZOOMER- NEWS
BRITISH COUNCIL FILM OFFICE CLOSURE CAMPAIGN
Dear Members, Friends and Colleagues,
The New Producers Alliance is writing to voice it's concern at the current restructuring of the arts departments within the British Council and the consequent closure of the film department.
As you are probably well aware the British Council Film Department has provided essential services to the independent filmmaking community and it is out of respect for the work of the department that we are writing.The film department was already forced to take on a staff reduction last year so this would not appear to be an isolated attempt to dilute it's operations.
I would urge you to e-mail your concerns over the removal of the film department, the restructuring and the lack of public and industry consultation to martin.davidson@britishcouncil.org (CEO) and http://br.f608.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=venu.dhupa@britishcouncil.org (Head of Arts)
I would also urge those of you who are members of other membership organisations to pass on these concerns to your organisation and it's membership.
These proposals are being implemented as we write and I would urge you to act quickly.
NPA.
Filmmakers look to Sundance buying spree
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080118/ap_en_mo/film_sundance
BATTLE FOR HADITHA PLUS Q&A WITH NICK BROOMFIELD
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/html/listings/events/renoir_cinema/q_a/battle_for_haditha_q_a_nick_broomfield
Richard Leacock To Receive Outstanding Achievement Award At Hot Docs 2008
Hot Docs, the major Canadian documentary festival, has announced that filmmaker Richard Leacock will be the recipient of its Outstanding Achievement Award, at this year's festival, running from 17th - 27th April. As part of the honour, the festival will screen a retrospective celebrating his triumphant career during the festival, now in its 15th edition.Hot Docs will also present its Doc Mogul Award, which is given to an individual who, over the course of his or her career, has made an essential contribution to the creative vitality of the documentary industry, both in their home countries and abroad. This year, Hot Docs will fete the BBC’s Nick Fraser for embodying all the qualities one would expect from a “doc mogulâ€. A key figure in the international documentary community, Fraser will be presented with his award at a special event during the Hot Docs Festival.For more details see
http://www.dfgdocs.com/News/Richard_Leacock_To_Receive_Outstanding_Achievement_Award_At_Hot_Docs_2008.aspx
iDOCs- Check it out!!!
iDOCs is a hub for activist filmmakers and the grass-roots NGO community. As a non-profit organisation we run a series of Media education and training conferences, mini-workshops and screenings for Non Governmental (NGO) and volunteer based organisations. The primary focus is to give you the tools so that you can …Create the Change.
http://www.idocs.cc/
Dear Members, Friends and Colleagues,
The New Producers Alliance is writing to voice it's concern at the current restructuring of the arts departments within the British Council and the consequent closure of the film department.
As you are probably well aware the British Council Film Department has provided essential services to the independent filmmaking community and it is out of respect for the work of the department that we are writing.The film department was already forced to take on a staff reduction last year so this would not appear to be an isolated attempt to dilute it's operations.
I would urge you to e-mail your concerns over the removal of the film department, the restructuring and the lack of public and industry consultation to martin.davidson@britishcouncil.org (CEO) and http://br.f608.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=venu.dhupa@britishcouncil.org (Head of Arts)
I would also urge those of you who are members of other membership organisations to pass on these concerns to your organisation and it's membership.
These proposals are being implemented as we write and I would urge you to act quickly.
NPA.
Filmmakers look to Sundance buying spree
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080118/ap_en_mo/film_sundance
BATTLE FOR HADITHA PLUS Q&A WITH NICK BROOMFIELD
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/html/listings/events/renoir_cinema/q_a/battle_for_haditha_q_a_nick_broomfield
Richard Leacock To Receive Outstanding Achievement Award At Hot Docs 2008
Hot Docs, the major Canadian documentary festival, has announced that filmmaker Richard Leacock will be the recipient of its Outstanding Achievement Award, at this year's festival, running from 17th - 27th April. As part of the honour, the festival will screen a retrospective celebrating his triumphant career during the festival, now in its 15th edition.Hot Docs will also present its Doc Mogul Award, which is given to an individual who, over the course of his or her career, has made an essential contribution to the creative vitality of the documentary industry, both in their home countries and abroad. This year, Hot Docs will fete the BBC’s Nick Fraser for embodying all the qualities one would expect from a “doc mogulâ€. A key figure in the international documentary community, Fraser will be presented with his award at a special event during the Hot Docs Festival.For more details see
http://www.dfgdocs.com/News/Richard_Leacock_To_Receive_Outstanding_Achievement_Award_At_Hot_Docs_2008.aspx
iDOCs- Check it out!!!
iDOCs is a hub for activist filmmakers and the grass-roots NGO community. As a non-profit organisation we run a series of Media education and training conferences, mini-workshops and screenings for Non Governmental (NGO) and volunteer based organisations. The primary focus is to give you the tools so that you can …Create the Change.
http://www.idocs.cc/
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
FILMZOOMER - SUBMISSIONS
Leeds Young People's Film Festival
The 9th Leeds Young People's Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 2008 Festival, taking place on 27th March - 4th April 2008.
We are now looking for exciting and innovative films made BY children and young people from across the UK. The films can be shorts in any genre (fiction, documentary, animation) and in any format. With an established reputation as the leading young people's Film Festival in the United Kingdom, we want films that will excite and motivate our audiences and that showcase the best and newest young filmmakers from around the UK.
NYFA (National Young Filmmakers' Award) is for short films made BY children and young people (up to 19 years old) in the UK. Selected films will be entered into competition where a jury comprising of young people and industry professionals will award £250 prizes to the chosen films in two age categories.
Deadline for entries is Friday 25th January 2008.
If your film is completed, please send it in now!
Download the entry form
The 9th Leeds Young People's Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 2008 Festival, taking place on 27th March - 4th April 2008.
We are now looking for exciting and innovative films made BY children and young people from across the UK. The films can be shorts in any genre (fiction, documentary, animation) and in any format. With an established reputation as the leading young people's Film Festival in the United Kingdom, we want films that will excite and motivate our audiences and that showcase the best and newest young filmmakers from around the UK.
NYFA (National Young Filmmakers' Award) is for short films made BY children and young people (up to 19 years old) in the UK. Selected films will be entered into competition where a jury comprising of young people and industry professionals will award £250 prizes to the chosen films in two age categories.
Deadline for entries is Friday 25th January 2008.
If your film is completed, please send it in now!
Download the entry form
FILMZOOMER - AWARDS
IndiePix Announces First Annual Nonfiction Filmmaking Awards
IndiePixFilms.com, the internet-based distributor of independent films, recently announced a collaboration with award-winning Producer, AJ Schnack, and Thom Powers, Documentary Programmer of the Toronto International Film Festival, to present the first annual awards for ‘Excellence in Nonfiction Filmmaking’.
The nominees for the Outstanding Achievement Award, which will be chosen by a committee of established representatives from 12 top Film Festivals (see list below), will be announced at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2008 with the IndiePix Nonfiction Awards Ceremony to be held in New York City at the IFC Centre Cinema on March 18, 2008. The co-chairs of the event will be AJ Schnack, Producer/Director of the recent festival favourite "Kurt Cobain: About a Son", and Thom Powers, the Documentary Programmer of the Toronto International Film Festival, as well as Curator/Host of the ‘Stranger than Fiction’ series.
In addition to the Outstanding Achievement Award, the Nonfiction Awards ceremony will acknowledge great achievement in specific crafts including Filmmaking, Producing, Editing and Cinematography. The nominating committee, which consists of 12 programmers from North America’s top film festivals, has identified eight categories of excellence (see list below) and 76 eligible films. Voting will take place over the four weeks from February 15 to March 15. The nominating committee will send invitations to hundreds of top filmmakers, distributors, programmers and writers asking them to participate in the voting process. Voting will be conducted by secure internet transaction on the IndiePixFilms.com website and the winners will be announced on March 18.
IndiePix, AJ Schnack and Thom Powers have joined forces because they recognise the need for such an award within the independent film community: “Rather than looking to outside groups for validation, this is an honour from within the community from voters who understand the intricacies involved in Nonfiction film production,” said Thom Powers, co-chair of the Nonfiction Film Awards.
AJ Schnack, Producer/Director, continued, "Many of us who are involved in Nonfiction filmmaking, and who are part of the process of presenting those films at the top festivals, are dismayed that craft in Nonfiction films is not explicitly recognised and honoured. We believe that the time is right to acknowledge the skill and innovation of filmmakers who go far beyond 'reality television' to bring us their understanding of the world and to recognise the vision and innovation of the filmmakers and craftspersons within the broad field of Nonfiction.
"IndiePix, as a forward-thinking company that has proven dedicated to celebrating the best in independent film, is the perfect partner for this project," concluded AJ Schnack.
Bob Alexander, President of IndiePixFilms, said: "Over the last year, we have had the opportunity to work with a number of Nonfiction filmmakers whose dedication to the art and craft of their films is unparalleled. We are very pleased to be able to contribute to the organisation of these awards, to support the concept of superior craft in Nonfiction filmmaking, and to bring our full suite of internet technologies to support this event." Danielle DiGiacomo, the coordinator for Documentary Films at IndiePixFilms, will be the point person for the company's involvement.
The Outstanding Achievement and Excellence in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking Awards will be presented at the IFC Centre Cinema in New York City, on March 18, 2008.
Award Categories for “Excellence in Nonfiction Filmmaking”:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking
Outstanding Achievement in an International Feature
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Outstanding Achievement in Producing
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Outstanding Achievement in Graphics and Animation
Members of the Nominating Committee:
Thom Powers (Chair), Toronto International Film Festival
Phoebe Brush, Full Frame Film Festival
Matt Dentler, South by Southwest
Sean Farnel, Hot Docs
Tom Hall, Sarasota Film Festival
David Kwok, Tribeca Film Festival
Cara Mertes, Sundance Film Festival
David Nugent, Newport International Film Festival and The Hamptons International Film Festival
Rachel Rosen, L.A. Film Festival
Sky Sitney, SilverDocs
David Wilson, True/False Film Festival
Brit Withey, Starz Denver Film Festival
Visit the Non-Fiction Awards web site – www.indiepixfilms.com/awards for more information about the Awards for Excellence in Nonfiction Filmmaking
IndiePixFilms.com, the internet-based distributor of independent films, recently announced a collaboration with award-winning Producer, AJ Schnack, and Thom Powers, Documentary Programmer of the Toronto International Film Festival, to present the first annual awards for ‘Excellence in Nonfiction Filmmaking’.
The nominees for the Outstanding Achievement Award, which will be chosen by a committee of established representatives from 12 top Film Festivals (see list below), will be announced at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2008 with the IndiePix Nonfiction Awards Ceremony to be held in New York City at the IFC Centre Cinema on March 18, 2008. The co-chairs of the event will be AJ Schnack, Producer/Director of the recent festival favourite "Kurt Cobain: About a Son", and Thom Powers, the Documentary Programmer of the Toronto International Film Festival, as well as Curator/Host of the ‘Stranger than Fiction’ series.
In addition to the Outstanding Achievement Award, the Nonfiction Awards ceremony will acknowledge great achievement in specific crafts including Filmmaking, Producing, Editing and Cinematography. The nominating committee, which consists of 12 programmers from North America’s top film festivals, has identified eight categories of excellence (see list below) and 76 eligible films. Voting will take place over the four weeks from February 15 to March 15. The nominating committee will send invitations to hundreds of top filmmakers, distributors, programmers and writers asking them to participate in the voting process. Voting will be conducted by secure internet transaction on the IndiePixFilms.com website and the winners will be announced on March 18.
IndiePix, AJ Schnack and Thom Powers have joined forces because they recognise the need for such an award within the independent film community: “Rather than looking to outside groups for validation, this is an honour from within the community from voters who understand the intricacies involved in Nonfiction film production,” said Thom Powers, co-chair of the Nonfiction Film Awards.
AJ Schnack, Producer/Director, continued, "Many of us who are involved in Nonfiction filmmaking, and who are part of the process of presenting those films at the top festivals, are dismayed that craft in Nonfiction films is not explicitly recognised and honoured. We believe that the time is right to acknowledge the skill and innovation of filmmakers who go far beyond 'reality television' to bring us their understanding of the world and to recognise the vision and innovation of the filmmakers and craftspersons within the broad field of Nonfiction.
"IndiePix, as a forward-thinking company that has proven dedicated to celebrating the best in independent film, is the perfect partner for this project," concluded AJ Schnack.
Bob Alexander, President of IndiePixFilms, said: "Over the last year, we have had the opportunity to work with a number of Nonfiction filmmakers whose dedication to the art and craft of their films is unparalleled. We are very pleased to be able to contribute to the organisation of these awards, to support the concept of superior craft in Nonfiction filmmaking, and to bring our full suite of internet technologies to support this event." Danielle DiGiacomo, the coordinator for Documentary Films at IndiePixFilms, will be the point person for the company's involvement.
The Outstanding Achievement and Excellence in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking Awards will be presented at the IFC Centre Cinema in New York City, on March 18, 2008.
Award Categories for “Excellence in Nonfiction Filmmaking”:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking
Outstanding Achievement in an International Feature
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Outstanding Achievement in Producing
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Outstanding Achievement in Graphics and Animation
Members of the Nominating Committee:
Thom Powers (Chair), Toronto International Film Festival
Phoebe Brush, Full Frame Film Festival
Matt Dentler, South by Southwest
Sean Farnel, Hot Docs
Tom Hall, Sarasota Film Festival
David Kwok, Tribeca Film Festival
Cara Mertes, Sundance Film Festival
David Nugent, Newport International Film Festival and The Hamptons International Film Festival
Rachel Rosen, L.A. Film Festival
Sky Sitney, SilverDocs
David Wilson, True/False Film Festival
Brit Withey, Starz Denver Film Festival
Visit the Non-Fiction Awards web site – www.indiepixfilms.com/awards for more information about the Awards for Excellence in Nonfiction Filmmaking
FILMZOOMER - FESTIVAL SUBMISSIONS
2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival
Submissions are open for the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival. Shorts, features, animation, documentary and music video that will be no older than 12 months by June 2008 are eligible. You can download the relevant forms and regulations from our site or you can submit your film via the online submissions service withoutabox.com
The deadline for all features, animation and shorts is 18 February 2008. For Mirrorball the deadline is 2 April 2008.
Register free with Film UK - Additional Promotion for your Film
If your film is a British production completed between 31 July 2007 and 31 May 2008, and is live action, fiction short or feature, then please register with Film UK when you submit your film. Yes, this means completing an additional form but it's a FREE promotional opportunity for your film. The keystones of Film UK are The Guide to British Film, a directory of all the fiction films made in the UK in the last 12 months, and during the Festival, the Film UK section of the Videotheque where as many of the films in the Guide as we can get our hands on are available to view on VHS or DVD.
www.edfilmfest.org.uk/submissions
Edinburgh Int Film Festival
88 Lothian Road
Edinburgh
EH3 9BZ
62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival 18-29th June 2008
Submissions are open for the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival. Shorts, features, animation, documentary and music video that will be no older than 12 months by June 2008 are eligible. You can download the relevant forms and regulations from our site or you can submit your film via the online submissions service withoutabox.com
The deadline for all features, animation and shorts is 18 February 2008. For Mirrorball the deadline is 2 April 2008.
Register free with Film UK - Additional Promotion for your Film
If your film is a British production completed between 31 July 2007 and 31 May 2008, and is live action, fiction short or feature, then please register with Film UK when you submit your film. Yes, this means completing an additional form but it's a FREE promotional opportunity for your film. The keystones of Film UK are The Guide to British Film, a directory of all the fiction films made in the UK in the last 12 months, and during the Festival, the Film UK section of the Videotheque where as many of the films in the Guide as we can get our hands on are available to view on VHS or DVD.
www.edfilmfest.org.uk/submissions
Edinburgh Int Film Festival
88 Lothian Road
Edinburgh
EH3 9BZ
62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival 18-29th June 2008
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