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Film/Video Funding News, Volume #42 Dear Film/Video Artist, Welcome to Film and Video Funding News, Volume #42. This free bi-monthly newsletter is a service provided by The Fund for Women Artists, a community of artists and allies dedicated to celebrating and supporting art that tells the truth about women's lives. For more information about us, please see the About Us section of this web site. Share This Newsletter - Please feel free to disseminate this information to other artists, but please credit The Fund for Women Artists. If you know of good sources for this kind of information that you want to recommend, or you have a listing you would like to add, please send it to me at grabo@WomenArts.org. Contents - This newsletter is organized into three sections:
Highlighted entries - Entries highlighted in orange are specifically seeking works by women. Please note that our newsletters place an emphasis on opportunities for women, people of color, and socially engaged artists. Film/Video artists should check Withoutabox at www.withoutabox.com for a more comprehensive list of general-interest film festivals. Best of luck in all your good work, Carrie Grabo |
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Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival (November 5-9, 2008, New York, NY) – Seeking works for two sections: Diaspora Films – projects made by filmmakers of South Asian origin living in the Diaspora, or projects by non-South Asians with South Asian content, cast, or crew; and Independent Films – projects from the Indian Subcontinent with a unique voice/message and considered independent by the industry. FEE: $25-$40. Aroon Shivdasani, Executive Director, Indo-American Arts Council, Inc., 146 West 29th St., Suite 7R-3, New York, NY 10001, T: (212) 594-3685, FAX: (212) 594-8476, aroon@iaac.us, www.iaac.us. Deadline: Rolling, but submit ASAP Earth Spirit Love (March 31 – April 15, 2008) – “EarthSpiritLove.com is your online, on-all-the-time film festival dedicated to fans and makers of conscious movies; we want to see more movies that deal with what really matters in life.” Cash prizes ($500-$2500). Short films only. Categories: Earth – films that celebrate our environment, teach us about the wonder of nature, and inspire us to act as mindful stewards of our planet; Spirit – films that celebrate our creative, curious, and expansive selves; and Love – films that celebrate the power of love and the highest potential of our relationships. Films may originate anywhere and may have been completed in any year; no premiere requirement. Must not have distribution. FEE: $5- $30. Helen Hendricks, Festival Registrar, Earth Spirit Love, 402 W. Ojai Ave. #101, PMB 505, Ojai, CA 93023, T: (800) 688-0772, info@earthspiritlove.com, www.earthspiritlove.com. Deadline: Rolling Youth Producing Change – A new opportunity from the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival and Adobe Youth Voices. Program seeks film, video, and animated works made by youth (ages 19 and younger) that focus on human rights and social issues. Selected films will travel to Human Rights Watch’s film festivals in New York (June 2008), Boston (Fall 2008), London (March 2009), and San Francisco (Spring 2009) and be included in the 2009 Traveling Film Festival. Films will also be added to the Adobe Youth Voices and HRW websites and to the teacher’s lending library for the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival High School Program. Genres: documentary, experimental, PSA, music video, narrative, fiction. Works under 15 minutes preferred, but films up to 30 minutes considered. Submit by email only. NO FEE. Jennifer Nedbalsky, T: (212) 617-1247, nedbali@hrw.org, http://www.hrw.org/iff/2007/YouthProducingChangeCall.html. Receipt deadline: February 8, 2008 (extended) Biografilm Festival / International Celebration of Lives (June 11-15, 2008, Bologna, ITALY) – This 4th annual festival is devoted to biographies and life tales, big and small stories that influenced and determined the world’s history. Categories: Biopic, Narrative Feature, Documentary Feature, Short, Student. Projects must have been completed after January 1, 2006; may originate anywhere in the world; may have distribution. Films must never have been distributed in Italy nor seen on TV or satellite programs. FEE: $20-$45. Alan Porta, Programmer, Biografilm Festival, via Paolo Fabbri, 1 /4, Bologna 40138, ITALY, T: +39 051 636 0582, FAX: +39 051 1889 1658, info@biografilm.it, www.biografilm.it. Deadline: February 15, 2008 (regular), March 15, 2008 (late), March 25, 2008 (extended, via Withoutabox.com) Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival (May 22-25, 2008, Honolulu, HI) – “We are one of the oldest Gay and Lesbian Film Festivals in the world and proud to be here in the middle of our island paradise representing and promoting GLBTIQ culture, arts, and lifestyle in Hawaii.” All genres. Feature films must not have had any commercial, theatrical, or TV play in the U.S. and must be Hawaii premiere; for Short, Documentary, and Animation films, U.S. and World premieres preferred. All films must have been completed no earlier than January 1, 2007. Festival will consider works-in-progress, films with temporary sound tracks, digital outputs, and work that did not originate from film. FEE: $25-$50 (no fee for Hawaii-based filmmakers). Connie M. Florez, Programming Director, Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, 758 Kapahulu Ave. #168, Honolulu HI 96816-1196, T: (808) 381-1952, programming@hglcf.org, www.hglcf.org. Deadline: February 15, 2008 early, March 31, 2008 (regular), April 10, 2008 (late) San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival (June 19-29, 2008, San Francisco, CA) – Accepting films of any length and genre by, about, and of interest to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people. $2,500 cash awards. Submissions from women and people of color strongly encouraged. Project may have been completed in any year and may originate anywhere in the world; distribution OK. FEE: $15-$35. Jennifer Morris, Director of Programming, San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, c/o Frameline, 145 Ninth St., Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94103-2636, T: (415) 703-8650, FAX: (415) 861-1404, info@frameline.org, www.frameline.org. Deadline: February 15, 2008 (extended, via Withoutabox.com) Science Film Festival 2008 (March 2008, Wrexham, UK) – For original short films (10 minutes max) that relate to science in some way, such as the main character being a scientist or the storyline and plot relating to science. Your film “can be made in live action, it could be animated, made with string puppets, and it can even be a combination of these techniques.” NO FEE. Sci-Film Festival 2008, NEWI Innovation Centre, Plas Coch Campus, Mold Road, Wrexham LL112AW, UK, T: 01978 293516, info@scifilm.co.uk, http://scifilm.co.uk. Deadline: February 15, 2008 Political Fashion Films (Spring 2008, London, UK) – Photographer Nick Knight has conceived a multi-level project that encourages creatives to use the medium of fashion to convey their political beliefs, agendas, and thoughts. Already launched, the first stage of “Political Fashion Films” invites you to submit film of 30 seconds - 3 minutes that articulates some kind of political point - be it an ideological platitude or a petty grudge - using fashion. Films will be broadcast on the SHOWstudio website; selected contributors will have their films screened in London alongside guest contributors like Mike Figgis, Nick Knight, Viktor & Rolf, etc. NO FEE. www.showstudio.com/project/politicalfashion. Deadline: February 15, 2008 International Short Film Festival Hamburg (June 4-9, 2008, Hamburg, GERMANY) - Presenting new, unknown, unusual, or contradictory productions, 20 minutes max. Categories include International, No Budget, 3-Minute Quickie, Made in Germany, Made in Hamburg, and Children’s. Films should not have been produced before 2006. NO FEE. Int. KurzFilmFestival Hamburg, Friedensallee 7, 22765 Hamburg, GERMANY, T: +49-40-39 10 63-23, FAX: +49-40-39 10 63-20, festival@shortfilm.com, www.shortfilm.com/english/festival/index.php. Deadline: February 15, 2008 (regular); April 1, 2008 (3-Minute Quickie) NY Asian American International Film Festival (July 10-19, 2008, New York, NY) – This 31st annual festival seeks feature, short, narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, and youth films, with additional categories for screenplays, works-in-progress, and youth-to-youth films. Eligible works will have been produced, written, or directed by media makers of Asian descent from any nationality or are about the Asian community; must have been completed after January 1, 2007. FEE: $25-$45 (free for works-in-progress and youth-to-youth). NY Asian American International Film Festival, 133 West 19th St., Suite 300, New York, NY 10011, T: (212) 989-1422, FAX: (212) 727-3584, info@asiancinevision.org, www.asiancinevision.org/festival.html. Deadline: February 16, 2008 (final) Bicycle Film Festival – A celebration of bicycles through film, art, and music. Featuring dozens of films on variety of bicycle styles - BMX to urban bike culture, cycling to commuting. Festival will tour international cities – in 2007, over 100,000 people attended the festival in 15 cities. All lengths (short is great, easier to program). Eligible genres include: BMX, animation, narrative, docs, experimental, Hollywood, cycling, etc. NO FEE. Brendt Barbur, Founding Director, Bicycle Film Festival, 70 A Greenwich Ave. #307, New York, NY 10011, info@bicyclefilmfestival.com, www.bicyclefilmfestival.com. Deadline: February 19, 2008
**The Baltimore Women’s Film Festival** (Baltimore, MD, October 16-20, 2008) – Seeking feature, short, short-short (5 minutes max.), animated, documentary, and experimental films, as well as music videos, by women or of interest to women. Eligible films must fit into one of these criteria: 1) Movie was directed, written, shot, animated, produced, or edited by a woman; 2) Movie features strong performance by female actress or actresses; 3) Movie is based on topic highly relevant to women. NOTE: Movies may be directed and/or written by men provided they fit into category 2 or 3. Projects must have been completed after January 1, 2005; may originate anywhere in the world; no premiere requirement; distribution OK. 50% of all ticket sale proceeds are donated to breast cancer research and the outreach/survivorship program for Johns Hopkins breast cancer patients. FEE: $45-$70. The Baltimore Women’s Film Festival, Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center, 601 N. Caroline St., Room 4161, Baltimore, MD 21287, T: (443) 797-9447, getinvolved@bwfilmfestival.com, www.bwfilmfestival.com. Deadline: February 21, 2008 (regular), March 10, 2008 (late), March 31, 2008 (extended, via Withoutabox.com) Provincetown International Film Festival (June 18-22, 2008, Provincetown, MA) - Seeking narrative, documentary, and animated features and shorts. Films must have been completed after January 1, 2006. Student films will be included with general submissions, but there will also be a student competition. FEES: $20-$40. Provincetown International Film Festival, Film Programming, P.O. Box 605, Provincetown, MA 02657, T: (508) 487-3456, FAX: (508) 487-2494, programming@ptownfilmfestival.org, www.ptownfilmfest.org. Deadline: February 22, 2008 ArtXchange Gallery’s Juried Exhibition on Compassion (April 2008, Seattle, WA) – What does compassion look like to you? Or sound like? Feel like? Taste like? Share your painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, film/video, mixed media, or installation, to be showcased at ArtXchange Gallery in Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square, with opening reception on April 3rd. Exhibition runs concurrently with 5-day Seeds of Compassion gathering in Seattle featuring His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. NO FEE. ArtXchange Gallery, 512 First Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98104, T: (206) 839-0377, FAX: (206) 839-0393, info@artxchange.org, www.artxchange.org/newsevents/index.php, www.artxchange.org, www.seedsofcompassion.org. Deadline: February 22, 2008 COMMFEST Community Film Festival (September 26-28, 2008, Toronto, CANADA) – Showcasing a wide variety of local, national, and international films and seeking to bring global communities together to increase awareness and understanding that we are more alike than not. Each film represents a voice to share experiences, educate others on their struggles, and discover common bonds of solidarity. Films may be any length and originate anywhere in the world; no premiere requirement; distribution OK. FEE: $15-$35. Sandie de Freitas, Festival Registrar, COMMFEST Community Film Festival, 110 The Esplanade #323, Toronto ON M5E 1X9, CANADA, T: 416-362-5570, sandie@commffest.com, www.commffest.com. Deadline: February 25, 2008 (early), April 25, 2008 (regular), June 30, 2008 (late) Green Film Festival in Seoul (May 22-28, 208, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA) – A festival where the concerns and visions about the future of our environment can be found and shared. Films of all genres and lengths and originating anywhere in the world are welcome, but must deal with environmental issues or contain environment-related topics and must have been completed after January 1, 2005. NO FEE. Hwang Hei-rim, Programmer, Green Film Festival in Seoul, 7F Presscenter Bldg., Taepyungro 1-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-750, SOUTH KOREA, T: 82 2 2011 4351, FAX: 82 2 725 0922, gffis@yahoo.com, www.greenfund.org/greenmovie_eng. Receipt deadline: February 28, 2008 **The Broad Humor Film Festival and Screenplay Competition** (June 12-15, 2008, Venice, CA) – This festival of funny films that are both written and directed by women aims to entertain audiences with the breadth of comedic vision, the heights of antic hilarity, and the depths of ironic satire present in the voices and visions of women filmmakers today. Director and writer need not be same woman. Eligible: short- and feature-length comedic films and screenplays. NOTE: A selection of film from the festival will screen in Tuscany, Italy, on March 8, 2008, as part of the 4th Women Traveller’s Weekend. FEE: $15-$60. Broad Humor Film Festival, 9854 National Blvd., #166, Los Angeles, CA 90034, T: (310) 227-5376, submissions@broadhumor.com, www.broadhumor.com. Deadline: February 29, 2008 (early); April 11, 2008 (regular); May 16, 2008 (late) CamboFest: Film and Video Festival of Cambodia (June 6-8, 2008, Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA) – This 2nd annual festival aims to contribute to the rebirth of film, video, and media production in Cambodia by showcasing work by both international and regional filmmakers. Categories: Feature Fiction, Short Fiction, Feature Documentary, Short Documentary, Local Filmmaker Showcase, Universal Language (films without dialogue), and Animation. All films must have been completed after January 1, 2006 and must be Cambodia premiere. Films in categories other than Local Filmmaker may originate anywhere in the world. Distribution OK. NOTE: All submitting filmmakers receive written feedback. FEE: $0-$50 (no fee for Cambodian filmmakers). Jason Rosette, Directors, CamboFest, P.O. Box 707, Phnom Penh 12000, CAMBODIA, T: 8550121942702, info@cambofest.com, www.cambofest.com. Deadline: February 29, 2008 (regular), March 31, 2008 (late), April 15, 2008 (extended, via Withoutabox.com) New York United Film Festival (August 2-3, 2008, New York, NY) – NYUFF is open to short films (15 minutes max) in any genre, including narrative, documentary, animation, music video, etc. Festival’s focus is to bring together filmmakers from diverse backgrounds and screens humorous, touching, and sometimes provocative films. Projects may originate anywhere in the world and have been completed in any year; no premiere requirement; distribution OK. FEE: $15-$45. Jason Connell, Founder/Director, United Film Festival, 32 2nd Ave., New York, NY 10003, T: (213) 840-9382, info@nyunitedfest.com, www.nyunitedfest.com. Deadline: February 29, 2008 (early), April 11, 2008 (regular), May 23, 2008 (late), June 20, 2008 (extended, via Withoutabox.com) Freewaves 10th Celebration of Experimental Media Arts (October 2008) – Looking for interesting works that represent an alternative to mainstream media or directly relate to “Hollywood.” Showcasing experimental media art from around the world at art venues in Los Angeles in November 2006 and through the Freewaves website. Media artworks include experimental videos and films (narrative, documentary, art, animation, etc.), cell phone videos, DVDs, websites, simple installations, wifi events and silent video billboards. Works from the festival will also appear on TV and be video-streamed on the Internet. $100-$200 paid for selected works. NO FEE. Anne Bray, Freewaves 2008 Entries, 6522 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028, T: (323) 664-1510, anne@freewaves.org, www.freewaves.org. Receipt deadline: February 29, 2008 **Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival** (May 8-15, 2008, Ankara, TURKEY) - Introducing native and foreign women directors to the Turkish audience and reconsidering cinema through a feminist perspective. Categories: Feature, Documentary, Animation, Shorts. Films must have been directed by a woman. NO FEE. Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival, Buyukelci Sok, 20/4 Kavaklidere, 06700 Ankara, TURKEY, T: +90 312 427 00 20, FAX: +90 312 466 55 61, festival@ucansupurge.org, http://en.ucansupurge.org/festival. Deadline: March 1, 2008 2008 DC Shorts Film Festival & Screenplay Competition (September 11-18, 2008, Washington, DC) –Accepting films in all genres, styles, and themes, both standard definition and high definition, from around the world. NOTE: Female Director Award consists of custom-made trophy and $250. Films must have been completed after January 1, 2005. For Screenwriting Competition, 5-7 finalists are selected by judges to be featured during festival weekend, which screenwriters are invited to attend, and cast live reading of script from bank of actors and directors; live readings then performed in front of audience whose votes, along with judges’ scores, determine winner. Winning script receives $1,000 up front, plus $1,000 upon completion, with final film guaranteed entry into DC Shorts 2009. Scripts must be 15 pp. or less. As always, DC Shorts provides feedback to ALL filmmakers and writers. FEE: $20-$40 (fee waiver program available). DC Shorts Film Festival, 1317 F St. NW, Suite 920, Washington, DC 20004, info@dcshorts.com, www.dcshorts.com. Deadline: March 1, 2008 (early), April 15, 2008 (regular), May 1, 2008 (late) Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival (September 19-21, 2008, Hailey, ID) – Presenting the latest films and documentaries that cherishes the human spirit and/or explore one or more spiritual tradition from around the world. Categories: Spiritual Films, Religious Films, Films that Cherish the Human Spirit, and Spiritual Films for Children. Features, documentaries, shorts, and animation all welcome; all genres. Films may originate anywhere in the world. Must have been completed after January 1, 2006; no premiere requirement; distribution OK. FEE: $20-$50. Dr. Mary Gervase, Director, Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival, P.O. Box 3531, Hailey, ID 83333, T & FAX: (208) 788-9729, directors@svspiritualfilmfestival.org, www.svspiritualfilmfestival.org. Deadline: March 1, 2008 (early), May 1, 2008 (regular), May 15, 2008 (late) Fantastic Fest (September 18-25, 2008, Austin, TX) – Offering exposure to genre films that are often overlooked by traditional festival circuit. Seeking short- and feature-length independent films in the horror, sci-fi, fantasy, animation, crime, Asian, “and all around badass cinema" genres. Films may originate from anywhere in the world; must have been completed after August 1, 2006; and must be an Austin premiere. FEE: $15-$50. Tim League, Festival Registrar, Fantastic Fest, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 1120 South Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 78704, T: (512) 912-0529, FAX: (630) 839-7663, programming@fantasticfest.com, www.fantasticfest.com. Deadline: March 1, 2008 (early), May 1, 2008 (regular), June 1, 2008 (late), July 1, 2008 (extended, via Withoutabox.com) Derapage 8 (April 17, 2008, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA) – Festival of non-narrative audio/video experimentation “to scratch the surface of things.” Created by students and teachers at the Unversity of Quebec in Montreal, open to international artists. Works must be 30 seconds to 3 minutes and have an original production soundtrack. NO FEE. Derapage, Ecole de design de l’UQAM, 1440, rue Sanguinet, Montreal (Quebec) H2X 3X9, CANADA, info@derapage.ca, www.derapage.ca. Deadline: March 7, 2008 Darklight 2008 (Dublin, IRELAND) - Explores the convergence of art, film, and technology and focuses on work that challenges concepts, visual aesthetic, narrative, access, methods of production, and dialogue, through contemporary filmmaking techniques. Eligible: feature films, documentaries, all CG animation (Flash, 3D etc.), experimental works, music videos, commercial work, motion graphics, game sequences, DV live action shorts, and student works. Any genre, length, number of submitted works. NO FEE. Derek O’Connor, Program Director, Darklight Festival, 69 Dame Street, Dublin 2, IRELAND, T: +353 1 6709017, FAX: +353 1 6351510, Derek@darklight.ie, www.darklight.ie. Receipt deadline: March 14, 2008, 5:00 p.m. Iraqimemorial.org – An online call to action to artists, designers, architects, or other interested creative individuals or collaborators to propose concepts for the creation of memorials to the many thousands of Iraqi civilians killed in the war in Iraq. Concepts will be featured in a growing online exhibition/database on the site, where proposals may be viewed and rated by the public as well as by an internationally diverse group of individual scholars and curators serving as judges. Eligible media and processes include experimental or traditional applications of sculpture, architecture, installation, performance, murals, web art, digital art, photography, video, film, audio art, and more. Must be 18+ years old to participate. NO FEE. Joseph DeLappe, Project Director, delappe@iraqimemorial.org, www.Iraqimemorial.org. Deadline: March 19, 2008 (first “jurors’ deadline;” project is ongoing) **Rockaway Artists Alliance “Of Women” Exhibition** (April 19 – May 20, 2008, Fort Tildens, Queens, NY) – Open to all media without limitation (including video/film), this exhibition seeks to bring the viewer into the unique world of women in all their aspects, intonations, and hues. Subjects should include images of women and may highlight mother and child (show will run over Mother’s Day). Eligible: Women artists who are RAA members or who have previously exhibited with RAA (membership is $25 annually). NOTE: Out of town artists sending accepted works by post, UPS, or FedEx will be charged $20 handling fee; local artists must volunteer some sitting time during exhibition. FEE: $25-$50. Rockaway Artists Alliance, RAA – of Women, 260 Beach 116 St., Rockaway Park, NY 11694, T: (718) 474-0861, FAX: (718) 474-4373, rockart116@aol.com, www.rockawayartistsalliance.org. Deadline: March 26, 2008 **St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival** (October 14-18, 2008, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, CANADA) – Showcasing the film, video, and new media work of international, Canadian, and local women filmmakers. Festival screens films of all lengths, topics, and genres – films “made by a woman, for everyone.” Films must be produced, directed, and/or written by a woman or women; co-gender productions accepted. Projects may originate anywhere in the world. Must have been completed after September 1, 2007; no premiere requirement; distribution OK. FEE: $0-$35. Kelly Davis, Director, St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, P.O. Box 984 Station C, St. John’s, NL A1C 5M3, CANADA, T: (709) 754-3141, FAX: (709) 579-2386, info@womensfilmfestival.com, www.womensfilmfestival.com. Deadline: March 31, 2008 (early), April 30, 2008 (regular), May 31, 2008 (late) G. Franklin Fish ASL Film Festival (April 13, 2008, Boston, MA) – Seeking feature-length, short, documentary, animation, and children’s film with over 50% of the dialogue in Sign Language and including ASL performers. Priority given to native-ASL filmmakers. Cash prizes. Hosted by NIEVA (National Institute for Education through Visual Arts), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and showcasing of American Sign Language, the festival will be held at Northeastern University. Films must be submitted as NTSC, non-region DVDs; email organizers to receive submission form. NO FEE. Jon Carlson, President, NIEVA, info@aslculture.org, www.aslculture.org. Receipt deadline: March 31, 2008 ARTIADE 2008 / Olympics of Art – Opportunity for your work to become an “Ambassador of Art” for your country for the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing and Los Angeles. ARTIADE is a 4th annual cultural event being held under the aegis of the Hellenic Republic (Greece) and inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, where athletes and artists, representing 2 different aspects of a common culture, were considered of equal merit. Artists working in the following fields invited to register: Painting, Sculpture, Installation / Construction Work, Video Installation (video, interactive arts, net arts, urban arts), Film, Short Film, and Photography. If selected, artist or artist’s sponsor pays transport costs for artwork. FEE: $35-$70. ARTIADE 2008 N.G.O., Application Office, 343 Soquel Ave., PMB 312, Santa Cruz, CA 95062, info@artiade.com, www.artiade.org. Deadline: March 31, 2008 (regular), April 15, 2008 (late) Five Wishes (May 15, 2008) – Part of EarthSpiritLove.com’s ongoing online film festival (see listing above). Gay Hendricks, author of Five Wishes: How Answering One Simple Question Can Make All Your Dreams Come True, invites you to join him in starting a worldwide conversation about what people most want to accomplish and experience in their lives – a few minutes of thoughtful reflection on what you want can be the difference between a fulfilled life and one of numbing routine or constant complaint. Films may be 15 minutes max, originate anywhere, and have been completed in any year; no premiere requirement. Must not have distribution. FEE: $5. Helen Hendricks, Festival Registrar, Earth Spirit Love, 402 W. Ojai Ave. #101, PMB 505, Ojai, CA 93023, T: (800) 688-0772, info@earthspiritlove.com, www.earthspiritlove.com. Deadline: March 31, 2008 (final) Century City Cell Phone Fest – 4th annual festival of 15-second – 3-minute film shorts made specifically with the cell phone screen in mind, to be screened on thousands of cell phones across the country. Festival is a fundraiser for the Minorities in Broadcasting Training Program (www.theBroadcaster.com). Anyone can submit. No previous filmmaking experience required; film may even be made on a video cell phone. Prizes include cash, publicity, equipment, screening on website and through GoTV, possible distribution deal, and opportunity to spend the day with a well-known studio or production company and/or on the set of a Hollywood movie. FEE: $45. Century City Cell Phone Fest, P.O. Box 67132, Century City, CA 90067, T: (310) 652-0271, www.CenturyCityCellPhoneFest.com. Deadline: March 31, 2008 (final) Moondance 2008 (August 29-31, 2008, Chautauqua Park, Boulder, CO) – International festival seeking works by screenwriters, filmmakers, playwrights, short story writers, TV writers, librettists, composers, children’s filmmakers and writers, music video filmmakers, and multi-media filmmakers, including by young (18 & under) and senior (75 & over) entrants. NOTE: Moondance’s work to reach out to women filmmakers and women writers everywhere in the world is ongoing and part of the festival’s efforts to raise awareness of the invaluable contributions of women to the entertainment industry. Competitive categories include the Spirit of Moondance Award for women writers, filmmakers, and composers (men may be co-writers or co-filmmakers but the entry must be submitted by a woman). FEE: $25-$85. Elizabeth English, Executive Director, Moondance Film Festival, 970 9th St., Boulder, CO 80302. T: (303) 545-0202, director@moondancefilmfestival.com, www.moondancefilmfestival.com. Deadline: April 1, 2008 (regular), May 1, 2008 (final) Boulder Asian Film Festival and Screenplay Competition (February 13-15, 2009, Boulder, CO) – Seeking films that are about Asian-American subjects, feature Asian-American actors, or have the participation of Asians in any or all aspects of production. Asians and non-Asians may apply. Film Categories: Shorts (Live Action and Animated), Documentary, Feature. Films must have been completed after January 1, 2006; may originate anywhere in the world; no premiere requirement; distribution OK. Screenplays: Featuring Asian-American subjects, premises, themes, motifs, and/or characters is encouraged but not required. Screenplay categories: Short (10 pp. max) and Feature. FEE: $15-$50. Alan Ohashi, Festival Registrar, Boulder Asian Pacific Alliance, P.O. Box 21406, 1501 Easy Rider Lane 102, Boulder, CO 80308-4406, T: (303) 910-5782, bafflicks@yahoo.com, www.boulderasianmovies.org. Deadline: April 11, 2008 (early), April 25, 2008 (regular), June 13, 2008 (late), June 27, 2008 (extended, via Withoutabox.com) Heart of Gold International Film Festival (October 23-26, 2008, Gympie, AUSTRALIA) – Showcasing well-crafted short films that nourish us, enriching our lives through laughter, compassion, hope, inspiration, and creativity. Cash prizes. Categories: Narrative, Documentary, Animation, Children/Family, Out of Competition, Non-English Language, Music Video, Made by Kids, Comedy. No explicit sexual acts, nudity, excessive profanity, or gratuitous violence; no films that condone racism, drug use, or cruelty. No completion date requirement. FEE: $25-$60 U.S. Toni Powell, Festival Director, Heart of Gold Film Festival, P.O. Box 726, 214 Mary St., Gympie Queensland, 4570, AUSTRALIA, T & FAX: 61 7 54837000, info@heartofgold.com.au, www.heartofgold.com.au. Deadline: April 14, 2008 (regular), May 15, 2008 (late); June 2, 2008 (extended, via Withoutabox.com) Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival (September 3-7, 2008, Austin, TX) – Cultivating high-quality gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender filmmaking that enlightens, entertains, and educates all the community. AGLIFF seeks narrative and documentary features and shorts as well as animated and experimental works. FEE: $15-$50. Lisa Kaselak, Program Director, Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival, 1216 East 51st St., Austin, TX 78723, T: (512) 302-9889, FAX: (512) 302-1088, film@agliff.org, www.agliff.org. Deadline: April 15, 2008 (early), May 15, 2008 (regular), June 2, 2008 (late), June 16, 2008 (extended, via Withoutabox.com)
Film Arts Foundation’s True Stories Screenings (San Francisco, CA) – This once-a-month screening series for cool new indie documentaries is kicking off its 12th year. Films must not exceed 2.5 hours running time. FEE: None listed. Ambika Jain, Program Coordinator, FilmArts Foundation, 145 Ninth St., Suite #101, San Francisco, CA 94103, T: (415) 552-8760 x304, ambika@filmarts.org, http://truestories07.blogspot.com. KultKino Film Club (Preston, UK) – UK opportunity. Seeking all films from all levels as well as experienced filmmakers to come and do director’s chair events with their body of work. KultKino has a “zero exclusion” policy, believing “it’s only fair to show everyone’s films, regardless of show size or whatever obscure niche is the current trend,” and seeks films from any genre and any background. Weekly event is held on Thursday nights at the Harbl’s multimedia café in Preston. Email KultKino for a submission form and guidance notes. NO FEE. kultkino@phatpenguin.co.uk. PBS's Natural Heroes Program – Featuring independently produced films and videos on the theme of real people making a difference for the environment and enhancing the world around us. Program seeks compelling stories that feature people challenging current environmental standards and conditions, encourage thoughtful questions and realistic answers, and broaden our understanding of our place in the world. Accepted works will be packaged for broadcast and distributed to Public TV stations nationally. NO FEE. “Natural Heroes” Call for Entries, KRBC-TV, 5850 Labath Ave., Rohnert Park, CA 94928, T: (800) 287-2722 ext. 2024, naturalheroes@krcb.org, www.naturalheroestv.org. Echotrope - A nomadic arts organization located in Omaha NE /Council Bluffs IA working collaboratively with other art venues such as the bemisUNDERGROUND at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, The University Nebraska-Omaha Art Gallery, and Filmstreams, seeks traditional and experimental video and film, new media, digital installations, and web-based work. Jody Boyer and Russ Nordman, Founders, Echotrope, 2415 Avenue F, Council Bluffs, IA 51501, russjody@echotrope.org, www.echotrope.org. From Here to Awesome – Have you made a film you think the world should see? This new discovery and distribution festival might be the perfect system to get your film blasted to audiences in theaters, living rooms, online and via mobile phones. All filmmakers are welcome to be a part of the festival. There are NO submission fees, and filmmakers retain their rights while receiving revenue directly from the distribution outlets. A wide range of major promotional partners and distribution platforms are on board. All they need now is your film. NO FEE. From Here to Awesome, info@fromheretoawesome.com, http://fromheretoawesome.com. |
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Tides / Union Square Awards Program Arts Initiative for New York City - Seeking nominations of innovative and creative arts programs engaging youth and families in low-income communities across NYC, especially those providing services to populations with limited access to the arts due to geography, language, or economics. All artistic disciplines, including theater and media arts. Selected programs receive grants of $25,000 - $50,000. Irini Neofotistos, Program Associate, Union Square Awards, 281 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010, T: (212) 213-6140, FAX: (212) 213-6372, ineofotistos@unionsquareawards.org, www.unionsquareawards.org. Deadline: Immediate Chicago Community Trust’s African American Legacy Initiative – Opportunity for nonprofit, government, and faith-based arts organizations in Chicago, IL, metropolitan area serving that area’s residents. Grants of $2,500 - $25,000 awarded to dynamic organizations exhibiting high potential and promoting promising ideas, solutions, strategies, or approaches to address an important issue in the African-American Community. Sylvia Sykes, Program Officer, Chicago Community Trust, 111 East Wacker Dr., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60601, T: (312) 616-8000 ext. 140, FAX: (312) 616-7955, www.cct.org. Deadline: Immediate First Nations Development Institute’s Native Youth and Culture Fund – Grants of $5,000-$20,000 for projects that focus on Native youth and incorporate culture and tradition to address social issues (e.g. drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, mental health). Eligible applicants are Tribal programs or Native nonprofits in or near Indian Country, including Hawaii and Alaska. Eligible projects include those that preserve, strengthen, or renew cultural and/or spiritual practices, beliefs, and values; and those that increase access to and sharing of cultural customs and beliefs through the use of appropriate technologies (traditional and/or modern), as a means of reviving or preserving tribal language, arts, history, or other culturally relevant topic. Grants are usually limited to projects that can be completed within 1 year. Kimberly Craven, Native Youth and Culture Fund, First Nations Development Institute, 703 3rd Avenue, Suite B, Longmont, CO 80501, T: (303) 774-7836, ext. 19, grantmaking@firstnations.org, www.firstnations.org. Receipt deadline: February 8, 2008, 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time (letter of intent) National Film Preservation Foundation Grants – Federal cash grants supporting the preservation of and access to historically and culturally significant American orphan films. (Materials originally created for TV or video not eligible.) Grants with upcoming deadlines:
National Film Preservation Foundation, 870 Market Street, Suite 1113, San Francisco, CA 04102, T: (415) 392-7291, FAX: (415) 392-7293, info@filmpreservation.org, www.filmpreservation.org. Receipt deadline: February 8, 2008 (registration); March 21, 2008 (proposals due) 2008 Tribeca Film Institute Film Fellows Program – Inviting young New York City filmmakers to witness excitement of major film festival while exchanging ideas, exploring possibilities of cinema, and developing their own visions and voices through film. For 10 youth producers, ages 15-20, programming will include creative project, panel discussions, workshops, mentoring by festival film directors, screenings, and special events, throughout film festival. Following festival, students will also be matched with film industry-related internships and will serve as “student ambassadors” for TFI at various youth events throughout 2008. Applicants must have been involved with video production for at least 12 months, have a career aspiration in some area of media and/or video/film, and must include with application a letter of recommendation from a NYC media organization or film/video instructor or staff member. Lisa Lucas, Tribeca Film Fellows, Tribeca Film Institute, New York, NY 10013, FAX: (212) 965-4658, youth@tribecafilminstitute.org, www.tribecafilminstitute.org. Deadline: February 8, 2008 Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant – Funding first-time documentary makers for travel and accommodations at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, April 3-6, 2008. For 4 days, grant recipients will be given access to films, participate in master classes, and be mentored by experienced filmmakers. Eligible: U.S. citizens or green card holders, living in the continental U.S., 18+ years old, students and non-students. “First-time filmmaker” means no major festival play or broadcast; having made shorts or student projects or worked professionally as crew on other people’s films is acceptable. Applicants should anticipate finishing first project by March 2008. Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Attn: Garrett Scott Documentary Grant, 324 Blackwell St., Suite 500, Washington Building, Bay 5, Durham, NC 27701, T: (919) 687-4100, FAX: (919) 687-4200, garrettscottgrant@fullframefest.org, www.fullframefest.org/call/garrettscottgrant.php. Receipt deadline: February 11, 2008 (extended) Artist Trust Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) Program - For Washington State artists, all disciplines. GAP provides up to $1,500 to individual artists to develop new ideas and directions for specific projects, e.g., the development, completion, or presentation of new work; publication; travel for artistic research or to present or complete work; documentation of work; professional development. Applicant must be practicing artist, 18+ years old by application deadline, and resident of Washington State at time of application and when award is granted. Students in degree programs ineligible. GAP Application, Artist Trust, 1835 12th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122, T: (206) 467-8734 ext. 9 or 1 (866) 218-7878, info@artisttrust.org, www.artisttrust.org. Deadline: February 22, 2008 Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship – Offering writing fellowships in live-action and animated TV to culturally and ethnically diverse U.S. writers, both new and experienced. Fellowship provides salaried position for up to one year and offers hands-on experience writing spec scripts and pitching story ideas. Must be 18+ years old; no previous writing experience required. Application process includes writing spec script that meets all of the following criteria: comedic; live-action or animation; based on a half-hour TV series; currently on air. Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Attn: Nick Writing Fellowship, 231 W. Olive Ave., Burbank, CA 91502, T: (818) 736-3663, info.writing@nick.com, www.nickwriting.com. Deadline: February 28, 2008 The Edith Russ Site for Media Art Stipends (Oldenburg, GERMANY) – Awarding three 10,000 Euro, six-month work stipends from July to December 2008, for artists working in New Media (e.g. NetArt, Sound, Video, and further innovative projects dedicated to a content-driven analysis of media). No age limitations. Artist required to stay in Oldenburg for at least 1 month during duration of stipend (apartment for artist in site’s guest house available by reservation). Artist will be integrated into site’s activities and required to participate in site’s program with lectures, workshops, artist discussions, etc. Dates and forms of such presentations determined by artist and Edith Russ Site together. Edith-Russ-Haus fur Medienkunst, Edith Russ Site for Media Art, Peterstrasse 23, D- 26212 Oldenburg, GERMANY, T: +49 (0) 441 / 235 – 32 08, FAX: +49 (0) 441 / 235 – 21 61, info@edith-russ-haus.de, www.edith-russ-haus.de. Deadline: February 28, 2008 Fund for Southern Communities Media Justice Grants – Part of the Funding Exchange’s Media Justice Fund program, these grants are offered in two categories: 1) Community Media Collaboration – $5,000-$10,000 for projects that address media policy, infrastructure, or accountability within the context of a social justice issue or campaign; and 2) Media Justice Toolkits – at least $5,000 for popular education materials for social justice activists and general public on media justice issues. Eligible organizations must be nonprofits working for media and/or social justice and must be located within Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Alice Eason Jenkins, Executive Director, The Fund for Southern Communities, 315 West Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 1061, Decatur, GA 30030, T: (404) 371-8404, FAX: (404) 371-8496, fsc@fundforsouth.org, www.fundforsouth.org. Receipt deadline: February 29, 2008 Rasmuson Foundation Project Awards - For individual artists living and working in Alaska. Up to $5,000 for emerging, mid-career, and mature artists for specific, short-term projects to be accomplished within one year of award date. Disciplines include: media arts, multidiscipline/new genre, literary arts/scriptworks, performance arts, choreography. Eligible activities include travel and fees for workshops and advanced study; professional documentation of work; and costs of creating/installing work scheduled for public viewing. Must have been full-time resident of Alaska for 2+ years and remain so for grant period; must be 18+ years old and currently producing work. Students ineligible. NOTE: Rasmuson also provides Individual Artist Fellowships of $12,000 and Distinguished Artist awards of $25,000, same deadline. NO FEE. Rasmuson Foundation, 301 West Northern Lights Blvd., Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99503, T: (907) 297-2700, (877) 366-2700 (toll free within AK), vlord@rasmuson.org, www.rasmuson.org/index.php?switch=viewpage&pageid=94. Deadline: March 1, 2008 Cape Cod Foundation Grants – Opportunity for nonprofits that serve the people of Barnstable County, MA. The arts are among the existing and emerging needs of the region that these grants (averaging $1,500) are intended to address. Cape Cod Foundation, 259 Willow St., Yarmouthport, MA, 02675, T: 1 (800) 947-2322 or (508) 790-3040, FAX: (508) 790-4069, info@capecodfoundation.org, www.capecodfoundation.org. Deadline: March 1, 2008 (next deadline October 1, 2008) Target Corporation Grants for Arts in Communities – Providing grants averaging $1,000-$3,000 to nonprofit programs that are making it affordable for the entire family to participate in arts and cultural experiences. Programs that bring arts to schools or children to the arts of particular interest. NOTE: Applications approved as received, so apply early. Apply through local Target Store Team Leaders: website will list required application materials beginning March 1 and has link to Target store locator. http://target.com/target_group/community_giving/grant_guidelines.jhtml. Deadline: March 1 - May 31, 2008 MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Chicago - $5,000-$15,000 operating support grants to Chicago area-based nonprofit arts and culture organizations with budgets of $500,000 or less. Organizations working in performing arts, visual and media arts, literary arts, interdisciplinary arts, and special projects, as well as museums and service, policy, or advocacy groups are eligible (no arts education programs). NOTE: Professional theater companies with operating budgets less than $150,000 should apply instead through Small Theater and Dance Group Funding Project - April and September deadlines, watch Driehaus website. Richard Cahan, Program Officer, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, 203 North Wabash Ave., Suite 1800, Chicago, IL 60601-2417, T: (312) 641-5772, richardcahan@driehausfoundation.org, www.driehausfoundation.org/support/. Receipt deadline: March 3, 2008, 5 p.m. (performing arts); June 2, 2008, 5 p.m. (all other disciplines) Creative Capital Grants – Providing significant and comprehensive multi-level support for the promotion of works-in-progress and works-to-be. Projects receive both first-year and follow-up support and can garner up to $76,000 in direct monies and services. Grantees also gain access to extensive network of peers and arts professionals who assist in fundraising, promotional, and presenting opportunities. Eligible funding categories for this grant cycle: Emerging Fields, Innovative Literature, and Performing Arts. “Emerging Fields” includes Digital Arts as well as New Genres and Interdisciplinary Projects – work that is a hybrid form (art & community, tactical interventions, etc.) or at the intersection of disciplines, both within the arts (art & architecture, art & design, etc.) and outside the field (e.g. art & social justice, art & ecology), as well as immersive and interactive art, installation, and networked projects. Eligible applicants: working artists with 5+ years’ professional experience; must be a U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident and 25+ years old. Creative Capital, 65 Bleeker St., 7th Floor, New York, NY 10012, T: (212) 598-9900, FAX: (212) 598-4934, grants@creative-capital.org, www.creative-capital.org. Deadline: March 4, 2008 (inquiry form) **Kentucky Foundation for Women’s Artist Enrichment Program** – Supporting feminist artists and nonprofit organizations in the development and implementation of art activities directly focused on progressive social change in Kentucky. Eligible activities include: arts education programs focused on women or girls, community participation in the creation of new art forms, artist-centered projects involving new partnerships between artists and activists, and artist-centered projects with social change themes or contents. Grants range from $1,000-$7,500 ($3,000-$5,000 is typical). Eligible individual artists must be creating strong and highly original artwork, and eligible organizations must be engaging in an artist-centered project. Rae Strobel, Grant Program Administrator, Kentucky Foundation for Women, 1215 Heyburn Bldg., 332 West Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202, T: (502) 562-0045 or 1 (866) 654-7564, FAX: (502) 561-0420, rae@kfw.org, www.kfw.org. Deadline: March 7, 2008 California Community Foundation Fellowships for Visual Artists – Awards of $15,000-$20,000 to Los Angeles artists working in the visual arts (including experimental film and video, interdisciplinary/mixed media, and performance art in which visual art is a significant and integral component). NOTE: Artists whose primary practice is performing or media arts are not eligible. Artists must have resided full-time in Los Angeles County for 5+ years prior to application deadline. Students ineligible. Rick Noguchi, Program Officer, California Community Foundation, 2008 Fellowships for Visual Artists, 445 South Figueroa St., Suite 3400, Los Angeles, CA 90071, T: (213) 413-4130, rnoguchi@ccf-la.org, www.calfund.org. Receipt deadline: March 7, 2008, 5:00 p.m. PST SILVERDOCS and ACE Documentary Work-in-Progress Grant – SILVERDOCS joins forces with ACE (Animal Content in Entertainment) to offer feature documentary film grant of $10,000 for projects in development that highlight animal issues. Filmmakers of top 5 or 6 selected treatments invited to pitch their projects at SILVERDOCS festival in June 2008. ACE will also provide assistance in obtaining film distribution and promotion. Project may be in any stage of development or in need of finishing funds. NO FEE. ACE Grant, c/o SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20910, T: (301) 495-6738, ACEGrant@SILVERDOCS.com, www.ace-tvfilm.com/files/ACESILVERGrant.pdf. Deadline: March 9, 2007 **Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grants** – Providing grants of up to $2,500 for women and trans people in the Delaware Valley region (Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties) who have financial need, so that they may create their art and social change project or opportunity. Open to any medium, including traditional and non-traditional as well as multimedia and experimental forms. Project should have an impact on the artist and a larger group, audience, or community. Applicants must have letter of support from a supporting or collaborating Change Partner (a person, organization, or business that is a part of the project in some way) and be 18+ years old. Full-time or matriculated students in an arts-degree program ineligible. Leeway Foundation, 123 S. Broad St., Suite 2040, Philadelphia, PA 19109, T: (215) 545-4078, FAX: (215) 545-4021, info@leeway.org, www.leeway.org. Receipt deadline: March 10, 2008, 5:00 p.m. Phi Delta Theta Educational Foundation Francis D. Lyon Scholarships for Film Students – Two grants of up to $3,000 each to grad or undergraduate students of filmmaking who have completed 2 full years of college by June 30, 2008. Need not be member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, but must be enrolled in college in U.S. or Canada for full 2008-2009 academic year and must have demonstrable financial need. NOTE: While Phi Delta Theta is a Fraternity with only male members, Lyon Scholarships have been given to more women than men over the years! NO FEE. Carmalieta D. Jenkins, Phi Delta Theta Educational Foundation, 2 South Campus Avenue, Oxford OH 45056, T: (513) 523-6966, FAX: (513) 523-9200, carmalieta@phideltatheta.org. Receipt deadline: March 10, 2008 NEA Grants for Arts Projects Program / Access to Artistic Excellence – Matching grants of $5,000-$150,000 to U.S. nonprofits in support of projects that provide short-term arts exposure or arts appreciation for children and youth, as well as intergenerational education projects. Eligible disciplines include Media Arts: Film/Radio/Television, Theater, Musical Theater, and Presenting. Applicant organization must have 3-year history of programming prior to application deadline. Application via online process only. Media Arts Specialist: smithm@arts.gov or (202) 682-5742; Theater and Musical Theater Specialists: denegree@arts.gov or (202) 682-5509, lanouxc@arts.gov or (202) 682-5020; Presenting Specialist: lims@arts.gov or (202) 682-5658; www.arts.gov/grants/apply/artsed.html. Deadline: March 10, 2008 (next deadline August 11, 2008) Cable Positive’s Tony Cox Community Fund - Grants of $3,000-$7,000 to encourage nonprofit, community-based AIDS organizations to partner with cable outlets in joint community outreach efforts or to produce and distribute new, locally-focused HIV/AIDS-related programs and PSAs. NO FEE. Jennifer Medina, Tony Cox Community Fund, Cable Positive, 1775 Broadway, Suite 433, New York, NY 10019, T: (212) 459-1504, jennifer@cablepositive.org, www.cablepositive.org. Deadline: March 14, 2008 Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation – Awarding grants of $1,000-$5,000 to nonprofit organizations that are led by or support adults with disabilities, for cutting-edge programs in the arts, advocacy, or education. Organization must have been in existence for 2+ years and must demonstrate that it is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act; must also demonstrate that it has a plan to assist people with disabilities in case of emergency. Deborah Lewis, Executive Director, ELA Foundation, 2460 North Lake Avenue, PMB #128, Altadena, CA 91001, T: (626) 398-8840, executivedirector@ela.org, www.ela.org. Deadline: March 15, 2008 (initial online application) National Geographic All Roads Film Project Film Production Seed Grants - Providing grants of up to $10,000 to be used by indigenous or minority-culture filmmakers toward development and production of feature film, long documentary, short documentary, shorts, animation, or music video. May be used for equipment, travel for field research, editing, etc.; may not be used for travel to film/media-related meetings or conferences, legal actions, land acquisition, or endowments. NO FEE. All Roads Film Project, National Geographic, 1145 17th St. N.W., Suite M2106, Washington, DC 20036, T: (202) 857-7660, allroads@ngs.org, www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads. Deadline: quarterly; next is March 15, 2008 Experimental Television Center Finishing Funds – Grants of $500-$2,500 to individual artists who are residents of New York State to help with completion of electronic media and film art works currently in progress. Eligible: Audio, electronic media work, and film welcomed, including animation, documentary, experimental, performance, interactive, Web-based, multi-disciplinary, and narrative forms. Panel looks for inventive work that takes risks. Work may be intended for single or multiple channel presentation, as installation performance, for interactive media, DVD, CD, the Web, or other electronic distribution systems. Full-time students ineligible. Sherry Miller Hocking, Program Director, Experimental Television Center, 109 Lower Fairfield Rd., Newark Valley, NY 13811, T and FAX: (607) 687-4341, etc@experimentaltvcenter.org, www.experimentaltvcenter.org. Deadline: March 15, 2008 National Film Preservation Foundation Grants – Federal cash grants supporting preservation of and access to historically and culturally significant American orphan films. (Materials originally created for TV or video not eligible.) Grants with upcoming deadlines:
**Drisha Institute for Jewish Education Arts Fellowships for Women** (New York, NY) – This initiative gives women who are professional artists (writers, visual artists, filmmakers, performers, musicians, and dancers) the opportunity to study in an open and dynamic learning environment and develop skills to read and interpret classic Jewish texts. Arts Fellows, who study full-time, receive tuition waiver and $10,000 stipend; Arts Awards Recipients, who study part-time, receive tuition waiver and award at end of year. Eve Grubin, Drisha Institute for Jewish Education, 37 West 65th St., New York, NY 10023, T: (212) 595-0307, egrubin@drisha.org, www.drisha.org. Deadline: April 1 of each year Franklin Furnace Archives Grants - Offering $2,000-$5,000 to avant-garde artists from around the world, in 2 categories: The Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, supporting emerging performance artists and allowing them to produce major works in New York; and The Future of the Present, funding the creation of “live art on the Internet,” works which engage the Internet as an art medium and/or venue. Full-time students ineligible. Dolores Zorreguieta, Program Coordinator, 2008-2009 Proposals, Franklin Furnace Archives, Inc., 80 Arts - The James E. Davis Arts Building, 80 Hanson Place #301, Brooklyn, NY 11217-1506, T: (718) 398-7255, FAX: (718) 398-7256, dolores@franklinfurnace.org, http://franklinfurnace.org. Deadline: April 1, 2008 The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Media Fund / Open Call Production Funding – Awards averaging $20,000 - $50,000 to independent media producers, to support production and/or post-production phases of provocative and engaging projects intended for public TV broadcast. Projects should appeal to Asian American viewers AND to a broader TV audience. CAAM considers most genres, including drama, documentary, experimental, animation, and mixed genre. CAAM also offers the James T. Yee Fellowship, which awards funding coupled with mentorship for first-time or emerging filmmakers; no separate application – candidates nominated from Open Call applicant pool. Center for Asian American Media, Attn: Media Fund Open Call / Door, 145 Ninth Street, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94103, T: (415) 863-0814 ext. 106, mediafund@asianamericanmedia.org, http://mediafund.asianamericanmedia.org. Receipt deadline: April 3, 2008, 5 p.m. Pacific Time The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Finishing Fund – Offering finishing fund awards of $5,000-$30,000 to documentaries that promote social change and illuminate issues in need of comprehensive coverage currently missing from mainstream media. Funded film will be driven by thoughtful, accurate, and complete storytelling of subject matter. U.S. and international applicants encouraged. NOTE: Check Tribeca website for submission details beginning February 5. documentary@tribecafilminstitute.org, www.tribecafilminstitute.org/documentary. Deadline: April 11, 2008 |
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Women Make Movies Fiscal Sponsorship – Helping selected film and video projects to completion by acting as a nonprofit tax-exempt umbrella organization for the project. To be eligible, project must a non-commercial film, video, or multimedia project; director must be a woman and a U.S. citizen. Film may be on any topic but must not reflect values that are racist or sexist. The next quarterly application deadline is February 15, 2008. Visit www.wmm.com/filmmakers/production_assistance.shtml for details. International Museum of Women’s White Paper Shatters Stereotypes of Gen X and Gen Y Women World-Wide – This myth-busting report from the creators of Imagining Ourselves: A Global Generation of Women, the interactive and award-winning online exhibition showcasing over 20,400 web pages of original art, writing, film, and music, combines global demographic statistics with first-person accounts and interviews to freshen our understanding of today’s young women. Imagining Ourselves closed on December 31, 2007, after a 20 month run, but you can read the white paper at www.imow.org/about/news/whitepaper-12-04-07.pdf. The Hub at http://hub.witness.org is the newest initiative of Witness (www.witness.org), a human rights organization that uses video and online technologies to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. Through the Hub, anyone can upload something they have filmed or recorded and provide with it information and resources for viewers to learn more and to take action, or can simply watch video that has been given sufficient context and background to enable you to understand what is happening. Organization and groups can use their own or other users’ videos to mobilize people online in support of actions to stop and prevent human rights abuses. [Thanks to the folks at MediaRights.org for this information.] The 5th Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference / “Speaking Truth to Power: Media Justice in Our Communities” (March 2, 2008, Hunter College CUNY, New York, NY) - Co-Sponsored by the Department of Film and Media Studies, Hunter College CUNY, this conference provides an opportunity to “come together to explore the political dimensions of media and how it shapes our lives. By developing relationships between community and media organizations, the NYC Grassroots Media Coalition is working to re-imagine issues of access to, control of, and power over our media system. That means defining our struggle as a struggle for Media Justice.” Registration: $20 advance/ $30 day of; $15/$25 student; $5 youth (18 & under). For more information, visit www.nycgrassrootsmedia.org, email info@nycgrassrootsmedia.org, or call (917) 523-1045. Call for Papers and Presentations / 2008 Northeast Historic Film Summer Symposium (July 24-26, 2008, Bucksport, ME) - Exploring the relationship between the idea of "City and Country" - how modern people have imagined the symbiotic/tenuous and often times romantically charged connection between them. NHF seeks interpretations of moving images that offer historical, cultural, and critical understanding of how these constructs have been experienced, imagined and understood since the late 19th century. Symposium is open to archivists, artists, and scholars from all disciplines. Travel funding may be available for speakers. Send 250-500-word abstracts for presentations to symposium organizers Janna Jones, Associate Professor, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University, janna.jones@nau.edu and Snowden Becker, IMLS/Harrington PhD Fellow, School of Information, University of Texas Austin, snowdenbecker@gmail.com. Full details available at http://www.oldfilm.org/symp_2008. Review of proposals begins April 1, 2008 The Latino Public Broadcasting Directory of Artists is a FREE online directory of Latino/Latina producers, directors, cinematographers, editors, writers, and composers. You can list your contact information, paste a biography and upload a picture, as well as browse through the profiles of other artists in your community. Go to www.lpb.org/director.php to get started. Podcast Interview with Danae Ringlemann of IndieGoGo.com – The San Francisco Women’s Film Festival’s Scarlett Shepard interviews Danae Ringlemann, co-founder and finance chief of IndieGoGo.com. Says SFWFF, “Danae co-founded the company to address the fundraising challenges facing independent filmmakers. IndieGoGo.com is an online social marketplace connecting filmmakers with their audiences to fund the future of film. The platform provides filmmakers with tools for project funding, recruiting, and promotion.” To listen to the interview and subscribe (it’s free!) to SFWFF Podcast go to http://sfwff.com/_pages/podcast.html. The Media Justice Community is a new online directory recently launched by the Media Justice Fund of the Funding Exchange. During the past few years, many social, cultural, media, and community-based organizations have become more committed to the concept of just and fair media and telecommunications. The heightened awareness of how media affects our daily lives has propelled us to fight for better systems. This search directory is designed to assist you in seeing the landscape of the entire media justice community and building solidarity within the community to strengthen the media justice movement. Give it a try at http://fexmjf.mayfirst.org. |
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The Fund for Women Artists is a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and supporting art that tells the truth about women’s lives. We focus on women using their art to address social issues, especially women in theatre, film, and video. The Fund for Women Artists is supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Valentine Foundation, the Women's Funding Network Venture Fund, CDQ Charitable Trust, and many generous individuals like you. Your support is crucial to our success. Please consider
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The Fund for Women Artists 3739 Balboa Street, PMB 181 San Francisco, CA 94121 Phone: (415) 751-2202 Website: www.womenarts.org Email: info@womenarts.org |