Independent Film Week

Independent Film Week is coming up. Volunteering is a great way to get involved and meet interesting filmmakers: http://independentfilmweek.com/volunteer/

Call for Entries: Atlantic City International Film & Music Festival

Harrah's Entertainment and its Atlantic City properties will play host to the inaugural Atlantic City International Film & Music Festival, taking place September 8-12th throughout various venues in Atlantic City, New Jersey. ACIFMF offers attendees a jam-packed schedule of events, including film and music offerings, meetings, seminars, and entertaining nightlife, giving attending filmmakers and musicians plenty of opportunities to showcase their work and make valuable connections.

Deadline: July 12, 2010

For more information, visit: http://acifmf.com/

Get a Grant and Make a Film!

If you're in New York, mark you calendar for the Brooklyn Arts Council's Focus on Film and Media Grants Seminar.

Tuesday, June 22, 6–8pm

"Are you a Brooklyn-based independent artist working in film and media, learning the
ropes of researching and applying for grants? Hear straight from program officers at
two foundations supporting film and media in Brooklyn: Sean Elwood of Creative
Capital Foundation and Reva Goldberg of Cinereach."

The seminar is free. For more info, visit: http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/documents/1510

The Guggenheim and You Tube

It's a great time for short film and video! The Guggenheim recently announced its newest venture, YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video.

They explain:

"YouTube Play hopes to attract innovative, original, and surprising videos from around the world, regardless of genre, technique, background, or budget. This global online initiative is not a search for what's "now," but a search for what's next."

Submissions must be less than 10 minutes long. A panel will select up to 20 videos to play in October at Guggenheim's New York Berlin, Bilbao and Venice Museums.

The deadline for submissions is July 31st. To enter your work, go to http://www.youtube.com/play

Call for Submissions: 3rd Annual International Narrative Short Film Festival

The University Art Gallery at California State University in Chico, CA seeks films that are narrative in structure, under 30 minutes. Films will be shown at a preview screening at the University Film Series on Tuesday, February 1, 2011. Works will be on view continuously at the University Art Gallery, Feb. 2 - 11. First, 2nd & 3rd Place non-cash prizes will be awarded & announced at the Feb. 1 screening.

Review & screening format: DVD (NTSC). Include name, address, telephone & email, film title & running time. Submissions without a return SASE become the property of the University Art Gallery.

Earlybird Deadline: August 15: $15

Regular Deadline: September 15: $20

Late Deadline: October 15: $25

Send to: Narrative Shorts, University Art Gallery, Department of Art & Art History, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA 95929-0820

For more information, contact: Jason Tannen, 530.898.5864 or jtannen@csuchico.edu

Call for Entries: 6th Annual Brooklyn Indie House

Brooklyn Indie House is an independent film festival held every Spring and Fall. The BIH was created to show the best Black and Latino indie films in the classic theater environment.

Every year they select up to 8 shorts and 4 features to participate in the Brooklyn Indie House. Each movie will have red carpet opening night and a total of 6(six) screenings at specially selected theaters in Brookyln, New York. At end of the season they count up the tickets sales and share the proceeds with the filmmakers.

Early Submission Deadline Friday May 28, 2010 - $10 Entry Fee

Official Submission Deadline Friday June 25, 2010 - $15 Entry Fee

Late Submission Deadline Friday July 16, 2010 - $25 Entry Fee

For more information, visit: http://blackandlatinofilm.com/blfc_brooklynindiehouse.html

Call for Submissions: Cinesonika

CINESONIKA: The First International Film and Video Festival of Innovative Sound Design

"The theme of this international film and video festival is to celebrate the soundtrack. Usually in cinema festivals there is a fixation on movie stars, or captivating imagery, or the literary qualities of screenplays, or the abstract concepts of film theory. Sound tends to be relatively unvalorized in moving-image making. The intent of the festival is to give attention to innovative work in the creation of film and video soundtracks, and to give due credit to the importance of audio in audiovisual media.

This first annual festival will showcase international works of film and video with fascinating soundtracks, idiosyncratic sound design, eclectic scoring and innovative approaches to the sound-image relationship."

Deadline: September 1, 2010

For more information, please visit http://www.cinesonika.com or e-mail info@cinesonika.com