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

Watch The Grey Coat!

The Grey Coat is Bob Giraldi's most recent short film about a hardworking Korean family being extorted by two local detectives. An unlikely hero emerges...

Calls for Submissions!

Extremely Shorts 13 Film Festival

Aurora Picture Show’s annual Extremely Shorts Festival features three-minute or shorter films and videos by artists, filmmakers, culture jammers, students, moms, security guards, and anyone with a camera and a vision.

Entrants may submit up to three titles. Each title must run three minutes or shorter including titles and credits. NO exceptions. All genres accepted and considered: experimental, animation, documentary, music video and narrative.

Early deadline: April 30, 2010
Late deadline: May 10, 2010

Kansas International Film Festival

The 10th Annual Kansas International Film Festival is accepting submissions for animated shorts, feature-length narratives and documentaries, with a special emphasis on documentaries that explore issues of social justice.

Late deadline: April 27, 2010

For more information, visit: http://www.kansasfilm.com/

For more information, visit: http://aurorapictureshow.org/files/408_es13_entry_form_and_guidelines.pdf

Angelus Student Film Festival

The Angelus Student Film Festival, which takes place in the Directors Guild of America building in Hollywood, CA, is now accepting dramas, comedies, documentaries and animated works that "explore the complexity of the human condition with creativity and compassion and "respect the dignity of the human person." Entrants must be undergraduate or graduate students in film schools or universities.

Past Angelus winners include Patricia Cardoso (REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES); Tony Bui (THREE SEASONS); 2010 Academy Award nominee in the Best Live Action Short category, Gregg Helvey (KAVI); and 2009 Academy Award nominee Reto Caffi (AUF DER STRECKE).

Early Deadline: May 1, 2010

For more information, visit: http://www.angelus.org/index.html

Focus on Film & Media Grants

Tomorrow, April 20th, from 6-8PM

UnionDocs hosts an "Introduction to the New York State Council on the Arts Grants and BAC Regrants" seminar. Independent filmmakers and leaders of organizations working in film or media are invited to this seminar, that focuses on researching and applying for grants.

"Don Palmer, Director of the Individual Artists Program at New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), presents information on production grants to film and media artists; Karen Helmerson, NYSCA’s Director of the Electronic Media and Film Program gives guidance to organizations on Exhibition Support including Film Festivals, Screenings and General Exhibition programs; and Ethany Uttech, BAC Regrant Coordinator, demystifies the application
and review process for artists and organizations applying for BAC regrants funded by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, NYSCA, and JPMorganChase."

Tuesay, April 20th
6-8PM
UnionDocs
322 Union Ave at Maujer St, Brooklyn, NY

RSVP Online Now
http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/forms/153