Chad Gervich over at Script Notes has a great list of Upcoming Contests & Festivals (including DC Shorts). Check it out. Get your work seen.
Women, Action and the Media
Check out the awesome conference I get to go to!
WAM! – I’m sure I’ll update when I get back, full of snazzy new ideas.
Greenlight Awards
Win $2,000 for best Digital Series concept or $10,000 for best digital series production (one episode). Deadline is February 15, 2008. Winners announced at SXSW 2008.
FYI, they define digital series thusly:
Digital Series is a new type of TV show that varies in length and the number of episodes, and is made available to consumers anywhere and anytime via any network — whether it’s the Web, mobile devices, gaming consoles, IPTV, traditional TV channels and cable systems.
John August Speech at Paramount
John August posts on his blog the (approximate) text of a speech he gave at the Indie Gate at Paramount Studios. It’s got zombies, castles, and co-dependent film. Give it a read.
Boston Open Screen
This is probably the coolest idea I have ever seen pop out of the film community in Boston:
Basically, it’s an open mic night for filmmakers. How cool is that? You’re testing your material in front of a live audience, presumably made up of other filmmakers and film nuts. Also, they have a lovely little DVD burning guide on their website. I’m tempted to skip the free showing of Juno at the Harvard Square theater, just so I can go to this instead. Choices, choices. . .
Guerilla Film Fest 8
In keeping with the spirit of Guerilla filmmaking I give you a film fest with minimal advance warning: Tomorrow night is GFF8 at the Goethe Institut (near Chinatown metro) in DC. Tickets are $10 at the door.
It’s a festival of festivals!
Evidently October is THE month for film in Boston:
Next week is the Boston Latino International Film Festival
Looks like fun, no? My pick will likely be the film shorts at the Coolidge Corner Theater. Oh, and all films are subtitled (just in case you left all your Spanish skills in your frosh dorm room).
Boston Jewish Film Festival
And, in Boston, we’ve got the Boston Jewish Film Festival on its way!
http://www.bjff.org/
The movie “The Film Class” looks especially interesting.
International Fest of Cinema and Technology Comes to DC
The IFCT 2007 Tour will be stopping in Washington, DC at the Museum of Contemporary Art on October 15th and 16th. Tickets are $7/day. Since 2002, the IFCT has been working to gain exposure for “undiscovered films.”
National Film Challenge
Hot on the heels of the Insomnia Film Festival comes the National Film Challenge. A spin off from the 48 Hour Film Project in 2003, the National Film Challenge is similar in structure, but films are mailed in from anywhere in the country and screened online instead of in the local city.
Register by October 18th (spots may fill up earlier) for the competition weekend of October 19-22, 2007.
Also of note, the International Documentary Challenge is coming up in March ’08. Shoot a documentary from March 6-10, 2008 for the third annual iteration of this non-fiction filmmaking event. Finalists will be premiering at HotDocs in April.
But wait! There’s more:
A screening of the [2007] IDC films produced in the Washington DC area will take place on October 9, 2007 at the AFI Silver Theatre.
How’s that for filmfest goodness?