Film Submissions
Call for submissions - Mediaworks Trust Christmas Open Air Movie Screening
Screen a Christmas gift for friends and family. Mediaworks Trust is looking for anything from a still image Christmas greeting to a short movie interpretation of what Christmas means to you.
The open air screening will take place at The Market Square in Derby on Thursday 22 December at 7pm.
Films must be silent and no longer than 3 minutes but can be any format from mobile phone video to mini DV. The films selected by the panel will be screened on the side of the Assembly Rooms.
The deadline for submissions is 5 pm on Monday 12 December.
Where to submit:
1) By post: MediaWorks Trust, 79 Ashbourne Road, Derby.
2) By email: factproject@btopenworld.com or juels@btinternet.comjuels@btinternet.com
What to submit: We will accept submissions in the following formats:
1) MiniDV / MiniDVCAM
2) Video files - AVI's and MOV's
3) Digital Still Images - JPEGs or PICTs preferably
4) Mobile phone movies - these are in 3GP format
5) Mobile phone stills - these are in JPEG format generally
Please call or email Mediaworks Trust with any submission enquiries on 01332 332420 (Juliette or Adam) or at factproject@btopenworld.com or juels@btinternet.com.
Birds Eye View Call for Entries
Birds Eye View celebrates the best of the UK’s emerging women filmmakers.
As part of the festival, a Gala screening will be held on International Women's Day (March 8) at the National Film Theatre, with a programme of approximately six varied and brilliant shorts - a mix of styles and genres.
Women directors who wish to submit their work for consideration for this screening can find submissions forms, guidelines and further details please see www.birds-eye-view.co.uk or email bhairavi@birds-eye-view.co.uk. Deadline for submissions is January 6 2006.
Horror Film Script Competition
Golconda Films and The Script Factory are holding a feature film script competition aimed at new screen-writers who have never sold or had feature film screenplay optioned.
Closing date for applications is 27 January 2006.
Prizes:
1st Place - £1000 advance on a script option to make a horror film
Runner Up - Two finalists will be placed through a One on One Script Development Program at Script Factory.
How to Apply:
The script should be roughly one hundred pages long and submitted in an acceptable screenwriting format (for example Final Draft). It may be submitted digitally or hard copy, but must have the application form filled to be accepted.
www.golcondafilms.com/competitions.htlm
www.scriptfactory.co.uk.
Images of Black Women Call for Entries
Images of Black Women is proud to announce its second international Black Women Film Festival in London. The event will take place during the International Women's month in March 2006, from 3 to 5 March at the Tricycle Cinema (269 Kilburn High Road, London, NW6).
The programme includes: feature films, documentaries, workshops, talks, networking and short film competitions.
These short film competitions are open to all (regardless of race and/or gender) as long as films contain elements of African, African-Caribbean and black culture on screen (actors or documentary subjects) and/or behind the camera (director, screenwriter, and producer).
Deadline for entries is 31 January 2006.
Images of Black Women aims to promote African descent actresses, directors, producers and screenwriters in order to increase the knowledge and the role of black women in films, both past and present, and enhance the visibility of black women in front of the camera and behind the lens.
Requirements for entries for short film competitions: VHS/DVD copies should be no longer than 15 minutes.
Application forms are available on the following website: www.imagesofblackwomen.com. For further information please email: info@imagesofblackwomen.com.
Big Screen Closing Date Extended: 30 April 2006
Big Screen Ceremony: 20 May 2006
Film critic and broadcaster Mark Kermode ill be judging the festival again this year
WHAT IS THE BIG SCREEN?
The BBC Hampshire and BBC Dorset websites have teamed up to bring you the 2005 Big Screen film festival - our annual online celebration of local film-making talent. The festival held in partnership with the local filmmaking charity City Eye and Harbour Lights Picturehouse, is a fantastic opportunity to get your film available to a world-wide audience and get some feedback on your film-making skills.
BBC Hampshire is now accepting entries for its fourth festival and would like film-makers from the Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Dorset areas to send in their films to be shown on the BBC Hampshire and BBC Dorset websites.
There are four categories to enter your film in. Choose from either Drama, Animation, Comedy or Arts and Factual. You can be an enthusiastic amateur, an aspiring new professional or a student film-maker. Last year's winners included students from Southampton Institute and the Arts Institute, Bournemouth as well as talented self-taught amateurs.
Not only that but film critic and broadcaster Mark Kermode will be our festival judge again this year and will pick his favourites from a shortlist of entries chosen by BBC Big Screen organisers. A special screening ceremony will take place at Harbour Lights Picturehouse in Southampton in May where Mark will present the winners with certificates before their film is shown on the big screen.
HOW DO I GET MY FILM IN THE FESTIVAL?
First, visit: lhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/hampshire/entertainment/films/big_screen/index.shtml
and read the rules and festival information. Next, download the entry form, fill it in and send it to the BBC at the address below, together with your film. No film will be accepted without a signed entry form.
BBC Hampshire Website
The Big Screen Film Festival
Broadcasting House
Havelock Road
Southampton
SO14 7PU
ENTRY FORMATS
BBC Hampshire Website prefer entries to be on Mini DV tape, but will accept Betacam SP, DVcam, VHS or S-VHS. They have no 8mm, 16mm or 35mm film facilities - if your entry is on film you'll need to transfer it to one of the above videotape formats, preferably Mini DV.
The closing date for your entries is: 30 April 2006
There's plenty of time to get your film to us but start sending them in now and remember to include the entry form.
For more details or further information please contact David White at City Eye on admin@city-eye.co.uk or telephone 023 8 67 7167.
British Animation Awards - Call for entries!
The next British Animation Awards (BAA) will take place in March 2006, and entry forms are available from the British Animation Awards as of late September
BAA, which takes place every two years, is the only event of its kind, covering the entire range of animation produced in the UK, from student and short films to animated commercials, music videos to experimental work, Internet to traditional childrens' entertainment, title sequences, and feature films.Work produced in 2004 and 2005 is eligible. Deadline for student films and feature films: October 31st, 2005 . Other categories: deadline November 30th, 2005.
In addition to categories judged by peer groups, filmmakers also get another crack at an award - and response from the general public - via Public Choice, in which audiences across the UK can vote for their favourites in three categories: short film, music video and commercial, at special screenings held in regional cinemas in Feb 2006. A Best of BAA DVD will also be produced.
BAA is unique in other respects: prizes are individual artworks made by some of the most respected names in international and UK animation: previous prizes have been created by Nick Park, Tim Burton, Chuck Jones.
For more information, visit www.britishanimationawards.com
British Animation Awards
c/o Th1ng
53 Beak St.
London W1F 9SH
Tel: +44 (0)20 77346 459/471
Fax:+44 (0)20 74378 211
email: info@britishanimationawards.com
website : www.britishanimationawards.com
2 Days Later Horror Shorts - Call for Submissions
Once again it is time for Close-Up Film, in association with Beeping Bush Productions, to host the annual 2 Days Later 48hr Horror Shorts Competition.
Now in it's third year, the competition has had a great response from filmmakers and audience alike.
Come on! Have a go at making a short horror/chiller film on any media, over a rainy weekend with dodgy equipment and no budget.
This year we intend to make a selected compilation DVD of 12 of this and previous years entries, with British Board of Film Classification, for distribution to national and international short film festivals.
The deadline for submissions is 5.00pm on Monday 24th October and the halloween event Screening will be at 7pm on Saturday 29th October at the Community Pharmacy Gallery, Margate, with the usual entertainments and refreshments
Check out www.2dayslater.co.uk for more information and contact us at Beeping Bush (01843 223800) for this year's Competition Brief.
www.beepingbush.co.uk
www.close-upfilm.com
20TH LONDON LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL
Wednesday 29 March - Wednesday 12 April 2006
CALL FOR ENTRIES
We are now accepting entries for the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2006. General information on the festival is shown below, followed by details of how to submit your film and festival regulations. Please read these carefully before you send us your film.
Our submissions deadline is Friday 16 December 2005.
We look forward to receiving your entry.
20TH LONDON LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL
Wednesday 29 March - Wednesday 12 April 2006
INFORMATION
The London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (LLGFF), now approaching its 20th year, is currently the third largest film festival in the UK, after the London and Edinburgh Film Festivals.
The LLGFF is one of the most prolific and longest-running of a network of more than 100 international lesbian and gay film festivals. Both nationally and internationally, the festival has a reputation for doing more than simply representing the best of new queer cinema; it ensures that audiences are given the opportunity to appreciate new work in a historical context with retrospective programming. In addition to the film and video programme, it also presents a range of events.
2005's programme was particularly strong, and included many high profile titles such as the film adaptation of JT Leroy's best-selling cult novel, The Heart is Deceitful...Above All Things; the box office success of the festival, Dorian Blues, and the Spanish sleeper hit Bear Cub as well as many other critically-acclaimed features from around the world. We were proud to present some very strong documentary titles including the road doco, Drag Kings on Tour; the heart-rending story of a newborn baby's fight for survival in Little Man; and the inspiring Sister Jeannine Gramick's Journey of Faith, in which a lone nun takes on the Catholic Church in her fight against homophobia. The short films selections, ranging from the acclaimed trans strand Fuck Gender to the Experimentelle and Family Affairs programmes, demonstrated a wealth of film-making talent. We were delighted to welcome many eminent guests to the festival, including Lori Petty, the star of our hugely-successful opening night film, Prey For Rock & Roll, the outrageous comic duo Kiki and Herb; JT Leroy and Asia Argento from The Heart is Deceitful; and novelist Scott Heim - author of our riveting closing night film Mysterious Skin. Some of our new Patrons were on hand to lend their support to LLGFF 2005: as well as Paul Gambaccini and Pratibha Parmar, Patricia Rozema (Mansfield Park, I've Heard The Mermaids Singing) travelled all the way from Canada to introduce several of the archive titles (Orlando and Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit); and Stephen Fry hosted a mass wedding reception after the UK documentary, Andrew and Jeremy Get Married. There was a variety of events during the festival including a workshop on How to Make Lesbian Porn; a cross-dressing singalong event to accompany the screening of Bride & Prejudice; and activist Peter Tatchell chairing a panel discussion on Ragga and homophobia. We were also honoured to host the world premieres of two very different new films - the intriguing and revealing Is It Really So Strange? from director William E Jones, exploring the cult of Morrissey among die-hard Latino and Hispanic fans in Los Angeles , and first-time director Russell Brown's witty Race You to the Bottom. Both William and Russell were in London for their films along with Race You to the Bottom star Cole Williams. Directing duo Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau (Drôle de Félix, Ma Vie) delighted everyone as they presented this year's wonderful surprise film Cockles and Muscles (Crustaces et Coquillages). The festival continued to cater for an ever-widening range of cinematic taste and passions including new art and cultural events such as our first-ever collaboration with Tate Modern which featured a retrospective of William E Jones' work and a screening of Gregg Bordowitz's powerful 1993 documentary Fast Trip, Long Drop.
The Festival screens over a two-week period in London . Opening and Closing nights traditionally take place at West End sites; the main Festival site and the administrative home of the festival is the National Film Theatre, which in autumn 2003 celebrated its 50th year as one of the world's premiere cinematheques.
The LLGFF attracts an audience in excess of 25,000 for a programme of over 150 titles. The Festival programme is currently divided into sections: Galas, Centrepiece Films, European Cinema, World Cinema, Shorts Showcase, Retrospectives, Special Focus, Events. It also attracts a wide range of international delegates; in 2005 this included 146 Industry delegates (distributors, sales agents and programmers from all over the world); 122 film-makers who attended the Festival in order to present their work; 50 international press delegates.
Following screenings in London , a highlights programme from the Festival embarks on the nation's biggest touring programme. In 2005 the LLGFF enjoyed a very successful tour, screening at 40 venues for 5 months directly after the main festival in London , with 8 features and 12 shorts achieving high audience figures. The Tour also played at Soho ( London ), Dublin , Manchester and Chichester film festivals.
The Festival is organised by the British Film Institute, the national agency with responsibility for encouraging the arts of film and television and conserving them in the national interest. The Festival is co-ordinated by a staff team who also have responsibility for the London Film Festival, and is programmed by a team of freelance programmers.
20TH LONDON LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL
Wednesday 29 March - Wednesday 12 April 2006
SUBMISSIONS
If you would like to submit your film to the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, please send us:
? VHS (Pal or NTSC) or DVD copy of your film
? Synopsis or press kit - including the running time
? Credits
? Contact details - include mailing address, telephone number, fax number and email address and website address where possible
When sending details of your film, it would be helpful if you could let us know if it will be shown at any other film festivals before January 2006 as it is possible that our selectors could view the film there. The closing date for submissions is Friday 16 December 2005.
Please note that in general we are unable to return cassettes / dvds. If you require yours to be returned please enclose £5 postage or a stamped addressed envelope. Packages should be insured by the sender and sent, via air mail if you're outside the UK, to:
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
National Film Theatre
South Bank
London SE1 8XT
UK
If you wish to submit your film on a 35mm print, please contact the festival office - this is not our preferred way to view submissions. If we have agreed to view a 35mm print, it should be air-freighted (all charges pre-paid) to:
Midnite Express
Heathrow Airport
London, UK
Attention: London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Please advise flight details on day of shipping to Festival Administrator, tel +44 (0) 20 7815 1323. Please note that no prints should be sent unless previous agreement has been made.
CONTACT: FESTIVAL ADMINISTRATOR
LONDON LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL
NATIONAL FILM THEATRE, SOUTH BANK, LONDON SE1 8XT, UK
TEL: +44 (0)20 7815 1323 FAX: +44 (0)20 7633 0786
email: becky.shaw@bfi.org.uk
www.llgff.org.uk
20TH LONDON LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL
Wednesday 29 March - Wednesday 12 April 2006
REGULATIONS
1. The London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival is presented by the British Film Institute.
2 The London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival has as its objective the promotion of cinematographic art by presenting films of quality. The London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival is an annual event based at the BFI South Bank, London . Wherever possible each film is presented twice.
3 a) Feature films, documentaries and short subjects on 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, 70mm and video are selected by invitation, according to quality, from among those shown at festivals outside of the UK, during the preceding year, irrespective of their country of origin or of any prizes they may have won.
b) The organisers also invite outstanding films which have not been shown at any previous festival.
4 The London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival is non-competitive and awards no prizes.
Prior theatrical or television screenings or video release in the UK disqualify films from entry.
5 All feature films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English. Short subjects carry the same requirement for English subtitling, unless dialogue or commentary is unnecessary for comprehension and appreciation. Earphone commentary facilities will be made available only if absolutely necessary. In the exceptional event that an unsubtitled print is accepted, English dialogue lists are required.
6 Prints of invited films will be insured and shipping costs will be incurred by the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
7. No cuts or changes in any film will be made by the festival management for any reason.
8 Excerpts from films will only be shown on television for promotional purposes if permission is obtained from the producer.
9 The London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival is open to the public. National and international press, TV and film buyers and distributors also participate.
10. Official or professional national organisations and individuals may submit films to the Festival on print, DVD or video cassette, documentation must be provided. Films submitted for pre-selection should arrive no later than Friday 16 December 2005 and must be shipped to the address overleaf. Please do not send a print without first contacting the Festival Administrator. Tapes and DVDs should be sent by mail. No application form is necessary for submission of films, but all shipping costs of unsolicited films to and from London must be borne by the sender. If you need your VHS cassette returned please enclose £5 postage or a stamped addressed envelope.
11. Submission of a film represents agreement with the regulations set forth here.
12. It is London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival policy not to offer comments or reasons for not including a submitted production in the programme.
GreenFilm Festival Open for Submissions
WED GreenFilm Festival 2006 - A Greensteps event
Thursday 1st June to Saturday 3rd June 2006
Stoke on Trent
Organised by the GreenFilm Project and commissioned by Stoke-on-Trent City Council the World Environment Day (WED) GreenFilm Festival will be a flagship event of the city's Greensteps program.
Three days of GreenFilm screenings from national/international filmmakers highlighting the diversity of films with a strong eco friendly or green message.
Also featuring GreenFilm and environmental workshops, discussion forums and much more designed to get people involved in key green issues in and around Stoke on Trent.
Submissions:
Submissions are now open. Please fill in a submission form and send it with
your VHS or DVD (PAL) viewing copy.
For more information please visit the new website at www.greenfilm.moonfruit.com
or contact the festival director Matthew Widgery
Tel: 07922 478 360 - Email: matt.widgery@gmail.com
URE Movies Set to Launch
URE movies, an online film channel, is set to launch in March providing an opportunity for filmmakers to showcase their work to a wide audience. URE movies will stream short films 24 hours a day on the internet with an aim of creating a global community of film lovers who can access a wide range of innovative films or promote their own work to like minded individuals.
URE movies is currently looking for material to broadcast, films of any length or genre, made by professionals, amateurs or first timers. All the creators ask for is a sense of originality and spark.
Organisations such as URE movies are paving the way for a new form of distribution on a global scale. Aspiring filmmakers in the UK have to push their short films at international festivals (if they’re accepted) and follow the well-trodden path taken by their predecessors. It is hoped that the accessibility of the World Wide Web will allow the work of filmmakers to be seen by an audience of millions across the globe, promoting the talents of directors, producers and actors alike.
To submit your film to URE movies send your material (preferably on DVD format) to:
Short Films
Digi Dreams Media
Suite 101 International House,
223 Regents Street,
London
W1 2BQ
Tel: 0796 1272358 E mail: angela@digidreamsmedia.com
Your films will not be made illegally downloadable by users.
Daniel Laverick
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