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Black Cinema Café Serving indie films café style" A monthly screening of independent Black films in New York and Washington, D.C. Accepting submissions for its 1999/2000 season. To submit your film or for more information visit www.blackcinemacafe.com
blackfilm.com PAFF Calls for Submissions The 8th Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is accepting submissions for its 2000 Festival to take place between February 10-21 in Los Angeles. PAFF accepts features, shorts and documentaries of all genres. For more info call 323-295-1706 or visit http://www.paff.org Hollywood Shorts is a monthly short film series in Los Angeles. For more information contact Kimberly Browning at grifplace@aol.com.
The Watts Summer Festival is hosting a film series this August in Los
Angeles. For more information, please contact Robert at ibochild@wildmail.com
Black Entertainment Television is seeking Black indie films & videos for "Black Vision" which is a portion of Screen Scene, a show which previews the latest theatrical releases. Contact: Screen screen, BET, 1899 9th St. NE, Wash., DC 20018; 202-231-4846 Independents In Flight IFP/West & Northwest airlines are accepting independent film and video for int'l. Flight programming. All lenghts and genres accepted. Contact IFP @ 612-338-0871 The Casting Couch of San Francisco is accepting fetures and documentaries. Contact: 950 Battery St., San Franciso, CA 94111, 415-986-7001. The First Look is a monthly series which previews new films over 70 minutes. It is held at the Tribeca Film Center for films which do not have distribution and have not been previously screened in NY and LA. Call 212-941-4011 for more info. The Independent Film Channel liscenses fetures and shorts of all genres. Features must be shot on film and have theatrical distribution in at least five of thefollowing markets- Chicago, Boston, NY, LA Dallas, SF, Seattle or Miami or have had exposure in at least two of the following festivals- Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, Berlin or New York. Shorts under 30 min. Do not have the above requirements. Contact; IFC/Bravo, 150 Crossways Parks West, Woodbury, NY 11797; call 516-396-3000; www.ifctv.com NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TELEVISION seeking story proposals from U.S. citizen or permanent resident minority filmmakers for National Geographic Explorer, award-winning doc series. To request appl. for CDP (Cultural Diversity Project), call: (202) 862-8637. ZOOM. ZOOM is coming back and is actively seeking kid produced films, animations and videos for the series. Every kid who sends something will receive a free newsletter filled with fun activities from the show. Length: 5 sec.-2 min. Format: 3/4"/VHS/Hi-8/Super-8/16mm/Beta. Age: 7-14. Contact: Marcy Gardner, WGBH/ZOOM, 114 Western Ave, Boston, MA 02134. Phone: (617) 492-2777 x3883; marcy_gardner@wgbh.org CPB Community Forums: Corporation for Public Broadcasting to host community forums with Latino producers and public television programmers. Purpose: To discuss funding mechanism for Latino productions for public television. Forums to be held in selected U.S. cities. Space is limited. To apply: call Anna Santariano at 202.879.9686 DOBOY'S DOZENS seeks short films for monthly showcases highlighting works by up and coming Black filmmakers. Contact: Eugene Williams or Marceil Wright, Doboy's Dozens, 1525 N. Cahuonga Blvd. #39, Hollywood, CA 90028; (323) 293-6544. KNITTING FACTORY VIDEO LOUNGE seeks VHS tapes for on-going bi-weekly series. Any genre or subject. Send tape w/ brief bio and SASE to: Knitting Factory Video Lounge, Box 1220 Canal Street Station, NY, NY 10013. Info: kf_vl@hotmail.com DUTV-CABLE 54, a progressive, nonprofit access channel in Philadelphia,seeks works by indie producers. All genres & lengths considered. Nopayment. Will return tapes. VHS, S-VHS, & 3/4" accepted. Contact: GeorgeMcCollough or Debbie Rudman, DUTV-Cable 54, 3141 Chestnut St., Bldg 9B,Rm 4026, Philadelphia, PA 19104; (215) 895- 2927; dutv@post.drexel.edu; www.httpsrv.ocs.drexel.edu/~dutv/ FLOATING IMAGE seeks film/video animation & shorts for public/commercial TV program. Send VHS or SVHS to Floating Image Productions, PO Box 7017, Santa Monica, CA 90406 (include SASE for return). (310) 313-6935; www.artnet.net/~floatingimage FUNNY SHORTS requests funny short films for new syndicated TV show. May be on film or video & must be no longer than 20 min. Students, amateurs & professionals welcome. Cash & prizes will be awarded for films chosen for broadcast. Tapes not returnable. Send entries on VHS to: Funny Shorts c/o Vitascope, Box 24981, New Orleans, LA 70184-4981. UNQUOTE TV: 1/2 hr nonprofit program dedicated to exposing innovative film & video artists, seeks ind. works in all genres. Seen on over 60 cable systems nationwide. Send submissions to: Unquote TV, c/o DUTV, 33rd & Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19104; (215) 895-2927; fax 895-1054. ARC Gallery reviewing for solo & group exhibitions including video, performance & film. Send SASE for prospectus to: ARC Gallery, 1040 W. Huron, Chicago, IL 60622 or call (312) 733-2787. Ballyhoo!: Central Florida TV show featuring independent filmmakers is accepting films & videos under 30 min for a hour-long community access show produced by Frameworks Alliance, a non-profit organization that also produces the Central Florida Film & Video Festival. Each Ballyhoo! episode is aired twice weekly for one month to over 700,000 viewers. Submit VHS tape and return postage to Frameworks Alliance, c/o Sean Wilson at 1906 E. Robinson St. Orlando, FL 32803. (407) 839-6045, Fax (407) 898-0504. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS travelling exhibition and illustrated critical anthology about racial and sexual indeterminacy scheduled fall 1999. Send slides, abstracts, resume, coverletter and SASE to Erin Valentino, Dept. of Art and Art History, University of Connecticut, 875 Coventry Road U-99, Storrs, CT 06269; (860) 486-3930; fax 486-3869; evalentino@finearts.sfa.uconn.edu DOCUMENTAL, doc. and exp bimonthly film video series at LA's historic Midnight Special bookstore, is accepting entries of any length. For more info, contact: Contact: Gerry Fialka, (310) 306-7330. GRAND ILLUSION Seattle's Northwest Film Forum seeks 16mm & 35mm shorts (60 min. or less) for ongoing exhibition. Selected works shown before regular programming at Seattle's only indie art house theater. Send video & SASE to NWFF c/o Grand Illusion, 1403 NE 50th St., Seattle, WA 98105. Exhibition Opportunities: for all media including 2-D, 3-D, performance, video, and computer art. Send resume, 20 slides orcomparable documentation, SASE to: University Art Gallery, Wightman 132, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858. NEW YORK FILM BUFFS film society promoting indie films seeks 16mm & 35mm features, shorts & animation for ongoing opinion-maker screenings. Send submission on VHS tape w/ SASE to: New York Film Buffs, 318 W. 15th St., New York, NY 10011; (212)807-0126. OCULARIS seeks submissions for continuing series. Works under 15 mins long will be considered for Sunday night screenings where they precede that evening's feature film, together with a brief Q & A w/ audience. Works longer than 15 mins will be considered for the regular group shows of indie filmmakers. Only show works on 16mm w/ an optical track. Download entry forms from site and send completed with films to: Short Film Curator, Ocularis, Galapagos Art & Performance Space, 70 N. 6th St., Brooklyn, NY 11211; tel/fax (718) 388-8713; ocularis@billburg.com; www.billburg.com/ocularis THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE is accepting entries for "The Alternative Screen: A Forum for Independent Film Exhibition and Beyond". Send submissions on 1/2" VHS tape. Feature-length independent film, documentary and new media projects wanted. 1800 N. Highland, Suite 717, L.A., CA 90028. Contact: (213) 466-FILM. THE BIT SCREEN premiers original short films, videos and multimedia works made specifically for the Internet. Looking for original films scaled in both plot line and screen ratio for the Internet; films that challenge the assumption of bandwidth limitations. Want to define the look of a new medium? For submission guidelines check out: http://www.InPhiladelphia.com/TheBitScreen . THE FILM CENTER @ SOHA seeks feature and short submissions from independent, underground and student filmmakers desiring exposure and press for ongoing weekly screenings. Submissions should be in 8mm, Super 8, 16mm or VHS-NTSC. There is no entry fee or deadline. Send entry to Matt Stafford at The Film Center @ SOHA, 988 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10025; for more info call (212) 678-0078. WXXI Public Television's "Independent Film Series" wants short films/videos, animation, art films and longer-length documentaries for screenings on weekly primetime series. Topics should be suitable for viewing by a general television audience. Submit entries on VHS. If chosen, a broadcast quality version will be required. For more info or entry forms call: 716-258-0244. |
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