Northwest Vision and Media, create the bigger picture
Calls for Entries
NFTS
MA
Applications
Open
Deadline:
15th
May
2008
What
do the
following
films
have
in
common?
Harry
Potter…Atonement…No
Country
for
Old
Men…Wallace
and
Gromit:
The
Curse
of the
Were-Rabbit…Brick
Lane…and
hit TV
series
Life
on
Mars?
Look
through
the
credits
and
you’ll
find
NFTS
graduates
names
on all
of
them.
From
Directors
to
Composers,
from
Cinematographers
to
Editors,
our
students
have
made a
major
impact
on
cinema
and
television
worldwide.
Britdoc
Short
and
Feature
Documentary
Competitions
are
now
open
Deadlines:
shorts
16th
May
This
July
sees
the
launch
of the
third
annual
BRITDOC
Festival
and we
want
you to
be a
part
of it.
With
the
world's
most
influential
documentary
movers
and
shakers
coming
to
Keble
College,
Oxford
we are
now
open
for
film
submissions
in
both
the
shorts
and
feature
competitions.
City
In
Motion
Short
Film
Competition
Deadline:
16th
May
2008
CITY
IN
MOTION
takes
place
for a
second
year
in
2008
as
part
of the
City
of
London
Festival,
which
takes
place
from
20
June
–
10
July
2008.
Hosted
by the
City
of
London
Festival,
in
partnership
with
Barbican
Film
and
the
British
Film
Institute,
the
event
is for
short
works
up to
8
minutes
created
by
students
age 16
years
and
above.
Six
short
films
will
be
selected
for
screenings
at the
Barbican
cinemas.
Two
bursary
prizes
of
£2000
will
be
awarded.
For
more
information,
go to:
http://www.colf.org/uploaded_pdfs/City%20in%20Motion%202008%20application.pdf
Channel 4 Diversity Production Scheme
Deadline: 19th May
You could be developing story ideas for Skins, joking with Justin on the Friday Night Project or flirting with Gordon on the FWord. You could even be whipping up widgets for one of our websites. One thing’s for sure, all your talent and passion will finally get a chance to shine.
BBC
Blast
Opportunities
Deadline:
16th
May
In the
following
roles:
BBC
Blast
Art
Reporters
BBC
Blast
Sports
Reporters
BBC
Blast
On
Tour
work
experience
The
Network
Searches
for
the
Next
Generation
of TV
Talent
Deadline:
21st
May
The
Network
opens
applications
for
the
2008
FREE
industry
led
scheme
to
help
young
people
kick
start
their
TV
careers.
Commissioning
Editors
Workshop
Deadline:
23rd
May
Scottish
Documentary
Institute
is
pleased
to
present
the
annual
Commissioning
Editors
Workshop
2008
which
will
run
alongside
Edinburgh
International
Film
Festival
(18-29
June
2008)
for
the
first
time.
The
workshop
has
been
expanded
to 3
days
to
include
a
pitching
workshop.
The
pitching
forum
will
take
place
on 19
June
in
Edinburgh’s
Traverse
Theatre,
followed
by
one-on-one
meetings
with
industry
experts.
The Tony Wilson Experience
Deadline: 26th May
At noon on 21 June, 2008 some of the biggest names in design, the creative industries, media, and the arts will launch a 24 hour Conversation and debate in the centre of Manchester, with a selected audience of two hundred talented and creative young people from across the city and beyond.
The two hundred young people – the 'talent' - attending the event will be selected for the potential they show across a broad spectrum of the creative arts. Talented individuals across the region are invited to upload their 'Inspired Moment' at www.tonywilsonexperience.com and will be selected to take part by a panel including some of the event's media supporters, education partners, organisers, and the 24 Experienced speakers themselves. All participants will be over 18.
Movie Mogul Fund - Micro Movie Lab
Deadline: 27th May
Movie Mogul Fund have launched the ‘Micro Movie Lab’ competition, an online open-call for ideas to be developed
into a user-generated feature film. Budding film aficionados are invited to submit 25 word or less ‘micropitches’ to The Cherry Bowl, the first round of the competition.
The UK
Film
Council
Short
Film
Completion
Fund
is now
open
for
submissions
Deadline:
30th
May
Producers
or
production
companies
are
now
invited
to
send a
rough
cut of
their
unfinished
short
film
to
Maya
Vision
International,
along
with a
completed
application
form.
Pygmalion
Plus:
Developing
projects
for
Child/Family
Audiences
on
Film,
TV or
Interactive
Media/Cross
Platform
Deadline:
2nd
June
We are
delighted
to
announce
PAL’s
lead
partnership
in
this
year’s
PYGMALION
PLUS,
a
MEDIA
funded
European
programme
for
writers
and
creative
teams
wishing
to
develop
projects
for
children,
young
people
or
family
audiences.
PYGMALION
PLUS
is
designed
to
develop
projects
from
an
early
stage
and
has
proved
a
unique
resource
for
professionals
with a
particular
interest
in
these
audiences.
MA
Feature
Film
at
Goldsmiths:
Call
for
Applications
Deadline:
June
2008
The MA
Feature
Film
course
at
Goldsmiths
takes
filmmakers,
(producers,
directors,
writers
or any
combination
of
these
roles)
through
the
process
of
developing
a
feature
film
that
will
be
ready
for
the
market
place.
Encounters
2008:
Call
for
Entries
Deadline:
18th
June
Now in
its
14th
year,
Encounters
Short
Film
Festival
has
become
known
world-wide
for
the
extraordinary
community
of
filmmakers
it
attracts,
and
for
the
quality
and
scope
of its
programming.
This
celebrated
event
is the
largest
festival
of its
kind
in the
UK,
showcasing
over
250
new
international
short
films
each
year.
The HP
Digital
Viewing
library
offers
more
than
600
films
for on
demand
viewing
available
to all
delegates’
buyers,
distributors,
programmers
and
press.
Submissions
for
this
years
festival
open
via
the
‘new
look’
website
on
until
Wednesday
18th
June.
The
short
listing
takes
place
throughout
the
summer
and
selected
films
will
be
announced
by the
end of
August.
Visit
www.encounters-festival.org.uk
to see
the
awards
up for
grabs,
the
submission
criteria
and
how to
enter
your
film.
New
Robin
Hutt
award
for
aspiring
filmmakers
in
Cumbria
Deadline:
30th
June
2008
Film
club
at the
Roxy
is
pleased
to
announce
the
foundation
of a
new
award
aimed
at
supporting
aspiring
film
makers
in
Cumbria.
An
award
of
£500
will
be
offered
once a
year
to a
Cumbrian
film-maker.
The
award
is
aimed
at
film
makers
living
and
working
in
Cumbria,
who
are
actively
involved
in
film
making
and
may
need a
boost
to get
a film
off
the
ground
or to
develop
their
film
making
skills.
Virgin Media Shorts
Deadline for submissions: 30th June 2008
Virgin Media Shorts aims to seek out, promote and profile Britain’s best short film makers giving them a multi platform arena to showcase their work including online, TV, mobile, internet and on cinema screens across the UK. Filmmakers can now submit their short film (no longer than 2mins 30 seconds ) online and take part in the competition. The top 12 films will be blown up to a 35 mm print and shown on 211 cinema screens across the UK. The winner, selected by respected filmmakers in the industry will be given the chance to work directly with the UK Film Council and Virgin Media to develop and produce their next short film with a budget of up to £30,000.
For application process, guidelines and to submit your film, go to: www.virginmediashorts.co.uk/?vmsrc=lfsz0805
The
14th
Bite
the
Mango
Film
Festival
is
open
for
entries
Deadline:
4th
July
The
Bite
the
Mango
Film
Festival
returns
for
2008
running
from
19th
–
25th
September.
Hosted
at the
National
Media
Museum,
Bite
the
Mango
will
again
be
bringing
audiences
an
impressive
collection
of the
very
best
cinema
from
around
the
world
drawing
influences
from
Africa,
South
Asia,
Central
America
and
the
Far
East.
To
download
an
entry
form,
please
visit
www.bitethemango.org.uk.
Deadline
for
entries
is 4th
July
2008.
exposures: Call for Entries
Deadline: 31st July
exposures – the UK's leading competitive festival for student film and moving image – is looking for the talent of the future. Call for entries is now open for the 2008 edition to be held in November at Cornerhouse and Urbis, Manchester's two leading contemporary arts venues, co-hosts of exposures for the first time this year.
The Liverpool Connection: Call for Entries
Deadline: 8th August
A five day film festival, The Liverpool Connection, will be facilitated under the umbrella community arts initiative, Urban Strawberry Lunch at St Luke's in the Autumn. Before each “Main Feature” we will screen shorts, documentaries etc written, produced and directed by amateur and professional filmmakers, giving local talent an opportunity to display their work in a unique, centrally located, venue. This will all run alongside exhibitions and performances by local artists and musicians to create a holistic approach to the festival. The entries should be no longer than 30 minutes and be locally produced.
There will be a competition for the best three shorts from local film makers. Find out more.
OC167 on Sky Channel 167
Call for submissions
Liverpool has taken a massive leap forward in the cultural communication stakes with its very own Micro Channel – OC 167 - accessible at key times each day on Sky Channel 167. This is a chance for you to keep up to date with what’s going on in Liverpool the European Capital of Culture year and also to make a contribution by submitting your own film to be seen on screen!
New Queer Underground
Call for submissions
The website is now ready to launch. All that's missing are your films. Visit www.newqueerunderground.com and let's see what you've been up to.
New Queer Underground is an online resource aggregating new visual work from lesbian gay bisexual trans intersex and queer people and their friends. If you are a filmmaker you can now upload a link to your work on the submissions page. You could get your work screened at the BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2008.
Watch and rate other short films stings blogs docs music videos and animation and see emerging work from your peers. It is free to submit work and free to watch. content is curated by the people who visit. You are in control.
Don't drink from the main stream. Join the new queer underground.
Short Film Depot: Registering for Festivals
Enter your films free of charge into Festivals all around the world using one single form.
For more information, go to: http://www.shortfilmdepot.com/index.php?lang=2
