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Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world. It was once so rich that Concorde used to fly from Caracas to Paris. But in the last three years its economy has collapsed. Hunger has gripped the nation for years. Now, it’s killing people and animals that are dying of starvation. The Venezuelan government knows, but won’t admit it!!! Four in five Venezuelans live in poverty. People queue for hours to buy food. Much of the time they go without. People are also dying from a lack of medicines. Inflation is at 82,766% and there are warnings it could exceed one million per cent by the end of this year. Venezuelans are trying to get out. The UN says 2.3 million people have fled the country - 7% of the population.

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Monday, August 29, 2011

Call for entries, Paley Center Pitch Workshop. Deadline Aug. 31

The Paley Center for Media in Manhattan is now accepting entries for its 12th annual documentary pitch workshop for emerging directors with work-in-progress films. The late entry deadline is Wednesday, August 31.

http://www.paleycenter.org/pitch2011

This is a competition for a $5,000 finishing grant for a relatively new documentary directors (two or less projects) with a project they've started but haven't finished. This year's sponsor is The Documentary Channel.

To apply, you'll need to submit ten minutes of selects from your project. PCM chooses five finals to pitch their projects in Manhattan in late October in front of an audience and a panel of judges, who choose the winner of the grant.

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Call for Films (by and/or about Arabs and Arab Americans) for the Twin Cities Arab Film Festival

Marhaba Filmmakers!

The 7th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival is now accepting submissions. The film festival will take place November 10-13, 2011 at the historic Heights Theatre in the Twin Cities Metro Area (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN). The Twin Cities Arab Film Festival is the largest and longest-running in the Upper Midwest.

The Twin Cities Arab Film Festival is presented by Mizna, an Arab arts organization whose mission is to promote Arab and Arab American culture, providing a forum for its expression. Mizna also produces an award-winning literary journal, as well as theatrical and visual arts events.

The 6th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival in March 2010 was highly successful and featured area premieres of Garbage Dreams, Pomegranates and Myrrh, Les Barons, Ein Shams, Gaza on the Air, Laila's Birthday, a children's film segment from Al Jazeerah, and much more. You can see the full schedule here: http://www.mizna.org/arabfilmfest10/.

Read the submission details below, and please consider sharing your work with us!

Sincerely,

Marya Morstad, Mizna's Arab Film Festival Director
Lana Barkawi, Mizna's Executive and Artistic Director
Call for Films for the Twin Cities Arab Film Festival

The festival is seeking narratives, documentaries, experimental films, and animated films, both feature-length and shorts, by and/or about Arabs and Arab Americans.

We welcome your entries and inquiries, and thank you in advance if you have already submitted your film this year, or in past years. If your film is not ready yet, do consider us in the future. Please forward on and spread the word through the Arab film community!

Our deadline for entries is August 15, 2011.

Please send a DVD preview copy, filmmaker contact, and any relevant background information on your film to our address below. Upon selection, we will need additional publicity and marketing materials for your film for our program catalog and media releases.

Twin Cities Arab Film Festival
Mizna
2205 California Street, NE, Suite 109A
Minneapolis, MN 55418
612-788-6920
mizna@mizna.org
http://mizna.org

Introducing Our New Film Festival Curator!

Rami Azzazi
is originally from Alexandria, Egypt, and has been in the US since 1995. This is his third year on the film festival committee, and he is a board member at Mizna. He has a degree in Global Studies, with a focus on the Middle East, and a minor in Cinema Studies and Media Culture from the University of Minnesota. He has also participated in local film projects.

News from Local Filmmakers!

The Twin Cities Arab Film Festival's former curator Mohannad Ghawanmeh, starred in and produced Dan Tanz's debut independent feature, Triumph67, which won an Honorable Mention at this year's Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival.

Award-winning filmmaker Hisham Bizri recently received a Doha Film Institute production grant for his screenplay, Until Morning, which won the 2010 Special Jury Prize at the Cairo International Film Festival. Until Morning is in production, and due to be shot on location in Beirut in 2012. His short film, called A Film, recently toured the global film fest circuit. Mizna has showcased Bizri's films in 2005 and 2010.

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Call for Entries - 10th Urban Mediamakers Film Festival

The 10th Urban Mediamakers Film Festival takes place October 14-16, 2011 in Duluth, Georgia. UMFF 2011 is seeking animations, documentaries, shorts, features, scripts, key art designs, music videos, web/TV series for competition. Submit today http://www.umff.com/mpages/submissions.html.

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2011 Great Lakes International Film Festival Call For Entries

onsidered among the top 100 most popular film festivals in the world and a 501c(3) non-profit organization, the 10th annual Great Lakes International Film Festival has officially opened its Call for Entries and will accept submissions internationally of independently produced feature length and short length films and scripts in the genres of documentary, horror, experimental, Religious/Spiritual, animation, and all genre of music videos and Gay/Lesbian for the 2011 festival, September 22nd thru October 1, 2011.

Our film festival has reached a global echelon launching our festival interactively online allowing independent filmmakers and fans to watch and enjoy the films world wide on the go, from work and from the comfort of their own homes. In this technologically advanced world we live in, where communication and convenience MUST be at the tips of our fingers, we knew this was the next evolution in film festivals.

Since launching our fest online we have gained even more popularity among the film viewing public and filmmakers, not to mention production houses and distributors because they no longer have to travel to find the next film that will make Hollywood sit up and take notice. In this day and age, convenience is the name of the game, especially for the independent film industry.

Much like most other festivals, ours was limited by time in how many films we could screen at the fest. Simply put, if a film is good, it will be accepted and screened without time constraints. Films will not be available for download, but shall be presented in a video on demand system that will allow users to watch the films. The V.O.D. system will be secured and can be viewed from any computer.

Unlike other festivals streaming films online, films in this festival cannot be downloaded, the films HAVE NO EMBEDDING CODE and our HTML code if copied and pasted, the films will not play, therefore they CANNOT be placed on other websites.

The only time and place they can be viewed is in our festival. In short, we have gone to great lengths to set this system up to protect the safety and security of each filmmaker's film always keeping the filmmaker in mind. Basically, it is just as secure as a brick and mortar theater screening, only much better.

You hear so much about the environment and global warming it got us thinking. When you realize how much power is used during the film fest – electricity for the building, natural gas for heat and the gasoline the people use to get to the fest it left one hell of a carbon footprint. By doing the whole festival on line, it actually helps cut down on greenhouse gases.

We shall accept all ranges of music videos, along with entries of short and feature length screenplays, stage plays, and teleplays of all genres and niches.

The 2011 Great Lakes International Film Festival will accept all forms of religious, Christian, and spiritual films including African, African American, Gay/Lesbian, Black, Hispanic, Islamic, Latino, Native/Aboriginal and student films from the United States and around the world.

The Great Lakes International Film Festival horror categories for scripts and films will include Horror, Thrillers, Science Fiction, Suspense, Grindhouse Horror, Horror Documentary, Horror Animation, and student films and scripts.

The annual screenwriting competition is a way for new and veteran scriptwriters to possibly get the break they need.

If there is anything as universal as the ageless storytelling of motion pictures, it's the music that makes up life's soundtrack.

The 2011 Great Lakes International Film Festival shall accept music videos from around the world of cross-continent and cross-genre productions. We shall accept music videos of all ranges from pop, punk, rock, alt-country, country-western, folk, reggae, hip-hop to electronica, jazz, blues, Zydeco, industrial, gothic, karaoke, avant-garde, world music, and experimental.

The Great Lakes Film Festival Scriptwriting Competition offers a $1,000.00 cash award to our first place winner of the 2011 competition among other prizes. The winning script will be forwarded to agents and industry professionals for consideration.

www.greatlakesfilmfest.com

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Call for Entries: Rose Marine Latino Film Festival

The historic Rose Marine Theater, a landmark for Latino arts and culture, will host an independent Latino film festival May 19-21, 2011.

The festival is accepting shorts in two categories:
The Rose Marine Tejano Short Premiere: Films must be directed and/or written by American-Latino Texas residents. Film length should not exceed more the 20 minutes. Winning short will be presented as the shorts program closer on Friday May 20th, 2011. The director will recieve membership to Lone Star Film Society.

Rose Marine Student Lone Star Award: Films must be directed or written by American-Latino Texas resident students that are registered and attending classes at a Texas University. Film length should not be less than 10 minutes and not exceed more the 20 minutes. Winning short will be presented in a panel for a feedback session with guest filmmakers and industry representatives on Friday May 20th, 2011. Director will receive membership with Lone Star Film Society. One crew member will be invited to intern with Endeavor Cinema Group�s ECG Review to document the festival.

The three day event features screenings of international award winning films, the Rose Marine Tejano Short Film Premiere, panels, networking events and an educational outreach collaborative.

Deadline for Submissions
April 24th, 2011. (Postmarked, Emailed by 11:59pm)

Submit by mail with cover letter and DVD to:
RMLFF Rose Marine Tejano Short Premiere
56 Fort Washington Ave #55
New York, New York 10032

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Call for Submissions: Bridging Cultures through Film - International Topics Grant

Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics

June 29, 2011 (receipt deadline)

Bridging Cultures films will spark Americans' engagement with the wider world through the exploration of countries and cultures outside of the United States, and/or across nations. Two levels of support are available: Development (up to $75,000) and Production (up to $800,000).

Films might take a wide range of approaches to international and transnational topics:
- an examination of a critical issue in ethics, religion, or history, viewed through an international lens;
- an approach to a topic or subject that transcends the idea of traditional nation statehood and explores it across borders;
- a biography of a foreign leader, writer, artist, or historical figure; or
- an exploration of the history and culture(s) of a specific region, country, or community outside of the United States.

Projects must be analytical and deeply grounded in humanities scholarship. We encourage innovative nonfiction stories and creative formats that will reach broad audiences. Films must range in length from a stand-alone broadcast hour to a feature-length documentary.

Applicants should demonstrate international collaboration by enlisting U.S.-based and non-U.S.-based scholars and/or by working with an international media team.

Who is eligible? Any U.S. nonprofit organization with IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt status is eligible. Grants are not awarded to individuals. Independent producers who wish to apply are advised to partner with an eligible organization, which can act as fiscal sponsor.

Deadline: June 29, 2011 (receipt deadline)
Notification of awards will be in April 2012.
Visit the Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics webpage for more information.

For more information, please contact:
Division of Public Programs
202-606-8269
publicpgms@neh.gov

All applicants, particularly first-time applicants, are encouraged to contact NEH program officers who will answer questions about the review process, supply samples of similar applications, and review preliminary drafts.

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The Midnight Black International Festival Of Darkness has officially opened it's call for submissions

The Midnight Black International Festival Of Darkness has officially opened it's call for submissions for the 2011 season. We shall accept entries of films and screenplays of all lengths of the Horror, Sci-Fi and Exploitation genres from every corner of the globe.

We shall seek out the best of those films featuring the most brutal, violent, and powerful images ever burned into celluloid!

These films will include samurai sword eviscerations, blood geyser showers, eyeball slicing, and all of the most deadly styles of kung fu, shotgun decapitations, and full-blown flamethrower torching!

Although we love conventional horror, we are not looking to create the typical platform of blood and guts. We are interested in unearthing cutting-edge films that represent new genres of horror and Sci-Fi, as well.

No matter what kind of film or screenplay you may have, whether it's a slasher or a ghost story, a zombie flick or a horror comedy, a suspense thriller or a horror documentary or experimental or even a horror animation, we want to see it.

Midnight Black International Festival Of Darkness shall showcase films that are made in the style of those underrated and misunderstood cult horror, exploitation and shock films that have captured the attention and entertained audiences around the world for decades, in addition to customary blood and guts horror flicks. We are looking for the films that audiences can't and won't forget.

Our categories will include horror, exploitation, Wicca oriented and shock Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction, Suspense, Slasher, Mystical, Magical and Fantasy films, Grindhouse Horror, Horror Documentary, Horror Animation, Horror Experimental, Supernatural and student films and screenplays.

Our Screenplay Competition was created in order to give filmmakers andwriters in the horror/sci-fi genres a venue to have their work showcased to people in the industry.

The Midnight Black International Screenplay Competition offers aspiring and veteran screenwriters in the horror and sci-fi genres a chance to have their work recognized by not only their peers, but by the people in the industry who count.

The screenplay competition offers a $500 prize award for the grand winner, along with other prizes for the winner & top runners-up.

Visit www.midnightblackinternational.com for more information, rules, and submission.

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Olympus PEN Your Short 48 Hour Film Contest entries are open!

WHERE DO I SIGN UP?
Registration begins March 1, 2011 and will continue through 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2011. Interested filmmakers are encouraged to either register in advance of the festival by sending an email to Olympus48@vailfilmfestival.org, or register in person at the festival Will Call Office beginning Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Signups may be limited by equipment availability, so sign up sooner rather than later!

WHAT DO YOU WIN
The winning team of filmmakers (limit five per team) will receive a cash prize of $5,000, an Olympus PEN interchangeable lens camera kit, VIP passes to the 2012 Vail Film Festival and a private meet-and-greet with an award-winning Hollywood filmmaker.

RULES HERE

MORE HERE

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2011 Writers Block International Writing Competition

The Writers Block International Writing Competition, a 501c(3) non-profit organization has officially opened its Call for Entries and will accept submissions from around the world of short and feature length scripts and manuscripts of all genres including documentary, horror, sci-fi, Wiccan, fiction and nonfiction, Religious/Spiritual, animation, and Gay/Lesbian for the 2011 competition.

We would like to thank all of the writers that submit to our competition this season and would like you to know that we consider anyone who puts word to paper a success.

The main focus of this writing competition is to possibly give new writers the break they deserve while showcasing the talents of veteran writers.

Whether you're writing for stage, film, television or are a novelist we can help you make the best first impression with agents and producers.

Our categories include Screenplays; Teleplays; Stage Plays and Manuscripts of all lengths and genres.

The winning script will be forwarded to agents and industry professionals for consideration.

The script selected as the first place winner shall receive a $1,000.00 cash award in addition to other benefits and prizes.

www.writersblockinternational.com

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Call for Film and Photo Submissions: GREENLITE ARTS FESTIVAL

GREENLITE ARTS FESTIVAL: MARCH 25TH ˆ APRIL 1ST

Call for Submissions!

We want you to draw attention to the ecological challenges the world faces in these two innovative and free events at the University of Calgary:

48-HOUR ECO FILM CHALLENGE

Students, professionals, amateurs, etc., are welcome to participate in this free event!

Hosted at the NUTV office over the weekend of March 25-27, 2011 we support you all the way as you create your 1st or 21st environmentally-themed film in just 48 hours. You may enter as a team (up to four members) or as a single (we will place you in a team). Students, professionals, amateurs, etc. are all welcome to participate. The finished films (two to five minutes in length) will be showcased as part of the inaugural Greenlite Arts Festival and be broadcast on the web and across Canada on university television stations. University of Calgary students are eligible to receive CCR credit.

- No Camera? No Problem. Recording & editing equipment provided

- Singles welcome (we will place you in a team)

- No charge to participate

- Get an awesome festival shirt

- Win a waterproof Kodak HDV camera

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MONDAY MARCH 21, 2011

Download the Rules & Entry Form or pick one up at the NUTV office on the third floor of the MacEwan Student Centre.

PHOTO COMPETITION

Call for submissions is happening now!

Taking part couldn't be easier. Simply send your submission and entry form to greenlite@nutv.ca or drop off your environmentally-themed photos and a completed entry form at the NUTV office on campus at 315 MacEwan Hall, 2500 University Drive NW.

Remember to check your archive - If you already have a great environmental photo, submit that to our contest. You do not need to take a new photo to participate.

What's more, all entries will be exhibited at the Best-in-Show Award Reception on Wednesday, March 30 at 6:00 pm at That Empty Space in MacEwan Student Centre and be featured in the daily shorts program during the festival.

- No Camera? No Problem. Recording & editing equipment provided

- Win a waterproof Kodak HDV camera

- No charge to participate

- SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2011

Download the Rules & Entry Form or pick one up at the NUTV office on the third floor of the MacEwan Student Centre on U of C campus.

For more information visit the Festival Website at www.nutv.ca/greenlite or contact the Festival Coordinator at greenlite@nutv.ca.

The NUTV GREENLITE ARTS FESTIVAL is made possible by support from the community. NUTV and the Students' Union Sustainablity Board both contribute funding and resources towards the success of the festival. Please contact us at greenlite@nutv.ca if you are interested in volunteering.

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WRITING & PITCH COMPETITION

CAN YOUR WRITING IMPRESS HOLLYWOOD’S TOP DECISION-MAKERS?

This is Hollywood’s ELITE Writing Competition. Your chance to connect with the most relevant professionals in the entertainment industry.

SCREENPLAYS, PILOTS, GRAPHIC NOVELS…and TV IDEAS (written pitches or pitch videos).

TOP AGENTS, PRODUCERS & EXECUTIVES WANT TO FIND THE NEXT GREAT TALENT.

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Call for Entries - MXRoots (Mixed Roots Festival)

The Mixed Roots Festival is looking for stories that concern the Mixed
experience. Submit your film, writing (fiction, memoir, poetry), craft
workshops (writing, filmmaking, storytelling), or LIVE performance
piece. You may find your work featured at the 2011 Mixed Roots Film &
Literary Festival. We're looking for submissions in Film, Writing and
Performance that celebrate and nurture storytelling of the Mixed
experience: interracial/ cultural relationships, transracial/ cultural
adoptions and anyone who identifies with having Mixed, Hapa, Biracial
or Multiracial heritage.

THE LATE DEADLINE for submissions is March 20.

This years fest occurs on June 11-12, 2011 at the Japanese American
National Museum in Los Angeles.

The Festival, currently in its fourth year, brings together film and
book lovers,
innovative and emerging artists, and multiracial families and
individuals for two days of workshops, readings, film screenings and
live performance including music, comedy and spoken word. Since the
Festival has open, its showcased many talented filmmakers, writers,
and performers including Rebecca Walker, Kip Fulbeck, Danzy Senna,
Carleen Brice, Kim Wayans & Kevin Knotts, Angela Nissel, Neil Aitken,
Sundee Frasier, Karyn Parsons, Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng and many many more.
You can check out more information about the festival at
http://www.mxroots.org.

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Call for Entires Open for Santa Catalina Film Festival

Submit your films!
http://catalinaff.org/films/

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CALL FOR ENTRIES - NATURVISION FILM FESTIVAL 2011

10th NaturVision Film Festival

14 - 17 July 2011

We invite you to submit films devoted to nature and animal topics, but also
films which deal critically with the interaction of humans with nature/the
environment. This includes film formats aimed at children and young people
(completed after 1 January 2010!).

We would also like to remind you of the following new categories which were
added last year: the "Best Conservation/Sustainability Film", "Expedition
Adventure" and the "Newcomers and Amateurs Award".

The Festival programme has always included films on the subject of man and
the environment, but with these new categories we have restructured our
competition. We are also explicitly looking for documentaries which address
current environmental issues, while in the "Expedition Adventure" category
we would like to see films which reflect man's fascination with and
enthusiasm for nature, or which deal with the wide subject of discovery and
exploration.

And the special category for newcomers and non-professionals is
self-explanatory.

For more details visit

http://www.natur-vision.de/en/the-festival/categories.html

http://www.natur-vision.de/en/the-festival/film-registration.html

Please note that each entrant should decide for themselves which
category/-ies their film is to be entered in.

We request all entrants to register on our website at

http://www.natur-vision.de/en/the-festival/film-registration.html

Please pass on this information to anyone else who you think might be
interested.

Closing date for entries: 18 April 2011

Best regards

Linda Klewer

Public Relations

NaturVision Filmfestival

Mail: klewer@natur-vision.de

Web: www.natur-vision.de

Facebook: www.facebook.com/NaturVision

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: Sprint 4G Short Film Competition!

Short Film Tips

FOLLOW THE RULES – of the competition. Read the rules once and print them out and read them again. Make sure your film meets all of the criteria.

BE CREATIVE – There is nothing better received than originality. Stick to your gut feeling and dare to be different.

GET YOUR POINT ACROSS – The script and the concept are two major components of a great film .
CONSIDER THE STYLE AND MANNER – you want to present. If your personality is comedic and energetic produce a short comedy. If your life is filled with drama, make your short dramatic.

ENTER THE CONTEST – As silly as this might sound, it’s not ok just to have a great idea and never implement it. Make sure you take advantage of opportunities that allow you to express your creativity and get paid for it!

Two (2) winners will receive:
1) $2,500 cash prize to launch their career
2) Roundtrip airfare and ground transportation
3) Hotel accommodations for two nights
4) Lunch with Sprint executive

http://4gcompetitiveedge.com/legacy/

"With the new technology out on the market no one has any excuses not to make the short or feature film that they desire, even with a Sprint 4G cell phone camera!"

Hip Hop Filmmaker Tim Greene

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Call for Entries: Kindness the Movie Contest

Who has been kind to you? We want to hear your story.

Kindness the Movie is a groundbreaking documentary project in which
YOU are invited to share YOUR true stories of kindness, great or
small. The most compelling stories will be featured on our website and
will be considered for the upcoming documentary film Kindness the
Movie. Also, we may ask permission to specially feature you or your
story or to explore your topic in greater depth in the finished movie.

It’s a revolution. Are you in? Grab a camera, be a part of the
Kindness Revolution!!

Kindness the Movie Contest
First Prize: $1000 cash
Contact: Eva Ilona Brzeski
Email: kindnessthemovie [at] gmail.com
Website: www.kindnessthemovie.com

NEW DEADLINE for submissions: May 1st, 2011
New video from the director on www.kindnessthemovie.com

By popular demand, we are extending the contest deadline until May
1st, 2011. With submissions pouring in from around the globe, we want
to give everyone a chance to get in on the fun. Every two weeks we
will choose a new video to feature on YouTube and on www.kindnessthemovie.com
. All videos will be entered in the contest and will be eligible to
win the prize. Send as many videos as you like. The more the merrier.

THE CONTEST:

Our Video Contest is now open for submissions, Now – May 1st.
First Place Prize - $1000, plus other prizes.

Grab any video camera you can find, the camera on your phone, on your
laptop, or any other video camera. Tell us your true story of kindness
or interview a relative or friend about some kindness they have
experienced. Life-changing kindness, unexpected kindness, or just
ordinary daily kindness. Or go out with your camera and show us some
kindness that you see in the world. Write a poem or a song. Make an
animation.

Your video
• does not need to be professionally made
• does not need to be edited
• does not need music or any other effects

The best is a true story, told to any video camera, of any act of
kindness you have experienced, or a video showing us something you see
as kind in the world.

All material must be original (you created it), We cannot accept
videos that include copyrighted material (including music). The top
finalists will be posted on the website for the public to vote on
their favorites. The first place winner will receive a $1000.00 cash
prize. The second place winner will receive an HD Flip Camera. For
submission details and contest rules, check out www.kindnessthemovie.com

All video formats are accepted for submission. For best quality,
here’s what we would prefer:

There are two ways to submit your videos on kindness.

1) Submit by mail: preferably a Data DVD with an uncompressed file, or
if not, a playable DVD or tape. MAKE SURE YOUR CONTACT INFO IS CLEARLY
MARKED: Name, address, email and phone.

IMPORTANT: please download a RELEASE FORM at www.kindnessthemovie.com,
print it, read it, fill it out and sign it, and include with your
submission. Submissions without contact info will be disqualified.

Send to:

Kindness the Movie

PO Box 2270

Sausalito, CA 94966

2) Submit online. High quality (preferably uncompressed) .mov or .avi
file, up to 10 minutes or 1GB. For online submission go to our
website: www.kindnessthemovie.com and check under Video Contest.

Please join our Facebook page: Kindness the Movie and share it on your
FB page to help us spread the word. Thank you and we look forward to
viewing your pieces on kindness.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kindness-the-movie/145987242090387?ref=ts

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Industry News: Great Lakes International Film Festival Call For Entries

Considered among the top 100 most popular film festivals in the world and a 501c(3) non-profit organization, the 10th annual Great Lakes International Film Festival has officially opened its Call for Entries and will accept submissions internationally of independently produced feature length and short length films and scripts in the genres of documentary, horror, experimental, Religious/Spiritual, animation, and all genre of music videos and Gay/Lesbian for the 2011 festival, September 22nd thru October 1, 2011.

Our film festival has reached a global echelon launching our festival interactively online allowing independent filmmakers and fans to watch and enjoy the films world wide on the go, from work and from the comfort of their own homes. In this technologically advanced world we live in, where communication and convenience MUST be at the tips of our fingers, we knew this was the next evolution in film festivals.

Since launching our fest online we have gained even more popularity among the film viewing public and filmmakers, not to mention production houses and distributors because they no longer have to travel to find the next film that will make Hollywood sit up and take notice. In this day and age, convenience is the name of the game, especially for the independent film industry.

Much like most other festivals, ours was limited by time in how many films we could screen at the fest. Simply put, if a film is good, it will be accepted and screened without time constraints. Films will not be available for download, but shall be presented in a video on demand system that will allow users to watch the films. The V.O.D. system will be secured and can be viewed from any computer.

Unlike other festivals streaming films online, films in this festival cannot be downloaded, the films HAVE NO EMBEDDING CODE and our HTML code if copied and pasted, the films will not play, therefore they CANNOT be placed on other websites.

The only time and place they can be viewed is in our festival. In short, we have gone to great lengths to set this system up to protect the safety and security of each filmmaker's film always keeping the filmmaker in mind. Basically, it is just as secure as a brick and mortar theater screening, only much better.

You hear so much about the environment and global warming it got us thinking. When you realize how much power is used during the film fest – electricity for the building, natural gas for heat and the gasoline the people use to get to the fest it left one hell of a carbon footprint. By doing the whole festival on line, it actually helps cut down on greenhouse gases.

We shall accept all ranges of music videos, along with entries of short and feature length screenplays, stage plays, and teleplays of all genres and niches.

The 2011 Great Lakes International Film Festival will accept all forms of religious, Christian, and spiritual films including African, African American, Gay/Lesbian, Black, Hispanic, Islamic, Latino, Native/Aboriginal and student films from the United States and around the world.

The Great Lakes International Film Festival horror categories for scripts and films will include Horror, Thrillers, Science Fiction, Suspense, Grindhouse Horror, Horror Documentary, Horror Animation, and student films and scripts.

The annual screenwriting competition is a way for new and veteran scriptwriters to possibly get the break they need.

If there is anything as universal as the ageless storytelling of motion pictures, it's the music that makes up life's soundtrack.

The 2011 Great Lakes International Film Festival shall accept music videos from around the world of cross-continent and cross-genre productions. We shall accept music videos of all ranges from pop, punk, rock, alt-country, country-western, folk, reggae, hip-hop to electronica, jazz, blues, Zydeco, industrial, gothic, karaoke, avant-garde, world music, and experimental.

The Great Lakes Film Festival Scriptwriting Competition offers a $1,000.00 cash award to our first place winner of the 2011 competition among other prizes. The winning script will be forwarded to agents and industry professionals for consideration.

www.greatlakesfilmfest.com

In order to avoid all the SCAMS, we decide not to publish all the info of the recruter in the job postings. You'll find this info in our Daily Newsletter.

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Call for Interactive Documentary Projects

A two-part program for Europeans and North Americans aimed at fostering professional development and potential financing opportunities for interactive documentary projects, docXchange will consist of a three-day workshop at Hot Docs in Toronto, Canada, and a one-day financing forum at Nordisk Panorama in Aarhus, Denmark.

Project Registration Opens: February 18
Deadline for Submissions: March 4

For more information, please visit www.filmkontakt.com/docxchange

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Call for Entries: Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund

The Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund will provide annual production grants totaling $75,000 to be used in the creation of original, independent documentary films that illuminate pressing issues in the United States. Grants will be made to up to 5 projects that tell a compelling story and focus on one of Pare Lorentz's central concerns--the appropriate use of the natural environment, justice for all or the illumination of pressing social problems.

The fund supports full-length documentary films that reflect the spirit and nature of Pare Lorentz's work, exhibiting objective research, artful storytelling, strong visual style, high production values, artistic writing, outstanding music composition, as well as skillful direction, camerawork and editing. A program of the International Documentary Association, the Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund is made possible by The New York Community Trust.

Application Deadline: all application materials, including work samples, must be received by 5:00 PM PST on Monday, April 25, 2011.

The full online application, guidelines and eligibility requirements are available on the Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund application page.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: NYC Roy Dean Grant taking applications

Dear Filmmkers,

From the Heart Productions, Inc. is now taking applications for the NYC Roy
Dean Grant. Deadline is 4/30/11. It is goods and services in the NYC area.
Full information on the donations, guidelines and application are on the web
site. We want films that are unique and make a contribution to society.
Last year's winner is A Girl and A Gun by Cathryne Czubek.

Any questions contact CaroleeDean@att.net

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Monday, August 29, 2011

Call for entries, Paley Center Pitch Workshop. Deadline Aug. 31

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Call for Films (by and/or about Arabs and Arab Americans) for the Twin Cities Arab Film Festival

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Call for Entries - 10th Urban Mediamakers Film Festival

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

2011 Great Lakes International Film Festival Call For Entries

Monday, March 28, 2011

Call for Entries: Rose Marine Latino Film Festival

Call for Submissions: Bridging Cultures through Film - International Topics Grant

Sunday, March 13, 2011

The Midnight Black International Festival Of Darkness has officially opened it's call for submissions

Friday, March 11, 2011

Olympus PEN Your Short 48 Hour Film Contest entries are open!

Friday, March 4, 2011

2011 Writers Block International Writing Competition

Call for Film and Photo Submissions: GREENLITE ARTS FESTIVAL

WRITING & PITCH COMPETITION

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Call for Entries - MXRoots (Mixed Roots Festival)

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Call for Entires Open for Santa Catalina Film Festival

CALL FOR ENTRIES - NATURVISION FILM FESTIVAL 2011

Sunday, February 27, 2011

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Sprint 4G Short Film Competition!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Call for Entries: Kindness the Movie Contest

Monday, February 21, 2011

Industry News: Great Lakes International Film Festival Call For Entries

Friday, February 18, 2011

Call for Interactive Documentary Projects

Call for Entries: Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund

Thursday, February 17, 2011

CALL FOR ENTRIES: NYC Roy Dean Grant taking applications