INDIAN DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS’ ASSOCIATION
IDPA UPDATE Nov 29th 07
223, Famous Cine Building, 20 Dr. E. Moses Road, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai 400 001
Tel: 24920757, 2496 1020
e-mail : idpaindia@gmail.com
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Call for entries Himalayan Film Festival 2008
The annual Himalayan Film Festival calls for entries for the fifth edition.
Date: 9 & 10 February 2008
Deadline: 1st of December 2007
The general aim of the Himalayan Film Festival is to promote documentary cinema and to give credit to documentaries and feature films dealing with the Himalayan region in a wide sense of the term. The festival is meant to be a chance for authors to exchange their views at the screenings and following discussions.
The website www.himalayafilmfestival.nl has become an important source of information for the more general film festival who seeks Himalaya oriented film material.
Film and documentary makers who wish to have their movie or documentary screened should get in contact with:
Himalaya Archief Nederland
P/A: Dr G.K. Mitrasing
Hortensialaan 162
1702 KJ Heerhugowaard
The Netherlands
Fax: 00 31 72 5740492
e-mail: himalaya@pagina.nl
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American Film Festival
to be held from March 27th to April 6th 2008
I write to you from Perot Systems, an IT company headquartered near Dallas, Texas. The company was founded by Ross Perot, a legend, whose concern for social and employee welfare has been recorded in a bestselling book by Ken Follet called "On Wings of Eagles"
Since Perot Systems has a large presence in India, Ross Perot Jr., who is a founding sponsor of The American Film Institute based in Dallas, would like, this year, to invite Indian Film Makers to participate in the Second Annual AFI DALLAS International Film Festival to be held from March 27th to April 6th 2008.
Details of the festival are available at http://www.afidallas.com
The deadlines for submission are:
REGULAR DEADLINE: Friday, December 1, 2007
LATE DEADLINE: Friday, December 7, 2007
2008 CALL FOR ENTRIES OPEN
SUBMIT NOW!
Warm regards
Sujata Puranik
Perot Systems, Bangalore
Room no. 130 Block 2
Ground floor
Extn 2541
+919845244261
Submission Fees
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION $50 $60 $70
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION $50 $60 $70
SHORTS COMPETITION $30 $40 $50
ANIMATION COMPETITION $35 $45 $55
TEXAS COMPETITION $40 $40 $40
STUDENT COMPETITION $25 $35 $45
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BABELGUM ONLINE FILM FESTIVAL
Call for Entries
February 15, 2008
Apply online.
Contact Info
Valerio Zingarelli:
Chief Executive Officer of Babelgum
Andrea Giannotti
Press office andrea.giannotti@babelgum.com
Mobile: +39-347-355-5096
Website: www.Babelgum.com
Babelgum Online Film Festival
Babelgum, the free to view global Internet television network, is hosting the Babelgum Online Film Festival, a major online event celebrating and rewarding the very best in international independent short filmmaking.
CALL FOR ENTRY
Open to all professionally produced short and medium-form content including that screened at international film festivals between January 2007 and February 2008, submissions from rights owners only, will be accepted from 15 September 2007 to 15 February, 2008.
At Spike Lee’s specific request, film school students will be invited to participate in the competition under equal conditions. A prize of €20,000 will be awarded to winners in each of the six categories. In addition to that, filmmakers and content owners will also benefit from a share of any advertising revenue.
There will be no entrance fee to submit films, which must be 45 minutes or less in length, and be in English or include English subtitles if in another language. Films can be uploaded at www.babelgum.com from September 15th.
Babelgum will hold online rights to all accepted films for a year (March 2008 - March 2009) on a NON-exclusive basis, with the sole exception of content appearing on similar 'peer to peer' streaming web TV services. Beginning 15 February 2008, submitted films will be showcased on the Babelgum Online Film Festival Channel on Babelgum, where the public will be able to rate each film. The ten highest rated films of each category will then be screened by the members of the Jury for review and rating. Based on the Jury’s ratings, the top three films in each category will then be presented to Mr. Lee for personal review and final award selection.
Winners in each category will be announced in May 2008, at a ceremony currently scheduled to coincide the Cannes Film festival. Full terms and conditions are published on the Babelgum web site.
7 CATEGORIES
The Babelgum Online Film Festival features the following seven competitive categories:
The Babelgum Looking for Genius Award - to new or emerging talent who display clear and outstanding achievement through direction, animation, writing and/or camera work
The Babelgum Short Film Award - to the best short film (preferably under 20 minutes) that presents a clear, concise and original vision using the short film genre
The Babelgum Documentary Award - to the documentary that best presents its subject in a truthful and fair manner while being original and thought provoking
The Babelgum Animation Award - to the film that best displays story and the craft of animation
The Babelgum Social/ Environment Award - to the film that effectively addresses an issue impacting the world today
The Babelgum Spot/ Advertising Award - to the most creative advertising spot highlighting a certain product
The Babelgum Music Video Award - to the most innovative music promo
Winners in each of the 7 categories will be awarded $20 000, plus advertising revenue share and gain exposure to a global audience
ENTRY FORM
Apply online
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