INDIAN DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS’ ASSOCIATION
IDPA UPDATE Jan 16th 08

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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We hope to see you at MIFF from 3rd to 9th February, at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) at Nariman Point in Mumbai.

To give you some of the highlights of our presence at MIFF:

• Like last time, IDPA will have a help desk with a small space for people to sit around, make appointments, keep messages for their friends etc. at the venue.
• You can also display your DVDs there and informally arrange the sale of copies with the help of our staff.
• The seminar theme this time is “Marketing Indian documentaries and broadbasing their presence in the world”. It will be held from 11am to 5 pm on 7th Feb.
• The Open Fora will be held during the lunch breaks, from 1:30 to 2:30 on the 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th. Please make suggestions on subjects of interest to you and phone or write back to us as soon as you can.
• On 9th February, we will host a “Meet the Jury” session for an interaction between delegates and jury during the lunch break.
• The much-awaited feature of MIFF, the IDPA Dinner will be hosted by us on Friday, 8th February, 2008. Be sure to identify yourself and to collect your invitation card from our help desk.
• We will be giving a trophy and a cash award for the best first documentary film of a director in the Indian Competition Section of MIFF 2008 at the closing function of MIFF on 9th February.

The MIFF delegate registration form is available at the website www.miffindia.in . Please print it out and send the form along with two stamp sized photographs. This will make it easier for the organisers and yourself, so that when you reach the festival venue you will be able to hand over their acknowledgment slip, make a payment of Rs. 100 and collect the Delegate card.

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THE 10th KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL
(2nd to 10th Feb '08)

The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival invites you to participate in a competition for young filmmakers aged 25 years and below. Make a short film from 1 min to 5 mins, on any interpretation that comes to mind when you hear the word “ten”. The film should be entitled TEN and presented on DVD format and delivered to: The submission deadline is 26th Jan 2008. The 20 best films will be screened at the festival.

If you have any queries, contact enquiries to brindamiller@yahoo.com

All DVDs to be sent to:

Brinda Miller
Millernium, 665, Cadell Road
Next to Dadar Catering College
Dadar West,Mumbai 400028

The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival has a rich film programme curated by Jethu Mundul and Sudhir Mishra. Please go to their website www.kalaghodaassociation.com for details.
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NomadsLand - Docs in Progress Competition - Rules Revised
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: WORKS IN PROGRESS COMPETITION
Revised Rules and Deadlines

NomadsLand is partnering with Docs in Progress to curate special works-in-progress documentaries from international filmmakers seeking to gain valuable feedback on their rough cuts at a critical stage of editing. Anyone can upload or mail us a segment of their unfinished documentary or a rough cut. Semi-finalists will have the option to post their segments on a special Works In Progress section of Nomadsland.com. Two winners (one short documentary and one feature documentary) will be selected for a Docs in Progress workshop in Washington DC on February 17, 2008 where the entire rough cut will be discussed and critiqued by a live audience of filmmakers and film aficionados at progressive café/restaurant Busboys and Poets. 
How it Works?

(1)    Between now and February 4, 2008, upload your work-in-progress or mail it to us. If uploading, register on the site then click on the Works In Progress Upload Console under the Nomads Only menu tab for upload instructions.  Trailers will not be considered.

If mailing, send a DVD of your rough cut to:
Docs in Progress
8607 2nd Avenue, Suite 402-E
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

(2) Films that meet the minimum criteria for consideration (see below for criteria) will be selected as a semi-finalist and filmmakers will have the option to showcase up to 10 minutes of their unfinished work on the Nomadsland website. The general public will view your film and write comments and constructive feedback which the judges will take into account in selecting the films we think will most benefit by a live discussion. 

(3) A team of judges headed by Docs in Progress' Adele Schmidt and Erica Ginsberg & NomadsLand's Davin Hutchins will review the films and select two for a full workshop.

(4) The two finalists will be screened in their entirety at a special Docs in Progress live workshop session to take place at Busboys and Poets in Washington DC on Sunday, February 17. After each film is screened, the filmmaker(s) will participate in an interactive feedback session with the audience live via Skype. 

Criteria for Consideration

• There is no fee to submit your film for consideration. 

• Films must be at the rough cut stage.  No trailers or completed works.

• We accept submissions of both Documentary Shorts (under 15 minutes) and Documentary Features (16-90 minutes).

• Although we define "documentary" rather broadly and may screen documentaries with dramatized, experimental, political, or advocacy elements, we do not screen pure fiction films, documentaries, music videos, industrials, or works that are purely promotional in nature.  We reserve the right to deactivate any film. Any offensive or purely pornographic material uploaded to the site will be deleted.

• Films in languages other than English must either be subtitled or dubbed in English.

• Filmmakers will be given the option to allow up to 10 minutes of his or her film to be screened online for the general public to view.  This initiative will clearly be marked as a "work in progress" program if there are any concerns about it taking you out of consideration for other forms of exhibition or distribution.  Filmmakers are also welcome to have the same content hosted on other sites.  

• If selected, the filmmaker must be available to participate in a live feedback session with an audience in Washington DC on Sunday, February 17, 2008 between 19:00-22:30 (7:00-10:30 pm) U.S. Eastern Standard Time.  We do not have funds to pay for filmmaker travel, but can patch filmmakers in via Skype (either Skype-to-Skype, Skype-to-Phone or Skype Webcam).

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2nd International Show for the Complete CINEMA, PRO AUDIO, LIGHTING & BROADCAST Industry

CINEMA TODAY in Mumbai to be held in 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Feb 2008
At Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (E)
Mumbai
For more details please visit www.cinematoday.in
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LOS ANGLES FILM FESTIVAL
JUNE 19 – 29, 2008
West wood Village

The submission period for the 2008 Festival is now open. Below are details of submission guidelines, fees, and deadlines.

Submissions for the Los Angeles Film Festival are accepted through Without a Box, or from this PDF.

Eligibility Requirements
Feature films, short films, and music videos must have been completed after January 1, 2007.
Feature films must not have had any public or festival screenings in the greater Los Angeles area, including Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties.

Feature films and short films must not have had any commercial theatrical or television play in the US. Features films must not have been broadcast on the internet.

For feature films, especially American films without US distribution, world and US premieres are not required but are strongly preferred, and premiere status will be one of the factors considered when determining a film's inclusion in the Festival. For short films and music videos, premiere status is not a factor in the selection process.

Feature films and short films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English for Festival presentation.

Music videos must have a running time of less than 10 minutes.

For submission purposes, preview tapes/DVDs may be works-in-progress, films with temporary soundtracks, or digital outputs.

Filmmakers must deliver final format (as indicated) for Festival screenings.
No exceptions will be permitted.

High school films must be works shot, directed, and produced by high school or secondary school (pre-college) students. Adult supervision must be limited to an advisory capacity.

Festival Prizes
Select narrative features, documentary features, and short films participate in the Festival’s three competitive sections, the winners of which are chosen by special juries. In the Short Film Competition, awards are given for Best Animated or Experimental Short, Best Documentary Short, and Best Narrative Short.

All features and shorts are eligible for Audience Awards, which are chosen based on ballots submitted by Festival audiences and are presented in the following categories: Narrative Feature, Documentary Feature, International Feature, Short Film, and Music Video.

The Los Angeles Film Festival is a qualifying festival in all categories for the Independent Spirit Awards and is also a qualifying festival for the Narrative and Animated Short Film categories of the Academy Awards®.

Submission Materials
Completed submission form
Preview VHS cassettes (NTSC or PAL) or DVDs (Region 0 or 1, NTSC, preferred)
For feature-length films (50 min. or more), submit two VHS cassettes or DVDs.
For short films (under 50 min.) or music videos, submit one VHS cassette or DVD.

Entry fee payment
One press kit –recommended for feature films; optional for short films and music videos Optional - For confirmation of receipt, a self-addressed postcard with return postage affixed All submission materials must be delivered together in one package. If completing your submission form online, do not deliver your submission materials until you have completed your online entry and be sure that your online entry number is printed clearly on all materials.

Screening Requirements
If your film or music video is selected for exhibition, please be advised that the
Festival will require:
35mm, 16mm, HD–CAM, or DigiBeta (NTSC) prints/tapes for features and shorts;
Digibeta (NTSC) or Beta SP tapes for music videos; DigiBeta (NTSC), Beta SP, MiniDV, or DV Cam for High School Shorts.
Additional press kits with photo stills (color and black & white)
Headshots of Director(s) and Writer(s)
Biographies of Director(s) and Writer(s)
Film trailers, clip reels, posters, postcards, and EPKs, if available.

Entry Fees
Payment in US dollars may be made by check, money order, American Express, Visa, or Mastercard. Checks or money orders (from a US bank in US Dollars only) should be made payable to "Film Independent". The film title must be clearly printed on all checks/money orders. Do not send cash.

Submission Deadlines
Early Deadline               November 30, 2007
Regular Deadline           January 11, 2008
Final Deadline:
Short films and music videos: February 8, 2008*
Feature-length narrative and documentary films: March 3, 2008*

Multiple Entries
You may submit more than one film or music video, but each one must be on a separate tape/DVD and must be accompanied by its own completed submission form and entry fee.

Deliver Entries To
Los Angeles Film Festival
Film Independent
9911 West Pico Blvd, 11th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA
310.432.1200
310.432.1203 FAX
lafilmfest@FilmIndependent.org

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