Happenings in the documentary film world and within the School of Visual Arts MFA in Social Documentary Film Community
Join Arts Engine at the world premiere of the Ninth Annual Media that Matters Film Festival on Wednesday, June 3 at the SVA Visual Arts Theater in NYC. Be among the first to Screen. Act. Impact. with this year’s 12 inspiring selections!
More information is available here – www.mediathatmattersfest.org
Call for entries for Independent Film Week’s Project Forum. IFP is now accepting applications for the ‘Spotlight on Documentaries’ section. The deadlines and fees are as follows.
Early Deadline May 1st
Submission Fee $50
Final Deadline May 21st
Submission Fee $60
Here is a link with all the details:
http://www.ifp.org/content/noncms/ny/newsletters/09dedicated/IFW_03_2009/
If you have any questions email FilmmakerReg@ifp.org.
Man on Wire Screening (2009 Oscar Winner for best Documentary Feature), discussion with Philippe Petit post screening
DATE: April 16th, 2009
TIME: 6:30 pm
LOCATION: SVA Theater (23rd St. between 8th and 9th Ave.)
R.S.V.P.: to mbhattacharya@sva.edu
NYC TV and Backdrop NYC are looking for short films about New York and/or by New Yorkers! Backdrop NYC will present the best of them during the upcoming Season 3 of Backdrop NYC. We would greatly appreciate if you could help us get submissions from student filmmakers by spreading the word about this great opportunity. Backdrop NYC is the premier showcase of short films set in the New York City area. Selections will be broadcast on NYCTV, the city’s fastest growing Emmy Award® winning network.
APPLY NOW!
For a fourth year, SILVERDOCS is joining forces with The Humane Society of the United States’ Animal Content in Entertainment (ACE) Program to offer a $25,000 grant to filmmakers for the creation of a documentary of 40 minutes or more highlighting an animal issue.
For more information, click here: www.ace-tvfilm.com
IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline: April 3, 2009
Notification date: May 15, 2009
SILVERDOCS: June 15-22, 2009
Opening for the position of executive assistant to Lauren Lazin, award winning documentary executive producer and director. Administrative responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Additional responsibilities can include:
Required Skills/Experience:
To Apply, please email me at Ariel.Algus@mtvnmix.com.
Migrating Forms, the festival that has grown out of the now defunct New York Underground Film Festival. They are trying to expand their outreach to students who may not be able to afford to submit to many festivals.
Their festival typically shows experimental films and videos, if any of the students and/or instructors in your department have work that might fit with our programming, we are offering a highly discounted “batch submission” educational rate. Film/video departments may submit a single package of various student and faculty work for $10 per entry (per entry, not per entrant). Ordinarily, our entry fees range form $30 to $50 per entry. Departments are welcome to send as many entries as they like, so long as there is a minimum of five.
All required application materials (except the online application and application fee) must be received together in one package by the Office of Graduate Admissions.
We will be accepting applications on a rolling basis until the program begins in the fall 2009. Applications will be reviewed by the admissions committee as they are submitted. The first round of acceptance letters will be sent to students in April 2009.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS…
Applications for the fall 2009 semester are no longer being accepted as of 5/1/09. Please email mbhattacharya@sva.edu for more information.
Bad Plays-Bad Musicals-Bad Films
International CringeFest ’09
NY Artists Unlimited, Inc.
212 W. 14th St., Suite #2A, NYC 10011
Melba LaRose, Artistic Director
Tel: 212-242-6036, Fax: 212-989-8864
web: http://NYartists.org
email: Nyartunltd@aol.com
We’re looking for an intern to be an integral part of the IFP Programming team, working on all aspects of programming including:
The Five C’s of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques 
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The Times of Harvey Milk
Nanook of the North
Man on Wire