5th Anniversary Montana CINE International
The Last Best Film Fest

Cultures and Issues of Nature & the Environment
October 6-12, 2008
Historic Roxy Theater
Missoula, Montana

CALL FOR ENTRIES THROUGH AUGUST 1, 2008
For an entry form, categories and entry fees, please go to
http://www.wildlifefilms.org/festivals/mtcine/entries.html

Montana CINE International
October 6-12, 2008
www.wildlifefilms.org

Address: Missoula, MT

Dir./Prod.: Andrea Kreuzhage
Andrea-K Productions 

1000 Journals is a film about people whose lives are touched by 1000 traveling journals. These blank journals were released into the world in the summer of 2000, by Someguy, a San Francisco-based artist. Some people found a journal, or got it from a friend or stranger. Some signed up on the Web and received it in the mail. Some wrote in them, others doodled, pasted in photographs, or added artworks. Some kept them. Some passed them on. There are no rules, and no one really monitors these journals and their movements. And yet, they are connecting tens of thousands of people worldwide, provoking and inspiring them.
In September 2003, one of the 1000, number 526, returned to Someguy, filled. What happened to the other 999? This film tells their stories. 1000 Journals shares the experience of their worldwide journeys, and chronicles the self-governed collaboration of thousands of random people who have added to this global "message in a bottle."

Location Name:  Roxie Theatre/San Francisco

Slamdance 2009 is now accepting submissions
The 15th annual Slamdance Film Festival will be held January 15-23, 2009
Early Submission Deadline: August 25th
Final Submission Deadline: October 10th

To see if Slamdance is the right festival for you, and for other festival tips, we strongly encourage you to look at our Filmmaker FAQ.

Create a 2009 Submission Application

Tel: 323 466 1786

Dir.: Steven Sebring; Prods.: Margaret Smilow, Scott Vogel
Palm Pictures 
http://www.dreamoflifethemovie.com/#

Patti Smith: Dream of Life is a plunge into the philosophy and artistry of cult rocker Patti Smith. This portrait of the legendary singer, artist and poet explores themes of spirituality, history and self-expression. Known as the godmother of punk, she emerged in the 1970s, galvanizing the music scene with her unique style of poetic rage, music and trademark swagger. The filmmaker follows this multitalented and private artist over 11 years of international travel, through her spoken words, performances, lyrics, interviews, paintings and photographs. Dream of Life reveals a complicated, charismatic personality, Patti Smith, who narrates the film, wrestles with life’s many paradoxes. She defines the human experience as an overwhelming contradiction. She pulls the strings of her guitar and simply makes music.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
ON THE ROAD IN AMERICA - Episode 10: Cairo – Several members of the “On the Road” production team travel to the Middle East to visit the erstwhile travelers in their home countries. In Egypt, Ali introduces Lara and his new American friends to his family and shows off his hometown, Cairo. Ali’s family and friends discuss their perceptions of how he has changed since returning from the U.S. The group enjoys Ramadan celebrations, a tour of the pyramids and a sailing trip on the Nile.
Directed by Jerome Gary.

Location Name:  Sundance Channel

Dir: Aaron Rose; Prods.: Rich Lim, Jon Barlow, Chris Green, Noah Khoshbin
Sidetrack Films 
http://www.beautifullosers.com/

Beautiful Losers celebrates the spirit behind one of the most influential cultural movements of a generation. In the early 1990s, a loose-knit group of likeminded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery. Rooted in the DIY (do-it-yourself) subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip-hop and graffiti, they made art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Developing their craft with almost no influence from the "establishment" art world, this group, and the subcultures they sprang from, have now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture. Starring a selection of artists who are considered leaders within this culture, Beautiful Losers focuses on the telling of personal stories...speaking to themes of what happens when the outside becomes "in" as it explores the creative ethos connecting these artists and today's youth.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Trouble the Water is directed and produced by Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal. The film tells the story of an aspiring rap artist and her streetwise husband, trapped in New Orleans by deadly floodwaters, who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning. It’s a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes that takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. Trouble the Water is a transformative story about passion, resilience and heroism among the poorest residents of America's most downtrodden city. Q&A following the screening with filmmakers Carl Deal & Tia Lessin. Tickets $10 – adults, $7 seniors and students. The Ojai Playhouse Theatre, 145 East Ojai Ave.

Location Name:  The Ojai Playhouse Theatre

Address: 145 East Ojai Ave, Ojai, CA 93023

Adobe Presents: Sneak Peak Preview of Adobe technology for Effective Production Workflows
Hosted by: Kevan O'Brien

Another hands-on opportunity to learn about Adobe's production workflows directly from the people who design and engineer them.

View clips from the June event about Tapeless Workflows.
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, More videos.

Attend and get the chance to win a CS3 suite from Adobe!

Learn how Adobe is changing the way work is produced managed and delivered by attending this seminar. Kevan O'Brien is one of Adobe's solution experts specializing in film and video production workflows. Kevan will illustrate the following points.

• Native RED camera file format support, XD CAM and P2 file based workflows negating the need for ingest and transcoding of rushes to start the logging and editing process.
• Soundbooth, Adobe's audio tool, has industry leading features for audio cleanup but see how its next iteration will enable rich metadata extraction for use in rushes, logging transcripts and editing.
• Integration has always been Adobe's key messaging but see how it was actually implemented in award winning short movies including the OSCAR winning "Peter and the Wolf".

This seminar will last approximately 45 minutes with Q&A to follow.

EVENT HOST BIO:
Kevan has over 20 of years experience in film and video production, working on both low rent TV game shows as well as Academy award winning documentaries and shorts. Prior to his calling to the world of film production, Kevan pursued a career selling snake oil and broken dreams to the gullible and less fortunate so after a period serving in the Foreign Legion, a life as an editor seemed less of a hardship and allowed him to work full time on his English Editor's tan.

Working for three years in music television and then a further seven in advertising, purgatory working for a corporate giant appeared to be a viable option so Kevan took his extensive production skills out on the road with Adobe and started sharing his knowledge with corporate clients and the great unwashed alike.

Kevan has a history of supporting new and young talent, as long as there are cute boys with torn trousers and shoes on the team, to the point of being a Production Angel supplying assistance with transfers editing and technology. This theology has allowed Kevan to be involved in some of the most successful low budget production shorts to come out of the UK while still keeping his sense of fair play and credibility as a Technical Producer.

Often seen haunting airport departure lounges, Kevan is officially on the unofficial TSA No Fly List, he is approachable as long as you offer up a Bloody Mary or a Vodka Cranberry to his snarling wizened face, that and telling him he really doesn't look a day over 40.

Location Name:  Rich Media Institute (at Almer/Blank)

Address: 525 Venezia Ave., Venice, CA 90291

Tel: 310.857.6859

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
ON THE ROAD IN AMERICA - Episode 11: Dubai and Beirut – Sanad shows the Americans around Dubai, where modernity co-exists with tradition and a tourist itinerary includes skiing and dune buggy excursions. On the campus of the American University in Dubai, Sanad and his friends discuss his travels in the U.S. and the larger topic of American hegemony. The Middle East tour concludes in Beirut with visits to Lara and Mohamed. We meet Lara’s mother and her husband, an interior decorator who is designing their new home. Mohamed takes the Americans inside the medical clinic he helped establish in one of the city’s oldest refugee camps. A hot-air balloon trip offers a birds-eye view of the damage wreaked by the recent war between Israel and Hezbollah.
Directed by Jerome Gary.

Location Name:  Sundance Channel

The Sundance Documentary Film Program, in partnership with the Skoll Foundation, will provide $1.2 million in film project grants to enable the development and/or production of new feature-length independent documentary films that frame, examine, and amplify social entrepreneurship as an innovative approach to the central questions of our time.

Priority will be given to documentary films that combine the art of storytelling with topics in the field of social entrepreneurship, including the work of specific social entrepreneurs. We are seeking films that demonstrate a high potential for co-production and distribution possibilities, including theatrical, broadcast, home, and educational DVD sales, etc. Films at any stage of development, production, or post-production may apply. Completed films will not be considered. The initiative anticipates funding up to 8 films in the range of $30,000-$150,000 per project. Editorial control must be retained by the filmmaker(s).

Deadline for Submissions: August 15, 2008
Awards announced: December 2008

Please visit sundance.org/DocSource and sundance.org/skoll to review Request for Proposals, find more information, and apply online.

Join us for the 22nd edition of Cinekid International from 23-26 October and sell your media productions for children to investors from all over the world!

Send in your latest short films, animations, documentaries, television programmes, features and other productions!
Cinekid's screening facility the ScreeningClub will be attended by international buyers, sales agents, programmers and distributors. It features over 200 of the latest high quality productions for children.

Deadline: August 15th, 2008

Please send in 2 DVD's and fill out the entry form. → Entry Form ScreeningClub

Are you developing a television programme suitable for co-production?
Cinekid's Junior Television Market (October 24 ) selects television programmes for children in development and brings together European broadcasters and producers looking for international co-financing.

Deadline: August 15th, 2008→ Entry Form Junior Television Market

Are you developing a feature film for children?
On the 25th of October 2008, Cinekid's Junior Film Market – the co-production market for children's films – will take place. This invitation-only event will offer a selection of 12 to 15 feature length projects from different countries that have at least 10% of finance secured.

Deadline: August 15th, 2008 → Entry Form Junior Film Market

For you as a financer, distributor, broadcaster or co-producer, these might be the platforms to find a new project! Cinekid's Junior Film Market and Junior Television Market will arrange one-to-one meetings between producers, distributors, broadcasters and financers.A selection will be made out of all entries. The selected projects and financers will receive a letter of invitation with further details. Participants will be offered a return flight to Amsterdam and hotel accommodation for one night.

Cinekid International will take place from 23-26 October 2008 in Amsterdam. Please visit our website www.cinekid.nl/professionals for more information.

For further information, please contact Monique Ruinen: +31 20 5317890 or m.ruinen@cinekid.nl

Cinekid 2008: 19 t/m 26 October, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (22th edition)
Cinekid Festival is an annual Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children that is held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Every year during the autumn break more than 35,000 children are given an opportunity to attend one or more of the 200 media productions that Cinekid presents: feature films, children’s documentaries, short films, animations, TV series and single plays, cross-media productions, interactive installations and set-ups and workshops. The main festival is held in Amsterdam, but approximately 30 satellite festivals are held in cities all over the Netherlands.

Address: , Amsterdam

The12th Annual LA Shorts Fest August 15 – 21, 2008 Laemmle Sunset 5 Hollywood.
The moment you have all been waiting for, the '08 Festival film schedule is now online.

Tickets go on sale Monday, August 11th, at www.Laemmle.com and at the Laemmle’s Sunset 5 Theater box office. Seating is unreserved and tickets sales stop 15 minutes after the scheduled starting time of the each program. When purchasing tickets please refer to the program number.

All programs are subject to change at anytime. Films do NOT screen in order listed in program. Be sure to arrive on time and be seated in theater at the start of each program. This will ensure you do not miss the film you came to see.

PRICES
General Admission Film Programs:____ $12
Opening Night, Program #4:________ $30
Awards Ceremony:________________$30
*Top Dog All Access Pass:_________$225
*Includes EVERYTHING listed above

THEATER VENUE
Laemmle’s Sunset 5
8000 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
323-848-3500

PARKING
Underground parking is available at the 8000 Sunset Complex. Three hours of parking is FREE with a validation from the theatre (ticket purchase required).

 

Location Name:  Laemmle Sunset 5 Hollywood

Bold visions. Lovingly crafted. Cutting-edge. Artistically inspired. These are the kinds of films sought for the 47th Ann Arbor Film Festival.

All lengths and genres accepted and considered: experimental, animation, documentary, narrative and combinations in between.

Catch the early deadline by August 15, 2008 and submit for your film for just $30. Standard deadline is October 15th for $40 and the late deadline is November 15, 2008.

Visit our website at http://www.aafilmfest.org/festival/submissions/ and download the PDF application, or go the online route through withoutabox.com

Ann Arbor Film Festival
308 1/2 S. State St.
Suite 31
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
Ann Arbor Film Festival
P.O. Box 8232
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48107

Phone: (734) 995-5356
Fax: (734) 995-5396
Email general inquiries: info@aafilmfest.org
Website: http://www.aafilmfest.org

Address: Ann Arbor, MI

Roman Polanski is certainly admired and respected as one of the world’s great film directors. But his reputation has been forever tarnished by his public conviction for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor some 30 years ago and his subsequent flight from the United States to avoid going to jail. At least that's what everyone thinks. In her riveting reopening of this controversial and, as it turns out, very complex case, filmmaker Marina Zenovich fashions a perceptive and intelligent exploration of what really happened those many years ago and casts a very different light on Polanski’s decision as well as the workings of the legal system. Q&A following the screening with filmmaker Marina Zenovich. Tickets $10 – adults, $7 seniors and students. The Ojai Playhouse Theatre, 145 East Ojai Ave.

Location Name:  The Ojai Playhouse Theatre

Address: 145 East Ojai Ave, Ojai, CA 93023

South Central Farm: Oasis in a Concrete Desert
(2007, USA, 24 mins.)

This short doc tells the true story of the controversy involving poor farmers and their supporters, celebrity tree sitters, the developer and the city over the South Central Farm in LA which was the largest and most bio-diverse urban farm in the U.S. Includes rare interview with developer.

Filmmakers Laffey and Pepos and farm leaders for Q&A.

Director: Sheila Laffey

Screening as part of Sustainable LA

12:00 pm, Sunday, Aug. 17th
4th and Grand

Free To The Public!

Location Name:  Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Auditorium

Address: 250 So. Grand, between 2nd and 4th, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Tel: 213-221-7685

Monday, August 18th at 10:00 pm (check local listings)
PBS
DOCUMENTING THE FACE OF AMERICA: Roy Stryker and the FSA/OWI Photographers.

DOCUMENTING THE FACE OF AMERICA brings to life the remarkable stories behind the legendary group of New Deal-sponsored photographers who traversed the country in the 1930’s and early 1940’s, chronicling the lives of Americans -- rich and poor, urban and rural, black and white – to create one of the most astonishing documentary portraits of America ever compiled.

The film features the personal vision and the struggles experienced by photographers Gordon Parks, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Walker Evans, Marion Post Wolcott, and Jack Delano, who created some of the most iconic images in documentary history, and captured, for the first time, a complete picture of their countrymen in the context of a national identity. The immediacy and power of their photographs helped transform popular opinion in a way that words and speeches never could.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008
ON THE ROAD IN AMERICA - Episode 12: Indiana and Wisconsin/Pilot – The pilot episode of the series shows how “On the Road in America” began. Ali and his fellow cast members, Imad Ghalayini and Mohammed Bachouti, travel to the heart of the Midwest to experience America in time-honored fashion: the road trip. Their route takes them to a major city, Indianapolis, as well as the quaint small town of Madeline Island, Wisconsin.

Directed by Jerome Gary.

Location Name:  Sundance Channel

It's time to get your shorts on for the 2008 Palm Springs International ShortFest, held from August 21-27, 2008 at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs, CA.

 

Now in its 14th year, the Festival has announced its roster of 317 films, selected from a record of more than 2,700 worldwide entries. ShortFest will showcase 53 World Premieres, 47 North American Premieres and 24 U.S. Premieres.

 

The selected short films are organized into 51 themed programs covering a variety of genres -- including thrillers, horror, animation, documentaries, and comedies -- and themes, including boy meets girl, siblings, security issues, crime, sins, romance, lust, friendship, parenthood, culture clashes, performance, travel, the Jewish experience, gay and lesbian lifestyles, and the event will feature a special focus on films from France

 

http://www.psfilmfest.org/festival/index.aspx?FID=37 

 

Location Name:  Camelot Theatres

Address: 2300 Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA 92262

Dorothy Fadiman, 30 year social justice activist, comes to the Twin Cities for a limited engagement showing of her recent, hard-hitting documentary STEALING AMERICA: VOTE BY VOTE.

"...this persuasive refresher course on our increasingly sketchy electoral process will prove essential viewing for any constitutionally minded American". - Gary Goldstein, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

STEALING AMERICA examines the last two presidential elections and is timed to ask "what about 2008"? Award winning director Dorothy Fadiman brings together behind-the-scenes perspectives on the U.S. presidential elections of 2004 -- plus startling stories from key races in 1996, 2000, 2002, and 2006. Unbiased and non-partisan, the film sheds light on a decade of vote counts that do not match votes cast through interviews with experts from across the political spectrum.

Director Dorothy Fadiman has won more than 50 major awards, inclubing an Emmy, an Oscar nomination for the Best Short Subject, and a Gold Medal from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. After each screening Fadiman will be joined by local co-producer Bruce O'Dell, and local grass roots organizations, e.g. Election Defense Alliance, to field your questions. Come out, enjoy the film, discuss, sign up to vote!

35mm, Runtime: 90 minutes

Location Name:  Oak Street Cinema (Minneapolis)

This is a frank, unflinching portrait of a segregated Shangri-La and the disenfranchised minority for whom the promise of the American Dream has crumbled away year-by-year, brick by brick, hope by hope and child by child. In setting out to examine the decades-long cycle of social deterioration and despair that has led to the rise of the violent African-American gang culture in Los Angeles, director Stacy Peralta has created more than just another documentary exposé on gangs. This film is a compassionate sociological and psychological exploration and history of the African-American men and women who have been all too simply dismissed as gangbangers. Narrated by Forest Whitaker.

Address: 145 East Ojai Ave., Ojai, CA

A tragic true story documentard by Pras from The Fugees.
SKIND ROW

Please joins us for a Special Screening during the Democratic National Convention on Sunday, August 24, 2008 at Harkins Northfield 18
8300 East 49th Avenue, Denver, CO 80238

Press: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Screening: 7:00pm followd by Q&A with Pras Michel - Grammy winning musical artist
John Parvanshy - Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Orlando Ward - The Midnight Mission
Reception to follow.

RSVP at Brave New Theaters: http://skidrow.bravenewtheaters.com/screening/show/10950

Location Name:  Harkins Northfield 18

Address: 8300 East 49th Avenue, Denver, CO 80238

Grants for America’s Media Makers support media projects that explore significant events, figures, or developments in the humanities and offer creative and new approaches to humanities content. America’s Media Makers projects promote active exploration and engagement for broad public audiences in history, literature, archaeology, art history, comparative religion, philosophy, and other fields of the humanities. NEH supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excites, informs, and stirs thoughtful reflection and urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public. Grants for America’s Media Makers should enable greater audience engagement with the humanities, encourage dialogue and discussion, and foster discovery-based learning across the age spectrum.
NEH offers two categories of grants for media projects, Development Grants and Production Grants.

For details check the website:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AmMediaMakers_production.html
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AmMediaMakers_development.html

Deadline: August 27, 2008

The Division of Public Programs at the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities funds radio, television, and digital projects in the humanities that are intended for public audiences.

The division is currently accepting applications for development and production grants under the category of America's Media Makers. Upcoming deadlines are August 27, 2008, and January 21, 2009. New application guidelines are now posted on the NEH Web site (www.neh.gov) for the August deadline. Grants will support radio, television, and digital projects that offer multiple formats and use new technology to deliver humanities content.

Program officers in the Division of Public Programs are available to assist you, whether it is to discuss projects that need development or production funds for television, radio or digital projects, or to read a draft proposal. You may wish to call the NEH Division of Public Programs (202-606-8269) or contact a program officer directly. Below are the names and contact information for the Division’s program officers:

Bonnie Gould, 202-606-8307, bgould@neh.gov
Clay Lewis, 202-606-8288, clewis@neh.gov
David Martz, 202-606-8297, dmartz@neh.gov
John Meredith, 202-606-8218, jmeredith@neh.gov
Karen Miles, 202-606-8308, kmiles@neh.gov
Karen Mittelman, 202-606-8631, kmittelman@neh.gov
Kathleen Mulvaney, 202-606-8270, kmulvaney@neh.gov
Michael Shirley, 202-606-8293, mshirley@neh.gov
David Weinstein, 202-606-8308, dweinstein@neh.gov

Tel: 202-606-8269

CRAWFORD--This is the political documentary of the year, vital, engaging, folksy, a deeply-committed look at what happens to the 705 residents of Crawford, Texas, when George HW Bush moves to town. Just in time for the RNC!

"... A breathtaking film, a must-see of this year's docs." -- Richard Linklater

"A poignant account ... populated with colorful, contrasting characters." -- Variety

"It's about the town's compelling characters, not just about GWB, and looks at both sides. One of the best documentaries among many I had seen this year." -- Programmer Al Milgrom -- "Specifically good for 'budding' doc filmmakers."

Newcomer independent filmmaker David Modigliani intersects the personal and political in this prizewinning portrait of an indigenous America, seldom before seen by the media. Modigliani will present the film nightly with a Q&A following.

Runtime: 80 minutes

Location Name:  Oak Street Cinema

Address: 309 Oak Street S.E., Minneapolis , MN 55414

From Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney comes a probing look into the uncanny life of national treasure and gonzo journalism inventor Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance,” goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts. Narrated by Johnny Depp.

Address: 145 East Ojai Ave., Ojai, CA

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