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Films Wanted 03.10.2008 DOORPOST FILM PROJECT - CONTEST Inaugural film contest offers aspiring filmmakers the chance to springboard their careers through the Doorpost Film Project, a new contest that will offer monetary awards totaling $300,000 to a fresh wave of talent who produce compelling short films. The inaugural contest, which has two competitive rounds culminating with a Film Festival in Nashville, Tennessee in September 2008, provides a grand prize totaling $100,000 and second and third place awards for $30,000 and $20,000 respectively. Interested filmmakers may register online at www.thedoorpost.com; Early registration closes April 1. Filmmakers may then upload their submitted films between February 1 and May 1. During the first round, each submitted film goes through a two-level judging process: online viewers and a panel of prominent film industry professionals. A group of 15 finalists from round one will each be provided $10,000 to compete in the second round of the contest which begins in June 2008. The Doorpost Film Project is aimed at discovering and developing filmmakers capable of producing films that inspire and influence, rather than simply entertain. The Doorpost invites hopeful filmmakers to tackle topics of love, greed, redemption, pain, forgiveness, freedom or energy in a non-genre specific short (under five minutes), accepted in any format. The $100,000 award will be given to the entrant who demonstrates unique promise as the most captivating, contemplative and visionary filmmaker of the future. The Doorpost Film Project 3948 3rd St South Suite 390 Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250-5847 tel: 866.845.9954 e-mail: info@thedoorpost.com web: http://www.thedoorpost.com 02.06.2008 NY: Docuclub- Films Wanted DocuClub, a monthly screening series of documentary works-in-progress seeks film for screening series. The format is to have a moderator facilitate a discussion of the film between filmmaker and audience. Past films that have been screened at DocuClub include "Born Into Brothels," "The Boys of Baraka," and "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster." The first screening for 2008 is scheduled for Thursday February 14th, 6pm, at the IFC Center. The film is TBD. If you have rough cuts of documentaries that you would like to be considered, please contact Felix Endera directly at: felix@artsengine.net. Felix Endara Filmmaker Services Coordinator Arts Engine. Inc. 104 W. 14th St. 4th floor New York, NY 10011 (646) 230-6228 x 221 felix@artsengine.net www.artsengine.net Felix Endara Felix Endara Filmmaker Services Coordinator Arts Engine. Inc. 104 W. 14th St. 4th floor New York, NY 10011 tel: (646) 230-6228 x 221 e-mail: felix@artsengine.net web: http://www.artsengine.net 12.25.2007 REEL 13 - Presented by WNET 13 Reel 13 is an on-air/on line community for film buffs and auteurs alike. It can be considered an ongoing call for submissions. Every Saturday night starting at 9 p.m., WNET 13 will air a classic film, followed a short (submitted by filmmakers and selected by viewers), followed by an indie -- a film that may have been overlooked at festivals or passed over by the big studios, but which our curators feel deserve a wide audience. While the broadcast portion is for the metro New York area only, the call is open to anyone who has a short film to submit. REEL 13 launches January 5, 2008 and you can check it out at www.reel13.org. web: http://www.reel13.org 12.25.2007 NOMADSLAND One of the main missions of NomadsLand is to help filmmakers with social issue documentaries find a new audience. We are looking for independent documentaries which may have done well on the festival circuit - especially films from 1995 - 2005 - whose Internet distribution rights are available. Some films may have achieved critical success but never gained wide distribution. Other films may have never got any significant distribution at all. We are also very interested in films outside the festival circuit including short documentaries, news features and travelogues from talented filmmakers and citizen journalists. You can send us a standard DVD of your film. E-mail submissions@nomadsland.com with the following information in the Message line: Film Title, Country of Production, 200 word synopsis, 20 tag words (separated by commas). Send your DVD(s), Trailer and signed Distribution Agreement to: NomadsLand LLC - Encoding Office P.O. Box 2705 Fairfax, Virginia 22031-0705 NomadsLand LLC - Encoding Office P.O. Box 2705 Fairfax, Virginia 22031-0705 e-mail: submissions@nomadsland.com web: http://nomadsland.com 06.21.2007 OurStage.com Your moment in film has arrived: announcing OurStage.com. It’s a brand new, 100 percent democratic competition, a means for filmmakers (as well as musicians) to get their work out there, in front of those who matter most—the fans and industry groundbreakers like Paste Magazine, Shooting People, the LA Final Cut Pro User Group, Noise Pop, Gen Art, Slamdance and IFFBoston. Submit your film or video at www.ourstage.com/go/studentfilmmakers . Let the site’s film-savvy fans view and judge your submissions. Win one of two $5,000 Monthly Grand Prizes (the other is for best music). Upload your best work today. Nothing to loose but your obscurity. web: http://www.OurStage.com/go/studentfilmmakers 06.21.2007 KQED Truly CA Call For Entries Working on a film with a California twist? KQED Public Television in San Francisco seeks one-hour documentaries and short films about California for our exciting series, Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories. Truly CA is looking for well-crafted stories featuring compelling characters—stories that are provocative, passionate, unforgettable. Our companion, Truly CA Shorts, features short docs, of 15 minutes or less, on our website and can be submitted at anytime. Quirky and offbeat storytelling are encouraged. For features, filmmakers are offered significant post-production resources to complete broadcast versions of their films, including: an online edit, sound mix, closed captioning, promotion, a website, plus a licensing fee and broadcast. Projects should be completed films, fine cuts, advanced rough cuts, or festival versions. Deadlines: June 1, 2007; October 1, 2007; February 1, 2008. Shorts are accepted on an ongoing basis. web: http://www.kqed.org/trulyca 12.06.2006 BLACK STORIES: A BET J Documentary Showcase-Call For Submissions Black Stories is a documentary series that tells the real life stories of exceptional African-Americans and their experiences. In an effort to further document the African-American experience, Black Stories, like a modern day "griot," examines the lives, loves and experiences of a people. CONCEPT: Documentaries may be informative, enlightening, clever or comical. They can be the ultimate learning tool while still being highly engaging and entertaining. Black Stories is dedicated to helping storytellers produce documentaries that communicate ideas about our world's culture. The stories they tell inform us about who we are, where we're going and what we have done. They help shape the richness of our lives and allow us to look through another's eyes and consequently, being informed by another's thoughts. The following are the instructions for shipping a quality copy of your film. For submittal, DVD; for broadcasting, Beta /Beta SP/Mini DV (to be submitted upon request). Also please make available a brief bio, synopsis and production still to be sent electronically upon request. www.myspace.com/thebestshorts Please send to: Ralph Scott BET J / Black Stories 423 West 55th Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10019 web: http://www.betj.com 12.06.2006 MY WAR DIARY Fridays at 9 PM MY WAR DIARY offers un-filtered stories from the frontlines of Iraq, told by personal videos and photos sent by those serving in the armed forces. Each episode will present a broad range of the life in Iraq, from down time, to the emotional strain from being far from home, to gripping never-before-seen battle scenes. In between the bullets and the frenzy of war are the moments not seen on the nightly news - the real moments of real people living in a war zone. The program will put a face and name to the men and women who are serving our country overseas. Deadline: Ongoing tel: 888.751.8088 web: http://www.mywardiary.com 08.01.2006 TRULY CA Working on a film with a California twist? KQED-San Francisco has launched a new documentary series where we partner with filmmakers to get their films completed and broadcast. KQED Public Television in San Francisco seeks one-hour documentaries about California for an exciting series called Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories. Filmmakers will be offered significant post-production resources to complete broadcast versions of their films, including an online, sound mix, closed captioning, promotion, a website, a licensing fee and a broadcast. Projects should be completed films, fine cuts, advanced rough cuts, or festival versions. Submissions must be postmarked no later than October 1, 2006. In particular, this season Truly CA is looking for documentaries presenting diverse perspectives on and approaches to health issues faced by traditionally underserved communities in California. Visit http://www.kqed.org/trulyca for details. Deadlines: Oct. 1, 2006, Feb. 1, 2007 and June 1, 2007. Elizabeth Pepin Associate Producer, Truly CA KQED 2601 Mariposa Street San Francisco CA 94110 e-mail: trulyca@kqed.org web: http://www.kqed.org/trulyca 08.01.2006 NEW THIS SEASON: TRULY SHORTS NEW THIS SEASON: TRULY SHORTS Now independent producers of short documentaries (30 minutes or less) about California can distribute their films through Truly CA's newest series: Truly CA Shorts a Web-only series for short documentaries. There is no deadline for Truly Shorts. Visit our website at http://www.kqed.org/arts/truly/page. web: http://www.kqed.org/arts/truly/page 08.01.2006 CURRENT TV – SEEDS OF TOLERANCE FILM/VIDEO CONTEST Current TV is challenging filmmakers to create videos that address the issues of tolerance and understanding diversity with the launch of its “Seeds of Tolerance” initiative. In partnership with the Third Millennium Foundation, whose mission is to promote the understanding of diversity, Current is offering $100,000 to the grand prize winner of this summer-long contest, with guest judges that include filmmaker Paul Haggis (Crash), actor Edward Norton, musician Melissa Etheridge and comedienne Margaret Cho, among others. Submissions can tell any story relating to the issue of tolerance, discussing topics that include racism, sexism, homophobia, ageism and discrimination based on social class, physical disability, or religion. As of this week, contributors can upload submissions to Current’s web site at www.current.tv/tolerance, and submissions will be accepted until August 15, 2006. Producers must be 18 or over, and submissions are preferred to be similar in length to Current’ 3-5 minutes, but are welcome up to 10 minutes in length. Each submission must include a maximum of 250 words on why the featured issue is meaningful and how this story can inspire, or has inspired, positive change. Other requirements are posted on Current’s website, and the campaign is open to producers of all levels of experience. Video makers can shoot their stories, rants, and profiles of amazingly tolerant or intolerant people. For additional story ideas, visit www.current.tv/tolerance. Deadline: August 15, 2006 Current TV, LLC 118 King Street San Francisco, CA 94107 tel: 415.995.8200 e-mail: info@current.tv web: http://www.current.tv/tolerance 04.28.2006 UK's FOURDOCS WANTS SHORTS If you haven't checked out FourDocs yet, it's a great site full of four-minute documentary gems. And if you feel inspired to pick up a camera and make your own four-minute doc, there are interactive video guides on how to plan, shoot and edit your film. Getting your film on FourDocs is a great way to get noticed. Our filmmakers have already sold rights to CBC in Canada and Current TV in the US as a result of their buyers watching the films on FourDocs. We also have a relationship with Channel 4 Documentaries and the best four films from the site each month are sent to a commissioning editor at the channel for feedback. Submission is open to anyone as long as your documentary is the right length and fits our technical and legal guidelines. No deadline e-mail: fourdocs@channel4.com web: http://www.channel4.com/fourdocs 01.24.2006 DOCUCLUB'S IN THE WORKS PROGRAM DOCUCLUB'S IN THE WORKS PROGRAM offers filmmakers a safe environment to screen a rough cut of their documentaries before an audience of their peers and lovers of the form. The audience is encouraged to give constructive feedback about the structure, content, characters and clarity of the film in a post-screening discussion facilitated by an experienced filmmaker. A cheese-and-wine reception will follow to give everyone a chance to network. Previous films that have recently screened at our In-the-Works program through DocuClub include Academy Award-winner Born Into Brothels by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman and The Boys of Baraka directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. Deadline: September 20, 2005 David Nugent DocuClub, 850 Seventh Ave., #1102, New York, NY 10019 tel: 212.582.3055 e-mail: mail@docuclub.org web: http://docuclub.org/filmdirectory/submissions.html 01.24.2006 FARMER’S ALMANAC TELEVISION FARMER’S ALMANAC TELEVISION, a recently formed nonfiction television series inspired by The Farmer’s Almanac, is seeking completed program segments for upcoming episodes. Segments being solicited are ones that focus on gardening, cooking, outdoor living, country lifestyle, cycles of nature or other subjects that celebrate facets of today’s America. web: http://www.FarmersAlmanacTV.com 01.24.2006 FOURDOCS FOURDOCS, the online documentary channel by Channel 4 and Magic Lantern Productions is a call to arms for everyone of all ages, communities and persuasions to make a four-minute film about their worlds. Those who submit films to the site don’t have to be filmmakers at the moment; FourDocs wants people who want to tell visual stories, and no previous experience is required. There are a number of different resources on the site for use by filmmakers. e-mail: fourdocs@channel4.com web: http://www.channel4.com/fourdocs 09.05.2005 NFB FILM CLUB AND CITIZENSHIFT NFB FILM CLUB AND CITIZENSHIFT, a National Film Board of Canada website project, is sponsoring a series of films about racism in the workplace. Are you a victim of this stressful and often life-altering experience? Do you know someone who is? Get the word out! The most original, provocative and compelling stories will be selected to screen October 24 at the CineRobotheque in Montreal, and will appear in a feature dossier of “racism at work” on CitizenShift! Each doc will also compete for the audience choice award. Deadline: September 16, 2005 Colleen Ayoup tel: 514.496.4361 e-mail: c.ayoup@nfb.ca web: http://citizen.nfb.ca/racism 09.05.2005 THE DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL (DOC*) THE DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL (DOC*) is now accepting your documentary films for broadcast. The Documentary Channel is actively looking to acquire any and all types of documentaries for broadcast. Competitive License Fees will be paid. There is probably not a single genre, format or era of documentary programming in which we would not be interested. We will show short docs, political docs, bios, sports, student docs, amateur docs, international and foreign docs, nature docs, etc. That said, we prefer the edgier, more personal films that tell a story and that show us something in a unique, visual manner. If you have questions not answered on the website, e-mail Steven Douglas Smith e-mail: cinematographer@earthlink.net web: http://documentarychannel.com/submission.html 04.14.2005 SAN DIEGO SALON MONTHLY OPEN SCREENING NIGHT MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO AND THE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT FILM & VIDEO MAKERS-SAN DIEGO SALON MONTHLY OPEN SCREENING NIGHT. Calling all filmmakers and media artists! Show your work and network with other local film and video makers. Launching its third year, Media Arts Center San Diego's Open Screening Night has screened hundreds of local films/videos throughout the past two years and has been an important exhibition and networking outlet for local independent producers. Fun, shorts, munchies, refreshments, music and networking! Free popcorn. $1 donation for sodas/water/coffee. $2 donation beer/wine in MACSD's “microcinema.” Admission: free. Program length: 90 min. Formats: 1/2", Mini DV, DVD, 16mm. time: doors open: 6:30 p.m., screening: 7:00 p.m. Deadline: Ongoing Media Arts Center San Diego 921 25th St San Diego, CA 92102 tel: 619.230.1938 x 101 e-mail: ethan@mediaartscenter.org web: http://www.mediaartscenter.org 04.14.2005 FILM IN THE CITY “DINNER AND DOCS" Film in the City will be launching a new program in New York City,“Dinner and Docs'. This is an ongoing series in which Film in the City will showcase new documentaries each month and will be inviting documentary directors to speak about their documentary films and the filmmaking process. Length: maximum 1.5 hours. Formats: VHS, DVD. Deadline: Ongoing e-mail: brunchinthecity@yahoo.com 04.14.2005 Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories KQED PUBLIC TELEVISION in San Francisco seeks one-hour documentaries about California for an exciting new series called Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories. Filmmakers will be offered significant post-production resources to complete broadcast versions of their films, including: an online, sound mix, closed captioning, broadcast promotion, a presence on the series web site, plus a licensing fee. Projects should be completed films, fine cuts, advanced rough cuts or festival versions. Deadline: April 1, 2005 web: http://www.kqed.org/trulyca 04.14.2005 AMAZON THEATER AND TRIBECA SEEK SHORT FILMS FOR COMPETITION Amazon.com, Inc. and Tribeca Film Festival founders Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff, along with Tribeca Film Festival founding partner American Express, have announced the launch of the Amazon Theater/Tribeca Film Festival Short Film Competition, in recognition of the critical role that short films have played in the broader filmmaking world. Filmmakers may submit short films up to seven minutes in length. Additionally, five celebrity jurors from the Tribeca Film Festival will review selected film submissions alongside Amazon.com customers and provide their commentary on the site. Amazon.com customers will be able to view the submitted films in the Tribeca Screening Room on the company's website, where they will be invited to rate the films on a scale from one to five. The five highest-rated films will be screened at Tribeca Cinemas in New York City and will run over a period of four weeks on the Amazon.com home page, which is visited by millions of customers each day. The top filmmaker as rated by Amazon.com customers will receive a grant of $50,000 for his or her next film, which will be awarded in the form of an American Express prepaid card in the amount of $50,000. Deadline: April 13, 2005 web: http://www.amazon.com/shortfilms 04.14.2005 THE DEMOCRACY PROJECT The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the National Film Board of Canada and Hot Docs’ Canadian Documentary Forum (TDF) are issuing a call for proposals to develop a Canadian documentary for potential inclusion in the ambitious global television initiative The Democracy Project. The Democracy Project is an exciting endeavor involving a growing international coalition of broadcasters who will participate in the selection and financing of ten or more documentaries on the theme of democracy produced by independent filmmakers from around the world. Films in The Democracy Project will be broadcast by a consortium of more than a dozen international public broadcasters including the CBC, BBC and NHK. Submission info: four proposals will be selected for a pitch session to be hosted by the TDF at Victoria College (93 Charles St. W.) on April 28 at 7:00 p.m., during Hot Docs, April 22 – May 1. The NFB and CBC will commit a maximum of $10,000 in development funding to the evening’s single successful pitch. Deadline for pitch proposals: April 15, 2005 Brigitte Couture e-mail: b.couture@nfb.ca web: http://dayzero.co.za/steps/democracy 11.15.2004 MARS (MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL SHOWCASE) MARS (MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL SHOWCASE) , a new monthly showcase of the Mid-Atlantic Region's best filmmaking. Presented by the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, the DC Independent Film Festival & Montgomery College - Film. Works are being sought by filmmakers from the Mid-Atlantic Region, which includes Maryland, the District, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and North Carolina. Fee: $10. Formats: 35mm, 16mm, DigiBeta, HD Cam, MARS, c/o DCIFF, 2950 Van Ness St., NW, Washington, DC 20008 tel: 202.537.9493 web: http://www.dciff.org 11.15.2004 ALTERNATE FOCUS ALTERNATE FOCUS is a television broadcast group promoting an alternative view of the Middle East and related issues. In the interest of justice and peace, we are dedicated to broadcasting video and film content that provides balance to existing television coverage of Middle East and related issues, and will bring that content to web and television audiences across the nation. We are a membership, nonprofit, broadcast organization utilizing cable television, satellite television and the Web to showcase video programs not usually seen by American audiences. The four founding directors forming the executive committee represent Christians, Jews and Muslims working together for peace. Al Maaz, Alternate Focus Home Office 3830 Valley Centre Dr. Ste. 705-PMB741, San Diego, CA 92130 tel: 858.551.0191 fax: 858.487.2333 e-mail: maaz@alternatefocus.org web: http://www.alternatefocus.org 11.15.2004 LOS ANGELES NEWFILMMAKERS The continued success of the New York NewFilmmakers Series shown weekly at Anthology Film Archives has inspired the same opportunity on the West Coast. Every Wednesday evening a feature film and two shorts will be presented at CINESPACE, the state-of-the-art theater/supper club on Hollywood Boulevard. Unlike a festival, New Filmmakers provides maximum emphasis on individual filmmakers and their films, offering every opportunity to interest industry professionals and distributors in the Los Angeles area. Send in your movie. Any length, any year of production, films without distribution only. Keep the press kit to a minimum: synopsis, director’s bio, one production photo. All films will be digitally projected; DVD discs are the preferred medium. If selected, your film will be programmed several months in advance; you’ll get all the details and publicity information well in advance of your screening. NewFilmmakers PO Box 48649, Los Angeles, CA. 90048 e-mail: henry@newfilmmakers.com web: http://www.newfilmmakers.com 08.05.2004 NATURAL HEROES NATURAL HEROES is a new Public Television series featuring independently produced films from all over the country with a common theme: real people making a difference for the environment and enhancing the world around us. The program is searching for compelling stories that feature people challenging current environmental standards and conditions; programs that encourage thoughtful questions and realistic answers that broadens our understanding of our place in the world. Their goal is to get these stories out to a national audience to inspire others to act. Formats: Beta, DVCam, 3/4” video; VHS NTSC for preview. Natural Heroes Call for Entries, KRCB-TV 5850 Labath Ave., Rohnert Park, CA 94928 tel: 800.287.2722x124 e-mail: naturalheroes@krcb.org web: http://www.naturalheroestv.org 08.02.2004 Manhattan Neighborhood Network MANHATTAN NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK cablecasts in the Borough of Manhattan on two cable systems: Time Warner Cable and RCN. Programming can air either as a regularly scheduled series or as a single special. Applications must be handed in with a pilot tape within the two weeks before the quarter deadline. Fall submission period: July 19-30; Winter submission period: October 18-29, 2004 Manhattan Neighborhood Network 537 West 59th St., New York, NY 10019 tel: 212.757.2670 fax: 212.757.1603 web: http://www.mnn.org 05.26.2004 SHORTS WELCOME SHORTS WELCOME, a German website, is accepting submissions for its year-round short film competition. Films should not exceed 20 min. in length. Formats: For preview: VHS (Film and Video), or in case of a computer animation, a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. / Kirch Intermedia GmbH, Shorts Welcome, Freisinger Landstr. 74, D-80939 München, Germany e-mail: info@shorts-welcome.de web: http://www.shorts-welcome.de < Back To Call For Entries | ||||||||
