More
grant, conference and film festival
listings are available at our opportunities
website.
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International
Film Festival Summit
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DEADLINE:
December 4
December 5-7th in Las Vegas, NV
NAMAC is proud to
announce discounted passes for all NAMAC members to attend the 7th
International Film Festival Summit. Join over 300 festival
executives and directors for 3 days of networking, presentations,
panel discussion, breakout sessions and more!
The Summit will feature the top industry leaders and directors
attending including: SXSW, Traverse City Film Festival, LA Eye for
Talent, Austin Film Festival, Ashland Independent Film Festival,
Boston Underground Film Festival, DC Film Alliance and many
more.
To register: iffsspecialregistration2010.questionpro.com
For more
information: www.filmfestivalsummit.com
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imagineNative
and Lift Mentorship Program
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DEADLINE: January 3 
If you have a great idea for a 5-minute short film, let
imagineNative and Lift help. Through the Mentorship Program you wil
be able to explore 16mm filmmaking through LIFT's workshops,
equipment and facilities. Shoot and edit your ideas to film, and
see them on screen at the 12th Annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media
Arts Festival.
This call is open to Indigenous (First Nation, Métis, Inuit, other
international Indigenous) candidates
only. Preference will be given to artists who have not had the
opportunity to work in film. Candidates must commit to attending
the LIFT training workshops from March - August 2011.
For more information: www.imaginenative.org
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| National
Endowment for the Humanities |
DEADLINE: January 5
The Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics program
supports projects that examine international and transnational
themes in the humanities through documentary films. These projects
are meant to spark Americans'
engagement with the broader world by exploring one or more
countries and cultures outside of the United States. Proposed
documentaries must be analytical and deeply grounded in humanities
scholarship.
Awards are for one to three years and
for up to $75,000 (for development) and up to $800,000 (for
production). Successful applicants will be awarded a grant in
outright funds, matching funds, or a combination of the
two.
For more information: www.neh.gov/grants
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| New
Media Film Festival |
DEADLINE: January 15
Los Angeles, California, May 19 & 20
The 2nd Annual New Media Film Festival proudly showcases what's new
and what's next in the ever-changing world of new media
storytelling. With a mandate to first and foremost honor stories that are worth
telling, NMFF presents over $12,000 worth of awards and
prizes.
NMFF considers entries in a wide
variety of categories, including mobile, webisodes, web series, 3D
work, as well as traditional narrative, documentary and short
films.
For more information: www.newmediafilmfestival.com
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| Native
Lab Fellowship |
DEADLINE: February 1
Sundance Institute's Native American and Indigenous Program has
created a Fellowship to provide direct support to emerging Native
American, Native Hawaiian and Alaskan Native film artists working in the U.S. The Fellowship is a
two-stage development opportunity for filmmakers with feature film
scripts, documentary projects and short film scripts.
This year the Native Program is
looking for the best genre scripts and documentary proposals out
there. Applications are reviewed in a rigorous process by Institute
staff and a panel of established filmmakers and judged on their
originality, artistic voice and their potential to advance towards
production.
For more information: www.sundance.org
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| U.S./Japan
Creative Artists' Program |
DEADLINE: February 1
Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission works cooperatively with the National Endowment for the Arts to sponsor
The U.S./Japan Creative Artists' Program. The program provides
support for up to five outstanding contemporary and traditional
artists from the U.S. to spend a three-month residency in Japan to
pursue their individual artistic goals.
Applicants should have regional or
national recognition and anticipate a highly rigorous review of
their work. Artists should also present compelling reasons for
wanting to work in Japan.
For more information: www.jusfc.gov
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Grantham
Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment
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DEADLINE: February 4
The Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental
Reporting is now accepting entries for the 6th annual Grantham
Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment.
The Grantham Prize honors the
work of a journalist or team of journalists for exemplary reporting
on environmental or natural resource issues with an award of
$75,000. The Prize-winning story will be broadly disseminated to
increase public awareness of environmental issues and to inspire
exceptional reporting.
For more information: www.granthamprize.org
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Native
American Residency Fellowship
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DEADLINE: February 15
Starting in 2011, Harpo Foundation will offer two residency
fellowships to Native American artists at the Vermont Studio Center
in Johnson, VT. Artists will be selected on the basis of the
strength and quality of their work. Each fellow will receive a
one- month residency at the Vermont
Studio Center, which will include room and board, a private studio
and a $500 travel stipend.
For more information: www.vermontstudiocenter.org
For an application, contact David Gozinsky at 802-635-2727.
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| Buffalo
Niagara Film Festival |
The Buffalo Niagara Film Festival is now accepting submissions for
its 5th annual festival.
Cash prizes and beautiful crystal trophies are presented to
category award-winners. In addition, BNFF's official selections are
up for distribution opps with select distribution partners.
Exhibiting filmmakers receive all- access passes to the festival and its
filmmaking expo, participate in local tours, and attend plenty of
events, galas, seminars, receptions and networking opps taking
place during this rapidly growing festival.
For more information: buffaloniagarafilmfestival.com
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| NAPT's
Assistant Director to Attend the International Film Festival
Summit |
 NAPT's Assistant Director Georgiana Lee will be
in Las Vegas for the International Film Festival Summit from
December 5-7 at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. The Summit
strives to provide an atmosphere of learning and understanding the
latest trends in film festival and independent films. Attendees
will participate in peer workshops, one-on-one sessions and
roundtable discussions. If you'd like to schedule a meeting with
Georgianna apart from the Summit, please email glee3@unl.edu. |
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NAPT
Producer Jenni Monet Attends Distribution U: NYC
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Recently,
NAPT sent Producer Jenni Monet (Laguna Pueblo) went to New York
City to attend Distribution U.
The
conference provided an intense 9-hour sesson on technology and industry secrets, as well as
stories of success.
To read more about Monet's experience at
Distribution U: NYC, please visit nativetelecom.org.
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| Congratulations! |
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Congratulations to Weaving Worlds,
For the Generations: Native Story
& Performance, Choctaw Code Talkers,
Video Letters from
Prison and Walking into the
Unknown for their recent selection into the 2010 13th
Annual Native American Indian Film Festival sponsored by The
Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquois and United Tribes of South
Carolina, Inc. (ECSIUT). The festival was held in Columbia, South
Carolina, November 12-18.
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