More
grant, conference and film festival listings are available at our
opportunities
website.
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Announcer/Producer - Kent, OH
KUER News Manager - Salt Lake
City, UT
WNYC.org Online News Producer - NY
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Assistant Director to Attend NAMAC Board Meeting |
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2010
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival Documentary & Drama
Pitch
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 Deadline September 16
Do you have a great idea for a pilot episode of a series drama
(30 or 60 min), or a feature, short or series documentary? Enter
our competitions to pitch your idea to a panel of commissioning
editors and acquisitions executives from the major Canadian
broadcasters-- who will provide valuable feedback and development
advice.
Four documentary pitch contestants & four drama pitch
contestants will be selected by imagineNATIVE's Programming
Committee to receive a free, six-hour intensive "How to Pitch"
workshop with a broadcasting industry professional.
For more information: www.imaginenative.org |
| Flickerfest
20th International Australian Festival, Australia |
 Deadline September 17
FLICKERFEST, Australia's premiere international short film
festival, will be held at the Bondi Pavilion on Sydney's famous
Bondi Beach in January 2011. The Festival in 2011 will celebrate 20
years of screening the best short films from Australia and around
the world in competitions and special showcases. Following the
Festival in Sydney, a selection of films will go on tour to capital
cities and regional centres around Australia.
For more information: www.flickerfest.com.au |
Sundance
Film Festival
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 Deadline September 24
Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a
not-for-profit organization that fosters the development of
original storytelling in film and theatre, and presents the annual
Sundance Film Festival. Internationally recognized for its artistic
development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, film
composers, playwrights and theatre artists.
For more information: www.sundance.org |
| 2011
Sundance/Sloan Commissioning Grant |
Deadline September 24
Through this commissioning grant we are able to support filmmakers
with a wider range of experience than in our Screenwriting and
Directing Labs, including writers and directors who have made
several features, as well as those at an earlier stage in their
careers. For this grant, we are seeking a science or technology
related narrative project that is in treatment form or an early
draft stage. Projects must have science or technology as a major
theme or scientists as major characters. We cannot consider science
fiction or projects that stray too far from a base of scientific
reality.
For more information: www.sundance.org/sloan |
From
Earth to Sky! AIR's Sounds Elemental with Harvestworks
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 Deadline September 30
The Association of Independents in Radio (AIR) seeks mid to
advanced level producers from the public radio industry and beyond
who have demonstrable expertise in digital sound gathering, editing
and mixing. AIR membership is not required, though AIR members who
are accepted are eligible for a small travel stipend. Those who
have participated in AIR's Harvestworks intensives in past years
are eligible to apply. An audio sample will be required with your
application. A panel will review applications, and 10 participants
for the intensive will be chosen.
For more information: www.airmedia.org |
Spokane
International Film Festival
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 Deadline October 1
The Spokane International Film Festival is a small, selective
offering of world-class films.
A major attraction of the festival is the presence of the
filmmakers and performers themselves as our guests. They meet the
audiences and share their own stories and experiences with the
making of their films.
For more information: www.spokanefilmfestival.org
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Sedona
International Film Festival
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 Deadline October 20
SIFF is a festival that prides itself on its well-deserved
reputation as a "filmmaker's festival," treating film artists like
celebrities from the moment they submit, all the way through the
festival's process and onto the festival itself. Filmmakers and
audiences from around the world have heralded SIFF as one of their
favorites because of its sophisticated audiences, attentive staff,
great publicity, packed theaters, Q&As for every screening, and
a true commitment to the art of independent filmmaking.
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The
Yellowknife Film Festival
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 Deadline October 31
The Yellowknife Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the
work of new and emerging talents, as well as the work of
established filmmakers.
Now in its third year, the festival intends to continue providing a
launch pad for new films and filmmakers from the north, all across
Canada and beyond. This year's festival is even bigger than the
last and features screenings, as well as workshops with leading
professionals such as an acting ( Thin Red Line,
I Am Sam) and screenwriting workshop with BAFTA
award-winning writer/director Adrian Mead.
For more information: www.wamp.ca |
New
Mexico International Film Festival
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 Deadline December 31
The New Mexico International Film Festival is a non-profit 501(c)3
with the mission of operating the best little film festival in
America. The focus is on superior exhibition, customer service and
profit participation with annually selected filmmakers.
For more information: www.newmexicointernationalfilmfestival.com |
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| NAPT's
Multimedia Fellowship |
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The
NAPT Multimedia Fellowship Program is bringing free news content to
media outlets such as Indian Country
Today.
Two
full-time Native American journalists--Gemma Givens
(Cakchiquel-Mayan and Yaqui) and Kiera Lasiloo (Zuni and Cochiti
Pueblo)--wrote and produced multimedia projects about national
Native American issues. With major funding from the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting, the project's purpose is to increase the
quantity and quality of multimedia reporting on Native
news.
"As
one of the first participants of the NAPT Multimedia Fellowship,
I've had a great experience," said Lasiloo. "NAPT has provided me
an inviting environment in which to work, as well as knowledgeable
mentors to help me create stories about and for Native American
people. The Fellowship has also provided me with a great source of
knowledge and confidence in my abilities as a multimedia
producer."
"We
are truth tellers, and NAPT has helped empower me by giving me
agency to articulate and amplify my community's stories," said
Givens.
The
project will continue this coming academic year as the two
multimedia fellows continue hoaning their skills by producing
Native multimedia projects. Early next year, NAPT will open more
fellowship opportunities.
NAPT
has provided you with the opportunity to be some of the first
people to see these multimedia projects.
Click
on any of the links below to view their projects:
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| Congratulations |
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Congratulations
to Gary Robinson and Jesse T. Hummingbird on the release of their
new book A Native American Night Before Christmas.
This innovative re-telling of the classic Christmas tale is the
perfect companion to VisionMaker Video's A Native American Night
Before Christmas.
Congratulations to Bennie Klain, the producer of Weaving Worlds. This
documentary about Navajo weavers received positive reviews from
many organizations including: Austin Film Society,
Anthropology Review, American Indian
Quarterly and Old School Film
Reviews.
Congratulations to Vernon Miller, a 7th-12th grade business
teacher for Omaha Nation Public Schools, will be honored at
NIEA's conference in October 2010 after being named 2010 Teacher of
the Year. Vernon, part of the Thunder Clan from the Omaha Tribe of
Nebraska is also a girls' basketball and volleyball coach, as well
as a Student Council sponsor.
Congratulations to Carly Hare who was recently named Executive
Director for Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP). NAP is a
national membership organization that works to advance
philanthropic practices grounded in Native values and
traditions.
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Upcoming
Deadlines
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September
15
September 30
· Tenerife International Film
Festival
October 1
· Beverly Hills Film Festival
October 15
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