The Intenational Prize for Mediterranean Documentary & Reportage
A new edition of the International Prize for Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage is launched! A 13th edition and a new collaboration between CMCA and RAI. Submission deadline: 27th April 2008.
Started in 1994, the International Prize for Mediterranean Documentary & Reportage contributes to give a better visibility to works dealing with society, history, heritage, art… coming from the Mediterranean basin, and to make their diffusion easier on both shores. Organised in partnership with RAI, it sets itself in two phases: the selection, in Marseilles, and the final stage in Italy. The cities where the Prize has already been welcome are Palermo, Soverato, Syracuse, Noto, Civitavecchia and Cagliari. The International Jury is composed of professionals of cinema and television, filmmakers, producers, distributors, and of specialists of the Mediterranean area. Today, the CMCA receives each year almost 300 works competing in the different categories (Mediterranean Challenges - Memories - Art, Heritage and Culture - First Creation – Magazines TV) representing more than 25 countries.
The Gucci Tribecca Documentary Fund The Gucci Tribecca Documentary Fund offers finishing funds to feature length documentaries promoting social change and highlight critical issues absent from mainstream media. 2008 applications must be postmarked by April 11. The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund is seeking feature-length documentaries that are in production or post-production with the intended premiere exhibition in 2009. Eligible films include those examining or document people who are ignored, ostracized or otherwise marginalized; people fighting for social or political change; or broad social movements. The fund is looking for films, which challenge the status quo not just as pertains to subject matter but also in form. Films should be able to sustain a festival and/or theatrical run and should resonate with a mainstream U.S. audience. Favor will be given to films with a dynamic and creative approach to the use of source material.
Some of the criteria for applying are: - Foreign language documentaries are eligible, but must be subtitled and suitable for an American audience
- Submissions must be non-fiction motion pictures with an intended length of at least 70 minutes and should creatively document subjects and issues that promote social change
- Submissions must be in the production or post-production stages and must not have aired on any form of television, been screened publicly or have been distributed in theatres or via the internet.
The Gucci Tribecca Documentary Fund will offer grants ranging from $5,000 - $30,000 in 2008 totaling $80,000. Fund recipients will be announced by August 1, 2008.
HOW TO ENTER Submissions must be postmarked by April 11, 2008. There is an entry fee on $40 USD per submission.
Please feel to contact The Gucci Tribecca Documentary Fund if you have any questions regarding the entry process:
Festival Dates: October 9-19 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area & Los Angeles
The AFF is now accepting submissions of all genres: features, documentaries, experimental works, short films, animations and beyond. For consideration in the 2008 Arab Film Festival, the film must have been completed after January 1st 2006 and not have been shown in the San Francisco Bay Area or Los Angeles prior. The deadline for entries is April 15th, 2008.
Toronto Palestine Film Festival Call For Entries 2008
The Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) is now accepting entries for the first annual festival to be held in October 2008.
While highlighting the work of Palestinian filmmakers the festival will showcase the diverse and creative work of all filmmakers (any nationality) exploring both historic and contemporary themes related to Palestinian culture, experience, and narrative. Eligibility Categories:
* Feature Films * Documentaries * Shorts (including animated or experimental works) * Youth Work (created by filmmakers under the age of 18)
Entries can be of any length. All foreign language entries must be subtitled in English. Entries should be produced between 2003 and 2008. Any works currently in production may be submitted as rough cuts but, if selected, must be provided in final form with English subtitles by August 30th, 2008.
Formats accepted for Submission (for the selection process only): DVD/VHS (PAL or NTSC) or QuickTime movies on CD (for shorts or youth work only)
Formats accepted for Exhibition (for presentation at the festival): Film: 35mm and 16mm Video: DigiBeta or BetaSP (NTSC preferred) Digital: DV and Mini DV (DVDs are NOT ACCEPTABLE unless they are for short films of under 15 minutes.) Deadlines
Early submission deadline: March 30th, 2008 Extended submission deadline: April 30th, 2008 Filmmakers will be notified of selections via email by July 30th, 2008.
These two short film were produced part of the Hope Films workshop held for the benefit of students from the Dead ea community of Ghour Mazra'ah in Jordan. The workshop is sponsored by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation, with support from United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Jordan, and conducted by the Amman Filmmakers Cooperative.
The 4th Al Jazeera Documentary International Film Festival opens soon
Takes place April 21-24, 2008 - in Doha, Qatar. Festival has decided to sponsor and support the production of the best ten ideas or scripts for documentary films to be presented to the Festival.
The Festival’s administration calls independent talented filmmakers to submit their ideas and works as soon as possible to:
Abbas Arnaout Director of the Festival P.O. Box 24123 Aljazeera Satellite Channel - The 4th Aljazeera International Documentary Festival.
Tatwan International Festival for Mediterranean Cinema
The 14th edition of Tatwan International Festival for Mediterranean Cinema will be held this year from March 29 till April 4. About 100 Mediterranean films will be presented in three categories: Feature films, Short and documentaries formats. The festival will take a look over the last 20 years of the Tunisian Cinema. Beside presenting the films and rewarding the best ones, the festival will organize youth instructional programs focusing on cinema studies. It will also host a panel of distinguished guests and cinema professionals coming from the Maghreb and other Mediterranean countries.
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