Durban FilmMart 2011 call for submissions
The second edition of Durban FilmMart will take place from 22-25 July 2011 during the 32nd Durban International Film Festival (21-31July). Designed to create partnerships and further the development and production of African cinema, Durban FilmMart ultimately aims to raise the visibility of projects from the African continent, create networking opportunities with potential co-producers. The organisers are now calling for project submissions for the 2nd Durban FilmMart 22 – 25 July 2011, offering filmmakers from the continent of Africa the opportunity to be selected to pitch projects in one-on-one meetings with potential investors within the Finance Forum segment of the programme. African film practitioners are encouraged to take this opportunity as a means of promoting their projects, meeting experts and networking with industry professionals from across the globe. The closing date for submissions is 15 February 2011. Entry is open to: Projects with an African citizen attached to one of the three key creative roles of producer, director or writer. Proof of African citizenship or birth must be provided through a certified copy of a valid African passport/ birth certificate; Africans living in the Diaspora, but who still have African citizenship or have proof of birth in Africa; Projects with a producer attached. For more information on the Durban FilmMart and how to submit your project please email us for more info. Durban FilmMart 2011 appel à candidatures La seconde édition du marché du film de Durban (Durban FilmMart) aura lieu du 22 au 25 juillet 2011 lors de la 32 ème édition du Festival International du film de Durban (21-31July). Durban FilmMart vise à créer des partenariats et à soutenir le développement et la production du cinéma africain, Durban FilmMart vise principalement à la visibilité des projets du continent africain, à créer des possibilités de réseautage avec des coproducteurs éventuels et d’autres partenaires de l’industrie cinématographique et à agir comme une étape pour alimenter les marchés de la coproduction. L’appel pour soumettre des projets pour les 2nd Durban FilmMart est maintenant ouvert. Les cinéastes africains sont invités à saisir cette occasion comme moyen de promouvoir leurs projets, de rencontrer des experts et d’établir des réseaux avec des professionnels de l’industrie de partout dans le monde. La date de clôture est le 15 février 2011. L’appel est ouverte aux : Projets avec un citoyen africain attaché à l’un des trois principaux rôles créatifs du producteur, réalisateur ou auteur. Preuve de citoyenneté africaine ou de naissance doit être fournie au moyen d’une copie certifiée conforme d’un passeport valide d’Afrique / acte de naissance ; Africains vivant dans la Diaspora, mais qui a encore ont la citoyenneté africaine ou preuve de...
Call for Entry: Short films – Design Indaba Expo
Here’s your chance to get your short film seen by a global audience at the fabulous Design Indaba Expo (considered one of the top Design gatherings in the world by those in the know) taking place in Feb next year. Get your entries in by the end of October. All South African filmmakers, students and hobbyists are invited to submit their short films, music videos and animations for screening at the 2010 Design Indaba Expo. The curated film festival is open for viewing by all Design Indaba Expo visitors, from 26 to 28 February 2010, and is screened between the fashion shows at the fashion arena. Submissions must be less than 12 minutes in length and need to be in mini dv or high resolution QuickTime (uncompressed or pal). There is no fee for participation. Submission deadline: 31 October 2009 For more information and submissions please contact Kim Terblanche at kim@interactiveafrica.com or on 021 465...
(just more than) 2 weeks to enter Makhulu Polane
Editorista is emitting corruscating rays of cascading joy (for real!) now that Project Runway has FINALLY kicked off it’s new season (6) after a long drawn out waiting period… we love seeing talent being given a chance to SHINE SHINE SHINE – amazing what a bit of pressure can create. Well the good news is designers (my best Tim Gunn voice) you have a chance to create your own design masterpiece without pressure by entering your interpretation of the LOVE AFRICA theme in Big Blue’s Makhulu Polane t-shirt design competition. It’s open for entries until 15th Sep 09, so MAKE IT WORK: This local initiative was started by Big Blue in 2006 in a quest to discover and support fresh homegrown talent, and entries are received each year from graphic designers, fashionistas, daydreamers, students, illustrators and frustrated corporate workers who dream of design fame and winning the Makhulu Polane title. This year’s design theme is ‘Love-Africa’ and Big Blue is looking for designs that creatively celebrate Africa as a continent. Entries are open to anyone who feels they have an original t-shirt design that fits the design theme; the winning designer receives R20 000 in cash and their t-shirt will be sold in all Big Blue and Kitsch+Kool stores nationwide for two months. T-shirt designs do not need to be digitally created but they must be submitted via the Big Blue website www.bigblue.co.za , hand drawn illustrations can be scanned and uploaded. The award winning Makhulu Polane campaign is an original, annual event that encourages and celebrates South African design. Show us your Makhulu Polane and we’ll make you...
Call for Entry: Africa in Motion short film festival
For the second year, the Africa in Motion (AiM) film festival is inviting African filmmakers to submit short films of up to 30 minutes for the festival’s short film competition. In order to target the competition specifically towards young and emerging African film talent, filmmakers who enter a film for consideration must not have completed a feature-length film previously. Films entered must have been completed in 2006 or after. A shortlist from all the entries will be selected in July and announced by the end of August 2009. From this shortlist, the competition winner will be chosen by a high profile jury and announced at an awards ceremony at the Africa in Motion festival in October 2009. The jury will consist of local and international film specialists and established African filmmakers. All shortlisted films will be screened at the festival. In addition to the overall first prize selected by the jury, an audience choice award will be selected by the audience at the screenings and announced at the end of the festival. The deadline for competition entries is 30 June 2009. Please see below for full submission guidelines and to download the entry form. Alternatively, AIM please read carefully through the submission guidelines and email the festival director Lizelle Bisschoff for further enquires at: submissions@africa-in-motion.org.uk SUBMISSION GUIDELINES • We accept entries from all filmmakers of African nationality working in Africa or abroad. We are particularly interested in giving exposure to young, emerging African filmmakers living and working in Africa. To this end, filmmakers who enter a film for consideration must not have completed a feature-length film previously. Films could be fiction, documentary, animation or experimental and shot in any format. • Only recent films directed by filmmakers of African nationality will be accepted. The film must have been completed in 2006 or after and could have been screened on television, at festivals and in cinemas previously. • Films should be no longer than 30 minutes. • We will only accept films in English or with English subtitles. Participants are responsible for all translation and subtitling, but please get in touch with us if you need advice/support on this. • The viewing copy should be on VHS PAL or DVD (any region). All films submitted should be accompanied by a completed entry form and all viewing copies should be clearly labeled with the title of the film and name of the director. • Unfortunately viewing copies and promotional materials submitted cannot be returned to the sender and will be stored in our festival archive. These are kept exclusively for our own research and non-commercial purposes. • All deliveries from outside...
Democracy. Your Voice, Your Video.
CALL FOR ENTRY!! It’s Simple: You need to be over 18 and have an opinion on democracy… Your video needs to complete the phrase ‘Democracy is…’, it needs to be no longer than 3 minutes and it must be submitted before the 31 January 2009 onto the Youtube documentary challenge site. It can be in animation, documentary, live action, fiction or narrative style, it must be in English or with English subtitles and you can only submit ONE entry. HOW SIMPLE IS THAT??? Excited? And you don’t even know who it’s for yet or what the (amazing) prize is? (read all the smallprint/rules here and some more info below and… get going…) The Prize: * An all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., New York and Hollywood. * Gala screenings of the winning videos in Hollywood, New York and Washington * Exposure to filmmakers and the U.S. film and television industry. * Meetings with democracy advocates from government, media and civil society. The Winners: # Seven winners – one each from the Western Hemisphere, Europe, Middle East/North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South & Central Asia, East Asia/Pacific and one anonymous winner – will be announced in mid-June 2009. # In October 2009, the six publicly identified winners, one from each of the six geographic regions, will travel to the United States to claim their prize. How will my video be judged? Your video will be judged on overall impact, creativity and production values. If your video is selected as a finalist, it will compete against other videos from your region in a global online vote to determine the winner. A full explanation of the judging process can be found in the contest rules. Who is running the competition? It’s run by the United States Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs, supported by numerous partners including the United Nations… SO get thinking… AND GET FILMING… More info: The Democracy Video Challenge, a global call to action celebrating democracy, launched today during International Democracy Day at the United Nations. The Challenge invites citizens from around the world to create short videos that complete the phrase: “Democracy is…” in an effort to enhance the global dialogue on democracy. The Democracy Video Challenge is a new effort supported by a unique partnership comprised of democracy and youth organizations, the film and entertainment industry, academia, and the U.S. government. Richard Engel, NBC’s chief foreign affairs correspondent, served as Master of Ceremonies for the contest’s global launch. (Partners represented at the launch are listed below.) “Film is a window into our common humanity – the challenges and joys that make up the universal human experience – no matter...
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