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Microcinema International is pleased to announce a call for works for a
special edition of Independent Exposure.
In conjunction with FotoFest 2004, Microcinema will produce a short film and
video series dealing with the subject of water.
FotoFest 2004 will take place from Mid-March to Mid-April 2004 in Houston.
The focus for the 2004 Biennial is water; water as global resource and
inspiration for personal and creative expression. The three directions to
FotoFest's exhibition and education programming in 2004 are:
The Global Perspective: Water as historical determinant of human settlement
and a force in shaping the future, international politics, and economic
development.
The Community Perspective: Water and the quality of life, its potential for
enrichment and destruction. This area will have a particular emphasis on
cities.
The Personal View: Water as a catalyst for individual expression and
aesthetic and spiritual contemplation and creativity.
FotoFest, Inc is a non-profit international arts and education organization,
whose purpose is to create an international forum for the exchange,
promotion, and public appreciation of photo-related work.
FotoFest's programs bring together an international vision of art with a
commitment to cross-cultural education and the strengthening of cultural
resources in Houston, the United States, and around the globe. They are
committed to providing a forum for the photo-related arts, past and present,
and helping to improve education in Houston and the United States.
FotoFest 2004 will take place from March 12 to April 12, 2004 in Houston,
Texas. For more info: www.fotofest.com
Microcinema's program will premier in Houston during Fotofest and then tour
the world (schedule to be determined).
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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
For our FotoFest Independent Exposure compilation we will accept short
video, film and digital-media submissions of 15 minutes or less and are
currently looking for narrative, documentary, humorous, dramatic, animation,
experimental, alternative, avant-garde, erotic, and underground works that
deal in some way with WATER.
DEADLINE - SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 - - NEW DEADLINE!!!
NO FEE
Please submit a VHS (NTSC, PAL, or SECAM), clearly labeled with name, title,
length, phone-number and email, plus the mention "FOTOFEST".
Due to the large amount of entries, we are unable to return your submission
but we will get back to you regarding your submission(s)!
Microcinema will contact you before or by December 31, 2003.
Send submissions to:
Microcinema International
1530 Sul Ross
Houston, TX 77006
USA
Info/details: +1-713-527-8412
info@microcinema.com
www.microcinema.com
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Independent Exposure - " the best collection of shorts I‚ve seen"
Film Threat Magazine
Independent Exposure - A Monthly Microcinema Screening Program of
International Short Films, Videos and Digital Works
The Independent Exposure microcinema-screening program began in 1996 in
Seattle and now is based in San Francisco and Houston. The program, held
every month, has presented the short film, video and digital works of over
800 artists from all over the world. Beyond the San Francisco and Houston
screenings, Independent Exposure also has been presented hundreds of times
in 40 countries plus Palestine and Antarctica.
2004 is the ninth season of Independent Exposure, which is based out of the
111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco, CA with a complementary satellite
screening series at the Axiom Theatre in Houston, TX. We want to show your
work to audiences throughout the world, so please submit your work(s) now.
Independent Exposure - Call for Works and Distribution through Exhibition
Information
For our Independent Exposure compilation series we accept short video, film
and digital-media submissions of 15 minutes or less and are currently
looking for narrative, humorous, dramatic, animation, documentary,
experimental, alternative, avant-garde, music videos, erotic, gay/lesbian,
and underground works.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: NO DEADLINE NO FORMS
Please submit a VHS (NTSC, PAL, or SECAM), mini-DV (NTSC only) or DVD (NTSC
only) clearly labeled with name, title, length, phone-number and email.
There is now a US$5.00 entry fee PER FILM for United States and Canadian
artists. Due to high postage costs, we are waiving entry fees to filmmakers
from outside the US and Canada. Please include any supporting materials
including photos! (preferably in digital format). Due to the large amount
of entries, we are unable to return your submission but we will get back to
you regarding your submission(s).
Microcinema will contact you before including any entry at its monthly
Independent Exposure screening in San Francisco and/or Houston. All artists
will be paid an honorarium when their work is screened in the San Francisco
and Houston shows. Artists also will qualify for a non-exclusive
Microcinema Distribution through Exhibition Agreement for subsequent
international screenings. Microcinema pays its artists royalties for
screenings, TV broadcast, VHS/DVD and Internet sales. If we make money, the
artists make money!
Send submissions to:
Joel S. Bachar, Microcinema International
531 Utah Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 USA
Info/details: +1-415-864-0660
info@microcinema.com www.microcinema.com
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From: Liza Sabater (liza@culturekitchen.com)
Subject: Creative Commons Moving Image Contest
http://creativecommons.org/contest/
Creative Commons Moving Image Contest
A contest to create a 2-minute moving image that describes Creative
Commons' mission.
With " Get Creative ", our Flash movie, we took a shot at explaining
Creative Commons' mission. We're fond of it, but we think you could do
an even better job. We now invite you to enter the Creative Commons
Moving Image Contest , a competition to create a 2-minute moving image
that articulates the Creative Commons mission.
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Proposals Invited for Short Term Independent Research Fellowship
The Sarai Programme, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi
What is Sarai?
Sarai is a public initiative of media practitioners and scholars
looking at media cultures and urban life. Sarai's interests are in the
field of old and new media, information and communication
technologies, free software, cinema, and urban space - its politics,
built form, ecology, culture and history, with a strong commitment to
making knowledge available in the public domain. It is a programme of the
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi. For more information
visit www.sarai.net
Who Can Apply?
Sarai invites independent researchers, media practitioners, software
designers and programmers, urbanists, architects, artists and
writers, as well as students (post graduate level and above) and
university and college faculty to apply for support to research
driven projects.
Why Research? What do we mean by Research?
Sarai is committed to generating public knowledge and creativity
through research. Hence the support for research driven projects and
processes. The fellowships are in the nature of small grants in order to
emphasize the initiation and founding of projects that would
otherwise go unsupported
Here, by research we mean both archival and field research, and
forays into theoretical work as well as any process or activity of an
experimental or creative nature - for instance in the audiovisual media,
as well as in journalism or the humanities and social
sciences, or in computing and architecture.
The Experience of Previous Years:
This is the third year in which Sarai has called for proposals for such
fellowships. We would like to spell out the way in which the process
worked in the previous years, as an indication of what
applicants should expect.
The first year saw the selection of twenty proposals, in the second year
thirty six proposals were selected. These included work towards projects
based on investigative reportage of urban issues; essays on everyday
life; a history of urban Dalit performance traditions;
soundscapes of the city; a graphic novel about Delhi; a documentation of
the free software movement in India; research on displacement and
rehabilitation in cities; interpretative catalogues of wall writings and
public signages; histories of cinema halls and studios in Delhi, Mumbai
and Kolkata; a study of the world of popular fiction and many others.
Successful applicants included freelance researchers,
academics, media practitioners, writers, journalists and activists. For a
detailed list of the proposals click on
http://www.sarai.net/community/fellow.htm
The projects were submitted in English, Hindi or a combination of the two
languages. We have seen that projects that set important but
practical and modest goals were usually successful, whereas those that
may have been conceptually sound but lacked sufficient
motivation to actually pursue a research objective on the field,
usually did not take off beyond the interim stage.
Sarai interacted closely with the researcher over the period of the
fellowship and the independent fellows made monthly postings on a public
list as well as a final presentation at Sarai. This enabled us to trace
the development of work during the grant period and the
fellows to obtain structured but informal feedback from us at Sarai in
stages during the course of their work. Submissions at the end of the
fellowship period included written reports and essays,
photographs, tape recordings, audio CDs, pamphlets, maps, drawings and
html presentations.
What we are Looking For:
As in the past, this year too we are looking for proposals that are
imaginatively articulated, experimental and methodogically
innovative, but which are pragmatic and backed up by a well argued work
plan which sets out a time table for the project, as well as suggests how
the support will help with specific resources (human and material) that
the project needs.
Suggested Themes:
Sarai's interests lie in the city and in media. Broadly speaking any
proposal that looks at the urban condition, or at media, is eligible.
More specifically, themes may be as diverse as habitation, sexuality,
labour, social/digital interfaces, urban violence, street life,
technologies of urban control, health and the city, the political economy
of media forms, histories of particular media practices,
intellectual property law, migration, transportation, or anything that the
applicants feel will resonate with the philosophy and interests that
motivate Sarai's work.
Sarai supports innovative and inventive modes of rendering work into the
Public Domain. Proposals, which pay attention to this, will be
particularly valued.
Preferred Approaches:
Innovative and interdisciplinary methodologies, that combine research,
practice, and delivery or rendition methods will be especially welcome.
Conditions:
Applicants should be resident in India, and should have an account in any
bank operating in India.
The research fellowship would be available for up to six months and for a
maximum amount of Rs. 60,000.
The fellowships do not require an every day presence at Sarai. These are
support fellowships and fellowship holders will be free to pursue their
primary occupations, if any.
What you need to send?
There are no application forms. Simply post (snail mail) your
- Proposal (not more than1000 words)
- A brief workplan (not more than one page)
- An updated CV (not more than two pages)
- Work samples (maximum two. Work samples need not necessarily be in the
same area as the proposed project)
- Envelopes should be marked - "Attention : Short Term Independent
Research Fellowship 2003" [Email proposals will not be entertained].
Proposals may be sent in English or Hindi.
Mail these to: Ranita Chatterjee, Coordinator, Programmes, Sarai, Centre
for the Study of Developing Societies, 29 Rajpur Road, Delhi 110054,
India.
Enquires: dak@sarai.net
Last date for submission: October 20, 2003.
Note: Proposals from teams, partnerships, collectives, faculty are
welcome, so long as the grant amount is administered by a single
individual, and the funds are deposited in a single bank account in the
name of an individual.
Applicants who apply to other institutions for support for the same
proposal will not be disqualified, provided they inform Sarai that
support is being sought (or has been obtained) from another institution.
The applicants should inform Sarai about the identity of the other
institution.
The Newsletter of the Sarai Programme,
29 Rajpur Road, Delhi 110 054, www.sarai.net
Info: dak@sarai.net.To subscribe: send a blank email to
newsletter-request@sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header.
Directions to Sarai: We are ten minutes from Delhi University. Nearest bus
stop: IP college or Exchange Stores
See Calendar and Newsletter online:
http://www.sarai.net/calendar/newsletter.htm
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Open Call
The Salina Art Center is inviting submissions for participation in Red Beats ñ Fresh Cut Culture, a live art/performance cabaret series beginning in October 2003. Submissions in any of the following media are encouraged:
Experimental Video
Film
Sound
Performance Art
Tactical Media
Net Art/Telematics
Dance
Living Sculpture
DJs
MCs
Breakers
Bands ñ All Genres
Drag/Cabaret/Lounge
Theatre
Magic
Juggling/Puppetry
Poetry/Spoken Word/Independent Publishing
Circus/Carnival Acts
Culinary Arts
(not an exhaustive list)
Artists are asked to submit a resume and short statement of artistic purpose/intent along with documentation of recent projects in any format. Video documentation should not exceed 60 minutes in length. CDs are preferable for sound projects. Submissions will be reviewed as they are received. Please allow 4-6 weeks for response.
Send all materials to:
Stacy Switzer
C/O Red Beats
Salina Art Center
Box 743
Salina, Kansas 67402-0743
(Street address)
Salina Art Center
242 South Santa Fe
Salina, Kansas 67401
Please e-mail questions to:
sswitzer@salinaartcenter.org
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Re:
An e-mail art project.
This e-mail is an invitation to collaborate in the project: Re:
The project is an investigation of the possibilities of art creation using electronic-mail
as a tool for new artistic explorations.
The selected pieces will be shown at the ìComme des Congres Galleryî in Calgary Alberta, Canada
from September 22 to October 22, 2003.
Submit:
We will accept: text abstractions, visual e-mail poetry, image and text experimentations, e-mail essays, conceptual e-mail, neo-text, text-drawing, photographic e-mail-collage, digital images, etc.
Keep in mind: keep in mind the structure of the e-mail, as the frame for your own experimentation.
There is not a specific theme. The artist has the freedom to choose the subject, the elements, and the structure of the piece; however there are some requirements.
Requirements:
Do not attach any files to download. The artist can incorporate images that will be visible on the e-mail structure but not downloadable files.
Do not include sound or flash animations or any kind of media that will require a computer to be presented, the e-mails will be shown printed on paper out of the screen computer context.
Deadline for submissions: September 15, 2003.
Send: send your e-mail-art-piece to: Re@a--g.com or albertoguedea@gmx.net with the
subject: Re:
Alberto Guedea, Curator.
For further information contact Alberto Guedea at: A@a--g.com , albertoguedea@gmx.net
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Submissions wanted.
Gathering material for a new edition of Hyperrhiz. Please do excuse the name simularities....as this was not my chioce...but the new media section is...so please do submit.....any hypermedia works are welcome and I will respond to all submissions....
the url of the last issue: http://www.rhizomes.net/issue5/hyperrhiz2/hyperrhiz2.html
send a url of all submissions to: Jason Nelson heliopod@hotmail.com
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POSITION Executive Director
ORGANIZATION Visual Communications
LOCATION Los Angeles, California
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP The Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is searching for an Executive Director to lead a
nationally recognized, Asian Pacific American, Academy-Award-winning, media
arts organization in Los Angeles.
Founded in 1970, Visual Communications (VC) is the first and only full
service Asian Pacific media arts center in the nation. VC was created with
the understanding that media and arts are important vehicles to organize and
empower communities, build connections between generations, challenge
perspectives, and create an environment for critical thinking necessary to
build a more just and humane society.
Our mission is to promote intercultural understanding through the creation,
presentation, preservation and support of media works by and about Asian
Pacific Americans.
Responsibilities
Provide vision, leadership and motivation to the organization.
Develop and implement strong fundraising programs both corporate and
individual
Responsible for a budget of approximately $500,000 per year.
Manage both the day-to-day activities with an eye to the long range planning
goals.
Manage/develop/assess/evaluate job performance of a staff of 10 employees (2
full time and 8 part time)
Develop accountability policies for each job position
Formulate and recommend policies and procedures for Board consideration
Serves as the organization‚s senior representative to all constituencies:
Asian Pacific ethnic groups, arts communities, and the film & television
industry
Required Qualifications
Bachelor‚s degree.
A strong passion for and familiarity with the media arts, particularly
within the Asian Pacific context
Track record of successful fund raising, resource development, and grant
funding.
Previous experience with managing a program or organization with a budget of
over $300,000/year.
Demonstrated success in working with collaborative partners from diverse
backgrounds and perspectives.
Organizational development and operational planning experience with a track
record of fiscally sound programs and events.
Excellent communication and organizational skills with an ability to offer
support and direction to staff, volunteers and Board to insure meeting
organizational goals and vision.
Strong finance background with the ability to prepare and evaluate financial
reports.
Desired Qualifications
Ability to think „out of the box‰ in developing new programs and revenue
sources within the context and financial constraints of our organization.
Adept and knowledgeable about new media technologies.
Experience with building audiences and providing a successful customer
experience.
Desired Personal Characteristics
Detailed oriented with the ability to multi-task while keeping the big
picture in mind
Honest, articulate, and ethical with a strong commitment to create an
environment that assists Asian Pacific artists to do their best work.
A team player and an excellent communicator able to unify and build support
among people at every level (i.e. staff, board, and community partners).
A strong commitment to improving access to media and technology resources
for underserved communities.
Resourceful and flexible with an ability to cultivate prospective donors
A strong sense of humor
Compensation
An attractive compensation and benefit package will be provided to the
successful candidate.
Applicants should mail resume and cover letter to the Chair of the Search
Committee.
All applications must be received by the end of the business day on Monday,
Sept. 29, 2003.
Contact Information:
Alice Y. Hom
Chair of Search Committee
C/o Jeff Liu
Visual Communications
120 Judge Aiso Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Fax 213-687-4848
Email: jliu@fc.ltsc.org
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Hi, I hope you or your friends would like to
participate in this exhibition:
Nth art is a new London-based artist‚s collective. For
our inaugural show we are presenting an exhibition
that goes beyond the limits of most group shows. We
plan to install the work of 300 international artists
in a gallery 360 x 330 x 540cm (12 x 11 x 18'). The
show opens on 16th of October and continues until
2nd
of November.
We welcome submissions in any media: time-based,
two-
or three-dimensional. We intend to show all work
submitted, so we ask that artists bear in mind the
limited space or duration available for each piece. We
would be particularly glad to exhibit original works
but the artist must arrange and meet any cost of
return.
The deadline for submissions is 6th of October.
Please send submissions or enquiries to:
lorin@nth-art.org
Or: Nth art, PO Box 12710, London SE23 2ZR, UK
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2004 DIY Film Festival Call For Entries
HOLLYWOOD, CA (Sept. 5, 2003) _ The DIY Film Festival has issued a
call for entries for its third annual event honoring independent
films from the cutting-edge of do-it-yourself storytelling.
Dramatic, documentary, animation, student and comedy feature and
short films made after Jan. 1, 2001 and shot in DV, Beta, HDTV, 16mm
or 35mm will be considered. All entries must be created using
commonly-available tools of independent filmmaking without financing
from a major film studio or corporate backer.
Submitted films will be judged by a panel of industry experts using
the following criteria:
1) The filmmaker's ability to tell an interesting story.
2) The unique use of DIY resources in making and marketing the film.
Film festival submissions should be on VHS-NTSC or DVD and cannot be
returned. A registration form is available online at
www.diyconvention.com under "upcoming events" or you may phone 323-
665-8068 to register.
Last year's prize winners received over $5000 in prizes, including a
Sony digital camera to the grand prize winner, the compelling 9/11
documentary "Brothers: On Holy Ground," shot by retired New York
firefighter Mike Lennon.
The DIY Film Festival will screen select winning entries at a gala
celebration held as part of the 2004 DIY Convention. Winning entries
will also screen throughout the year in Hollywood and various cities
as part of our ongoing CLUB DIY series.
In addition to prizes, entrants to the DIY Film Festival receive a
review in the DIYReporter.com and free admission to CLUB DIY events
throughout the year.
Submissions will be notified within 72 hours of their entry's
receipt.
The DIY Film Festival is sponsored by Final Draft Screenplay
Software, IFilm/The Hollywood Creative Directory, BMI, Alcasid.com,
and the DIYReporter.com.
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http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/festival/english/index.html
submission period: August 1, 2003 (Fri.) -October 20, 2003 (Mon.)
The field of media arts inspires like nothing else in the world of arts today.
The ACA Media Arts Festival defines new modes of expression, showcases artists who have produced works of outstanding brilliance, and introduces the creative process that goes into such works to a wider audience.
The number of entries continues to rise on an annual basis, with last year's festival featuring 1,375 works of art.
In addition, the Exhibition of Prize-winning Works attracted 29,000 visitors in 2002-just another sign that this festival is growing into one of the top events devoted to media arts in Japan.
The broad spectrum of genres that are highlighted covers such forms of media arts as manga, anime (animation), video games, Web site designs, computer graphics, and interactive art.
Participation is welcome irrespective of whether the artist is a professional or an amateur and regardless of whether the works involved are independent creations or were made for a commercial purpose.
Push the envelope and ponder the boundless possibilities of media arts.
We eagerly look forward to receiving your applications.
Art Division
Works of art employing digital technology
(including still pictures, installations, interactive art, Web sites and motion pictures)
Entertainment Division
Works of entertainment employing digital technology
(including video games, manga, Web sites, characters, and VFX)
Animation Division
Animation employing traditional methods and digital technology
(including full-length animation and short animation)
Manga Division
Manga works
(including full-length manga, short manga, and single-panel cartoons)
*Entries competing in the Animation Division or the Manga Division are not required to conform to a digital format.
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Call for Projects for Exhibition of Digital technology projects in The Digital Hub Project Office, 10 - 13 Thomas Street, Dublin, Ireland.
Exhibit4:Play
Exhibit4 showcase will focus on Gaming and games related projects.
Closing Date for receipt of submissions is 15th September 2003.
Please send us:
* games for web, PC, networks, mobile, consol, etc.
* projects that are research based, experimental, subversive, educational, conceptually and technically innovative.
* projects and products that take games and game play to new places and domains where gaming has not previously being used.
Projects can cover a broad range of disciplines and may include graphics, product design, fashion, furniture, architectural, web, interaction and sound design, motion graphics, film, animation, special
effects, commercial production, advertising and computer programming as long as they address the gaming brief.
Those interested in exhibiting can present their ideas either as a finished piece of work, work in progress or as a proposal. For the showcase, turnaround time to complete the project is three weeks.
Please check our site for submission guidelines.
www.thedigitalhub.com
Successful exhibitors should be prepared to present their projects in a series of talks and that will take place in 2003.
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TRAMPOLINE
Platform for New Media Art
+++ Call for Submissions +++
TRAMPOLINE invites all artists working in FILM or VIDEO, COMPUTER BASED
WORK, NEW MEDIA INSTALLATION or NEW MEDIA LIVE ART / PERFORMANCE, ELECTRONIC
SCULPTURE or SOUND to submit their work for our praterfernsehen-night on
october 28. + 29th.
we are especially looking for PERFORMANCE and LIVE ART work for this show as
well as for short VIDEO work, preferably on mini-dv. other formats accepted
are vhs, dvd, cdrom or for documentation of live work or installation photos
etc.
if you want to submit your work, please contact us on
info@trampoline-berlin.de
you can post your submissions to:
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Trampoline/Praterfernsehen
Linienstraße 227
10178 Berlin
please enclose a return stamped addressed envelope if you would like your
material send back to you. thank you!
deadline for all entries: 26. September 2003
for more information please go to www.trampoline-berlin.de
contact: info@trampoline-berlin.de
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Deidre Towers of Dance on Camera Festival in New York has asked Dance Camera West to send out their call for entries due September 15. Please do not reply to this email address. Please direct all inquiries to Dance Films Association, 48 W. 21st St, #907, New York, NY 10010. Telephone/Fax: (212) 727-0764; e-mail: dfa5@earthlink.net
Website: www.dancefilmsassn.org.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Dance On Camera Festival 2004
in New York City and on Tour
Dance Films Association (DFA) is proud to announce its eighth collaboration with the Film Society of Lincoln Center: Dance On Camera Festival 2004 and DFA's 32nd annual festival. The festival will be held over three weekends January 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 2004, at the Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th Street, plaza level, New York City. A jury of esteemed film and dance artists will determine the winner of DFA's cash prize. All entries not selected to be shown at the Walter Reade Theatre will be available for viewing by the general public at the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts of Lincoln Center. DFA will ask the permission of winning entrants to include their work on Dance On Camera On Tour which begins at the Jacob Burns Center in Pleasantville, New York. For the screenings in the tour outside of New York, the entrants will receive an honorarium.
Dance On Camera Festival is the oldest annual dance film/video festival in the world. Initiated to foster creativity and encourage fruitful collaborations between dancers and film makers, the Dance On Camera Festival is one of many activities sponsored by DFA, founded by the late Susan Braun in 1956 as a not-for-profit, member-supported service organization. Membership includes a subscription to the bi-monthly Dance On Camera Journal, discounts on all DFA events, fiscal sponsorship, production support, access to its on-line database, finishing funds, and viewing facilities.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center, also a member-supported organization, maintains a prominent position within the international film network as a discerning, innovative exhibitor. The Film Society produces the annual New York Film Festival, a Gala Tribute to a distinguished film artist, co-produces New Directors/New Films with the Museum of Modern Art, and publishes the bi-monthly magazine Film Comment.
Direct all questions to Dance Films Association, 48 W. 21st St, #907, New York, NY 10010. Telephone/Fax: (212) 727-0764; e-mail: dfa5@earthlink.net Website: www.dancefilmsassn.org.
Deadline for entries: Sept. 15, 2003.