February 20, 2008

Opportunities to screen your dance films & videos

CALL FOR WORKS

O dança em foco -International Video & Dance Festival is receiving applications for its International Videodance Screenings. The 2008 edition will take place in September in Rio de Janeiro followed by other cities, with free public showings.

If interested please send dance documentaries and videodance works by 29 February 2008 to the following address:

dança em foco - Festival Internacional de Vídeo & Dança
a/c Paulo Caldas
Rua General Glicério 144 / 202 - Laranjeiras
Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil
CEP 22.245-120

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The 3rd International Vdance festival at the Cinemateque Tel Aviv (Cinematek), Israel
The festival will run for 3 days showing international and Israeli work that explores the connection between film and movement - showing video dance and contemporary dance films plus experimental films from beginning of 20th century.
 
Festival dates: 12 - 14 June 2008
Venue: Cinemateque Tel Aviv

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 29, 2008
artists should submit their work on DVD format (2 copies). 
including:
a document with Name of artist, Postal address, E-mail address, Phone number , Name of the piece (Title), Name of Director, Name of Choreographer, Name of Producer, year in which the work has been made, length of the piece, and a short description of the piece.
 
Send it to:
Vdance - The International Festival of Video-Dance
Cinemateque Tel Aviv
2 Sprinzak St.
Tel Aviv 64738
Israel
 
For inquries and information contact:
vdance2008@gmail.com

DANCEDOC SLAM
Thursday, March 6, 2008, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Green Space, 37-24 24^th St., Long Island City
An interactive peer-review workshop that provides choreographers and dancers the opportunity to present video documentation of their work for critique by experts in the field. The panel will lead a discussion on the best ways to document dance pieces on film for venues, festivals and funding applications based on five pre-selected video submissions.

SUBMISSION PROCESS
To submit your video sample for critique please send a DVD clearly labeled with the name of the artist and contact information to:

Independence Arts Builds Community Submissions
Queens Council on the Arts
One Forest Park at Oak Ridge
Woodhaven, NY 11421-1166

MARCH 2008

EMPAC DANCE MOVIES COMMSSION 2008: OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The deadline for the proposals is March 1, 2008.

For more information on EMPAC and the DANCE MOViES Commission, or to download the guidelines and application form, please visit the EMPAC website:
http://www.empac.rpi.edu

DANCE MOViES Commission application process:
The EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission is a competitive open proposal process, in which eligible artists submit a project proposal.  The initial proposals are reviewed and a small number of artists are invited to submit a detailed proposal to an international panel. The panel assesses the quality and feasibility of the proposed project and submits its recommendations to EMPAC. The commissions are awarded by EMPAC after review.

Upon awarding of the commission, the artist or collaborative team has one year to complete the project, at which point the work is premiered at EMPAC, shown at dance film festivals around the world, and credited as an EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The American Dance Festival calls for innovators to step forward with submissions for the 13th annual Dancing for the Camera: International Festival of Film and Video Dance. Showcasing the best of fusions between cinematographic skill and choreographic vision, Dancing for the Camera has screened to international audiences more than 250 dance films by filmmakers from over 20 countries.  Directed by dance filmmaker and curator, Douglas Rosenberg, the 2008 festival will take place July 11-13, in conjunction with the ADF's 75th Anniversary. 

Seeking high artistic quality, all entries will be adjudicated in one of four categories by a panel of jurors whose selections will screen at the festival. Certificates of Distinction will be awarded to works of exceptional merit.

Submissions should align with one of the following areas:
Choreography for the Camera--original work made specifically for video or film or re-staged for the camera.
Documentaries--productions that include interviews or other educational elements in addition to choreography.
Experiment and Digital Technologies--work that extends the boundaries of dance and can exist only in video, film, or new technologies.
Student Work--submissions produced while the filmmakers were students or by current students.
The early deadline for film/video submissions is March 11, 2008, by 6pm with an entry fee of $30. 
All submissions must meet the final deadline of April 11, 2008, by 6pm.  The entry fee for late submissions is $40.  Download the entry form.  

For more information on Dancing for the Camera, including registration, entry forms, and guidelines for submission please visit www.americandancefestival.org

Questions regarding the call for entries should be directed to adf@americandancefestival.org or 919.684.6402.

CALL FOR ENTRIES
The 2008 dance event for the Dowagiac Dogwood Fine Arts Festival is "Dancing Outside the Box: A Video& Film Festival of Dance."  On Saturday, May 10, 2008 select films will be shown at the Theatre in the Dale A. Lyons Building on the campus of Southwestern Michigan College in Dowagiac, Michigan.
 
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
We seek films or videos that blend dance and film of all kinds.  We will accept dance made for the camera, documentary, short film, adaptation of a stage work or site specific creation, or music video.  Content must be family friendly.
 
ENTRY REGULATIONS

• Entries must be received in DVD or VHS format

• Entry form and media must be postmarked by March 15, 2008
• If you would like your media returned please send self addressed mailer with return postage.  We are not responsible for returning preview media without a specific request and postage.
• Dogwood Fine Arts Festival is given the right to use excerpts from your video, if chosen for the festival in all Dogwood promotional materials.
• DISCLAIMER/LIABILITY: every effort will be made to protect entries while in the Festival's care; however, the Festival and its sponsor do not assume liability for damage or loss to DVD's or videotapes.

Send entry form and VHS/DVD to:
Dogwood Fine Arts Festival
PO Box 526
Dowagiac, MI 49047
Attn:Amy
Direct questions to:
Amy Rose  269.580.1447
 craigamy@btc-bci.com  subject:Dogwood

APRIL 2008

Entry Call 2008                                               
Dance film entries are now being accepted for the 2008 SHOOT - Dance for Screen festival
 
SHOOT - Dance for Screen, the Swedish dance for screen festival celebrates the fifth anniversary with festival in four cities: Stockholm-Luleå-Göteborg-Malmö.
Screenings, seminars, discussions, workshops, 3D installation, national and international guests.
 
We are looking for dance films and videos in various styles, completed in 2006-2008, that combine choreography and cinematography.
We welcome shorts, features, animation and video clips.
 
Festival date: Oct/Nov 2008
Submission deadline: 2 April 2008
 
MORE INFORMATION AND HOW TO SUBMIT:
go to www.modernadansteatern.se
or email stina@modernadansteatern.se


CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

EDIT2008
4. International Dance Film Festival, Budapest
Organised by Workshop Foundation in co-operation with Budapest Autumn Festival
Planned date: 10-13 October 2008

We are accepting original films and videos on dance and movement, camera re-works and experimental projects on body and gestures with no restriction on its length and subject.

A DVD format copy should be sent to Workshop Foundation no later than 15 April 2008 (postmark).

Workshop Foundation / Gabor Pinter
1094 Budapest, Liliom u. 41.
HUNGARY

It is also the deadline for submitting the on-line ENTRY FORM.

A professional jury will select the films into the screening programme. Applicants will be informed about the decision by 30 July 2008.

Do not hesitate to contact us for further information: editfest@yahoo.com

Thank you,

Gabor Pinter
Program Curator

ON-GOING (No deadlines)

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