Posts Tagged ‘Shorts’

REEL ISLINGTON SUBMISSIONS OPEN

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Screen your film at the Holloway Odeon

Reel Islington Screenings has opened submissions for its 2009 summer film festival, hosted by London’s Holloway Odeon. Short films, documentary shorts and music videos from all over the world are invited. A selection will be made with an emphasis on the following
criteria:
- Excellence
- Films and filmmakers with a connection to Islington or North London
- Films produced by young filmmakers and community groups
- Films likely to draw a young audience

Please send your film on a DVD along with your contact details to Guy King, Reel Islington Screenings, 1st Floor, Grafton House, 379 Euston Road, London NW1 3AU. Entry is free and the deadline is 28 February 2009. Films of up to 30 minutes in length will be considered but due to time constraints shorter films are preferred. All entries will receive a response from the organisers before 20 March. The film festival takes place on Sunday 28 June and Saturday 4 July 2009.

For more information email guyking5@gmail.com. Reel Islington Screenings is brought to you in association with the Holloway Arts Festival (www.hollowayartsfestival.co.uk).

***Two-Minute Film Competition***
As well as welcoming general submissions, Reel Islington Screenings is inviting entries to the Reel Islington Two-Minute Film Competition.

The theme for this year’s competition is ‘2′ and filmmakers are encouraged to interpret the theme as broadly as they like: The Power of 2, Back2Skool, 2’s A Crowd, 2Morrow, 2Young2Die, My Pink 2Tu, etc.

The length of the film, whether it is documentary or fictional film, should be two minutes or less, shot on mobile phone or video camera, and emailed to guyking5@gmail.com or submitted on DVD to Guy King, Two-Minute Film Competition, 1st Floor, Grafton House, 379 Euston Road, London NW1 3AU. Please include your contact details and note that DVDs cannot be returned. Early deadline is 28 February 2009.

Winning entries will be shown at London’s Holloway Odeon on Sunday 28 June.

SHORT FILM COMPETITION from PERFORMANCE FILM & MEDIA INSURANCE

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

If you have recently made a short film hurry up and send it in to us by 11th February and win up to £5000!

Performance and our sponsors Rocket Post are offering some amazing prizes including:
-Screening of the best five films at an exclusive VIP party at BAFTA on March 25th
-£5,000 cash prize to the best film on the night
-£4,500 worth of post-production work for the runner up
The judging panel will include industry experts and BAFTA award winners Clive Parsons and Tony McHale.

Entry is free and we request films to be made between Jan 07 – Nov 08. For more information go to film.performance-insurance.tv

Rushes Soho Shorts – Call for Submissions

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Celebrating the previous year’s best director in each of the six competition categories Short Film, Animation, Documentary, Music Video, Newcomer and Broadcast Design, the festival has built a phenomenal following and maintains a significant bridge between the independent and commercial film making communities.

2009 includes additional out-of-competition programmes highlighting work from abroad along with numerous guest programmes showcasing amazing work produced in the UK and overseas. The 10 day event will also see a large range of seminars, lectures, networking events, receptions, Bar-B-Q’s, boat parties and live music performances. (more…)

£10,000 grants for short films!

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

The Pears Foundation together with the UK Jewish Film Festival are proposing two grants of 10,000£ for the production of two short films. The deadline for the applications is the 14th of January 2009. Please see the attached for further information.

two-grants-of-tpf-sff-ukjff.doc

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