takecare {out} there Short Film Competition Gathering Steam in the lead-up to Melbourne Fringe Gala Screening
The ALSO Foundation, the peak body for GLBTIQ affairs, invites emerging filmmakers across ALL levels to submit entries for the inaugural Take Care {out} There Short Film Competition.  Films must address or include sexual health and relationship issues to be in with a chance of winning $4500 of prizes and be judged by award-winning directors Tony Ayres and Ana Kokkinos.

Take Care {out} There is modelled on Make A Film, Make A Difference, TAC’s short film competition based around road safety.  The contest is open to anyone with a completed or in-production work that addresses sexual health or relationship issues around sexual health.

1^st Prize: $2500 Cash, $1000 of Film Equipment Hire from Open Channel
2^nd Prize: $500 Cash, $500 of Film Equipment Hire from Open Channel

The ALSO foundation is looking for films between 30 seconds and 15 minutes.  Be it a shaky, handheld iPhone or a fully produced short film, the emphasis is on the creative delivery of a message.

Creative individuals, community groups and student filmmakers are invited to submit their films to be in with a chance of having their films screened across a range of festivals and a gala screening to be held at Treasury Theatre on Tuesday 4 October as a special event of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

The deadline for submission has been extended to Friday 16 September and entry forms can be downloaded from www.takecare.org.au or direct from the ALSO Foundation L8 – 225 Bourke St, Melbourne or calling 9660 3900

Filmmaker enquiries to: takecare@also.org.au or call 9660 3905
Event enquiries to: also@also.org.au or call 9660 3900

Hi Paul, I thought I would send you a quick email to see how you and your students were going with the Hard Sell video competition, and to pass on some inspiration and hints and tips for your students. Mick in the Marketing team has had a go at creating his own video commercial to prove that you don’t need a lot of money, equipment or time to shoot an effective 60 second commercial about Intellectual Property (IP). Mick shot his video in a weekend using only a digital camera and a tripod. His mates did the acting and his dad did the voice over. To view Mick’s video and his hints and tips on creating a quality video, check out the Hard Sell webpage.

Entry to Movie Extra Tropfest 2011 is now open. Join in the fun and tradition of Tropfest by submitting a film into the world’s largest short film festival. Whether you’re a beginner, studying filmmaking or already have a few films under your belt, Tropfest is open to anyone eager to tell a story through film. For the first time this year, any filmmaker from outside Australia whose film is chosen as a Finalist to screen at the festival will be flown to Australia for the event*.

The 2011 Tropfest Signature Item (TSI) is ‘KEY’, and to be eligible for competition, you must include the TSI somewhere in your film. It can be featured in your film in anyway you like – big or small.

Here’s the full list of guidelines required to enter your film into the 2011 competition:

• Your film must be made specifically for Movie Extra Tropfest 2011
• Movie Extra Tropfest 2011 must be your film’s first public screening including online
• Your film must be no longer than seven minutes (including title and end credits)
• Your film must contain the TSI – ‘KEY’

Entries close on Thursday 6 January 2011 at 6pm. Just download a copy of our 2011 Guidelines (and read the whole thing!), grab a camera and some mates and start shooting your entry before it’s too late.

Tropfest is also excited to announce a new partnership with YouTube. We won’t be accepting DVD entries this year – all entries will be received online via our Tropfest YouTube Channel. For more information on how to submit your film visit http://tropfest.com/au.

For the first time this year entries will be received online through a new partnership with YouTube, making it easier for international entrants by eliminating the need to provide their film on a DVD.

http://tropfest.com/au | http://facebook.com/tropfest | http://twitter.com/tropfest | http://youtube.com/tropfest

ENTER OUR JOHN WEST CANNED FILM FESTIVAL COMPETITION TO WIN A SHARE OF $15,000
This is a call to all budding film makers. Thanks to Hey Hey and John West, you can create movie magic and be rewarded with cold, hard cash.
There are two creative requirements. Your film should be no longer than 2 minutes and it should feature or include a can of John West Tuna or Salmon somewhere in the film.

First Prize is $10,000.
Second Prize is $5,000.

Once you’ve shot your masterpiece, burn it to DVD and send it to –
John West Canned Film Festival
Po Box 100
Richmond VIC 3121

For full terms and conditions visit our website – www.heyhey.tv
Entries close last mail on Wednesday 17th November.
Winners will be announced on the 20th of November during the show.

I am wanting to touch base with you in regards to ONE80PROJECT,  a wonderful initiative that  really gives a leg up to aspiring film makers as well as supporting Australian television drama! Just to give you a brief overview, the One80Project in conjunction with MTV is a national competition where entrants submit a 180 second drama pilot in which gets judged by a panel of industry professionals (past named have included Sam Neil, Teresa Palmer, Joel and Nash Edgerton, Noah Taylor), developed into a fully fledged production and ultimately aired on MTV Australia.

Attached is an overview of the project, feel free to check out our website www.one80project.com.au

MTV are really passionate about this initiative, and are ecstatic by its growth over the last 4 years. Now in its 5^th year, we are excited about taking it to new heights and making it the best yet.

The competition officially opens from October 15, however we are hoping to lock in presentation dates from September 27.