The 5th Annual Good Dog! International Film Festival is now accepting film, story, screenplay and teleplay submissions through its websitewww.gooddogff.com and www.filmfreeway.com The prize pool is AU$16,000 comprising $1000 per category including a children’s category. Each submission must include or be about a dog making it the most unique film festival in the World. U.S. MovieMaker magazine described it as one of the “10 coolest film festivals in the World”-out of box category
The Early deadline: 30 MAY 2015
Regular deadline: 31 JULY 2015
Extended deadline: 30 SEPT 2015
The Festival will screen 18 & 19 March 2016 throughout Australia and will tour internationally as a travelling film festival. In the past, the Festival has screened Oscar and BAFTA winning & nominated films including films that have shown at Sundance, Palm Springs and other first-class festivals.
For further information please visit the website at www.gooddogff.com and its sister event www.dogparade.com.au
Each year proceeds of the Good Dog! International Film Festival are donated to Australian and international dog charities. In the past, the Festival has donated in excess of $10,000 to dog charities. This year the beneficiary is Young Diggers, a charity that trains comfort dogs for returned soldiers suffering from PTSD. www.youngdiggers.com.au/dogs
info@moondancepictures.com www.gooddogff.com
Film submissions are now open for the 2015 Human Rights Arts & Film Festival, and we can’t wait to see what new and established directorial voices have created in the social justice space.
Have you made a scifi film? We are accepting submissions to the film festival of feature films, short films, music clips, documentaries, machinima and animations for a chance to gain exposure with $2,000 in cash prizes and awards. A selection from these submissions will be screened at our annual SciFi Film Festival. Closing date for submissions is Midnight 19th October 2014.
Project SciFi Competition offers filmmakers, animators, machinima makers and documentary makers the opportunity to create a short film in just 30 days beginning 3rd October and compete for $5,000 cash and other prizes.
Writing Competition invites creative writers to submit their sci fi short story of 5000 words or less with $500 cash prizes and awards. The winning story is then promoted on our website and showcased to the world. Closing date for submissions is 2nd November 2014.
Cosplay Competition invites costume players to wear their favourite sci fi outfit or costume and compete for $1,000, on 16th November.
Screenings and Awards ceremony showcases short films and awards prizes on 16th November 2014 in Parramatta.
Visit www.scififilmfestival.com to find out more.
In consideration of the feedback that additional time would be beneficial we are pleased to announce that MOFILM has pushed back their deadline for the production grant applications. Filmmakers will now have until 28th July to apply for a US$500 – $2500 production grant towards the cost of their film.
MOFILM connects talented filmmakers with international brands and social causes. They believe that great filmmakers come from every background and experience, and with the easy availability of low cost, high quality technology, the essential requirements for a successful filmmaker have become creative intelligence, resourcefulness and determination.
MOFILM has helped accelerate the careers of filmmakers from Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa and now they’ve set their sights on Australia. They’ve seen a steady stream of compelling content produced locally and recognise that there’s a tremendous depth of talent here. The MOFILM mission is to provide filmmakers with access to wide audiences, important causes and major brands, and in so doing bring emerging filmmakers to global attention.
Working with Blue Cat Pictures, together we’ve embarked on an extensive search for Australia’s emerging filmmakers to participate in their first open competition here.
Teaming up with iconic Australian brand Aerogard, this MOFILM campaign is promoting Gramping – camping with your grandparents. I’ve attached the Brief from Aerogard which outlines the requirements in more detail.
Basically, filmmakers are required to create and upload a 30 second film which celebrates the opportunity for all generations to reconnect with family through Gramping.
The filmmaker who makes the most effective and original film will receive a US$8,000 cash prize plus a trip for two (including accommodation for three nights) to London to attend the MOFILM event 14-16 October.
What’s more, there are generous production grants up for grabs to help the production process. Between US$500 and $2500 grants are available to filmmakers who apply before 21 July.
Here are the key dates for the MOFILM Aerogard Gramping competition:
1 July – Brief live to international filmmaker community
21 July – Production Grant Applications due
4 August – Grant Winners notified
5 September – Competition Closes
The Goal: Let’s use the power of independent film and collective creativity to inspire a global conversation around innovative solutions that real people are using to conquer these challenges.
The Reward: FIVE winning Story submitters will each earn $1,000 and ONE of those Stories will be made into a Short Film to be directed by a Sundance Institute filmmaker. That Short Film will be shown at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, and its Story author will receive an all-expenses paid trip to attend the Film Festival as the Special Guest of Sundance Institute and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
To submit a story, **NOTE–You can submit up to FIVE stories:http://tongal.com/project/
To submit a short film (for those projects who have videographers or filmmakers), please go to this link, **NOTE–You can submit up to FIVE videos:http://tongal.com/sundance#.
Prize is $10,000 for award winners and receive an all-expenses paid trip to attend the Film Festival.
To read the Huffington Post article, “Sundance And Gates Foundation Challenge You To Create A Video That Matters” for background and three short films that premiered at Sundance 2014 for inspiration:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
The Made In Melbourne Film Festival is the only festival exclusively for our local filmmakers. MIM opens submissions for 2014 on Tuesday May 27th with a big launch screening and party.
2014 marks the sixth straight year MIM celebrates the desire, drive, and diversity of our local film making talent. And the festival is bigger and bolder than before: four days and nights, more sessions, more films, more awards; and once again open to shorts, features, and films by high school students. Plus more surprises in store. Check out the website for more info on the festival and to find out how to enter your films.
Tomorrow night’s launch sees MIM teaming with Melbourne’s most innovating and popular monthly film event, Final Cut, run by Richard Harris at the grungy and hip 1000 £ BEND in the heart of the city. The night will feature a retrospective screening of some of the best films from MIM, including major winners and high school standouts. Pop-up cabaret, circus acts, and street performers will also grace the event, the atmosphere bound to be buzzing and loaded with laughter.
So celebrate the best local films with us, enjoy the show, and welcome the Made In Melbourne Film Festival back for a brand new year. We look forward to seeing you there tomorrow night and viewing your films, Melbourne.
MIM Launch @ Final Cut
Pre-show entertainment begins 5:30pm
Films begin 7:30pm
Tuesday May 27th
1000 £ BEND 361 Lt Lonsdale St, Melbourne
We are pleased to announce the start of our 2015 BlueCat Screenplay Competition! Please pass along the below information to your communities to spread the word about our exciting 2015 Call for Entries!
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Since 1998, the BlueCat Screenplay Competition has provided a community for the unknown screenwriter to develop their work, giving undiscovered talent a path to professional success.
The Joplin Award is given to the best script from outside of the US, Canada, and the UK and comes with a cash prize of $1,500.
The Cordelia Award is given to the best script from the UK and comes with a cash prize of $1,500.
BlueCat accepts both feature length and short screenplays, and in keeping with our longstanding tradition, every screenplay will receive one written analysis, with our best screenplays receiving over $40,000 in cash prizes.
All submissions received by June 15th will receive their written analysis by July 1st.
Students will be eligible to submit their short screenplay at a special rate of $35.
The final deadline for the competition is November 15th, 2014.
We look forward to working with you!
Awards
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
$15,000 Grand Prize
Four Finalists
$2,500 Prize
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
$10,000 Grand Prize
Three Finalists
$1,500 Prize
THE CORDELIA AWARD
Best Feature Screenplay from the UK
$1,500 Prize
THE JOPLIN AWARD
Best Feature Screenplay from outside the USA, Canada or the UK
$1,500 Prize
MOVIE TITLE CONTEST
Three Winners: $250 each
All screenplays entered by August 1st are eligible
Recent achievements by BlueCat Alumni include:
SUBMIT YOUR SCREENPLAY:
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BlueCat Screenplay Competition
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Registrations for Screen It 2014 are now open
http://atom.asn.au/screen_it/screen_it.html
Now in its tenth year, Screen It is Australia’s largest moving image competition for primary and secondary students, encouraging and fostering a new generation of moving image makers. This year’s judges include ABC Good Game’s Bajo and Hex!
Explore the theme REFLECTION in an
– Animated film,
– Live action film or
– Videogame
and enter in the Primary or Secondary school category as a group or individual.
Entries close:
Friday 12 September
Great prizes are awarded at the red carpet awards ceremony in December at ACMI in Melbourne. Winning entries are displayed in ACMI’s permanent exhibition, Screen Worlds.
Register, watch previous winning entries or download the Teacher Resource Kit atacmi.net.au/screenit.
We are the premier environmental film festival in Australia. With a marketing reach of over 2 million, and a diverse audience, EFFM provides great exposure for new and established filmmakers. And with plans to go national, we expect our reach to increase significantly over the next year.
If any of your students are interested in submitting work, we would appreciate access to the full film (ideally either a DVD screener or a password protected link). This will help us in our decision making process. The deadline for entries is May 31.
Martin Schoo
Would your film or media students be keen to create a 45-sec video to win prizes?
Create a 45-second video about the log-a-fish project Redmap to raise awareness of ocean warming – and to win prizes!
Why? The Redmap video competition offers a total of $5,000 in cash prizes. It’s also a chance to showcase your video (and your Uni or school!) on the Redmap website and in promotions around the country.
Who? Anyone in Australia, any age.*
Style? Any style is welcome, from an animation to a mockumentary, photo slideshow, an interview (e.g. with a scientist or fisher), underwater footage, faux-news bulletin, skit, TV-style ad and musical. The sea’s the limit!
What? Just include the themes ‘Redmap’ and ‘ocean warming’.
When? Enter your 45-second video by 1 May 2014
For more information go to: www.redmap.org.au/article/
Pass on the competition details to interested students, colleagues, friends and family.
What’s that cliché again? Be in it to win it!
ENQUIRIES: Yvette at enquiries@redmap.org.au
http://www.warehousecinema.com.au/
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C4C’s goal is to create a participatory, open knowledge platform that engages youth in a global climate change conversation to drive local action.
C4C has just launched Action4Climate: a new global competition for the best environmental documentary on climate change.
ACTION4CLIMATE invites young aspiring filmmakers to produce and submit a 1-12 minute video
documentary telling a story about climate change.
How is climate change impacting your community?
What are you doing about it?
What needs to be done to solve the climate challenge?
The competition is open to young filmmakers from all over the world (individuals and
teams of 5 or less) in two age groups:14–17 and 18–35.
Award-winning film directors and producers, and international organization representatives will select the winning entries:
· Bernardo Bertolucci – President of the Jury· Atom Egoyan
· Marc Forster
· Mika Kaurismaki
· Rose Kuo
· Rachel Kyte
· Cynthia López
· Fernando Meirelles
· Mira Nair
· Bob Rafelson
· Walter Salles
· Pablo Trapero
· Wim Wenders
The winners will be awarded with cash prizes up to US$15000 or video equipment.
Winning films will go to major film festivals and will be featured on the new MTV Voices platform.
The deadline for submissions is February 15, 2014.
If you believe the Action4Climate competition would be of interest to your students, we would be thrilled if you encouraged them to participate in this effort to amplify youth voices on climate change.
For more information about the competition, please see the attached one pager and links.
http://www.connect4climate.org/competition/action4climate
apps.facebook.com/actionforclimate
www.connect4climate.org
Actuality Media coordinates summer programs for current students and recent graduates interested in video, journalism, new media, social entrepreneurship or telling stories that matter. In each program students travel to a developing international community and learn how to produce a short documentary film about a social entrepreneur, nonprofit organization or other changemaker working there. We are now accepting applications for our 2014 documentary outreaches, heading to Ecuador, Kenya and Cambodia.
You can check out our production schedule at
http://www.actualitymedia.org/programs/2014-production-schedule/ or read more about our documentary outreaches at http://www.actualitymedia.org/study-abroad-outreach/. There are also past films, behind-the-scenes photos and student testimonials on our website. For questions, contact Robin Canfield, the Outreach Program Director at robin@actualitymedia.org.
Focus: Create a video promoting Purifier’s new iPhone app that displays humour or interest potentially resulting in virality.
Deadline: 11 October 2013
Submissions: Please upload the video to YouTube as ‘unlisted’ and send a direct link to bianca@dizzydigital.com.au
Prize: Winner will take away three double passes to Frontier Touring gigs this year, and if the viral video is used in the Purifier marketing campaign, $1,000 cash as payment for their idea.
Brief: Purifier is currently developing a brand new iPhone app to accompany our website, and we need a viral video to help promote the app on launch as part of our marketing and social media campaign. It doesn’t need to be ‘professional’ or ‘slick’. It just needs to be engaging and shareable, whilst communicating that Purifier’s new app is available for download now on the iTunes store.
Key marketing messages:Please use one of the following marketing messages as part of the viral video your create:1. Purify your life… with Purifier2. Connect your music world3. Let music find you
Tone: Purifier is cool, fun, young, fresh, modern, connected, an insider, cheeky and at times provocative.
Viral video reference examples:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201383730983103 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUG9qYTJMsI#t=83
About Purifier: Tired of wasting countless hours trawling websites, blogs, socials and videos for the music content you want? Purifier makes following, sharing and discovering music easy.
Purifier demo video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ8G6ypRqq8
For more information or Purifier assets: Email bianca@dizzydigital.com.au
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