Vertigo Newsletter #8, December 2005



	VERTIGO NEWSLETTER #8, December 2005 Vertigo's December newsletter covers the latest developments at the magazine and the independent, international and artists' film networks it supports, including news, reader offers, events and subscription offers. Please give us your feedback, contributions and ideas for the next newsletter by emailing us at vertigo@vertigomagazine.co.uk. You can subscribe or buy Vertigo magazine online at http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/ HIGHLIGHTED CONTENTS FOR NEWSLETTER #8: 1) News from the magazine - what you can see and where, on DVD and at the cinema; special events coverage: The Independent Film Parliament... 2) December Events and Screenings - Online Screenings section; International Events; UK festivals and screenings information 3) Competitions and offers - Win Shooting People's new shorts DVD 'Best v Best'; Win 'Video Art, A Guided Tour' by Catherine Elwes; get any Wallflower Press Short Cuts series title for £10 until January 2006... 4) Opportunities/Courses/Calls For Submissions - Production Planning Course; Calls for entries to a host of festivals... 5) Links/Resources - list of useful URLs for independent and artists' film and video information 6) Unsubscribe from this newsletter 1 - VERTIGO NEWS Events, Books and Film Featured in the Current Issue INDEPENDENT FILM PARLIAMENT - “Without change in current UK policy we will lose the right to defend diversity and public value for our audiovisual industry”. This was the message to the film community at the conference 'Local Film Culture, Global Exchange' that took place on 30 November 2005 at the Insitut Francais, London. Speakers at the day-long event included producer and director Stephen Woolley; actor Pierre Curzi; MdEP Ruth Hieronymi, head of Film and Audiovisual in Brussels; and Nik Powell, Director of the National Film and Television School. The Independent Film Parliament is currently compiling a dossier of recommendations to be delivered to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport on the independent film sector in the UK. For more information or to send in your comments email development@filmparliament.org.uk or log on to http://www.filmparliament.org.uk You can read Holly Aylett's article on the UNESCO convention for cultural diversity in the current issue. Information about the UNESCO convention available from http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=2450&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html BFI BLACK WORLD - a major national initiative celebrating black creativity in film, television and the moving image. Read Project Manager Gaylene Gould's article on programming Black World in the current issue. For full listings of UK-wide events throughout December please visit http://blackworld.bfi.org.uk/events/cal/monthevents.php?id=&month=200512 or http://blackworld.bfi.org.uk Vertigo is an online sponsor of Black World. OBERHAUSEN FILM FESTIVAL DVD RELEASE - 'Loop Pool' is a new DVD commissioned by the festival. It features 50 loops by 55 artists that range between six frames to ten minutes in length. You can read George Clark's feature on the 51st Oberhausen film festival in the current issue. Find out more about the Oberhausen at http://www.kurzfilmtage.de 'Loop Pool' DVD is available to order from http://www.raumfuerprojektion.de FILM AS A SUBVERSIVE ART* - Amos Vogel's essential book on cinema and its importance to the human condition is back in print. Read Scott MacDonald's article on the book and Cinema 16 in the current issue. Publisher site http://www.c-t-editions.com/troy_content.html SEE SPECIAL OFFER BELOW TO BUY THE BOOK AT A DISCOUNTED RATE PUNISHMENT PARK* - out now on DVD. Read Peter Watkins' statement on his film in the current issue of Vertigo. DVD available from http://www.moviemail-online.co.uk/films/15700 Listen to Cahiers du cinema's interview with Peter Watkins at http://www.cahiersducinema.com/site/article177.html Please also see below for details of a special screening of Peter Watkins' film on Edvard Munch. ATANARJUAT, THE FAST RUNNER - available on DVD. Read SF Said's on-location report from the Arctic on the follow up film 'The Journals of Knud Rasmussen' in the current issue, or at http://www.sila.nu/zope/live/page?atom_id=sfsaidblog&mode=listing. Official site http://www.sila.nu JAMES BENNING - the major retrospective concludes at the Whitechapel Art Gallery from 8 - 10 December 2005, ending with a special screening of all three films from 'The California Trilogy'. Read Ian Haydn Smith's interview with the filmmaker in the current issue of Vertigo. Details of the December screenings http://www.whitechapel.org/content.php?page_id=46 ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN - out on DVD. Read director Peter Lennon's comments on the documentary in the current issue of Vertigo. DVD available from http://www.moviemail-online.co.uk/films/16092 THE INTRUDER - out on DVD 05 December 2005. Read Metin Alsanjak's feature on Claire Denis' 'The Intruder' in the current issue. DVD information available from http://www.moviemail-online.co.uk/films/16105 Free Artists' film DVD with New Issue The current issue of Vertigo comes with a free two-hour DVD. 'Made In London' is a compilation of single screen artists’ work by Film London of the last five years of the London Artists’ Film and Video Awards (LAFVA). It features the work of artist filmmakers John Smith, Jane and Louise Wilson, Paul Bush, William Raban, Emily Richardson, Joe King and Rosie Pedlow, Clio Barnard, Inger Lisa Hansen, Miranda Pennell, Simon Aeppli, Al & Al and Alnoor Dewshi. Special thanks to the artists featured on the DVD, Film London, Arts Council England and VET. http://www.filmlondon.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=781 http://www.vet.co.uk http://www.artscouncil.org.uk Special Subscription Offer - Free DVD Offer From Artificial Eye with four great new titles Subscribe or renew your subscription for four issues and get a free DVD from Artificial Eye. DVDs on offer are 'Blackboards' (Samira Makhmalbaf), 'Beau Travail' (Claire Denis), 'Water Drops on Burning Rocks' (François Ozon) and ' At the Height of Summer' (Tràn Anh Hung). Learn more about these titles and see the full range of world cinema titles available from Artificial Eye at http://www.artificial-eye.com TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SUBSCRIPTION OFFER GO TO http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/ai.htm The current issue is available online from www.vertigomagazine.co.uk, bookshops, cinemas, galleries and arts centres across the UK and selected outlets in Europe. Now available at selected outlets in North America. View a selected list of outlets at http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/Wheretobuy.htm New Website - site build in progress Vertigo’s new website is currently being worked on ready for launch. Article submissions, features ideas and publicity information should be emailed to vertigo@vertigomagazine.co.uk. Many thanks to those who have registered their interest so far. Student rep scheme Vertigo's student rep scheme is up and running. Reps get a free year’s subscription and lots of other great rewards from our sponsors for 2005-6 Moviemail, Soda Pictures, Second Run DVD and Wallflower Press. All you need to do is promote the magazine where you can by letting other students know about Vertigo and . Interested for next year? Please reply with your full name, university, campus and course year and any other information you might find relevant about yourself, to studentrep@vertigomagazine.co.uk More information here - http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/studentrep.htm http://www.wallflowerpress.co.uk http://www.moviemail-online.co.uk http://www.secondrundvd.com http://www.sodapictures.com/ 2 - EVENTS AND SCREENINGS ONLINE FourDocs, watch films online/upload your work FourDocs are calling people of all ages, communities and persuasions to make a four minute film about their worlds, and to learn about the history of the creative interpretation of reality. No previous experience is required. FourDocs encourage anyone who wants to tell visual stories to submit their work. Features currently on the FourDocs site include 22 doc-making education guides, an archive of classic feature documentaries by Humphrey Jennings, Nick Broomfield and Kim Longinotto, as well as work to soon to come from Tony Richardson ('Momma Don't Allow'), Lindsay Anderson ('O Dreamland') and Karel Reisz ('We are the Lambeth Boys'). There is also an innovative new RUSHES section featuring a library of free music and video clips which users can add to, or download from, for use in their documentary. A prize of the Adobe Video Collection suite will be awarded to the person who uploads the best clip. The clips are covered under a version of the Creative Commons licence that allows the material to be shared. Questions can be emailed to fourdocs@channel4.com YOU CAN WATCH THE FILMS ONLINE AT http://www.channel4.com/fourdocs DepicT! 2005, films available to watch online DepicT! is the 90 second short film competition that challenged budding filmmakers from around the world to make mini-masterpieces. YOU CAN WATCH THE FILMS ONLINE AT http://www.depict.org/content/films.html Super Shorts Film Festival 2005, films now available online and touring UK The Super Shorts Film Festival was established to celebrate and showcase films of no longer than five minutes in length. Established by the filmmaking and casting network, Talent Circle, the festival showcases 375 independently produced British short films totalling 18 hours. All screenings, seminars, mini-courses and events free of charge throughout the festival. The festival is entirely self-funded by Talent Circle with no finance from sponsors, advertising or funding bodies. http://www.talentcircle.co.uk December tour details available from http://www.supershorts.org.uk/tour.html#dec WATCH THE FILMS ONLINE AT http://www.supershorts.org.uk/watchfilms.html INTERNATIONAL Jakarta International Film Festival, December 9-18, 2005, Indonesia For its 7th year, JiFFest will feature approximately 201 films (including shorts) from 35 countries. JiFFest 2005 will also include a special Documentary section, an EU Film Festival and 'All About Indonesia', featuring a number of Indonesia-themed films, including “Lukas’ Moment” by young director Aryo Danusiri and a compilation of short films entitled “From The Cabinet of Des Alwi”. Workshops and master classes will be held for local film professionals, led by tutors including screenwriter David Howard, producers Curtis Levy and Graeme Isaac, documentarian Leonard Retel Helmrich. For more details please see http://www.jiffest.org Films Selected By Composer And Lyricist Stephen Sondheim, December 19 - January 8, MOMA, New York The Museum of Modern Art presents an exhibition of films from its collection, selected by celebrated composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. The 15 films in Artist’s Choice: Stephen Sondheim, which will be presented at The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters December 19, 2005-January 8, 2006, include works by Denys Arcand, Hal Hartley, Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Louis Malle, Mike van Diem, Gus Van Sant, and Krzysztof Zanussi. The exhibition was organized by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, Department of Film and Media, The Museum of Modern Art. Sondheim (American, b. 1930) is one of the most acclaimed composers and librettists of the American musical theater. Two of his earliest stage successes as a lyricist were for the landmark musical West Side Story (1957) which he followed with Gypsy (1959). Sondheim’s film career includes screenwriting (The Last of Sheila, 1973, co-written with Anthony Perkins), scoring for (Stavinsky, 1974; and Reds, 1981), and songwriting (The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, 1976; Dick Tracy, 1990; and The Birdcage, 1996). Film Admission: $10 adults; $8 seniors, 65 years and over with I.D. $6 full-time students with current I.D. (For admittance to film programs only) For more information about the programme please see http://www.moma.org ACROSS THE UK '33 x Around the Sun' and 'Sea Change', 9 - 15 December 2005 at ICA, London Two LAFVA awarded films will be shown together at the ICA this December. The independent and ambitious debut feature '33 x Around The Sun' by John Hardwick (LAFVA 2005) will be accompanied by Joe King and Rosie Pedlow's short film 'Sea Change' (LAFVA 2005), which features on the free Film London DVD that comes with the current issue of Vertigo. The films will be shown every night from 9 - 15 December 2005. '33 x Around The Sun' unravels its mythic story in the nocturnal streets of an anonymous city (shot in and around east London). The film is an inspired re-reading of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, following H (played by Lars Rudolph) on his protracted journey home. Accompanying this film, and fresh from its premiere at the recent London Film Festival, is Joe King and Rosie Pedlow's 'Sea Change'. Filmed in a caravan park at the end of the season, the film reveals a landscape dramatically transformed by light and time, and resonating with the transience of human presence. For further details on the screening and booking information please see the ICA website http://www.ica.org.uk Mini-Input, Sat 10 December, 9am - 7pm, Goethe-Institut, London INPUT is the International Public Television Screening Conference, where each spring, in a different country every year, more than a thousand programme makers, commissioning editors and broadcasting executives come together from all over the world to view and discuss specially selected programmes. The Goethe-Institut, London will host its 4th MINI-INPUT, a day of screenings and discussions around a selection of international public television productions shown during last May's INPUT in San Francisco. The day includes South Korean 5-minute 'Dramettes' (The Double Sided Coin), a short Dutch documentary about confusing family relations ('The Making of Teuntje'), a full length German feature on propagation of male violence within the family ('Pigs Will Fly'), an experimental take on postcard representation from Austria ('In the Beginning Was the Eye'), a short history of oil in Azerbaijan ('Oil'), and a French documentary on Victor Klemperer's diaries written in Nazi Germany ('Language Doesn't Lie'). In between films there will be plenty of opportunity for discussion and debate. Goethe-Institut London, 50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2PH. No advance booking is available. Tickets are £8 (including tea breaks, and wine reception). Registration: 9am, programme from 9am - 6pm, reception until 7pm. Further information available from http://www.goethe.de/london or by calling +44 (0)20 759 4000 http://www.input2005.org 10th -tense- / no.w.here Christmas party, 10 December 2005, London 10th –tense will take place at 182 Brick Lane, London E1. An evening collaboration of music and film with sound performances by Simon Bookish, David Cunningham, Trio Electroniche, Raresonik, Garioke, as well as DJ’s. Admission £3 on the door, or £2 booking ahead by emailing 10thgroup@gmail.com. From 8 - late. Preview screenings of Shooting People Doc 'Unknown White Male', 9 - 15 December 2005, London As part of getting nominated for next year's BAFTA's involves having to screen your film for seven consecutive days before 18 December 2005, Shooting People are giving their excellent feature-length documentary 'Unknown White Male' a week-long public showing. There will be four screenings a day (1.40pm, 4.00pm, 6.15pm, 8.55pm) at the Odeon Wardour Street. You can also catch Q&As with Director Rupert Murray and Producer Beadie Finzi on 9, 11, 12 December after the 6.15pm screening. Shooting People (http://shootingpeople.org) have stated that if you don't like the film or didn't think it worth your while seeing it they will give you your money back. Tickets cost £5, £7 weekend. Booking line 0871 2244007 http://www.odeon.co.uk Second Run DVD, Free Screening, 13 December 2005, London December's free film night, held by Second Run DVD on the second Tuesday of every month, will feature Nicolas Philibert's 'In the Land of the Deaf (Le Pays des sourds)'. The films and methods of Nicolas Philibert, maker of 'Etre et avoir', have shown him to be one of contemporary cinema's most acclaimed documentarists. An elegant portrait of the rich culture and diversity of the deaf community, 'In The Land Of The Deaf' educates and transports us to another way of occupying this world. In a pleasurable, unrushed and intelligent fashion this film, using the magnificent spectacle of Sign itself, provides a brilliantly perceptive view of the lives of deaf people. The Flea-Pit, 49 Columbia Rd, London E2 7RG. Films start at 8pm. http://www.thefleapit.com +44 (0)20 7033 9986 http://www.secondrundvd.com UK Jewish Film Festival, On Tour from December 2005 - March 2006 The UK Jewish Film Festival was inaugurated in 1997 in Brighton, home of the festival's founder members. In addition to screenings, the diversity of Jewish experiences is shared through visiting directors and speakers; making short films documenting the heritage of Jewish Brighton; Holocaust education in schools with talks from survivors. Tour Details: http://www.ukjewishfilmfestival.org.uk/index.php?pageid=Tour_2005 3 - COMPETITIONS AND OFFERS COMPETITION - WIN A COPY OF SHOOTING PEOPLE'S NEW SHORT FILM DVD 'BEST V BEST' The world's major award winners and best short films from the past year are brought together in this first DVD release from independent film community Shooting People's newly launched Word of Mouth Films label. The DVD includes Oscar-nominees and winners of the Sundance, Berlin, BAFTA, Edinburgh, Montreal and other major festival short film prizes. Best v Best represents a selection of moving stories from today's most promising international filmmaking talent such as 'Family Portrait', 'Who Killed Brown Owl', 'The Banker', 'School of Life', 'Milk', 'Little Terrorist' and 'Two Cars, One Night'. To buy the film online or get more details please go to http://www.bestvbest.com. For more info on Shooting People see http://shootingpeople.org To win, email the answer to this question to vertigo@vertigomagazine.co.uk - What kind of bank is portrayed in the film 'The Banker'? COMPETITION - WIN A COPY OF 'VIDEO ART, A GUIDED TOUR' BY CATHERINE ELWES 'Video Art, A Guided Tour' is an essential and highly entertaining guide to video art and its history published by I.B. Tauris. Written by pioneering artist filmmaker and regular Vertigo contributor Catherine Elwes the book traces the story of video art through the last five decades, discussing artists such as Nam June Paik, Nan Hoover, The Duvet Brothers, Dara Birnbaum, Bill Viola, David Hall, Stuart Marshall, Stan Douglas and Gillian Wearing. To win, email the answer to this question to vertigo@vertigomagazine.co.uk - Who was the video artist who won the Turner Prize in 1997? You can also buy the book for £11.00 plus p&p, a 30% discount off the regular retail price of £15.99, by calling +44 (0) 1264 342 932 quoting "VA 1205" http://www.ibtauris.com SPECIAL OFFER - SAVE £3 ON ALL WALLFLOWER PRESS' SHORT CUTS TITLES Between now and the end of the year, Vertigo readers can purchase any of the Wallflower Press 'Short Cuts' titles for £10 each - £3 a saving on the normal price of £12.99. The 30-strong series covers all aspects of film genres, critical concepts, film movements and film technologies. Titles include 'Documentary: The Margins of Reality' by Paul Ward; 'Feminist Film Studies: Writing the Woman into Cinema' by Janet McCabe; 'Avant-Garde Film: Forms, Themes and Passions' by Michael O'Pray and 'New Digital Cinema: Reinventing the Moving Image' by Holly Willis. Please email info@wallflowerpress.co.uk with your name and telephone number or call +44 (0)20 7436 9494 quoting 'Vertigo Short Cuts Offer' for your special discount. For more information please see http://www.wallflowerpress.co.uk SPECIAL OFFER - AMOS VOGEL'S 'FILM AS A SUBVERSIVE ART' FOR £15 INC P+P Vertigo newsletter readers can buy the new edition of Amos Vogel's seminal work, first published in 1974 and now republished by C.T. Editions, at the special reduced price of £15, including free postage and packing for UK residents. The book has over 300 black and white illustrations, 344pp and usually retails for £16.95. Call +44 (0)1252 541 602 quoting 'Vertigo Film As A Subversive Art Offer' for your special discount. http://www.c-t-editions.com/troy_content.html CONTINUING OFFERS - JOHN BERGER SEASON CATALOGUE FOR £5 Newsletter readers can buy the season catalogue from the recent London-wide celebration of the writer, artist, playwright and all-round creative collaborator John Berger at the special reduced of £5 (usually £7.99). Buy online from http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/shop/bergeroffer.htm or send cheques made payable to 'artevents' to 'artevents Vertigo Offer', 107 Mayola Rd, London E5 0RG. If paying by cheque please add the following for postage and packaging: £2.50-UK, £3.50 EU, £5.00-INT. To find out more about the season and the catalogue please go to http://www.johnberger.org 'SUBJECTS AND SEQUENCES: A MARGARET TAIT READER' SPECIAL REDUCED RATE OF £8 Buy the Lux’s fantastic debut publication on Scottish artist filmmaker Margaret Tait at the special reduced rate of £8 including postage and packaging from http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/shop/readeroffer.htm More information on the book here - http://www.lux.org.uk/touring/margarettait.htm 4 - OPPORTUNITIES/COURSES/CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS COURSE - Take it FURTHER, Production Planning, London Planning a complex moving image project can be daunting, particularly if you are working with an increase in scale on your previous works, or with a limited budget that means you will be doing most of it yourself. This workshop will cover in step-by-step format the various stages of planning a production including: research and development - writing an outline, script or storyboard and sourcing locations; finding crew and identifying the elements that you can do yourself; budgeting; deciding on formats and sourcing equipment. Production Planning is designed for artists with a clear idea of their project and likely budget, ready to embark on making the work. The seminar will take place on 14 December 2005, from 12-5pm at the Rootstein Hopkins Space, University of the Arts London. Cost: £10. Trainers: Maggie Ellis, Head of Production; Jacqui Davies, producer; Film London staff representatives. Capacity: 10 people. For application forms and further information, please visit the Artquest website via the link below http://amin.filmlondon.org.uk/admin/e_go.asp?UserID=11243&TransmissionID=170&URI=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eartquest%2Eorg%2Euk%2Ftakeitfurther CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2006 Gotham City International Film & Video Festival - November 3-5, New York City The Gotham City International Film & Video Festival aims to provide a meaningful forum in which aspiring filmmakers can communicate their vision. The festival is also dedicated to promoting New York City, its businesses, neighborhoods and people. The 2006 festival will feature 10 feature length films in non-competitive exhibition, and 40 short films and 5 music videos in competitive exhibition. To find out more about submission, deadlines and eligibility please see http://www.gothamfestival.com CALL FOR ENTRIES - Berlinale Talent Campus 2006 Are you an up-and-coming filmmaker? Then you should be connecting with the hottest filmmaking talents in the world at the Berlinale Talent Campus 2006. Skillset can help you get there - more information at http://www.skillset.org http://www.skillset.org/film/training_and_events/events/article_4211_1.asp Apply now at http://www.berlinale-talentcampus.de CALL FOR ENTRIES - 20th London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Taking place from 29 March - 12 April 2006, The London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (LLGFF) is currently the third largest film festival in the UK after the London and Edinburgh Film Festivals. One of the most prolific and longest-running of a network of more than 100 international lesbian and gay film festivals, the LLGFF represents the best of new queer cinema alongside retrospective programming and a range of events. If you would like to submit your film to the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, please send a VHS (Pal or NTSC) or DVD copy of your film, synopsis or press kit - including the running time, credits and full contact details and website address where possible. Please let us know if your film will be shown at any other film festivals before January 2006 as it is possible the selectors could view the film there. For more detailed submission guidelines please email becky.shaw@bfi.org.uk. http://www.llgff.org.uk Deadline: 16 December 2005 CALL FOR ENTRIES - Film London Film-makers Festival Fund (FFF) Film London's Film-makers Festival Fund (FFF) aims to support the development of individual film-makers' and moving image artists' careers, by providing travel grants for attendance at a small number of overseas festivals where films have been selected and are in competition. In a limited number of festivals where films are in competition, contributions are also available towards costs of striking a first film print/ production of promotional materials, i.e. brochures/postcards. Awards from the FFF Fund will be no more than a maximum of £500 for print/marketing materials costs and £300 for travel grants. More information about the fund can be found here Deadline: This is an open fund with rolling deadlines. The fund will continue until 31 January 2006. CALL FOR ENTRIES - 52nd Oberhausen Short Film Festival Taking place from 4 - 9 May 2006, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival are now looking for for film or video works by filmmakers who aren’t afraid to venture off the beaten track and are looking for an opportunity to present their works to the international short film scene and the audience. No entry fee. Preview formats: VHS, S-VHS, DVD. Films and videos can also be submitted online through the international submission platform www.reelport.com More details are available from http://www.kurzfilmtage.de Deadline: 15 January 2006 (postmark) CALL FOR ENTRIES: Images of Black Women Film Festival, 3 - 5 March 2006, London The second international Images of Black Women Film Festival in London will take place during the International Women’s month in March 2006 at the Tricycle Cinema, Kilburn. The programme will include feature films, documentaries, workshops, talks, networking and short film competitions. These short film competitions are open to all, regardless to race and gender as long as films contain elements of African, African-Caribbean and Black culture on screen (actors or documentary subjects) and/or behind the camera (director, screenwriter, and producer). Images of Black Women aims to promote African descent actresses, directors, producers and screenwriters in order to increase the knowledge and the role of Black women in films, both past and present, and enhance the visibility of Black women in front of the camera and behind the lens. Images of Black Women aims to encourage more African descent women to enter and stay in this industry where very few females from minority groups work. Short film competition entries should be on VHS/DVD and be no longer than 15 minutes. Application forms available from http://www.imagesofblackwomen.com For more information email: info@imagesofblackwomen.com Deadline: 31 January 2006 CALL FOR ENTRIES - European Independent Film Festival/ECU Film Festival, March 2006, Paris From the 22 - 25 March 2006, the European Independent Film Festival (otherwise known as the ECU Film Festival) will be shining the spotlight on European independent filmmaking talent during four days of competitive screenings in central Paris. ECU’s mission statement is to level the playing field in the European film festival arena by giving creative and innovative Independent filmmakers - many with limited financial resources - an opportunity to showcase their talent in front of an international audience which will include talent spotters from Major Film Companies (European and US), Producers, Film Buyers and Talent Agencies. While prizes will be awarded, independent spirit, art and creativity will be the real winners as horizons and audiences for Independent filmmakers expand through the ECU festival experience which will include script labs, pitch sessions and discussion panels. Submit your films on-line and get more information from: http://www.ecufilmfestival.com. Deadline: 10 February 2006 5 - LINKS/RESOURCES INDEPENDENT FILM PARLIAMENT - http://www.filmparliament.org.uk DETAILED ARTISTS' FILM AND VIDEO EVENT LISTINGS - http://www.lux.org.uk/resources/calendar.htm SHOOTINGPEOPLE CALENDAR FOR FILM SCREENINGS AND EVENTS - http://shootingpeople.org/calendar INDEPENDENT CINEMA OFFICE SCREENINGS - http://www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk SHORT FILM NETWORK FOR UK AND EUROPE - http://www.futureshorts.co.uk AUDIO DESCRIBED AND SUBTITLED CINEMA LISTINGS - http://www.yourlocalcinema.com SCREENINGS AND EVENTS IN WALES - http://www.sgrin.co.uk/newsletters.html INDEPENDENT NEW PRODUCERS: TRAINING/EVENTS/SCREENINGS/ADVICE - http://www.npa.org.uk DOCUMENTARY SCREENING NETWORK - http://www.docspace.org.uk DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS NETWORK - http://www.dfglondon.com SCRIPTWRITER NETWORK - http://www.thescriptfactory.co.uk USA INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER NETWORK - http://www.ifp.org 6 - UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS NEWSLETTER If you do not want to receive this newsletter please send a blank email to unsubscribe@vertigomagazine.co.uk SUBSCRIBE TO VERTIGO ONLINE AT http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/