VERTIGO NEWSLETTER #19, January 2007



	Problems reading this newsletter? See http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/newsletter/January2007.html VERTIGO NEWSLETTER #19, January 2007 Vertigo's newsletter features the latest on the magazine, what's new on the website plus exclusive competitions, events listings, links to resources and more. Subscribe or buy Vertigo magazine online / Go to the latest issue / Unsubscribe from this newsletter / Send us your information CONTENTS 1) Vertigo News - New issue ''Pictures from the Floating World: Moving Image Japan'' out next week; Vertigo New Issue Launch Event 2) *Competition* - Win a copy of ''Shanghai Dreams'' 3) Events and screenings - Japanimation; Space Tricks; Single Shot; Old Versus New; Flatpack Festival; Ghosts of Songs; First Person Films; Mini INPUT 4) *Calls for submissions, applications and courses* -- Hors Pistes; How to make it as a screenwriter event; Comedy writing weekend; East End Film Festival; WRO 07; The European Independent Film Festival and others 5) Links - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - VERTIGO NEWS Winter 2007 Issue of Vertigo out next week Hurrah! The new issue of Vertigo magazine is out next week. ''Pictures from the Floating World: Moving Image Japan'' is a Japan Special with articles from writers based in Japan about the very latest in Japanese independent film and visual culture. The focus includes writing from Maggie Lee, Go Hirasawa, Tetsuaki Matsue, plus Sean MacAllister and Jasper Sharp. Plus new writing from Iain Sinclair, Stephen Barber, Mark Cousins; interviews with Penny Woolcock and Anja Kirschner; Artists' pages by Joji Koyama and much more. Plus an extra special giveaway with this issue: Takeshi Kitano's Cine-Manga. Look out for it next week or subscribe now http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/shop/shophome.htm Takeshi Kitano's Cine-Manga – exclusive with the new issue of Vertigo The Japan issue also includes the exclusive full-colour 48-page book Cine-Manga. Produced with the support of the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, the book contains an extensive and revealing interview with the legendary Japanese director and cultural icon Takeshi Kitano, plus contributions from filmmakers such as Catherine Breillat, Gus Van Sant, Hong Sang-Soo, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who have each been invited to choose from a selection of Kitano's photographs and to compose storyboards from them. Not available anywhere else, Cine-Manga is a must for followers of Kitano, East Asian cinema and cineastes everywhere. Vertigo new Issue launch, 13^th February 6:00 to 7:00, Curzon Soho London Vertigo is proud to present a programme by two imaginative Japanese makers of singular vision and technique to celebrate the new Japan focus issue of Vertigo. Takahiko Iimura (see www.lux.org.uk) is perhaps Japan's pre-eminent artist film-maker of the post-war period, creating an extensive body of work that references both Japanese and international avant-garde tendencies while remaining resolutely personal. Joji Koyama graduated from Goldsmiths and remains London-based. He has made a significant impact as a short film-maker and music promo director (as Woof Ban Bau). His latest film, ''From Nose to Mouth'' was a commission for animate! TV (www.animateonline.org). And as Vertigo is London-based, we are also very pleased to be showing the world premiere of Czech artist Tereza Stehlíková's new film ''Kyoto Garden'' (5 mins), a dazzlingly textured envisioning of the eponymous landscape in Holland Park, a film that captures the stillness at the heart of the seasonal cycle. For more information and tickets, please see www.curzoncinemas.com 2 - COMPETITION Win a copy of ''Shanghai Dreams'' ''Shanghai Dreams'' is a gorgeous and poignant epic about a family in the 1960s who were uprooted from their home in the city and moved to the country. The film starkly contrasts the problems and conflicts arising from this period in Chinese History. Artificial Eye will be releasing the DVD of Wang Xiaoshuai's latest film Shanghai Dreams on 22^nd January 2007 For a chance to win a copy of Shanghai Dreams, email the answer to the following question to vertigo@vertigomagazine.co.uk What 2001 film did Wang Xiaoshuai direct that also features a Chinese city in it's title? For more information on this and other Artificial Eye releases please see http://www.artificial-eye.com 3 - EVENTS AND SCREENINGS 5th Mini INPUT, Goethe-Institut London, January 27th, 2007 INPUT is the place every year when the most challenging and innovative television programmes from around the world are screened for and by TV professionals. This year the Goethe-Institut will show and discuss a selection of the best programmes from the most recent INPUT, held in Taipei, Taiwan in 2006 – the first time the annual event had been held in Asia. Every screening is followed by a discussion between the programme maker and the audience – and there's nothing else quite like INPUT, where the programmes are chosen to stimulate debate. For more information and the day's programme, see http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/lon/kue/flm/en1990057.htm ''Japanimation'', Barbican London. January 30th to March, 2007 ''Japanimation'' is a series of screenings and talks exploring the relationship between Japanese animation and Western cinema, hosted by Helen McCarthy, anime expert and co-author of ''The Anime Encyclopedia'' The season begins with ''Satoshi Kon Text'' amd ''Perfect Blue'' on January 30th, and runs until March 2007. For more information see http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/series.asp?id=379 Space Tricks, Farnham, January to March 19th 2007 As featured in the latest issue of Vertigo, insights into animator's working methods, materials and inspirations are at the heart of the animation exhibition Spacetricks. The exhibition features 26 'making ofs', giving prominence to the actual materials, tools and media animators use to make films. Spacetricks will be at the UCCA's James Hockey Gallery, Farnham, January 10-March 19, 2007 then on tour. For more information see: http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm?articleid=12792 Single Shot, Various venues Northwest England, Throughout January 2007 ''Single Shot'' is a collection of specially commissioned film and video pieces by well-known artists and new talent., with all the works shot in one single take. ''Single Shot'' is the first product of a major new collaboration between the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund and Arts Council England. ''Single Shot'' will tour to Manchester and Newcastle/ Gateshead in January 2007. For more information see: www.single-shot.co.uk Second Flatpack Festival, Various locations around Birmingham, 1st to 4^th February, 2007 ''A four-day journey around the more colourful fringes of independent film. People watch films! People play live music to films! People talk about films! People jump around!'' The Flatpack Festival is brought to you by 7 inch cinema, the Birmingham-based home of alternative cinema and promoter of new ways of the viewing films. Filmtents, The ‘Vladmaster Experience', and unusual live scores for films – 7 inch tries them all. Check our their new festival. For more information see: www.7inch.org/Flatpack/ The Ghosts of Songs: Black Audio Film Collective Retrospective, FACT Liverpool and Touring, 2nd Feb– 01 April Inaugurated in 1982 and dissolved in 1998, the seven-person Black Audio Film Collective (BAFC) is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential artist groups to emerge from Britain in recent years. John Akomfrah, Lina Gopaul, Avril Johnson, Reece Auguiste, Trevor Mathison, David Lawson and Edward George produced award winning film, photography, slide tape, video, installation, posters and interventions, much of which has never been exhibited in Britain. Ghosts of Tours will tour to Bristol and other venues across London following it's FACT exhibition. For more details see: http://www.fact.co.uk/news/?id=53 First Person Films III: The Ethnic Self: First Person Plural, Bristol, 23rd February, 2007 This third symposium in Bristol Docs' series on First Person Films is an exploration of the role of ethnicity and cultural identity in the construction of contemporary first person film. First person films are usually considered unique, personal, even idiosyncratic, expressions of the self, yet they also reflect the cultural context and assumptions that form and inform them. For more information about this day long symposium contact Dr. Alisa Lebow at asl36@earthlink.net or see http://humanities.uwe.ac.uk/bristoldocs/ 4 - CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS, APPLICATIONS AND COURSES Course - How to Make it as a Screenwriter, London, 8^th February , 2007 Everything you ever wanted to know about the industry but were too afraid to ask, come and meet top industry professionals in this free evening event to find out how to develop your career as a writer in film and television. A panel made up of writers, directors and an industry lawyer will answer all your questions on how to make it as a screenplay writer. This event is FREE, to book a place email- enquiries@euroscript.co.uk For more info: +44 (0) 780 336 9414 or www.euroscript.co.uk Call for Submissions- 2^nd Hors Pistes 2007, Pompidou Centre Paris, March 2007 This March the Pompidou Centre in Paris will play host to Hors Pistes, a collection of 30-60 minute films representing a bold and innovative vision of cinema. The organisers are seeking submissions of medium length films with unusual narratives- fiction where meets experimentation, art or documentary. For more information www.centrepompidou.fr or download the entry form (in English): www.centrepompidou.fr/pdf/horspistes2007_entryform_en.pdf DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 1^ST February, 2007 Call for Submissions - MTV and onedotzero MTV and onedotzero are conducting a world wide search for new creative talent -- a brilliant opportunity for up-and-coming talent in moving image to get their work commissioned and seen around the globe. We are asking students, graduates and new talent in moving image to submit creative treatments for an innovative one minute film about identity and community, and we will be looking to commission a number of them. Your submission should be sent in the form of a written treatment, no longer than a side of A4, and must be accompanied by at least one of the following: mood boards with visual references, storyboards, test films, animatic. The techniques used in the film treatment are completely open and could include animation such as stop frame, cell and digital techniques as well as motion graphics, 3d, photography, film, and video. The use of audio is also open to interpretation, there may or not be music, there may or may not be sound effects, whatever you feel is right for your piece. You may choose to use a narrative, however you should not rely upon language, as your piece will be shown across the world, and will not be using subtitling or dubbing. We are looking for impressive responses, both in terms of mood and emotion and in terms of technique and exploring new angles that challenge conventional perception. The winning creative treatments will be commissioned and be given the chance to get in front of a global audience: to be shown on mtv channels, digital platforms worldwide and feature in the onedotzero festival as it tours across the world. For more information see www.mtvonedotzero.com DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 31 January 2007 Calls for Submissions- East End Film Festival, London, 19^th to 26^th April, 2007 East End Film Festival submissions are now open. The Festival will be screening at major venues across East London. We are looking for films completed since November 2005 and this year, for the first time, the festival will also accepting feature submissions that fall into any of the three categories below. There are three submissions opportunities: 1. Homegrown talent: for films made in the East End or by East End based filmmakers 2. Eastside Nationwide: for films made anywhere in the UK that have a cultural relevance to the East End 3. East International: for films made in Europe, Africa or Asia that have a cultural relevance to the East End. Short films should be no longer than 15 minutes. All short films selected for screening at the East End Film Festival will be included for nomination to the East End Kodak Audience Award. Prizes will include film stock, software, and training opportunities. For more information see: http://east.filmlondon.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=919 DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 26^TH January, 2007 Course - The Comedy Writing Weekend, London, 10-11^th February Whether you're a complete beginner or rusty and in need of a work-out, this weekend promises to develop the basic skills you need to make your material funny. Throughout the weekend you will: write gags, quickies and sketches; create and develop comic characters; discover your own unique comic persona and write a stand-up monologue; write the outline for your own sitcom; and plunder the best source of comedy material you'll ever find - your own sad, lonely life. Bring pencils, notebooks and a list of everything you hate about your friends and family. For more information: +44 (0) 7958244656 or www.euroscript.co.uk Call for Submissions: The European Independent Film Festival 2007, March 16th to 18th Screening at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France in Paris on the weekend of March 16th to 18th, 2007 The European Independent Film Festival is now taking for submissions. The festival brings together independent filmmakers, distributors, producers, agents and talent scouts and the independent film-loving public from around the World. Submissions are accepted in eleven categories ranging from features to documentaries, to shorts and student films. There are three categories for non-European independent films. Nearly one hundred films will be screened to a large international audience and prizes are awarded to the winning films.Many of the films screened at the 2006 festival have found distribution deals.The European Independent Film Festival 2007 (The ECU Film Festival) presents eleven categories of independent films from around the World to an eager audience of filmmakers, film industry professionals and a public that craves the energy and free spiritedness of creative independent films. Go to http://www.ecufilmfestival.com to submit your films or e-mail info@ecufilmfestival.com for more information. DEADLINE:* February 1st, 2007 Calls for Submissions - Wroclaw 07 Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland, 16th to 20th May, 2007 12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07 at the WRO Center for Media Art Foundation in Wroclaw, Poland announces an international competition open to any work created using electronic media techniques, exploring innovative forms of artistic communication. The competition welcomes creators of artistic projects of diverse forms such as screenings (video art, computer animation), installations, objects, performances, multimedia concerts and network projects from all over the world. The main prize is eur5000 and the total prize money awarded is eur8000. Presentation of works selected to the very final along with the international jury's announcement of competition results will take place during public screening at the WRO 07 Biennale. For more information see: http://www.wrocenter.pl/?go=en/ DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 15^TH February, 2007 Seminar - Old versus New seminar, London, 15^th February AMIN, together with Own It present this free seminar to address the use of archive footage in artists' moving image work. The seminar, which takes place at the Whitechapel Gallery, will discuss the burgeoning use of moving image archives, as well as attempting to demystify common copyright issues arising through the use of such material. For more information see: http://amin.filmlondon.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=954 Call for Submissions: 23rd International Short Film Festival Hamburg, June 6th to 11th, 2007 Filmmakers and production companies can now enter their short films for the 23rd International Short Film Festival Hamburg. Competitions range from International, to Made in Germany and Made in Hamburg, as well as NoBudget and ThreeMinute-Quickie. Besides the regular competions two additional prizes will be announced: The German broadcasting companies ARTE and ZDFdokukanal will each select a film that they are going to buy and broadcast. Filmmakers are asked to use the online registration and application forms at www.shortfilm.com. DEADLINE: February 15th, 2007 Call for Submissions: 4th Skip City International D-Cinema Festival 2007, July 14th to 22nd, 2007, Skip City, Japan Skip City International D-Cinema festival are now calling for Digital Cinema (shot and produced by digital) entries for the feature competition section from all over the world. Total cash prizes of US$130,000 will be given. The festival welcomes independent films in digital formats. For more information please go to http://www.skipcity-dcf.jp/en/index.html DEADLINE: 16^th March, 2007. 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Single Shot, Various venues Northwest England, Throughout January 2007