VERTIGO NEWSLETTER #30, January 2008



	Problems reading this newsletter? See http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/newsletter/January2008.htm VERTIGO NEWSLETTER #30, January 2008 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* – What is to be Done: The Ways We Live Now – the new issue of Vertigo is out now, ‘Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind’ screening for the new issue Launch 2) *Competition* – Win a subscription to Vertigo 3) *Events and screenings* – Punto de Vista, Sundance Film Festival, the Japan Foundation Touring Programme 4) *Calls for submissions* *and Courses* – Bangkok Experimental Film Festival, Human Rights Watch Youth Voices, Hull International Short Film Festival, Bicycle Film Festival, InSight, Movement and the single screen 5) *Links* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - VERTIGO NEWS What Is To Be Done: The Ways We Live Now - Vertigo’s new Issue is out now Vertigo’s latest issue includes a wealth of interviews: Wim Wenders speaks about his legacy; Julio Medem on the upcoming film ‘Chaotic Ana’; new Romanian director Cristian Mingiu on ‘4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days’; veteran actress Liz Ullmann on working with working with Bergman and Julien Schnabel and Lou Reed on filiming Reed’s ‘Berlin’; a look at the upcoming Birds Eye View and Polish Film Festivals; the controversial Thai Film Act; the Speilberg / Bergman connection; artists’ pages and much more. To subscribe or buy the new issue click here New Issue Launch event – February 13th, 6:00 pm, Curzon Soho, London To celebrate the launch of the new issue, we are hosting an event at the Curzon Soho, London -- screening the London premiere of John Gianvito's ‘Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind’: a visual meditation on the progressive history of the United States as seen through cemeteries, historic plaques and markers, inspired by Howard Zinn's ‘A People's History of the United States’. (see Vertigo Vol 3 Issue 6) For more information and tickets go to the Curzon website. December On-line issue The current On-line issue, with exclusive articles, reviews and competitions can be accessed on the Vertigo website. Free to view for all users, it includes a review of the new Fassbinder DVD box set; a look at Jane Arden, in her documentary ‘Dali in New York’; a review on Christophe Honoré’s new film ‘Les Chansons d’Amour’; a report on the Abingdon School Film Unit’s new documentary project ‘Gravel & Stones’ (Please see the link to the earlier Abingdon Film Unit piece in Vertigo Volume 3 Issue 4); and a reappraisal of ‘The Saragossa Manuscript’ To go to the current On-line issue click here Back issues of the On-line magazine can be accessed here 2 - COMPETITION *Win a one-year subscription to Vertigomagazine* To launch the new year, Vertigo is offering newsletter readers a chance to win one of 2 one-year subscriptions to Vertigo – 4 print issues -- including the new one out now (or, for existing subscribers, a 4 issue extension...) – plus access to the entire On-line archive of all 25 previous issues. For your chance to win a subscription to Vertigo, email the answer to the following question, along with your full contact details, to vertigo@vertigomagazine.co.uk *Filmmaker Marc Karlin was one of the original founders of Vertigo. What is the title of his critical documentary which was made in support of the Cleaners Union?* 3 - EVENTS AND SCREENINGS 8th London International Disability Film Festival, BFI Southbank, 14th to 17th February The Disability Film Festival returns, with a mix of new films and old favourites. For four days the festival will screen a mixture of features, documentaries and shorts, as well a present seminars and interviews. Each film or event will be soft-titled, audio-described, BSL interpreted and/or Palantype transcribed as appropriate, to ensure access for all. For more information and the full programme click here International Forum of New Cinema, Berlin, February 7th to 17th As part of the Berlinale, the International Forum of New Cinema program highlights directorial debuts and innovative works by young filmmakers as well as cultural exchange and animated discussion. Intensive dialogue between the audience and the filmmakers is an important component of the Forum, as is the extensive catalogue with background information, interviews and reviews.For more information go to http://www.fdk-berlin.de/en/forum/news.html Patrick Keiller’s exhibition – The City of the Future at BFI Southbank Gallery, 23rd November 2007 – 3 February 2008 Still a chance to see Patrick Keiller’s the multi-screen installation version of his research project ‘The City of the Future’ at the BFI Southbank Gallery. This is an exploration of urban space at the turn of the 20th century and a virtual landscape composed of 68 early “actuality” films made between 1896-1909, arranged in the gallery on a network of maps from the period. Subscribers can read Roger Luckhurst’s review of the exhibition in the new issue of Vertigo. For more details, go to http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/southbank/film/8115 Punto de Vista: International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra, 15th to 23rd February The Punto de Vista Documentary Film Festival is a space for celebrating, discovering and analysing the form of cinema generically grouped under the heading of ‘documentary’. The Festival is open to all non-fiction audiovisual forms, such as author’s documentaries, creation documentaries, experimental essays, diary films or works created using home, orphan or recycled materials. Punto de Vista aims to be a meeting point for all documentary film makers who, in a free and experimental way, explore the cinema ability for recording time and, as Jean Vigo used to say, “open our eyes and help us to look beyond the appearances”. For more information go to http://www.cfnavarra.es/puntodevista/pdv_web/secciones/home/home_ing.asp?i=2 PolishBeauties presented byThe Polish Cultural Institute, London, 9th January – 6th February 2008 The Polish Cultural Institute and Riverside Studios is presenting a series of films starring some of the most legendary Polish Beauties to have graced the big screen. From silent films to Kieslowski classics and the latest Hollywood epics, the Polish Beauties film season event will offer five nights dedicated to five of Poland’s greatest leading ladies, giving the opportunity to audiences from all generations to discover or rediscover their films. In addition, Polish Beauties will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as audiences will have the chance to meet these actresses in person. For more information visit http://www.polishculture.org.uk/event_pci.php?eid=84 or Riverside Studios at http://www.riversidestudios.co.uk Japan Foundation Touring Programme, London, Bristol, Sheffield, Edinburgh and Belfast, 9th Feb to 22nd March With this season of six contemporary films, the Japan Foundation’s annual touring film programme offers a glimpse of the reality of existence in contemporary Japan. Almost half a century ago, during the second golden period of Japanese cinema, directors such as Yasujiro Ozu and Mikio Naruse, created some of the finest examples of a sub-genre of films that had been around since the 1920s: Shomin-geki. These were dramas about the everyday struggles and moral conflicts of the ordinary working people of Japan. Fifty years on and the potential for drama may not have changed but the situations have, with contemporary stories more interested in the concerns of the individual than common societal issues. For more information and screening dates go to http://www.jpf.org.uk/whatson.html#1 4 - CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS, APPLICATIONS AND COURSES Call for submissions - 5th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival, March 2008 The more things change, the more they stay the same. Governments come and go. So do coups. The West keeps drawing its 'roadmaps', but who's driving? For some, having no elected government is a terrifying state of affairs. For others, it's just business as usual. The 5th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival is seeking films and other screen-based work that explores the rhythms and cycles of contemporary life. All genres and styles will be considered, including experimental film and video, documentary, art film, animation, machinima, etc. For more information and a submission form go to http://www.project304.org/beff5/ Deadline for submissions : 1 February, 2008 Call for submissions – Human Rights Watch International Film Festival – Youth Voices The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival and Adobe Youth Voices are looking for youth produced works on human rights from around the globe to screen in the newly established YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE program They’re looking for film, video and animated works made by youth (ages 19 and younger) that focus on human rights and social issues like: Equality, education, civil rights, children's rights, women's rights, international justice, social, and cultural rights and more. Selected films will travel to all the HRW festivals around the world. For more information go to http://www.hrw.org/iff/ Deadline for submissions : 8 February, 2008 Courses – New Producers Alliance Spring Courses 2008 The NPA have a variety of evening and full weekend courses upcoming this spring. Weekend courses include International Co-Production Training and Budget & Schedule for Feature Film weekends, plus two evening sessions – pre-Berlin and pre-Cannes – of Pitching Skills for Film-makers. For more information, dates and time, go to www.npa.org.uk Call for submissions – Hull International Short Film Festival Submissions are now being accepted for the 6th Hull International Short Film Festival, the largest short film festival in the North of England, which runs from 15th-20th April 2008. Hull Film is looking for innovative and exciting films from across the globe of any genre that run up to a maximum of 45 minutes. Highlights will include the International Competition, which will have a prize of £1000 for the winning film and the Audience Award which will see festival goers deciding on who will walk away with the £500 prize. For more information and an entry form go to http://www.hullfilm.co.uk Deadline for submissions : 15 February, 2008 Courses – InSight Free Masterclasses, Q&As and New Courses Announced InSight have just announced their Spring programme of courses and events including a free Q&A with Tony Grisoni, a free week-long practical masterclass with Iran's leading woman director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad in association with the British Film Institute, the School of Oriental and African Studies and the Iran Heritage Foundation, a week-long documentary workshop with internationally acclaimed documentary maker Mike Grigsby and an evening course in Directing Fiction with Asif Kapadia, award-winning director of ‘The Warrior’ and, most recently, ‘Far North’. For more details of these course, and others, visit InSight website or email info@insighteducation.org.uk Call for submissions – Bicycle Film Festival 2008 The Bicycle Film Festival is a celebration of bicycles through film. art and music. In 2007 over 100,000 people attended the festival, which was held in 15 cities across the globe. The 8th annual BFF is accepting entries with a strong theme or character of bicycles. Films from 1 minute right up to features are accepted. Don’t just get on your bike -- make a movie about it! To download a submission form, go to http://www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/ Deadline for submissions: 19 February, 2008 Call for submissions – Moves08 Building on moves07’s success in positioning itself as a key platform for the industry and audiences interested in screen-based work exploring 'choreographed movement’, Moves returns for the fourth year in Manchester, Lancaster and the North West of England. They are now looking for films, videos and installations exploring the notion of 'movement on screen' for the upcoming festival. There is a special focus this year on the interaction of sound and movement in screen-based work and like every year a North West showcase. For more details see http://www.movementonscreen.org.uk or www.myspace/movementonscreen Deadline for submissions: 1 February, 2008 Course – Performance on screen, Bristol, 13th February A study day exploring curation, collection and archive of performance and the moving image. The day is intended to inspire its delegates to present, make or go and see performance on screen works. The course will be held at The Watershed, Bristol. For booking contact grace@picture-this.org.uk or for more information click here Call for entries - Propeller Red Carpet "60 second Flix" Competition Propellor TV is inviting entries to the 60 second flix competition. For your chance to win one of three sets of Avid Xpress pro 5.7 software all you have to do is make a one minute film - a "60 Second Flix". All genres will be accepted including animation, and films must be no longer thatn 60 seconds, including credits. For more information and submission forms click here Deadline for enties: 14 March, 2008 Call for submissions – Hamburg Short Film Festival The International Short Film Festival Hamburg grew bigger and bigger over the years and is now one of the most important short film festivals in Europe that lures every year up to nearly 15 000 spectators into the word of short film. Festival Submission has started and directors and production companies are invited to hand in their short films for the 24th International Short Film Festival Hamburg which will take place from 4 till 9 June 2008. For submission, use the online registration and application forms click here Deadline for submissions: 15 February, 2008 Course - 2008 FDA Script Reading Training session Designed in partnership with the Film Distributors' Association and now in its fourth successful year, this programme offers anyone working in the UK's distribution industry (from CEO to PA level), the chance to unravel the art and business of reading scripts - absolutely free. For more information and to register go to the Scriptfactory website Call for submissions – Birmingham ArtsFest ArtsFest is the country’s largest free arts festival and it will return onthe 12th -14th September 2008. This annual event celebrates the wealth ofcreative talent in Birmingham and the West Midlands, and is a chance forartists to promote themselves to the media and audience alike. ArtsFest2008 will focus on a theme of fire and light. Entries are required from a cross section of artforms – music, dance, drama, spoken word, comedy, visual arts and crafts, film and fashion!Anyone can enter including individuals or groups, amateurs orprofessionals, however they must currently live, work, study, or be showingwork in Birmingham and the West Midlands region in the 12 months following the festival. For more information and http://www.artsfest.org.uk/ Deadline for submissions: 28 March, 2008 Call for submissions – The Whole World Tank.tv is inviting submissions to its forthcoming show, The Whole World (1 January – 1 March 2008), curated by Ian White. The Whole World is a programme of artists' film and video and an interactive online exhibition. Both a formal device and a political strategy, film and video that deploys a list as part of its structure often does so with political intent: to subvert hierarchies, to undermine rationalism or to reveal contradiction. In short, The Whole World attempts to wrestle back the initiative. To submit your work and more details visit www.tank.tv Deadline for submissions: 1 March, 2008 Call for submissions – The BFM Movie Channel Launching in spring 2008, the BFM Movie Channel will be the world’s first dedicated black world film channel on demand, committed to delivering compelling cinema from over 3 continents. The BFM Movie Channel looks for film features, documentaries and shorts that represent a world of untold stories. You can register now at www.bfmmoviechannel.com for a sneak preview of the teaser channel and watch the exclusive selection of films for free. You can add your film to the BFM growing selection of black cinema classics, the latest independent movies from Europe, the USA as well as home grown UK talent, compelling African cinema & the best quality Nollywood titles which are all available to buy and download. For more information about the deadline and to register online go to www.bfmmoviechannel.com. Call for submissions – ThinkSync Films launch 2008 Thinksync Films launches its competition for independent film makers for the third year running bringing together independent film makers with independent record labels and publishers. Entrants to the competition submit short films which incorporate one or more tracks downloadable free of charge from Thinksync Films’ website, but only the music supplied by Thinksync Films is permitted to feature in the short. The competition rewards the most skilful and appropriate use of the music within the film. 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