VERTIGO NEWSLETTER #24, July 2007



	Problems reading this newsletter? See http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/newsletter/July2007.html VERTIGO NEWSLETTER #24, July 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* – The new issue of Vertigo – Volume 3 Issue 6: Summer 2007 now out 2) *Competition* – Win a DVD copy of Ingmar Bergman’s classic The Seventh Seal 3) *Events and screenings* – Fantasy Filmfest, Locarno International Film Festival, Portobello Film Festival, Dokufest 2007, Young Cuts Film Festival & Sarajevo Film Festival 4) *Calls for submissions* *and Courses* – 10th Annual One World Festival, The Birds Eye View Festival, Design Event 07, DepicT!, Filmaka, LFS Workshops & Euroscript: ScreenLab - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - VERTIGO NEWS *What Matters: Meaning in the Moving Image* – the new issue of Vertigo is out now. With the new summer issue of Vertigo – Volume 3 Issue 6 - we take a look at faith and meaning in the moving image. From articles on Devotional Cinema, to Girls Communion rituals, William Blake and metaphysical art in Halifax, Vertigo explores the role of meaning in our visual culture. In addition, there are Artists’ Pages by Gary Tarn, Patrick Keiller and Nicola Bruce; interviews with directors Raul Ruiz and Otar Iosseliani; a look at the Russian “Westerns” of Turkmenistan; a celebration of Road Movies; New Media with ubu.com and Second Life; reports from Oberhausen and the UNESCO Convention in Essen, plus DVD and book reviews and much more. To subscribe go to http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/shop/shophome.htm NEW ISSUE LAUNCH EVENT The new issue will have a late summer launch event on Wednesday September 12th, from 6:00 to 7:00 at the Curzon Soho Cinema in London. A programme of short films, encompassing themes from the new issue will be screened. More information, including the confirmed programme, will be posted in the August newsletter. 2 - COMPETITION Win a DVD copy of Ingmar Bergman’s classic The Seventh Seal Long acclaimed as a cinematic masterpiece, Bergman’s The Seventh Seal is a stunning allegory of a man’s search for the meaning of life. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original release of 1957 Cannes Special Jury Prize award winner, the new digitally restored film (cert. PG) is being re-released in cinemas across the UK on July 20th by Tartan Films. In keeping with the theme of the new issue of Vertigo - What Matters: Meaning in the Moving Image -Tartan Films and Vertigo are giving readers a chance to win one of 2 copies of The Seventh Seal. For your chance to win a copy of the DVD, email the answer to the following question, along with your full contact details, tovertigo@vertigomagazine.co.uk In addition to his 1957 ‘Special Jury Prize’, Bergman has won a number of other Cannes awards, including a special award for his full canon of work. His 1998 Cannes ‘Prize of the Ecumenical Jury’ was one of two awarded that year – who was the director that the other award went to? For more information on The Seventh Seal go to http://www.the-seventh-seal.co.uk For more information on Tartan Films go to http://www.tartanfilms.com or http://www.myspace.com/tartanfilms 3 - EVENTS AND SCREENINGS PM Gallery presentsThe Perfect City – London, 29 June – 12 August PM Gallery presents the first public showing of LAFVA-funded The Perfect City, a major new video installation by internationally renowned multi-media artist Keith Piper. In tandem with the video installation, there will be a series of paintings, drawings, models and objects, generated throughout the production of the work, also on display. Further information about the show go to: http://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/leisure/museums_and_galleries/pm_gallery_and_house/exhibitions/the_perfect_city.html South London Gallery will be transformed into 'The Weasel’, 14 - 29 July ‘Pop Music and Contemporary Art', this is a musical venue showcasing artists working with popular music. This is the presentation on a stage designed by Assume Vivid Astro Focus, 'The Weasel' combines artists' film and video with live performances, which reflect upon and investigate the cultures and sub-cultures of popular music. Wilhelm Sasnal's Vincent Award winning gritty documentary ‘The River’ features a series of studio recordings of New York bands. Other films include contributions from kitsch Californian pop stars Los Super Elegantes and Charles Atlas's video for Anthony and the Johnsons. For the full programme of events and artists involved see http://www.southlondongallery.org/docs/exh/exhibition.jsp?id=137 Fantasy Filmfest, Munich – Germany, 24 July – 22 August For its 21st edition, the Fantasy Filmfest will present 77 international features gathering an incredible diversity of film genres, including lethally dysfunctional families, exciting variations of life after death, a bunch of evil children, thrillers, ghost stories, psycho splatter beaus and evil belles. For more details about the programme and booking go to http://www.fantasyfilmfest.com/fantasy/pages/_eng/index.html BRITDOC ’07 – Keble College, Oxford, 25 – 27 July This year, Britdoc ’07 will introduce a new theme - Documentary meets Art. The festival will offer a wide range of screenings, photographic exhibitions, panel discussions, pitching forums and networking events, artists and filmmakers to engage and explore art as a form and documentary. For more information visit https://www.britdoc.org/festival/index.php Shot By the Sea – Hastings Film Festival, 27 July – 4 August This is a great opportunity to see an exhibition of installations and ongoing events dedicated to digital culture and new media during the festival week.Do not miss - The Strangeness of Seeing - Premiere installation by the artist Nichola Bruce in collaboration with Rebecca E Marshall (as featured in the new issue of Vertigo), an epic series of 26 moving image works, an unusual alphabet of seeing exploring the many processes of perception. For more details about the full festival programme: http://www.electricpalace.the-website-shop.co.uk/sbts_projection_2007.php?month=PROJECTION%20SPACE%20EXHIBITION Vertigo partner: Rushes Short Film Festival 2007– Curzon Soho, London, 28 July – 3 August Vertigo is proud to be a media partner with this year’s Soho Rushes Short Film Festival. Celebrating its 9th edition, the festival will see this year the addition of a Documentary category, complementing the original five categories: short film, newcomer, title sequences and idents, music video and animation. Events include London Film Academy masterclasses, Sony HD seminars and a Shooting People panel event and pub quiz. For further information please check: www.rushes.co.uk/sohoshorts Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland, 1 – 11 August For its 60th edition, the International Film Festival of Locarno presents a stimulating panorama of contemporary auteur cinema, where young talent will join the circle of established directors to compete for the prestigious Golden Leopard. There will be a jury of seven major figures, who will choose one of the twenty competing fiction features coming from all over the world, regardless of format, from 35mm film to digital cinema, screened as world or international premières. For further details go to http://www.pardo.ch/jahia/Jahia/site/pardosite/lang/en/pid/1 Vertigo partner: Portobello Film Festival 2007 – London, 2 – 21 August In its 12th year, the festival aims to be bigger and better than before, with a massively developed performing arts programme (to include magicians, street performers, theatre troupes, poets and the like). Rough Trade record label will be programming an event to showcase new upcoming bands, and as always, there will be over 600 indie films being screened. Events will include Nicolas Roeg introducing his classic gangster film ‘Performance’, Filmmakers Against War to raise awareness of UK and international War Laws and Barney Platts-Mills, who is making a magic realist film in Morocco, using untrained locals from Tangiers. For further information please check: www.portobellofilmfestival.com Dokufest 2007 – International Documentary and Short Film Festival – Kosovo, 6 – 12 August This year, Dokufest will present 15 exceptional films running for the Documentaries, Shorts and Animation: International Documentary Competition. You will have the chance to see the most recent production of features and short docs bringing for the first time works of artists, including Kim Longinotto and Aliona van der Horst to mention only a few. For further details about the festival see http://dokufest.com/2006/index.php?id=1&action=switch_language Anonimul International Independent Film Festival – Bucharest, Romania, 13 – 19 August The 4th edition of the ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival will take place in the Danube Delta offering a competitive character with three sections: feature, fiction short and animation short. In addition, the festival will offer debates on films from the feature, short and animation short sections, hosted by the film critic Alex Leo Serban, the Festival selector. For further details go to http://www.festival-anonimul.ro/ Santiago International Film Festival – Chile, 14 – 20 August The Santiago International Film Festival will offer a week of screenings in four of the major cinemas in the city of more than 90 films competing in the national and international categories. In addition, you will have the great opportunity to attend a series of talks and panel discussions with industry professionals invited for the occasion. For further information go to http://www.sanfic.com/ Open Air Film Festival Weiterstadt – Germany, 16 – 20 August Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt or also called the ‘Woodstock of short films’ is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and will take place on the arcadian site of the Braunshardter Taennchen. The festival will present short films of all genres, formats, and lengths, but also long feature films and documentaries. For further information visit http://www.filmfest-weiterstadt.de/news.htm Young Cuts Film Festival – Montreal, Quebec, 16 – 23 August The YoungCuts 2007 Film Festival presents the best short films from all over the world by filmmakers of 25 years and under. The festival will open its doors with a special Opening Gala on August 16 in benefit of Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada. Plus, The Air Canada enRoute Student Film Festival will take flight along with YoungCuts this year to help in the production of Air for its very first enRoute Student Film Festival. For more information about the En Route Student Film Festival see http://www.enroutemag.com/film/ and for further details about YoungCuts Film Festival go to http://www.youngcuts.com/?q= One Minute Film and Video Festival Aarau – Switzerland, 17 – 19 August The International 1-Minuten Film- and Video Festival offers a pragmatic public platform for this special and interesting issue around the film media including shortfilms of different genres, including great comedy, drama, philosophy. Every year, it organises an international contest with an ongoing special program with 1-Minuten-Film-Series and Filmshows from the archives of other festivals. For more information see http://www.oneminute.ch/english.html The Norwegian International Film Festival – Haugesund, Norway, 17– 24 August This year, the festival will present about 25 films that will receive a theatrical release in Norway during the coming fall/winter/spring. It is a tradition that both the opening and closing films are Norwegian. Plus, the New Nordic Films programme will consist of around new 30 films from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. For more information go to http://www.filmweb.no/filmfestivalen2007/english/ Sarajevo Film Festival – Bosnia-Herzegovina, 17 – 25 August In its 13th edition, the Sarajevo Film Festival aims to present important and innovative films of high artistic value made throught the world. In addition, it is recognized by film professionals from all over the world as the pinnacle point for networking for all wishing to learn more about the possibilities this region has to offer. This year, the festival presents a wide programme selection of both competitive and non-competitive films, focusing on the region of Southeast Europe with its filmmakers competing in Feature, Short and Documentary film section. For further information go to http://www.sff.ba/default.aspx?itemid=10163&lang=en 4 - CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS, APPLICATIONS AND COURSES CCall for entries – Filmaka - July Competition Filmaka is announcing a new competition to inspire filmmakers from around the globe. The new theme is ‘Lost and Found’ where total creative freedom is allowed. Film entries must run between 1-3 minutes in length and can be in any languages (English subtitles are encouraged). Each month, up to 20 ‘filmakas’ win cash prizes and the chance to show their talent to an award-winning jury and affiliates. For further information just visit http://www.filmaka.com/ for further information. Deadline for all uploads: 30 July 2007 Development Workshops 2007 - Euroscript, London, 30 July This is a great opportunity to put theory into practice, and work with experienced industry professionals to take your individual project to treatment, first draft or further. You can start with an initial idea, or with work in progress. Whatever stage you are at, the Euroscript script consultant will work with you to help you create a strong, marketable script. Booking is essential as workshop sizes are kept deliberately small. To book e-mail: euroscript@blueyonder.co.uk or call 020 7435 1330. For more details go to: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=iul7hccab.0.vyjwl7bab.ytfk6ybab.1591&ts=S0261&p=http://www.euroscript.co.uk/screenlab.htm%23euroscript Call for entries - Exposures 2007 The 14th exposures UK Student Film Festival is now accepting entries for the 2007 Festival (3-6 December 2007) at Manchester. You can now submit your films in any of the four main competitive categories Drama, Documentary, Animation and Experimental. It is the only student film festival of its kind to take place in the UK. For more information about entering your films go to www.exposuresfilmfestival.co.uk Deadline for entries: 31 July 2007 Call for applications - University College London Hospitals (UCLH) Arts Commission This is a new project in order to improve the hospital environment and patient well being through the use of a varied and stimulating arts programme. Moving image artists, recent graduates and emerging artists are most welcome. The art works will be shown on The Screen in the reception of University College London Hospital, and will become part of UCLH Arts permanent art collection. For further information please contact Guy Noble, Arts Curator UCLH on guy.noble@uclh.nhs.uk or call 0845 1555 000 ex 5451 Deadline for applications: 6 August 2007 Call for Video Submissions & Competition -Design Event 07 (DE07) Design Event is an annual UK festival showcasing cutting edge work from designers across all disciplines. Design Event's next edition - DE07 - takes place in Newcastle (October 2007), and film & new media curators Cinefeel are currently putting together a video programme for screening at the Baltic Contemporary Arts Centre. Cinefeel are inviting filmmakers and animators to send in work which has something to say on the subject of this year's DE07 theme of 'How do we want to live?'. Please check out www.cinefeel.org for more information and to download a submission form. For further information about DE07, please visit: www.design-event.co.uk Deadline for entries: 10 August 2007 Call for applications - Launch of SPARK script development scheme for 2007 Screen Yorkshire is seeking applicants for SPARK 2007, a script development scheme for experienced and new writers. This year, SPARK seeks applications from more experienced writers to develop a piece of work that will be read by the UK Film Council and the BBC writersroom at the conclusion to the scheme. Applications from new and emerging writers are all welcome. For more details go to www.screenyorkshire.co.uk/spark07 or contact Francesca Riley: francesca@screenyorkshire.co.uk / or call 0113 236 8226. Deadline for applications: 15 August 2007 Call for Applications - Further 3 This is your chance to win a 3-month moving image residency for 3 London-based visual artists interested in developing film projects. The residency includes access to no.w.here film equipment, training, resources and expertise; bespoke workshops, mentoring and networking; materials budget; a year-long membership to no.w.here artist film lab. For full details and application forms call no.w.here on 020 7372 3925 or visit http://www.nowhere-lab.org/ for downloadable forms and information. Deadline for applications: 21 August 2007 Call for entries – 10th Annual One World Festival The 10th edition of the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival will take place March 5 - 13, 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic. The festival will traditionally be held under the auspices of Václav Havel. Send your submissions for the next edition of the festival. Feature length documentaries, short documentaries (for the short competition films must be less than 35 minutes) and animations (up to 35 minutes) are all welcome. For more information on the festival and online entry form visit http://www.oneworld.cz/ or email to: mailto:mail@oneworld.cz Deadline for submissions: 1 September 2007 Call for entries - DepicT! '07 DepicT! challenges filmmakers from across the globe to come up with a compelling, imaginative idea and distil it into 90 seconds of cinematic originality. As in previous years, the judges are on the lookout for well-crafted, imaginative and engaging mini-masterpieces. For more details or to submit your films visit www.depict.org to upload them via the online entry system. Deadline for submissions: 3 Sept 2007 Call for submissions - The Birds Eye View Festival The Birds Eye View Film Festival 2008 will open on March 6th with 6 days of shorts, features, documentaries and special events, panels and parties. The festival is seeking submissions from women filmmakers from around the globe, to be a part of a showcase programme of innovative and inspirational shorts, features and documentaries. Awards will be presented to Best Short Drama, Best Short Animation, Best Documentary and a special Award for Innovation. For further information please check: www.birds-eye-view.co.uk Deadline for UK submissions Early Bird: 21 September 2007 Deadline for UK submissions: 3 November 2007 Deadline for International submissions - Monday November 12th 2007 Call for applications - Piemonte Share Award: Digital Art Prize 2008 Piemonte Share Festival announces the second edition of the Share Prize 2008 for digital art. The competition jury will award a prize to the work (published or unpublished) which best represents experimentation between arts and new technologies. The contest is open to any Italian and foreign artist using digital technology as a language of creative expression. Further information and the online registration can be found on the Piemonte Share Festival website www.toshare.it Deadline for applications: 30 September 2007 Courses - LFS Workshops, September 2007 This is a range of new short and part-time courses, with the emphasis on a totally hands-on, intensive learning experience. All courses are led by leading practitioners and offer an opportunity to study at a high professional level, right in the centre of London in September 2007. The following new workshops are now open for bookings. 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