VERTIGO NEWSLETTER #21, March 2007



	Problems reading this newsletter? See http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/newsletter/March2007.html VERTIGO NEWSLETTER #21, March 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 - Vertigo On line archive, March On line issue, Winter 2007 print issue 2) *Competitions* - Win a copy of bfi Modern Classics book ‘Distant Voices, Still Lives’ 3) Events and screenings - Film and Censorship discussion, Belfast Film Festival, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Artists Touring Cinema, Chinese Cinema Festival and more 4) *Calls for submissions, applications and courses* -- Rushes Soho Shorts, Oska Bright, Africa in Motion, Sydney Underground Film Festival, ThinkSync Short Film Competition 5) Links - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - VERTIGO NEWS The Vertigo On line archive is now complete We have finally been able to complete our On line archive and all Vertigo’s back issues – by article – are now accessible on the website. From Volume 1 Issue 1 (way back from 1993) all the way through to the current issue, all 22 issues of the magazine are available. Subscribers can search by each issue to access the articles, with many articles also available in pdf format. Take a look at the archive listings at http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/issuelisting.php?sel=bac&siz=0 and check out the sample articles in the left hand column. For full access to the entire back catalogue of Vertigo, plus 4 print issues per year, subscribe to Vertigo now. http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/shop/shophome.htm March On line issue now up on the website Our March free access for all On line magazine is now up on the Vertigo website. This month we focus on taking a look at the retrospectives of two British filmmakers - with an examination of Peter Whitehead’s body of work and an exclusive interview with Terence Davies -- together with a history of British Beat Cinema. Internationally – and looking to the future – we feature a report from a participant of the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Critics Traineeship programme on what is the role of the film critic. To read the March On line issue click here http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/issue.php?sel=onl&siz=1 Winter 2007 Issue of Vertigo out now The new issue of Vertigo magazine is now out. “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 bookshops 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. 2 - COMPETITION Win a copy of the bfi Modern Classics book “Distant Voices, Still Lives” by Paul Farley To tie in with the latest On line issue which has an interview with Terence Davies, Vertigo is offering a chance to win one of two copies of the recent bfi Modern Classics title “Distant Voices, Still Lives” by Paul Farley. Farley's study of the newly re-released Davies film, which stars Freda Dowie, Peter Postlethwaite and Angela Walsh, is both a personal response, as a Liverpudlian and as a poet, and an exploration of Davies's unique visual style. For a chance to win a copy of Distant Voices, Still Lives by Paul Farley, email the answer to the following question (together with your full contact details) to vertigo@vertigomagazine.co.uk Terence Davies’ 1995 film The Neon Bible was based on a book by which Pulitzer Prize winning author? For more information on this and other bfi book titles please see http://www.bfi.org.uk/books To go to the Terence Davies interview in the On line issue of Vertigo please go to http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/showarticle.php?sel=onl&siz=1&id=737 3 - EVENTS AND SCREENINGS Panel Discussion – Film and Censorship, March 24th, Birkbeck College, London On Saturday 24th March, ARTICLE 19 and Human Rights Watch London Film Festival will be hosting a panel discussion on Film and Censorship. Deepa Mehta’s film ‘Water’ has been repeatedly banned by local Indian government under the pretence that the director has been poisoned by Western influcences. The discussion will provide a thought-provoking opportunity to explore and discuss issues around film and censorship globally. For more information see http://www.article19.org/pdfs/other/event-panel-discussion.pdf 7th Belfast Film Festival, March 22 to April 1, Belfast The 7th Belfast Film Festival, has an extended 11 day programme of international and Irish films and events, including drive–in movies, films on the river, Oscar nominees, local talent, premieres, workshops and special guests. Offerings include a slice of the experimental in ‘Twisted Cornea ’, a focus on the local talent of the renowned Seamus McGarvey, Director’s Retrospectives and films from Japan to Austria - Iceland to India. For more information and the full programme of screenings see http://www.belfastfilmfestival.org/home Discussion forum: The Changing Role of an Artists' Moving Image Producer, 30th March, London 30th March, 5:30 - 7pm, Cinema 3 Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road London E1 6LA With moving image now prevalent in many areas of artist practice, and the platforms for the exhibition and distribution of moving image works multiplying; CAPTURE - the national strategic agency for dance and moving image - is facilitating a discussion on the effects that these changes have had on the role and skills of the artists' moving image Producer. This panel discussion will cover the changing role and skill-sets of Producers in artists' film and video, dance and the moving image, digital media, packaged content and television. This is a free event but places are strictly limited. RSVP: captureinfo@gmail.com or call 0845-CAPTURE. After the panel, CAPTURE is also facilitating a meeting to determine the future and nature of the Dance & Moving Image Producers' Network. If you are a producer, curator, distributor or exhibiter and are interested in attending please contact us as soon as possible as places are limited. captureinfo@gmail.com or call 0845-CAPTURE. For more information see http://www.capturenet.org.uk/ The 5th Polish Film Festival, London (then Edinburgh), 15th to 25th March, 2007 The Polish Film Festival celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, and there is still time to catch it. Once the Polish Film Festival finishes in London, the Polish films will then travel to Edinburgh, where they will be screened at the New Europe Film Festival. At the same time an exhibition of Polish Film Posters will be displayed at the Belfast Film Festival. This year we will also go international, as the Polish film industry becomes more global, and we will close the festival with the UK-Hungary production 'Copying Beethoven' directed by Agnieszka Holland. We are delighted that there is a growing appetite for Polish films across the U.K., and this reflects the quality of films coming out of Poland. For more information and the full programme see http://www.polishculture.org.uk/home.html The Celtic Media Festival, March 28 to 30th, Isle of Skye, Scotland The Festival is an annual three-day celebration of broadcasting, film talent and excellence from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany. The Celtic Media Festival’s aim is to organise an annual international event that celebrates and promotes the cultures and languages of the Celtic countries and regions and recognises, develops and rewards quality, originality and achievement on screen and in broadcasting. Covering screenings, talks, workshops and forums and awards, for a full programme of events see http://www.celticfilm.co.uk/?node_id=1.9.5 RePossessed, 10 March - 22 April 2007, Brentford RePossessed is a participatory analysis of Hitchcock’s famous film Vertigo (1958). Created by researchers at London Metropolitan University and Leeds Metropolitan University, this traveling exhibition transforms the Watermans gallery into a high-tech playground that invites the visitor to explore the cinematographic elements of the film, to examine the ‘director’s gaze’ and gives them a chance to remake the film themselves. Playing with these elements means cutting and pasting, re-assembling, re-filming, in unlimited combinations, forming new narratives or creating a kaleidoscope of simultaneous film moments which confront the power relations that exist between audiences and director. Offering up his most personal film for public re-appropriation, RePossessed is a homage to the experimental film-maker that was Alfred Hitchcock. For more information see http://www.watermans.org.uk/live_events/meet_the_artists___repossessed/ 11th International Human Rights Watch Film Festival, London 21st- to 30th March Human Right's Watch's International Film Festival has become a leading venue for distinguished fiction, documentary and animated films, and videos with a distinctive human rights theme. Through the eyes of committed and courageous filmmakers, this festival showcases the heroic stories of activists and survivors worldwide. Screenings at various locations across London. For more information see http://hrw.org/iff/2007/london/index.htm Artists Cinema, Touring UK, March onwards The Artists Cinema is a unique project bringing leading artist's films into cinemas. Five internationally celebrated artists have specially produced new short works on 35mm film to tour to cinemas across the UK. Commissioned by LUX and Frieze Projects the films premiered at Frieze Art Fair 2006. The Artists Cinema commissions build on the success of last year's aMovie which were seen by more than 27,000 cinemagoers in the UK. The Artists Cinema will be touring to Aberdeen, Aberystwyth, Berwick upon Tweed, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Derby, Dundee, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Great Torrington, Inverness, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Street, Totnes, Warwick, York. For more information see http://www.theartistscinema.org.uk/ East End Film Festival 2007, London, 19- 26th April The East End Film Festival aims to showcase a high quality range of new and contemporary films that explore the potential of cinema to cross cultural, political and artistic boundaries and that visualise the experience of living and working in the East End of London. This years festival features eight extraordinary days of films and fun, overflowing with a host of international features, shorts, workshops, special events and parties: featuring fashion, music, visual arts, performance, comedy and heritage. For more information and a full programme of screenings see http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/ Chinese Cinema Festival, Nationwide, March to May The University of Edinburgh presents a nationwide festival of Chinese film, featuring 26 films from 8 decades at 20 venues. Discover exciting action, soaring melodramas, musicals more flamboyant than Hollywood, and masterpieces of psychology and social realism. Most of all, you will find China itself here, its dreams, hopes and fears. Many of these films will tour Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland, and in addition to the screenings The University of Edinburgh will provide fascinating contextual Lectures on Chinese film, society, history, and ideas. See the films (or rent the DVD) then hear the lectures live or online. For more information see http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/cinema-china/index.html London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, London 21st March to 4th April Now in its 21st year, The London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival presents a strong and eclectic programme of feature films, shorts, artists' film and video and experimental work, as well as a whole host of discussions and special events. The festival runs from 21 March to 4 April at London’s BFI Southbank. For more information and a full programme of screenings see http://www.llgff.org.uk/ 4 - CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS, APPLICATIONS AND COURSES Call for submissions - HD FEST 2007 HDFEST screens exclusively movies shot on HD cameras or HDV cameras. The festival also screens animation rendered at HD resolution. All festival screenings take place in HD resolution. When you originally submit your film, you only need to send it to us on DVD format (so this can be down converted to lower res, however you wish and what is convenient for you) The Review Committee for the festival is used to watching and reviewing films on standard def. We accept PAL and NTSC DVDs for the review process. For more information see http://www.hdfest.com/ Deadline for submissions - April 15th, 2007 Call for submissions - Oska Bright 3rd Film Festival Oska Bright, the first film festival anywhere in the world run by, and for, people with a learning disability. Oska Bright is now accepting submissions for its next festival. The 3rd national festival of short films made by people with learning disabilities will take place in Brighton on 15th and 16th October 2007, even bigger and better than before, with two days of screenings, master classes, and even an awards ceremony! A unique aspect of the Oska Bright Festival is that it is organised by a team of six learning disabled artists, with support from Brighton-based learning disability arts organisation Carousel and community film makers Junk TV. We are looking for films made by learning disabled people. Films must be no longer than 10 minutes, and prizes will be awarded in various categories for the best films, which will include filmmaking bursaries with partner production company JUNK TV. For more information see http://www.oskabright.co.uk/ Deadline for submissions: 31st May, 2007 Call for submissions - 15th Raindance Film Festival, London, Sept/Oct 2007 The UK's largest and most exciting indie film festival is open for submissions. Raindance is accepting films of all genres from anywhere in the world, for their 15th annual festival. Supporter Mike Leigh says "The Raindance Film Festival makes a unique and very special contribution to independent film…they should be taken extremely seriously” . For more information visit: www.raindance.co.uk/festival and to submit go to submit to Raindance - http://www.withoutabox.com/login/1550. Deadline for submissions 1st May 2007 (early deadline) 1st June (final deadline) Call for submissions - Africa in Motion Film Festival, Edinburgh Submissions for African in Motion 2007 are now open. We accept entries from all filmmakers of African nationality working in Africa or abroad and are particularly interested in giving exposure to young, emerging African filmmakers living and working in Africa. Films could be fiction, animation, experimental or documentary and shot in any format. Only films directed by filmmakers of African nationality will be accepted. The film can be from any time period and could have been screened at festivals and in cinemas previously. Fiction films should be no longer than 40 minutes and documentaries no longer than 60 minutes. For more information go to http://www.africa-in-motion.org.uk/entries.html Deadline for submissions May 31st 2007 Call for submissions – Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, now celebrating its ninth consecutive year is delighted to announce its first call for entries in 2007. The festival, renowned for its not-for-profit status and its championing of emerging young talent, has grown dramatically each year with last year seeing more than 2,000 entries from filmmakers around the world. This year sees the addition of a Documentary category, complementing the 5 original categories: Short Film, Newcomer, Title Sequences & Idents, Music Video and Animation. Film smust be no longer than 12 minutes and completed between May 2006 and May 2007. Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2007 will run from 28th July to 3rd August. For more information see http://www.rushes.co.uk/sohoshorts/ Deadline for submissions: 4th May, 2007 Call for submissions - Swansea Bay Film Festival The Swansea Bay Film Festival honours the individual voice, and its mission is to provide a worldwide public forum for independent and experimental filmmakers and to offer educational outreach.The Swansea Film Festival 2007 will take place in Swansea, South Wales, UK, between Friday June 1st and Sunday June 10th. The Festival is organised in association with the Dylan Thomas Centre Swansea, the Department of Adult & Continuing Education of Swansea University (DACE) and the City & County of Swansea. The films selected for the festival programme will be chosen by a special committee from the entries submitted and on line voting will help determine the films selected for screening. Films to be screened will be announced on Monday 7th May at a special event. The final award winning entries will be selected by a Festival Jury. Winners to be announced Thursday June 7th at the awards ceremony scheduled for the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. For more information see http://www.swanseafilmfestival.com/ Deadline for submissions: Friday 4th May 2007 Call for Submissions - Sydney Underground Film Festival The Sydney Underground Film Festival is dedicated to nurturing an alternative film culture through the promotion of independent and experimental films. The festival seeks to support filmmakers who operate outside established film industry infrastructures, by providing a platform for exhibition, exposure and critical discussion. Entries are now open for the 2007 Sydney Underground Film Festival, which will take place from Thursday 20th September to Sunday 23rd September The Sydney Underground Film Festival pertains to be 'filmmaker friendly'. The organisers have used their experience as filmmakers to initiate what they desire in a film festival. Here are a couple of our initial 'festival guarantees': The festival will provide every film entered with a brief but apt critique on what the screening committee thought of the film. "Due to the limited number for programming your film has not be selected" is not something filmmakers will hear from us, as we feel the exercise of entering a film could and should be more productive, even if you don't get selected. For more information see http://www.sydneyundergroundfilmfestival.com/ Early deadline: 4th May 2007 Regular deadline: 29th June 2007 Call for submissions - Co-operative Young Film makers Budding movie-makers are being urged to create their own productions which could premier at a major national film festival. Organisers are calling on youngsters to submit entries for the prestigious Co-operative Young Film-Makers . The Festival will be held at Bradford’s award-winning National Museum of Photography, Film and Television on 12 and 13 October. Film-makers not only get to see their work on the big screen but they can also take part in exciting events and masterclasses, meet special guests and be inspired by, and swap ideas with other young film-makers. There are no categories to limit the imagination and anyone under 21 can enter. Films will be selected for screening at the festival based on creative spirit and evidence of co-operation. In line with co-operative values there is no overall winner. Entries should be no more than six-minutes long and will be viewed by a panel of media professionals and educationalists who provide feedback on all films. For more information see http://www.3bears.co.uk/festival/2007.html Deadline for submissions: June 29th 2007 Call for submissions - Thinksync Films Short Film competition Thinksync films is again running their film and music competition, The competition is designed to search out, celebrate and reward creative new independent film making talent, with particular attention to the role music plays. The competition states that entrants are to submit shorts (with a maximum length of ten minutes) that best incorporate one or more of a selection of tracks provided as free downloads by Thinksync Films on their website www.thinksyncfilms.com. No other music (other than these tracks provided) is to feature in the short and it cannot be a ‘music video’, rather the short must incorporate the track(s). As a result of the success of last year’s competition, which received over 200 submissions, numerous top independent labels have come on board to offer tracks. The theme for this year’s competition is ‘TWIST’, with each film allowed to interpret this in any way it sees fit. The five finalists will be screened as part of a special event which will also include performances from some of the labels involved. Last year saw a raucous party for over 500 people with performances from Andrew Weatherall, Radioactive Man and Addictive TV amongst others. 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