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VERTIGO NEWSLETTER #32, March 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. 

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CONTENTS 

1) Vertigo News –  March On-line issue is now up on the website

2) Events and screenings –  Kawamoto the Puppet Master, London International Documentary Festival, Tricky Women, WorldFilm: Tartu Festival of Visual Culture, Britspotting

3) Calls for submissions and Courses – British Federation of Film Societies, NOISE, Aurora, Shortwave, Docupolis

4) Links

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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 filming Reed’s ‘Berlin’; a look at the upcoming Birds Eye View and Polish Film Festivals; the controversial Thai Film Act; the Spielberg / Bergman connection; artists’ pages and much more.
To subscribe or buy the new issue click here

March Online issue now on the Vertigo website

The March On line issue is now available on the Vertigo website. There are 5 new exclusive articles: Mar Diestro-Dópido interviews of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Aguilera on his debut feature film ‘La influencia’; a look at Olivier Assayas’ ‘Irma Vep’; James Marcus Tucker’s letter to Derek Jarman, ‘Dear Derek’, and Lee Hill’s review of the Michael Haneke retrospective screening of ‘How Do You Think It Feels’.
To go to the current On –line issue click here
Back issues of the On-line magazine can be accessed here

2 - EVENTS AND SCREENINGS

Kawamoto the Puppet Master, Bristol and touring, March to May

A rare chance to discover the remarkable work of Japanese stop-action animation maverick Kihachiro Kawamoto has come. Screen talks, premieres and discussion panels will celebrate the work of one of Japan's most progressive animated film-makers. Curated by Midnight Eye’s Jasper Sharp, the season begins in Bristol and then will tour to Bradford, Newcastle, Sheffield, Manchester and finish at London’s Barbican. Kawamoto's latest feature ‘The Book of the Dead’ will also be screened for the first time in the UK as part of the event.  For more information on the venues, screenings film and events click here

The International Human Rights Film Festival, Paris, March 26th

Dedicated to the documentary engagée, the International Human Rights Film Festival focuses on the legacy, the impact and the struggle for respect of human rights all around the world. With screen talks and Q&A, the festival will be hosting important figures of the documentary filmmaking such as the founder of Mamcumba International (producer of ‘War Babies…Nes de la Guerre’). The Festival will take place on March 26th, in Paris, France. For more information click here

London International Documentary Festival, March 29th to 5th April

Once again, London will be hosting the 2nd edition of the festival -- “A Conversation in Film”-- devoted to documentary filmmaking. From Barbet Schroder’s ‘Terror’s Advocate’ to Ari Tamaddon’s ‘Are You Happy’, the event will gather a wide range of films that stand as cinematic testimonies of our contemporary world. Partnered with the British Museum and the Margaret Mead Documentary festival, the festival will screen ‘Are you Happy’ by Ari Tamaddon to start off the festivities with his insight on contemporary Iranian people’s understanding of happiness. For more information and the full programme click here

Tricky Women Film Festival, Vienna, March 27th to 31st

The fifth edition of Tricky Women, a festival exclusively dedicated to female animator’s work will take place in at the end of the month in Vienna. Celebrating female animated film-makers from around the world, the competitive event promotes the directors’ exciting work over 5 days, with screenings of 56 animated films of all lengths and styles.  For more information and a full programme click here

Film Jamaica season, London Barbican, 28th to 30th March

As part of the season Film Jamaica, ‘Smile Orange’ by Trevor D. Throne, will be screened at the Barbican on March 28. This classic adaptation of the Jamaican director’s namesake play, amusingly chronicles a waiter’s dreams of success. Other treasures of both classic and contemporary Jamaican film are included in this mini-season, which is taking place in conjunction to the stage show of ‘The Harder They Come’. For more information and tickets click here

WorldFilm: Tartu Festival of Visual Culture, Estonia, March 24th to 30th

Worldfilm: Tartu festival of Visual Culture celebrates worldwide documentary filmmaking for the fifth year. With both Estonian programmes (including a focus on documentaries about Estonian writers) and international programmes, this year the festival will include a retrospective of visual anthropolgist Timothy Asch and ‘Homo Urbanus’, a series of 8 films about the relationships between humans and th city. For more information click here

CinematICA: Peter Whitehead, London, April 27th

A rare screening of Peter Whitehead’s short film ‘When I was Young’, with the director introducing the event, a collection of 9 iconic Pop films from the 50’s and 60’s. The thematic film programme exaines  the emergence and legacy of the Pop Art movement of 1950’s and 1960’s. Among other characteristic and representative films of the movement the event includes ‘Broadway By Light’ (1957) by William Klein and ‘Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable’ (Ron Nameth, 1967). For more information click here

See the Vertigo article (Vol 3 Issue 4) on Peter Whitehead’s MANIFESTO: On Independence

Britspotting, Berlin and touring, April 10th to 7th May

Britspotting is a festival exclusively dedicated to supporting British and Irish feature films, documentaries and shorts in Germany. Premiering the crème of independent and mainstream films from the UK, the festival will tour for 3 weeks to 3 main centres: Berlin, Cologne and Stuttgart. This years programme features Asif Kapadia’s ‘Far North’, (see the Vertigo piece in Vol 3 Issue 7) and ‘Derek’, Isaac Julian’s documentary and tribute on the writer and director Derek Jarman, in which Tilda Swinton’s Vertigo-commissioned letter of remembrance features as the main narration. For more information and the full programme click here
For the Asif Kapadia piece  (Vol 3 Issue 7) click here

For Tilda Swinton’s letter to Derek Jarman (Vol 2 Issue 4) click here

4 - CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS, APPLICATIONS AND COURSES

Seeking Trustees: The British Federation of Film Societies

The BFFS is seeking to appoint new Trustees to their Board. The national support and development agency for the film society and community cineam sector is looking for Trustees who are interested  in film exhibition and distribution, and who can bring this charity organisation expertise and commitment in its work. Since its inception 60 years ago, the BFFS has supported specialised cinema exhibition, advice, technical support and film education to over 300 member organisations across the UK. Initial appointments are for three years, on an expeses paid basis.  For more information about BFFS and for contact details click here

Call for submissions: NOISE festival 2008

Described as a Virtual Festival of Youth Creativity, NOISE invites creative people twenty five years and under across all creative fields – film, graphic design, music and other visual arts -- to submit up to 6 works. Functioning entirely on the website, the festival supports and showcases young creatives. For more information visit the NOISE website
Deadline for submissions:  31st May

Call for submissions: AURORA festival

The Norwich based Aurora festival celebrates an alternative approach to the prospect of the moving image, focusing on manipulated moving image works. This year the festival is adding a new ‘Installation’ strand to the programmed categories for the event that will take place on November 12th to 15th . For more information on submitting your work click here
Deadline for submissions: 27th June

Call for Entries: Shortwave Short Film Competition

Film London’s  Shortwave is calling for entries for a short film competition to celebrate at its 9th anniversary. The event has been designed to promote talented independent filmmakers and their work. The 15 best shorts will be screened at 93 Feet East in London and will be awarded with the audience-chosen best-film award. Shorts, music videos and animation are all welcome.  Films should not be longer than 10minutes. For more information click here
Deadline for entries: 14th April

Calls for Submission: Docupolis Documentary Film Festival of Barcelona

Docupolis is seeking submissions for the 8th annual festival, to be held this year from 1st to 5th October.  Documentaries of all lengths are sought and submission is free. For more information and submission guidelines click here

Call for Submissions: Flag Metamorphoses Animation

Flag Metamorphoses is a participatory art project - a continuously growing series of animations where the flags of every  nation in the world will transform into each other through flash  animations. Between each two flags, scenes appear to show an aspect of the relations between the two countries - an exploration into the  meaning of imagery on flags, aiming to create interrelated  associations through questioning, reassessing, fluidizing and re- mixing of diverse national iconography. To find out how to participate, to see Flash flag animations click here
Deadline for submissions: 30th June (and ongoing)

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