VERTIGO NEWSLETTER #39, March 2009



	Problems reading this newsletter? See http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/newsletter/March2009.htm VERTIGO NEWSLETTER #39, March 2009 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 – ‘Brief Encounters’ Vertigo’s series of talks 2) Competition – Win a copy of The International Film Guide 2009 3) Events and Courses – Expanded Cinema conference, LIDF, Marching Into History season, 2009 School of Sound 4) Calls for submissions and applications – Short Film Festival Hamburg, Sheffield DocFest 2009, Mestre International Short Film Festival Venice 5) Links - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - VERTIGO NEWS Vertigo’s Brief Encounters – a series of talks The beginning of April brings the start of Brief Encounters – a series of three panel-based talks, hosted by Vertigo (in collaboration with London Metropolitan University and Iniva) in which we consider how images relate to place and what they can do -- politically, culturally and as a form of opposition. The first talk in the series is entitled ‘Virtual’, and will be followed by ‘Local’ and finally ‘Global’ Each of the talks in the series is free to attend, but space is limited so its best to book. See below in the Events section for more information on the first of the Brief Encounters. RESISTANCE IS FERTILE: THE INDEPENDENT IMAGE The new issue of Vertigo is out now The latest issue of Vertigo - Volume 4 Issue 2 – is out now: in bookshops, on newsstands, on the website and, if you are a subscriber, in your own mailbox. The new issue takes a look at the possibilities of the image as an instrument for, and a reflection of, resistance. In a time of ferment and multiple crises – political, international and financial – how can images both aid our understanding of the world and act as a catalyst for evolution and change? Vol 4 Issue 2 includes interviews with the Dardennes brothers, Franny Armstrong and Jennifer Reeves; Jem Cohen on sustainability by mutual support; a look at New Chinese Cinema; reports from Bristol’s Georgian Film Festival and the London International Documentary Film Festival; Sukhdev Sandhu on ‘Legacy in the Dust’; Chris Petit on Godard’s ‘Histoire(s) du cinéma’; a manifesto on the state of African film production; and much more. To buy the new issue (Vol 4 Issue 2) or subscribe go to http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/shop/shophome.htm March Online issue now on the Vertigo website March Online issue now on the Vertigo website The March issue of the Vertigo Online is now live and available to all readers on the Vertigo website. This month we feature a report from the Berlinale on new German films; an interview with Polish screenwriter and director Jerzy Skolimowski on ‘Four Nights with Anna’; a reappraisal of Douglas Sirk’s ‘A Time to Live and a Time to Die’; a look at the growth of the sub-Saharan ‘Nollywood’ film industry; a review of ‘Tony Manero’, the new film from Chilean director Pablo Larrain and screenwriter Tony Grisoni on the process of adapting ‘Red Riding’. For all this and more, click here to access the current Online issue New on the Vertigo website: Showcase Just as the new print issue examines how film is a catalyst of evolution and change, Vertigo’s own website has also recently welcomed evolution and change. Now live on the website, Showcase is a new bi-monthly space profiling a selected range of film/video clips and trailers from new, re-issued or currently exhibited independent and artists’ moving image work. Works that have been highlighted in past issues of Vertigo are presented together with new and experimental gallery work and upcoming and current arthouse releases. Check out the new Showcase site Vertigo would welcome submissions of new artists film – please email us Treat yourself to a Vertigo subscription and get Vertigo Magazine delivered direct to your door! Subscribe to Vertigo and for less than the price you would pay for the magazine on the newsstand* and not only will you receive the quarterly magazine direct with postage and packing included, but you will also enjoy full access to Vertigo’s back issue archive online. The UK’s premiere independent film publication, Vertigo is an adventurous, challenging magazine that gives our readers unrivalled, thought-provoking features on every aspect of the moving image. The cutting-edge features and dynamic design cover the best of independent, international and experimental film. Published quarterly in print, with additional monthly web-exclusive issues, Vertigo offers an individual -- and sometimes unexpected – point of view on the moving image. (UK individual subscriptions) To subscribe* click here 2 – COMPETITION Win a copy of The International Film Guide 2009 (Wallflower Press) For 45 years the International Film Guide series has been providing comprehensive information on contemporary world cinema. Stats on industry trends and national outputs of 120 countries is compiled by expert local writers in each country’s film industry, who have their ears to the ground and can provide detailed critiques of each years highlights. Plus box office stats, highly detailed information on film festivals internationally and selected Director profiles. For your chance to win a copy of the International Film Guide, published by Wallflower Press, email the answer to the following question, along with your full contact details, to vertigo@vertigomagazine.co.uk One of the 5 featured ‘Directors of the Year’ in the IFG 2009 is an Italian. What is his name and what is the title of his current film, on release nationwide this month? More information on Wallflower Press More information on The International Screen Guide 3 - EVENTS AND SCREENINGS Brief Encounters - Vertigo Talk #1: ‘Virtual’, London, April 2nd 6:30 pm to 8:15 pm This is the first of three talks in the Vertigo Brief Encounters series that consider how images relate to place and what they can do - politically, culturally and as a form of opposition. 'Virtual' will discuss the creation of memory through multimedia. Using the work of Liminal artist Roshini Kempadoo as a starting point for discussion, the panel will explore the use of the image and multimedia in relation to the making of (alter)history. Key themes include: archives, colonialism, spoken word, visual culture, race, black diaspora, altermodernism, cultural buildings. Panelists for the event are Roshini Kempadoo (media artist, photographer and lecturer), Ashwani Sharma (principal lecturer in media and cultural studies at University of East London) and Sara Wajid (freelance feature writer and editor of UntoldLondon) Tickets are free, but space is limited so to book call 020 7749 1240. Iniva, Project Space 2, Rivington Place, London Click for more information on ‘Virtual’ The second Vertigo talk - 'Local' - takes place on 23rd April as part of the ‘Liminal: A Question of Position’ programme at Rivington Place. The final talk in the series is ‘Global’, which will take place at London Metropolitan University this summer. For more information check the Vertigo website or go to INIVA 9th Belfast Film Festival, 26th March -- 4th April The 9th Belfast Film Festival will present 130 screenings across a ten-day period this year. Highlights include a Spotlight on India, focussing on contemporary film; watery-themed films such as ‘Riding Giants’ and ‘The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’ screened about a boat on ‘cinema cruises and special film & music events like the 1923 Lon Chaney version of ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ screened at St Anne’s Cathedral with a newly-commissioned live piano score. Click for more information LIDF The London International Documentary Film Festival 2009, 28th March – 4th April Now in its fourth year, the London International Documentary Festival presents documentaries ranging across personal and global politics, encouraging the participation of the audience with the filmmakers and those affected by the subject matter. The festival promotes 'conversations in film' with panel discussions sprinkled throughout the festival that feature politicians, writers, cultural commentators and other area experts. Forums and symposiums further extend the debates and interactions. Screenings are held at locations across London. For more information go to the LIDF website Marching into History, Sheffield, 30th March – 9th April The Showroom in Sheffield is presenting 2 weeks of screenings to mark the 25th anniversary of the miners’ strike of 1984-5 and depicting the life and struggles of mining communities across the world. Opening the season is Ken Loach’s ‘Which Side Are You On?’ (30th March) with director Q&A after the screening, and highlights include ‘Blind Shaft@ (Li Yang, 2003) and ‘Harland County, USA’ (Barbara Kopple, 1976). For more information click here The 8th SCHOOL OF SOUND International Symposium, London, 15th – 18th April School of Sound are back with their biannual symposium, to be held in London at the Southbank Centre. Across the four days there will be talks and workshops with an impressive and comprehensive lineup of film makers and sound professionals including Mike Figgis, Roger Crittenden, Kim Longinotto, Michael Grigsby, Piers Plowright, Nitin Sawhney and Hildgard Westerkamp. For more information and to register click here Expanded Cinema Conference, London, 17th -- 19th April This conference will investigate an expanding field of film and video art from multi-screen, immersive, performance-based live-projections through to interactive, digital and virtual reality multi-media events and will explore the various histories of expanded cinema and their impact on the question of narrative, space and time in experimental film and art practices. Expanded Cinema is a film and video practice which activates the live context of watching, transforming cinema’s historical and cultural ‘architectures of reception’ into sites of cinematic experience that are heterogeneous, performative and non-determined -- it offers an alternative and challenging perspective on filmmaking, visual arts practices and the narratives of social space, everyday life and cultural communication. For more information on the conference and to register click here Read the Vertigo article on Expanded Cinema (Vol 4 Issue 2) Glimmer 7th Hull International Short Film Festival, Hull, 21st -- 26th April This year the HIFF pays homage to the late filmaker (and Hull University alumni) Anthony Minghella, with the inaugural Anthony Minghella Award for Best International and UK Short – which the festival hopes continue his work of being an advocate of the moving image and a tireless supporter of emerging filmmakers. Highlights this year include a retrospective of artist filmmaker John Smith, together with a carte blanche programme of films that have inspired him; ‘Coming Soon…’ an intriguing examination of the art of trailers and opening credit sequences and ‘Figuring Landscapes’, a series of programmes that have grown from the background of the political and cultural history that links the UK and Australia (look out for an examination of this exhibition in the upcoming issue of Vertigo Volume 4 Issue 3 – out at the end of April). Click for more information 4 - CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS, APPLICATIONS AND COURSES Call for Entries: European Entrepreneurship Video Awards The European Commission's Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry has launched the first European Entrepreneurship Video Awards. The awards are an opportunity for all Europeans to think about entrepreneurship and to put their vision into a short (one or two minutes long) video. The best videos will be selected by a jury of movie and business experts and will be awarded a prize by the European Commission. Nine winning videos will also be awarded up to €3,000. The European Entrepreneurship Video Award 2009 builds a unique bridge between the worlds of cinema and business. The challenge is to make creative and original short videos (between one and three minutes long) in one of three categories: the entrepreneurial spirit, innovative entrepreneurship or responsible entrepreneurship. For more information click here. Deadline for entries: 31st March 2009 Call for entries: 25th International Short Film Festival Hamburg – ‘Human Error’ To err is human and failure is an opportunity! The 25th International Short Film Festival Hamburg festival team has decided that this year's topic for the "Three-Minute Quickie" competition is ‘Human Error’ and now invites everyone to capture big and the small human mishaps on film and send them in to us. The festival has already received numerous mishaps, missteps and misfortunes, but it is still possible to send in films on the topic of human error, with a maximum running time of three minutes. For more information click here Deadline for entries: 1st April 2009 Call for Submissions: 12th Mestre International Short Film Festival, Venice The 12th edition of the Mestre International Short Film festival is seeking entries in the following short categories: Short Stories (less than 20 mins), Video-for-Kids (made by schools and under 18’s, and running less than 15 mins), Videoclips (commercial clips of under 5 mins) and Short in Web (under 5 mins) For more information click here Deadline for entries: 5th June 2009 Call for Submissions: Sheffield DocFest 2009 The Sheffield International Documentary Festival is the UK’s premier event for international documentary professionals, and showcases some of the finest examples of documentary film from across the globe. The festival, to be held this year between 4-8 November, welcomes documentary films of any style, duration or subject produced for cinema, television, as part of film school coursework or for cross-platform. Established and debut filmmakers are encouraged to apply. For more information click here Deadline for submissions: 17th June 2009 Call for Entries: ThinkSync Films 4th Short Film Competition ThinkSync Films was created to bring together the independent music and film industries to encourage collaboration. It seeks to search out, celebrate and reward creative new independent filmmaking talent, with particular attention to the role music plays has launched its fourth short film competition. Filmmakers are asked to produce a film of less than ten minutes duration, incorporating music available from their website. The competition is designed to. The music, detailed rules and FAQ's are all available on the website, along with previous years' winning films, so you can get an idea of the concept. 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