VERTIGO NEWSLETTER #15, August 2006



	Problems reading this newsletter? See http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/newsletter/Sept2006.htm VERTIGO NEWSLETTER #16, September 2006 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 September On line free issue is now up on the website, and our first electronic issue -- Volume 3 Issue 2 -- is available to buy on disc from the website. 2) *Competition* - Win a copy of Bernd Herzogenrath’s new book 'The Films of Tod Browning' 3) *Events and screenings* - Japanese Animation and the World of Koji Yamamura, Award-winning Canadian Short films, Roger Graef masterclass, Firecracker and Raindance Film festivals 4) *Calls for submissions* - LAFVA, Bite The Mango Industry Weekend, Birds Eye View, Orange North Star Short Film Award 5) *Links* - One website about filmmaking courses - Straightcurve - has been added. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - VERTIGO NEWS Issue 2 of the new quarterly Vertigo now out The first of Vertigo's annual special electronic issues (Vol 3 Issue 2) is now available to buy on disc from the Vertigo website. The magazine features moving image content, podcasts, a trial of new film criticism software as well as Vertigo's regular features on worldwide independent film, documentary, artists' film and more. Highlights include an interview with 'Heading South' director Laurent Cantet, podcasts of Vertigo's recent debates with Cahiers du cinema at the Institut francais, moving image work from artists Ben Rivers and Kagami Shinohara, and features on Chris Welsby, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Britdoc 06, censorship, children's cinema and much more. Free previews of the issue on the website include an essay on Antonioni’s ‘The Passenger’; a review of the Pompidou Centre Jean-Luc Godard exhibition; an interview with director Franc Roddam on his time as a film student; and a chance to view ReFrame, new film software. http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/issue.php?sel=cur&siz=1 The new electronic issue is available to buy on CD-Rom exclusively from the Vertigo website http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/shop/shophome.htm September On-line issue now on the site The free online issue of Vertigo for September is now live. The 'Featured Film' is independent Australian feature Look Both Ways with an exclusive interview with director Sarah Watt. This month's 'Locations' piece isa report on BritDoc 06 festival, hosted by the Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation, which was held in Oxford in July ; 'Viewings' takes a look at We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen, the recently released documentary which charts the history of the ‘econo’ music movement in the US and‘Readings’ gives an overview of Video Art, Sylvia Martin’s study of the recent history of video art. http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/issue.php?sel=onl&siz=1 Vertigo Archive Update The Vertigo On line archive has been updated to include 6 complete back issues, with more to come by this October. Subscribers to Vertigo can now access each of the articles from Volume 2 Issue 7 (Autumn/Winter 2004), Issue 6 (Spring 2004), Issue 5 (Summer 2003), Issue 4 (Spring 2003), Issue 3 (Summer 2002) and Issue 2 (Spring 2002), in addition to Volume 3 Issue 1 and our special electronic issue Volume 3 Issue 2. To check out the archive, go to http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/issuelisting.php?sel=bac&siz=1 2 - COMPETITION Win a copy of Bernd Herzogenrath’s new book The Films of Tod Browning Filmmaker Tod Browning caused outrage with his films about the abnormal and the deformed – films such as ‘Freaks’, ‘Dracula’ and ‘Mark of the Vampire’ are landmarks of the cinema of the 1930s. Although he was seen as shocking at the time, contemporary re-evaluation of his works has thrown up surprising rich psychological and social readings of his works. Bernd Herzogenrath’s new book The Films of Tod Browning (Black Dog Publishing) brings together a comprehensive selection of essays on Brownings films, and does much to add to modern understanding of his work. For your chance to win a copy of the book, email the answer to the following question to vertigo@vertigomagazine.co.uk In which American city, famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby, was Tod Browning born? For more information on the book go to http://www.bdpworld.com/ For an extract from the book go to http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/showarticle.php?sel=cur&siz=&id=423 3 - EVENTS AND SCREENINGS *ONLINE* FourDocs FourDocs is the broadband channel for documentary from Channel 4, found at www.channel4.com/fourdocs . They have also launched a MySpace: to have a look go to http://www.myspace.com/fourdocs to see them in full. Plus they have just finished their Sheffield competition, where to mark their first birthday, they gave everyone who's ever appeared on the site the chance to enter a competition to have their FourDoc screened in Channel 4's Three Minute Wonder slot, and at the prestigious Sheffield Doc Fest on its Newcomers' Day. This is culminating in the superb “Doc Day Afternoon” event on Hallowe'en, at the festival, when there'll be workshops and screenings. FourDocs allows you to make, upload and watch. Check them out at www.channel4.com/fourdocs and now www.myspace.com/fourdocs too *INTERNATIONAL* 17th Dinard British Film Festival, 5th to 8th October, France The 17th annual Dinard British Film Festival will be screening the best of British films, both recent and classic, from the 5th to 8th of October. Together with the best of recent British film, special events include a tribute to actor Brian Cox; a screening of the classic Carol Reed film ‘The Fallen Idol’ and a comprehensive tribute to British documentary legend Michael Grigsby. For more information go to http://www.festivaldufilm-dinard.com/en/films.php UK Tiger Eye Firecracker Showcase Film Festival, 14th to 24th September, London Firecracker, London’s Asian Film Festival, is presented by Firecracker Magazine. The showcase features 30 of the best new films from across Asia, plus some rediscovered gems. Featuring 12 UK premieres and a series of themed sections including the edgy Pinoy Indie scene from the Philippines, the dark flipside of Bollywood in the tough and gritty thrillers and gangster movies of Ram Gopal Varma and the roots of Wong Kar-Wai's visual style in the classics of Cathay Studios, where musical meets film-noir. For more information see www.firecracker-showcase.com Bringing Pictures to Life: Japanese Animation and the World of Koji Yamamura, October 16th, London Trees grow out of heads, birds dream of fruits. Koji Yamamura will come to the Japan Foundation in Russell Square. Yamamura, one of the most successful and distinctive animators of the present generation in Japan, has fascinated the world with his work, full of surrealism and sheer visual pleasure. He creates handcrafted images by combining several different media such as modelling clay, photographs and drawings. Through a conversation with Jayne Pilling, founder and director of the British Animation Awards, the seminar will explore the world of Koji Yamamura and examine his position in the growing Japanese animation industry. With a short and illustrated talk by Helen McCarthy, founder editor of ANIME UK, the seminar will also touch upon the history of Japanese animation and issues surrounding it. The event is free but booking is essential as places are limited. Contact event@jpf.org.uk to reserve a place. Norwich International Animation Festival, 18th to 21st October, Norwich Norwich International Animation Festival returns for 2006 with a trailblazing programme which ventures further still from ‘traditional’ film festival territory to embrace live art, generative work and artists’ film, eroding yet further the myth that animation is about cartoons alone. This year’s festival theme, ‘Re-vision’, looks at reappropriation – the found, twisted and mashed-up in animation and the wider moving image. Highlights include retrospectives of leading animation directors Igor Kovalyov, Priit Parn and Koji Yamamura, a wide-ranging tribute to auteur Walerian Borowczyk, featuring rarely-screened films alongside special events with the Brothers Quay, Andrzej Klimowski and others, and a unique one-day symposium with filmmakers Bill Morrison ('Decasia'), Frank Mouris ('Frank Film') and Robert Bradbrook ('Home Road Movies'); generative artists Leonardo Solaas and Marius Watz; and leading theorist Steve Reinke. For more information see www.niaf.org.uk Cinema of Prayoga: A Secret History of Indian Cinema Indian Experimental Film and Video 1913-2006, Touring the UK Sept 15th, 2006 to Sept 2007 Cinema of Prayoga is a unique national touring programme of artists’ film and video work from India , bringing this work to the UK for the first time. Premiering at Tate Modern 15 to 19 Sept, Cinema of Prayoga presents an unprecedented cross section of work from the beginnings of cinema in India to the latest examples of Indian video art. After the launch at Tate Modern, Cinema of Prayoga will embark on a nationwide tour starting at Bite the Mango Festival, Bradford in September and the Arnolfini, Bristol in October. The three programmes sketch a remarkable alternative route through Indian cinema rarely touched upon by Bollywood or more traditional Indian Arthouse cinema. Cinema of Prayoga presents an unparalleled new perspective on Indian culture, identity and cinema. Highlights include the only surviving reel of India’s first ever feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which premiered in Mumbai on April 21, 1913. Its director Dadasaheb (D.G) Phalke (1870-1944) was a pioneer and is regularly cited as “the father of Indian Cinema” At the other end of the spectrum the tour features the latest work by contemporary artists including two videos by Nalini Malani, a painter and video artists who represented India in the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005. More information: http://www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk/prayoga.htm 'City Swimmers' screenings, International Festival of Visual Culture, Joensuu, Finland, September, 2006 and Renoir Cinema, London, November 12th, 2006 Screenings of 'City Swimmers', the documentary made by the campaigners of the movement to preserve the tradition of open water swimming in the Hampstead Heath ponds, will be held at the International Festival of Visual Culture in Finland , and at the Renoir Cinema in London on November 12th. The film is an exhilarating celebration of the unusual practice of outdoor swimming in the City Of London. The DVD is also available to purchase online from Moviemail http://www.moviemail-online.co.uk/films/18083;provider=vertigo 5th Hull International Short Film Festival 2006, 27th September to 10th October, Hull Hull Film is dedicated to the exhibition and creation of short film as a crucial art form in its own right. Since 2001, Hull Film has been responsible for the Hull International Short Film Festival (27th Sept to 10th Oct), which acts as a showcase of short film with Hull Screen being the main venue. As well as the annual festival, Hull Film has been active in programming a multitude of screenings and educational events in and around the city of Hull. Hull Film is also committed to promoting new work and developing critical discussion. This years festival includes programmes including REBEL REBEL, films by female directors and GENERATIONS films focusing on relationships between the old and young; Live Music and Film: Philip Jeck to silent French films and The Open Road with live piano; a 50th anniversary Free Cinema programme: 50s films from the Free Cinema movement and Trailers: five shipping containers around the city with newly commissioned films. For more information go to www.hullfilm.co.uk Wallflower book launch – 'Filmosophy', London, September 28th The launch of the new Wallflower title 'Filmosophy', will be held at the London Review Bookshop with a panel discussion including Jonathan Romney, leading film critic; Jonathan Ree, philosopher, writer and cultural commentator; Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, professor of Film Studies (and former head of BFI publishing), and the author, Daniel Frampton. 'Filmosophy' is a manifesto for a new understanding of cinema. Drawing on the likes of Gilles Deleuze and Stanley Cavell, the book examines the history of film theory and contends that an active engagement with film on an emotional, intellectual and philosophical level is now needed: A radical rethinking of cinema. More information on the book: http://www.wallflowerpress.co.uk/ London Review Bookshop events: http://www.lrbshop.co.uk/ Just Watch Me! Award Winning Canadian Short Films, 18th October, London The Canada House CineClub, The Canadian High Commission, Bravo!FACT and the Toronto International Film Festival are teaming up to screen a programme of award-winning short films from Canada. Taking place from 6:30pm on 18 October 2006 at BAFTA the event aims to introduce British audiences to the rich tradition of Canadian film-making. Celebrating recent achievements in film, the festival will screen several Award-Winners, including "Ryan", an Oscar-winning look at Ryan Larkin, celebrated Canadian animator-turned-panhandler, as well as films by blockbuster directors David Cronenburg and Guy Madden. Nostalgia Canadiana is a retrospective of film in Canada with classics from the National Film Board of Canada, as well as a few surprises. Finally, a programme assembled from ten years of the Bravo!FACT Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent, will feature cutting edge, modern classics. For more information go to www.justwatchme.co.uk FUTURE SHORTS: ‘This Is London’, 25th to 28th September, London locations Future Shorts and Time Out bring you “THIS IS LONDON”, a living and breathing cinematic experience celebrating the best in London Short Film. Coinciding with the success of Big City-Short Film features such as ‘Paris je t’aime’ (yet without the love interest), ‘This Is London’ draws on the perceptions of 11 directors, providing a poetic, humourous and insightful view of the Capital city. The feature is shaped to be the ultimate London tour starring short films from the Swinging Sixties to the twenty-first century. A dazzling collection of vintage documentaries, hip music videos and exciting animated and live-action shorts captures the cultural and historical spirit of our ever-changing capital. Films include: the multi-award winner Inside Out by the Guard Brothers; the Godard inspired Je t’aime John Wayne by Toby MacDonald, where an Englishman thinks he’s a Frenchman who thinks he’s American; Robert Vas’ docu-drama Refuge England about a Hungarian immigrant moving to London in the 50’s; Alex Budovsky’s distinctive video for The Real Tuesday Welds’ Bathtime in Clerkenwell; Mark Ronsons’ reworking of Radioheads’ classic-hit Just High shows notorious London graffiti coming to life; acclaimed director Adam Smith’s exploration into the new London music scene, Wot Do U Call It; alongside several other shorts from within the M25. For more information go to http://www.futureshorts.com/ DocHouse Masterclass with Roger Graef, 4th October, London Roger Graef is best known for his pioneering work exposing closed institutions from ministries to courts and prisons. His groundbreaking films include the Thames Valley Police - which helped change the way the police deal with rape victims andIn Search of Law and Order - an exploration of radical new ways to change juvenile rehabilitation. More recently, he has exec-produced many award winning documentaries. This is the last in the series hosted by DocHouse, of the “Best of British” masterclasses, held in association with the Grierson Trust. For more information go to www.dochouse.org 14th Raindance Film Festival, September 27th September to 8th October, London Widely known as a platform for independent films and aspiring filmmakers, this years Raindance Film Festival looks set to be another voyage of discovery: many of the festivals most anticipated films are by first-time directors – some having their premiere at Raindance. As well as screening a vast number of remarkable short films alongside some motivating discussion panels and the infamous Live!Ammunition! pitching event, Raindance has assembled a selection of original independent features and documentaries the range and scope of which you won’t find anywhere else. For more information go to http://www.raindancefilmfestival.org/festival/ 4 - CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS, APPLICATIONS AND COURSES Course: - “Show Me The Money” - Attracting Investment For Your Creative Business, 3rd October, London One way for creators to effectively profit from their intellectual property rights is to create a business around their design concept or insight. By doing this they can avoid under-selling their work, and ensure their vision is realised. Of course this requires skills and connections most designers don't have. This Own It event (http://www.own-it.org), in collaboration with Greater London Enterprise (http://www.glegroup.co.uk/), will look at what investors look for in a creative business and the processes involved building and managing a business with outside investment. This event is being run as part of a further round for the Creative Business Accelerator programme, which is free, and which provides capacity building, one to one mentoring and investment readiness support delivered by experts from the private sector investment community. To apply for the Creative Business Accelerator programme go to http://www.lbangels.co.uk Call for submissions - One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Spring 2007, Prague The 9th edition of the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival will take place from February 28 - March 8, 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic. One World would like to invite you to 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 considered for the festival program. FILM SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 1, 2006 On-line entry form is available at: www.oneworld.cz Call for Applications - The Jerwood Artangel Open The Jerwood Artangel Open is a new £1 million commissioning initiative offering an opportunity for three artists to realise a major project. The scheme is open to British artists of any age working across all disciplines with the key criteria being the proposal of great visionary ideas. The commissions will be developed and produced by Artangel for presentation in the UK between 2008 and 2010. Deadline: 6 October 2006 For more information see http://www.jerwoodartangelopen.org.uk/ Call for submissions – Film London East website, London East London film-makers now have the chance to appear on the Film London East website www.filmlondon.org.uk/east Appearing on the site gives you the opportunity to raise your profile and networking opportunities. The profiles help Film London to document the industry professionals and film projects in East London. They also help to promote local filmmaking talent and inspire other professionals, by providing information on the range of filmmakers, their career development and what projects they are working on. Film London will be producing profiles and case studies of successful filmmakers, film projects and production companies. If you are a filmmaker living or working in Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Greenwich or Bexley you may be eligible. To check your availability, please go to www.filmlondon.org.uk/east/content Call for submissions - PUNTO DE VISTA DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, 23rd February to 3rd March, 2007 "Punto de Vista", the Navarra International Documentary Film Festival, is now inviting submissions for the next edition of the festival which will take place 23th February - 3rd March 2007, in Pamplona (Spain) 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 competition is open to participation by documentaries of any nationality made after 1st of June 2005. Fiction, institutional or publicity films will not be admitted, nor reports or works of a journalistic nature. There are no limits with regard to subject matter, length or original language. Deadline: Films produced between the 1st of June 2005 and the 1st of August 2006: 10th August 2006. Films produced from the 1st of August 2006: 9th November 2006. Rules and application form are available in the festival's website: www.cfnavarra.es/puntodevista Course – Bite The Mango – Industry Weekend, 23rd to 24th September, Yorkshire The Industry Weekend is an opportunity for established, as well as aspiring film makers, to meet with professional film and television executives, to network over a glass of wine, take part in workshops and demonstrations, as well as attend panel discussions and seminars hosted by influential key figures in the film industry. Events over the weekend include discussions and debates on The Future of Film Making in Yorkshire, Short Film Production, Directing commercials with The Mob North, Life after your first film – Independent Distribution and Practical Workshops. For more information go to http://www.nmpft.org.uk/btm/2006/filmdetail.asp?ida=6413 Call for submissions - The Orange North Star Short Film Award The winner of The Orange North Star Short Film Award 2006 will be assisted professionally and financially to make a short film to be shot either on film or digital and with a budget of up to £40,000 in financial support and donated professional services. The award-winning film is to be authored by the filmmaker and there are no genre limitations. The Award is targeted at experienced filmmakers resident in the UK who have yet to make their first feature film. If you have made either two short films or one-factual/drama television programmes of at least 30 minutes duration you are eligible to apply. To apply you will need to complete a simple application form and send it along with a developed idea/treatment, showreel and CV to Yipp Films, Office Two, Maling Studios, Hoults Estates Ltd, Walker Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 2HL.. You can download an application form and see the guidelines and information from applicants from www.nlff.co.uk/filmaward Deadline for submission is 5:00pm on Monday 16th October 2006 Call for applications – Break Out Break Out is a year-long national project development scheme for the hottest emergent writers, directors and writer/directors from the Black and Minority Ethnic (including Latin American) talent pool in the UK, ready to make successful features. The scheme, set up by Screen East, is open to both fiction and documentary feature writers and directors, and has commercial production partner companies behind it. Break Out will be officially launched in October. For more information email june.givanni@virgin.net Call for submissions - Birds Eye View "Sounds and Silents" Event Birds Eye View is currently inviting submissions for "Sounds and Silents", a multimedia event planned for March 2007 as part of the Birds Eye View Film Festival 2007 taking place from 8th-12th March at the NFT and ICA during international women’s week. We are looking for contemporary films made by women - either silent films or films with existing musical soundtracks which would be replaced by an original live soundtrack performed by leading musicians for the purposes of the "Sounds and Silents" event. Please send any submissions to Natasha Jacoby, Birds Eye View (Ref: SAS), Unit 310A Aberdeen Centre, 22-24 Highbury Grove, London N5 2EA. Submissions will be accepted on all digital formats and on VHS. Or if the work is available to view online, please forward the link to natashajacoby@hotmail.com. The deadline for submissions is Monday 9 October 2006, but early submissions are appreciated. For more information go to http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk. Course – N.o.where lab Bolex 16mm course, 30th September, London Used extensively by filmmakers such as Jonas Mekas, Stan Brakhage, and Michael Snow the Bolex 16mm camera has shaped and defined artist's film for over half a century. The course covers the basic features of the camera including how the Bolex is loaded and operated, lenses, focussing, and light metering followed by participants shooting a single 100ft roll of black and white film between them. Over lunch the films are processed and in the afternoon participants learn how to assess and judge their negatives on the Steenbeck editing table. The workshop ends with a projector screening of all the films made on the course. Please note you must have participated in a no.w.here Bolex course to dry hire no.w.here's cameras. For more information phone 0207 372 3925 or email courses@nowhere-lab.org Calls for applications – 2007 London Artists Film and Video Awards (LAFVA) A share of £160,000 is now available to London-based film and video artists to produce new work through the 2007 London Artists’ Film and Video Awards (LAFVA). One of the largest UK schemes of its kind, the awards are supported by Film London in partnership with Arts Council England, London, and prioritise work that is experimental and innovative. Now in their seventh year, LAFVA supports artists living and working in the London region. Awardees receive up to £20,000 which can cover full production costs or be used to complete existing projects. The scheme is open to proposals for work in any format, length and genre; single or multi screen; and produced for exhibition in galleries, festivals, specialist venues or cinemas. 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Call for submissions – Film London East website, London