Congratulations to Chris Rohde, Paul Gordon, Linda Norstrom and Phil Caron for being awarded City Of Ottawa Grants.

Proposals are assessed by an independent jury and the successful applicants have one year to complete their project. Eligible projects are those over which the artist has creative and editorial control. All genres are accepted (i.e. experimental, drama, documentary, video installation, and new media). Artists crossing over from other disciplines (i.e. music, theatre, writing, visual arts, and dance) are also welcome. A screening of productions will be held in Club SAW. Applicants retain copyright to their productions, but they must provide a copy of their tape to be kept in SAW Video's archives.

The successful applicants receive:
- a one year producing membership to SAW Video;
- up to $1200 in access to SAW Video production
and post-production equipment;
- a $250 credit towards any workshop(s) offered by
SAW Video;
- up to $300 in cash;
- a copy of the SAW Video Production Handbook

Applicants must submit:
- a current resumé (with emphasis on your artistic work);
- a 1 to 2 page description of the proposed
project (may include a script, treatment, or storyboard);
- a production schedule;
- a detailed budget ;
- if possible, examples of previous work (video, film or other artistic work).

Note: please do not submit material which can not be replaced.

SAW Video
67 Nicholas St.
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B9
(613) 238-7648 tel. / (613) 238-4617 fax
sawvideo@sawvideo.com

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Voix autochtones
Fonds de production de SAW Video
Date limite: le lundi 1er octobre 2007

Le Fonds de production Voix autochtones est un programme de support voué aux artistes des Premières Nations, Métis et Inuit qui désirent s' exprimer de façon créative au moyen du médium vidéo. Ce fonds s'adresse aux artistes de tout niveau: émergent, établi ou à mi-carrière. Jusqu' à trois bourses seront attribuées.

Les propositions seront évaluées par un jury indépendant, et les candidats retenus auront un an
pour compléter leur projet. Les projets admissibles sont ceux sur lesquels l'artiste conserve un plein contrôle créatif et
rédactionnel. Tous les genres sont acceptés (c.-à-d. expérimental, dramatique, documentaire, installation vidéo et nouveaux médias). Les artistes venant d'autres disciplines (c.-à-d. musique, théâtre, écriture, arts visuels et danse) sont également les bienvenus.

Une projection des productions aura lieu au Club Saw. Les candidats conserveront les droits d'auteur sur leurs productions mais devront fournir une copie de leur bande aux archives de Saw Vidéo.

Les candidats retenus recevront :
· une adhésion d'un an à titre de producteur à SAW Video;
· jusqu'à 1200$ d'accès à l'équipement de production et de postproduction
· un crédit de 250 $ pour tout atelier offert par SAW Video;
· jusqu'à 200 $ en cachet de production;
· et une copie du manuel de production de SAW Vidéo.

Les candidats doivent soumettre :
· un résumé à jour (mettant l'accent sur leur travail artistique);
· une description du projet proposé, de 1 à 2 pages (peut comprendre un scénario, un traitement ou un story-board);
· un échéancier de production;
· un budget détaillé;
· et si possible des exemples de travaux antérieurs (vidéo, film ou autre oeuvre artistique).

N.B. : Veuillez ne pas soumettre de matériel qui ne peut pas être remplacé.
Vous avez des questions ? Appelez au 613-238-7648
ou écrivez à sawvideo@sawvideo.com

SAW Video
67 rue Nicholas
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B9
(613) 238-7648 tel. / (613) 238-4617 fax
sawvideo@sawvideo.com

JUMPSTART GRANT

Established in the 1980's, JumpstART is a video incentive programme designed to give artists the opportunity to explore the medium of video. Applicants to JumpstART must be new to the medium of video or in the initial stages of their video careers. Eligible projects are those over which the artist has creative and editorial control. All genres are accepted (i.e. experimental, drama, documentary, video installation, new media...). The JumpstART proposals are assessed by an independent jury and the successful applicants have one year to complete their project. Please note: Feature-length projects are not eligible to apply. In addition, editing of successful projects must take place at SAW Video, and this should be factored into the budget accordingly.

There are two JumpstART deadlines a year: March 1st and Sept. 1st. Up to 3 awards are given each competition.

Applicants retain copyright to their productions, but they must provide a copy of their tape to be kept in SAW Video³s archives.

The successful applicants receive
- SAW Video membership for one year
- a Video Handbook
- a $250 credit towards two workshops of your choice
- up to $200 in materials (tapes)
- up to $1000 in access to SAW Video Co-op equipment (Equipment access is in the form of waivers for SAW Video equipment only, and can be used solely for the purpose of the awarded project.)

Applicants must submit
- a current resume (with emphasis on your artistic work)
- a 1 to 2 page description of the proposed project (may include a script or storyboard)
- a production schedule
- a detailed budget
- examples of previous work (video, film or other artistic work)

Deadline: Saturday, September 1st 5pm.

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FEATURE VIDEO FUND

SAW Video's Feature Video Fund (FVF) is a video production program designed to encourage the production of feature-length videos in the Ottawa Region. One FVF project will be selected per year. The successful project will be awarded up to $8,500 in access plus a $1,000 honorarium.

Applicants do not have to be members to apply but must be residents of Ottawa-Gatineau region or adjacent rural catchment area. All types of projects are eligible: dramatic, documentary and experimental. Works must be produced independently, i.e. applicant must be the director (or co-director) and must retain copyright of the work and editorial control. The FVF does not support transfers to film.

Each successful applicant receives

- membership for one year
- up to three workshops
- $1,000 honorarium
- Up to $8,500 in access to SAW Video Co-op equipment (limited to 21 days access to a 3 chip camera and full production kit, plus 30 days of editing time on Avid Adrenaline system) (Equipment must be SAW Video's, and the access is solely for the purpose of this production.)

The successful applicant is required to provide SAW Video with a copy of their completed work for the SAW Video archives as well as promotional stills from their video for use in SAW Video promotion. In addition, the artist will be asked to present a talk on their work-in-progress.

Features can be shot anywhere in the world but transportation of the equipment is the applicant's responsibility and editing must be done at SAW Video. While any additional funding that your project may require does not have to be in place at the time of your application you must show where your additional funding will come from and it must be in place before your production begins.

The jury for this competition will be judging proposals on the quality of your script and your creative team, should there be no proposals of acceptable quality to the jury, SAW Video reserves the right not to award a FVF grant.

Proposals must include:
· cover page including the project title, screenplay synopsis, the name, address and phone number of the applicant.
· feature length, final draft script or treatment
· creative team with resumes (producer, writer, director and Director of Photography required)
· timeline for production and post-production.
· budget. For projects that need resources beyond the services provided by FVF your additional funding sources must be provided.

Deadline Saturday September 01st, 2007 at 5pm. Questions? Check out www.sawvideo.com for more
grant info or contact Erin at erin@sawvideo.com.

	UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Drawing in Light for Video Mon August 13th, 2007 6:00pm - 9:00pm Tue August 14th, 2007 6:00pm - 9:00pm Seminar in Lighting Techniques and Aesthetics Intermediate to Advanced This two evening workshop will examine and discuss the role of the cinematographer in crafting the visual style of a video or film. Insightful, stimulating and hands-on, topics covered will address both theoretical and practical concerns. Participants must bring a digital still camera. Course Outline: 1. Professional light structure: basic characteristics of light and adaptation, (using professional conventions), from film to modern video in classical and experimental forms; 2. Lighting Styles -professional and aesthetic rules acquired from the tradition of studio lighting; 3. Testing colour, density and image; 4. Lighting for film vs. video. Indoor and Outdoor, taking images with classic still camera, digital still camera and DV camera. This workshop is being delivered at the intermediate to advanced level. Basic knowledge and experience with DV production is a required pre-requisite. Enrolment is limited to 6 participants. Registration deadline is Thursday August 9th, 2007. Instructor: Nena Toth Nevenka Redzic Toth, filmmaker has produced 57 short films and was a Director of Photography in over a hundred short films and videos as well as three features. She is the first woman Cinematographer in Serbia and Montenegro with a master’s degree in cinematography and is still the only Serbian woman currently working internationally as a Director of Photography in feature films. Prof. Toth is a graduate from Prague’s renowned FAMU University’s film school, where she has earned a Master’s degree in Cinematography. Her teaching experience includes 19 years in European and North American universities. Nena’s films have earned international awards and recognition most recent of which won first prize in the experimental category for her film “Phantasmagoria”, at the Niagara Indie Film Festival, St. Catherines, Ontario. Nevenka Redzic Toth is currently working on a feature length motion picture screenplay; a contemporary version of Henrik Ibsen’s play “Doll House”, under the working title “Nora Play Jazz With Me”. Nena Toth will produce and direct the project through her production company, Nena Film Verite. Members $50.00 Non Members $75.00 Duration: 6 hours _________________________________________________________________________________ Grant Writing for Media Artists Sat August 25th, 2007 11:00am - 5:00pm This popular workshop is designed to help media artists represent their projects clearly and concisely. Veteran filmmaker Penny McCann will take emerging film and video makers through the process of applying to art councils and cultural agencies for funding. Participants will learn the do's and dont's of grant writing (aka "Penny's Principles of Grant Writing") and see examples of successful proposals, complete with budgets, schedules, and project descriptions. They will learn about the jury process and how to effectively present support material. Participants should have at least a one page project description ready for scrutiny - complete proposals are also welcome. The workshop includes individual one-on-one sessions with each participant. . Limited to 8 participants. Deadline for registration is Tuesday August 21st, 2007. Instructor: Penny McCann Penny McCann has been making films and videos since 1990. Her work, which ranges from dramatic to experimental, has been widely broadcast and exhibited at numerous festivals and galleries nationally and internationally. A long-time member of SAW Video, Penny became director in January 2004. In 2007, in recognition of her contribution to the Ottawa media arts community, Penny was awarded the Victor Tolgesy Award for achievement in the arts. Members $45.00 Non Members $70.00 Duration: 6 hours ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Production Clinic Lets Get Clinical! Tue August 28th, 2007 6:00pm - 9:00pm Wed August 29th, 2007 6:00pm - 9:00pm Just got your brand spanking new S.A.W. Video membership and looking to rent gear? Or perhaps you are simply in need of a quick refresher! Come to the production clinic and get introduced to the operation of S.A.W's light, sound and camera equipment. This two evening three-hour clinic will qualify you for the rental of S.A.W. video's production equipment. The safe, proper care and operation of our Digital Video equipment, lights and audio gear is key in producing a great video. How much power do those lights draw? Is there a right and wrong way to wrap cables? How much and what kind of equipment will I need? These questions and more will be answered. Enrolment is limited to 6 participants. Registration deadline is Wednesday August 22nd, 2007 Instructor: Jacob Hanna Members $50.00 Non Members $75.00 Duration: 6 hours

Inviting submissions from actors interested in auditioning for Saviour Complex. A short, independently produced, experimental film by award winning filmmaker and video artist Ariel Smith.

Production Details:
Project Name: Saviour complex
Category: Experimental
Director: Ariel Smith
Audition Dates: August 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2007
Call Back Dates: August 7th, 8th, 9th, 2007
Audition Location: Independent Filmmakers Cooperative of Ottawa (IFCO) located at 2 Daly Ave. Suite 140
Shoot / Perf. Dates: September 8th and 9th, 2007
Shoot / Perf. Location: Studio location to be obtained in the Ottawa/Hull area.
Union Status: Non - Union
Compensation / Rates: All actors will receive a small cash honorarium along with craft services, transportation assistance and a copy of their performance for their reel. This is a non-pay production.

Submission Instructions: To book an audition time please send your CV and photo to saviour.complex.film@gmail.com

Submission deadline is August 1st, 2007

Production Description:
Saviour Complex is a short, experimental, 16mm film that explores the unspoken politics and shifting power dynamics between a teenage, street level sex trade worker and her clients. Visceral and disturbing, Saviour Complex drags the audience into a cinematic nightmare by offering an answer to the question "what's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?"
Saviour Complex will use a highly stylized visual approach, no dialogue, poetic voice-over, rhythmic montage and an experimental sound-scape to examine the often thin line between exploiters and exploited.
All actors must be able to portray a great deal of physicality in their roles without the use of dialogue and must be comfortable participating in a film with adult themes. Alice and her 3 clients must be comfortable participating in scenes with implied sexual contact. No actual nudity is required

Characters:
Name: Alice
Gender: Female
Age: Actor must be able to play between 16 and 21(actual age of actor unimportant)
Description: Open to all backgrounds and body types. Alice is a tough and beautiful street level sex trade worker who exists in a surrealist and nightmarish universe. She is the heroin of our story. She is the embodiment of rage and the personification of righteousness. She smashes a hole in the hooker with a heart of gold archetype, by being the complete opposite. She is here to make us all aware of our false sense of entitlement as we gain a glimpse into her self-determined redemption and explosive personal exorcism.

Names: Client #1, Client #2, Client #3
Genders: Male
Ages: 30-50
Description: Open to all backgrounds and body types. The 3 client characters in Saviour Complex are mutated businessmen epitomes, often visually represented in fragments. We see at times only part of them, their hand, their leg, their crotch, their wallet. You can smell the false sense of entitlement off these men from a mile away. They are "Saviour Tricks". The kind of clients who want to be a working girls hero; who want to deliver her from what they view as her hellish life. The kind of clients who have watched Pretty Woman one too many times. The kind of men who look down on Alice while simultaneously craving her degradation through their own.

Names: Double Dutch girl #1, Double Dutch Girl #2, Double Dutch Girl #3
Ages: 7-11
Genders: Female
Description: Open to all backgrounds and body types. All 3 Double Dutch Girls be able to perform double Dutch and other jump rope games as well as hand clapping games. Please note that no child actors will be on set during any scenes with adult themes.

FINDLIGHT PRODUCTIONS Inc. SEEKS CREW!

AN UNFORGETTABLE DREAM is a sci-fi
(Supernatural/Thriller), Approx 15min. Made for festival circuit.

STORY SYNOPSIS: After falling asleep Paul's dream begins. But it's not where he's going that is important. Rather, it is where it's leading him.

Findlight is preparing for a shoot, August 21 and August 22, 2007, and we need:

-ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

-ART DIRECTOR (great opportunity – doesn’t require previous Art Director credit, only experience working as an assistant in art department and the ambition to do the job! Some experience with wardrobe an asset.)

-GRIP/LIGHTING ASSISTANT (a bit of a combo-job, this is a small crew! Good knowledge of lighting a must.)

-SOUND RECORDIST (will be mixing and operating boom)

-MAKEUP ARTIST

-PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

Please forward resumes & questions to Marie Cormier at: anunforgettabledream@yahoo.ca or call: 613-316-4612

Thanks!

Marie

Sincerely,

Marie Cormier
Painter/Screenwriter/Director/Producer
Findlight Productions Inc.
www.findlightproductions.com
info@findlightproductions.com

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Quickbeam Films is looking for actors for a short docudrama

This 15 minute HD/Film production is looking for the following cast

5 males ages 16-20 (core cast). The shoot will be two days in Smith Falls with a half day of pick ups in Ottawa. The Smith Falls shoot will be September 8th-9th. The production will provide the actors with $150.00 flat wage plus meals.

Synopsis:

On a weekend in July of 1993, 5 high school kids set off on a trip to a buddy’s cottage just outside of the small Ontario town of Smith Falls. After a night of binge drinking and nerdy card games the youths must drive into town in search of water. Their quest for a hangover cure gets them involved in a “attempted bank robbery” and a run in with the Smith Falls police. Based on a true story in which many of the filmmakers of this short were involved.

We are trying to cast the actors to resemble these 5 yahoo's below.

Core Crew consists of

Paul Gordon: Director/B-Camera
Jordan Lynn: Director of Photography and Camera Op
Adam Bowick: Sound

if your interested please email us at quickbeamfilms@gmail.com attaching a head shot will help with call backs.

Thanks,

Paul Gordon

www.quickbeamfilms.com

Home Movie Day

Home Movie Day is a worldwide celebration of amateur films and filmmaking that is held annually on the second Saturday in August. Home Movie Day was started in 2002 by a group of film archivists concerned about what would happen to all the home movies shot on film during the 20th century. They knew many people have boxes full of family memories that they’ve never seen for lack of a projector or out of fear that the films were too fragile to be viewed. They also knew that many people were having their amateur films transferred to videotape or DVD with the mistaken idea that their new digital copies would last forever and the “obsolete” films could be discarded. Original films, and the equipment to view them, can long outlast any version on VHS tape, DVD, or other digital media.

Home Movie Day emphasizes the importance of saving these original films since they are unique cultural documents that encourage the understanding of home movies as valuable records of the everyday experience. Though home movies are generally thought to be the private recordings of family memories, they offer an important glimpse into a side of life that is not often witnessed or captured in mass media. As personal documents, home movies can evoke intensely emotional experiences of seeing and hearing yourself, friends, and relatives from the distant past. Home movies also show how people actually lived at a particular moment in time, providing an insightful social record of a way of life in an unrehearsed and intimate manner. Home movies can also offer the only surviving images of a town, neighbourhood, individual or event, making them important historical documents.

Home Movie Day Ottawa
Home Movie Day Ottawa is a free-of-charge family event hosted by Available Light Screening Collective. The event is an education and outreach opportunity that provides people with a chance to learn about the importance of home movies, meet local film archivists and conservators, and learn about film preservation. Home Movie Day Ottawa allows participants a unique occasion to reflect on their families, communities, neighbourhoods and personal experiences. Most importantly, it is a chance to watch and celebrate these wonderful home movies.

Event Date:
August 11, 2007
Event Location:
Club SAW
67 Nicholas Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Event time:
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

How can you participate?
We want to show your home movies.

Not all films can be shown on Home Movie Day for reasons such as physical condition, content, and/or length. Owners of films chosen for the program will be contacted the week of July 23, 2007.

What if you don’t have any home movies?
If you don’t have any home movies come out to watch anyway. Home Movie Day Ottawa is an opportunity to learn more about home movies and about film preservation.

Home Movie Day Ottawa contact information:
homemoviedayottawa@gmail.com
Tina Harvey: (819) 953-5428
Nick Nguyen: (819) 934-7349

This year, as part of its fundraising for programs that support the blind and visually impaired, the Canadian Council of the Blind is holding a charitable film festival entitled “See No Evil” to be held October 31, 2007 starting at 8pm on the University of Ottawa Campus.

Currently they are looking for works that are 20 minutes or less and in the horror genre to be submitted by October 1st, 2007 at 4pm. There will be lots of great prizes for participants and those attending the event – plus it raises money for an important cause.

Please contact Jodi at jsamis@ccbnational.net to obtain a copy of the rules and regulations of the festival as well as an application form that must accompany all submissions.

	LUMIERE FESTIVAL
See Ottawa in a Whole New Light: Ottawa Lumière Festival In preparation for the 4th annual Ottawa Lumière Festival (www.lumiereottawa.com), the Crichton Cultural Community Center, with funding from TELUS, are teaming up to help local youth See Ottawa in a Whole New Light, as well as give them the chance to win a brand new Spark phone from TELUS with one years worth of free service. TELUS has chosen to focus their community investment efforts in arts and culture, education and sport, and health and wellbeing-initiatives that benefit young Canadians through the innovative use of technology. The Crichton Cultural Community Center is thrilled to have received a TELUS community grant and looks forward to tapping into the creativity of Ottawa’s youth. The Lumière Festival is an exciting celebration of light and magic featuring funky costumes, magnificent glowing lanterns and over 100 live performers, including professional fire spinners, dancers and acrobats. There is little wonder why this is quickly becoming a must see event for all ages. In preparation for this year’s event, along with the regular lantern making workshops, the Crichton Cultural Community Center will be holding a special lantern making workshop for 50 participants aged 16-21 years. This special workshop will provide you with the skills, tools and materials to create and decorate your own bamboo star lantern, all of which will be displayed at the Lumière Festival on August 11th. Additionally, a panel of judges will evaluate the lanterns and the participants who produce the top 10 most creative lanterns, will attend a one day photography and video workshop. But wait there’s more!!! Using the skills taught at the photography and video workshop you will be issued the brand new TELUS Spark handset complete with photo and video capabilities and sent out to capture the magic and beauty of the Lumière Festival. The top three cell phone photos or videos will get to keep their handset with the top winner will also receive a full year’s service for free along with other Lumière Festival prizes. There will also be a special exhibit showcasing the imagery captured at the festival using the TELUS spark handsets and the star lanterns in the fall that will be open to the public, so that everyone can be impressed by your work. To apply for the See Ottawa in a Whole New Light Project, fill in the attached form and email/mail to: Joanne Hughes, Festival Producer Crichton Cultural Community Centre 2nd Floor - 200 Crichton Street Ottawa, K1M 1W2 (613) 745-CRIC (2742) (613) 745-4153 cccc@bellnet.ca www.crichtonccc.ca www.lumiereottawa.com See Ottawa in a Whole New Light; Participant Application Name: _________________________________ Date of Birth: _________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________________ Phone number: (h) ___________ (w) ___________ (c) ___________ Email address: ________________________________ Please explain why you would like to participate in this project: Important dates and information: 1. Email/mail application form. These must be received by Tuesday July 17th, 2007 Deadline extended. Contact CCCC for more info. 2. 50 applicants will be chosen and will attend a star lantern making workshop & site visit on July 21st. (4 hours) APROX. VALUE: $50 3. A panel will chose the top 10 most creative lanterns. 4. The creators of the top ten lanterns will attend a video & photography workshop on July 28th. (6 hours) APROX. VALUE: $400 5. On August 11th at the Lumière Festival, the ten participants will be provided with TELUS Spark phones and will receive one on one help from a professional photographer, will take video and photo footage of the event. (4 hours) APROX. VALUE: $200 6. A panel will chose the top 3 video/photo entries, and will pick ONE overall winner. 7. The top 3 entries will receive their own TELUS Spark phone (APROX. VALUE: $100) and the main winner will also receive one year of TELUS service (APROX. VALUE: $400) as well as other Lumière prizes. 8. Participants and other community members will be invited to attend an exhibition of all the lanterns, videos and photos in the fall on 2007. The Festival will provide all lantern making supplies, food and beverages where appropriate, a video and photography workshop for 10 participants, to loan 10 participants TELUS Spark phones for the duration of the festival, to provide the 3 winners with their own TELUS Spark phone, and to provide 1 year of basic TELUS service to the main winner. In case of Festival postponement due to weather the participant will appear at the festival on Sunday August 12. In the event of festival cancellation the festival will not be able to provide the Spark phone and service.     RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES CALL FOR ENTRIES: UNTIL THE 15th OF AUGUST, 2007 ||||| RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS/BERLIN/MADRID ||||| FILM / VIDEO / MULTIMEDIA ||||| http://art-action.org/en_info_appel.htm *** Please forward this information as widely as possible *** The 'Rencontres Internationales' will take place in Paris in November 2007, at the Centre Pompidou, at the Jeu de Paume national museum and in other key locations. The same program will be presented in Madrid in April 2008 and in Berlin in June 2008. Those three events will propose an international programming focusing on film, video and multimedia, gathering works of artists and filmmakers acknowledged on the international scene along with young artists and not much distributed filmmakers. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANISATION CAN SUBMIT ONE OR SEVERAL PROPOSALS. THE CALL FOR ENTRIES IS OPEN TO FILM, VIDEO AND MULTIMEDIA CYCLES, without any restriction of length or genre. All submissions are free, without any limitation of geographic origin. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + CINEMA AND VIDEO CYCLES (all film and video formats) * Video / Video art / Experimental video * Experimental Film * Documentary, experimental documentary * Fiction - short, medium and feature length * Animation movie MULTIMEDIA CYCLES * Installation * Net art * Performance, concer + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Video and film submissions are received on DVD. ALL submissions are sent by postal mail, enclosed with a filled-in ONLINE ENTRY FORM, UNTIL THE 15th of AUGUST, 2007. Entry forms and information regarding the 'Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid' are available on our website http://art-action.org/en_info_appel.htm + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + The 'Rencontres Internationales' offer more than a simple presentation of the works. They introduce an intercultural forum gathering various guests from all over the world - artists and filmmakers, institutions and emerging organisations - to testify of the vivacity of creation and its distribution, but also of the artistic and cultural contexts that often are experiencing deep changes. The festival reflects specificities and crossings of art practices between new cinema and contemporary art, explores media art practices and their critical purposes, and work out this necessary time when points of view meet and are exchanged. The festival aims at presenting those works to a broad audience, at creating circulations between different art practices and between different audiences, as well as creating new exchanges between artists, filmmakers and professionals. The 'Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid', an event without competition, are supported by French, German, Spanish and international cultural institutions. http://artaction.org/en_soutien.htm PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SPREAD OUT THIS PIECE OF INFORMATION to creative organizations, art networks, production companies, artists and filmmakers you are in contact with. Best wishes. The Rencontres Internationales ================================================== EN FRANÇAIS ================================================== ||||| APPEL A PROPOSITION: JUSQU'AU 15 AOUT 2007 ||||| RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS/BERLIN/MADRID ||||| FILM / VIDEO / MULTIMEDIA ||||| http://art-action.org/fr_info_appel.htm *** Merci de faire circuler cette information le plus largement possible *** Les Rencontres Internationales se dérouleront à Paris en novembre 2007 au Centre Pompidou, au Jeu de Paume et sur d'autres lieux. La même programmation sera présentée à Madrid en avril 2008 et à Berlin en juin 2008. Ces trois événements proposeront une programmation internationale inédite consacrée aux nouveaux cinémas, à la création vidéo contemporaine et au multimédia, réunissant des ouvres d'artistes et de réalisateurs reconnus sur la scène internationale aux côtés de jeunes artistes et de réalisateurs peu diffusés. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + TOUT INDIVIDU OU ORGANISME PEUT EFFECTUER UNE OU PLUSIEURS PROPOSITIONS D'OEUVRE. L'APPEL A PROPOSITION EST OUVERT POUR LES CYCLES FILM, VIDEO ET MULTIMEDIA, sans restriction de genre et de durée. Les propositions sont gratuites, sans limitation de provenance géographique. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + CYCLES FILMS ET VIDEOS - Tout support film et vidéo * Vidéo / Art vidéo / Vidéo expérimentale * Cinéma expérimental * Documentaire, documentaire expérimental * Fiction / Court, moyen, long métrage * Animation CYCLES MULTIMEDIAS * Installation * Net art * Performance, concee + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Les propositions film et vidéo sont reçues sur DVD. TOUTES les propositions sont reçues, par courrier, accompagnées d'une FICHE DE PROPOSITION remplie, JUSQU'AU 15 AOUT 2007. La fiche de proposition, ainsi que toutes les informations relatives aux 'Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid' sont disponibles sur notre site web http://art-action.org/fr_info_appel.htm + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Plus qu'une simple présentation d'ouvres, les Rencontres Internationales proposent un véritable forum interculturel, en présence de nombreux invités venus du monde entier, artistes et réalisateurs, responsables d'institutions et de structures émergentes, pour témoigner d'une vivacité de la création, de sa diffusion et de contextes artistiques et culturels connaissant souvent de profondes mutations. Les Rencontres Internationales rendent compte des spécificités et des convergences des pratiques artistiques entre nouveau cinéma et art contemporain, explorent les formes artistiques émergentes et leurs propos critiques, et permettent ce temps nécessaire où les points de vue se croisent et s'échangent. Les Rencontres Internationales ont pour vocation de faire découvrir ces ouvres à un large public, de créer des circulations entre différentes pratiques artistiques et entre différents publics, de susciter des échanges entre artistes, réalisateurs et acteurs de la vie artistique et culturelle. Cet événement sans compétition est soutenu par des institutions culturelles françaises, allemandes, espagnoles et internationales. http://art-action.org/fr_soutien.htm N'HESITEZ PAS A DIFFUSER CETTE INFORMATION auprès d'organismes de création, réseaux artistiques, sociétés de production, artistes et réalisateurs avec lesquels vous êtes en relation. Cordialement. Les Rencontres Internationales

OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

EXTENDED DEADLINES FOR FILMS and SCREENPLAYS: July 31st, 2007
Female Eye Award Statues will be presented for Best Films and Best
Screenplays.

Festival 2007
Film Program (films must be directed by a woman)
Script Development (program open to men)
Canadian Filmmaker Completion Program (CFCP)
1st Annual Poster Competition

Other FeFF Programs
Dec. 6th Event In Memoriam of the Montreal Massacre
International Women's Day, March 8th

Click here for entry forms: www.femaleeyefilmfestival.com

Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF)
FeFF Headquarters: 50 Wallace St. Woodbridge, ON L4L 2P3, P. 905 264-7731
www.femaleeyefilmfestival.com
Festival Director, Leslie Ann Coles, la@femaleeyefilmfestival.com

ShortFilmFestival 2007

We are pleased to inform you that we've extended the entry deadline to July 31, 2007!

- 4th NO WORDS - International short film competition

In this competition, the film/video must be understood through the strength of the images only. Music, sounds, environment background noises, etc. are accepted. Dialogues are not accepted.

For further information, and for the online-submission of your works we invite you to visit our website: www.operenuove.it or www.nowords.it

Toronto Urban Film Festival
TUFF is looking for silent, 1-minute videos that address the following urban themes: My TOwn, Urban Ennui, 905 to the 416, The Imaginary City, Big Smoke-Big Dreams, Forgotten Places, Uncommon Spaces. Programmers for TUFF: Jon Davies; John Greyson; Heather Keung; Jacqueline Nuwame; Steve Reinke; Kim Simon. Programmers choose which films will be screened from submissions to the six thematic categories. Not all submissions will be accepted to TUFF. The chosen films will be listed on the website by September 1st. Genie award-winning director Jeremy Podeswa, whose film Fugitive Pieces opens TIFF this year, will be our TUFF judge for 2007, awarding the top 3 videos in the Festival. The TUFF Choice award will also be given to the video with the most online votes. TUFF takes place at the same time as the Toronto International Film Festival; bringing film into the day-to-day space of the commuter while the city is engulfed in festival fever. A different program will be featured each day, on the network of TTC subway screens, with individual films cycling throughout the day. Films will also be available online for viewing and voting. Format: 1-minute (exactly), no sound, 720x480 dpi (4:3), 30 fps. TUFF is open to local, national and international submissions. It's free to enter, but all submissions must be uploaded or postmarked by Aug. 20th.

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Submit a one-paragraph pitch that describes your idea by July 12th.
The six submissions that best capture the spirit of the TUFF themes will receive a TSV membership and up to $600 of in-kind support towards both the production and post-production of their TUFF movie. Send your one-paragraph pitch with contact information to [A4C@torontourbanfilmfestival.com].
DEADLINE: July 12, 2007 (Trinity Square Video Award pitch) - August 20, 2007 (TUFF)
Info: www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com

Whistler Film Festival
The official call for entries for the 2007 Whistler Film Festival has been issued.
DEADLINES: July 13, 2007 (short) - August 10, 2007 (feature)
Info: www.whistlerfilmfestival.com

Ladyfest Toronto
Ladyfest Toronto is looking for film makers, visual artist, musicians, spokenword performers, workshop coordinators, etc. Ladyfest Toronto is a grassroots, do-it-yourself community-based organization designed by women and for everyone. They seek to promote urban feminism and showcase, celebrate and encourage talents of women through musical performances, art shows, workshops and film screenings. Ladyfest Toronto 2007 continues the Ladyfest tradition of making feminism fun and breaking down barriers for women artists. Ladyfest Toronto will be celebrating feminism in all its forms this fall, and needs people to help. We're looking for people to lend their talents to Ladyfest Toronto 2007, happening in and around Kensington Market from September 27th-30th.
DEADLINE: July 15, 2007
Info: www.ladyfesttoronto.ca

Chicago International Film Festival
Since its inception, the Festival has celebrated the best that the world of film has to offer with the belief that movies can involve an audience by challenging, entertaining and inspiring them.
DEADLINE: July 25, 2007
Info: www.chicagofilmfestival.org

2008 Images Festival - Off Screen, Live and Performance (Toronto)
The 21st edition of the Images Festival will take place on April 3-12, 2008 in Toronto, Canada. The deadline for submitting works to the 21st Edition of the Images Festival in the Installation/New Media or Performance categories is 27 July 2007. The Images Festival is Canada's showcase for the innovative edge of international contemporary media art. Over the past 20 years, the festival has screened thousands of independent films and videos in all genres, and has exhibited performances and media art installations by many renowned international artists. Attended by more than 30,000 people each year, the Images Festival is a critical forum for the independent media arts in Canada and around the world. There is no submission fee in these categories. Film/Video guidelines will be available at the end of July with submission deadlines in the fall.
DEADLINE: July 27, 2007
Info: www.imagesfestival.com/generic.php?id=28&heading=Submissions

( )ette collective call for works
The ( )ette collective is having its second feminist video festival, fall 2007. Please submit work that documents, critiques, seduces and manipulates ideas and audiences while considering the complexity of visual culture. Unique to the festival this year, the ( )ettes will bring the video festival to rural communities. Armed with a Volkswagen van and two projectors the ( )ettes will make their way across the prairies, sharing feminist videos with audiences who might not have an opportunity to otherwise view these important visual challenges to cultural and gender norms. The ( )ette collective can not pay artist fees at this time - or return submissions. Submit your work to: ( )ette collective, 1309 7 Ave South, Lethbridge, AB T1J 1K9
DEADLINE: July 31, 2007
Info: Loralee Edwards, (403) 360 1665 - edwalj@uleth.ca

16th Annual Cabbagetown Short Film & Video Festival (Toronto)
September 7, 2007
The 16th Annual Cabbagetown Short Film & Video Festival is now accepting submissions. By screening short productions from around the world, the Cabbagetown Short Film & Video Festival provides an exciting opportunity for independent filmmakers to be seen by a live audience and compete for cash prizes.
DEADLINE: July 31, 2007
(416) 924 3514 - gdineen@sympatico.ca - www.cabbagetownshortfilmandvideofestival.com

Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival 2007
The 24th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival is looking for feature length documentary films as well as short experimental and artistic works, media installation proposals for the MONITORING exhibition likewise audiovisual performances and VJ-art for the DokfestLounge. The festival awards a total of four prizes, three of them endowed with Euro 10,000 in prize money as well the A38-Production Grant. This year, Micromata Objects GmbH, a Kassel located Software Company, endows the “Golden Cube” (Euro 2,500) awarding the best installation of the exhibition MONITORING. The “Golden Key” (Euro 5,000) for the best documentary submitted by a young director at the age of 35 years or younger is supported by the City of Kassel. The regional newspaper HNA awards an outstanding production from the region of Northern Hesse with the “Golden Hercules” (Euro 2,500).
DEADLINE: August 1, 2007
Info: dokfest@filmladen.de - www.filmladen.de/dokfest

ANNUAL RENDEZVOUS WITH MADNESS FILM FESTIVAL
November 8-17, 2007
Deadline: August 13, 2007

Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival is an annual film festival that presents features and shorts touching upon the facts and mythology surrounding mental health and addiction. Each program focuses on a different theme. Post-screening panel discussions involve filmmakers, artists and people with professional and personal experience with mental illness and addictio

For more info: www.rendezvouswithmadness.com

No phone calls please. Only successful candidates will be contacted. Mercer
Union is an equal opportunity employer.
Mercer Union, A Centre for Contemporary Art
37 Lisgar Street,
Toronto ON
M6J 3T3 CANADA
www.mercerunion.org

	TECHNICAL COORDINATOR @ CANADIAN FILM CENTRE
Employment Opportunity: Canadian Film Centre (Toronto) TECHNICAL COORDINATOR @ CANADIAN FILM CENTRE (CFC) (Contract: August to December, 2007) Start Date: August 1st, 2007 SUMMARY: Are you a dynamic individual with a passion for film and television production? The CFC mentors and produces some of Canada's most creative ideas and voices in film and television and we are looking for a Technical Assistant to join our team. This contract position is an important component of the CFC's post-production team, and works closely with the Post and Technical Manager and the Residents in the Editors' Lab to ensure a smooth post-production path for the Film and Television Programs' production activities. This position will require working late nights during the various productions for digitizing and outputting. CORE RESPONSIBILITIES: - Providing Assistant Editor functions as required, including coordinating the digitizing and outputting of material as needed, checking quality and ensuring proper standards are met - Maintaining and organizing media storage space required for Editor's Lab and any other Film and TV Programs editing activties on site - Compiling production exercise tapes for he department and resident use - Facilitation the duplication and distribution of materials required by the Department (dubs for cast & crew, alumni, outreach workshops, etc.) QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS: - Working knowledge of Final Cut Pro and Mac OS 10 - Experience as an assistant editor - Ability to work independently - Must be organized, resourceful, and technically inclined We thank all applicants, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: Friday, July 20, 2007, no later than 5:00pm PLEASE SEND YOUR RESUME TO: Cathrine Scott, cscott@cfccreates.com Clearly makered to the: Hiring Committee Technical Coordinator - CFC 65 Heward Avenue, Suite A205 Toronto, Ontario M4M 2T5 Fax: 416-915-0861

A not-for-profit enterprise founded in 1986, Artscape works as a practitioner, educator and facilitator in the field of culture-led regeneration. The organization has developed a sophisticated understanding of the complex dynamics of creative environments and married this street-level awareness and experience with knowledge-building programs and activities that keep it at the forefront of this emerging field of practice. In Toronto, Artscape is a player in a range of neighbourhoods including The Distillery Historic District, Queen Street West and Liberty Village. While Toronto remains the central focus of our work, Artscape now shares its experience with communities and constituencies across Ontario, Canada and around the world.

Artscape seeks a creative and enthusiastic individual for a 12-month contract position (with the possibility of a permanent position) to work in the Communications Department as the Marketing Manager, Interactive Communication Specialist. The Marketing Manager will manage, coordinate, write, execute and maintain interactive marketing initiatives for Artscape's programs, services, events and capital campaigns. This position requires a candidate who can combine strong marketing, communications and business skills with a sound knowledge of technology to create and maintain internet-based mediums that act as an effective communication, marketing and fundraising tool. The successful candidate will have 3 - 5 years experience developing and managing strategic marketing and communications projects with a focus on e-business, telecommunications, online, customer relationship management and direct marketing campaigns. This position reports to the Director of Communications and works in a collaborative way with various staff at Artscape.

Please respond with a cover letter outlining the qualifications and experience you would bring to the position, a resume, and two interactive communication project samples. In addition, please provide detailed contact information for two professional references. Salary is negotiable commensurate with experience. Full Time - 12 month contract with the possibility of a permanent position. No phone calls please. Artscape thanks all applicants, however only those being considered for an interview will be contacted directly.

DEADLINE: July 27, 2007 (noon)
Info: info@torontoartscape.on.ca - www.torontoartscape.on.ca

Move over Renoir.
Meet the new Group of Seven.

Oil Spill: New Painting in Ontario / Déversement accidentel : La nouvelle peinture en Ontario

DATES: July 19 – September 15, 2007

ARTISTS: Jeremy Bailey (Toronto / Syracuse), Jaclyn Conley (Essex / New York), Dave Cooper (Ottawa), Kim Dorland (Toronto), Petra Halkes (Ottawa), Michael Harrington (Ottawa) and Kent Monkman (Toronto)

CURATOR: Stefan St-Laurent

LOCATION: Galerie SAW Gallery, 67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa

ADMISSION: $2 (free for students, seniors and the underemployed)

OPENING PARTY: Thursday, July 19, 2007, 8PM – 2AM.
Conversation with the artists Jaclyn Conley, Petra Halkes, Michael Harrington and Kent Monkman at 9PM. Music with DJs Harold Brown, Mimi Lastcall and fuqit. Pay What You Can. Cash bar and outdoor café.

Galerie SAW Gallery is proud to present Oil Spill: New Painting in Ontario, a comprehensive group exhibition spotlighting the best of today’s painting practices emanating from the province. Although painting has undoubtedly made a comeback in the past few years, rare are the opportunities for contemporary painters to show their work in a critical context outside of the art market.

Over 40 recent works, figurative to conceptual, and monumental to intimate, by emerging and established Ontarian artists are featured in the exhibition, including works in painting, sculpture and video. At a critical juncture in their careers, the invited artists all have in common the desire to unsettle and enrich Ontario’s long legacy of painting