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| Film Arts: Answer Print | June 2006 |
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ALIVE@NINTH STREET: SHOOTING OUR AMERICAN HEALTH Co-presented by the San Francisco Black Film Festival.
Thursday, June 29, 7pm.
Ninth Street Independent Film Center, 145 Ninth StreetAs we face growing health care costs, the American public is experiencing increased awareness of AIDS, cancer, obesity, and diabetes. This Ninth Street event assesses the impact of filmmakers who address these issues. The evening features clips and discussion with filmmakers from around the country including Judith Helfand (Blue Vinyl), Michelle Lynne Coons (Let’s Talk), Megan Siler (Toxic Bust), and Ray Telles (The Fight in the Fields). Call (415) 552-5950 for tickets. More info. |
| CITY REBATES FOR FILMMAKERS The San Francisco Film Commission has announced a brand new incentive program to draw media makers to film in the city. Qualifying productions budgeted under $3 million, where 55 percent of the project is shot in San Francisco, will receive a full rebate on city fees, city payroll taxes, and sales taxes. Same goes for projects budgeted over $3 million, where 65 percent of the project is shot in SF. More info. |
| THE SCOOP ON RELEASE PRINT May/June issue: The Business End of Filmmaking Distribution, marketing, publicity, politics. They are dirty jobs, but somebody's got to do them, and usually that somebody is you. Release Print goes places most of us would rather not go, and asks you to reconsider your relationship to commerce. Read about niche distribution and how business affects those you do business with, explore political filmmaking in a bottom line world, and gain some understanding of the print press and how to approach editors. Also filmmaker Alan Berliner talks about his latest documentary, Wide Awake. July/August issue: The Activist Camera  Filmmakers are in the business of telling human stories, and all human stories are colored by politics, so it's only natural that film and politics should maintain a vital alliance. In this spirit we give you "The Activist Camera," a celebration of our community's natural proclivity for stirring the pot and bringing it to a slow boil. From Iraq to Wal-Mart to "Dykeback Mountain," we'll see what inspires today's makers to take action through their work, paying special attention to how it's getting "out there," who is watching, and what the future portends for activist media. Release Print is the magazine of the Film Arts Foundation. Want to subscribe? Become a Film Arts member today. |
GET EQUIPPED Film Arts has all the equipment you need to make your movie this weekend, including a Panasonic DVX 100A 24P camera, production microphone packages, lighting kits, and more. And don’t forget to ask about our new G5 Editing Suite! Learn more.
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| SOUND BASICS Mon. & Tues., June 19 & 20, 7-10pm. Limited to 10. $65/Filmmaker-level members; $90/others Sound can make or break your film or video. Patrick Bowsher teaches boom technique, strategizing for weather, choosing and trouble-shooting locations for sound, and post-production solutions for problematic recordings. Get to know the range of microphones and recording devices available, and when and why to use them. More info. More info. |
| MEET THE MAKER: ANNE MAKEPEACE Thursday, June 22, 7-9pm. $35/Filmmaker-level members; $55/others  Join veteran East Coast-based filmmaker Anne Makepeace to discuss her previous work and her most recent project, Rain in a Dry Land, a documentary about the Somali Bantus, an oppressed minority within an oppressed minority who, as the descendants of slaves, were ostracized in Somalia, and managed to escape into Kenya during the civil war in the early ’90s. More info. |
| WORKING WITH ACTORS: A DIRECTOR'S CRASH COURSE Fri., June 23, 6:30-10pm, Sat., June 24, 10am-10pm (with meal breaks), Sun., June 25, 11am-6pm. Limited to 6 directors and 12 actors. $350/Filmmaker-level members; $420/others ($75 fee for actors).  Give direction that gets results. Improve communication skills and rehearsal techniques by working with experienced actors in a rehearsal model. Block a scene for the camera using the language of actions and objectives. Using improvisation, class exercises, and scenes from plays and films, Hester Schell teaches methods for developing a directing vocabulary that is precise and understandable. More info. |
| VISUALIZE YOUR DOCUMENTARY Sat. & Sun., June 24 & 25, 10am-5pm. Limited to 20. $125/Filmmaker-level members; $190/others. Shape and focus your creative vision, find a distinctive story angle, and turn that great idea into a powerful documentary in this class taught by Sheila Ganz. Generate interest and mood with B-roll and music. Learn how to plan your visual style before you shoot, and translate your ideas into reality. Bring short samples of your work for feedback. More info. |
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 SAN FRANCISCO INT'L LGBT FILM FESTIVALJune 15-25. Various Bay Area Venues Frameline celebrates 30 years of hosting the world’s oldest and largest LGBT film festival. Get tickets and check out the full 266-film line-up here. Curious about the state of queer media? Attend Frameline’s Persistent Vision Conference, which runs concurrent to the film festival. |
 TRUE STORIES: THE BRIDGE SO FAR: A SUSPENSE STORY Presented by Film Arts Foundation Wednesday, June 21, 7:30pm.Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission. For advance tickets, call (415) 978-ARTS 15 years after the Bay Bridge’s partial collapse during the Loma Prieta earthquake, construction of a new, quake-proof Eastern span was mired in outrageous delays and cost overruns. David L Brown’s The Bridge So Far presents with coherence and humor a debacle that seems impossibly absurd, convoluted, and without end. More info. |
TRANSITION |
 SOLEDAD IS GONE FOREVERFriday, June 23, 6-8:30 pm. New College of California, 766 Valencia. Free. Director Mabel Valdiviezo announces the first sneak preview screening of her film Soledad Is Gone Forever. The project, which is fiscally sponsored by Film Arts, delivers a stirring psychological portrait of a 28-year old Chilean exile who remains haunted by the Pinochet reign of terror more than two decades ago. Join members of Film Arts, the Int'l. Latino Film Festival, NALIP, BAWIFT, and the Peruvian and Chilean Consulates for an event that includes cocktails, appetizers, a silent auction, and music performances to benefit the completion of the film. More info. |
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| The following listings arrived after press time for the latest edition of the Independent Film Pages published in the May/June issue of Release Print. |
| DOMESTIC |
| Columbus Int'l Film and Video Festival (Nov. 8-12), a.k.a. The Chris Awards, held in Ohio, is a competitive event of nontheatrical, independent, and corporate productions. Ph./fax: (614) 444-7460; info@chrisawards.org; chrisawards.org. Deadline: JULY 1 |
| Great Lakes Independent Film Festival (Sept. 20-24), a competitive festival held in Erie, PA, seeks short (70 mins. or less) and feature-length (more than 70 mins.) narrative, documentary, animated, and experimental works. (814) 873-5069; fest@greatlakesfilmfest.com; greatlakesfilmfest.com. Final postmark deadline: JULY 1 |
| Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival (Nov. 2-4), a competitive event presented by Florida’s 3 Boys Productions, seeks short (1-59 mins.) and feature-length (60 mins. or longer) narrative, comedy, sci-fi, horror, documentary, and animation works. (321) 726-1711; fax; (321) 726-1715; tcronin2@aol.com; 3boysproductions.com. Deadline: JULY 4 |
| Woodstock film Festival (October 11-15), a competitive event held in New York state, seeks to promote "artists, culture, inspired learning, and diversity." (845) 679-4265; fax: (509) 479-5414; info@woodstockfilmfestival.com; woodstockfilmfestival.com. Final deadline: JULY 10 |
| INTERNATIONAL |
| Bitfilm Festival for Digital Film and New Media (Nov. 1-4), a competitive event held in Hamburg, Germany, seeks works of all lengths "that use digital technology in a creative and innovative ways." bitfilm.com Deadline: JULY 15 |
| Black Soil Int'l Hip Hop Film Festival (Nov. 24-Dec. 3), a non-competitive event held in Rotterdam and Amsterdam screens short and feature-length narrative, documentary, and animated works about the hip-hop and urban music culture. (21) 20 864 5921; deessasha@cs.com; blacksoil.com. Deadline: JULY 1 |
| Cork Film Festival (Oct. 8-15), in Ireland, "is committed to supporting short film." (35) 32 1427 1711; fax: (35) 32 1427 5945; info@corkfilmfest.org; corkfilmfest.org. Deadline: JUNE 30 |
| FIKE: Èvora Short Film Festival (Nov. 17-27), a competitive event held in Portugal, invites narrative, documentary, and animated films and videos no longer than 35 mins. in length. (35) 12 6670 8488; fax: (35) 12 6670 3137; fike@fikeonline.net; fikeonline.net. Deadline: JULY 1 |
| Sport Movies & TV International Festival (Oct. 27-Nov. 1), held in Milan, Italy seeks works of all genres and lengths that promote the "quality of sports images." (39) 02-89409076; fax: (39) 02-8375973; info@sportmoviestv.com; sportmoviestv.com. Deadline: JULY 8 |
| OPPORTUNITIES | Akira Kurosawa Short Film Competition, hosted in memory of director Akira Kurosawa by Japan's Kurosawa Foundation, awards cash prizes (200,000-2,000,000 yen) for short films (ten mins. or less) on the theme of "life." 0955-22-9630; fax: 0955-22-9632; head_office@kurosawa-foundation.com; kurosawa-foundation.com. Deadline: JUNE 30 |
| Int’l Midas Awards, held in New York City, "recognizes excellence in financial services communications." (212) 643-4800; fax: (212) 643-0170; info@midasawards.com; midasawards.com. Final deadline: JUNE 30. |
| P.O.V., public television's showcase for "independent nonfiction film and video, seeks programs from all perspectives of all subjects, styles, and lengths" for its '07 season. (800) 756-3300, ext. 380; pbs.org/pov/forproducers. Deadline: JUNE 30 |
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