For the ladies: The LMN student
filmmaker competition
Lifetime
Movie Network, The Hollywood Reporter, New York Women in Film & Television,
William Morris Agency and Women in Film have launched the LMN Student Filmmaker
Competition, a national competition intended to encourage and discover the next
generation of female filmmakers.
The contest
is open to all female film students, including executive producers, producers,
writers, cinematographers and editors, and will be judged by a panel of
producers, directors, executives and actors from Hollywood including Angela Bassett, Jennifer
Lopez, Producer Lauren Shuler Donner
and a representative from each of the partner
organizations
The winning
films will be featured on-air on LMN and will be shown in their entirety on
LMN's website, www.lmn.tv. Additionally, the first and second place winners as
well as two runners-up will receive cash prizes and will have the opportunity to
meet with representatives of the William Morris Agency.
Competition
runs through July 16, 2007. Winners will be announced in
October 2007. For more information please go towww.LMN.tv/studentfilmmakers.
2007 Latino Producers Academy
The National Association of Latino Independent Producers is accepting submissions
for their 2007 Latino Producers Academy, held August 7-17 in
Tucson, Arizona. Find more information here: http://nalip.org/signaturePrograms/LPA2007app.pdf.
Application Deadline:
June 11,2007
AFI Fest
2007
Filmmakers are being called
upon to submit their work to AFI Fest 2007, which will take place
Nov 1–11,
2007. Find
more info at www.afifest.com.
Early Submission
Deadline:
June 9,
2007
Short Film Final
Deadline:
July 6,
2007
Feature Film Final
Deadline:
July
16, 2007
Big Bang Film Festival
The Big
Bang Film Festival is looking for exciting documentaries of sports and athletic
events and activities within the action, adventure, suspense and Asian action
cinema genres. Fest is held in
Philadelphia Oct. 17-21.
Regular
Deadline:
June 1, 2007
Late
Deadline:
August 17,
2007
Last Chance
Deadline:
August 24,
2007
Rough Cut Labs for
Narrative & Documentary Features
IFP is accepting
submissions for its Rough Cut Labs, a national program that connects mentors and
filmmakers to work on projects before submitting them to festivals. See more
info at www.ifp.org/labs.
Documentary Rough Cut
Lab
November 6–9,
2007
Submission deadline: September
10
IFP Currently
Accepting Applications for Independent Film Training Grant
Low-budget independent film projects can apply for the IFP
Film Training Grant if they are willing to offer on-the-job training to
inexperienced crew members. Participating production companies will receive a
partial salary rebate for qualified trainees who are working on their first
credited job.
Must
be NYC-based film
Budget less than three
million
Trainees must be NYC
residents
60%
shooting days should be in NYC
Hire
at least one “Made in NY” program-trained P.A.
Contact IFP at least two
weeks before principle photography
Maximum award of $25,000
per film
Contact Durier Ryan at IFP by calling (212) 465-8200 x223
or e-mailing dryan@ifp.org. More
details about the application process are available here: http://market.ifp.org/newyork/traininggrant/index.html
Showtime Latino Filmmaker
Showcase
Up-and-coming Latino filmmakers can submit their 15–30 minute
short films to be considered for this showcase. Judges will select 3–5 features
to run on the network during September, which is Hispanic Heritage Month. One
winner will receive a $30,000 grant to produce a short that will premiere
exclusively on Showtime.
