bang! short film festival – deadline 21 September 2007

http://www.bangshortfilmfestival.com/

Max. length for submitted films is 12 minutes.
VHS (PAL) or DVD (PAL) only for the submission process.
Please mark your entry according to which screening you are submitting for e.g Main, Matinee, bang! in the bar (you can enter a film in more than one category)

Main Event- Films suitable for an adult audience.
Matinee – Films made by Young Filmmakers or suitable for a family audience.
Bangimation – For animation and sequential art.
Community – Films from community groups, schools / colleges and what’s going on in your area? more info
bang! in the bar- see below (CaféBar)

(please contact us with any queries regarding the different screenings)

You are encouraged to download and use our undemanding entry form (PDF). If not, please include your full details, film length and a short summary. Submissions will be acknowledged by e-mail if address provided.

bang! in the bar uses the Broadway CaféBar as a unique venue for screening primarily visual work – films featured in the Cafébar are projected onto a large wall space on a loop throughout the evening both with and without audio. Films with dialogue are not usually suitable. If you have a piece of work which you think is appropriate for this environment, please mark it as a bang! in the bar entry.

Tape submissions should be sent to:
BANG! SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Broadway Cinema & Media Centre,
14-18 Broad Street,
Nottingham.
NG1 3AL

Machinima Europe 07 – new deadline for submissions 8 September 2007

http://www.machinimaeurope.co.uk

This is your opportunity to show just how good a machinimaker you are, so don’t miss the deadline for submissions to the Awards at Europe’s first MACHINIMA FESTIVAL! Deadline is 8th September, and the Fest takes place at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, 12-14 October.

Download the submission form at http://www.dmu.ac.uk/machinima/awards_and_submitting/register_and_submit.php then email your completed form to the Festival Manager to tharwood@dmu.ac.uk, making sure you have included a url so that we can begin the review of your film asap. You must then send a hard copy of your form to the Festival Manager, along with the following -

- A high-quality broadcast version of the final work to be uploaded to the area identified on the Festival website (details on the submission form).

- A high-quality broadcast version 1 minute trailer of your work, which will be used to promote it should the piece be nominated for an award.

- A written synopsis of the work (not to exceed 150 words).
Two (2) to three (3) screenshots of the entry in JPG format at 640×480 minimum resolution.

Nominations will be reviewed by a panel of Machinima experts from around the world and the Awards winners will be announced at a high profile event on Saturday night of the Fest, 13th October.

I Look forward to receiving your entry soon.

Good luck

Tracy

Tracy Harwood
Festival Manager
Machinima Festival Europe 07
www.machinimaeurope.co.uk

The Fest is co-organised by the Institute of Creative Technologies (De Montfort University, http://www.ioct.dmu.ac.uk and http://www.dmu.ac.uk) and the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences (AMAS – see http://www.machinima.org). The Fest website will shortly be updated with the programme but you may want to register your interest in attending so we can contact you direct with latest news – go to http://www.machinimaeurope.co.uk .

Digital Fringe, Melbourne – deadline 21 September 2007

*Digital Fringe* – Call for entries:

Seeking Digital Art submissions – Deadline closes Friday 21st September:

Do you have some digital art that you want seen? Digital Fringe is seeking submissions of digital visual material to broadcast over the Internet as a part of the The Age 2007 Melbourne Fringe Festival: September 26 to October 14.

We are calling for digital art works to display on all screens. These may be stills, animations, video art, short film, abstract pieces, audio, …whatever!

This material will make up part of the general stream which will play on all screens throughout the festival and can be accessed online. Artists will retain the copyright of all works under the Creative Commons licensing scheme.

Digital Fringe is an open access web based digital arts festival that runs in conjunction with The Age 2007 Melbourne Fringe Festival. Connecting to Melbourne and further afield through numerous screens, from the monster screen at Federation Square to a host of other screens around town, Digital Fringe will pop up in the most unlikely places.

For more info log onto www.digitalfringe.com.au

Salón de Arte Digital, VI Edición, Maracaibo – deadline 15 September 2007

http://www.salondeartedigital.com

:: The next 6th edition of this event will be celebrated from October 1th to 8th, at the Contemporary Art Museum of ZULIA, MACZUL in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The deadline is the 15th of September.

:: All artists living in Venezuela can participate.
:: All artists living abroad can participate as special guests.

:: All artists individually, or as a part of a group, will be allowed to participate in the following categories, with the possibility of obtaining any of the acknowledgments or rewards, including the award Premio de Arte Digital Ciudad de Maracaibo. Each artist can present a maximum of 3 works by category, in a maximum of 2 categories:

1. Printing (Digital Image):
2. Video: Animation 2D, 3D, Flash, Stop Motion.
3. Multimedia: Web Pages, videogames, CD ROM interactive
4. Music
5. Special Projects