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NEW BREED park city vid series
The WorkBook Project joined forces with Filmmaker Magazine to produce a number of daily videos from Park City. SABI filmmakers Zak Forsman and Kevin K. Shah speak with Ted Hope, Jon Reiss, Mynette Louie (Children of Invention) and Linas Phillips (Bass Ackwards) to explore the solutions that are emerging for independent filmmakers – featuring some of the insights and actions that came from the 2010 Filmmaker Summit.
AV Festival 08 - John Cage, Autechre, 2006 World Cup
Things are hotting up over at the AV 08 Festival site, with announcements of the UK premiere of John Cage's Variations VII, an Authechre jam and the 12 screens of Deep Play by German film-maker and artist, Harun Farocki - The 2006 World Cup Final from Every Angle. The 2008 Festival runs from 28 February to 8 March in venues across Newcastle, Gateshead, Middlesbrough and Sunderland. I might even get even get on the ferry for this one...
Video to go
Portable Film Festival is a no-nonsense, straight-talking, and sleekly put together Australian initiative. It does exactly what it suggests: showcasing mobile films.
Voting finishes tomorrow on the festival selection.
Swerve, be ahead of the curve
The new Fuel TV-backed Swerve Festival is seeking innovative narrative and documentary short and feature films, animation, design films and music videos. Audience and Jury awards will be given in multiple categories. Films must have premiered after January 1, 2006 to be eligible. Final deadline is August 6, 2007.
Swerve Festival is a new annual film, art and music festival in Los Angeles that celebrates the creative subculture of action sports with film and video screenings, live music performances, art exhibitions, workshops and a televised awards show. The festival is directed by Jonathan Wells, founder and former Festival Director of the acclaimed international film festival RESFEST.
The arts/culture events scene is hotting up again on the U.S West Coast. The Swerve Festival takes place September 28-30. Also look out for Terrabyte 2.0 at the LA Arboretum and Botanical Gardens on August 26.
