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Call for Nomination
Deadline: May 31, 2007
The Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought will award its Prize 2007 to An Arab film maker (cinema or TV), who has dedicated himself/herself to freedom and democracy and has tackled the problems of social and political taboos through his/her works, critically investigating related phenomena and practices from a new perspective.
Arab TV programmes and films play an important role in forming the opinion and consciousness of society. They may have a positive, but also a negative influence. They can sharpen the senses, strengthen or weaken one's power of judgement, illuminate or distort inforamamation - in any case, they get into the conciousness and influence one's understanding of issues and events. The film is an effective tool and it can reflect all stages of development of a society. For according to the extent that these cinematic works of art reflect via TV or cinema the problems and conflicts of life, the observer determines how far this society examines its own problems and whether it is enlightened and honest with itself enough to discuss delicate issues openly.
Behind a work of this genre, there is a whole team of participants. Yet, the most important role is reserved by the film director. He is the protagonist who leaves his finger print on the whole work, which mirrors his perception of reality and analysis of complicated issues. He organises the relationship between the figures and looks profoundly into the solution of conflicts. The creative film maker wants to unleash the complicated questions of life, and aims to capture both the minds and hearts of observers through his ficticious work. He wants to break rigid forms, correct clichés and stereotypes and overcome the limits laid down by state authority, customs and traditions. With his new consciousness he defines new limits, which open horizons of a new kind and shape a new arrangement of the interpretation of reality along with its conflicts. If he exceeds the limits of time, he never takes his eyes off the future. He offers the possibility of instruction, but also beholds to the observer the right to make his own mind of things.
The Arab world has brought forth a few creative film maker (Documetary and feature films), whose works have played an important role in shaping the cultural memory of mankind.
It is for this reason, after a survey amongst it's members, that the Ibn Rushd Fund of Freedom of Thought has decided to award its prize in 2007 to an Arab film maker, who has rendered outstanding services directly or indirectly to freedom of thought, enlightenment, democracy, social justice and human rights and to the aims of the fund.
Anyone who is interested may nominate a man or woman whom he or she thinks is worthy of the prize. Please send your proposal per letter or e-mail before the 31 of May 2007 to the address below and state the reasons for your choice in a short text. Please also attach a short biography of the candidate.
These proposals will be passed on to the members of an independent jury who will select the winner from among the proposals.
Last opportunity for nomination is May 31, 2007.
Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought
Gitschinerstr. 17
10969 Berlin
Tel./Fax: 0049-(0)30 615 85 96
E-Mail: contact@ibn-rushd.org
Web: http://www.ibn-rushd.org
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Call for Work and Proposals
Bending Sound:Queer Experiments with Audio
Deadline: June 29, 2007
Curator working with MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival, expanding festival programs to include experimental music and audio component. This is a new project and therefore applicants should feel free to contact curator. MIX NYC’s 20th Anniversary Festival takes place in Lower Manhattan, November 2007.
Application:
Looking for new innovative approaches to experiences of sound. Individuals are invited to submit:
- Proposals for performances working with sound and/or multi-media (up to 10 minutes) for inclusion in live audio event as part of the festival in November 2007.
- Less than 10 minute audio recording to be included in a free sound compilation with MIXnyc program book 2007.
- Or would like to collaborate and create with other artists/musicians for inclusion in the above. Applicants will be matched up to work creatively based on either a live event or audio recording.
Basic A/V equipment will be available (TV’s, DVD player, Microphones, LCD projector, ect) will be provided but because this is a new project, any special technical equipment needed for the proposal (turntables, special effects, light activated sonar devices, ect) applicant will need to provide.
Proposals should include:
1 – Contact Information
2 – Proposal Summary if proposing a performance (up to 500 words)
3 – Work Samples: VHS – NTSC Format, DVD, CD-Rom, Audio CD, Cassette Tapes, website, images (jpg, tiff, pdf) or audio files (mp3, wav, aiff)
4 – Work Sample Summary: A short description of each work submitted including artist(s) name, title, date, medium, venue, duration, and applicant’s role (if collaborative work).
5 – Optional Information (short bio, reviews, photos, ect.)
6 – SASE for return of materials if sending via snail-mail
For questions please contact Ethan Shoshan at disiterate@yahoo.com
Send Materials
Via Email to Ethan Shoshan at disiterate@yahoo.com (up to 8mb emails)
Or
Snail Mail to:
Ethan Shoshan
MIXnyc Audio 2007
486 Greenwich St
New York, NY 10013
All applicants will be notified in July
You are encouraged to submit before the deadline!
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Call for Cadidates
Beirut, LEBANON
Deadline: July 15, 2007
Beirut DC and the ‘Festival des 3 Continents – Produire au Sud’ are organizing, with the support of the Cultural Mission of the French Embassy in Lebanon and the participation of the Goethe Institute in Beirut, the Workshop “Produire Au Sud - Beyrouth” (Production in the South - Beirut) between the 16th and the 20th of September 2007. This workshop is aimed at producers and directors who have fictional feature film projects under development. The objective of this event is to get the young producers of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Egypt to know and handle the necessary tools to penetrate international markets such as royalties, the financial aspects, marketing strategies and inter-professional relations in the co-production process with foreign countries.
The participation in the seminar is free of charge. The workshop will cover the traveling expenses and residence of the selected producers in Lebanon.
For more information please contact:
P.O. Box: 116-5118
Beirut, LEBANON
TelFax: 961 1 293212 - 961 3 370972
info@beirutdc.org
www.beirutdc.org
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The Swan Lake: Moving Image & Music Award
International
Deadline: September 1, 2007
The Swan Lake: Moving Image & Music Award is an education oriented award programme created to honour the very best in the new age music video clip creation.
The award aims to couple educational multimedia teaching programmes with digital art, focusing on discovering and promoting young talents from university environments all over Europe and beyond.
A series of workshops accompanies the program and is aimed at familiarizing students with the whole range of digital art technologies – from visualisation and rendering techniques, to digital aesthetics, cross-media events and interactive virtual spaces, and experiments from the ambient multi-medial area.
- Submission to the award programme is free of charge.
- The Swan Lake: Moving Image & Music Award - Homepage
http://www.swan-lake-award.org/
- Award Rules
http://www.swan-lake-award.org/wocms.php?siteID=2&lngID=1
- Award Registration form
http://www.swan-lake-award.org/slmima2007.php
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