| TWN August News: Screenings, Grants and More
| Promised Land at the DuSable Museum
An inside look at the critical story of land reform and racial reconciliation in the new South Africa.
Though apartheid ended in South Africa in 1994, economic injustices between blacks and whites remain unresolved. As revealed in Yoruba Richen's incisive Promised Land, the most potentially explosive issue is land. The film follows two black communities as they struggle to reclaim land from white owners, some of whom who have lived there for generations. Amid rising tensions and wavering government policies, the land issue remains South Africa's "ticking time bomb," with far-reaching consequences for all sides. Promised Land captures multiple perspectives of citizens struggling to create just solutions. A co-production of the National Black Programming Consortium, American Documentary/POV and the Diverse Voices Project.
Saturday, August 8th 2:00PM
The DuSable Museum
740 East 56th Place
Chicago, IL 60637-1495
Admission: Free
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| Film & Video Grants and More
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PIC Media Fund Rolling Call
Members of the Pacific Islanders in
Communications filmmaking community are
encouraged to submit proposals for public
television projects at the research and
development (R&D), production, and completion
stages. R&D projects may be awarded up to
$15,000, and production and completion
projects may be awarded up to $50,000.
Deadline: Friday, July 30th
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DOC Meeting Argentina
DOC Meeting Argentina encourages directors and producers to bring their projects to Buenos Aires to be assessed by worldwide leading television networks' representatives for possible co-productions or pre-purchases. The Pitching Forum is DOC Meeting Argentina's area where documentary producers and directors are offered international financing opportunities for their projects. Twenty-four projects will be selected. DOC Meeting Argentina will take place from September 23 to 25, 2010.
Deadline: Sunday, August 1st
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UnionDocs Collaborative
UnionDocs Collaborative Program is an opportunity for emerging documentary producers in Brooklyn, NYC. We are earnestly seeking the diversity in perspective that international participants would bring to this alternative approach to media education and production.
Deadline: Sunday, August 1st
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CPB and PBS Program Challenge Funding
The Program Challenge Fund has begun to more fully fund high-visibility, high-impact limited series and feature length documentaries that offer a definitive take on a subject or break new ground in popular, public service media. CPB and PBS expect a successful Program Challenge Fund program to be the highlight of a given season's schedule and have the potential to generate publicity.
Deadline: Thursday, August 5th
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7th Corto Circuito
The Latino Film Festival for Short Films is seeking submissions for films under 25 minutes. Corto Circuito was formed to showcase short films made by filmmakers from and about Latin America, Spain and the United States. Organized by the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center of New York University and film programmer Diana Vargas.
Deadline: Sunday, August 15th
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The Thatcher Hoffman Smith Prize
The Thatcher Hoffman Smith Prize, established in 2002, is a biennial prize honoring the creative process, Creativity in Motion. The work or project must be under way at the time of application. This prize is open to all fields of creativity, including, but not limited to, the arts, cultural affairs, education and science. Those individuals or organizations making successful proposals will be awarded grants up to, but not in excess of, $40,000 from the committee. The prize is available to U.S. citizens and may be used in any way the recipient chooses.
Deadline: Tuesday, August 31st
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Boost Voting Among Asian Americans
The San Diego Asian Film Foundation (SDAFF) is launching a national video contest to help increase voter participation among Asian Pacific Islander Americans (APIAs) and independent voters this election year. The contest is called Reel in the Vote campaign, challenging anyone with a video camera and a great idea to help make a difference in 30-seconds.
Deadline: Tuesday, August 31st
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Television Writers Program
Natinal Latino Media Council's Television Writers Program is an intensive Scriptwriters Workshop to prepare and place Latinos in writing jobs for the major television networks. This project is modeled after the previously successful Hispanic Film Project. The Television Scriptwriters Workshop is designed to familiarize participants with the format, characters and storyline structure of specific shows that are currently on the air.
Deadline: Tuesday, August 31st
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NALAC NFA Grant
The National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC) announces their sixth NALAC Fund for the Arts (NFA) funding cycle. In its first five years, the NFA has awarded $677,000 to 244 projects by Latino artists, ensembles and arts & cultural organizations working in every discipline and region of the country.
Deadline: Friday, September 24th
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| TWN Recommends
New York International Latino Film Festival
Launched in 1999, the New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) is now the premier Urban Latino film event in the country. The NYILFF's mission is to showcase the works of the hottest emerging Latino filmmaking talent in the U.S. and Latin America, offer expansive images of the Latino experience, and celebrate the diversity and spirit of the Latino community.
July 27th to August 1st
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