Austin Film Society announcements11/28/07
CONTENTS:
1. Essential Cinema: LE VENT DE LA NUIT/THE WIND OF THE NIGHT (12/4) 2. Essential Cinema: J’ENTENDS PLUS LA GUITARRE/I CAN’T HEAR THE GUITAR ANY LONGER (12/11) 3. AFS Documentary Tour: FOREVER (12/12) 4. Essential Cinema: LE LIT DE LA VIERGE/THE VIRGIN’S BED (12/18)
COMMUNITY SCREENINGS / SPECIAL EVENTS
5. Special Screening of HOLLY with Q&A (12/2) 6. 6th Annual Austin Jewish Film Festival (1/26-2/1)
7. David Petersen presents Ten Myths About Hollywood (11/29) 8. International Screen Fighting Workshop (11/30-12/2) 9. Reel Women Workshop: Production Scheduling and Budgeting presented by Susan Kirr (12/1) 10. Character Development Workshop with David Petersen (12/1-22) 11. Pro Tape: Basic Audio and the Sennheiser Product Line Seminar (12/5) 12. Layton Blaylock’s Award-winning documentary ART FROM THE STREETS screens at the Bahamas International Film Festival (12/7,12) 13. Austin School of Film: Start to Finish (12/8-9) 14. Pro Tape: Apple ProRes 4:2:2 Code Seminar (12/11) 15. Austin School of Film: Final Cut 1 (12/14-16) 16. Teen Filmmaking Workshop with Kat Candler (1/21-4/21) 17. Script to Screen Workshop with Kat Candler (1/22-4/22)
18. The Department of RTVF at The University of North Texas is seeking an Assistant Professor in Documentary Production and Studies 19. AFS Internship Program is accepting applications for Spring
20. LA Film Festival (11/30) 21. The 32nd Annual Cleveland International Film Festival (11/30) 22. 51st San Francisco International Film Festival (11/30) 23. AFI Dallas International Film Festival (12/1) 24. True/False Film Fest (12/1) 25. Ann Arbor Film Festival (12/1) 26. 27th Black Maria Film & Video Festival (12/1) 27. The London International Documentary Festival (12/6) 28. South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival (12/7) 29. PlanetOut Short Movie Awards (12/7) 30. 41st Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival (12/15) 31. 11th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (12/21) 32. 2008 United States Super 8mm Film & Digital Video Festival (1/18)
AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY TRIM BIN
1. Essential Cinema: LE VENT DE LA NUIT/THE WIND OF THE NIGHT
WHEN: Tues Dec 4, 7 PM WHERE: Alamo Drafthouse at The Ritz (310 E. 6th St.) COST: FREE for AFS members / $4 for the general public INFO: www.austinfilm.org/film/les_amants_reguliers_the_regular_lo vers
A striking portrait of aging, jealousy, travel, philosophy and the intimacy between an elderly married woman and a younger man.
2. Essential Cinema: J’ENTENDS PLUS LA GUITARRE/I CAN’T HEAR THE GUITAR ANY LONGER
WHEN: Tues Dec 11, 7 PM WHERE: Alamo Drafthouse at The Ritz (310 E. 6th St.) COST: $4 for AFS members / $6 for the general public INFO: www.austinfilm.org/film/jentends_plus_la_guitarre_i_can_t_h ear_the_guitar_any_longer
An ode to Garrel’s artistic muse and former lover, Nico, who, following her rise in The Velvet Underground, appeared in a number of his French films in the mid-70s.
3. AFS Documentary Tour: FOREVER
WHEN: Dec Nov 12, 7 PM WHERE: Alamo Drafthouse at The Ritz (310 E. 6th St.) COST: $4 for AFS members / $6 for the general public INFO: www.austinfilm.org/film/forever
A wondrous documentary celebrating art, literature, music, creativity, and life through visits to the famous Père-Lachaise cemetary of Paris and interviews with inspired visitors.
4. Essential Cinema: LE LIT DE LA VIERGE/THE VIRGIN’S BED
WHEN: Tues Dec 18, 7 PM WHERE: Alamo Drafthouse at The Ritz (310 E. 6th St.) COST: $4 for AFS members / $6 for the general public INFO: www.austinfilm.org/film/le_lit_de_la_vierge_the_virgin_s_be d
The emerging auteur’s rarely screened first feature-length film.
COMMUNITY SCREENINGS / SPECIAL EVENTS
5. Special Screening of HOLLY with Q&A
WHEN: Sun Dec 2, 4:45 PM WHERE: Regal Arbor Cinema @ Great Hills (9828 Great Hills Trail) COST: $6.50 INFO: www.priorityfilms.com
Adi and representatives from NGOs will take your questions immediately following the 4:45 pm screening. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about this film and the global campaign to raise awareness to child trafficking and child prostitution.
6. 6th Annual Austin Jewish Film Festival
WHEN: Sat Jan 26 – Friday February 1, Various times WHERE: Various locations COST: $60 – $100 INFO: www.austinjff.org
The Austin Jewish Film Festival provides: A cinematic examination of Jewish life and culture, an open and inviting forum for student and independent filmmakers to present their work, and an exploration of universal themes including human rights, global peace, religious freedom, and tolerance.
WORKSHOPS / MEETINGS
7. David Petersen presents Ten Myths About Hollywood
WHEN: Thurs Nov 29, 7 PM WHERE: Unitarian Church (4700 Grover) COST: $35 INFO: www.scriptguy2.com or email wordster1@gmail.com
Is What You Think You Know About “The Business” Really True? Find out at veteran Hollywood writer David Petersen’s TEN MYTHS ABOUT HOLLYWOOD!
8. International Screen Fighting Workshop & Audition
WHEN: Fri Nov 30, 6 – 9 PM; Sat Dec 1, 9 AM – 5 PM; Sun Dec 2, 1 – 5 PM WHERE: Grandmaster Yi’s Martial Arts Academy (10435 Burnet Rd) COST: $150 EMAIL: Staff@FightingStunts.com or call 
(512) 339-2467
Workshop Fee includes 2-Day Audition/Casting Event. Workshop includes choreography for the films (“Templar – Honor Among Thieves” and “Owned”); casting will be done primarily from workshop participants. Previous experience good but not required. Fighting Stunts Certification will be supplied for successful completion.
9. Reel Women Workshop: Production Scheduling and Budgeting presented by Susan Kirr
WHEN: Sat Dec 1, 1 – 4 PM WHERE: Austin Film Works (701 Tillery, Suite A-7) COST: $25 for Reel Women & Austin Film Society members / $40 for the general public INFO: www.reelwomen.org
Your script is the blueprint for your film. Your budget is the blueprint for how you will most efficiently get the money you have up on the screen. How do you budget a film? We’ll discuss building a schedule and then using the schedule to build the budget. We’ll also touch on working with the various unions (SAG, WGA, DGA, IATSE and Teamsters) and making the best deals to stretch your dollar. Although the workshop will be geared toward feature film budgets, many of the concepts discussed will also be applicable to shorts and documentaries. Ongoing Q&A throughout the workshop, so bring all your questions!
10. Character Development Workshop with David Petersen
WHEN: Saturdays Dec 1 – Dec 22, 7 – 9:30 PM WHERE: Unitarian Church (4700 Grover) COST: $125 INFO: www.scriptguy2.com or email wordster1@gmail.com
“Who Are Those Guys?” is a workshop on developing characters with depth & realism. Taught by longtime Hollywood writer and script analyst David Petersen.
11. Pro-tape: Basic Audio and the Sennheiser Product Line Seminar
WHEN: Wed Dec 5, 5:30 PM WHERE: Pro-tape (4120 Commercial Center Dr., Suite 500) COST: FREE INFO: Please RSVP to events@pro-tape.com or call 512-443-3911 to reserve your seat!
Join Chuck Fletcher of Sennheiser and the Pro-Tape audio gurus as we overview audio products and techniques. Sennheiser has a comprehensive product line for video/film, live audio and studio recording as well as consumer products. One of the most popular and well respected names in pro audio, this is a great opportunity to examine the depth of products and learn which is best for your individual applications.
12. Layton Blaylock’s Award-winning documentary ART FROM THE STREETS screens at the Bahamas International Film Festival
Fri Dec 7, 1 PM & Wed Dec 12, 4:30 PM WHERE: Galleria JFK (Nassau, Bahamas) COST: $5/Film INFO: www.artfromthestreets-themovie.com
Layton Blaylock’s documentary, Art From the Streets, has picked up another award by winning the Best Documentary Feature at the Rockport Film Festival. Art from the Streets is a feature length documentary about a program for homeless artists called Art From the Streets. This all-volunteer program was established in 1991 with the idea of providing a safe and nurturing environment for homeless people to produce art. They accomplish this mission by sponsoring twice weekly art “classes” and an annual show to sell their work. The film tells this story by tracking five of the artists over the course of a year. Viewers will visit homeless camps, learn the daily challenges of street life, and witness the strengths of human character. You will also experience the 2-day show and sale where the artists’ work is sold and where they interact with people that they rarely have a chance to encounter in such a positive way.
13. Austin School of Film: Start to Finish
WHEN: Sat Dec 8 – Sun Dec 9, 10 AM – 6 PM WHERE: Austin School of Film (906 East 5th Street, Ste. 106) COST: $510 for ASF & AFS Filmmaker level members / $600 for the general public INFO: www.austinfilmschool.org
Start to Finish is a two-day course that covers capturing your footage in Final Cut Pro, editing techniques (both technical and aesthetic), cleaning up the sound in Soundtrack Pro and adding or adjusting music, and then adding titles and effects in Motion. We then export the project to DVD Studio Pro for burning or tape for dubbing.
11. Pro-tape: Basic Audio and the Sennheiser Product Line Seminar
WHEN: Tues Dec 11, 5:30 PM WHERE: Pro-tape (4120 Commercial Center Dr., Suite 500) COST: FREE INFO: Please RSVP to events@pro-tape.com or call 512-443-3911 to reserve your seat!
Apple’s ProRes 4:2:2 codec is the most talked-about feature in any application for quite some time. The first visually lossless full raster 10-bit 4:2:2 high definition format with bit rates below that required for standard definition! This new format is designed for pristine HD quality, economical hardware configurations, yet high-performance, multistream Final Cut Pro real-time editing—for both high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) formats. As users finally start getting their hands on Apple Final Cut Studio 2 and working with ProRes, a number of questions have popped up. Join Final Cut and video editing guru Sjon Ueckert along with our team of Apple Certified Pros to discuss this exciting new workflow.
15. Austin School of Film: Final Cut Pro 101
WHEN: Fri Dec 14 – Sun Dec 16, 10 AM – 6 PM WHERE: Austin School of Film (906 East 5th Street, Ste. 106) COST: $745 for ASF & AFS Filmmaker level members / $875 for the general public INFO: www.austinfilmschool.org
This course introduces students to the primary feature set and basic interface of Final Cut Pro. In this course, you learn to perform basic editing functions while familiarizing yourself with the user interface. Topics include basic setup, adjusting and customizing preferences and settings, capturing video and audio, various editing and trimming techniques, ripple, roll, slip and slide tools, audio editing and audio creation, finishing and final output.
16. Teen Filmmaking Workshop with Kat Candler
WHEN: Mondays Jan 21 – April 21, 6:30 – 9 PM WHERE: Austin School of Film (906 East 5th Street, Ste. 106) COST: $550 INFO: www.austinfilmschool.org
This hands-on course will take you through the process of making a short film from script to screen. Learn everything you need to know from screenwriting, shooting, scheduling, marketing, sound, directing, festivals … Each class will be broken into small filmmaking teams. Each team will produce a short film using digital video technology. The classes will feature guest speakers from the Austin Film Community on cameras, lighting and other elements of filmmaking.
17. Script to Screen Workshop with Kat Candler
WHEN: Tuesday Jan 22 – April 22, 6:30 – 9 PM WHERE: Austin School of Film (906 East 5th Street, Ste. 106) COST: $550 INFO: www.austinfilmschool.org
This hands-on course will take you through the process of making a short film from script to screen. Learn everything you need to know from screenwriting, shooting, scheduling, marketing, sound, directing, festivals … Each class will be broken into small filmmaking teams. Each team will produce a short film using digital video technology. The classes will feature guest speakers from the Austin Film Community on cameras, lighting and other elements of filmmaking.
JOBS / VOLUNTEERS
18. The Department of RTVF at The University of North Texas is seeking an Assistant Professor in Documentary Production and Studies
CONTACT: Ben Levin at levin@unt.edu
The Department of Radio, Television and Film at the University of North Texas is seeking candidates for a tenure track assistant professor position beginning in the 2008-2009 academic year pending budgetary approval. Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, ongoing activity in documentary production in accordance with university policies regarding promotion and tenure, participation in our award-winning MFA documentary program, and service. We seek candidates interested in educating our students to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse, multicultural, technology-driven society.
19. AFS Internship Program is accepting applications for Spring
CONTACT: Kim LeBlanc at kim@austinfilm.org or visit http://austinfilm.org/education/internships/calendar-application
We strive to provide up-and-coming film professionals the skills, contacts and supportive environment they need to break into the business. Whether you want to be in pictures someday or you’re just looking for something to do this semester, the Austin Film Society has the job for you! Download your application from the website. DEADLINE FOR SPRING: December 1
CALL FOR ENTRIES
20. LA Film Festival
DEADLINE: Fri Nov 30 COST: $10 – $70 INFO: www.lafilmfest.com
Held annually in June, Film Independent’s Los Angeles Film Festival showcases the best of American and international cinema over the course of ten days. Drawing a diverse audience of over 80,000 people, more than 100 feature films narrative and documentary are screened at the Festival, alongside gala premieres, panels and seminars, free outdoor screenings, Family Day, and live musical performances.
21. The 32nd Annual Cleveland International Film Festival
DEADLINE: Fri Nov 30 – Late Deadline COST: $65 – $85 INFO: www.clevelandfilm.org
For the past 31 years, the CIFF has been the premier film event in Ohio. Today the CIFF presents a full survey of contemporary international and American Independent filmmaking, with 120 features and 100 short subjects from 50 countries.
22. 51st San Francisco International Film Festival
DEADLINE: Fri Nov 30 – Final Deadline COST: $40 – $225 INFO: www.sffs.org
In 2007, the San Francisco International Film Festival became the first film festival in the Americas to turn 50. We recognized this historic milestone in style by screening 120 unique programs of the finest in international cinema, playing host to more than 80,000 film lovers and hundreds of filmmakers, journalists and film industry professionals, throwing sensational parties, launching new digital initiatives like International Online, celebrating Bay Area film culture, showcasing new technologies and, all in all, having a blast.
23. AFI Dallas International Film Festival
DEADLINE: Thurs Dec 1 COST: $35 – $60 INFO: www.afidallas.com
The festival will once again span 11 days and nights and feature Signature and Centerpiece screenings with red carpet entrances at theaters throughout the city, award presentations, filmmaker panels and other special events. The festival seeks to highlight and celebrate the best in local and international filmmaking.
24. True/False Film Fest
DEADLINE: Sat Dec 1 – Late deadline COST: $25 – $30 INFO: www.truefalse.org
Send True/False Film Fest in Columbia, Missouri your docs and have a chance at being a part of one of the most talked-about film fests in the country. At True/False, we’re interested in documentaries or works that walk the line between fact and fiction.
25. Ann Arbor Film Festival
DEADLINE: Sat Dec 1 – Extended deadline COST: $65 INFO: www.aafilmfest.org
The Ann Arbor Film Festival is a celebration for filmmakers and artists of the moving image from around the world. This is the festival that honors artists for their individual voice. The festival features works from across the country and around the world in every category, including animation, documentary, cinema verite, narrative, experimental, and personal documentary.
26. 27th Black Maria Film & Video Festival
DEADLINE: Sat Dec 1 – Extended deadline COST: $35 – $45 INFO: www.blackmariafilmfestival.org
The Black Maria Film Festival seeks diverse, expressive, and passionate short films and videos by independent makers. The Festival is named after Thomas Edison’s motion picture studio, and is known for its support of spirited, cutting edge, and otherwise singular film and video.
27. The London International Documentary Festival
DEADLINE: Thurs Dec 6 COST: $15 – $30 INFO: www.lidf.co.uk
The LIDF is calling for documentary films produced between January 1st 2006 and December 6th 2007, and is particularly, although not exclusively, interested in films that fall within the following categories: Environment, Human Rights, Memory/history, Ethnography/anthropology, Politics/Philosophy/Economics, Heritage and the Arts, Other social and development issues.
28. South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival
DEADLINE: Fri Dec 7 – Final Deadline COST: $35 – $45 INFO: www.sxsw.com/film
The SXSW 2008 “Call for Entries” is now open. Filmmakers are invited to submit their new works to the annual festival, which has become an international destination for cinematic discovery. Submissions can only be entered via the official SXSW web site. Complete submission rules and regulations are available on that site.
29. PlanetOut Short Movie Awards
DEADLINE: Fri Dec 7 COST: $25 INFO: www.mglff.com
The PlanetOut Short Movie Awards, sponsored by Scion and hosted by the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, is the largest online awards honoring film and video shorts by, about, and of interest to LGBT audiences. This acclaimed international platform for top gay and lesbian filmmakers, is inviting you to join the ranks of previous winners and submit your film for consideration.
30. 41st Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival
DEADLINE: Sat Dec 15 COST: $45 – $175 INFO: www.worldfest.org
WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival will screen 55-60 feature film premieres, with a complete and absolute emphasis on the American and International Independent feature films and with a continuing annual spotlight on an individual country and its films. WorldFest also offers competition in TV Production, Documentary, Corporate & Business Films, Student & Experimental, TV Commercials, Film & Video Production, Music Videos, New Media (Interactive & Web Sites), Screenplays, Print and Radio.
31. 11th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival
DEADLINE: Fri Dec 21 COST: $20 INFO: www.cinelasamericas.org
The Cine Las Americas International Film Festival showcases contemporary films from North, Central, South America the Caribbean and Spain. Works made by or about Latinos and native groups of the Americas are eligible to participate. The festival screens narrative and documentary feature and short films, as well as experimental, animation and youth films in competitive and non-competitive sections.
32. 2008 United States Super 8mm Film & Digital Video Festival
DEADLINE: Fri Jan 18 COST: $45 – $75 INFO: www.njfilmfest.com
The festival encourages any genre (animation, documentary, experimental, fiction, personal, etc.), but the work must have predominantly originated on Super 8mm/8mm film or Digital video or 8mm video formats.
Weekly email announcements are a compilation of submissions by individuals and companies. The information provided does not reflect the views or opinions of the Austin Film Society.
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