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Hunger Bytes Video Competition — 9/29/2009
The contest is a joint project by the World Food Program and YouTube, and the videos be showcased on our website and YouTube pages, which both have international reach. The winners will be chosen by a panel of celebrity judges - so this is also a great opportunity for students to have their work seen by major players in the industry. Last year's judges included leaders in film, web and humanitarian aid, including Edward Zwick, Director of “Blood Diamond” and “The Last Samurai,” Oscar-winning producer Cathy Schulman (“Crash,” “Darfur Now,” “The Illusionist”) and Steve Grove, head of YouTube News and Politics. The winners were sent to Ethiopia to see a
project first hand and film with WFP.

We are looking for 30-60 sec spots that highlight the issue of hunger. We’re looking for the edgy and provocative videos about hunger; whatever it takes to make people think and to change attitudes. Film, stills, montage, animation – anything goes!

We begin accepting submissions on October 16th - World Food Day - and the competition ends December 31. For more information and to see past winners, check out www.wfp.org/hungerbytes. This year, the world has reached an historic milestone with more than a billion people, or one in six people on this planet, going to bed hungry. Hunger Bytes is one action among many under WFP’s Billion for Billion Campaign, which focuses on engaging the 1.6 billion online users to step up and help the billion hungry people in the world.

WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency and the UN’s frontline agency for hunger solutions. In 2009, WFP aims to feed 108 million people in 74 countries. We receive no UN dues and have a 7% overhead. We don't have a huge PR team or hire out firms to do our marketing, so we rely on partnerships and creativity to help us get the word out – and that’s where motivated, creative students can make a big difference raising awareness, while showcasing their own talent.

Calls for Entries for Strange Beauty Film Festival — 9/28/2009
The Strange Beauty Film Festival, a new festival in Durham, NC, is now accepting entries for its inaugural edition. The festival will be held in Durham on January 22-23, 2010.

Strange Beauty is looking for striking short movies (30 minutes or less) that walk the line between terrifying normality and sublime fever dream. We're looking for works that make us wonder, gasp, shiver, and keep our eyes glued to the screen. Things that will come back to us days later and haunt us for years to come. Any style, and genre, as long as it's strangely beautiful, beautifully strange, or something even better in between.

Do you have a film like that? Then by all means, please submit. Entry fee is only $10. Entry deadline is November 15, 2009. Complete guidelines and entry form are available at our web site: http://www.strangebeauty.org

Wake Forest University’s Reynolda Film Festival — 9/22/2009
We are currently accepting submissions, especially from North Carolina student filmmakers. As an extra incentive, all NC students can enter their films for free. Of course, we also welcome films from anywhere! For more information, deadlines, and to submit a film, please visit our website, http://www.reynoldafilmfestival.com.
September 30, 2009 - Early Deadline
December 30, 2009 - Regular Deadline
January 30, 2010 - Late Deadline

Different from What? Film and Video Festival — 9/22/2009
This film festival hosted by the Equity Alliance at ASU will be held in Tempe, AZ, January 29–31, 2010 explores the expression and construction of ability and disability from multiple perspectives. In what ways do our cultural practices reflect conventions and expectations that make some differences visible while obscuring others? Who and what conspires to compose these defining images and in what ways are they avoided, resisted, negotiated, and challenged? Participants will be intrigued by this mélange of film, conversation, and celebration of the differences that punctuate our community discourses.
Submissions are being accepted in the categories of drama, comedy, documentary, animation or experimental.
Deadline for submissions is October 25, 2009.

RooftopComedy.com is kicking off the 3rd annual Funny Film Competition — 9/18/2009
http://www.rooftopcomedy.com/college/funnyfilm/watch/DannyAndThePage
This competition is FREE and open to all college students across the U.S. All students benefit from extensive online and industry exposure and have the opportunity to win some great prizes. The Funniest 4 Filmmakers win VIP trips to the Final Screening at the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival. If this is something your students would be interested in, please pass this info along.

Funny Film Requirements:

5 minutes max
All formats accepted
Film must be in English
No profanity
Must be a student
Must be funny
Must be submitted by October 12, 2009

Also, check out another exclusive opportunity students have to make a video for Microsoft Office Live Workspace. One lucky student wins $1,000 cold hard cash and total bragging rights.

For more information on the Funny Film Competition and the Microsoft Video Contest, visit www.rooftopcomedy.com/college. Entry is free and limitless! Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for passing this along!

Newport Beach Film Festival Call for Entries — 9/18/2009
Our event attracts over 52,000 attendees who have the opportunity to screen 350 films from 40 different countries. As one of the fastest growing film festivals in the Western United States, Newport Beach has distinguished itself as one of the most prestigious events on the film festival circuit. It is a unique opportunity for student filmmakers to screen their work and meet industry professionals. As a resort location and an entertainment market, the Newport Beach Film Festival offers an optimal blend of both art and business. We are specifically seeking quality film submissions from student filmmakers as well as university film projects.
Please visit http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com/ for more information

Earlybird Deadline: October 23, 2009
Thanksgiving Special Deadline: November 20, 2009
Deadline for Entries: December 18, 2009
Final Deadline: January 25, 2010
Student Showcase Deadline: February 2, 2010
Festival Dates: April 22 - 29, 2010

CFVF 2010- Call for Entries — 9/15/2009
Carolina Film and Video Festival is accepting entries for our 2010 festival happening February 25-27. Submit online through the Withoutabox website at https://www.withoutabox.com/login/1075 and check out our new blog at www.cfvf.blogspot.com
We are looking forward to seeing your work!
Cara Clark & Rick Dillwood
Student Directors, CFVF

CFVF 2010 DEADLINES
FILMS:
Earlybird Deadline: October 5
Regular Deadline: November 2
Late Deadline: December 7
Extended Deadline for Students Only: January 3

SCRIPTS
Earlybird Deadline: October 5
Regular Deadline: November 2

Hanover Center Needs 15 and 30 Second Commercials — 9/8/2009
Click HERE for more information.

Other Opportunities

CSURF Travel Awards — 9/24/2009
CSURF travel awards: There are some limited funds available to support travel expenses for undergraduate authors of scholarly works who are attending professional conferences with faculty mentors. Awards up to $750 are possible. Applications and guidelines available at: http://uncw.edu/csurf/ CSURF can also print posters for student authors to take to conferences.

CSURF undergraduate research workshops — 9/24/2009
Learn about poster design using PowerPoint, referencing using EndNote, data entry using Excel! Questions about SAS, SPSS, Sigma Plot? Go to http://uncw.edu/csurf/about.html for info on setting up an appointment with our graduate assistant, Derick Poku.

Register for State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium — 9/24/2009
November 21, 2009 : The State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS) is a showcasing of multidisciplinary undergraduate research scholarship from all 53 state and private colleges and universities and 58 community colleges of North Carolina. UNCW undergraduates may register for this conference to make oral presentations or poster presentations. This years even is hosted by University of North Carolina Wilmington . FREE REGISTRATION! For more information on the conference and the application process please visit http://www.sncurcs.org/
DEADLINE: October 27, 2009

Chamber Music Wilmington is looking for a Videographer — 9/24/2009
Chamber Music Wilmington is looking for someone to make a video of the opening concert on Sunday, September 27 featuring the World Premier of a Song Cycle by Artistic Director Barbara McKenzie based on the Poems of Samuel Menashe. Mr. Menashe is very excited and supportive of this project though is unable to attend the premier due to a recent heart attack, he is 84 years old. The video would be sent to him as a gift. This could be a simple stationary camera position to record the 8 min. work. The musicians include flutist Nicolas Duchamp of Paris and mezzo Janine Hawley of the San Francisco Opera and NC School of the Arts. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. this Sunday, September 27. The cycle will be performed around 8:15 pm. in Beckwith Recital Hall in the CAB.

If you would like to video this event for Chamber Music Wilmington, please contact Barbara at 910-367-3496 or email: barbaramckenzie2008@gmail.com For more information go to: www.chambermusicwilmington.org

In search of filmmakers for non- profit education DVD — 9/22/2009
My name is Kerry Allen and I am working with Discover Worlds (DW), a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization with the mission of enabling students to become social entrepreneurs and create high impact projects ending poverty both locally and internationally. We are looking for filmmakers to support an exciting and innovative project that will bring poverty education to high school students. This new initiative, ChangEducate, is a full curriculum and accompanying DVD aimed at changing the way high school students view poverty and how they can make a difference in it.
Please contact Discover Worlds if you are interested in this partnership.
Location: Durham
Deadline or date responses are needed: October 15, 2009
Contact information:
Kerry Allen
727-385-5313
837 Clarendon St.
Durham, NC 27705
kla11@duke.edu

How to Apply to Graduate School — 9/22/2009
UNCW Honors and Scholars Program and the Graduate School Presents: How to Apply to Graduate School. Learn how to enroll and get involved in the process of your next step to attend a graduate program with our own Associate Dean of UNCW’s graduate school, Dr. Karen Sandell. Call the Honors Scholars Office for more details at 910-962-4181.
DATES:
Monday, September 28th 5:30 – 6:30 PM and Tuesday, September 29th 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Honors Seminar Room
2nd Floor Randall Library
Refreshments will be served.

Side FX Band looking to hire a film student for approximately 45 minutes of taping -- no editing needed — 9/18/2009
Side FX is playing a show at UNC Wilminton on the 8th of October at 11:30 am. We would like a skilled film student to videotape the show for us. It will be approximately 45 minutes long. We can provide a camera if you don't have one. The deliverable will be the uncut, unedited footage. Thanks!
Payment: $100
CONTACT:
Rachel Unkovic
Executive Assistant, Side FX Partners, LLC
http://www.sidefxband.net/
Office: 202-338-1006
Music online at: http://ilike.com/artist/Side+FX+Band

Your Support is Needed for "Lamaze of the Dead" — 9/16/2009
Hi, my name is Carolyn Burns and I am a 2009 graduate of the UNCW Film Studies department. Recently, I co-wrote, executive produced, and even acted in a short film that a group of Wilmington film professionals came together to make, LAMAZE OF THE DEAD for a short film contest hosted by the horror cable channel Chiller, a sister network of Sci-Fi (syfy). A group of judges, including Kevin Greutert (Director, Saw VI), Thomas Vital (Executive Vice President of Programming and Original Movies, SyFy Channel) and John Murdy (Creative Director, Universal Studios Hollywood) chose the top ten from over a hundred submissions, and we gained a spot! The top ten are now open to PUBLIC VOTING, and that's where you come in!

S UPPORT your local film community, and SUPPORT your film studies alumni, and go online to vote for the short! All ten submissions are under 3 minutes, so you can watch all ten in twenty minutes (some are very short) or just LAMAZE in three!
WEBSITE: http://halloweenhorrornights.com/chiller

Looking for Student Videographer — 9/11/2009

I am looking for a student willing to videotape a wedding in Wilmington, NC. The ceremony will be approximately 1/2 hour and the reception will be approximately 3 hours. I will require a sample of your work and/or references of previous weddings or events that you have videotaped. Rates are negotiable- contact Amanda Cicero if interested (724-355-7746 or alcicero41@hotmail.com)

Date of event: May 16, 2010

Need responses by: November 1, 2009

Casting Call for "Church Smiles" — 9/10/2009
"Church Smiles," a UNCW student film about an attraction between a teenage boy and girl hindered by the boy's unfamiliarity with her religion seeks: men 14-20, and women 14-20 for lead roles. Men and women 35-70 are also needed for secondary roles. Open auditions will be held between the hours of 10:00AM and 4:00PM on September 19th and 20th in King Hall room 104. Please send a headshot, résumé, and any questions you might have to churchsmilesproduction@gmail.com.

Earth Science Week Photo Contest!!! — 9/10/2009
Click HERE for more information.

Historical Epic - "The Red Cape" Background needed! — 9/9/2009
A former UNCW honors thesis film entitled, "The Red Cape" about the 1898 Wilmington race riot is shooting this Sunday, September 12th from 12pm - 6pm. This film is being shot on 35mm. Everyone will received a period wardrobe from the 1800's and will be fed throughout the day.
Please contact Brendon Murphy at 910-620-8449 for further instructions.

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