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Upcoming Deadline: Every Day Heroes Film Competition

February 24, 2010 | Kimberly Dean | Posted in Interactive Industry > Calls for Submission

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Submission Deadline: March 15th, 2010

Do you know someone who’s going green and doing good? Tell the story of an every day environmental hero in the first annual Every Day Heroes Film Competition.

Filmmakers can submit silent 90 second videos online, or by mail.

Jury Includes: Judy Gladstone (Executive Director of CTV’s Bravo!FACT); Jennifer Baichwal (Award winning Director, Manufactured Landscapes); Sharon Switzer (Festival Director, Toronto Urban Film Festival); Keith Treffrey (Earth Day Canada).

Exposure: Filmmakers selected as finalists by our jury will have their films viewed by over 2 million viewers a day during Earth Week (April 16-25), on the ONESTOP screens in Toronto’s TTC, and on screens in Ivanhoe Cambridge shopping centers across Canada.

Prizes: Selected films will have a chance to win great prizes in four categories:

  • Best of Competition—North American Getaway
  • ‘Best of Under 18 years of Age’, and ‘Best of 18 and Over’ - MacBook Pro laptops (one per age group)
  • People’s Choice Award —Bose SoundDock Portable Digital Music System

Online Voting: Get your friends and family to vote for your film as winner of the People’s Choice Award and they can enter to win a $250 Ivanhoe Cambridge shopping center gift card.

Every Day Heroes is co-produced by Earth Day Canada, Art for Commuters and ONESTOP Media Group (the folks who produce TUFF).

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The Banff Centre Calls for Alumni Stories

February 3, 2010 | Kimberly Dean | Posted in Interactive Industry > Calls for Submission

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Our alumni constantly tell us that The Banff Centre has transformed them in some way. How have you been inspired - months or even years after a program here? We’re looking for stories about how the Centre has affected your career or your life — whether you have come through our doors as an artist, a business leader, or a mountain enthusiast.

We’ll include submissions in a new alumni section on our website. And, we may feature one of them in our upcoming online version of Inspired magazine to be launched next month.

Enter your story to win music, books, or Banff Centre events tickets.
Draw will be held on March 1, 2010.

Click here for more information.

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ThreePointOh New Media Showcase 2010

February 3, 2010 | Kimberly Dean | Posted in Interactive Industry > Calls for Submission

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The ThreePointOh (3PO) New Media Showcase is calling for entries that take creativity to the cusp by fusing and integrating as many media and elements together.

3PO emerges in its second year at the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival as the festival’s freshest, most compelling addition to the ten day and night showcase of sports, music, and arts.

As a celebration of innovation, technology and culture, the 3P0 New Media Showcase will present 3-5 minute digital shorts that best morph film, photo, graphics and animation, visual art, sport and media into a production that transcends the sum of its technical parts to create a moment of emotional resonance.

A panel of judges will review the submissions and select 6-10 finalists to be shown to the public in Whistler, BC during a Gala evening on Monday, April 19th as part of the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival.

One winner, Best of Show, will be chosen by an esteemed panel of judges, to reap the rewards this exposure will result in.

Best of Show will win $2,500 cash!
People’s Choice Award will win a prize value of $1000!

Deadline for Entries is March 26, 2010.

TO SUBMIT CLICK HERE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE FESTIVAL CLICK HERE.

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Urban Screens Calls for Submissions

January 22, 2010 | Kimberly Dean | Posted in Interactive Industry > Calls for Submission

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The exhibition I am here; what can we do? is part of “Urban Screens Toronto 2010”, an international urban screens conference and exhibition taking place between
September 24th-30th; produced in collaboration with the International Urban Screens Association (IUSA).

Through an integrated program of keynote lectures, panel sessions, workshops, curated screenings and multimedia projects, (Urban Screens Toronto) will bring together leading Canadian and international artists and curators, architects and urban planners, designers, ad agencies and brand managers, screen operators and content providers, academics, activists, policymakers, technology manufacturers, software developers and public intellectuals.

Public Call For Submissions:

  • New or existing experimental, interactive artwork suitable for urban screens.
  • Short-format videos that are relevant for presentation on urban screens.
  • Interactive Design & advertising created for urban screens (past commercial interactive work from ad agencies and designers accepted).
  • Student work interactive and video work by students at any institution worldwide is welcome.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2010

Visit here for full details, suggested themes, and submission format/requirements.

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Every Day Heroes Film Competition

January 22, 2010 | Kimberly Dean | Posted in Interactive Industry > Calls for Submission

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Attention all filmmakers! Inspire Canada this Earth Day by creating a 90-second silent videos telling the story of your every day environmental hero and their dedication to support of a healthier environment.

Enthusiastic. Remarkable. Inspiring. These are just a few words that describe the individuals and groups across Canada that are doing amazing things to reduce their impact on the environment in large and small ways. They’ve taken the three R’s and made it a way of life. They’re every day heroes whose stories need to be told.

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

Best of ‘Under 18′ years of age (win a 13 inch MacBook Pro)
Best of ‘18 and Over’ (win a 13 inch MacBook Pro)
Best of Competition (win two economy airline tickets to any destination in North America with two nights Hotel accommodation AND two tickets to the Earth Day Canada Gala, including travel to Toronto and hotel accommodation for the nights of June 8th and 9th, 2010)
The People’s Choice Award (win a Bose SoundDock Portable Digital Music System)

Finalists will have their videos screened in Ivanhoe Cambridge Shopping Malls across Canada, on the Onestop Network of 270 monitors on the subway platforms of the Toronto Transit Commission, as well as hosted on Earth Day Canada’s website and YouTube channel.

Judges include:

Judy Gladstone (Executive Director of CTV’s Bravo!FACT)
Jennifer Baichwal (Award winning Documentary filmmaker and director of Manufactured Landscapes)
Sharon Switzer (Media artist, curator, and founder of Art for Commuters)
Keith Treffry (Director of Communications for Earth Day Canada and unabashed movie enthusiast)

SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2010

Submissions received prior to February 15, 2010 will be entered into the raffle to win a Panasonic 60GB HDD/SD Camcorder.

Click here for more details and a submission form.

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5th Annual Content 360 Challenge at MIPTV 2010

January 13, 2010 | Kimberly Dean | Posted in Events > Interactive Industry > Calls for Submission > Funding

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ATTENTION ALL DIGITAL DAREDEVILS!

The most anticipated cross-media pitching challenge of the new decade has begun accepting entries for new ideas and techniques to engage audiences across digital platforms.

Finalists including independent producers, interactive agencies and digital designers will be invited to Cannes, France (April 12-16) to pitch ideas LIVE to major international networks, including the BBC, TF1, KCC, NFB, and the European Commission.

This rapid-fire competition sets the creative pulse for the Content 360 Festival, part of MIPTV’s all-new MIPDigital event programme.

Since its launch 4 years ago, the Content 360 Challenge has attracted over 1400 new ideas from 42 countries and awarded €400,000 in development funding.

Category: CONTENT 360 “Next Generation Audience Engagement”. A creative challenge for new talent, companies or freelancers, with truly new and unique application or content ideas with mass potential to attract and engage audiences.

Category: KOREA COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (KCC) “Engaging with children through the use of Connected TV”. Best educational content or service idea to engage with children through Wed TV, DMB and IPTV including any kind of connected TV.

Category: NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA (NFB) - “Next Generation Online Video Experience”. The National Film Board of Canada is on the lookout for the best and brightest to push the online video experience to a whole new level and imagine the next “killer feature” for the NFB.ca website.

Category: TF1 PUBLICITÉ - “New Advertising formats”. TF1 Publicité is looking for new advertising formats and/or cross media techniques to complement TV campaigns (TV commercials, billboards or short form programs) in order to maximize the efficiency of traditional TV advertising methods.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: February 15, 2010.

European Commission Challenge details.

For more information on “Content 360 – MIPTV Cross Media Challenge” visit here or contact content360@reedmidem.com.


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European Commission “Content 360 Challenge”

January 12, 2010 | Kimberly Dean | Posted in Interactive Industry > Calls for Submission

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THE CHALLENGE: The European Commission is inviting audiovisual professionals as well as individuals to compete in the production of a video clip presenting an original vision of Europe based on EU archive material mixed with new or remixed images produced by the participant.
CLIP CONTENT: The clip should express a personal vision of Europe and be able to captivate a young and wide audience via internet and/or mobile devices through its original, creative or aesthetical approach.
CLIP LENGTH: Maximum of 3 minutes
THE PRIZE: €10,000
THE DEADLINE: March 15, 2010

FULL BRIEF

UPLOAD YOUR CLIP

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The Banff Centre Calls for Applications

January 11, 2010 | Kimberly Dean | Posted in Interactive Industry > Calls for Submission

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The Banff Centre is calling for applications for their Writing With Style and Self-Directed Writing Residencies.

Writing With Style: Amidst a diverse community of writers, you will encounter new ideas and gain confidence in your own style and voice, while shaping and editing your work-in-progress under the guidance of an experienced writer and editor. The program offers a variety of activities designed to maximize the artistic growth of each writer.

For more Writing With Style program information visit here.

Self-Directed Writing Residency: Self-directed writing residencies provide time, space, and facilities for individual research, editing, and manuscript development. Writers structure their own time, and are free to maintain privacy or to engage with other artists and activities at The Banff Centre.

For more Self-Directed Writing Residency information visit here.

For additional information, please email: arts_info@banffcentre.ca or call 1-403-762-6100.

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OCAD Graduate Studies Info Nights

October 27, 2009 | Anthea Foyer | Posted in Interactive Industry > Calls for Submission


OCAD Graduate Studies Info Nights

5:30pm to 7:00pm, Wednesday October 28, 2009

5:30pm to 7:00pm, Thursday, November 26, 2009

Interested in learning more about Graduate Studies at OCAD? Program Directors, Current Students and Staff will be on hand to answer questions and share insight and information.

Interdisciplinary Master’s in Art, Media and Design:
Blending art, media and design production with critical theory, this program challenges students to create new, hybrid forms of visual & social research and production.

Master of Arts in Contemporary Art History:
Launching in September 2010 This Program offers students opportunity to analyze the breadth of the pluralistic scene that is contemporary art.

Masters of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation:
This program positions design as the crucial link between social science, technology and business; drawing on essential design competencies to address the complex problems of contemporary society.

Master of Fine Arts in Criticism & Curatorial Practice:
Interdisciplinary and international in scope, this program brings together a small group of practicing artists, designers and critics in each cohort. It also features a first-year course in collaboration with the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Where: Graduate Studies Bldg, 205 Richmond St. Rooms 7511, 7514, 7314, & SLab, 6th floor, 100 McCaul St. (for the Masters of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation)
For more information contact Alice Brummell

416.977.6000 x423

http://www.ocad.ca/programs/graduate_studies.htm <http://http//www.ocad.ca/programs/graduate_studies.htm>

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The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Sheffield Doc/Fest announce 2009 “Cross-Media Challenge”

September 16, 2009 | Anthea Foyer | Posted in Interactive Industry > Calls for Submission > Funding

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The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Sheffield Doc/Fest announce 2009 “Cross-Media Challenge”

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Sheffield Doc/Fest are issuing a call for proposals for the third CROSS-MEDIA CHALLENGE on the theme of MIGRATIONS

The CROSS-MEDIA CHALLENGE is a competition for innovative, interactive, socially engaged content with applications for mobile and broadband. The winning producer will sign a production development deal with the NFB worth C$10,500/£5,000. The deadline for entries is October 9, 2009. Four semi-finalists will be invited to present their projects at a panel session during the Sheffield Doc/Fest. The winner will be announced at the festival’s Cross Platform program. Semi-finalists must finance their own travel to the festival.

ABOUT THE CHALLENGE

A global leader in developing content for new platforms, the NFB wants to ensure the digital future has room for artistic innovation and social relevance. The CROSS-MEDIA CHALLENGE is one way of reaching out to potential new production partners.

The CROSS-MEDIA CHALLENGE offers media makers an opportunity to develop projects that:
• Inspire an exchange of storytelling practices among diverse communities
• Use media innovatively to foster an international dialogue on issues with local roots
• Unleash the creative talents of alternative voices and communities

The NFB is interested in projects that use the versatility, mobility and borderless nature of new platforms to enable communities to talk to each other.. Projects must be documentary based. The theme for the 2009 challenge is MIGRATIONS.
Eligible projects must be multi-platform, involving the best features of each medium to ensure maximum audience participation. Projects should take full advantage of the range of new platforms, with particular emphasis on those that are interactive, mobile and online. Projects must feature direct contact and interaction with communities as part of their development plan.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Submitted proposals should be a maximum of two pages and provide a succinct overview of your project, a development plan and development budget summary along with any supporting audiovisual material. Proposals must be received by October 9, 2009.

Proposals (including your full name and address) should be e-mailed to Hugues Sweeney <h.sweeney@nfb.ca> , Multimedia advisor and designer

All the audiovisual material must be accessible from a web site or a FTP server.

More info here - http://sheffdocfest.com/view/crossmedia

Charlie Phillips
Marketplace Producer
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Sheffield Doc/Fest
The Workstation
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield, S1 2BX, England
Tel  +44-(0)7960-954307
+44-(0)114-276 5141
Fax +44-(0)114-272 1849
http://www.sheffdocfest.com

4-8 November 2009
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Doc/Fest Sheffield is where the international documentary family gets together under one roof for a week of intense deal-making, docwatching and debate.. It is the UK’s premier documentary festival/conference and a must-attend event on the industry calendar



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