Film classes for youth

 Registration for Summer Camps for Kids + Teens is open!
Classes are available for budding filmmakers grades 2-12.

NW Film Center - Portland, Oregon
See the Summer Camp class line-up.

NW Film Center Adult Class Schedule

Registration is open for Summer Adult Classes! View the full Adult class schedule here.

PCOMING CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
DEVELOPING YOUR PROJECT FOR ITVS - RICHARD SAIZ
Sat Jun 18 10am-4pm
This event is a rare opportunity for independent producers to hear directly from this entity about the essential concepts and principles that will make a documentary proposal more competitive when seeking ITVS funds.
Tuition: $20 ($15 School of Film Students and NWFC or OPB members)
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SCREENWRITING - ROGER MARGOLIS
Mondays, Jun 20-Sept 12 7-10:30pm
This introductory course will explore the art and business of screenwriting, acquainting students with various markets and the techniques necessary to produce professional-quality dramas for film and television.
Tuition: $815
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DIGITAL EFFECTS & COMPOSITING - DANIEL JOHNSON
Wednesdays, Jun 22-Aug 24 6:30-9:30pm
Adobe After Effects, arguably one of the most powerful digital tools to hit the desktop, brings an array of 2D digital effects to the budget-conscious independent filmmaker. This hands-on course teaches the basics and invites participants to tap into their creative potential as image-makers.
Tuition: $815
Equipment/Lab Fee: $255
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Open Call Verge Art Miami Beach

TOMORROW STARS AND THE DRAWING SHOW AT VERGE ART MIAMI BEACH 2011: OPEN CALL

The open calls for both Tomorrow Stars and The Drawing Show at Verge Art Miami Beach uses EntryThingy software for all submissions. ALL ENTRIES ARE JUDGED IN THE ORDER THEY ARE RECEIVED. Please note that only drawings may be submitted for The Drawing Show at Verge Art Miami Beach 2011. To ensure a fair jurying process, jurors will remain anonymous until after the jury selections are announced. Separate juries will judge the Drawing Show and Tomorrow Stars at Verge: Miami Beach 2011. Deadline July 15, 2011 Web: http://www.vergeartfair.com/opencall.html

Workshops: Documentary Film start June 14

Workshops

At NW Documentary, award-winning professionals provide the tools, instruction, and constructive encouragement to discover, research, write, and record important stories. We emphasize a learning-by-doing approach, where students, interns and volunteers are actively engaged in telling stories–encouraging creativity, problem solving, and collaboration.

At the end of each term, we premiere completed works at our popular Homegrown DocFest.

Summer 2011 Workshops Now Enrolling! 

Download the Summer 2011 catalog to learn about our upcoming documentary workshops. Visit our Registration page to register for a summer workshop. Be sure to visit our Membership page to join and receive reduced tuition, while supporting NW Documentary. 

Documentaries from our Community

Visit our Video Gallery to check out clips from original documentaries created in our workshops. Check out the Selected Works DVD Set for the best, boldest, most creative documentaries from our past workshops. Proceeds benefit our education programs.

NW Documentary's workshops are made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Oregon Arts Commission, the Faerie Godmother Fund, and individual donors

Open Call - Aspect Vol.19: Communication

ASPECT: The Chronicle of New Media Art, a biannual DVD publication, is currently accepting submissions of time-based work for V19: COMMUNICATION.

As the tools of communication continue to evolve, so does language itself. As globalization expands our notion of community and networked culture shrinks the boundaries between public and private, the strategies through which we communicate are thrown into question. In light of this questioning, we are looking for media artworks that address language and communication as their primary subjects. We will review installation, video, performance, sound and any other work best documented in time-based format.

ASPECT asks artist/commentator pairs to submit proposals of time-based work. Commentators may be curators, historians, critics, or educators who can offer a distinct perspective on the work. Criteria for selection will include the qualifications of the commentator and the quality of the work. Audio recordings of the commentary will be assembled after the submissions have been selected.

Submissions must include:

- Video documentation (less than 15 minutes in length)
- A brief (100 word) statement regarding the submitted work
- Resume of the artist, resume of commentator
- Contact information for the commentator and artist
- Brief notes outlining the proposed commentary w/ respect to theme
- Submissions must be received by August 1, 2011, sent to*:

ASPECT: The Chronicle of New Media Art
46 Waltham Street, suite 108
Boston, MA 02118
Attention: V19 Communication
* please do not ship with signature required

Contact esmith@aspectart.org Evan Smith, Contributor Liaison Phone: 617-695-0500 Fax: 617-778-2231

Address www.aspectmag.org/news/open-call-volume-19-communication Aspect 46 Waltham St Suite 108 Boston, MA 02118 United States

Info OPEN CALL DUE AUGUST 1, 2011

DIVA Membership and Renewal

Special DIVA Membership Offer. Membership is an important component of our programming and funding strategy. We are operating leaner than ever in response to the current economic climate, and we know you are too!  


In order to encourage membership renewals and spur new members, we are making a special offer for renewing or becoming a new member from now until July 31st. Save 50% on an individual membership and $15 on Senior and Student Memberships. 


Join/renew now for $35 individualand $25 senior and students. Donations above and beyond your membership are most gratefully accepted!Download form or join through PayPal

Nominations: NEU/NOW LIVE Festival 2011

The NEU/NOW LIVE Festival will take place 18-22 November in Tallinn, Estonia

Click here to register an account and nominate works!
Deadline for nominations is 15 June.

The European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA) is pleased to announce the third edition of the NEU/NOW festival presenting the most exciting and creative artistic talent emerging across Europe and beyond.

What is the NEU/NOW Festival?

The NEU/NOW Festival has established itself as an innovative platform for talented graduating or recent graduate artists – coming out of Higher Arts Education Institutions and Universities across Europe and beyond – to present themselves to a wider international audience within professional contexts.

The NEU/NOW festival is:

• an online festival and a live event that promotes artistic excellence through cutting edge presentations and activities in a range of art disciplines;
• an opportunity for selected emerging artists to show their work, meet each other and create new international partnerships;
• a place where audiences, producers and curators can see the most excellent artists and innovative projects coming from art schools and universities across Europe and beyond;
• a forum where artists, producers, curators, cultural operators and policy makers can discuss future developments for the arts and share views on the cultural role of higher arts education institutions;
• a means of presenting new international generation of professional artists to the attention of a wide audience.

From the nominated projects, a range of projects will be presented online, from which a selection of projects will be presented in the NEU/NOW LIVE Festival 2011.

NEU/NOW LIVE 2011 will take place 18 – 22 November in Tallinn, Estonia in the frame of European Capital of Culture 2011.

To see the 2009 edition of the festival, click here or read the festival blog

Extended Call for Entries

Extended Call for Entries

New Deadline for Submission:  July 15, 2011

6th Jana International Film Festival For Children & Youth

October 2011

The Jana International Film Festival for Children & Youth is to be held in October 2011.  The main aim of this festival is fostering self-reflection & awareness, learning about the other, critical analyses of social norms & messages related to countering prejudice & intolerance & accepting diversity, introducing new information or analysis that is connected to existing knowledge structures, providing “safe environments’ & permission to experiment with new ways of thinking & reframing conflictual issues in integrative ways.

The central theme of the festival will be "Diversity enriches". 

The Festival will display films on and by youth & children under 19 years of age. Preference will be given to films by youth & children themselves, or with their active participation.

This year the festival will be a mobile festival touring different Lebanese marginalized areas.

Call for Entries

New Deadline for Submission:  July 15, 2011

Entry Form

Festival Regulations

For more information, please contact:

Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts / AL-JANA

P.O. Box: 114/ 5017

E-mail:hicham@al-jana.org, arcpa@cyberia.net.lb

Tel/Fax: +961 1 819970 – Mobile: +961 3 839917

Beirut – Lebanon

The festival is funded by the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations with means provided by the German Federal Foreign Office.

Call To Artist - Maude Kerns

2011 Día de los Muertos Prospectus. Maude Kerns Art Center is currently accepting submissions for the 18th annual Día de los Muertos exhibit. Submitted artwork must be original and focus on the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead. Deadline for Submissions: Monday, August 22, 2011. All artists, working in all mediums, are eligible. For more information call 541-345-1571 or e-mail staff@mkartcenter.org.

2011 Día de los Muertos Prospectus (PDF File)

Call for applications - Transmedia - Brussels

Transmedia is a two-year, full-time course in arts, media and design leading to a master's degree in Transmedia. This international program focuses on research as an integrated mix of art practice and critical thought. This multidisciplinary environment fosters a dialogue with experts about your artistic practice. Transmedia places individual practice at the core of the program. Here you can learn from internationally recognized teachers and visiting artists who, through their personal work are actively shaping the direction of thinking and producing in the rapidly evolving Transmedia field. Application deadline is September 30th 2011.

Contact transmedia@sintlukas.be Phone: +32(0)22501100

Address www.transmedia.be Transmedia Sint-Lukas Brussels Paleizenstraat 70 B-1030 Brussels Belgium

Info Application deadline is September 30th 2011