Below is an on-going list of up-coming dance film festival and funding submission deadlines. Please feel free to contact me if you have a call for submissions to post.

— Anna Brady Nuse

December 2009

Open Call

containR

a sports, art, dance and performance film festival housed in reconditioned shipping containers during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games

Co-curated by Evann Siebens & Nicole Mion

We are looking for short (0-5 minutes) single channel films that celebrate physicality in art, dance, performance and sport. containR asks the question: where is the line between art and sport? How does a dance performance differ from a snowboarder’s ‘performance’ on the slopes? What are the differences between how the body is used by athletes or artists?  How is this explored cinematically? containR will program a wide variety of work, both historical and contemporary, Canadian and International.

containR is a street installation at the nexus of video, public art and urban design. Sited in downtown Vancouver during the Olympic and Paralympic Games (February – March 2010), containR sits at the cross roads of mountain and urban culture, art and sports cinema, embracing public art and sustainable design. By using reconditioned shipping containers integrating alternative energy sources, the installation references Vancouver’s rich history as a major port as well as a centre for green design. containR is free and open to the general public, with looped programming running daily during the Olympic period,

Check out www.containR.com for last year’s incarnation during the 2009 Vancouver Cultural Olympiad.

containR is presented by Springboard in partnership with Cineworks, Bravo!FACT/CTV, BCAC Unique Opportunities Grant, and Arts Partners in Creative Development.

Please send the following information:

1.       Screening DVD or information on directions to view films in their entirety on-line

2.       Short synopsis (50 words or less)

3.       Promotional or production stills (max 3)

4.       Short credits


Please email to:

info@containr.com

Or ship to

Deadline: December 7, 2009

There is no entry fee, however, if you want your physical materials returned, please include a SASE envelope or pre-paid shipping instructions.

Look forward to seeing your work!

Evann Siebens & Nicole Mion

Co-Artistic Directors, Co-Curators

www.containR.com

moves10 | OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES | “Framing Motion” 21-25 April 2010

moves is the largest exhibition platform in the UK for experimental short film and new media with a unique focus on movement on screen, exploring new ways of telling stories through films, screen-based installations and discussion. moves08 questioned the relations between movement and sound on screen, moves09 looked at stories beyond movement. moves10 will explore the notion of framing movement through screenings, installations, live events, forums…

CALL FOR ENTRIES NEW! ALTERNATIVE ROUTES AWARD PRIZE: This year you can win a tour across Europe to present your work with the Alternative Routes Award! moves is now inviting artists to submit their work for the 2010 festival; deadline is Sunday 13th December 2009. Under the theme “Framing Motion”, moves welcome short films, screen-based installations and papers completed after December 2008. The submission form and guidelines to apply are available here .

January 2010

$B!v(BCALL FOR ENTRIES !!!

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 15.Jan 2010

AAS Film Art series

” DMJ international video dance festival 2010″

29 APR – 2 MAY 2010

http://www.dance-media.com/videodance/index-en.html

DMJ international video dance festival 2010 announces our 6th festival

presenting international dance video on 29 APR – 2 MAY 2010, organized

by Dance and Media Japan, in partnership with Asahi Art Square.

The festival features dance film and dance video, a genre which is

different from mere documentations of dance performances. A dance film

or dance video presents choreography that has been specially made for

camera. Every year we receive numerous entries from all over the world

with high-quality works.

<Conditions for entry (Please read carefully before you enter)>

[1] There is no entry-fee to enter your work.

Only selected works will be screened at the festival. This selection

will be done by Naoto Iina, the director of Dance and Media Japan.

[2] We only accept DVD as a medium. (We DO NOT accept VHS,DV tapes.)

[3] We only accept dance film / dance video. We do not accept video

documentation of stage productions, documentary works, promotion

materials.

[4] When the work exceeds a length of 60 minutes, we may only screen

it partially due to the limited screening time we have.

[5] No pay screening fee.

<About the selection process>

[1] Not all the entered works will be screened. Only works selected by

Naoto Iina of Dance and Media Japan will be screened during the

festival,The selected works will be screened also in Nagoya and Kyoto.

[2] A group of jurors will select best 4 – 8 works among the screened

works. This selection will be presented as “DMJ international video

dance festival selection”

<Jurors>

Naoto Iina (Dance and Media Japan)

Mio Shirai(Artist)

other….

<Dates for screenings of the selected entries>

29 APR – 2 MAY 2010

Place: Asahi Art Square, Tokyo

http://arts-npo.org/aas/index.htm

Please use the following entry form and send it via e-mail.

Works with incomplete entry form will not be accepted.

- Still photo Please send a still from the entered work.

(JPEG or BPM

format max 1MB / image)

- Name the file with the title of the entered

work

<shipping address>

Asahi Artsquare/Videodance

1-23-1 superdry hall 4F, Azumabashi, Sumida-ku,

Tokyo, #130-0001, Japan

<Contact>

Tel +81-90-9118-5171

?e-mail: videodance@dance-media.com

February 2010

CIRCUIT SOUP

http://www.circuitsoup.co.uk/

All the information you need and an application form for the Circuit Soup Festival can be found by clicking on the PDF file buttons below.

How the works are screened: the works will be played from a DVD and be presented on televisions with sound. The televisions will be situated on the inside of high street shops. The audience are welcome to stay for the duration of the programme but may come and go throughout the screenings. Please consider the conditions of the presentation of the programme when making an application to a festival. If it is essential that your work is seen on a large screen in a dark room with a seated audience this particular festival may not be the best opportunity for you.

The final application deadline is February 1st 2010. All applications must be received by this date.

Postal Applications are preferred. However, if you cannot apply via post and have the ability to send large files over the internet we are happy to receive applications via email. Just send an application form and your video as a ‘.mov’ file to circuitsoup@gmail.com.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Thanks for applying, we look forwards to seeing your work.

March 2010

IL COREOGRAFO ELETTRONICO

The 17th edition of the International Festival of Videodance “Il Coreografo Elettronico” will take place in May, 2010 in Naples. The deadline to participate is fixed on March 31, 2010.

http://www.napolidanza.com/index.asp?ling=e

ON-GOING SUBMISSIONS (No deadlines)

DANCE FILMS ASSOCIATION

We have a new opportunity to show films in Dance New Amsterdam’s lobby. We started with a video loop created for the Gallery of the Walter Reade Theatre for Dance on Camera Festival. However, we are planning the coming months programming. Let us know if you would like to have your title included for this non-paying installation.
info@dancefilms.org
dancefilms.org
Contact info@dancehouse.org

DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP

DTW has a new Members Only section of their website, and one of the features is a Member Video of the Week. The Video of the Week allows members of Dance Theater Workshop to share video based work with their fellow members. Videos are prominently displayed on the Members Only Welcome Page for one week; there is no fee to participate in Video of the Week. The videos are posted in the order they are received and are non-currated

Guidelines for Submission

• Videos must be hosted by a third party site such as YouTube or Vimeo. Video dimensions should be no larger than 425px x 355px
• To submit your video, email the html embedding code provided by the site as well as credits for the video to richert@dtw.org . Please do not send original files.

Policies
Videos are posted on the Dance Theater Workshop site in the order they were received and are non-curated. Videos should be high quality and resolution; members are notified if Dance Theater Workshop is unable to host the video due to low quality. The video of the week is intended for work created for the camera; documentation of live performances will not be posted. Members may submit one video per month.

F R A M E W O R K S

Dance film Series
at Galapagos Art Space Brooklyn, NY
Rolling deadlines

Mission
Frameworks seeks to provide a vital, consistent and supportive stage for presenting new works of dance film from across the country. The films will be chosen for their creativity within the cinematic medium and excellence in choreography with a special focus on smaller budget films that do not otherwise have the opportunity to be seen or appreciated.

Eligibility
We are seeking original works of choreography for the camera, less than 20 minutes in length, and created in the last five years. We have adopted a loose definition of “dance film” that includes any work in which the movement is paramount, and created specifically for the camera. Documentaries will not be considered.

Although the first screening in summer 2008 will be restricted to New York based artists and companies, the subsequent screenings will showcase work from everywhere. So please, submit now and your film will be considered on a rolling basis.

For more information and to download application go to: http://www.frameworksdance.org/

VIDEO ART REQUEST

I am glad to invite you to show your videos in the channel WEBTV.sepiensa,
an internet channel dedicated exclusively to video-art, performance documantation, etc.

WEBTV.sepiensa has the support of Sepiensa.net [debate.art.society]. Curatoria Forense and Fondo Nacional Audiovisual (Chile)

If you are interested in participate, you can send the video(s) to jorge@numcero.cl through YOUSENDIT (http://www.yousendit.com/) if the file has less than 100 MB or by postal mail (DVD or CD) to:

Jorge Sepúlveda T.
Casilla de Correo 68,
Sucursal 12 Capital
Buenos Aires, Argentina

technical requirements:
- file in AVI format (compress as RAR or ZIP)
- at least 640 x 480 pixels
- 10 minutes max. each video
- information of each video (title, author, date)

By sending your video, WEBTV.sepiensa is authorized to use it for public exhibition on internet and activities related to the promotion of WEBTV.sepiensa.

www.curatoriaforense.net

FEAST

Welcome to our new initiative Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics (FEAST), a multi-disciplinary, community-based artist grant. For info on proposals and volunteering, email feastinbklyn@gmail.com

It won’t be a FEAST without you. Can’t wait to break bread.

FEAST is a recurring public dinner designed to use community-driven financial support to democratically fund new and emerging artmakers.

At each FEAST, participants will pay a sliding-scale entrance fee for which they will receive supper and a ballot. Diners will vote on a variety of proposed artist projects. At the end of dinner, the artist whose proposal receives the most votes will be awarded funds collected through the entrance fee to produce the project. The work will then be presented during the next FEAST.

For more info on the next feast go to: http://feastinbklyn.org/

Educational Opportunities

Master of Fine Arts

With an Emphasis on Screendance

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Art offers an interdisciplinary graduate degree in which the student may create a unique curriculum and program of study that supports their particular area of practice or research. To that end, in 2010, Professor Douglas Rosenberg will begin working with a limited number of graduate students in the area of Screendance. Students will have access to a diverse and accomplished faculty working across disciplines including performance, video, installation and digital media. Additionally, they will have access to the UW Madison Dance Department and it’s faculty including choreographer Li Chiao-Ping, theorist and historian Dr. Andrea Harris and others.

The practice of screendance will be situated within a larger context of the visual arts and will include theoretical components, historical analysis, critical writing, creative practice and studio based production in screen performance.

The UW Madison has held a number of significant conferences and symposia on screendance and will be the home of the forthcoming International Journal of Screendance.

Please contact Douglas Rosenberg at rosend@education.wisc.edu with questions and, for more information, see the University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School web site at: http://www.grad.wisc.edu/

Also, the UW Madison Department of Art: http://art.wisc.edu/?folder=home and the Dance Program at: http://www.dance.wisc.edu/

AFTRS Graduate Certificate in Screen Culture

“Ideas are the most powerful force shaping our screen industry and culture. This unique AFTRS Graduate Certificate is all about ideas– where they have come from, how they have changed over time and their impact on the screen work we make and view. The course gives students the opportunity to discover and contribute to the ideas about stories, creativity, audiences and process that shape screen production. It develops students to function in a range of roles, including: critics, commentators, dramaturges, festival directors, teachers, administrators or project officers. It also strengthens and sharpens the creative and analytic skills of practitioners, particularly creative producers and directors, developing their understanding of the broader culture in which they work, and the forces acting upon them as they perform their roles. Through discussions, screenings, exercises, guest presentations and seminars, students encounter, debate and develop their own ideas about shaping our screen culture.” for more information, go to http://makeit.aftrs.edu.au/int-screenculture.html