Hart House Film Board

Film Board Newsletter, May 24

1.  Inside Out LGBT Film and Video Festival

Queer film and video fetival with screenings, performances, parties and more.

Various venues.

Visit www.insideout.on.ca for more information.

2. Worldwide Short Film Festival 2010 BOX OFFICE IS OPEN!

Visit the box office located at Cumberland Terrace, 2 Bloor Street West, or call us at 416 929 2232. You can also visit us online for full festival program and ticketing information at shorterisbetter.com. [ http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/213/108303/106097208/282a937fbd0c23e216d8470f0bb42935 ]

 3. TORONTO SOUNDS is looking for lighting and audio assistant

TORONTO SOUNDS is an ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL (and hhfb) supported feature documentary on the culture of electronic music in toronto. Through event

footage, profiles and interviews – we explore the creative process of an emerging artform.

we’re shooting starting mid june… and we’re looking for 2 student-filmmakers to join the crew as:

   1. LIGHTING ASSISTANT x 1

   2. AUDIO ASSISTANT x 1

compensation:

   - expenses covered for trasportation and shoot only. otherwise GRATIS.

time:

   - required for UP TO the following dates:

   - June 12, 13, 14, 30, july 9, and 5 more dates (TBD) between July 15-Oct

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   - 90% weekends, but some awkward weekend hours to be expected…

some experience is good, but easy to get along with-ness is better

you’ll be working under award-winning DPs and Audio guys in complicated shooting situations – so it should be fun!

pls send cv/links to torontosoundsproject@gmail.com with SUBJECT LINE: HHFB

CREW APP before june 1.

www.torontosoundsproject.com for more info.

4. U of T’s television station is looking for filmmakers

“University of Toronto Television is UofT’s very own television station, where students can write, act, and direct their own shows.  Right now we’re looking for enthusiastic people who are skilled in any areas related to film making.  We’re also looking for submissions of short films students may have done in the past, to be featured on the website (www.uttv.ca).  Thank you for your time.”

5. En Route Film Festival Call for submissions (deadline May 31)

Submit Your Film

We are now accepting submissions for 2010.

The festival is open to all emerging Canadian filmmakers.

You must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

You must have been a student attending any formal (university or college) film-studies institution or receiving informal training in film studies (production courses, workshops, hands-on experience in media-arts production) anywhere in the world as of September 2007 or later.

You must be of legal age in your jurisdiction; otherwise, an application must be made by a parent or guardian on your behalf.

Submissions that have been broadcast on commercial television are not eligible.

This festival is free to enter. The deadline is May 31, 2010.

Download entry form (PDF)

Download enRoute Film Fest-Rules and Regs

6. Toronto Urban Film Festival. Early Bird deadline approaching.

Making a great one-minute film, that’s TUFF!

The Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF), the only festival of its

kind in North America, is a 10-day long public film festival that

reaches over 1.3 million subway commuters daily. TUFF is looking

for the best one-minute silent films from across Canada and around

the world.

REMINDER: The deadline to submit without a fee is May 31st. Fees

start at $10 CAD on June 1st and rise to $15 CAD on July 1st.

Films are selected by a guest jury of well known filmmakers,

programmers and academics in the field. The TUFF 2010 Jury:

Min Sook Lee, Jorge Lozano, Kathleen Mullen, Sarah Robayo Sheridan,

Haema Sivanesan, and Michael Zryd.

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FourthWallMedia/485e9735d0/c139aaa989/386b7f699b

Top awards will be selected by this year’s guest judge,

Academy Award nominated filmmaker Deepa Mehta.

Over $10,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded to the winning

films, with a top prize of a 5 star trip for two to Jamaica.

www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com/awards

Artist fees of $100 will be payed to every film selected by

our jury to screen on the TTC and on the TUFF website.

The festival runs from September 10 – 19, 2010, at the same

time as TIFF. Films are presented on the Onestop network of

270 subway platform screens inside the TTC, and featured on

the new and improved TUFF website.

Filmmakers, animators and video artists are invited to submit

one-minute silent films that speak to an urban audience.

Programming themes this year are: Urban Encounters and

Other Stories; Our Environment and Urban Growth; The Medium

is the Message; Urban Ideas and Politics; Urban Journeys; The City

is a Poem; After Night Falls.

While you’re submitting a film to TUFF, don’t forget you can

also submit it to our friends at the One Minute Film and Video

Festival,

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http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FourthWallMedia/485e9735d0/c139aaa989/cb00b82e2f  also in Toronto.

Submit your film before June 1st and avoid the $10 entry fee.

Fees rise to $15 on July 1st. Final Deadline: July 15th.

www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com

TUFF is co-produced by ONESTOP Media Group -

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FourthWallMedia/485e9735d0/c139aaa989/814d7227c8 

and Art for Commuters -

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FourthWallMedia/485e9735d0/c139aaa989/90dee4aaf3 and

funded by the Canada Council for the Arts.