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Archive for March, 2010
03/24/2010
» Cinereach Winter Cycle 2010 Grants Announced
Info courtesy of Shooting People email announcement:
Shooting People, IFP and NYWIFT are partnering for the first time to give members the opportunity to attend Hot Docs in Toronto as part of the official “US Delegation.” The fest takes place April 29 – May 9, 2010.
The Hot Docs delegations program welcomes specially-organized international groups of documentary professionals, and helps to develop industry programming and market events focused on the co-production, financing and international sales of docs.
A US Delegation at Hot Docs will include the following components:
Toronto Documentary Forum (May 5 & 6) US delegation producers applying to attend the Forum as observers will be guaranteed admission to this limited seating event.
International Co-Production Day (May 3) A special event during which US producers can introduce themselves to fellow delegates and connect with international documentary professionals.
Featured Index for US Producer’s Projects in the digital Doc Shop market Each US delegation producer would receive the opportunity to submit, on a 25% discounted basis, films into the Doc Shop, Hot Docs’ on-demand digital video library for international buyers and programmers.
US delegates will have also the opportunity to access:
- All Festival Screenings (access to over 255 screenings)
- The Doc Shop digital market screening library
- All Hot Docs Conference sessions and programs, including Hot Docs Talks, Kickstart panels, CoffeeTalks and Micro Meetings
- All Sales Office services and events, including Rendezvous meeting opportunities, Hot Docs Online Community and Sales Consultants
- The annual Hot Docs Awards Presentation
- All services provided by the Rogers Industry Center
- A full roster of parties and receptions
- The NFB Delegate Lounge
- Over 1,900 registered documentary professionals from more than 25 countries
- Over 300 international broadcasters, film foundation representatives and acquisitions executives representing the world’s key broadcast markets
- Over 400 accredited media representatives
- All this at the hugely discounted price of 577.50 (Canadian Dollars).
Sign up here with discount code: HDUSADEL
When registering online, delegates should select pass option C: Toronto Documentary Forum Pass.
Please note you will have to make your own travel and accommodation arrangements.
Announcement courtesy of:
DCTV PRESENTS MEET THE FUNDERS
Tue 3/23, 7:30pm, DCTV
Applying for funding can be one of the greatest stresses for filmmakers. But here’s a chance to hear more about what funders are looking for and the best practices for applying to them.
Join us as Natalie Difford (Chicken & Egg Pictures), Ryan Harrington (Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund) and Adella Ladjevardi (Cinereach) calm our nerves and share their invaluable funding criteria with us.
Working with funders is all about building relationships and it starts with a familiarity of all the options out there. Meet The Funders will get you familiar with the current landscape and include some top tips on filling out those tricky applications and submitting killer sample footage. This event is most relevant for filmmakers working on social issue projects.
$15 DCTV & Shooting People Members
$20 IFP, NYWIFT, DocuClub Members
$30 General
Details & Tickets here.
The 18th annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital takes place March 16-28, 2010. There are 56 screening venues, 155 films, and an audience of 25,000 is expected to attend. Films selected for the festival “celebrate the wonder of the natural world and illuminate the growing challenges to life on earth.”
Gasland by Josh Fox
This fest will mark the D.C. premiere of Gasland by Josh Fox. The film chronicles Fox’s 24-state journey to investigate the consequences of natural gas drilling. It received support from the Sundance Reach Fund (part of the Cinereach Project at the Sundance Institute), won a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and just took home the Artistic Vision Award at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.
Screening information:
FREE SCREENING
Date: 3/16/10 7:00pm
Venue: Carnegie Institution for Science, Elihu Root Auditorium, 1530 P St., NW
A discussion with filmmaker Josh Fox follows screening.
The Road Ahead: The First Green Long March by Cinereach Productions
The first feature documentary from Cinereach’s in-house production arm, The Road Ahead: The First Green Long March is a meditative portrait of the growing student environmental movement amongst Chinese College students. Directed by Ryan Wong and produced by Cinereach‘s Michael Raisler, The film is an official selection of the Hamptons, Connecticut and Cleveland Film Festivals.
Screening information:
FREE SCREENING
Date: 3/23/10 12:00pm
Venue: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Ronald Reagan Building, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Sixth Floor Auditorium, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
The film will be introduced by Jennifer L. Turner of the China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.