ACE and IMAGO – New Partners of the Filmmaker’s Festival
eDIT 11th Filmmaker’s Festival will offer a further improved program with new partners. The festival has agreed on partnerships with ACE, American Cinema Editors, and IMAGO, the European Federation of Cinematographers. Both partners will organize high-profile workshops and presentations within the festival program for editors, cinematographers and other interested filmmakers.
“Participation in the Filmmaker’s Festival gives cinematographers throughout Europe an important platform for exchanging ideas about creative filmmaking with one another and with other film professionals. Improved mutual understanding will enhance collaboration between departments,” explains Nigel Walters, President of IMAGO.
Jenni McCormick, Executive Director of ACE, says: “American Cinema Editors looks forward to a long-term partnership with the Filmmaker’s Festival.”
Specific program offerings will be available online from mid-July.
Visual-Effects Focus: Academy Award Winners Announced
Visual effects and computer animation remain a focus of the Filmmaker’s Festival. It is already clear that the 2008 program will again meet the high standards of previous years. Tom Atkin, the festival’s US co-director and founder of the Visual Effects Society, has received firm commitments from prominent VFX experts including:
John Nelson, winner of the VFX Oscar® for Gladiator, will present the visual effects of the spring blockbuster Iron Man.
Joel Hynek, winner of the Oscar® for What Dreams May Come, will explain the visual effects of The Mummy III—and judging by its predecessors, there is plenty to anticipate.
John Gaeta, winner of the Oscar® for The Matrix, will show how the digital madness of Speed Racer was produced.
Craig Barron, Governor of the Visual Effects Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will explain the techniques and background of matte painting.
ILM has also announced that it will show the VFX of Indiana Jones IV. Additional presenters and topics will be added over the coming weeks. The complete program will be available online in mid-July.
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eDward – Save Planet Earth
eDward – The Young Filmmaker’s Award is intended for emerging talent. Demonstrate talent and creativity with a 30-second film and win cash prizes of up to EUR 2,500, additional prizes and an invitation to attend the Filmmaker’s Festival as a guest of honor.
Filmmakers up to 30 years old can participate. They must submit a film no longer than 30 seconds. The standard commercial format reveals who can translate a vision precisely into images.
The competition theme is PLANET EARTH.
From the invention of the steam engine in 1769 to the present day, one technological advance has followed another. Yet planet Earth appears to be struggling under humanity’s interventions. Global warming, floods, droughts, water scarcity, species extinction and homelessness are threatening phenomena.
The submission deadline is Tuesday, 22 August 2008.
Deadlines – Dokfest and VDW Award
Friends and partners at Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival and the VDW Awards are also calling for competition entries.
For its 25th anniversary edition, Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival invites visitors to Kassel from 11 to 16 November 2008 to present the diversity and current trends of documentary work. Artists, filmmakers, distributors, gallery owners, universities and institutions are invited to apply with new work and projects.
The submission deadline is 21 July 2008.
The submission form and participation rules are available at http://www.filmladen.de/dokfest.
The Association of German Commercial Film Producers presents the VDW Award to recognize the artistic quality of exceptional commercial-film productions. Advertising agencies, commercial-film production companies and, naturally, all independent creative professionals in the commercial-film industry are invited to participate.
The VDW Award 2008 takes place at Schauspiel Frankfurt on 11 October.
Entries can be submitted online or by post.
The submission deadline is 7 August 2008.
Dates and Registration: Secure the Early-Booking Discount
eDIT 11th Filmmaker’s Festival takes place from 28 to 30 September 2008 at CineStar Metropolis in Frankfurt am Main.
Registrations received by 20 August 2008 qualify for a 20 percent early-booking discount on registration fees. The offer does not apply to group registrations.
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