Hotline Information
*UPDATED 3/12/2010*
Casting Call for "Winter in the Blood"
Filmmakers Andrew and Alex Smith (“The Slaughter Rule”) will be conducting a casting session for the feature film "Winter in the Blood" April 10-11 at the Great Falls Civic Center. Native American BOYS (ages 10-17) and Native American MEN and WOMEN (mid 20's through mid 50's) are encouraged to read for both speaking and non-speaking roles. For more information, audition material and updates on the film, please visit www.winterinthebloodfilm.com.
*UPDATED 3/10/2010*
explore / Hatch award Call For Entries
HATCHfest is teaming up with explore.org to champion the selfless acts of others through a film competition at this year’s HATCHfest Asheville and HATCHfest Bozeman. The explore/Hatch Award presented by explore.org will be given to a filmmaker whose short film shows a group or individual hero striving for a better world. explore.org is a multimedia organization that documents leaders around the world who have devoted their lives to extraordinary causes. Both educational and inspirational, they creates a portal into the soul of humanity by championing the selfless acts of others. In line with explore.org’s mission, HATCH inspires others and makes a positive impact on people and the planet in a creative way through film, music, photography, journalism, fashion, architecture, design, technology and more.
Winners of the first explore/Hatch Award presented by explore.org will be flown to HATCHfest Asheville April 15 – 18th and a new winner to HATCHfest Bozeman September 22 – 25 to be presented with a prize from explore.org founder and documentary filmmaker, Charles Annenberg Weingarten, and HATCH. If you or someone you know has made a film highlighting a cause that inspires others to make a difference, submissions are now open. For more info click here.
Funding for the explore/Hatch Award is made possible through the efforts of explore and the Annenberg Foundation.
*UPDATED 3/8/2010*
2011 Native American Film + Video Festival
Call For Entries
The internationally-recognized Native American Film & Video Festival is a noncompetitive showcase of film, video and audio productions. The 15th Native American Film + Video Festival will be held in New York City from March 31-April 3, 2011. We are currently accepting submissions for short works and feature films—documentaries, fictions, animations, music videos and experimental media—from North, Central, and South America, and Hawai’i. The 2011 call for entries runs from January 4 - June 3, 2010. Organized by the Film and Video Center of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the Festival is the first international indigenous film festival, founded to celebrate the creative energy of Native American directors, producers, writers, actors, musicians, and cultural activists, and all who support their endeavors. Click here to download a submission form or to learn more about this event.
*UPDATED 3/2/2010*
IFP Independent Filmmaker Labs
Call for Narrative & Documentary Features
IFP, a national non-profit filmmakers’ organization, is searching for emerging filmmakers to participate in their Independent Filmmaker Labs. IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs is the only free program in the U.S. supporting first-time feature directors at the crucial rough cut/post production stage. The Labs play a pivotal role in helping emerging filmmakers to realize the full potential of their stories – and their careers. Through five days of workshops, mentorship, networking opportunities and creative guidance on their project, Lab filmmakers are able to gain editorial feedback, assess strategic partnerships & marketing opportunities, and evaluate their options for maximizing the reach of their film via festivals, traditional theatrical roll-outs or through innovative, DIY distribution methods. Filmmakers also meet with cutting-edge technologists to build their brands, as well as explore the myriad of modern web and promotional tools necessary to build engaged audiences for their projects.
Drawing from a national candidate pool, 20 projects (10 documentaries and 10 narratives) are selected for this year-long Lab fellowship which, includes the five-day Lab in New York City, one-on-one mentorship with industry innovators and icons, and during IFP’s Independent Film Week in September - pre-scheduled meetings with potential buyers, sales agents and festival programmers and inclusion in a Lab “Sneak Preview” Showcase presentation. For more information & application: http://labs.ifp.org.
Important Dates:
Documentary Lab Submission Deadline: April 12-16, 2010 (Applications Closed)
Narrative Lab Submission Deadline: June 7-11, 2010 (Applications due March 26)
*UPDATED 2/19/2010*
Annual MisCon Short Film Festival
Is Now Accepting Entries
MisCon, Montana’s longest running science fiction convention, is now accepting entries for its International Short Film Festival. The MisCon Film Festival will be held May 28-31, 2010. This festival is dedicated to showcasing the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film-making. Last years’ con saw nearly double attendance and we hope to do that again this year. All films that meet our criteria will shown to the public in our screening room. Those selected as top films (by our judges) in each category will compete in the audience judging for the “Best of Show” certificate. Certificates will also be awarded for first, second and honorable mention in each category. Films must be between 30 seconds and 30 minutes in length.
A completed DVD must be received by the MisCon Festival no later than May 1, 2010.
Categories are:
MisCon 24 theme, this year it’s “Space and Time”
Science fiction
Fantasy
Horror
Animation (with above themes)
Documentary (with above themes)
No exploitation! Films showing gratuitous sex or violence will not be accepted! There is no entry fee, filmmakers keep all rights to their films. For full details and to download an entry form, as well as information about MisCon itself, please go to our website at www.miscon.org.
*UPDATED 1/27/2010*
Networking with the Montana Actor's Studio
Montana Actor's Studio always meet on the second Wednesday of the month at the Bozeman Library.
If you have not attended a MAS meeting, your first meeting is free. Contact Tina about membership fees. Upcoming meetings will feature guest speakers, table readings for film scripts, and scene-work opportunities. MSU film students will be holding auditions this semester. Members also have access to job referrals and resource information.
Montana Actor's Studio is a networking community encompassing all ages and varying career levels who come together to learn and share the craft of film acting. At the Studio you get hands-on experience, inspiration and education and insight into the business of acting and film in Montana and Los Angeles. The Studio is dedicated to discover new talent, showcase talent and fine-tune talent.
Montana Actor's Studio has a FREE website for networking. Check it out at http://mtactorsstudio.ning.com/. Invite your friends and colleagues and start connecting with other actors. Feel free to call with any questions or to find out more about MAS. We'd love to have you join us!
Montana Actor's Studio
Tina Buckingham, Director
406-586-9758
filmmt@aol.com
Inspire, Entertain, Educate, Experience, Create
*UPDATED 1/27/2010*
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL IS ACCEPTING 2010 FILM ENTRIES
The 17th Austin Film Festival (AFF) has announced a call for entries. This festival is dedicated to championing the work of aspiring and established filmmakers, defined as screenwriters, directors, editors, producers, actors and all artists who use the language of film to tell a story. AFF puts your film in front of the right people. In past years, film competition juries have included a mix of filmmakers, film critics, festival programmers, and representatives from major media companies such as MGM, Paramount Vantage, Adult Swim, Walt Disney Studios and Pixar Animation Studios. These are the people you want viewing your film. Enter the contest and give them the chance.
Here are the details about entering your film to the 2010 festival:
Film Categories: Narrative Feature, Narrative Short, Narrative Student Short, Animated Short, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short
Film Postmarked Deadlines: First Deadline JUNE 2nd ($45), Late Deadline JULY 2nd ($50)
Ways to Enter: Click here to fill out the 2010 AFF Competition Entry Form and mail it in, or enter here via Withoutabox.com, or enter online
Students should contact programming@austinfilmfestival.com for special discount rates and group entry fees. Click here for special rules and guidelines. Winners will be announced during the Awards Luncheon on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at the 17th Austin Film Festival and Conference. Please contact David Gil at 1-800-310-3378 or davidgil@austinfilmfestival.com for more information.
To find out more about the festival events visit www.austinfilmfestival.com.
Austin Film Festival
1801 Salina Street
Austin , TX 78702
phone 512-478-4795 / 1-800-310-FEST (3378)
*UPDATED 1/25/2010*
National Geographic TV Series is Looking
for Challenging Engineering Projects in Montana
National Geographic's television show "World's Toughest Fixes" is looking for challenging engineering projects taking place in Montana. This series tells infrastructure and engineering hero stories of all sorts - from upgrade, maintenance, and repair work in communications, energy, transportation, aerospace, astrophysics and other major sectors around the world. The stories follow teams in real time, observing as they perform their work – upgrades, maintenance, and repairs. The show is interested in diverse engineering projects of all kinds, particularly those highlighting challenging circumstances, visually interesting work, unique locations, creative problem-solving, cutting edge tools or technology, and innovative solutions. Their heroes are the rapid plans designed to efficiently, effectively, and safely work on anything, anywhere, at any time. The focus of this series is on solid engineering, unexpected solutions, pioneering technology, and expert teams across all major sectors.
This series will air in a prime time slot both nationally and internationally for the National Geographic Channel. It is one of the highest rated series that runs on the National Geographic Channel and is widely recognized in a variety of markets both domestically and internationally. Click here to look at clips from other shows within the series.
If you have a project that fits this description taking place anytime between January and April and are interested, please email Kevin Ross at kross@ngs.org
*UPDATED 1/14/2010*
Casting Call for Western Feature
Amethyst Productions is looking to cast Native American woman ages 18-25 for their upcoming western feature, "Lone Tree Bench," which will be filmed in Cleveland, MT this summer. If you are interested please send your headshots and resumes to 517 S. 5th St. E #2 Missoula, MT 59801 or email them to amethystscripticide@yahoo.com. For more information, please contact Tolan Harber at 406.945.0640.
*UPDATED 1/6/2010*
Freelance Filmmakers Needed for Montana Shoots
Internet video production company TurnHere has immediate paid assignments in Montana for freelance filmmakers interested in producing videos for us. Using our network of 8,000+ filmmakers, TurnHere produced and distributed more than 20,000 videos for businesses of all sizes, from the world’s largest companies (Audi, NBC, Pottery Barn, etc.) to individual small business owners.
We’ve recently launched our most successful program, the Free Video Trial program. The concept is simple: if you know of businesses in your area who might be interested in trying online video for free to promote their business, we’ll pay you to produce a 1-minute video for them. We’ll take care of delivery and distribution. Assuming you maintain quality standards, there is practically no limit to the amount of paid projects you can produce. The only necessary equipment is a 3CCD DV prosumer camera (such as a DVX100B), a lav mic, a tripod, headphones and editing software (such as Final Cut Pro).
If you would like to learn more please check out http://filmmaker.turnhere.com to learn more and get started.
*UPDATED 12/21/2009*
Submit Your Films to The Trailer Festival
The Trailer Festival will take place on April 29th, 2010 at the ICM Screening Room in the MGM Tower, Century City, Los Angeles. Only trailers will be screened and the audience will be exclusively entertainment professionals. This is an opportunity to get your work seen by companies like HBO, Universal and producers who have made hits such as '40 Year Old Virgin' and 'Lost'. A complete list of attendees can be found on The Industry page. You can submit your sizzle reel whether you have just the script or if you have produced your entire film. Projects will be selected on merit alone and we will not ask for this information until after the selection process. Visit www.thetrailerfestival.com for more information or email info@thetrailerfestival.com.
*UPDATED 12/8/2009*
New TLC TV Series is Looking
for Structures to Implode
How would you like to be responsible for speeding up economic development in your city? Getting rid of that large eyesore all the neighbors have been complaining about? Making room for the future? Avoid months of dust and loud construction sounds? If so, we are seeking large structures, 5 stories and above, smoke stacks and/or bridges, planned & budgeted for demolition Dec- Jan 2010 that our talent, “The Imploders”, will subcontract and bring down in ONE day! “The Imploders” series documents the activities of Advanced Explosive Demolition (AED), and in particular Eric and Lisa Kelly. The show is set to premiere on TLC December 17 and showcases AED as one of the best demolition companies in the business. The core content of the series is made up of Eric and Lisa managing family life on the road while they run their successful demolition business. In each of the 6 episodes, they travel to a different city in order to bring down a building, bridge or other large structure. We are filming them as they deal with pulling down the structures while trying to keep their family together.
Inclusion in the show will most likely result in significant exposure for the city, officials, developers & contractor as part of the story, which may also be seen internationally, as well as on other ancillary platforms including DVD and Internet. Many episodes will include an implosion where the mayor pushes the button and others showcase a process called “Tripping” where the structure is weakened and pulled down on itself in ONE day without any explosives. Crew is minimal and abides by OSHA standards. Where do we go from here? Contact me at 310-428-4707 if you have a large structure that the city, private owner, developer, etc. is prepared to demolish in Dec or Jan. If there's already a general contractor, not a problem. The Imploders are sub-contracted by the general contractor, owner, city or project manager for their expertise in "Implosion" and/or "Tripping". Also the Imploders will call an all city meeting for a site-specific presentation on safety, dust, vibration, noise, neighbors, etc. Please note that TLC will not pay for demolition and structures must have already been cleared of asbestos.
*UPDATED 10/7/2009*
We TV is Looking for Bridezillas
Do you or someone you know think you have what it takes to
be on America’s top-rated wedding show?
Are you planning a wedding between November 2009 and May
2010?
Are your wedding preparations getting out of control?
Are you struggling with the cooperation of your wedding party,
fiancé or in-laws?
Are you doing everything in your power to make sure your
wedding day is perfect?
Are you ready to share your story with other women who’ve been
or will be in your shoes?
If so, then you are just what we’re looking for! **BRIDES WILL BE GENEROUSLY COMPENSATED***
If your wedding falls within the dates above & you’d like to be considered
for an episode of We TV's Bridezillas, email bride's full name, age, address, contact number, email, wedding date, wedding budget, groom's full name, and age to castingbridezillas@gmail.com.
1. TELL US WHY YOU'D BE A GREAT BRIDEZILLA. GIVE EXAMPLES.
2. WHO IS GIVING YOU THE MOST STRESS AND WHY?
3. GIVE US YOUR TOP 3 CONCERNS FOR YOUR WEDDING.
Lastly, please email us a couple photos of you and your fiancé.
