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DOCS IN PROGRESS – WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2006 - WASHINGTON DC

Docs in Progress is a bimonthly film series where documentary
filmmakers screen their works in progress for the public. Screenings
are followed up by a feedback session with the audience. Next
Wednesday night's screening will feature two films:

THE PREACHER AND THE POET by Dean Hamer
Reverend Willie Wilson created sparks when he delivered a graphic
sermon in his Washington DC church about the dangers of homosexuality
among African American teenagers. His sermon contrasts with the words
of poet Kenneth Morrison who delivers a lament and commentary on the
challenges of being young, black, and gay.

THE LAST COLONY by Rebecca Kingsley
The fight for democracy hits home in the capital of the United
States . A historic and personal look at Washington DC and how its
quest for self-determination intersects with issues of race, power,
and the constitutional balancing act between the federal and local
government.


WHEN? Wednesday, May 24, 2006, from 7:00-10:00 pm

WHERE? Jack Morton Auditorium, George Washington University (805 21st
Street, NW Washington DC). On corner of 21st and H Streets. Closest
Metro: Foggy Bottom. Street and garage parking nearby.

COST? $5 suggested donation to defray screening expenses.

MORE INFORMATION? See our website at
<http://www.docsinprogress.org> or e-mail us at
contact@docsinprogress.org


This program is coordinated by Docs in Progress and sponsored by The
Documentary Center of the George Washington University.

ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT IN WASHINGTON DC

Docs in Progress
Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 7:00 pm

Docs in Progress is back, ready to offer you the latest in
provocative documentaries by local filmmakers. Best of all, you get
to see them at the near-finished stage and help the filmmakers figure
out how to make good films great. Come join us on Tuesday, July 11
to watch two new docs and to participate in the feedback sessions
with the filmmakers.

WHEN? Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:00-10:00 pm

WHERE? Jack Morton Auditorium at the George Washington University
805 21st Street (at H Street), NW Washington DC
Closest Metro: Foggy Bottom. Free neighborhood street parking after
6:30 pm. Garage parking across the street.

COST
$5 at the door
Advance tickets and subscription also available. See our website for
details.

THE FILMS

TUMAINI LETU(Our Hope) by Natalie Halpern (20 minutes)
In the villages of western Kenya, AIDS has robbed hundreds of
thousands of children of their parents. Three women face the
challenges of how to care for these orphans and help the next
generation have a chance at a better future.

BLACK DIAMONDS by Catherine Pancake (90 minutes)
How has a nation's appetite for cheap energy forced one of its most
enduring regions into a fight for survival? A look at how the debate
over underground and surface coal extraction impacts not only the
environment, but the Appalachian people whose lives have been
surrounded by mountains and coal.

Programs are organized by Docs in Progress and sponsored by The
Documentary Center at the George Washington University. Visit the
Docs in Progress website at <http://www.docsinprogress.org> for more
details.

FILM INDEPENDENT'S 2006 PRODUCERS LAB DEADLINE EXTENDED TO AUGUST 28,
2006

Film Independent is now accepting submissions for its annual Producers
Lab that will take place in Los Angeles during October and November
2006. The deadline for submissions is August 28, 2006 (postmarked).
Sponsored by Technicolor, Film Independent's Producers Lab is an
intensive seven-week program designed to help filmmakers working in
both fiction and documentary develop skills as creative independent
producers. Lab fellows develop a strategy and formal action plan for
bringing their projects to fruition -including a budget, schedule, and
business plan. Fellows have one-on-one meetings with established
producers, directors, and other industry professionals who act as
advisors to them on their specific projects.

A maximum of ten producers are accepted into the program each year.
Some projects that have gone through the Labs are the following: So
Yong Kim's Sundance-winning film, In Between Days; Jessica Sanders'
After Innocence, short listed for the Academy Awards' documentary
category; Andrea Millers' Dark Matter, currently in production with
Val Kilmer and Meryl Streep; Scott Prendergast's Kabluey, currently in
production with Lisa Kudrow; Dana Jackson's Park starring Billy
Baldwin; Mora Stephens and Joel Stephens' Conventioneers, winner of an
Independent Spirit Award; Ted Kroeber's American Gun recently released
by IFC Films.

Past instructors include Effie Brown (In the Cut), Eric D'arbeloff
(Lovely and Amazing), Alison Dickey (Piggie), Matthew Greenfield (The
Good Girl), Jasmine Kosovic (D.E.B.S.), and Shelby Stone (Lackawanna
Blues). Past guest speakers include Craig Emanuel, Debra Grieco,
Midge Sanford, Peggy Rajski, Laurie Parker, Ron Yerxa, among others.
For an application or more information, go to

http://www.filmindependent.org/index.php/talent_development/
producers_labs

For more information, please contact Soo Hugh, 310.432.1275, or email
shugh@filmindependent.org

Remember to put < > round long URLs to make them clickable, thus:

<http://www.filmindependent.org/index.php/talent_development/
producers_labs>

Assistant Professor, Documentary Film and Video Production
Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University

The Program in Film and Media Studies in the Department of Art &
Art History at Stanford University is seeking candidates for a
tenure-track Assistant Professor position with an emphasis in the
field of Documentary Film and Video Production. The appointment is
expected to begin September 1, 2007.

The successful candidate will teach at the graduate level in the
M.F.A. Program in Documentary Film and Video and at the
undergraduate level in the Film and Media Studies program.
Candidates will be expected to teach a range of core courses in
both documentary production and studies. The production sequence
includes research, conceptualization, producing, directing,
cinematography, sound, and editing of non-fiction media. The
successful applicant will be encouraged to develop studies courses
that explore the history and theory of documentary. The Program
welcomes applicants who are filmmakers with significant experience
teaching beginning and advanced production students.

Applicants must have a completed MFA or Ph.D. Please send a
letter of application with a statement that details the direction
of your creative work, a description of your approach to teaching,
a CV, a DVD or VHS of recent productions, and a list of three
referees to Chair, Search Committee in Documentary Film and Video
Production, Department of Art & Art History, 435 Lasuen Mall,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2018.

Deadline: November 14, 2006.

Stanford University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action
employer.

IFP's FILMMAKER CONFERENCE

Everything You Need To Know About Making and Selling Your Film

- An unparalled networking opportunity

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2000 filmmakers, agents, managers, funders, fest programmers,
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4 days of seminars on the art, craft, & business of making films.
Bring some business
cards, you never know who you'll meet!

More: http://market.ifp.org/newyork/market/conference/

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PANELS & WORKSHOPS (discounts for you)

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Panels: Sell your Film Internationally, Gaming And Indie Film, New
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Schedule/ Panelists: http://market.ifp.org/newyork/market/conference/

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EXPO & FILMMAKER LOUNGE (free)

Complimentary drinks and special events nightly at the Liquid
Lounge, the industry
networking hub for registered attendees including producers, agents,
managers,
funders, buyers, distributors and other key industry execs from the
US and abroad

Exhibitors:http://market.ifp.org/newyork/market/conference/

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Panel Pass = $35

Day Pass = $75-$100 (depends on day)

Week Pass = $225 (45 panels; only $5 each!)

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THREE WAYS TO REGISTER - (hurry, sells out fast)

Phone: 212-465-8200 x218

Web: http://market.ifp.org/newyork/market/conference/

Live: IFP, 104 West 29 St, 12 Floor, New York

Help: rsvp@ifp.org

Hi everyone! I am looking for suggestions for a good documentary film
composer to work mid September early October. Suggestions? Call
917-856-2027

i know a great one but he's in LA. h. scott salinas -
www.salinasmusic.com. scott@salinasmusic.com. listen to his music
from "laugh clown laugh" and you'll know why. was v. fortunate to
have him compose the soundtrack for 51 Birch Street.

The Documentary Film Makers Course is here!!!

Conducted by the authors of The Documentary Film Makers Handbook and
The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook: Genevieve Jolliffe and Andrew
Zinnes. Genevieve and Andrew are working filmmakers who have toiled in
both the narrative and documentary world for nearly two decades!

Learn how to get your documentary MADE through practical advice, how
to avoid the pitfalls of the industry and how to save time money and
gray hairs with this intensive two day course.

Topics include:
Concept - how to organize your thoughts and make them exciting to
funders. Finance - where and how to get those elusive $$$!
Production & Post - what to think about in the field and edit room.
Lots of info on HD!
Film Festivals - which ones are best and how to make the most out of
them.
Standard and Alternative Marketing & Distribution
Living the filmmaker lifestyle - how to survive!

Price: $299
When: November 11 & 12th, 10AM-6PM.
Where: The Heart Touch Project, 3400 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA
90405. Go to www.hearttouch.org for directions.

For more information and to purchase the course go to www.script-
tonic.com or call 310-941-2168.

Free parking is available at on both sides of the building.

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Coordinator, Documentary Film Program
Job Description

Please email resumes to docresume@sundance.org


Primary Purpose of Position
• Provide support to Director and staff of the Sundance
Documentary Film Program for all DFP activities.
• Maintain databases, conduct research, assist in tracking
department budget.
• Coordinate the Sundance Documentary Fund, a grant-giving
program to support documentaries worldwide dealing with contemporary
human rights, freedom of expression, social justice and civil liberty
issues.
• Coordinate House of Docs Program in Filmmaker Lodge at the
Sundance Film Festival.
• Coordinate DFP Labs at Sundance Resort, assist as needed for
Independent Producer’s Conference.
• Coordinate new initiatives for DFP.


For additional information please visit the Sundance Institute
Website at www.sundance.org

Career Posting:
Associate Director, Documentary Program, Sundance Institute

Please email resume and cover letter to docresume@sundance.org


Primary Purpose of Position
Working closely with the Director and DFP staff, the Associate
Director of the Documentary Film Program oversees the implementation
and execution of all DFP activities, including Doc Fund and Doc Lab
planning and follow-up, Festival support, partnership programming,
travel internationally representing the SIDFP, web site content
development, DFP writing and publications and developing new DFP
initiatives. This position reports to the DFP Director, and oversees
the DFP Manager and Coordinator.

For additional information about this position, please visit the
Sundance Institute Website at www.sundance.org

Call for Entries - Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival
Seattle, WA, USA

Seeking works in all genres (documentaries, narratives, shorts, ad
campaigns, PSAs, new media, etc.). Entries related to climate change
and/or environmental justice are especially encouraged, though
exceptional films addressing other environmental themes or social
themes with an environmental component will also be considered.

English or English subtitles only. While there is no minimum or
maximum length for submissions, screening time is limited and shorter
pieces may have a better chance of being accepted.

Deadlines and entry fees are as follows:
By November 15: $25 (reg) $20 (student)
By December 15: $40 (reg) $30 (student)
By January 15 deadline: $50 (reg) $35 (student)

Please include:

* Completed entry form
* NTSC VHS tape or DVD with name and contact information written
* on tape or disc; associated publicity materials optional Check
payable to "Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network"
* If you want your entry returned, also include a self-addressed
stamped envelope.

Mail entries to:
Hazel Wolf Environmental
Film Network
PO Box 22695
Seattle, WA 98122

For more info: http://hazelfilm.org/submit2007.html

*Room Available During Sundance Film Festival*

Women Make Movies, the leading distributor of films by and about
women, has an extra bedroom available in Park City from Friday,
January 19th – Thursday, January 25th. The available bedroom which
can accommodate one or two people is $1,500 (covers six nights -
1/19 – 1/25). The condo is located the base of Park City mountain, a
five-minute ride on the festival shuttle which stops in front of the
condo and runs continuously throughout the festival. We can provide
a map and more details upon request.

According to the website:

This fully furnished two bedroom condominium has a full kitchen with
a microwave, single person jetted tub, balcony, color TV with cable
and VCR, phone service with computer port and voice mail and
fireplace. A mid-week housekeeping service is included when staying 5
or more nights.

Amenities:
An on site workout room includes 2 treadmills, 1 Elliptical machine,
1 Recumbent machine, universal gym and free weights.

Please contact Debra Zimmerman, Executive Director, Women Make
Movies, dzimmerman@wmm.com if interested.

*WILDLIFE ASIA FILM FESTIVAL - CALL FOR ENTRY!*

What: Wildlife Asia - an international wildlife and environmental
film festival
Where: Singapore
When: 13 - 16 March 2007
Deadline for film entry: 10 February 2007
Early bird rate: Us$500 until 31 Jan 2007 (US$600 thereafter)

The new wildlife film festival, Wildlife Asia, will take place in
Singapore from March 13 to 16, with support from the Singapore
Tourism Board, Animal Planet Asia and the WWF.

The event will feature participation from Animal Planet, the BBC,
Conservation International, Discovery, National Geographic Channel,
NHNZ, NHK, UNDP, UNEP, WCS and WWF. The conference and festival
schedule will explore issues related to wildlife filmmaking in the
region.

The opening address will be given by Wong How Man, dubbed by Time
magazine as “the most accomplished living explorer of China”. Other
key events include: Wild Night at the Zoo, celebrating the career
of “India’s Attenborough,” Valmik Thapar; and Green is the Colour of
Money, where experts will discuss the economic implications of
failing to take care of the environment. The festival ends with the
Lion Awards, celebrating the best in wildlife, conservation and
environmental films and new media, with awards for films, websites,
photography and journalism. There will also be seminars, workshops
and networking and pitching sessions.

For more information see www.wildlifeasia.org.

Karen,
I'm sure your soundtrack is way cooked by now, but thought I would go
ahead and recommend composer David Harris, who did the soundtrack for a
doc called SEOUL TRAIN. I haven't worked with him, but the soundtrack
he did for that film was extraordinary and unforgettable!! You can
contact him via the filmmakers info@seoultrain.com.

Hi I'm in the process of directing a documentary about an Iranian
asylum seeker in Britain. I wanted to know if anyone has footage of
Iran such as images of crisis, prisoners, for more information about
the footage please do write to me. The footage will give some visual
context for the reasons he had to leave Iran in 1995. I'm very sorry
to say there is no funding available for the project. Thanks Corine

Docs in Progress

WHEN? Tuesday, January 30, 2007, from 7:00-10:00 pm

WHERE? Jack Morton Auditorium, George Washington University 805 21st
Street (at H Street), NW Washington DC. Closest Metro: Foggy
Bottom. Convenient garage parking across the street. Free street
parking sometimes available after 6:30 pm.

COST? $5 suggested donation (at the door).

WHAT'S SCREENING?

REDEMPTION STONE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TOM LEWIS by Tom Dziedzic
From growing up dirt-poor in a small Southern town to working the
streets of Washington DC, Tom Lewis had left no stone unturned
looking for redemption. He eventually finds it "fishing in the rivers
of the mind."

STILL CALLING by Steven Holloway
In an accelerated mass media age, is it still possible to stop and
reflect deeply about the world? Artists in a variety of disciplines
share how they have found meaning in their creations. This visual
meditation considers the questions, "What is beauty? What is faith?
What is art?"

Visit our website <http://www.docsinprogress.org> for more
information on these films.

These public workshops are organized by Docs in Progress and
sponsored by The Documentary Center at the George Washington
University.

Do you have an animal related doc project?
Apply for the ACE $10,000 grant - no strings attached!

SILVERDOCS and ACE are requesting documentary grant proposals for
theatrical, television, or new media distribution (20 to 90 minutes).
The project must cover one of the animal issues from the ACE tip sheet
list which can be found on the ACE website www.ace-tvfilm.com. The
project may be in any stage of development or in need of finishing
funds.
Deadline is March 9 - apply via Withoutabox.com
More info: http://www.silverdocs.com/2007/ace.aspx
or Acegrant@Silverdocs.com

I just read an article in MovieMaker mag about a new cable show hosted
by Rebecca Carroll (former Independent editor) called Docstock.
The show is on Plum TV, which serves highbrow communities such as
Telluride, Vail, The Hamptons and Nantucket.
It focuses on docs-in-progress, so if you're looking to promote your doc
project to those who may have the cash to help you finish it!!
Check it out: www.plumtv.com/shows/dockstock

good to know, amy. thanks.

I've seen a few episodes of Plum TV and it is very well done. The
cool thing is that, after the interview with the filmmaker, it
includes info on the budget and how much remains to be raised, so it
is a strong hint for viewers who have been dazzled by the preview to
contribute to help make the finished product happen.

Amy - it's not clear from the guidelines if the ACE/SILVERDOCS
competition is exclusively for North American filmmakers.

Thought this might be interesting for this group -

U.S. Theatrical Premiere of
NOTES ON MARIE MENKEN
A film by Martina Kudlá&#269;ek (director of "In the Mirror of Maya
Deren")

Screening Schedule and Special Events:
February 9 - February 18 at 7:00 & 9:00 nightly.
Additional screenings on Saturday and Sunday, February 10 & 11 at 5:00.

Reception will be held with opening night 7pm screening. Filmmaker
WILL BE PRESENT AT THE FOLLOWING SCREENINGS for Q&A: February 9, 7 & 9
PM and February 10, 7 PM

Tickets: http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/tickets/

More on the film:

NOTES ON MARIE MENKEN tells the story of this legendary artist
(1909—1970), a Lithuanian immigrant who became one of New York's
outstanding underground experimental filmmakers of the 1940's through
the 1960's, inspiring artists such as Stan Brakhage, Andy Warhol,
Jonas Mekas, Kenneth Anger and Gerard Malanga. The large (a hefty 6'
2"), loud and tempestuous Menken—reportedly the inspiration for the
character of "Martha" in Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf—also became a Warhol Superstar, making memorable appearances in
The Life of Juanita Castro and The Chelsea Girls.

Originally an abstract painter and collage artist, Menken produced
nearly two dozen experimental shorts, using a hand-held Bolex to
create rhythmic patterns of light, color, form and texture, visual
poems that extracted beauty from the world around her. NOTES ON MARIE
MENKEN features lengthy excerpts from many of her films as well as
never-before-seen footage by the filmmaker salvaged from basements and
storage vaults, including a camera "duel" for Bolexes on a Brooklyn
rooftop between Menken and Andy Warhol.

Complemented by a jazzy score by New York composer John Zorn, NOTES ON
MARIE MENKEN features interviews with the filmmaker's friends,
relatives and colleagues, including Alfred Leslie, Kenneth Anger,
Gerard Malanga, Peter Kubelka, Mary Woronov and Jonas Mekas. They
discuss Menken's distinctive film technique, her artistic struggle and
personal life—including a night-shift job at Time magazine and her
marriage to filmmaker Willard Maas—and provide colorful reminiscences
of both Menken and the New York art scene of the era.