Public Classifieds and Announcements - Get The (D-)Word Out!

The Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival is now accepting entries for the 2009 festival. More than a few D-word members have sent their films for consideration in our great festival. Sebastopol is a small town one hour north of San Francisco in Sonoma County. It's a small town that loves documentaries as evidenced by the selling out of three screens over four days last year.

Our Early Deadline is closing soon, July 31, so don't delay. You can submit through Without a Box or through our website www.sebastopolfilmfestival.org

There are later submission dates if you can't make it by that date.

Email me, Jason Perdue, Programming Director, at sebdocfest@gmail.com with any questions.

Call for Short Doc Entries- August 15th

Hi everyone, just a reminder that the deadline for the First Person Impressions Competition is approaching. We're seeking short films (under 5 minutes) that tell true stories of any kind. Details are at http://impressions.firstpersonarts.org

Thanks!

I am looking for someone to record some audio for me in Fort Collins, CO. I hope this will happen next week – it would mean meeting up with an author and recording her reading a few lines from her upcoming book. This can be a sound person, producer/filmmaker or a camera person with access to audio equpment. Can be recorded to mini-disk or to DV CAM (or mini DV) tape. Please no recording to DAT as I do not have a DAT machine.... Bad News: there isn't a very big budget for this job. Good news: this should take about an hour of your time. You might not make your day rate, but if you've got time available it's a bit of money for a small amount of work!

If you know someone in the Fort Collins/Denver area please have them email me or please email me directly if you are in that area and intersted: 24fps@earthlink.net

Thanks, Dempsey

I am a documentary filmmaker based in Los Angeles and I am organizing a collective of documentary filmmakers, videographers and FCP editors to come to Denver from August 24-28 and to St. Paul from Sept. 1-4 and produce cinema verite documentaries of all the protests, actions, person-in-the-street interviews taking place during the Democratic National Convention in Denver and the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. This is an opportunity for Americans across the country to see that: THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE".
Please contact me asap if you are interested.
Joan Sekler sekler@earthlink.net cell: 310 968-6566

The Midnight Hour- A New Documentary Web Series

Midnight Hour is a foray into a world that comes to life when the rest of us are asleep. Fast paced, young, light-hearted and fun, each episode will be dedicated to a different city, take us into someone else's nighttime world and let us experience the midnight hour for ourselves.

Watch four short segments here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/NLProd

I'll check it out, Brian. Nice to see another Bostonian on here.

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MEET OTHERS WHO SHARE YOUR PASSION?

Meaningful Media and Eyes of the World Media Group are accepting interns!

Company Information:

Meaningful Media is a nonprofit network providing resources to inspire and empower those committed to changing our world through media. Find out more at www.meaningfulmedia.org.

Eyes of the World Media Group specializes in socially conscious media. Our work reflects the belief that media can raise awareness to create positive change. We are currently working on METH INSIDE OUT, an innovative educational video series on methamphetamine addiction and recovery (produced in partnership with UCLA). Find out more at www.eyesoftheworldmediagroup.com.

Internship Description:

Interns will have the opportunity to work with both Meaningful Media and Eyes of the World. We have a small team and interns get to work hands-on with the company leadership and get involved in substantive projects. We are looking for interns to assist with research, production, event planning, and administrative support. It's a high priority for us to assign you projects that match your interests, and reward your hard work through our Intern Incentive Program. So here's your opportunity to get some valuable experience, secure a good recommendation AND make the world a better place!

Internship Requirements:

We're looking for creative, smart, and organized interns with a passion for socially conscious media. You must commit at LEAST 16 hours/week for a minimum of 12 weeks. We are flexible about scheduling and working from home. Also, we always invite our interns to our creative meetings and to accompany us to film events around town.

Location: Our office is located near Sony Studios in Culver City, CA.

Reposting from Members-Only Classifieds.

If any one shoots film, I have a transferable $500 gift certificate to KODAK good for any kind of film stock. Will sell for best offer, reach me at n[at]nickny.com. Thanks!

Hi all

happy to be an official member...
I am a French music producer living in London and have composed and produced some music for a documentary.
If anybody is interested in some original soundtracks, please contact me on:
sista.m@ntlworld.com
sistamcompany@hotmail.com

keep up the good work!

DocuClub in August: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 7 p.m.

About DocuClub
DocuClub is Arts Engine’s monthly film screening series of works-in-progress documentaries. For more info, please go to: www.docuclub.org.

Our next DocuClub screening will take place on Wednesday, August 20, at 7 p.m., at Goldcrest Post (799 Washington Street, between Horatio and Gansevoort), in New York City’s West Village. Our moderator will be Melissa Fowler, Founder and Director of the Reel Venus Film Festival.

Please join us as we screen "Good Fortune" by Landon Van Soest. The documentary explores how massive, international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they are aimed at benefiting. The film presents portraits of three individuals targeted by multi-million dollar aid projects, who say the projects are threatening to destroy their homes and livelihoods. Contrasted with well-intentioned humanitarians working against the odds to stimulate positive change, "Good Fortune" presents a unique perspective on the struggle to overcome world poverty.

Landon Van Soest is director/producer of "Good Fortune." His previous film, "Walking the Line," is an award-winning feature documentary about “vigilantes on the U.S.-Mexico border” that has been lauded for advocating human rights. In 2005, he founded Transient Pictures with partner Jeremy Levine. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship and received the award for Socially Conscious Documentary at the 2007 IFP Market.

Producer/editor Jeremy Levine co-directed and produced "Walking The Line" with Van Soest, and recently worked as an editor on "Everything’s Cool" by Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold. His work has screened in dozens of film festivals around the world and broadcast nationally in six countries. Levine is currently developing the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective, a non-profit organization that provides support to independent filmmakers in New York City.

Van Soest and Levine recently returned from work-shopping "Good Fortune" at the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Composing and Story Labs. In addition, "Good Fortune" is a fiscally-sponsored project of Arts Engine.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to: docuclub@artsengine.net.

Admission is free to current DocuClub members and $5 for non-members.

Membership is an annual $40, which includes free admission to all DocuClub events. To join or renew, please go to:

www.artsengine.net/store/#tools_consul

just saw the rough cut for GOOD FORTUNE at the Sundance Labs – it was absolutely incredible. definitely worth seeing, either as a work-in-progress or whenever it's finished...

Greetings all!
I'm involved with a 501c3 based in Virginia that generates school supplies and teacher funds for two orphanages in Liberia. It's a small organization, and has done some amazing work. After 5 years, the organizations board of directors are making the 14 hour trip to Liberia in January to finally get on the ground, assess the needs of the children and the orphanages, and come back to the states with some clearer ideas on how to improve the conditions for the children.

We're hoping to document the trip, and upon departure from Liberia, leave the video camera with the orphanage for educational purposes, and teach the children some of the basics of video production, etc. I know most of the folks here are incredibly resourceful, and I thought I'd let everyone know what we're doing! If you're interested in helping out, or have some advice or any kind of direction you could point me in, you can contact me offline! In the meantime, feel free to check out the website of this great group! http://www.loeproject.org/

Yeah, the rough cut of GOOD FORTUNE I saw is the same one you saw at the Sundance Labs, Christopher. For next week's screening at DocuClub, we are showing a cut that is shorter than what you saw, but that incorporates some of the feedback from the labs. Feel free to check our "Talk Back" (www.docuclub.org) section after the screening, for a recap of the screening/post screening feedback session.

I'm planning to come to Docuclub, Jeremy and Landon are great guys, and this will be my first chance to see their rough cut.

Hi Everyone – I am currently researching/ casting / producing four documentaries for WE Entertainment. If any one has any ideas or knows people who could be related to these four topics – please let me know.

1:Mothers of Murders – mothers who are dealing with their children in prison or about to go to prison
2: Extreme Diets – i.e someone who is about to start an extreme diet
3 Shopping Addicts- someone who has recovered or is an addict
4: Women in Cults – in or out of a cult

Any experts for the above . I have set up an email address – pangolinwe@yahoo.com.

But if you have any questions just let me know. My personal email is amelia@pangolinpictures.com

Many thanks,

Amelia
Producer
Director of Development
Pangolin Pictures

In reply to Robert Richter's post on Fri 29 Feb 2008 :

Sorry, juts seen your post. Apart from the 3 months (Jan – March) post election violence, which rocked some parts of the country, everything is pretty much back to normal. So normal that Roger Moore and Dean Cain just landed into the country. Sending a former JaMes bond and a former Superman....

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In reply to Amelia Hanibelsz's post on Thu 14 Aug 2008 :

Try posting on HARO

$550 SUBLET from August 20 till Sept. 6, 2008 (18 days)

SUBLET a fully furnished, sunny One Bedroom Apt in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, NYC. Subletor should be clean, considerate, financially responsible, no drama. May consider couples. $350 Security Deposit (refunded upon moving out). Ideal for a filmmaker who wants a quiet place to work from or crash at in Brooklyn. Desk set up good for someone who needs space to edit (equipment not provided, but there's plenty of space if you want to bring your gear).

THE APARTMENT:
• 3 floor walk-up
• Cable modem internet (you provide your computer)
• located in Prospect Heights
• Vegetarian kitchen ONLY (no cooking meat)
• No pets
• Cigarette-Free Home

SUBWAYS: both stations are only 1-4 blocks away!
S shuttle (Park Place station) connects to the 2, 3, 4, 5, & C
2, 3, 4, 5 (Franklin Ave.) 30 minutes to 14th St. in NYC

AMENITIES:
Laundry; Cafés; major grocery store; pharmacy; dry cleaning; bars; restaurants within 10 to 15 minute walking distance: FoodCoop; Prospect Park; Brooklyn Public Central Library; Botanical Gardens; Brooklyn Museum of Art;

CONTACT: Hima 917-916-6094

Award-winning filmmaker Jon Reiss (www.jonreiss.com) is seeking editing interns for his latest documentary project “Bomb It” about the explosion of graffiti culture all over the world.

While the position is unpaid, and there will be some assistant tasks, chosen intern will be cutting trailers, webisodes and potentially sections of the next documentary. You will be working one on one with the director Jon Reiss.

Editor should be self-motivated, complete work in a timely manner and be proficient with Final Cut Pro. Knowledge of After Effects, DVD Studio Pro, and/or a foreign language are a plus.

Positions begin at the start of September. We are looking for a commitment of 10-15hrs a week. Location is in West Los Angeles.

If this sounds like a good fit for you please visit www.bombit-themovie.com before you send:

1. Short cover letter indicating why this position seems right for you.
2. Your resume.
3. Your schedule of availability

To: jfilm@aol.com

Directors Assistant/Distribution Assistant

Award-winning filmmaker Jon Reiss (www.jonreiss.com) seeking a director’s assistant and DIY distribution assistant for his critically acclaimed film “Bomb It” about the explosion of graffiti culture all over the world (www.bombit-themovie.com).

10-20 hours a week. Position starts in the beginning of September. Pay depends on experience and would not be more than 10 hours a week at first. Unpaid internships are also available. Location is in West Los Angeles.

Ideal candidate is personable, self-motivated, resourceful, with good phone and sales skills, has a numbers sense, interested in independent film, viral marketing, social networking and DIY distribution. Good computer, web and research skills are a must.

If this sounds like a good fit for you please send:

1. Short cover letter indicating why this position seems right for you.
2. Your resume.
3. Your schedule of availability

To: jfilm@aol.com

hey jon,
welcome to the D-Word! But you only need to post once (not five times!) because all of the members read all of the different sections. multiple posts of the same message is a no-no...

Actually, Jon, the one place you can double post is the Members and Public Classifieds. But nowhere else, please.

Outreach Coordinator for Environmental Film – Based in DC, NY or LA
Seeking an outgoing part-time outreach coordinator for environmental film outreach team. Primary project will be grassroots film promotion leading up to the world premiere at Vancouver International Film Festival in late September. Work with DC-based actress/ executive producer and outreach producers in DC and New York to support outreach and festival screening efforts.

Duties include:

• Take part in grassroots outreach campaign – email promotion, Website and blog postings and other grassroots promotion
• Develop and manage film’s Facebook page
• Assist executive producer with administrative duties
• Process email newsletter subscriptions
• Update Web site content
• Field film screening and distribution inquiries
• DVD and outreach mailings as requested

Would work remotely – need your own laptop. Flexible hours – approximately 15-20 hours per week.. Excellent opportunity to learn more about the film business, network and build relationships.

Skills Required:
• Bachelors degree; film or environmental degree preferred
• Familiarity with film business
• Marketing and outreach experience preferred
• Interest in environmental movement
• Excellent business writing skills and organizational skills
• Outgoing personality, ability to handle rapidly shifting priorities
• Adept at MS word and excel. Familiarity with Web publishing software and/or Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign) a plus.

Please email cover letter, resume and writing sample to asenseofwonderfilm@gmail.com attn: Amy.

HIRING EDITOR FOR FEATURE DOCUMENTARY – WASHINGTON DC AREA

A creative and experienced editor is sought for OUT IN THE SILENCE, a one hour social issue documentary for public broadcast. A trailer, treatment, and artistic statement are available on the website: http://outinthesilence.com . Funding is available and salary will be based on experience.

REQUIREMENTS:
Previous documentary feature experience
Cutting in FCP
Able to work in Washington DC
Start date: ASAP, but flexible about schedule

PROGRAM SYNOPSIS: The announcement of the filmmaker’s wedding to another man ignites a firestorm of controversy in his small hometown and leads to an exhilarating journey through love, hate and understanding in rural America. The aim of this personal documentary is to expand public awareness about the struggles of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in small town America and promote dialogue and action that will help people on all sides of the issues find common ground and lead to fairness and equality for all.

DIRECTORS: Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer formed qWaves.com to make documentary films that focus on controversial and often ignored social and human rights issues. They have produced and directed over a dozen pieces for television and won numerous awards including winner of the PBS Independent Lens Online Shorts Festival and winner of the Videomaker National Documentary Challenge.

PROJECT STATUS: Principle shooting is complete and over 200 hours of footage has been logged. qWaves is partnering with WPSU-TV Penn State Broadcasting and the Pennsylvania Public Television Network to the complete the program and present it for broadcast and distribution.

PLEASE EMAIL YOUR RESUME AND LINK OF REEL TO DEANHAMER@AOL.COM.