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PHOTOGRAPHERS CALL FOR ENTRIES

Image 10
Deadline: May 1
Image10 is a nationwide photo contest run by the New York chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers and open to all professional, serious amateur and student photographers residing in the United States. Contestants are asked to submit one or more images that were created after January 1, 2009. The deadline for entry submissions is May 1, 2010. For more information on submissions see How to submit an image.

SCREENWRITERS CALL FOR ENTRIES

Screenwriters' Workshop seeks short screenplay entries over the coming months for the 2010 Script to Screen Challenge. Script to Screen gives screenwriters the opportunity to write with production values in mind and have the winning short script shot by a Twin Cities director with a budget of $2000 during June, July and August of 2010. There will be three contest months with each month requiring a different theme. Writers are encouraged to enter a new script in all three months. The deadline is the 1st of each month.
April 2010: Theme is WHITE / WHITE - Deadline date April 1st
May 2010: Theme is BLUE / BLEW - Deadline date May 1st

The Writers Place April 2010 Screenplay Contest
Early deadline: April 30, 2010, Final (late) deadline: May 15, 2010
The Writers Place November 2009 through April 2010 screenplay contest is in full swing. Send your best script. Works by single or multiple authors accepted. Multiple script submissions accepted – full-length and teleplay/short (two script limit). Stories of all lifestyles and genres encouraged.

8th Annual 2010 Script P.I.M.P. Screenwriting & Teleplay Competition
Final Deadline: May 1st, 2010
$20,000 overall CASH to winners - $80,000 in prizes. Former winner Slammin' sold for six figures. 2008 winner Evan Daugherty secured writing assignment with Warner Bros.

Screenwriters Workshop
Script groups, public reading series, 2nd Tuesday readings, and Screenlabs.  All those who are serious about screenwriting and filmmaking to participate in this great, local organization for feedback on your screenplays. For more information call the SWW office at 612-659-8292, email mnsww@mac.com , or visit www.screenwritersworkshop.org. For more info on 2nd Tuesday readings, go to http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/2ndTues or contact Karen Frank at frank007@umn.edu.


FILMMAKERS CALL FOR ENTRIES

Women Stand Up! A Comedy Cabaret IFP Minnesota are pleased to announce...
WOMEN STAND UP AND SHOOT: A COMEDIC FILM COMPETITION

The purpose of WOMEN STAND UP AND SHOOT is to promote and encourage women writers, actors and directors in film comedies. Send in your best woman-made, woman-starry short comedy films! Films will be judged by our amazing panel of nationally-known funny Minnesota-bred women: Lizz Winstead, Mary Jo Pehl and Jackie Kasian.  More info here.

AFI/Discovert Channel Silverdocs 2010 Festival
LATE: March 19
The eighth annual AFI/Discovery Channel SilverDocs Documentary Film Festival will take place June 22-27, 2010 at the AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center! To submit, go to SilverDocs.com or Withoutabox.com. Questions regarding submissions may be directed to: info@SilverDocs.com

Sardinia Film Festival
Deadline: March 31
Please note that you can still participate in the fifth edition of Sardinia Film Festival, international short film competition.
The deadline for the shipment of the works is scheduled for March 31, 2010. Participation is free.  Sardinia Film Festival accepts works by filmmakers without gender restriction, theme and format. For more information, the announcement and the application form, visit: www.sardiniafilmfestival.it

LunaFest
Deadline: April 15
From amateur filmmakers to film students to aspiring indie stars, we look for filmmakers and producers from around the globe with unique short films by, for and about women! $1,000 cash prize for the winning films. Download our entry form, submit online at withoutabox or tell a filmmaker friend about the festival. 

Aesthetica Magazine Short Film Competition
Deadline: April 30
Aesthetica is looking for filmmakers who are driving the genre of short film forward through inspirational and innovative works. Whether you are fresh out of film school or have been making films for years, we want to hear from you. Accepting films in all genres: drama, documentary, music video, satire, comedy and artists' film. This award offers the winner and runners-up a fantastic prize package, which will bring your films to a wider audience. All winners will be notified by 31 May 2010 and the DVD will be released 1 August 2010.

Out Twin Cities Film Festival
Deadline: April 30th at 4PM
Are you 20 years or younger or know someone who is? Submit your film/video production to our "Youth Visual Perspectives". This will be a Special Part of the 2010 Out Twin Cities Film Festival. We are looking for volunteers to join this years festivities. If you would like to have fun, work with other film/video enthusiast, plus receive free perks, please email for more information. For Submission Requirements or other information please log onto our webpage.

 

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McKnight Screenwriting and Filmmaking Fellows Show Their Work, March 3 and 10.

 

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