We're getting entries

We've already received several entries to the film festival and more are expected!
I can reveal that one entry is from a filmmaker who entered and was accepted last year.

Now Accepting Entries for 2010 Film Festival

1078 Gallery • 820 Broadway, Chico California 95928

www.1078gallery.org

October 17, 2009, Chico, California

Now accepting entries for

1078 Gallery Film Festival 2010: August 20, 21, 22

Festival information and submission form can be found at http://www.1078gallery.org/filmfestival.html

Open to international and domestic filmmakers whose work was finished on or after January 1, 2007 (we’re looking for recent work).

Send DVD (Region 1 or Region-free), Label your DVD with title, contact name, address, phone number, and E-mail. Include a short artist’s statement and bio, and an SASE for return of work. If you would like acknowledgement that your entry has arrived, include a self-addressed stamped postcard with your entry, which we will send back to you.

Mail submissions and entry fee in $US, Payable to 1078 Gallery:

Film Festival 2010, 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, Chico, CA 95928 USA

Deadlines (postmark) & Entry Fees (US$) (per film entered)

March 20, 2010 – $20 • April 20, 2010 – $30 • May 20, 2010 – $40

Entry fee must accompany each film submitted and can be submitted via check, money order, or paid online through PayPal at http://www.1078gallery.org/filmfestival.html

We accept features (40+ minutes) and shorts (40- minutes) in the following categories:
• Narrative • Documentary • Animation • Work in Progress • Experimental • Other

Prizes • Accepted filmmakers will receive a full pass to the festival. Non-cash awards will be made for all “best” categories (e.g., short, full-length, documentary, animation, in show).

Email Carla, a festival coordinator at 1078gallery.news@gmail.com

Selected Films annouced by judges

Film Festival Dates August 14-16, 2009

Films

Friday, August 14
untitled – Maryam Epting
Sometime in July – Studio Tesla
Sleepover with a Vampire – Genie Studios/Clare O’Brien
Juvenescent – Weston Thomson
Visions of the 20th Century – Mike Wellins

Saturday, August 15
Porto de mon enfance – Manoel De Oliveira
Disrepair – Jeff Curtis
Somewhere Between Here and There – Liss Platt
Once a Wall, or Ripple Remains – Tirza Even

Sunday, August 16
Running for my Father – Cody Westheimer
Window – Jeremy Newman
Belonging – Gerard Ungerman
Somewhere Between Here and There – Liss Platt

First Round Today

The jury met today to watch a portion of the festival entries.
Documentaries and experimental films were viewed by the jury today.
The entries have a wide range of styles.
Once the jury has selected the films to be screened, the filmmakers will be notified (by June 30) and the program will be announced.

Passes will be available for sale soon.

April 20th Deadline Approaches

We are less than a week away from the second deadline for the film festival submissions - April 20th. Many filmmakers have contacted us about submitting, and the queue of DVDs is growing.
The third, and final deadline is May 20th.

March Deadline passed

March 20th was the early deadline. We'll expect to see a rush of entries arriving this week with the March 20th postmark. The stack of entries is growing steadily.
We'll be doing a film tech run-through in a few weeks at the venue.
Large windows and a skylight have to be covered. A/V system testing and other logistics will be assessed.

Getting the word out

1078 Gallery with photographic exhibition by Andy Bloxham.

The call for entries for the 1078 Gallery Film Festival 2009 went out in early January.
It is now approaching our early deadline of March 20. The festival organizers are really hoping to get many cool and interesting entries from filmmakers around the world.
So many events are shaping the thoughts of artists and filmmakers around the world, the responses to these events are what interest us at the fest.
The call for entries was submitted to many newspapers and websites.
The information can be found at the festival page of the gallery website.

The festival dates are August 14, 15 & 16, in lovely Chico, California, where it will be hot and sunny all weekend.