VIDEO CONTENT SOUGHT FOR NORTHBRIDGE PIAZZA

The City of Perth invites you to make use of West Australia’s newest community gathering space, Northbridge Piazza. All ideas for the 8m Super Screen as well as a broad range of PG rated content are being sought from Perth’s creatives.

2010 ROMCOM SCRIPT COMPETITION

The Australian Writers’ Guild and Inscription have joined forces to present the 2010 RomCom Script Competition, allowing an Australian writer to work with two of the world’s leading romantic comedy gurus, Michael Hauge and Steven Kaplan.

One lucky screenwriter will participate in a two and a half day Master class with Kaplan and Hauge and will then have a number of one on one sessions with the pair to fine tune their film or television romantic comedy script. The total prize is worth $8,800 however the value of the opportunity is literally priceless and the AWG expect this to be one of their most popular initiatives yet. More

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY STORIES

ScreenWest in partnership with FTI is calling for applications from Indigenous communities who are interested in recording, preserving and archiving the stories, accomplishments and reflections of their community members.

Indigenous Community Stories is an initiative which is aiming to film 100 Western Australian Indigenous stories and digitally archive them for future generations to view over the next 100 years and beyond. More

Applications close Monday 15 March 2010

BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

4-13 June 2010
“One of the world’s coolest fests” – MovieMaker Magazine

Categories: Feature, Documentary, Experimental, Short and Animation. The festival awards the winners with a total of approximately US $50,000 in film services and cash. More

Final Film Submission Deadline: 17 March 2010

JAMESON WHISKEY SCREEN WRITING COMPETITION

If you’ve got an idea for a 3-minute short with an unexpected ending, then this could be your year. All we need from you is a summary of the idea in less than 200 words.

Submit it online for your chance to have the film produced by a professional team with a $20,000 budget. More

Submissions due 28 March 2010

RIGHTS ON SCREEN

Screenrights, the organisation that administers royalty payments to rights holders, invites filmmakers to create a short film that encourages rights holders in film and television to join up with Screenrights free of charge and register their titles.

Make it funny, entertaining, and expressive for your chance to win $2,500 and a viewing of your work by major industry professionals. More

Competition runs till 31 March 2010

BLUECAT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

BlueCatSince 1998, BlueCat have built a large community of writers passionately committed to writing original, unforgettable work. Every screenplay submitted to BlueCat receives written analysis.

International Prize: The best screenplay outside the USA, Canada and the UK – $2500. General Prizes: Winner – $10,000; Four Finalists – $1500 each. The screenplay with the best title submitted by 4 January – $1000. More

Entries due 1 March 2010. Extended deadline 1 April 1 2010
Submit early for feedback and reduced entry fees

THREE-MINUTE QUICKIE

The topic of the Three-Minute Quickie Competiton for Hamburg International Short Film Festival 2010 is kitchen/cuisine. The official call for entries will be sent out at the beginning of November. Enter

Entries close Thursday 1 April 2010

RUN RABBIT RUN VIDEO COMPETITION

An open call to all moviemakers, video artists, VJs, digital animators, machinimators, stop-motion freaks, rotoscopers and other slaves to the moving image medium.

Your mission: Interpret the theme “Run Rabbit Run”
The prize: $1,000 cash for Judge’s Choice · $250 cash for People’s Choice. The rules: There are no rules. More

DEADLINE EXTENDED Friday 2 April 2010

I’VE SEEN FILMS: ENTER NOW

After the very successful 2008 Edition, I’ve Seen Films International Film Festival announced today, along with its founder, the international artist Ruger Hauer, that the Festival’s Third Edition will be held in 2010 in Milan, Italy.

The launching pad for this festival is the Internet Contest offering film authors additional exposure to their works: the 2009 edition totalled 337 online competing works that received a staggering number of more than 1,500,000 views. More

Entries close Monday 5 April 2010

37 SOUTH MARKET

37ºSouth Market brings the global film financing marketplace to Melbourne’s Forum Theatre and Australian Centre of the Moving Image (ACMI). Australia’s only film co-financing market in a film festival environment, MIFF 37ºSouth Market enables Australian producers with market-ready feature-length projects to meet with key international film co-financiers in Melbourne. The emphasis is on producers pitching projects to financiers with the aim of deepening marketplace relationships and generating financier interest in their slates. More

Entry deadline Tuesday 6 April 2010

REVELATION PERTH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Revelation Film Festival Recently described as the SXSW of the southern hemisphere in super cool international film magazine Electric Sheep, Australia’s most cutting edge film event, the Revelation Perth International Film Festival, is throwing open its official 2010 Call For Entries. More

Entries close: Friday 9 April 2010

SESAME STREET ANIMATION COMPETITION

The 4th Aniboom Awards sponsored by Sesame Street provides talented animators from around the world a chance to showcase their made for kids animations. For the first time ever Aniboom are giving you the opportunity to create original characters and content for the longest street in the world. Present your unique vision in any animation style to win cash prizes and the chance to have your animation air on one of television’s most iconic shows, Sesame Street. The total prize pool is worth $50,000. More

Entries due by Monday 26 April 2010

BAYSIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2010

Jump Cut is on again! Young people aged 13 – 25 across Australia are invited to submit short films for screening throughout the Bayside Film Festival. Jump Cut gives young filmmakers an opportunity to screen their works alongside professional filmmakers.

Selected films will screen at Bayside Film Festival 14 – 17 July 2010 at Palace Cinema, Brighton Bay, Melbourne. More

Entry deadline Friday 30 April 2010

PORTABLE FILM FESTIVAL

No cinemas. No queues. No tickets. No timetables.

The Call for Entries for the fifth annual Portable Film Festival ® is now open! An online festival that programs and presents from the best in film, video and digital storytelling, Portable is a festival for a new way of watching! From the second that the Portable Film Festival ® opens its virtual doors online, festival punters can take the program away with them. All they need is a portable device like an iPod, PSP, laptop, or fancy mobile phone. And guess what? It doesn’t cost one cent to enter or watch More

Entries close 14 May 2010

MUFF XI: ENTER NOW

The 11th Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) promises to be jam packed with surprises. Featuring news ideas, some fresh blood added to the MUFF team, and plans to make the 2010 festivities bigger, better and with added bite. More

Entries close 15 May 2010

QUEER FRUITS FILM FESTIVAL

Queer Fruits Film Festival is open to innovative, entertaining, intelligent and celebratory films of all lengths; from short films to selected features completed within the last three years. Queer Fruits seeks films which uplift and inspire; films which explore the serious realities and issues that confront the GLBTIQ communities. Films from both emerging and experienced filmmakers will be Selected to screen within the program. Fabulous films, which exude a charisma. More

Entries due Friday 30 July. Late deadline: Tuesday 31 August 2010

CNN SCENE BY SCENE

CNN is seeking photos or videos from viewers that best represent Asia-Pacific cultural diversity. The selected images will be featured in CNN’s ad campaign – launching soon in print, online and on TV, in millions of households around the world. Enter

Entries are now open