Callfor Entries: The West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, March 12 &13 The WestVirginia University Department of Art, in association with the Appalshoporganization, is pleased to announce a call for entries to the West VirginiaMountaineer Short Film Festival. Screening works under 20 minutes, programmingcategories include: documentary, narrative, animation/experimental, youngfilmmakers (under 18) and works that focus on Appalachian culture and themes.There are no rules governing content or artistic approach. There are no entryfees for submission. We only seek well crafted, compelling or conceptuallychallenging works in video, film and multimedia. Deadline:March 1, 2010 Location/Dates: The West Virginia Mountaineer ShortFilm Festival will be held on March 12th and 13th at the historic Warner Theater in downtownMorgantown. (WarnerTheater: http://www.thewarnertheatre.com/) Categoriesof Competition: Documentary Short, Narrative Short, Animation/ ExperimentalVideo, Appalachian/Regional Themes or Topics and Young Filmmakers. Juror: Hasan Elahi is an interdisciplinary artist whosework examines issues of surveillance, simulated time, transport systems,borders and frontiers. His work has been presented in numerous exhibitions at venues such as the Centre Georges Pompidou, Sundance Film Festival, Kassel Kulturbahnhof, The Hermitage, and at the Venice Biennale (HasanElahi: http://elahi.org/) Appalshop: The West Virginia Mountaineer ShortFilm Festival is sponsored in part by the Appalshop organization. Appalshop isa non-profit multi-disciplinary arts and education center in the heart ofAppalachia producing original films, video, theater, music and spoken-wordrecordings, radio, photography, multimedia, and books. Appalshop is dedicatedto the proposition that the world is immeasurably enriched when local culturesgarner the resources, including new technologies, to tell their own stories andto listen to the unique stories of others. The creative acts of listening andtelling are Appalshop's core competency. (Appalshop:http://appalshop.org/) Awards:$500.00 Best of Festival, $200 Best Documentary, $200 Best Narrative, $200 BestAnimation/Experimental, $200 Best Appalachian/Regional themed work, and $200Best Young Filmmaker. Submissions: The organizers encourage ALL interestedartists, film-makers, and multimedia enthusiasts to submit work forconsideration. NO ENTRY FEE is required to submit work for consideration. The only restriction for competitive entries is a20-minute maximum running time. All entries must be received by March 1, 2010.Submissions should be sent on standard definition DVD (NTSC) or data DVD inQuicktime movie format. Works should be sent to: GeraldHabarth, WVMSFF Division of Art and Design College of Creative Arts West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6111 Email: [email protected] Phone: 304-293-4841 ex. 3147 Website: www.mountaineerfilmfest.org/
