EARLY & LATE DEADLINES IN MARCH

For more listings, check out http://www.insidefilm.com/calendar.html

Asian Film Festival of Dallas (May 28-29, Dallas TX)
Deadline: Feb.1, 2005 (or later)
Web site: www.affd.org
Fee: $15 (early)/ $20 (late)

To be eligible, short or feature productions must be made by Asian-Americans or Asian-International filmmakers, or with subject matter concerning Asian issues from any year, country, state, age, category, and serving any theme. The categories this year include narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation. All films submitted should be under 70 minutes in length.

Creative Capital Grants
Web site: http://www.creative-capital.org

Grants for supporting work in the visual arts and film/video.

First Look Student Film Festival (April 21-23; Denver, CO)
Deadline: March 24, 2005
Web site: http://www.firstlookfest.com
Fee: $10-$15

Sponsored by the Independent Film Channel. Short films 30 minutes or less.

JumpCut Film Festival (April???; Austin, TX)
Deadline: March 31, 2005
Web site: http://www.utfilm.org

Open to all, and to all genres (except pornography—yes we've gotten it in the past) Submissions must be no longer than 12 minutes, on miniDV, VHS, or DVD.

Northwestern University's 9th Annual Flicker Film Festival (May 6-8, Chicago)
Deadline: Feb.20/ March 19, 2005
Web site: http://groups.northwestern.edu/flicker
Fee: $15/$20

The Flicker Film Festival showcases student films.

The Rural Route Film Festival (July; New York, NY)
Deadline: March 25, 2005
Web site: http://www.ruralroutefilms.com
Fee: $15-35

The Rural Route Film Festival has been created to highlight works that deal with rural people and places. While the term "rural" is defined by Webster's Dictionary as: 1) Of or relating to the country: RUSTIC 2) Of or relating to people who live in the country 3) Of or relating to farming: AGRICULTURAL, the creators of the Rural Route Film Festival leave it up to you, the film and video artists, to explain your own definition of "rural." Whether it be a documentary about an organic turnip farm in West Virginia, a fictional backpacking drama set in Peru, or a personal/experimental work about life in a small town in Wisconsin, we want to see and hear what you have to say. Works that include alternative country, country western, and folk music are encouraged.

Rooftop Films (Summer, Brooklyn NY)
Deadline: Feb.1, 2005/ March 1, 2005
Web site: www.rooftopfilms.com
Fee: $7 donation

The 2005 Summer Series consists of 16 shows, one every Friday night all summer long from June 10th through September 9th plus a special show on Monday, the 4th of July. All shows take place outdoors in New York City—either in parks, along piers, on boats traveling around Manhattan, in historical locations, or, best of all, on rooftops overlooking the city. People see more short films at Rooftop than at the next three largest short film festivals in New York combined, so if you are interested in having your film shown to large crowds in some of the most spectacular urban open air venues for cinema in the world, submit your films now.

Harry Warner (Apr 21-22, PA)
Deadline: Feb.1/ March1, 2005
Web site: http://academics.sru.edu/warner/entries.htm
Fee: $15/$25

Striving to connect the traditions of film with the medium’s continuing evolution, the festival seeks to represent the myriad of artistic visions and methods of production employed by time-based artists and filmmakers.  All genres will be considered for exhibition.

Outfest (July 7-18, LA CA)
Deadline: March 11, 2005
Web site: www.outfest.org
Fee: $15-$35

The 23rd Los Angelas gay and lesbian film festival.

International Funtup Film & Art Festival (May 7, WI)
Deadline: March 25/ Apr. 1, 2005
Web site: www.funtup.org
Fee: $15/$25

At a time when creative worlds are overflowing in idea and format, the Funtup Film and Arts Festival provides a solution of accessibility to artists and audiences. This multimedia event presents itself in an unconventional yet inviting way to provide a venue for all to partake in and enjoy. Artists looking to display film, visual arts, or music find an affordable event with international response in the festival. Since the array and medium of work varies so much, the festival also draws, with intent, a large and diverse audience. With the combination of accessibility to both audience and artist, the festival breaks walls of elitism in the art world while still delivering its credibility.