CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – FILM AND VIDEO
Be part of imagineNATIVE’s 11th great year!
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JUNE 1, 2010
Submit: ONLINE NOW • PDF
Please note, to submit the PDF form electronically, you will need Adobe Reader which is available for free here.
For more information, please contact programming@imagineNATIVE.org.
The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is an international festival that celebrates the best works by Indigenous artists on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio, and new media. Each fall, the festival presents the most compelling and distinctive Indigenous works and voices from around the globe. The festival's screenings, artist talks, panel discussions, industry and cultural events attract and connect filmmakers, media artists, programmers, buyers, and industry professionals. The works accepted reflect the breadth and diversity of the world's Indigenous cultures and illustrate the vitality and excellence of our art and culture in contemporary media.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
imagineNATIVE considers film, video, and new media works made by Canadian and international Indigenous artists. To be eligible, an Indigenous person (ie. self-identified as Indigenous, Aboriginal or First Peoples and their descendents) must have held a key creative role on the project as a writer, director, or producer. Indigenous communities, First Peoples, and Aboriginal Nations are those that are self-identified as having a historical continuity with societies that developed on recognized territories before colonization or transformation of that region into a nation-state and may consider themselves distinct (with often unique cultural, linguistic, traditional, social and other characteristics) from other sectors of the societies or nation-states now prevailing on those territories.
The festival strives to represent a diversity of ideas, themes and genres in its programming. The festival prioritizes works that balance unique content, cultural and social relevance, and a creative approach to form characterized by innovative expression, distinctive style, and personal vision. Priority is given to works that have not yet been broadcast in Canada or on the internet. International and Canadian premiere status is also a consideration. Dramatic or documentary series, news reports, extended reportage, television magazine formats, and information programming or segments (such as PSAs) are not eligible.
Please contact programming@imaginenative.org for more information.
RULES
- imagineNATIVE exhibits Indigenous-made works only (an Indigenous person must have held a key creative role on the project as writer, director or producer).
- Films must have been completed after January 1, 2008.
- Dramatic or documentary series, news reports, extended reportage, television magazine formats, and information programming or segments (such as PSAs) are not eligible.
- All non-English language films must have English subtitles for final viewing and English transcripts for the programmers.
- Preview and exhibition tapes must have no commercial blacks or broadcaster promos.
- Each film must have its own screening copy and submission form. Compilations will not be accepted.
- The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2010, but if your work is not ready for screening by June 1 and you wish it to be considered for this year’s festival, please contact programming@imagineNATIVE.org immediately.
- Read the submission form carefully before submitting.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
imagineNATIVE charges no submission fees.Please send the following post-marked on or before June 1, 2010:
- Completed and signed submission form OR the completed online submission form at www.imagineNATIVE.org.
- Preview DVD (region one) OR VHS (NTSC) clearly labelled with the title, running time, year completed and contact information. DVD is the preferred format.
- Two or more stills (JPEG or TIFF files, minimum 350 dpi) on CD, emailed to programming@imagineNATIVE.org or uploaded via our online submission form. Please use the title of the work as the file name.
- Short and long synopsis, director’s biography and the biography of the key Indigenous person associated with the work.
- Press kits, clippings and/or trailer.
- Label the outside of your package FOR CULTURAL PURPOSES – FESTIVAL PREVIEW ONLY – NO COMMERCIAL VALUE. Do not value the package any higher than $5 Canadian.
- imagineNATIVE will not pay customs' duties, cash on delivery or any other charges incurred during shipping, and will return the package to the sender.
- Do not send submissions in fibre-filled envelopes as the dust can damage tapes and viewing equipment.
Please note:
- Preview tapes/DVDs will not be returned unless specifically requested and a self-addressed envelope with Canadian postage is provided.
- There is a separate form for new media and radio works. Please contact programming@imagineNATIVE.org to receive the applicable form.
- Participants will be notified by email of the selection results.
- If selected for the festival, exhibition copies must be sent in by September 10, 2010.
