exposes artists to information, opportunities, and resources on how to take their art to the next level. Finding your niche in a community where you can grow and in a market where you can succeed is key to achieving longevity as an artist. Here are hand-picked links to design your own path to success and inspire you along the way. Follow @andreawong
mtvU Casting Director Serita Wesley is looking for students for a segment that allows students to share their helpful college tips with other students across the country on their airwaves. Please email or call Serita if you are interested in participating at Casting@mtvu.com
For more information, visit http://www.mtvu.com/shows/casting-call/casting-call-student-lifeskills
Food Channel looking for students who are passionate about both food and film to take part in our show. It’s a fun lighthearted project and the students would be some of the on screen talent.
The shoot will take place on December 16th, 2011 and will involve a celebrity host!
There is no pay but it will be a fun shoot and fantastic on set experience for anyone looking to get involved in the food media world.
Email if interested: at castingnyc8@gmail.com and tell Cristina, Field Producer for Rock Shrimp Productions that Andrea, former co-director at Fusion Film Festival referred you!
“We were just looking for a way to get it done,” said Grant Hill, one of the “Cloud Atlas” producers, “but I think there’s the basis for a model there.” He called the final push for financing an “exotic mixture” of deals, adding, “What a studio would have had to pay would have made it impossible.”
soloNOVA Arts Festival is the premier festival for solo performers and visual artists in New York City. It celebrates innovative individuals who push the boundaries of what it means to be an artist, aims to redefine the solo form and uniquely reinvigorates the audience through the time-honored tradition of storytelling.
2012 soloNOVA Arts Festival applications may be submitted online ONLY. CLICK HERE to access the SAF 2012 Application Information Packet and Application Form. Applications are due January 9, 2012.
Please regularly check www.terranovacollective.org for updates. For questions or problems, email soloNOVA@terranovacollective.org
Casting Director Jessica Jorgensen from mtvU is working on an MTV show titled, “My Shot With…” She is looking for Jonah Hill’s #1 fan. If chosen for the show the fan would get to interview Jonah Hill at his “The Sitter” press junket in NYC.
Please see the casting ad and link below. Deadline is extremely tight (this Friday, November 11) so contact her NOW!
Here’s Your Chance To Interview Jonah Hill
http://www.mtvu.com/shows/my-shot-with/heres-your-chance-to-interview-jonah-hill/
MTV is giving one lucky fan the chance to meet and interview funny guy Jonah Hill, the star of upcoming film, The Sitter. Tell us why you’re Jonah’s biggest fan and what this opportunity would mean to you, and you just might get the chance to hang with him for an upcoming episode of mtvU’s My Shot With…. All applicants must be currently enrolled in college in the NY tri-state area and available for the interview around 11/19.
Please send your name, contact info, photo and why you want to meet Jonah Hill to castme@mtvu.com. Deadline to apply is 11/11.
Say you were referred by Andrea Wong, former Fusion Film Festival director!
DOC NYC 2011, New York’s largest festival of documentary storytelling, will run this year from Nov. 2-10.
DOC NYC 2011 is bigger and better than ever, and includes a number of films, panels and discussions that coud be of particular interest to your students. Among them, The Island President, a beautifully shot film that follows the desperate crusade of the President of the Maldives as he attempts to save his country from disappearing beneath the waves as a result of climate change; Undefeated, a real-life Friday Night Lightsthat has won exuberant praise wherever it has screened; With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story, about the legendary creator of Spider-man, Iron Man and the X-Men; and The Greater Good, an issues documentary exploring fears and controversy surrounding vaccines. There are many more to choose from, including international films, biographies, music, sports docs, and a tribute to pioneer Richard Leacock, of Primaryfame.
The festival also includes programs of short films with linked themes, such as New York Uncovered, andvLatin American Visions.
In addition, DOC NYC offers a host of vital panels for experienced and aspiring filmmakers, covering distribution, financing, promotion and the art of documentary filmmaking. This would be an awesome opportunity to gain insight into the industry and obtain new resources related to film and filmmaking.
DOC NYC runs from November 2-10 at the IFC Center and NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts and NYU’s Kimmel Center. You can see the full schedule and purchase tickets at www.docnyc.net
RSVP via our facebook DOC NYC 2011 events pages.
A collection of videos from the artist Rashaad Newsome.
Seeking college faculty and students as possible contestants for ABC-Disney’s ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.’ If interested, sign up for tickets at www.millionairetv.com.
Tickets are free and we audition for future contestants at every live taping. The audition consists of a trivia test, and if that is passed: an interview with a Producer. We tape Monday-Thursdays with a morning or afternoon session.
If you have any questions, feel free to call Peivin Lee, Assistant Audience Coordinator at 212-456-3883.
How do you sell a documentary? In this workshop/competition, five preselected emerging nonfiction filmmakers will pitch their ideas to a panel of distinguished documentary producers. The producers will give them feedback on their concept as well as their presentation skills—great lessons for all aspiring filmmakers. The winner will receive a $5,000 grant, sponsored by Documentary Channel, to be used toward the completion of the pitched film.
Content theft has caused 140,000 jobs. You have 2 days to enter your Public Service Announcement to the Mayor’s Office sponsored contest Piracy Doesn’t Work in NYC!
The upcoming hotINK will present work by 8-10 playwrights from outside the United States in readings at the Lark, March 22-26, 2012. Each play will be presented once, following approximately six to eight hours of rehearsal with outstanding New York director and actors. In addition, special events are planned for visiting playwrights. Readings are attended by fellow writers from U.S. and abroad, literary managers, producers, artistic directors, translators, dramaturgs, scholars, journalists, educators, students and New York theatre audiences.
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“If we want to see more women’s films onscreen, we need more women producers. Dana Offenbach, owner of Cinema Street Films, is a generous producer eager to take the mystery out of financing by walking aspiring producers through the paperwork, legal challenges, soft money, and other areas.”
We’ve extended the deadline for our current open filmmaker programs to October 11th, and we need your help.
Help us spread the word! Help us let filmmakers know about the opportunity to apply to take part in Tribeca Film Institute’s array of programs, which including funding, but also year-round support, resources and industry connections.
Whether it’s via Twitter, a Facebook link, emails or good old-fashioned in-person conversation, anything you can do to help us get to word about both our programs and our approaching deadline to filmmaker who might be interested in applying is very much appreciated.
The TFI Documentary Fund, the TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund, Tribeca All Access, the TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund and the Heineken Voces Grant are all open for applications.
Urban Word NYC’s Preemptive Education is right around the corner. This year we have secured an incredible line-up of top educators, professors, artists and activists in the fields of spoken word, hip-hop and social justice pedagogy to present at our weekend conference at New York University. The conference always kicks off with an incredible performance and panel discussion that pairs NYC’s top youth poets with giants in our field. This year we have Dr. Michelle Fine, Dr. Ernest Morrell and Joanne Smith of Girls for Gender Equity. This event is free and not to be missed. Preemptive Education Kick Off WORD LIFE: A Performance & Conversation on Centralizing Youth Voice, Community Healing & the Power of Pedagogy When: Friday, September 30, 7pm Where: NYU’s Kimmel Center, Eisner & Lubin Auditorium Who: Urban Word Poets + Dr. Michelle Fine, Dr. Ernest Morrell & Joanne Smith Following the kickoff, we host a weekend long conference for teachers, educators, artists and activists featuring Toni Blackman, Martha Diaz, Intikana, Adam Falkner, Kuumba Lynx, Kazi, Piper Anderson and more! The full schedule is attached + info regarding the opening night. Suggested donation for the training is $100, with discounts and scholarships available. Please register now with Mikal@urbanwordnyc.org Spread the word!
