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The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to all and anyone who loves to arrange words into the beautiful art of poetry or to write a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream. Write your best short story or poem for an opportunity to win cash prizes. All entries must be original. http://www.dreamquestone.com

Guidelines:
(1) Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject or style, single or double line spacing, neatly hand printed or typed.
And/or

are you a student or young professionist (max 30 years old) in scriptwriting, direction or production for Cinema and Television? do you come from EU or Mediterranean state?

Zero Film Festival Opens Call for Entry

Sneaking in under the Hollywood radar, Zero Film Festival is now
accepting submissions for the 1st annual festival taking place in
December in downtown Los Angeles.

A festival launch party is scheduled for late this month- we'll keep
you updated.

Filmmakers- Submit your films online at http://www.zerofilmfest.com or
http://www.myspace.com/zerofilmfest

About Zero Film Festival-

Focusing on a niche in the independent film community which has been
traditionally ignored, Zero Film Festival is dedicated to screening
self financed, zero budget films from the United States and around the
world.

In the age where the majority of festivals are Hollywood marketing
campaigns, and even "indie" and "underground" festivals screen

HYDROPHONIA – FESTIVAL OF HYDROPHONIC SOUND ART

– OPEN CALL FOR WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS –

Hydrophonia is a festival dedicated to sound art made with
hydrophones, coordinated in conjunction with Sgaurdi Sonori Festival
in Rome Italy.

We are currently seeking proposals from people with experience in
hydrophone construction and recording to submit ideas for workshops
and/or presentations fthe Hydrophonia festival.

A proposal should contain the following:
an outline of the proposed workshop/talk
a list of equipment /or materials needed
– a rough budget

Keep in mind the participants will most likely be people with little
to no knowledge of underwater acoustics and recording so all
proposals should reflect this.

Deadline: September 15, 2008

Listen to the newest episode of NedPR, produced by Molly Benson: http://www.nedpr.org/2008/mollybpr

And then contact ned@nedpr.org to produce your own episode!!!

MollyBPR presents

ex•traor•di•nar•y (ĭk-strôr’dn-ěr’ē, ěk’strə-ôr’-) adj.

1. A compilation of remarkable moments, people, songs, voices, days and lives.

In this episode of MollyBPR you will find:

- Opening guitar, Dan Peterson.

- Extraordinary Voices: People talking about their definitions of the word and what it means to them. Extraordinary moments in their lives.

Rencontres Internationales

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Until the 25th of August, 2008

Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid
FILM / VIDEO / MULTIMEDIA

http://art-action.org

The 'Rencontres Internationales' will take place at the Centre Pompidou, at the Jeu de Paume national museum and in other key locations in Paris in November 2008. The same program will be presented in Madrid in April 2009 and in Berlin in June 2009.

Those three events will propose an international programming focusing on film, video and multimedia, gathering works of artists and filmmakers acknowledged on the international scene along with young artists and filmmakers.

You may view the latest episode of
NedPR, titled MarkPR II, at http://www.nedpr.org/2008/markpr-ii

Some words from MarkSitko on his new show ::::

First - my apologies for the delay - I set NedPR back half a week and Ned is a little testy about it - this is only written at his request - like you even knew NedPR comes out every other Sunday - all I care about is you kicking back and enjoying the show…

Uke Tunes - Ian Merrigan and Karinne Kiethley (fancystitchmachine.org)
Poetry - Amber West
Audio Piece - Brett Beyer
Interviews - Ice Factory Interns ‘08
Photograph - Big Sur Burning

Listen to MarkPR II, get inspired and share your own world by producing an episode... Just imagine it: [YOUR NAME HERE] PR

Culture & Heritage: IV Development Film Festival – Call for Entries

The Centre for Development Communication of DHAN Foundation is
pleased to invite filmmakers to take part in the - IV Development
Film Festival on Culture & Heritage to be held in Madurai, India in
September 25-28, 2008

If you have recently made a documentary, a short fiction film or a
television programme on the theme of Culture & Heritage that is
ground-breaking in form or content, inventive, challenging or going
beyond conventions, we are interested in screening your work. Your
films may touch upon any of the heritage dimension and need for
protecting promoting, reviving or strengthening such heritages. The
themes may include heritage and conservation, community initiatives,

Invitation to submit non-fiction films (deadline October 15)

Video journalists invited to submit non-fiction films

The 2008 VJ Awards is seeking non-fiction films from video journalists
who are single authors responsible for all production, including
research, editing and publishing. The deadline to submit an entry is
October 15.

The theme of this year's International Video Journalism Awards
is "unlimited access" and how the Internet converges different media
technology. The awards will cover many aspects of video journalism,
including films from television stations, publishing companies and
more.

The awards will be presented in Mainz, Germany.

For more information, visit http://www.vjawards.com or go to

art'ishake submission deadline is approaching: September 15th!!

art'ishake welcomes participants to submit papers, articles, news,
images of artworks, and announcements on arts and development
issues. Please note the deadline for the upcoming issue is September 15,
2008.

art'ishake is an e-journal that aims to provide an outlet for
interdisciplinary and international exploration of the concepts and
practices of creative and arts-infused development projects. The
purpose with 'art'ishake' is to provide an open, collaborative, and
learning approach to creative and development sector, share
experiences and views from different perspectives, present 'how-tos'
through the exchange of best-practice examples, inspire, and