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Posted by Stephen Kent Jusick (Member # 153) on March 09, 2005, 09:54 AM:

This the the last chance to submit to the 1st Lower West Side Film Festival.
We're committed to showing small gauge and experimental film, so I urge members of the 8mm Forum to send us their films.
We're also looking for installations, film performances,
and performances incorporating film and video in an integral way.

The POSTMARK DEADLINE has been EXTENDED to MARCH 13, 2005.
FEE WAIVED FOR SMALL GAUGE FILMS!!!

Don't let this opportunity pass you by. Submit your short film to the Lower West Side Film Festival. This festival runs concurrently as an alternative to the Tribeca Film Festival. Collective: Unconscious launches the first Lower West Side Film Festival, April 22 - 27, 2005, as an alternative exhibition opportunity for film artists and multimedia artists. The Festival will feature screenings showcasing more than 50 alternative filmmakers at Collective: Unconscious and other venues in Lower Manhattan. Collective: Unconscious is located at 279 Church Street, New York City.

The Lower West Side Film Festival films will be selected by the festival programming committee. All film selections will be posted at www.weird.org/lwsff during the first week of April. The festival is organized and programmed by an eclectic mix of filmmakers, writers, directors, animators and producers.

From 1998 - 2004, Collective: Unconscious hosted the Robert Beck Memorial Cinema (RBMC), curated by Bradley Eros and Brian Frye. RBMC is dedicated to Robert Beck, an American serviceman in WWI, stricken by shellshock, leaving him deaf and dumb. While viewing a film in a sanatorium, Mr. Beck broke into peals of laughter and was suddenly cured of his affliction. The film that cured Mr. Beck was never discovered, but the curators launched the series in the hopes that the films that are seen will inspire similar kinds of spontaneous awakening. RBMC features both curated and spur-of -the-moment screenings for all levels of filmmakers that all enlighten on some level.

Collective: Unconscious is one of the last remaining alternative art spaces in Lower Manhattan. Collective: Unconscious is an inclusive, creative community run by a volunteer group of artist/administrators. Its mission is to serve as an incubator for the New York City artistic community by providing an affordable venue for rehearsals and performances, promoting these artists' work, and serving as a technical and administrative resource center.

More information and entry forms are available at
http://www.weird.org/LWSFF/

Deadlines & Fees
Early: February 15, 2005 (postmark), $25
Late: March 10, 2005 (postmark), $35
(FEE WAIVED FOR SMALL GAUGE FILMS -- PLEASE NOTE ON YOUR APPLICATION "FEE WAIVED BY SKJ")

More info: director@lwsff.org

The Lower West Side Film Festival is accepting submissions of short films in all genres, including experimental, narrative, sexy, sensual and edgy, documentary and animation. Other screening opportunities will include a roving video van and Open Film Night which will showcase films that are ten-minutes and under on a first-come-first serve basis. All films will be screened on Super8mm, 16mm, miniDV, VHS or DVD format. The only competition in the festival will be the Best of the Festival awards selected through audience surveys.

Mailing address for entries:
Collective: Unconscious LWSFF
PO Box 2026
New York, NY 10013
USA

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