Angles: Women Working in Film and Video (1991)

with completed entry form and still photo from the film is requested. Photos may not be returned. The Film Expo guarantees a rental fee for all films selected for exhibition. For more information: Lisa Lyon or Linda Klosky, Film Expo, The Center for Contemporary Arts, P.O. Box 148, Santa Fe, NM 87504. Poetry Film Festival. Call for entries deadline: Nov. 29. The theme is planetary survival. The festival is looking primarily for 3 to 5 minute works in which words and images contribute equally in communicating a message. The works must incorporate a verbal poetic statement in narrated or captioned form. The festival will be Dec. 7 and 8 at the Media Alliance Hall, Fort Mason Cultural Center, San Francisco. For more information: Herman Berlanat, Poetry Film Theater, Fort Mason Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA 94123. 415/776-6602. DECEMBER international Women’s Day Video Festival. Call for entries deadline: Dec. 1 (U.S. entries) and Jan. 1 (international entries). Women are invited to submit videotapes that explore the theme: Women and Discovery. This festival provides women from a variety of Cultures the opportunity to exchange news, perspectives and insights through videotapes that reflect personal, political, social, historical and community ideas. All tapes are welcome, from novice to professional. Submissions in languages other than English are encouraged. When possible written translations are appreciated. NTSC (North America) 8mm, VHS, SVHS, 3/4", PAL and SECAM (in 3/4" only). For more information: International Women’s Day Video Festival. P.O. Box 390438, Cambridge, MA 02239. 617/628-8826. National Educational Film & Video Festival. Call for entries deadline: Dec. 2. Categories include documentaries, dramatic features and shorts, animation, classroom programs, medical/health, training/instructional, special interest, made-for-TV, PSAs, film & video art, student-made docs & narratives. A new category this year is interactive media. For more information: NEFVF, 655 13th St., Oakland, CA 94612. 415/4656885. American Film & Video Festival. Call for entries deadline: Dec. 2. The festival will be May 28 through May 30 at the Congress Hotel in Chicago. Requirements include: non-theatrical works produced and/or released between Jan. 1, 1990 and Dec. 30, 1991. Entries must be available for general distribution in the U.S. in 16mm film or 1/2" VHS NTSC videotape format. Categories cover a diverse range of topics including but not limited to documentaries, curriculum-oriented productions, business and industry productions and student produced works. Entrants include independent film and video makers, film and video distributors, corporate production departments, government media production divisions, broadcast networks and students. First place win ners in each of the 80-plus categories will be eligible for Academy Award nomination in the documentary and short subject categories. For more information: American Film & Video Association (formerly Educational Film Library Association), 920 Barnsdale Rd., Suite 152, La Grange Park, IL 60525. 708/482-4000. JANUARY The Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana University — Bloomington. Call for papers deadline: Jan. 25. For the “In Touch With The Spirit, Black Religious and Musical Expressions in American Cinema,” conference, July 17-19, 1992, in Indianapolis. The conference will include scholars and filmmakers. Filmmakers will screen and discuss their films while scholars examine three major genres — documentary, ethnography and feature film — from various disciplinary perspectives, such as film criticlsm and aesthetics, folklore, ethnomusicology, political science, sociology, anthropology, history, religious studies and women’s studies. Interested participants should send a one to two page abstract of papers to: Dr. Phyllis Kiotman, Black Film Center Archive/Conference 1992, Department of AfroAmerican Studies, Memorial Hall East, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405. Cinemien in Amsterdam is one of the largest feminist distributors in the world. festivals/markets Denver International Film Festival. Oct. 10-17. A non-competitive exposition of film. More than 85 films will be showcased on four screens during the eight-day event. New international releases, independent features and documentaries, animation, experimental works, children’s programs, treasures from the past and short subjects. The John Cassavetes Award is given to the individual who has made an outstanding contribution to American independent filmmaking. Past winners were Steven Soderbergh (“sex, lies and videotape”) and Jim Jarmusch (“Stranger than Paradise” and “Down by Law”). For more information: Denver International Film Society, P.O. Box 480044, Denver, CO 80248. 303/298-8223. FAX: 303/298-0209. On Screen Film Festival. Oct. 17-20. Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th St., San Francisco. Sponsored by Northern California Women in Film and Television and Union Bank, the festival screens features films, shorts, music videos, documentaries and television programs by women. It will include the American premiere of Mary Lambert’s “Grand Isle,” with Kelly McGillis, Ellen Burstyn, Glenne Headly, Adrian Pasdar, Julian Sands and Jon DeVries. Other films include “A Place of Rage,” directed by Pretiona Parmer; “To Cross the Rubicon,” produced and co-written by Pat Royce; and “Hot Summer Winds,” directed by Emiko Omori. Seminars during the festival will FALL, 1991 19