Take One (Nov 1978)

INFO Conferences & Competitions The ninth Annual Film Festival on the Exceptional Individual (professional, independent and commercial films and videotapes portraying handicapped children and adults) takes place next April 10. If you have a film to submit, or want more information about the sorts of films available, contact Neil Goldstein, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, Box 54700 Terminal Annex, Los Angeles, CA 90054. Unreel is a three-day Science Fiction/Fantasy film convention to be held at Toronto’s York University October 27 through 29 — complete with retrospective film screenings, guests and workshops. For further info: P.O. Box 6711, Station A, Toronto, Ontario M5W 1X5. The fourth annual Conference on Literature and Film will convene January 25 through 27, with the theme this year being “Ideas of Order in Literature and Film.” To present a paper and/or attend, get in touch with Peter Ruppert, Dept. of Modern Languages, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 (904-644-6258). October 20 is the entry deadline for the Australian International Amateur Widescreen Film Festival, open to all 8mm and 16mm films (1.5:1 ration or greater) made by amateurs. Contact Tony Andrews, Maroondah Hospital, Box 65, Ringwood, Victoria 3134, Australia. Purdue’s fourth annual Conference on Film has been scheduled for March 21 through 24. Papers on any topic related to the cinema are welcome, and there will also be a variety of workshops and 6-10 screenings. Further information from: Maud Walther, c/o Dept of Foreign Languages, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906. 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Details: Chris Jones, Young Filmakers/Video Arts, 4 Rivington St., New York City 10002 (212-6739365). The Ohio University Department of Film and the Athens International Film Festival will be hosting a Conference on Political Cinema April 25 through 29. Four major areas are to be explored: European Political Filmmaking, Third World Films, Feminist Cinema, and Politics and the American Cinema. Deadline for all papers is January 15. Professor Peter Lehman, AIFF, Box 388, Athens, Ohio 45701. The 20th International Festival of Documentary and Short Film takes place November 4 _ through December 9 in Bilbao, Spain. Films of less than 30 minutes running time may be entered, before October 22, by writing the festival at either Arbieto 3-2, Bilbao, Spain, or P.O. Box 1198, Bilbao, Spain. On the eve of the International Year of the Child, a major national Conference on Films for Children is to be held in Washington, DC, November 9 through 11. There will be screenings, panel discussions and special sessions devoted to evaluating children’s media. For registration forms and further information, contact The Educational Film Library Association, 43 West 61 Street, New York 10023 (212-2464533). Submissions must be made before January 31 for the next cycle of grants by The Film Fund, a new national organization that boasts Haskell Wexler among its directors. Guidelines for applications are available from The Film Fund at 80 East 11 Street, New York, NY 10003. LETTERS continued from page 4 producer-directors Andrew and Virginia Stone and actor Jan-Michael Vincent. A magazine devoted to film can no longer ignore the distribution angle, for the stars and directors of the hits of 1978 are the only ones who will be given more money to make the pictures you'll be reviewing in 1979 or 1980. Paul Rodriguez Elmhurst, New York Alwavs for Pleasure Afilmby Les Blank a te: “The zeal and energy of full-throttle New Orleans Mardi Gras! ... 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