From: Mia H H Lam Subject: Seoul Queer Film & Video Festival Call for Entry (fwd) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:31:43 -1000 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:29:02 -1000 From: Ji-Sung Kim To: aplb Subject: Seoul Queer Film & Video Festival Call for Entry Seoul Queer Film & Video Festival > > 2000 Seoul International Queer Film & Video Festival > > > September 1st - 7th, 2000 > Call for Submissions ; > > 2000 Seoul International Queer Film & Video > Festival is now accepting entries. We accept all > kinds of queer themes-inspired film and video works, > including narrative features, documentary, > animation. Of course, short and feature length films > are accepted. The festival's mission is to showcase > prominent achievements made by > gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender and other queer > filmmakers, and is intended to make it wide to > represent queer lives and voices in > straight-centered society and all the people of the > queer community to celebrate their diversity > > In November of 1998, the first bi-annual Seoul > International Queer Film and Video Festival was > launched in Art SonJae Center's theater in Seoul, > which has been the best one of film venues in Korea. > Now, this year's festival will be held in two > venues, one more venue beside Art SonJae Center's > theater in order to accomodate more filmgoers than > last festival. The first festival was big success to > take big attentions from not only domestic mass > media but also major international media. The > festival's percentage of seats was up to eighty-five > percentage and about more than 10,000 audiences met > the queer film works during ten festival dates. And > we are proud to abolish almost all lawful and > institutional obstacles to head off the queer view > in Korean Society. In the end, the festival won the > cultural civil rights to make and show queer film > and video works. > Based on the encouraging results of last festival, > Seoul Queer Film & Video Festival must be much > bigger and can introduce new paths to make queer > film community for audiences and alternative > economic, cultural opportunities for queer > filmmakers and distributors. Once again scheduled > for a run during 1st - 7th, September, 2000, Seoul > International Queer Film and Video Festival will > return home to a whole new set of provocative, > humorous, dramatic, and all-around-gay filmmaking. > This year, beside regular official programmes > introducing new diverse flows of queer film > movement, the festival will make some special > programmes to considerate and celebrate and reflect > the startling progresses of queer film and videos. > Now, with all Korean film-maniac queer audiences, > the festival looks forward to meeting the directors, > distributors, and all queer image makers for happy > and joyful new millennium for queer people. > > Thank you. > > > Seo Dong-Jin > > executive director & programmer > > 2000 Seoul International Queer Film & Video > Festival > > Submission Guidelines and Entry Form > > Call for Submission > > 1. The deadline for submission is 20th, June, 2000. > 2. There is no entry fee for submission. > 3. Only VHS tapes (NTSC, PAL) will be accepted for > preview > 4. Preview tapes in languages other than Korean > must be accompanied by an English dialog transcript > or at least one in the original language. This is > very important in order to allow the best > translation possible for our Korean audiences. If > the transcript is not available right away, it will > be necessary at least one month before the festival > official screening. > 5. Final program decisions will be made by the 10th > of July 2000. All preview tapes will be kept by the > Festival as part as the archive of International Queer Film & Video Festival>. > 6. Programmed works may be excerpted (up to a limit > of 3 minutes) for TV promotional purposes or > internet promoting. > 7. Filmmaker certifies that he or she holds the > rights for submission of film/video to the 2000 > Seoul International Queer Film & Video Festival. > > Always don't hesitate to send email at > queer21@thrunet.com informing us of preview's > shipment details. > > PLEASE SEND SUBMISSIONS, no later than the 20th of > June 2000 to: > 2000 Seoul International Queer Film & Video Festival > Organization Committee > Soongin-dong 207-40 Yonghwa Building #206, > Chongno-ku, > Seoul, Korea > (postal code 110-550). > > Don't forget to ALWAYS state on ALL packages, > especially preview cassettes, coming from outside > Korea : NO COMMERCIAL VALUE - FOR CULTURAL PURPOSES > ONLY > > > 2000 Seoul International Queer Film & Video Festival > Executive Director and Programmer, > Seo Dong-Jin > > > > 2000 Seoul International Queer Film & Video > Festival > Entry Form > > > Original title > _________________________________________________________________________________________ > English title > __________________________________________________________________________________________ > Korean title > __________________________________________________________________________________________ > Short description > ______________________________________________________________________________________ > > Production credits: > Director > Producer > Script > Photography > Music > Principal cast > > Festival/Broadcast history: List festivals where > film/video has been screened > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Production contact (print/tape source) > Contact > > Company > > Address > ______________________________________________________________________________ > City/State/Postal code > ______________________________________________________________ > Tel Fax > > Email > > > Director contact (if different than production) > Name > Address > ______________________________________________________________________________ > City/State/Postal code > _______________________________________________________________ > Tel Fax > > Email > > > Film/Video Technical Information: > Year > Duration > Length in meters > Language of dialogues Language of subtitles (if > be) > > Exhibition format: > □ UMATIC (NTSC/PAL) □ VHS (NTSC/PAL) > □ BETA (PAL only) □ 16mm □ 35mm > □ Color □ B&W > Aspect ratio > numbers of reels > > Original format: □ 35mm □ 16mm □ Super8mm > □ Video > Sound: □ Stereo/Dolby □ Mono > > CHECKLIST (please find enclosed): > > VHS preview tape: ? NTSC ? PAL ? SECAM > □ B&W stills □ Color slides □ Photo of > director > □ Synopsis in English □ Press kit □ Poster > > Transcript: □ Yes □ No > Language > > Please send email at queer21@thrunet.com informing > us of your submission and preview shipment. > I have read and agree to the submission guidelines > of the 2000 Seoul International Seoul Queer Film & > Video Festival > > Signature > Title > Date > > Enclose it for: 2000 Seoul International Queer Film > & Video Festival Organization Committee > Soongin-dong 207-40 Yonghwa Building #206, > Chongno-ku, > Seoul, Korea > (postal code 110-550). > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ********** To post, send mail to aplb@queernet.org. To unsubscribe, send mail to majordomo@queernet.org; put a line saying unsubscribe aplb in the body. 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