Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 22:12:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim-AT-panix.com> Subject: 1996 New York Expo Call for Entries - Part I [NOTE: Spoon-Announcements is not a list; it's a mechanism for distributing information of potentially general interest to all subscribers of the Spoon Collective's mailing lists without bombarding them with cross-postings.] (Heather Wagner, Lisa Delillo, and Alan Sondheim are running the multi- media portion of this. We will also accept websites, if they reflect coherent experiment work; the entrance fee still applies. Please pass on, where appropriate. Thank you! Alan Sondheim) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE 30TH ANNUAL NEW YORK EXPOSITION OF SHORT FILM AND VIDEO One of the nation's longest running festivals for the independent film/video community CALL FOR ENTRIES PREMIERE: NOVEMBER 21 - 23, 1996, THE NEW SCHOOL NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES - DUE DATE: JULY 1, 1996 ~ ANIMATION ~ DOCUMENTARY ~ EXPERIMENTAL ~ NARRATIVE ~ NEW DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA New York's premiere showcase for cutting-edge and classic independent shorts seeks animation, documentary, experimental and narrative works under 60 minutes in length, as well as digital multi-media works of any size. The New York Expo, now in its 30th year, is one of the nation's longest-running annual festivals of short independent film and video. Over the years, the Expo has sought out and presented the best of the new -- conceptually advanced, technically innovative, thematically challenging, and unconventional non-commercial films and videos -- works that may have a difficult time finding a venue. This year, the Expo will also embrace the exciting new medium of digital multi-media. Finalist works are screened for the public and the New York film/video community at The New School in Greenwich Village, and are seen by distributors and exhibitors in this major media market. Selected finalist works will tour to other venues. The 1996 New York Expo will feature panels and sidebar screenings, with digital multi-media works to be presented at Cyberfeld, an internet cafe. First, Second, and Third Place awards are granted in each category, plus Eastman Kodak prizes of filmstock. Judges for the Expo have included academy award-winning directors, noted independents, and eminent scholars and critics. The Expo is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, Eastman Kodak, Home Box Office, and the New York Film/Video Council, among others. The Expo seeks films/videos completed since 1994; CD-ROMs since 1992. Student and international entries are welcome. Public screening formats: 16mm and 3/4" NTSC video only; 35mm and Super 8 films are shown in video projection. Preview on 3/4" or 1/2" video, NTSC only; CD-ROMs in Mac or PC format. Entry fee: $35. Entry Deadline: July 1, 1996. For information and entry forms, contact: Robert Withers, Director New York Expo of Short Film & Video 532 LaGuardia Place, Suite 330 New York, NY 10012 voicemail (212) 505-7742 email: rswbc-AT-cunyvm.cuny.edu
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