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April 10, 2008
Win money, travel to Shanghai: Let your films bring you fame and glory!
$1500 TO PRODUCE YOUR FILM IN SCREENWRITING COMPETITION
May 2 is the deadline to submit your original screenplay for ACM's annual
Grace J. Abernethy Screenwriting competition. Up to 3 winners will receive
$1500 each to help bring their screenplay to the screen as an ACM film. All
students enrolled in ACM classes are eligible as long as you'll be with us
Fall 08 to put your film into production. For details, contact Asst. Prof.
Joel Moffett moffett@hawaii.edu or 956-3353.
SHANGHAI CALLING: JOIN ACM FOR FILM MAKING, FESTIVAL IN CHINA
Submit your ACM film by Monday (April 14) for consideration for screening in
the 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival. Selected ACM student
filmmakers will have their airline and accommodations paid for a trip to
China June 4-23 as part of ACM's SMART (Student Media Art) Exchange Program.
The adventure will include a filmmaking co-production with students from
Shanghai University, and attendance at the Shanghai Festival where their
films will be screened. There's also the opportunity to attend festival
gatherings to mix with some of the top international filmmakers. Details and
entry form are available on our website at www.hawaii.edu/acm.
LOST INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR FALL 08
If you're able to commit 150 working hours over the course of the semester
(preferably one full 10 hour day per week), you could be among the 10
interns selected to work on the set of the hit ABC series LOST during Fall
08, and receive 3 credits in ACM 495. Majors and those students intending to
commit to become majors, as always, have priority. What better reason to
major (or double major) in ACM? Please contact Asst. Prof. Joel Moffett
moffett@hawaii.edu or 956-3353 if you are interested.
FORMER INTERN GETS FULL-TIME JOB ON LOST
Congratulations to Joelle-Lynn Sarte, one of the first ACM LOST interns, who
now has a Production Assistant job in the Transportation Department.
Joelle's films have screened at the Hawai'i International Film Festival, and
she has previously served as a PA on the LIVING LOCAL TV series.
TWO ACM STUDENT FILMS IN PRESTIGIOUS LA ASIAN PACIFIC FESTIVAL
Two student films from UH Manoa's Academy for Creative Media have been
selected for screening at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
ATONEMENT by Seong Kyu Whang and FIRST IMPRESSIONS by Jeremiah Tayao will be
featured during the largest and most prestigious festival of Asian and
Pacific Islander films May 1-8. Both films were featured in the 2007 ACM
night at the Hawai'i International Film Festival as well. See
www.vconline.org/festival for more about the festival.
HIFF'S SPRING FESTIVAL BEGINS NEXT WEEK
The Hawai'i International Film Festival's Spring Showcase kicks off next
Friday - April 18 - for seven days of new films, including John Sayle's
latest, HONEYDRIPPER; THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS starring Oscar nominated Ellen
Page; the documentary HOLLYWOOD CHINESE; and a tasty assortment of Asian
films including MISS GOLD DIGGER; RADIO DAYZ; MACHINE GIRL; and MONGOL. For
the complete schedule, see hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/.
IMPORTANT: ACM COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS EFFECTIVE FALL 08
Beginning next semester, ACM students will be required to provide their own
computer laptops and software for our digital cinema, computer animation and
game design courses. The requirements are being handed out in classrooms and
can be found on our website at www.hawaii.edu/computer. In addition to the
list of requirements, there's a Frequently Asked Questions site to further
explain the new policy.
SAM GREEN LEADS DOCUMENTARY SHORT COURSE AT PACIFIC NEW MEDIA
Sam Green (WEATHER UNDERGROUND) returns to Pacific New Media this summer for
a short course on documentary filmmaking June 7 and 8. You can earn 1 credit
of ACM 390 for attending. Information, including tuition, can be found at
www.outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm.
ACM FACULTY ON THE MOVE
* Asst. Prof. Konrad Ng will present a paper "(Self-) Representation of
Asian Bodies in Electoral Politics: Race, New Media and Power" at the
Association for Asian American Studies conference in Chicago next week.
* Prof. Wimal Dissanayake has been invited to conduct a workshop this week
on the aesthetics of India popular cinema at the College of DuPage,
Illinois.
* Director Chris Lee will serve as a juror for the Tribeca All Access
Program, featuring 37 narrative and documentary features from new minority
filmmakers. The awards will be presented during the Tribeca Film Festival
April 25.
* Chair Tom Brislin will be a kickoff speaker on mass media and values for
the Stanford University Round Table USA Conference "Societies in Transition
- Adjusting to Changing Global Environments" in June.
* Asst. Prof. Joel Moffett's HORSE POWER, which screened at HIFF 2007, has
screened at 10 additional festivals, taking top prizes at three.
HAWAI'I ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS: 1-YEAR TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS
Our long-time supporters at the Hawai'i Association of Broadcasters invite
ACM students to apply for scholarships that will cover a complete year of
tuition. The deadline for submission is April 30. You can find details and
application forms at www.hawaiibroadcasters.com/scholar.html
FESTIVALS, CONTESTS, ETC.
REMINDER: ALL ACM films submitted for festivals and contests must first be
cleared by Production Manager Gregg Ambrosius. No exceptions. See him BEFORE
you send anything off.
SHANGHAI SHORTS: Our partners at Shanghai University are sponsoring the
second International Student Shorts Awards for the Shanghai International
Film Festival in June. This is a separate competition from the ACM student
film screenings in Shanghai. It's open to film students around the world.
See Asst Prof. Anne Misawa, who directs ACM's SMART (Student Media Arts)
Exchange with Shanghai. Deadline for submissions is April 30. See
www.siff.com/Articleen/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=591 for details.
* Maui Film Festival. Deadline April 15. www.mauifilmfestival.com.
* Monterrey (Mexico) International Film Festival
www.monterreyfilmfestival.com. Deadline April 18.
* Moondance Int'l Film Festival. Extended Deadline May 1. moondancefilmfestival.com
* Just For Laughs Comedia Festival www.justforlaughts.ca/comedia/ Deadline
May 1.
* New Orleans Film Festival. Deadline May 9. www.neworleansfilmfest.com.
* Cinefest (Hungary). Deadline May 31. www.cinefest.hu
* "Reel in the Vote" 30-sec PSA contest. $1,000 plus HD camera prize. For
the San Diego Asian Film Foundation. Deadline July 31. www.sdaff.org.
* 11/22 International Comedy Short Film Festival in Vienna. Deadline March
2, 2009 (that's right, but you can submit now). www.11-22.at
POST YOUR CASTING CALL NOTICES ON ACM WEBSITE
Your film casting call can be posted on the ACM website. Send your flyer as
a jpg file to ACM Production Manager Gregg Ambrosius at ambrosiu@hawaii.edu a
week before the call date, and it will go up for all to see.
Remember, no flyers should be posted on the glass on the front and back
entrance doors to Crawford Hall. They'll be taken down, pronto.
PRE-MAJORS, TAKE NOTE!
The ACM Faculty has approved the following policy:
Students who desire to become an ACM major but receive less than a grade of
"B" (3.0) in ACM 255 may retake the course once for reconsideration. If a
grade of B is not attained in the retaking of the course, the student is
ineligible to become an ACM major. Any appeals to this policy will be heard,
and decided, by a faculty committee.
CHECK THIS OUT
We make short films. We like short films. See a collection of festival
favorites and the Oscar Winner for 1995 best live action short: FRANZ
KAFKA'S IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - AND OTHER STRANGE TALES. Sinclair Library
Wong A/V Center. DVD #6464.
MAKE A GIFT TO ACM
ACM welcomes donations to support our programs, which support our students.
You can make a gift online at www.uhf.hawaii.edu/acm.
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