Re: [Frameworks] festival suggestions for an alt-narrative?
Thank you, Greg. We will indeed be in touch. Best wishes, CC On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Greg DeCuir gdec...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear Caryn: We actually have a non-competition program in our festival called Alternative Narrative, specifically for works like this that slip through the boundaries. Since we're already in touch I'm sure we'll talk more! Best, Greg de Cuir, Jr Selector/Curator, Alternative Film/Video Belgrade http://www.alternativefilmvideo.org/ -- *From:* Caryn Cline carynycl...@gmail.com *To:* Experimental Film Discussion List FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com *Sent:* Sunday, May 25, 2014 6:45 PM *Subject:* [Frameworks] festival suggestions for an alt-narrative? Dear Frameworkers, For the last two years, I’ve been working with a friend on an experimental narrative short (25 minutes) that is now finished. It is a film about a middle-aged woman’s attempts to understand and process her mother’s dementia and death. The film explores other ways besides the conventional “classical” narrative to tell the story. I’m writing to ask for your advice about festivals that might be interested in such a film. We will send it to women’s film festivals, of course, but I’m wondering about experimental festivals that might be open to alt-narratives. I’d be happy to hear any festival suggestions that you might offer—national and international. Also, does anyone out there know of festivals that focus on senior or aging issues? Many thanks. CC -- Caryn Cline co-producer, *Acts of Witness* www.actsofwitness.com vimeo.com/carynyc ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -- Caryn Cline co-producer, *Acts of Witness* www.actsofwitness.com vimeo.com/carynyc ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] festival suggestions for an alt-narrative?
Dear Caryn There's a festival in Mumbai, called MAMI, they have a section Celebrate Age, deadline is in August. http://www.mumbaifilmfest.org/index.php?page=festival_sections But I'm not so sure whether they appreciate your experimental approach… at least they do not charge entry fees… cheers Bernd Am 25.05.2014 um 18:45 schrieb Caryn Cline: Dear Frameworkers, For the last two years, I’ve been working with a friend on an experimental narrative short (25 minutes) that is now finished. It is a film about a middle-aged woman’s attempts to understand and process her mother’s dementia and death. The film explores other ways besides the conventional “classical” narrative to tell the story. I’m writing to ask for your advice about festivals that might be interested in such a film. We will send it to women’s film festivals, of course, but I’m wondering about experimental festivals that might be open to alt-narratives. I’d be happy to hear any festival suggestions that you might offer—national and international. Also, does anyone out there know of festivals that focus on senior or aging issues? Many thanks. CC -- Caryn Cline co-producer, Acts of Witness www.actsofwitness.com vimeo.com/carynyc ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] festival suggestions for an alt-narrative?
Dear Frameworkers, For the last two years, I’ve been working with a friend on an experimental narrative short (25 minutes) that is now finished. It is a film about a middle-aged woman’s attempts to understand and process her mother’s dementia and death. The film explores other ways besides the conventional “classical” narrative to tell the story. I’m writing to ask for your advice about festivals that might be interested in such a film. We will send it to women’s film festivals, of course, but I’m wondering about experimental festivals that might be open to alt-narratives. I’d be happy to hear any festival suggestions that you might offer—national and international. Also, does anyone out there know of festivals that focus on senior or aging issues? Many thanks. CC -- Caryn Cline co-producer, *Acts of Witness* www.actsofwitness.com vimeo.com/carynyc ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] festival suggestions for an alt-narrative?
A powerful film I am sure. My mom died of early onset Alzheimer's... Thank you for bringing this to the world! Bridgid Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2014, at 9:45 AM, Caryn Cline carynycl...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Frameworkers, For the last two years, I’ve been working with a friend on an experimental narrative short (25 minutes) that is now finished. It is a film about a middle-aged woman’s attempts to understand and process her mother’s dementia and death. The film explores other ways besides the conventional “classical” narrative to tell the story. I’m writing to ask for your advice about festivals that might be interested in such a film. We will send it to women’s film festivals, of course, but I’m wondering about experimental festivals that might be open to alt-narratives. I’d be happy to hear any festival suggestions that you might offer—national and international. Also, does anyone out there know of festivals that focus on senior or aging issues? Many thanks. CC -- Caryn Cline co-producer, Acts of Witness www.actsofwitness.com vimeo.com/carynyc ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] festival suggestions for an alt-narrative?
Dear Caryn: We actually have a non-competition program in our festival called Alternative Narrative, specifically for works like this that slip through the boundaries. Since we're already in touch I'm sure we'll talk more! Best, Greg de Cuir, Jr Selector/Curator, Alternative Film/Video Belgrade http://www.alternativefilmvideo.org/ From: Caryn Cline carynycl...@gmail.com To: Experimental Film Discussion List FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 6:45 PM Subject: [Frameworks] festival suggestions for an alt-narrative? Dear Frameworkers, For the last two years, I’ve been working with a friend on an experimental narrative short (25 minutes) that is now finished. It is a film about a middle-aged woman’s attempts to understand and process her mother’s dementia and death. The film explores other ways besides the conventional “classical” narrative to tell the story. I’m writing to ask for your advice about festivals that might be interested in such a film. We will send it to women’s film festivals, of course, but I’m wondering about experimental festivals that might be open to alt-narratives. I’d be happy to hear any festival suggestions that you might offer—national and international. Also, does anyone out there know of festivals that focus on senior or aging issues? Many thanks. CC -- Caryn Cline co-producer, Acts of Witness www.actsofwitness.com vimeo.com/carynyc ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] festival suggestions for an alt-narrative?
Sorry I can't suggest any specific festivals. But here's a general note: In seeking places to send the film, you should probably take into account the way they deal with pieces of similar length. There are lots of festivals out there, and you can go broke from submission fees submitting to all of them. So you probably want to give low priority to venues that will have generic issues with the film, unrelated to its quality. Form is obvious: some are more open to the unconventional than others. Running time is not-so-obvious, but probably more important. The festival description will usually define a max length for shorts, but those have to be taken with a grain of salt. The programmers want to cast a wide net, to get more submission fees, and just so they don't rule out getting something they consider so incredibly awesome they just have to include. But within that defined range of TRT, all times are not treated equally. In most cases, works in the half-hour range fall into the valley of death. Yes, it's unfair and makes no sense from the standpoint of the quality of individual works, but it is what it is. Programmers want each session to have an identity. The two broadest categories of identity are a single longer featured film and a bunch of short films. For the shorts sessions, they want to include as many pieces as they can, both to include more makers in the program, and to frame the audience appeal of the session a certain way. Thus, faced with a 25 minute submission they tend to have two reactions: 1. Why should we give 25 minutes to this long-short at the exclusion of 3 shorter shorts we could put in the same slot? 2. This would make defining and promoting a session difficult. It's not long enough or major enough to be a featured work that defines a session and pulls in an audience accordingly. But it's two long to put in a variety pack collection. A seesion with two longer shorts is awkward to define and promote. Thus, regardless of the specified max duration of shorts, the functional ceiling is usually somewhere between 12 minutes and 17 minutes, more often on the shorter end of that range. Which sucks, because the half-hour range is a very natural and appropriate length for many kinds of wonderful pieces to fall into. does anyone out there know of festivals that focus on senior or aging issues? Any such festivals you may find will be your best bet, as they they focus programming decisions on how well the films fit their subject focus, and running time is a minor issue, if at all. A few years back I was one of the collaborators on a 30 minute experimental narrative which IMHO was pretty good, but was selected by only one of the many general festivals we submitted it to (Big Muddy, FWIW). All the other screenings it received, including a couple of very high prestige venues (FESPACO, Art Institute of Chicago) were framed with themes that the film fit in significant ways. Best of luck in getting it 'out there.' djt ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
