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Call for Entries: Second Annual UN Documentary Film Festival

The Media Communications Association – International, New York Chapter and the United Nations Department of Public Information are pleased to announce Stories from the Field, the Second Annual United Nations Documentary Film Festival. The Festival is presented in cooperation with The New School. It will take place on Saturday, April 22, and Sunday, April 23, 2006, and will feature film screenings, panel discussions with the filmmakers, and award presentations. The films and their screening times will be listed on this site on February 21, 2006.

All filmmakers from or contracted by United Nations offices, funds, programmes, and agencies around the world have been invited to submit entries for consideration.

NOTE: This year for the first time, the competition is also open to filmmakers from the general public, who may compete for Best Public Film (60 minutes and under) and the Audience Choice Award for Best Film.

Selected entries will be screened in the Tishman Auditorium, The New School, 66 West 12 Street, New York, NY 10011, and announced to the media. The filmmakers of the selected entries will be invited to attend or send a representative to the Festival.

Panel discussions at the Festival will feature the filmmakers, and invited representatives from the United Nations, The New School, and MCA-I NY.

The application process is explained in further detail on the call for entries page:
http://www.mcainy.org/common/news/info_detail.cfm?QID=2444&clientID=11040

Starts12/27/2005
Ends01/20/2006
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Posted on December 27, 2005 in Film / Screening by WendyC