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Call for Entries: Pangea Day Global Film Event

Calling Filmmakers Around the Globe to Participate in "Pangea Day"
Landmark event to encourage humanity and catalyze positive change through film

Jehane Noujaim, award-winning documentary filmmaker of Control Room, with help of the prestigious TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) prize, is seeking filmmakers—professional or amateur—everywhere to create films for Pangea Day, a landmark, one-day, global film event showcasing short films from around the world.

On May 10, 2008, Pangea Day venues in Cairo, Dharamsala, Kigali, London, New York City, Ramallah, Rio de Janeiro, and Tel Aviv will be linked to produce a 4-hour program of powerful films, visionary speakers, and uplifting music. More importantly, the world will be watching as the program will be broadcast live through the Internet, television, digital cinemas, and mobile phones.

"Movies alone can't change the world, but the people who watch them can," says Noujaim. "If you had the world's attention for five minutes, what story would you tell?"

We, at Pangea Day, are looking for, five-minute films that will make us laugh, cry, gasp. They can be fiction, non-fiction, real-life, animation or your own unique mixture. But they should hold our attention for every second. And above all, they should tell a story that someone else on the other side of the world will be able to relate to.

Filmmakers with submissions can upload their films at http://www.youtube.com/group/pangeaday and register their film at www.pangeaday.org.

Just as important as the stories shared on Pangea Day are the storytellers themselves. A grant and awards program has been established through a partnership with Participant Productions, the production company behind such socially conscious films as An Inconvenient Truth; Syriana; and Good Night, And Good Luck.

For the "Outstanding Filmmakers Awards Program," Participant Productions will select five filmmakers, each representing a different continent (North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia [including Australia]) to receive a $5000 filmmakers grant to both reward outstanding achievement and provide support for these filmmakers to continue making films. In addition, Participant will invite all the filmmakers whose films appear on Pangea Day to submit a treatment for a feature film or documentary. Participant will then reward one winner with the "Filmmaker Grant" which includes $20,000 to continue the development of the treatment and a non-binding first look deal with Participant for the treatment.

Celebrities and other influential people are already committed to this project. Advisory Board members include:

* J.J. Abrams, Film and Television Producer (Lost, Mission Impossible 3, Alias)
* Lawrence Bender, Producer (Good Will Hunting, An Inconvenient Truth, Kill Bill)
* Cameron Diaz, Actress (There’s Something About Mary, Vanilla Sky, Shrek)
* Goldie Hawn, Actress, Director and Producer (First Wives Club, Private Benjamin)
* Alexander Payne, Director and Screenwriter (Sideways, About Schmidt, Election)
* Meg Ryan, Actress (When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail)
* Jeff Skoll, CEO of Participant Productions and Former President of eBay
* Will.i.am, Founding Member of The Black Eyed Peas

Make your film a part of this historic event at www.pangeaday.org.

Starts	11/07/2007
Ends	02/15/2008
Issues	Criminal Justice, Economic Justice, Environment, Family & Society, Gay/Lesbian, Gender/Women, Health/Health Advocacy, Human Rights, Immigration, International, Media, Politics/Government, Racial Justice, Religious Freedom, Youth, Digital Media
Homepage	www.pangeaday.org
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Posted on November 8, 2007 in Event / Call to action by jengallardo