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Call for Entries: London International Documentary Festival

PocketVisions is calling for film submissions for the expanded London International Documentary Festival (LIDF) - A Conversation in Film, 2008. The festival is presented in association with the London Review of Books, and with the support of the British Museum, Curzon Cinemas, Barbican and the UK Office of the European Parliament. 2008 sees a continued association with The Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival (New York). The LIDF will run for 6 days between Monday 31st March, and Saturday, April 5th, 2008.

The call for submissions goes out to an international field of applicants. All successful applicants will be invited to be present at the LIDF. We are looking to support new and innovative filmmaking talent, and to ask filmmakers to participate in a series of intertwining "conversations" to be run alongside the screenings. These "conversations" will involve academics, journalists, policy-makers, NGOs, and other cultural commentators.

The LIDF is calling for documentary films produced between January 1st 2006 and December 6th 2007, and is particularly, although not exclusively, interested in films that fall within the following categories:

* Environment
* Human Rights
* Memory/history
* Ethnography/anthropology
* Politics/Philosophy/Economics
* Heritage and the Arts
* Other social and development issues

Submission Procedure: Filmmakers can enter their films, pay entry fees and find out how to submit their DVD or VHS preview copy at http://www.lidf.co.uk
Once the on-line submission has been made entrants will receive a confirmation email and a unique Entry Reference Number

Deadline for Submissions: 6th December 2007
Late entries accepted until 30th December with penalty (see regulations). Films can only be returned if the ‘return fee’ is included in the submission.

Selected films from the LIDF will be automatically submitted for selection to the Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival, November 2008.

Starts11/20/2007
Ends12/30/2007
IssuesEnvironment, Human Rights, International, Media, Politics/Government, Youth
Homepagewww.lidf.co.uk
Contactinfo@pocketvisions.co.uk

Posted on November 21, 2007 in Event / Call to action by JTeggin