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Call for Entries: Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, January 16 Deadline!

CALL FOR WORK: the April 18-26, 2009 Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, an annual presentation of the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center in Seattle, Washington, USA invites independent film entries of any length. Genres/subject areas: narrative, documentary, children's, youth-made movies, shorts, lesbian/gay/trans, animation, experimental.

Filmmakers do not have to be Black, but films should include a significant amount of content involving people of African descent.

Films are reviewed by a jury process.

Entry fee: $25 USD; please make checks payable to "LHPAC". Please include a postage paid envelope if you want your work returned. All preview copies must be marked with your name and contact information.

A $50 honorarium is paid for films accepted and screened. You will be notified by email if your film is accepted.

Deadline: January 16, 2009. Please send preview copies in NTSC format on DVD.

Films originating in languages other than English must have English subtitles.

Mailing address:
LHAAFF, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center,
104 - 17th Avenue South
Seattle WA 98144 USA

An entry form is available here: http://www.langstonarts.org/2009LHAAFF_EntryForm.pdf.

Please visit www.langstonblackfilmfest.org or lhaaffbside.blogspot.com/ for more information about our event.

Three awards will be given: the $500 local filmmaker award (filmmaker resident of Washington State); the $750 Audience Award; and the $750 Jury award.

Starts01/16/2009
Ends01/16/2009
IssuesCriminal Justice, Economic Justice, Environment, Family & Society, Gay/Lesbian, Gender/Women, Health/Health Advocacy, Human Rights, International, Media, Politics/Government, Racial Justice, Youth
Homepagewww.langstonarts.org
Contactfilmfestinfo@langstonarts.org

Posted on September 22, 2008 in Film / Screening by LHAAFF