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Call for Entries: The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, Deadline January 31

OPEN CALL FOR FILMS: Deadline January 31, 2010

The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, 2010 – Seattle, Washington USA

CALL FOR WORK: the April 17-25, 2010 Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, a program 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/bi/transgender, 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. Please notify us if you have simultaneously submitted your film to other Seattle-area festivals.

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/2010LHAAFF_EntryForm.pdf.

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

Awards: the $500 local filmmaker award (filmmaker resident of Washington State); the $750 Audience Award; and the $750 Jury award.

Deadline: January 30, 2010.

Starts	April 17 2010
Ends / Deadline	April 25 2010
Homepage	http://www.langstonblackfilmfest.org
Contact	filmfestinfo@langstonarts.org
Issues	Criminal Justice, Economic Justice, Environment, Family & Society, Gay/Lesbian, Gender/Women, Health/Health Advocacy, Human Rights, Immigration, International, Media, Politics/Government, Racial Justice, African-American, Religious Freedom, Youth