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Submit Today to Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts VideoFest 2009, Final Deadline July 20




Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) VideoFest 2009
Labor and Dreams / Trabajo y Sueños
Festival Dates:
October 15, 16 and 17 2009, MCCLA Theater
Final Deadline to Submit: July 20, 2009
Over $2,000 in prizes!

JURORS:
Peter Bratt - Writer, Director and Producer of “La Mission”, selected for the opening night at the San Francisco International Film Festival 2009.
Ann Kaneko - 1st prize winner VideoFest 2008 for her documentary “Against the Grain: An Artist’s Survival Guide to Perú.
Graham Leggat - Executive Director, San Francisco Film Society

In 2009 VideoFest celebrates its 6th annual festival and contest. VideoFest offers a space for videomakers to focus their work on the theme of Labor & Dreams/Trabajos y Sueños. This combination honors the idea of work in the community, the dreams surrounding labor, the hopes that await us in the future, the significance of work done by men and women whom as beings never stop dreaming.

VideoFest Categories
- Documentary: 60 minutes and under
- Short Fiction: 20 minutes and under
- Youth Video: video makers under 21 years old, 10 minutes and under
- Video del Barrio: focusing on neighborhood issues and the sense of community in any part of the world, 20 minutes and under
- Short Experimental: video art, video-poem or video-performance, 20 minutes and under
- Super Short: 2 minutes and under

More Info and Prospectus here.

Community Partners:
San Francisco International Film Festival
Museo del Barrio, New York
VIDEOAKT, Barcelona-Berlin


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Posted on July 15 2009 in by Mediarights_Admin