Black Maria Film Festival - Filmmakers Message

**********THE BLACK MARIA FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL***********

******************FALL 2006 CALL FOR ENTRIES****************

***********Deadline for Submissions is November 24, 2006*********


The Black Maria Film and Video Festival announces its fall 2006 call
for entries and is accepting submissions through November 24, 2006. The
Festival seeks expressive, diverse and fiercely independent film and
videos by emerging as well as established makers. The entry fee is $35
for works up to 30 min. long and $45 for works over 30 min.
Submissions are accepted in 16mm, VHS, and DVD formats for previewing
and finished releases may be in 35mm, 16mm film, VHS, Beta SP, MiniDV,
and DVD formats.

The Black Maria Festival accepts works up to 70 minutes in length in any
genre including narrative, documentary, experimental, or animation. The
Festival seeks works which possess artistic vitality and explore the
expressive potential of the medium. There are no specific entry
categories; each work is considered within the context of its makers'
intent and with an appreciation for originality and genuineness.

50 - 55 winning works will form an award collection that is exhibited
in a
tour escorted by the Festival Director and presented at 70+ prominent
host institutions across the nation and internationally.

Cash awards and exhibit honoraria total at least $16,000 or more.
Awards and honoraria are shared among Jurors' Awards (1st prize),
Jurors' Citations (2nd prize), and Director's Choice (3rd Prize)
works. The Festival is made possible by the Geraldine R. Dodge
Foundation, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the National
Endowment for the Arts, The Charles Edison Fund, Eastman Kodak, The
William H. Donner Foundation, The Flaherty Film Seminar, The Thomas
Phillips Johnson and Jane Moore Johnson Foundation, and is operated in
concert with New Jersey City University and The Edison National
Historic Site.

For more information (including a downloadable entry form) please check
out our website:

www.blackmariafilmfestival.org

Or you can reach us at:

Black Maria Film and Video Festival
c/o Media Arts Dept
New Jersey City University
2039 Kennedy Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07305

phone #: 201 200 2043
Fax #: 201 200 3490
Email: [email protected]

PLEASE JOIN US AT THE BLACK MARIA 25TH ANNIVERSARY RETROSPECTIVE AT THE
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK CITY FROM NOVEMBER 18 TO NOVEMBER 22,
2006. CALL THE BLACK MARIA OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Best Wishes,
John Columbus
Director
Black Maria Film and Video Festival






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