January 2008 Newsletter  
 

CALL FOR FILM SUBMISSIONS



Celebrating the written word on film

We might have been a little ahead of ourselves back in 1994 when we made the first little video. In 2004 when we founded the company, BookShorts that is, there were still only a handful of short films made specifically to celebrate the written word made to be released at the same time a book made its entré into the world.

Hallelujah and see the light ...now there are tons of fantastic filmmakers, authors, publishers and studios dedicating their artistic expression to the cause of literacy, making books into short films with serious entertainment intent.

January 2008, fourteen years and fourteen BookShort films later, may we present ... (drum roll please)... the excellently curated, fabulously juried collection of short films celebrating the written word ....it'll be the very first ever ....

MOVING STORIES FILM FESTIVAL

Woo hoo!!! No, but really folks, it's all about you. MSFF will be a program of films, not just BookShort films, presented by means of industry and public screenings. We're calling on artists and filmmakers to submit their own work for inclusion.

It will be launched at the same time as BookExpo Canada, the national industry trade show for the book industry in Toronto. It will make its way across the country as a special event in festivals of literature and film and in lots of bookstores too.

We will curate films based on the theme of celebrating books and the written word in moving pictures. Plus there are a few simple criteria to make this Festival unique.

For instance, films are to be directly inspired by fiction, non-fiction or poetry in the form of a published short story, novella, poem, graphic novel or full length book.

And the written work upon which the film is based ought to be in print and available to the general public at the time of the Festival screenings (or pretty darn close to it) so that audiences can receive the full benefit of both cinema and printed word.

Our overall curatorial objective for the Festival is to support a standard of excellence in content, execution and entertainment value for this genre of short film. Our aim is to ensure that all the artists we work with - those in words, films and music - benefit through their industry and public experience in the Festival.

Send your film by February 15, 2008 with the $10 Early Bird Submission Fee plus a DVD and completed Submission Form to our snail mail address. Then watch for more news each month - announcements of jury members, screening events, and more.

Send submissions to us here:

BookShorts Moving Stories Film Fest
1104 – 701 King Street West
Toronto ON M5V 2W7 Canada

Guidelines and Submission Form posted at
www.MovingStoriesFilmFest.com

February 15, 2008 $10 Earlybird Deadline


Guidelines are also posted on Withoutabox.com

 
 

About BookShorts
BookShorts are short films adapted from books, including exclusive behind-the-scenes features. They have screened nationally on television specialty channels, in film and literary festivals from Vancouver to St. John's, New York and Washington. BookShorts Literacy Program is supported by Canadian Heritage Book Publishing Industry Development Fund and our partners in the Canadian publishing community .For media catalogue, visit www.bookshorts.com.

Judith Keenan, BookShorts Literacy Program / BookShorts Inc.

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