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Culture360http://www.culture360.org/culture360devCulture360en-USCopyright 2008 Culture360.orginfo@culture360.orgOpen Calls - Dislocate 08: International Festival for Art, Technology and Locality <div align="justify">Dislocate questions our notions of place and location in the face of perpetual motion through multifaceted environments. The velocity of this passage is accelerated through new technologies, but as a result how does this impact upon our encounter with place and our attempt to communicate this to elsewhere?</div> <div align="justify">&#160;</div> <div align="justify">Through an exhibition, symposium and workshop series Dislocate will examine this encounter and communication, taking a journey through surrounding spaces and exploring our transient connections.&#160; </div> <div align="justify">Propelled through so many spaces with such momentum, mobility brings freedoms but also responsibilities. While in this state of passage how do we decide which spaces to engage with and what is our dialogue with them?</div> <div align="justify">Considering the locations we constantly carry with us, the interaction between the internal/external, virtual/physical, real/imaginary, our locatedness is multiple, fragmentary and in constant flux. Nomadic in structure the festival will focus upon our kinetic force through these various intersecting sites. Employing transitions by foot, bike and public transportation Dislocate will form an expedition into the diverse routes of the city and its hidden spaces, while questioning our relation to the ground beneath our feet.</div> <div align="justify">In this state of transit does our mode of transport isolate us from that which we travel through? Is there a destination? And how do we know when we have arrived?</div> <http://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspxWed, 09 Apr 2008 03:27:35 GMThttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspx?ItemID=OpenCalls_20080409_112221Open Calls - Financial incentive from Cine Tirol for Austrian and International Filmmakers FINANCIAL INCENTIVE FROM CINE TIROL FOR AUSTRIAN AND INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKERS Cine Tirol c/o Tirol Tourist Board 55, Maria-Theresien-Str. -6010 Innsbruck Tel:&#160;43.512.5320.182 Fax:&#160;43.512.5320.140 Contact Us:&#160;<a href="mailto:cinetirol@tirolwerbung.at">cinetirol@tirolwerbung.at</a> Website:&#160;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.cinetirol.com/">www.cinetirol.com</a> Entry Deadline:&#160;30 May 2008 The Austrian Cine Tirol is offering promotional support to productions from Austrian and foreign filmmakers. Apart from the artistic evaluation, criteria like the Tirol connotation and the economic Tirol effect determine the Cine Tirol advisory board's decisions with regard to financial support for cinema and TV films, TV series and documentaries. This offer in connection with production promotion is addressed to all filmmakers in Austria and abroad. The Cine Tirol advisory board meets four times a year.http://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspxTue, 08 Apr 2008 10:59:12 GMThttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspx?ItemID=OpenCalls_20080408_185718Open Calls - Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition: call for short films<div align="justify"> AKIRA KUROSAWA MEMORIAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION Japan c/o Kurosawa Film Studio 3-2-1 Kirigaoka, Midori-ku Yokohama City, 226 0016 Tel:&#160;81 45 922 0850 Fax:&#160;81 45 922 0860 Contact Us: <a href="mailto:compe-tokyo@kurosawa-foundation.com">compe-tokyo@kurosawa-foundation.com</a> Website:&#160;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.kurosawa-foundation.com/">www.kurosawa-foundation.com</a> Entry Deadline:&#160;30 June 2008 Categories: short films with length of 10 minutes (10 seconds over or less permissible) Requirements: submission should be sent on DVD Awards: 10 awards in total with cash prizes of over 6 millions yens. Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition pursues innovative ways of adding new dimensions to the art of filmmaking, encourages new expressionists to step into the light, and launches these fresh talents to the rest of the world. This Competition seeks to become a platform for yet-to-be-discovered talents to come together from around the world, showcasing their broad and wide diversity of works and gifts. This Competition and has been held annually since its first event in 2005.<brhttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspxTue, 08 Apr 2008 10:54:10 GMThttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspx?ItemID=OpenCalls_20080408_185038Open Calls - Q! Film Festival: call for entries Q! FILM FESTIVAL 7 August 2008 to 16 August 2008, Jakarta , Indonesia Q! FILM FESTIVAL Jl. Pati no. 5 Menteng Jakarta 10310 Tel:&#160;62 813 1661 5975 Contact Us:&#160;<a href="mailto:qfilmfestival@yahoo.com">qfilmfestival@yahoo.com</a> Website:&#160;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.qfilmfestival.org/">www.qfilmfestival.org</a> Entry Deadline:&#160;30 June 2008 The Q! Film Festival (Q!FF) is the second largest international film festival in Indonesia and is the only queer film festival in the most predominantly Moslem country in the world and prides itself on showcasing the best queer, gender, sexuality and HIV/AIDS films and videos from around the globe. It is also a “Teddy on Tour” program from the Teddy Award of Berlin Film Festival. From international feature films to social issue documentaries to experimental shorts, Q!FF has always presented a range of genres that demonstrates the rich diversity of work being produced. The festival is not only one of the most important cultural events for Indonesian audience, it also attracts many people from throughout the Southeast Asian region who consider the festival to be the highlight of their cinematic year. Q!FF 2008 will screen around 80 independent films and videos over 10 days, from August 7-16, 2008. In addition, there will be other off-screen events. All the schttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspxTue, 08 Apr 2008 10:48:34 GMThttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspx?ItemID=OpenCalls_20080408_184622Open Calls - International Summer Camp for Contemporary Art Professionals: Call for participation CALL FOR PARTICIPATION International Summer Camp for Contemporary Art Professionals Symptoms of nationalism and critique of nationalism in the practice of contemporary art July 10--17, 2008, Pärnu, Estonia Public Preparation, an international platform for knowledge-production and network-based communication, calls for applications to participate in the 2nd thinking camp for contemporary art professionals which will be held inJuly 10--17, 2008, in Pärnu, Estonia. Focusing on the symptoms of (anti-)nationalism and the critique of nationalism in contemporary art practice, we invite art professionals, especially curators, theoreticians and art historians, but also artists, who have been dealing with the issue and related topics in their previous practice to participate, to share their knowledge, experience and ideas in the thinking camp which might also take a form of summer school without lectures but a week-long discussion instead. The one-week-long summer camp will focus on following issues: - growing nationalist tendencies in former Eastern European countries as well as "Old Europe", - post-soviet and post-colonial condition, - art in the service of national identity building, - nationalism and its relation to patriotism, - nationalism and its relation to internationalism, - exploiting official and unofficial attributes of nation state in contemporary art, - representation of migration, guest workers and illegal status, - performing citihttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspxTue, 08 Apr 2008 10:44:26 GMThttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspx?ItemID=OpenCalls_20080408_183433Open Calls - Paris Project: call for filmmakers and producers<div align="justify">PARIS PROJECT 2 July 2008 to 4 July 2008, France Paris Cinema International Film Festival Entry Deadline:&#160;7 May 2008</div> Please note that projects have to be submitted by a production company and projects submitted should not have French partners attached. Info and registration: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pariscinema.org">www.pariscinema.org</a> The ambition of Paris Project is to bring together key players in the French film industry, around a few international production projects that are not yet finalised. More than 180 professionals attended Paris Project 2007 and 250 meetings were scheduled. PARIS PROJECT MEETINGS Paris Project invites the foreign filmmakers and producers of the selected projects to spend 3 days in Paris: personalised appointments and meetings are organized with French and European professionals who are likely to be interested in those selected projects and to bring them financial support through co-production or presales. PARIS PROJECT SCREENINGS For the second time in 2008, Paris Project will organise Screenings of films in postproduction seeking partners such as sales agents and/or distributors to achieve completion. Info and registration: www.pariscinema.org SEMINARS &amp; WORKSHOPS Paris Project will hold seminars and workshops on co-production between Europe and other specific geographic areas. With the participation of experts, producers, salehttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspxTue, 08 Apr 2008 10:32:20 GMThttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspx?ItemID=OpenCalls_20080408_182829Open Calls - Puchon International Fantastic Film FestivalPUCHON INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 18 July 2008 to 27 July 2008, Bucheon , Korea &#160; Entry Deadline:&#160;4 May 2008 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) is the fantastic film festival showcasing a terrific range of alternative films in the genre of science fiction, fantasy, and horror from all around the world. Since its first edition in 1997, PiFan has been introducing more cutting-edge films leading films' success in Korean market and helping Korean films meeting the international circuit, also established itself as an important forum for diverse spirits of filmmakers and moviegoers. PiFan held in Puchon, one of the satellite cities of Seoul famous for its strong support for film and animation industry, is also famous for enthusiastic film fans: around 65,000 audience a year. PiFan is the supporting member of European Fantastic Film Festival Federeation. With more and more film personnel, audience, and journalists coming, PiFan is a strong festival for the film professionals to meet each other and get the information as well as for the audience to meet diverse films. PiFan is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Gyeonggi-Do, Puchon City, Korean Film Commission, and Korean Film Archive. Also PiFan is the supporting member of European Fantastic Film Festival Federation. With more and more film personnel, audience, and journalists coming, PiFan is a strong festival for the film professionals to meet each other and get the information as well as for the audience to meet diverse films. PiFan is supported by the Ministry of Culture anhttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspxTue, 08 Apr 2008 10:19:30 GMThttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspx?ItemID=OpenCalls_20080408_181632Open Calls - ARTIST in RESIDENCE [AiR] 2008 at the Netherlands Media Art InstituteOPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS in brief: *residency period from 2 to 5 months *starting dates from June to November 2008 *location <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Amsterdam</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region></st1:place> The Netherlands Media Art Institute is pleased to announce an open call for the summer and autumn 2008 period of its Artist in Residence (AiR) programme. The AiR programme at the Netherlands Media Art Institute aims to support the exploration and development of new work in digital/interactive/network media and technology based arts practice. The residency provides time and resources to artists in a supportive environment to facilitate the creation of new work. We encourage a cross-disciplinary, hybrid and experimental approach. This is a practice based residency designed to enable the development and/or completion of a new work. Preferably the production is bhttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspxTue, 08 Apr 2008 07:51:34 GMThttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspx?ItemID=OpenCalls_20080408_154854Open Calls - Asian Youth Animation & Comics ContestAsian Youth Animation and Comic Contest is authorized by All China Youth Federation and hosted by <st1:placename w:st="on">ACYF</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">International</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Project</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Cooperation</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype>, Cartoon Commission of China TV Artists Association and <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Guiyang</st1:place></st1:city> government, Asian Youth Animation &amp; Comics Contest (hereinafter referred to as “AYACC”) is aimed to be top annual award for Asian original animation and comic. <o:p></o:p> AYACC is dedicated to integrate Asian cultural resources, promote the influence of Asian animation and comic, create cultural image of <st1:place w:st="on">Asia</st1:place>, provide a platform of information exchange, as well as to boost Asian animation industry development . It is the great event for Asian animation and comic. <o:p></o:p> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Franklin Gothic Book&quot;http://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspxTue, 08 Apr 2008 03:27:35 GMThttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspx?ItemID=OpenCalls_20080408_111038Open Calls - 2008 fair music Award: call for entriesAbout the 2008 fair music Award: Recognition for best practice and special achievements about fairness in the music business (fair music prize trophy and certificates, the right to use the fair music seal, exposure to international press, promotion of the repertoires via the fair music website and public relation). Who can be nominated? Labels, publishers, initiatives and services providing the audience access to music. Process of nomination: fans, listeners, musicians and composers enter nominees representing a good example of fair business practices in serving cultural diversity.http://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspxTue, 08 Apr 2008 03:04:42 GMThttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspx?ItemID=OpenCalls_20080408_104508Open Calls - Call for projects for new mobility programme (Pepinieres Europeennes pour Jeunes Artistes) In their mission to foster and support promotion and mobility of young artists in Europe, the Pepinieres Europeennes pour Jeunes Artistes launched a new mobility programme for 2008-2009 offering residencies for innovative interdisciplinary projects. Artists between 25-35 and natives or working in the Programme’s member countries can apply online.http://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspxMon, 07 Apr 2008 02:38:54 GMThttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspx?ItemID=OpenCalls_20080407_102239Open Calls - 2008 cultural policy research awardThe 5th ECF supported Cultural Policy Research Award (CORA) is open to young -35 or under- academics, researchers and policymakers. The award stimulates academic research in the cultural policy field. The proposed research should assist cultural policymaking by offering possible policy solutions to the cultural issues it analyses. A long-term goal is the development of a network of young cultural policy scholars. The nominees are selected by an international Jury of cultural policy researchers. The winner will receive 10000 Euro enabling him/her to complete the proposed research project. The winner will be announced at the International ENCATC Annual Conference in Lyon, France from 16-18 October 2008.http://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspxMon, 07 Apr 2008 02:16:19 GMThttp://www.culture360.org/culture360dev/inform/opencalls/tabid/109/language/en-US/Default.aspx?ItemID=OpenCalls_20080407_101123