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Welcome Hopefully you all had a wonderful long weekend, and managed to do some exciting things in your spare time! Now that semester is truly kicking into gear, I know that spare moments come few and far between. In this edition there are a number of opportunities for paid work, and a sea of opportunities to pursue at a variety of competitions, awards and film festivals! If you have anything to add to the next round of MAP News, then be sure to send it on over before the next deadline, which is the 9th of April. Daniel.Stone@uts.edu.au
MAP STUDENT DOCUMENTARY SCREENED ON ABC
In this insightful documentary, Verena embarks on a personal journey to discover the story about her great-uncle, John Nilles. Through Nilles' extraordinary archive of diaries, letters and photos as well as interviews with those who knew him, Thomas pieces together a multi-layered narrative of the shared history between Nilles and the Chimbu people. What she discovers is an unexpected new family, who had made 'Papa' Nilles one of their own. [W] http://www.papabilongchimbu.com/
Employment & Other Opporunities DRIVER WANTED FOR TV CREW - PAID WORK DEADLINE 28TH MARCH We are looking for a driver for our TV crew for 4-5 days in the first two weeks of April. This is the production of a documentary film on the coal rush in Australia for German public TV. Shooting locations will be Sydney, the Hunter Valley, Newcastle and possibly Canberra. For the days when our production manager is unavailable we will need a driver. Those days will probably be: The car will be a large van. Valid driver's license and good driving skills are necessary. Good orientation in Sydney and NSW preferred. Interest in Film/TV welcome. Help in carrying camera equipment and little organizational tasks might also be part of the job. People who can do all days will be preferred. Short resume is sufficient, with $200 a day remuneration. Please apply to Caroline Neubauer,
MAP "SPROUTS" WANTED - PAID WORK "MAP SPROUTS" duties vary from representing UTS at school visits and careers markets around Sydney to taking part in UTS based recruitment events and other HSS events. As a SPROUT, you'll be required to answer questions from prospective students and their parents about UTS, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, HSS courses, along with your personal experience of UTS and HSS. Candidates will possess excellent communication skills and the ability to work individually as well as part of a team. Attributes include being confident, warm and approachable, responsible and knowledgeable about HSS and UTS. This is a paid position of $22.72p/h MAP students with International studies are encouraged to apply. Interested? Please forward your age, program area and year level, along with five dot points as to why you would make a valuable SPROUT to
VIDEO EDITORS WANTED - PAID WORK Corporate Challenge are looking for a Video Editor to upload and edit 5-10 minutes of video footage into a 60 second promo video clip. They are currently looking for four students who can provide this service on the 14/5/08 between 10:30am and 2:30pm approx. Each student should be able to provide their own laptop computer with video editing capabilities and video camera. (Students interested but can not provide this equipment welcome as we can assist in hiring equipment). Remuneration is $250 day rate for ABN holders, pr $220 day rate for non ABN holders. For more information please contact Troy or Lucas at Corporate Challenge
NEWTHEATRICALS - PRODUCTION INTERNSHIP DEADLINE 28TH MARCH Newtheatricals is a theatrical producer and general management company offering an intern programme. This is an excellent opportunity for tertiary students who wish to gain knowledge and experience in the field of commercial theatre production. Interns with newtheatricals assist with the production of projects and are given the unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience and knowledge by working alongside industry professionals. Internships are offered to tertiary students who are completing degrees relevant to live theatre and performance. They are offered on a 6-month basis and involve part-time work during both the university semester and holiday periods. Successful applicants for this position will ideally be completing a degree within media and communications or the humanities, majoring in theatre, film or performance studies. Applicants need to have basic computer skills, including a familiarity with Microsoft Office applications. Interns will preferably have a current Australian driver’s license and must be available on Wednesdays and Thursdays from March including university holidays. They also need to have great communication skills and a passion for live theatre and performance. Applications should be sent to [E] production@newtheatricals.com and must include: 1. A complete resume. 3. A contact number for a referee from the applicant’s university or alternate place of study. Applications for this position will be accepted until Friday 28 March 2008. Applicants are advised to submit their applications well in advance of this date, so as to guarantee that the position is still available. For more information on newtheatricals, see our website at [W] www.newtheatricals.com.
Actor/Crew Call Outs Avid (HD) Editor
EventsINTIMATE ENCOUNTERS FILM SERIES
A country with a fabulously rich cultural heritage, extreme social contrasts and astounding ethnic and linguistic diversity, India has long held a fascination for Western artists. This collection of incisive, intimate and poetic films, poised between documentary, reportage and travel diary, presents a range of personal encounters by Western filmmakers. Allowing the camera simply to record, avoiding didactic commentary, making direct connection with their subjects, the filmmakers place the viewer in a position akin to that of a participant. Capturing the travails and rituals of everyday life, this collection of films shows how the rhythm of India can become the rhythm of documentary. [W] http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/events/cal/intimate_encounters_films
RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITY + $3000 STIPEND FOR NSW SCREEN-BASED ARTIST WITH DISABILITY DEADLINE 18TH APRIL
Application form Enquires: Josie Cavallaro, Accessible Arts [P] (02) 9251 6499 ext 4
A NIGHT OF HIP-HOP, REGGAE, SPOKEN-WORD AND FILMInvisible forces and Dust Tones launch Moragnics' DVD "Hip Hop is MyPasport Meeting at Central Station Platform 20, 6pm sharp, for Subway Sessions - travelling cypher of MCs, beatboxers, singers, poets, Bboys and Bgirls - travelling out to a mystery train station and back, cyphering the whole way. Then reconvene at The Loft for the premiere of screening of Morganics' DVD "Hip Hop is MyPasport" filmed in Tanzania, New York, Berlin, Japan, Bali, Brazil and outback Australia. Live performances by Morganics, The Visionaries (playing tracks from their album Versions Pon A Theme), international Hip Hop DJ sets by DJ's Flux 3, J Mez, DJ Ability, and Regal and hosted by Miles Merrill. At The Loft, UTS
AVID STUDENT GRANT CONTEST - CALL FOR ENTRIES If you live, learn or work in Western Sydney from Drummoyne to Penrith then send us an entry! It can be anything you’ve already made, just send it to us. Download the application form from www.pyt.com.au. There are some massive prizes up for grabs including $1000 lighting voucher from Pannalux, Metro screen membership and courses, NIDA courses, magazine subscription theatre tickets from Sydney Theatre, New Theatre, Riverside, CarraigeWorks and prizes from Prodisk. Short Cuts will be screened on the 4th of April at Fairfield Community Hall. With judges including Khoa Do, award winning Australian writer and director. Jane Manning, award winning Australian film and television writer and director. Craig Anderson, AFI award winning director, writer and producer. Entries close by the 29th of March, if you can’t get it to us by then give us a call and we can work something out. For further questions don’t hesitate to contact Festival Coordinator, Genevieve Clay on [W] www.pyt.com.au
AUSTRALIAN REFUGEE FILM FESTIVAL 2008 - CALL FOR ENTRIES DEADLINE 4TH MAY Are you passionate about refugee issues? Are you an emerging refugee or non-refugee film makers willing to showcase your talent to a diverse audience? Triumphant! International invites you to take part in Australia’s second annual Refugee Film Festival. The festival will take place on the evening of Thursday 19 June at the Pitt St Congregation Uniting Church in Sydney’s CBD. The film festival will screen as part of 2008 National Refugee Week and further screenings will take place around Australia. In interpreting refugee issues through the medium of film, topics you may wish to explore include, but are not limited to: - Family Your film submissions should be no more than 10 minutes in length and be submitted in DVD format. You are encouraged to submit a written transcript of the film in English so that we may arrange for the film to be translated into other languages for the benefit of refugee communities. Entries close on 4 May 2008. Full information including entry forms and festival terms and conditions will be posted up on our website
MY STREET - ABC RADIO NATIONAL PROJECT - CALL FOR ENTRIES
My Street is a User Generated Content project about your street. To be launched in June 2008, we will be asking pool contributors and the ABC Radio National audience to produce content in video, audio, slide shows, photos, text or any combination. A select few that are either audio only or are video with audio that can stand alone will be chosen for broadcast on Street Stories. Street Stories producers will also be giving feedback about each My Street piece on pool. Every street in Australia has a tale to tell because there are so many different individuals living in them; the curious characters who hide behind the blinds, the children who play on the street, the elderly people who tend their front gardens or the parents who parade up and down with their prams. In up to 5 minutes of audio or video or via photos, a slide show or text we want you to record and then shape a story that will capture the imagination of our listeners, it might be about one person, or a group of neighbours or a stranger in the street, drama on the footpath or quietness behind the closed walls of a home. It could be reportage, oral history, soundscape, videoscape, vox pops or any other genre of media production. You can use interviews, sounds, your own voice as commentary, graphics, footage, photos and anything else you can create with a microphone, camera, tape recorder, video camera or keyboard. So, be inventive and tell us about the wonders or disasters of your street. Due to copyright restrictions we cannot broadcast an item on our radio programs or on our websites, which includes commercially published music, or excerpts from commercially released films and or soundtracks. But please don’t let this limit your imagination. [W] www.pool.org.au
FLYING: CONFESSIONS OF A FREE WOMAN - CALL FOR ENTRIESDEADLINE APRIL 30TH In FLYING: CONFESSIONS OF A FREE WOMAN, Jennifer Fox lays bare her own life to penetrate what it means to be a free woman today. In six episodes, Fox travels around the world to understand how she fits into the greater female experience. But the first six episodes are only one woman's experience. We want you to create the 7th Episode about your experience! The winning 7th Episode will be featured on the FLYING website and have the opportunity to be broadcast on the Sundance Channel website. The 7th Episode may also screen theatrically with FLYING: CONFESSIONS OF A FREE WOMAN and appear as an extra feature on the Deluxe DVD Edition of the film! The runner up will receive $250. Honorable mention winners will receive $100. All prizewinners will be featured on the FLYING website. We are looking for a short, finished project that explores the issues important to you. - Your film should be a 3 to 15 minute documentary about your life. [W] http://www.flyingconfessions.com/
METROSCREEN JUMPSTARTFinal round for 2008 Applications close for this round June 6. Offering $45,000 in subsidy to film and screen productions in NSW annually. Jump Start can provide you with subsidised access to reliable, sort after equipment, current technical facilities and production support. Applying: - Applicants must download documents from the Metro Screen website - Must be current Metro Screen members - $60 or $40 concession for 12 mths. For more information please contact Metro Screen's Project Manager David Opitz
AUDIENCE NEEDED FOR DATING SHOW PILOT A new dating show is currently being developed and its pilot soon to be filmed at its North Sydney television studios on Saturday 29 March. If you're interested in being an audience member, contact Edel
WORLD NOMADS TRAVEL WRITING SCHOLARSHIPDEADLINE 25TH MAY Go on assignment to Kosgoda, Sri Lanka and unearth your own travel story! World Nomads will send one exceptional student to participate on an i-to-i ( www.i-to-i.com ) volunteer project in the tsunami devastated region of Sri Lanka. Staying in a small coastal village, living amongst the local people you will receive mentorship from Sydney Morning Herald journalist and travel writer Keith Austin, along with a new Lenovo laptop (www.lenovo.com.au) to help create your story. Upon your return, your article will be considered for publication by the Sydney Morning Herald ( www.smh.com.au ) - giving you the chance to have your story read by thousands of travellers world wide! For full scholarship and application details:
Training & Other Opportunities LOOKING FOR FEMALE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AUSTRALIA INDIA UNIVERSITIES YOUTH FORUM DEADLINE 31ST MARCH We're currently looking for female students who meet the selection criteria and would be interested in an all expenses paid two-week intensive program of educational, tourist and social activities including a three-day tour of outback Australia with the Australia India Universities Youth Forum (AIUYF) from 28 June to 12 July. Nominations to IDP Education Australia Ltd., close on the 31st March. Please contact Devleena Ghosh with any queries
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL MAILING LIST
MICHAEL RILEY: SIGHTS UNSEEN - FREE EXHIBITION 22 February - 27 April 2008
Michael Riley: sights unseen reveals the prolific talents of a quiet observer whose photomedia including black-and-white portraiture, video, digital media and film continues to have a profound effect on Australia’s contemporary representation and comprehension of Indigenous Australia. [W] http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/current/michael_riley If you have material or information that you feel would be appropriate for the list please don’t hesitate to forward onto me, at daniel.c.stone@student.uts.edu.au. If you should wish to unsubscribe from this list you can e-mail me or, if you wish to unsubscribe yourself, go to: http://listserv.uts.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/mapnews. MAPNews is also archived on the web. The archives can be found at: http://listserv.uts.edu.au/archives/mapnews/ |
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Directed by Media Arts and Production student Verena Thomas, Papa Bilong Chimbu, a documentary offering a personal perspective on 'big picture' history of one of Australia's nearest neighbours by tracing the story of one man and his legacy recently screened on ABC TV.
The Art Gallery of New South Wales is presenting a series of free film screenings on Sunday afternoons around the idea of "Intimate Encounters".
Accessible Arts in partnership with the Bundanon Trust are providing an artist in residency opportunity for a NSW artist with a disability. Artists practising in the visual arts, design, digital technologies, film, literature, dance and theatre are eligible to apply. The successful applicant will undertake the residency in November 2008 and will receive a $3000 stipend to undertake the residency. As a gift to the Australian people, Arthur Boyd’s vision for Bundanon was to provide an inspirational haven for artists at all stages of their career.
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This year the good folks over at the Sydney Film Festival are going to be sending email bulletins throughout the year. Each one is filled with information about film, arts and culture events happening in Sydney as well as great giveaways like free movie tickets, DVDs and books. Sign up is free and quick and anyone interested can do so at their website,
Rudy Komon gallery, Upper Level