17th WOW Film Festival
…seeing the World through the Eyes of Women…
Entries close: Wednesday September 15
www.wift.org/wow
Screening 8 to 10 March 2011 in Sydney
Travelling to over 16 national locations & overseas
The 17th WOW (World of Women) Film Festival is now calling for entries for Fiction, Documentary, Animation, Digi-Vodules and Student films of less than 55 minutes duration with key creative input by women from Australia and around the world. Presented by WIFT NSW, Australia.
WOW is a unique showcase of films by women, allowing for a different storytelling and giving another perspective … of the world through women’s eyes. WOW 2011 aims to be a festival of discovery, celebration, debate, networking and an inspiration for new work.
WOW promotes and awards the talents of women directors, producers, writers, editors, cinematographers, composers, sound designers. New awards in 2011 for best director, best editor, best sound design, best music composition for eligible films as well as best writer & best cinematographer. These awards are for women in the Australian film industry. Prizes and awards in each category.
Enquiries: contact Sil-Nyin wowfilmfestival@wiftnsw.org.au or text/phone 0402 246 601
This is a short film festival screening films with a thematic perspective of … seeing the world through the eyes of women. Best selection of new Australian & International short films created by women filmmakers!
14-18 October, 2009
Chauvel Cinema
Paddington, Sydney, Australia
Check out the WOW program at http://www.wift.org/wow/
The WOW Short Film Competition invites entries which are up to 55 minutes long and from any genre, with a variety of production values, from emerging and professional filmmakers. Awards and prizes in many categories.
The film must either have a woman director, or, if it is directed by a man, must have women in TWO of the following roles: producer or writer or editor or cinematographer.
Selected films will again be given the opportunity to be featured in the on-line festival INDIE-FEST @ WOW Film Festival sponsored by IndieFlix. Films selected by the WOW Film Festival will have the opportunity to be selected for inclusion in the WIFT International Showcase which screens globally to celebrate International Women’s Day.
WOW is excited to announce a new arena for Women content producers Vodules for Digi Media. Entry fee ONLY $15.00.
Vodules are created to make use of the emerging market of mobile technology and short form content.
Entries Due: 30 July
Guidelines and Entry Form can be downloaded from:
www.wift.org/wow/WOW_competition.htm
June 14 – October 4, 2009
“Games are the most elevated form of investigation.” -Albert Einstein
“WoW is the most sophisticated happiness engine that exists now.” -Dr. Jane McGonigal
“Games may provide new ways for museums to have a profound impact on society if they are designed, as alternate-reality games are, to change people’s real-world behavior.” -Dr. Jane McGonigal
WoW: Emergent Media Phenomenon explores various forms of cultural production based on World of Warcraft in particular and on gaming in general. While surveying Warcraft’s Fifteen-year history, the exhibition looks at artistic practices that have been influenced by game culture. The actual works by the producer of World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment (headquartered in Irvine, California), provide a starting point and reference.
Fourteen international artists were selected to consider this movement with the following themes in mind: elements of desire, the collapse of fantasy, medievalism, creative critiques, and public intervention. Artists in this exhibition take on the visual marker of World of Warcraft to consider, implications of gaming, and their greater impact on our culture. In addition to the works of these artists, fan art and the growing culture of machinima (computer animation that uses the graphic engines from video games) will be explored in this exhibition. Sponsors include several WoW related 3rd party services like ElvUI (an ElvUI download is a 2ndary screen inside of WoW with stats for improved gameplay).
Laguna Art Museum
More information on WoW: Emergent Media Phenomenon
Also check out the /hug machinima world at http://thirdfaction.org/blog/
