CONTEST: AUSTIN YOUNG FILMMAKERS COMPETITION

 The Austin Young Filmmakers Competition is open for 2022!  It's free to enter!  Please see the rules and due date in the link below.  I highly suggestion you all make plans and enter into the contest!

https://austinfilmfestival.com/yfp/competition/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=SUBMIT%20TODAY&utm_campaign=2.1.2021%20YFC%20Now%20Open

VOLUNTEER: CINEQUEST VOLUNTEER KICKOFF EVENT

The vital Cinequest Volunteer Kickoff Event will occur Sunday, Jan. 19th at Pruneyard Cinemas (1875 S. Bascom Ave, Campbell, CA 95008) from 9:30am to 11:30am. We kindly need you and your friends to ensure that our 30th season is our greatest one!

If you have not rsvp’d yet please do so to: volunteers@cinequest.org.

Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival 2020 occurs March 3 - 15 in San Jose and Redwood City. Thank you for everything that you do for Cinequest and the wonderful artists, innovators, patrons, and youth that we serve through the spectacular festival experiences!

VOLUNTEER/FESTIVAL: SILICON VALLEY ASIAN PACIFIC FILMFEST NOV. 1ST-3RD

Check out the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest!  This will be a great opportunity to get community service hours and extra credit in class by volunteering!

https://www.svapfilmfest.com/

In order to obtain class credit, you will need your supervisor at the festival to confirm your attendance by signature or phone call.

Volunteers email:

Co-Chair

Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest

408-390-1978

steve.svapff@gmail.com

svapfilmfest.com

Update!  11/1 - List of volunteer shifts:

Saturday from 10:00am - 3:30pm (2 films)
Saturday from 3:00pm - 8:15pm (2 films)
Saturday from 7:30pm - 11:00pm (1 film)

Sunday from 10:00am - 3:30pm (2 films)
Sunday from 3:00pm - 8:00pm (2 films)

Schedule and Films 

Friday, November 1, 2019

7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Feature: Love Boat: Taiwan
Short: Going Home
Reception

Saturday, November 2, 2019

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Feature: Norm Mineta Story
Short: Japantown: A Walk Through Memory

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Feature: Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066
Short: Moon and the Night

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Feature: Mayor Ed Lee
Short: Zoetic

6:30 PM - 8:15 PM
Feature: Find Me
Short: My Mother, Myself And I

8:45 PM - 11:00 PM
Feature: Dating After College

Sunday, November 3, 2019

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Feature: Finding the Virgo
Short: In Full Bloom

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Feature: Chinatown Rising

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Award Winning Film Shorts

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Feature: Happy Cleaners

VOLUNTEER: SJ SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OCT 24TH-27TH

The San Jose International Short Film Festival is looking for volunteers!

https://www.sjsff.com/

If you would like to volunteer to work in the box office, be an usher or help out in the VIP room for the Festival, please see the following information below:

• Each volunteer will have a 4.5 hr shift, per day. 
• You can have up to two shifts per day.
• You will receive a FREE Festival T-shirt to wear.
• Shifts will include working at the Box Office, as an Usher, or helping out at the VIP Room.​

In order to obtain class credit, you will need your supervisor at the festival to confirm your attendance by signature or phone call.

Please signup by emailing Bill Hargreaves at:  bill@sjsff.com

FESTIVAL: 15 SEC HORROR FILMS

15 Second horror film festival entries are due today!  Create a FilmFreeway account and enter your entries. If you need help, let me know.

https://filmfreeway.com/15secondhorrorfilmchallenge

FESTIVAL: ARE YOU A FILMMAKER WHO'S 18 YRS OR YOUNGER?

Here is a great article that talks about great Film Festivals to enter if you are a high school student!

https://nofilmschool.com/2018/07/18-film-festivals-filmmakers-18-under-submissions

FESTIVAL: 15 SEC HORROR FILM CHALLENGE

See the following Film Festival Challenge!  All who enter earn extra credit in the class!  See Mr. Furtado for details

http://15secondhorror.ca/

Films are due: October 14th

FESTIVAL: AUSTIN YOUN FILMMAKERS COMPETITION

The Young Filmmakers Competition at the Austin Film Festival is open!  There is no entry fee for this festival!  You must be an enrolled high school student to qualify.

Early Bird due date is:  March 30th

See the following info for the application and requirements:

https://austinfilmfestival.com/yfp/competition/

If you do successfully apply, you will get class credit.

FESTIVAL: LUMINESCENCE INTERNATIONAL TEEN FILM FESTIVAL

Our names are Maya Reamey and Emily Tomz and we are the heads of Luminescence, a teen run student film festival run by the Palo Alto Teen Arts Council! We wanted to reach out and see if any students from Sillicon Valley Career Technical Education would be interested in submitting a film. Luminescence has been going on for 3 years, and each year a variety of films are submitted from students across the world.

Here are some more details regarding the submission process, the deadline of which is on Saturday March 24th. All genres of film are accepted but the film must be shorter than 15 minutes. Also, because Luminescence is coming up soon, there is now a $3 submission fee. No matter if a student’s film is selected or not, they are still welcome to attend the event on May 19th at the Palo Alto Children’s Theater.

In addition, Luminescence gives out several awards each year, some of which include Best Local Film, Superb Acting Award, and the Audience Choice Award.

Here is the submission link:

https://filmfreeway.com/LuminescenceFestival

We would be extremely appreciative if you passed this along to your students! If you or they have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email us at luminescencefilmfestival@gmail.com.

FESTIVAL: KQED FILM SCHOOL SHORTS

Get your work seen on bay area PBS for free!

Check out the submission guidelines on KQED's website:
http://blogs.kqed.org/filmschoolshorts/cfe/

This season's due date is March 1, 2018