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2008 Film + Video works Online Submission Form
imagineNATIVE Festival Submission Deadline: June 1, 2008

AWARDS

All entries selected for the festival are eligible for awards.
Awards presented in 2007 were as follows:

$1500 Alanis Obomsawin Award for Best Documentary
Sponsored by the National Film Board of Canada
$1500 Best Dramatic Feature
Sponsored by CTVglobemedia
$1000 Best Indigenous Language Production Award
Sponsored by Canadian Television Fund
$1000 Cynthia Lickers-Sage Award for Emerging Talent
Sponsored by Vtape
$1000 Best New Media
Sponsored by Vtape
$1000 Best Short Documentary
Sponsored by CBC
$1000 Best Short Drama
Sponsored by Movieola
$1000 Best Canadian Short Drama
Sponsored by Capilano College’s Indigenous
Independent Digital Filmmaking Program
$1000 Best Experimental
Sponsored by the Images Festival
$500 Best Radio in Arts & Entertainment
Sponsored by Standard Radio Broadcasting
$500 Best Radio in Documentary/Current Affairs/Talk
Sponsored by Standard Radio Broadcasting
$500 Best Music Video,
Sponsored by Bell Canada

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

imagineNATIVE considers film, video, radio and new media works made by Canadian and international Indigenous artists. The festival strives to represent a diversity of ideas, themes and genres in its programming. The festival prioritizes works that balance unique content, cultural and social relevance, and a creative approach to form characterized by innovative expression, distinctive style, and personal vision. Priority is given to works that have not yet been broadcast in Canada. International and Canadian premiere status is also a consideration. 

Dramatic or documentary series, news reports, extended reportage, television magazine formats, and information programming or segments (such as PSAs) are not eligible.

Please contact programming@imaginenative.org for more information.

RULES

  1. imagineNATIVE exhibits Indigenous-made works only.
  2. Films must have been completed after January 1, 2006.
  3. Dramatic or documentary series, news reports, extended reportage, television magazine formats, and information programming or segments (such as PSAs) are not eligible.
  4. All non-English language films must have English subtitles for final viewing and English transcripts for the programmers. 
  5. Preview and exhibition tapes must have no commercial blacks or broadcaster promos.
  6. Each film must have its own screening copy and submission form. Compilations will not be accepted.
  7. Illegible or incomplete submission forms will not be accepted.
  8. The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2008, but if your work is not ready for screening by June 1 and you wish it to be considered for this year’s festival, please contact programming@imagineNATIVE.org immediately.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

imagineNATIVE charges no submission fees.
Please send the following post-marked on or before June 1, 2008:

  • Completed and signed submission form OR the completed online submission form at www.imagineNATIVE.org.
  • Preview DVD (region one) OR VHS (NTSC) clearly labelled with the title, running time, year completed and contact information. DVD is the preferred format.
  • Two or more stills (JPEG or TIFF files, minimum 350 dpi) on CD or emailed to programming@imagineNATIVE.org. Please use the title of the work as the file name.
  • Short and long synopsis and director’s biography.
  • Press kits, clippings or trailer (if available).
  • Label the outside of your package FOR CULTURAL PURPOSES – FESTIVAL PREVIEW ONLY – NO COMMERCIAL VALUE.  Do not value the package any higher than $5 Canadian.
  • DO NOT courier tapes to Canada via UPS (United Parcel Service) as you may be liable for customs’ duties, which the festival will not pay, and your tape will be returned.
  • Do not send submissions in fibre-filled envelopes as the dust can damage tapes and viewing equipment. 

Please note:

  • Preview tapes/DVDs will not be returned unless specifically requested and a self-addressed envelope with Canadian postage is provided.
  • There are separate forms for radio and new media works. Please contact programming@imagineNATIVE.org  to receive the applicable form.
  • Participants will be notified by email of the selection results. 
  • If selected for the festival, exhibition copies must be sent in by September 12, 2008.

This submission form is for FILM and VIDEO only. To submit new media or radio works, please contact programming@imagineNATIVE.org for the applicable form.

PROJECT INFORMATION
Title of Film/Video:
Title in English:
Country of Origin:
Running Time: Use format: hh:mm:ss
Year Completed:
Colour / Black & White:
Premiere Status:
Genre:
Please select a category for your work – this will be used to select the applicable category for competition:

If you are an emerging artist (student or first work) and would like your work to be considered in the emerging category instead of those above, please click here:
Emerging Artist
Indigenous Affiliation:
imagineNATIVE's mandate is to program works written, directed, and/or produced by Indigenous artists. For this reason, it is essential that the key Indigenous person/s associated with the work, in one of these roles, is clearly stated.
Previous Festival Screenings:
Upcoming Screenings:
If this work has been submitted to other upcoming festivals, please list them below:
Awards won:
Has/will this work been broadcast?
If yes, where & when?

Trailer URL:

http://

DIRECTOR CONTACT INFORMATION
First Name:
Last Name:
Are you aboriginal?
Indigenous Affiliation
Company
Address:
City:
Province/State:
Postal/Zip Code:
Country:
Phone 1
Phone Type:
Country Code:
Phone Number Format: 123.456.7890
Extension
Phone 2
Phone Type:
Country Code:
Phone Number Format: 123.456.7890
Extension
Fax  
Country Code:
Fax Number Format: 123.456.7890
Email:
Website: http://
Director Biography:
Titles of Director's Previous Work:

PRODUCER CONTACT INFORMATION

First Name:
Last Name:
Are you aboriginal?
Indigenous Affiliation
Company
Address:
City:
Province/State:
Postal/Zip Code:
Country:
Phone 1
Phone Type:
Country Code:
Phone Number Format: 123.456.7890
Extension
Phone 2
Phone Type:
Country Code:
Phone Number Format: 123.456.7890
Extension
Fax  
Country Code:
Fax Number Format: 123.456.7890
Email:
Website: http://
DISTRIBUTOR CONTACT INFORMATION
(To Obtain Exhibition Copy). This information will be listed in the festival catalogue. If there is no distributor, please list the producer or director.
First Name:
Last Name:
Are you aboriginal?
Indigenous Affiliation
Company
Address:
City:
Province/State:
Postal/Zip Code:
Country:
Phone 1  
Phone Type:
Country Code:
Phone Number Format: 123.456.7890
Extension
Phone 2
Phone Type:
Country Code:
Phone Number Format: 123.456.7890
Extension
Fax  
Country Code:
Fax Number Format: 123.456.7890
Email:
Website: http://
SYNOPSIS
Short synopsis (One sentence):
Long synopsis (Two paragraphs):
FILM/VIDEO FORMAT
Submission Format:
(DVD preview copies are preferred for preview)
Is this the final version of the film?
Exhibition Format
If selected, exhibition copies must be sent in by September 12, 2008.
DVDs are not an acceptable exhibition format.
Film
Video
Exhibition on FILM ONLY:

Format:

Ratio:

# of reels
Exhibition on VIDEO ONLY:

Format:

Ratio:

# of tapes
 
 
Sound:
Original Format(s):
(List original format(s) shot on)
Original Language(s):


(if not English, must have English subtitles)
Attachments
Please attach two stills from the entry. Please use the title of the work in the filename.

AUTHORIZATION

With my signature below, I hereby certify that I have the legal authority to submit this work to the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and grant permission to imagineNATIVE to include this work in the festival.  The festival provides a Mediatheque venue (with a complete video library) for distributors, buyers, and programmers.  After the festival, works will be accessible for viewing by programmers, buyers and distributors upon request. 

Would you give permission for your work to be included in the imagineNATIVE Mediatheque, whether selected for the festival or not?
I have read and accept the regulations for participation in the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.  If this work is accepted, I grant permission for the reproduction of stills from the work for the festival catalogue, and for promotional and educational purposes, and for excerpts of this work, of up to one minute, to be used for promotional and educational purposes in the relation to the festival.  I grant my permission for the dubbing of the work for the festival jury and publicity purposes.  I also agree that the cost of shipping exhibition copies to the festival will be covered by the producer/distributor and the cost of returning the exhibition copies will be covered by imagineNATIVE.
Signed by:
Position:
Phone:
Email:
Date: