8th Annual TORONTO DOCUMENTARY FORUM
April 25 - 26, 2007

ENTRY FORM NOW ON-LINE!
www.hotdocs.ca/TemplatePage.aspx?PageID=71

Presentation Slot Submission Deadline:  THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1
Observer Seat Deadline:  THURSDAY, MARCH 15

The Toronto Documentary Forum (TDF) is North America’s premier market event for the international documentary industry working in the social, cultural and political genres.  A two-day, limited-seating event, the TDF is focused around a slate of 30 preselected international project presentations.  It’s intimate and intense format has proven extremely successful in building international partnerships and raising additional financing for both presenting and observing producers, as well as providing a preeminent source of up-to-the-minute market intelligence.  This spring the TDF’s 425 delegates will include over 125 key commissioning editors and programming executives, as well as leading producers, distributors and sales agents from around the globe.

Elsewhere at Hot Docs, April 19 - 29, 2007:
·          100+ of the world’s best new documentaries including the “Spotlight on Central and Eastern Europe” and “Made in…Brazil”
·          Full roster of industry events and Sales Office
·          Rendezvous
·          The Doc Shop

For more information, visit www.hotdocs.ca

Or contact:

Camille Djokoto, TDF Coordinator
(1) 416 203 2155 ext 263
cdjokoto@hotdocs.ca
TDF c/o Hot Docs, 110 Spadina Avenue, #333, Toronto, ON, M5V 2K4, Canada

Camille Djokoto, TDF Coordinator - Toronto Documentary Forum
Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival. April 19 - 29, 2007
#333 - 110 Spadina Avenue, Toronto M5V 2K4
9416 0 203-2155 ext. 228 cdjokoto@hotdocs.ca www.hotdocs.ca

Now Hiring Part Time Program Administrator
Please forward to anyone who may be interested.

Women in Film & Video/New England is now hiring a part time Program Administrator. The Program Administrator is responsible for the operation of the WIFV/NE office and programs. Duties include office management, coordinating membership, promotion of programs, event staffing, and programming events and screenings. The Program Administrator reports to and works with the Board of Directors.

Requirements
* Bachelor’s Degree
* Ability to prioritize and problem-solve while handling multiple tasks.
* Excellent writing, editing, and communicating skills, with attention to detail.
* Previous experience with an office environment
* Knowledge of Filemaker Pro and familiarity with Mac.

Preferred experience
* Constant Contact or other web-based email template system
* Contribute or other website publishing software
* Quicken or Quick Books
* Knowledge of local film/video community
* Experience with event planning and fundraising

Specific duties include
* Office Management (checking and responding to emails and phonecalls, processing mail, maintaining contact database, light bookkeeping/bank reconciliation, processing payments, making deposits, purchasing supplies and services)
* Membership Coordination (processing member applications, preparing welcome packets, sending renewal notices, editing weekly e-newsletter)
* Board support (prepare membership and programming reports and attend monthly Board meetings)
* Promotion (preparing emails, sending press releases, updating website)
* Event Staffing (coordinating events, equipment needs, attendee check-in)
* Programming (planning workshops and events, researching and selecting films for screenings, selecting venues)
Details:
Part time: 16 hours/week
$12/hour plus negotiable benefits
To apply, please email cover letter and resume to: cristina@womeninfilmvideo.org Please put “Program Administrator position” as subject heading.

Cristina Cacioppo
Women in Film & Video/New England
email: info@womeninfilmvideo.org
web: www.wifvne.org

“Focus on Japan 2007″
Applications are due on February 1, 2007

Would your students like the chance to visit Japan, meet Japanese people and see how they live?  Through The Japan Forum’s all new Focus on Japan 2007 program, they can!

Don’t forget to tell your students if you think they might be interested in the Focus on Japan 2007 program.  The application deadline is coming up quickly, but we hope that your students will have time to apply for the chance to participate in this wonderful opportunity.

This year, the Japan Forum will be introducing the Focus on Japan 2007 program.  This program will provide the opportunity for eight high school students to spend nine days in Miyagi, Tokyo, Osaka, or Hiroshima working with Japanese students to document the life of local people through the use of photographs and writings, a creative combination that TJF likes to call photo essays.

For applications, see TJF’s website at
www.tjf.or.jp/focusonjapan/en/form/index.html

Applications are due on February 1, 2007 Japan time.

If you need more information, feel free to check the Focus on Japan 2007 website at www.tjf.or.jp/focusonjapan/index_e.html

TJF also offers a variety of other resources for students studying Japan or with an interest in Japanese culture.  If you’d think you’d like to use some of these resources in your class, please, feel free to check out our website at www.tjf.or.jp/index_e.html

We look forward to receiving applications from your student and hope that you will consider working with TJF and our programs in the future.

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MURONAKA, Naomi
Program Officer, The Japan Forum (TJF)
muronaka@tjf.or.jp
DEAI Website  www.tjf.or.jp/deai/

Dai-ichiSeimei Bldg. 26F
2-7-1 Nishishinjuku Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo 163-0726, Japan

phone: +81-3-5322-5211  fax: +81-3-5322-5215
e-mail:forum@tjf.or.jp
Home page: www.tjf.or.jp/

The 10th RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film 2007
will be held in Manchester, 27 - 30 June 2007
Sponsored by The Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) jointly with
the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, Social Anthropology, School of Social Sciences and the Centre for Screen Studies, School of Music and Drama, University of Manchester

If you want to develop your documentary project under guidance from experienced international tutors, pitch to a panel of international financiers and create a network for future co-operations, then Docs in Thessaloniki is the place to be. It takes place on March 21-25, 2007 in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Docs in Thessaloniki is an international pitching forum and workshop. It consists of a five-day programme, where 21 selected documentary projects will be developed, re-written and pitched. The first three days are a workshop where you will be working in small groups guided by international experienced tutors. The last two days are a pitching session, where participants pitch their projects to a panel of international financiers from leading broadcasters, followed by individual meetings for in-depth discussions.

To apply for Docs in Thessaloniki you must send, in English, a 2-page description of your documentary project containing the following elements:
- title, length, format
- name of producer, production company, director
- synopsis, visual treatment
- overall budget, financing plan, production plan/time of delivery
- producer and director CV & filmography
- remember address, phone, fax and e-mail of your company

Deadline for submitting your project is February 1, 2007.
Projects should be sent to EDN by email to Ove Rishøj Jensen - ove@edn.dk

We encourage all submissions to be accompanied by visual material in form of a 2-4 minute VHS/DVD-trailer. If you don’t have a trailer ready for the submitted proposal, please send an example of your previous work. Visual material should be forwarded to:
EDN
Att: Ove Rishøj Jensen
Vognmagergade 10, 1
1120 Copenhagen K
Denmark

The selection of projects will be done by EDN. Feedback will be given in mid-February.

Mission
LEF New England established the Moving Image Fund in 2002 to provide dedicated support to independent film and video artists living and working in the six New England states. The grantmaking is targeted toward the production of work, with the larger goal of strengthening the voices of media artists and improving the overall environment for the production, exhibition, and distribution of their work. Grants are offered in two categories: Pre-production, with a maximum $5,000 grant, and Production, with a maximum $25,000 grant.
Please note: Students are not eligible to apply. All applicants must have a fiscal sponsor in order to apply.

Letters of Inquiry are due at the LEF Office by Friday, 19 January, 2007.  Interested Applicants should visit our website at www.lef-foundation.org for more information and application procedures.