re: intern at a hip festival!!!

CALL FOR INTERNS

Come join the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) Team! AAIFF is the first and longest running film festival in the U.S. that honors works by and about Asian and Asian Americans. We are now hiring for spring and summer internships. Interns will have the opportunity to work closely in producing the Festival through various positions. All internships are equivalent to entry-level job positions, and require persons with initiative, dedication, and the ability to think outside the box. Preference will be given to candidates who can commit to staying on for the Festival. The AAIFF10 will be held July 14-18, 2010 in New York City.

Design/Web Assistant
(ASAP or Early January to End of July)
Help manage and regularly update our new website that is scheduled to launch in mid October. Big plusses: experience in interactive, graphic, or web design and knowledge in HTML.

Outreach Coordinator
(ASAP or Early January to End of July)
Oversee responsibilities for research and public relations development via establishing relationships with various community organizations, universities, schools, and clubs for special/promotional events.

Program & Prints Coordinator
(Early January to End of July)
Facilitate process of all film-related programming, including tracking submissions and prints. Serve as liaison for accredited filmmakers, industry, and guests of the film festival.

Marketing Assistant
(Early April to End of July)
Assist with public relations and promotional works for AAIFF10. A background in film is not necessary, but excellent writing skill is a must.

Tech Production Assistant
(Early April to End of July)
Assist with tech support ranging from DVD burning, editing, to digitizing. Experience in Final Cut Pro and/or Photoshop a BIG plus but will train on job.

Production Assistant
(Early April to End of July)
Help execute production of Festival programs and special events. Coordinate logistics with sites, vendors, and sponsors. Assist with day-to-day operations.

Qualifications:
· Students with a genuine interest in the arts, humanities, and/or film.
· Detail-oriented with a keen sense of organization.
· Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
· Familiarity with Mac platforms and Microsoft Office suite.
· Able to commit 15-20 hours a week.
· BIG plusses: Knowledge of film/video formats and handling; fluency in Asian languages; familiarity with FileMaker Pro, Adobe Creative Suite, Dreamweaver, and proficiency in HTML/CSS/PHP.

Internships are unpaid but come with travel reimbursement (up to $4.50 a day) and university credit (if applicable). If interested, please email your resume and cover letter to Minnie Li at minnie@asiancinevision.org. In your cover letter, please state your availability, earliest start date, and for which position you are applying. No calls please. Asian CineVision's office is located at 133 West 19th Street, New York.

About Asian CineVision
Grassroots media activists in New York's Chinatown founded ACV in 1976. At a time of exceptional energy and political activism of diverse cultural groups, ACV's founders saw the need to bring greater social awareness of Asian American experience and history to both Asian American communities and to the public at large. In response to the lack of distribution and exhibition of Asian American works, ACV produced the first Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) in 1978. This year marks the 33rd anniversary of the Festival.

re: frankenstein film / digital camera !!!!

so...you've got an old classic car. you really want a hybrid. do it!!!!

http://pstechnik.de/en/digitalfilm-16sr-magazine.php

Basically an Arri SR mag that has the innards of a 2K digital cinema camera
with the ability to record to SSD or Hard Drive.

re: for you troma devotees...

NYC Horror Film Festival
Deadline: October 15.
NYCHFF was founded in 2002 by festival director Michael J. Hein in 2002 and over the years the festival has grown into America's largest and most recognized genre film festival focusing solely on Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Thrillers. Each year the NYCHFF celebrates both the horror classics we grew up with and new genre films & filmmakers who created them. The NYCHFF fills the city with special screenings, parties, celebrity guests and free giveaways. The 2009 New York City Horror Film Festival will take place November 18th through the 22nd at the world famous Tribeca Cinemas.

re: volunteer with some cute asians (and asian americans...)

this festival was the first to screen my work!!!! i have been on selection committee like fifteen times and can vouch for usually good food at parties and cute interns (besides you of course...).

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS!
Want to work behind the scenes at the longest running Asian American film festival in the country? See the best of independent Asian and Asian American cinema for free? ACV is seeking volunteers to help with the 2009 Asian American International Film Festival. AAIFF09 will be held from July 23 to July 26, 2009 at Chelsea Clearview Cinemas, School of Visual Arts Theater and the Museum of Chinese in America.

Please email volunteers@asiancinevision.org for more info.

The commitment and hard work of our volunteers are critical to the Festival's success. We look forward to working with you!

re: point break director in person!!!!

did you like near dark? i did. did you like point break? i did too. these are very cool events but get there early or you definitely won't get in....

Meet the Filmmaker: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
June 22 @ 8:00
Apple Store, SOHO 103 Prince Street
Director Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, Strange Days) discusses her new film, The Hurt Locker, about the technicians of a bomb squad with Filmmaker Magazine's Nick Dawson.

re: grants and support for women filmmakers

hi guys,
is anyone reading any of this blog or am i the only one even logging on? would be good to get some feedback if any of this is worthwhile...post a comment!

for the women filmmakers - a good friend of mine, esther robinson, got support from this to complete her first feature, 'a walk into the sea: danny williams and the warhol factory' which is a great friggin' film and also won best documentary at the berlin film festival a year or two back. she had good words about this...

Chicken and Egg Pictures: Open Call for Submissions - June 30
Chicken & Egg Pictures is a hybrid film fund and non-profit production company dedicated to supporting women filmmakers who are as passionate about the craft of storytelling as they are about the social justice, environmental and human rights issues they’re embracing, translating and exploring on film. We match strategically timed financial support with rigorous, respectful and dynamic mentorship, creative collaboration and community-building to nurture women filmmakers whose diverse voices represent a range of lived experience and realities that have the power to change the world as we know it. Since founding in 2005, Chicken & Egg Pictures has provided approximately $1M in funding to over 50 women-made films. This open call is for non-fiction projects (unless otherwise solicited) - that are dedicated to progressive social change -- both short and feature length, "webisodes", animation, experimental and multiplatform new-media hybrids. Click here for more information and to apply.

re: some fun screenings

i've been to a couple of these. free beer and movies outside at night! and bands!!! what more could you ask for. in a pretty cool art building in brooklyn full of artist studios.

Rooftop Films Summer Series
From May 15-September 20
The 13th year of “Underground Movies Outdoors.” 44 screenings. 15 cool venues. NY, US, World Premiere Films. Live music. Free drinks. Programming for the 2009 Summer Series includes feature-length films and programs of shorts, all new, all independent. Most of the feature films are either New York, US or World Premieres. Most screenings will include a filmmaker Q & A. Films represent a diverse range of documentaries, fiction, drama, comedy animation and more. Click here for tickets