CALL FOR ENTRIES:
EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES FILM FESTIVAL
DIANA OSSANA, JACK SHOLDER, JOAN LESLIE TO JUDGEEastern New Mexico University is launching a new film festival and invites entries which will be reviewed by a distinguished panel of renowned filmmakers and artists. The initiative follows the 2006 approval of a new degree program in Digital Cinema Arts for the university, and seeks to celebrate the emergence of a statewide film industry in New Mexico.The First Annual High Plains Film Festival is seeking short films (no longer than 10 minutes) in three categories: Animation, Dramatic, and Documentary/Experimental. The competition will be divided into two divisions: Pre-College, for filmmakers enrolled in K-12 institutions, and College+, for all others. A total of six $500 prizes will be awarded, one Pre-College and one College+ prize in each category. Winning films will be screened at a festival in Portales on Sunday afternoon, May 4, 2008. The location of the screening will be announced shortly.The festival’s judging panel includes distinguished and award-winning film artists Diana Ossana, Joan Leslie, and Jack Sholder. Ossana, who attended ENMU, is a collaborator with author and screenwriter Larry McMurtry, with whom she won both an Oscar and Golden Globe Award in 2005 for Best Screenplay in Brokeback Mountain. Among her many other projects is the recently-aired miniseries Comanche Moon, another collaboration with McMurtry and a sequel to his previous success Lonesome Dove. Joan Leslie began her career at a very early age, and by the 1930?s was acting in leading Hollywood films. She appeared alongside other leading stars of the 1940?s and 1950?s in films such as High Sierra (with Humphrey Bogart), Yankee Doodle Dandy (with James Cagney) and Sergeant York (with Gary Cooper). Jack Sholder, who directs the Motion Picture and Television Program at Western Carolina University, has enjoyed a distinguished career in film direction and editing, winning an Oscar nomination for his work on the documentary King, A Filmed Record: Montgomery to Memphis, and many awards including an Emmy for editing work on 3-2-1 Contact. His feature directing credits include Renegades, The Hidden, and Nightmare on Elm Street II.Entries must be submitted by March 21 in the form of four DVD copies to:High Plains Film Festival College of Fine Arts
ENMU Station 16, MB 113
1500 S. Avenue K
Portales, NMAdditional information may be found on the festival website at http://www.enmu.edu/filmfest, or by calling 575-562-2373. There is an entry fee of $20 for the Pre-College division, $30 for College+; multiple entries may be submitted, so long as each entry is accompanied by an entry fee, and group entries are also welcome. The entry form is available on the website or can be obtained by calling the number above. Plans for a festival screening of winning entries on Sunday afternoon, May 4 will being finalized and the specific location announced soon; for updated information please use the contact information above.
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