Call For Submissions - 2011 Planet in Focus Film Festival

SUBMIT NOW! Call for Submissions—2011 Planet in Focus Film Festival
Planet in Focus is Canada's leading environmental media arts organization, showcasing and promoting outstanding environmental films and videos in all genres (documentaries, dramatic, experimental, short films, features and animation) by Canadian and international filmmakers.
Planet in Focus is now accepting submissions for the 12th Annual Planet in Focus Film Festival taking place October 12-16, 2011 in Toronto, Canada. Documentaries, features, animations, experimental, short films and dramatic stories, produced as of January 1, 2009, that look to the planet and the way we live in it are eligible to be screened.
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SUBMIT NOW! Call for Submissions—2011 Planet in Focus Film Festival
Planet in Focus is Canada's leading environmental media arts organization, showcasing and promoting outstanding environmental films and videos in all genres (documentaries, dramatic, experimental, short films, features and animation) by Canadian and international filmmakers. Planet in Focus operates year-round. We produce Canada's largest environmental film festival every October in Toronto; we bring environmental films to communities and schools across the country and around the world through our Touring Programs; we teach youth how to tell stories about the environment using the latest video production and storytelling tools; and spearhead a pan-industry program to reduce the environmental footprint of the film and television industry. Find out more at www.planetinfocus.org.
General Submissions
Films and vides can include stories and explorations of urban and rural spaces; wildlife; social, cultural and political environments; farming; Aboriginal perspectives; health and environment; climate change; human displacement; war; globalization; water; farming; forests and food security and other interpretations of the theme "environment". In addition to our regular public screenings, the festival features an Industry Day with panels, workshops and pitch sessions devoted to the subject of film production, distribution and funding, a school program for elementary and secondary school students focused on environmental education and an entertaining and inspiring children and youth program.
2011 Spotlight: Landscapes
The 2011 Planet in Focus Film Festival spotlight is on 'landscapes'. Created over time, landscapes are more than simply the physical environment; they directly impact human existence and cultural development. People and place combine to form local and national identities, and help define the identity of a particular region and their cultural and artistic expression. Landscapes inspire artists to explore, challenge and create dialogue around the complexities of this interaction. The Planet in Focus Spotlight on landscapes will look at contemporary film and video makers who are challenging and exploring our changing perceptions of landscape and how the human-made and natural landscape shapes our identity and future.
Awards
The festival presents 5 film awards: Best Canadian Short Film, Best Canadian Feature Film, Best International Short Film, Best International Feature Film, and The Mark Haslam Award.
Films are evaluated according to the following criteria: rich and challenging environmental content, production values and technical quality, diversity of voice and point-of-view, uniqueness in form and overall presentation, and artistic merit.
The Mark Haslam Award was established in honour of the festival's founder, Mark Haslam. It is awarded to any drama, documentary or experimental film programmed in the festival that gives voice to individuals, communities, struggles or stories that are under-represented in the media, and made by a filmmaker who is a member or participant in that community, struggle or story. The selected work demonstrates the power to inspire reflection and positive action towards the social and ecological health of the planet.
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