Fw: Call for Submissions for NY Arab & South Asian Film Fest

Fw: Call for Submissions for NY  Arab & South Asian Film Fest
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
NY Arab and South Asian Film Festival
Feb 23 – March 4th, 2007
Tribeca Cinemas & Columbia University

DEADLINE: JAN 8th, 2007

Seeking new works (produced 2003 or later) by South Asian and Arab directors
OR films about those regions and their diasporas by filmmakers of all
backgrounds.

New York Premieres preferred, but will consider works that have had limited
NY festival or non-theatrical screenings.

Films and videos of all genres and lengths welcome.

To submit please include:
1) DVD or VHS (NTSC or PAL) preview copy
2) synopsis, running time, year, country and year of production
3) director bio
4) screening history
5) screening formats available
6) email, phone #, website if available

MAIL TO:
Film Submissions
Alwan for the Arts
16 Beaver Street, 4th Fl.
New York NY 10004
212-967-4318

Materials will be returned if prepaid, self addressed envelope is provided.
If selected, you will be notified by February 1, 2007.

For questions or to submit electronically email : ahmed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

For info about the fest, venue, and organizing orgs:
http://www.alwanforthearts.org/filmfestival
_______________________________________________

The 2007 New York Arab & South Asian Film Festival (NYASAFF, formerly Alwan
Film Festival) presents the best in recent features, docs, & shorts that
increase awareness of the creative vitality and sociopolitical realities of
North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and their diasporas. Given the
historical and cultural affinities between these geographic regions, as well
as the contemporary political landscape, several cultural and media
organizations, including Alwan for the Arts, 3rd i NY, South Asian Women's
Creative Collective, and Downtown Community Television have launched a
collaborative series encompassing film, video, music, visual art, and
literature, that will culminate in the annual, NYASA Film Festival running
from February 23 - March 4, 2007.

The festival will be presented in prominent film venues such as Tribeca
Cinemas and Columbia University, and will feature a mid-career retrospective
of celebrated Tunisian director Nouri Bouzid as well as a sidebar program of
Palestinian Resistance Films from the 1970's. Another notable section of the
festival,"War Diaries," will introduce the American public to the unseen
daily experiences of the people of Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, and
Afghanistan. These images and scenes, which are markedly absent from the
American nightly news, will be selected from footage donated by cameramen,
videographer activists, and people living on the ground. Presented without
commentary, and minimally edited by NYC-based filmmakers, "War Diaries" will
be screened throughout the duration of our festival both on a flat screen
monitor at Tribeca Theater as well as projected in public spaces around New
York City alongside texts from bloggers from these countries.

In a fragmented environment that is perplexing we find strength in creating
alliances to provide more nuanced, yet genuinely critical views of our
intermingled realities to New York audiences. Even while under conditions of
intense international scrutiny, and often in the shadows of numerous
oppressive local and international political and economic regimes, the
showcased filmmakers present artistic visions that range from brutally
honest to poetically sublime, with ample doses of humor, quotidian life, and
popular culture, the sum of which creates a rich living tapestry that
counterpoints the threadbare popular representations of these regions.


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