GABI: JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING, FORMAT-WISE. GAP Dave Kluft wrote: > > TOUR NOW AVAILABLE! > > Dear Film/Video Programmer, > > I am writing to announce the touring season of the 1996 UFVA > Student Film & Video Festival. Now in our fourth year, the UFVA Student > Film & Video Festival is the world's largest student festival, both in > entries and audience, and the only one that tours. For 4 years we've > selected and toured the best of student work worldwide, with an eye > towards off-beat, cutting-edge film and video. > > This year the festival received 660 entries from over 20 countries, > representing 200 film schools. 34 works were selected for the > international tour; prize winning films were selected by our > distinguished panel of judges, which included Tom Kalin (SWOON; Producer > of I SHOT ANDY WARHOL, Bill Plympton (PLYMPTOONS, THE TUNE), Christine > Choy (WHO KILLED VINCENT CHIN?), Jill Godmilow (WAITING FOR THE MOON, FAR > FROM POLAND), Bill Littlejohn (animator of BULLWINKLE SHOW, WATERSHIP > DOWN, CHARLIE BROWN SPECIALS), Robert Hawk (jurist and curator for the > MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, the SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, and others), Les Blank > (BURDEN OF DREAMS, WERNER HERZOG EATS HIS SHOE), and Craig Baldwin > (SONIC OUTLAWS, TRIBULATION 99). > > The tour includes work from the Konrad Wolf School (Germany), NYU, > University of Tel-Aviv, UT Austin, USC, UCLA, San Francisco State, UC > Santa Barbara, Stanford, University of the Arts, Ateliers Varan (France), > Victorian College of the Arts (Australia), University of Auckland (New > Zealand), University of Ottowa (Canada), AFI, Ringling School of Art & > Design, Rutgers U, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Wayne State > University, Loyola Marymount University, Florida State University, > CalArts, University of Colorado, and the Rhode Island School of Design. > > Highlights (1st Place Winners): > > THE LOST STREET (Narrative), from the Konrad Wolf School in Germany, a > stunning and surreal East Berlin political allegory shot in color 35mm > color. > > OLLIE'S ARMY (Documentary) from NYU, featured in articles in THE NATION > and the NEW YORK PRESS, a quirky and compelling look inside the Oliver > North Senate campaign. > > GENRE (Animation), from UC Santa Barbara, about an eclectic animator who > pushes his cartoon bunny too far, is also touring in this year's SPIKE & > MIKE's SICK AND TWISTED FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION. > > FIRST LOVE SECOND PLANET (Experimental), the new film from David Munro of > SFSU (who screened is last film, BULLETHEAD, at SUNDANCE), is a funny and > sexy, yet poignant view of the 'in coitus' fantasies of an incest > survivor. > > The touring package will include 16mm, some 3/4" video, and a few > 35mm prints. The cumulative length of the touring group runs over 8 > hours, so feature length (or longer) shows can be put together for > venues with format limitations (for example, an 'all-16mm' show or an all > video show). In terms of content, we normally work with venue > programmers to select the best work for their audience. The cost of > renting the festival package is $200 plus shipping. Our touring season > generally runs from September to May of the following year. > > Currently scheduled dates for the 96/97 season: > > % September 19&24, Neighborhood Film/Video Project, Philadelphia, PA > % September 28, Cinematexas, University of Texas, Austin, TX > % October 3, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ > % October 10, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD > % November 6, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI > % November 8, Films From the Margin, Boston, MA > > If you'd like to schedule a screening, or get some more information, > please give us a call. > > Thanks for your time, > > Dave Kluft > > CONTACT INFORMATION > DAVE KLUFT, FESTIVAL DIRECTOR > Dept. Film & Media Arts, Temple University > Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA > 1-800-499-UFVA or 215-923-3532 > Fax: 215-2045280 > email: [log in to unmask], http://thunder.ocis.temple.edu/~ddoyon > > ---- > To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]