*1998 CALL FOR ENTRIES*
            Visual Communications, the nationa's premier Asian
Pacific media arts center, established the Los Angeles Asian Pacific
Film and Video Festival in 1983 as a vehicle  to promote Asian and
Asian Pacific American cinema.  the Festival has grown from its
humble beginning as a weekend-long series ionto a major annual
showcase presenting  the best of Asian American and Asian
international media in the United States.
            In addition, through panel discussing, workshops, special
retrospective and spotlight programs, and artist/audience dialogues,
the Festival fulfills a valuable educational mission in illuminating
the visions and voices of Asian Pacific peoples and heritage.
            Visual Communication will present the 13th edition of the
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festivasl May 14 though 21,
1998 at selected sites throughout Los Angeles.
 
PRODUCTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION:
Features and shorts by Asian Pacific Aermicans with themes involving,
but NOT limited to Asian Pacific American and/or Asian Pacific
diasporic culture, history and experience; in the folowing
categories:
* Dramatic/Narrative
* Documentary
* Experimental
* Animation/Graphic films
* 1-channel videoworks (all genres)
SCREENING FORMAT:
Super 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm (film); 3/4-inch NTSC-format (video)
ENTRIES MUST INCLUDE:
* complete and signed entry form
* previes tape (1/2-inch VHS, NTSC format)
* Processing Fee of $20 U.S.; $25 outside of U.S.
   (in U.S. funds, payable by check ormoney order to Visual
   Communications)
* Self-addressed stamped mailer (required for return of preview
   tapes, U.S. entries)
 
DEADLINE: JANUARY 16, 1998
 
Notification of selection will be made in mid-March 1998.  Entry
materials available by contacting the Festival director at
                Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival
                c/o Visual Communications
                263 South Los Angeles Street, Suite 307
                Los Angeles, CA 90012
                (213) 680-4462
                fax: (213) 687-4848
Entry material can also be obtained from the Festival website:
http://vc.apanet.org/~viscom; click on "Film Festival" and go to News
section.
 
----
Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite
http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite