Calling All VJs - Halloween Howler Competition!

Calling all VJs, pioneers of visual arts on the BIG SCREEN, here is your opportunity to take part in a night of visual expression and musical creativity. Part of the Compass Festival of Lunacy, Halloween Howler will bring together VJs from accross the country to exhibit their work here in Bristol this autumn, as part of a fancy-dress musical-visual explosion of a night!

Enter via resume to tara@compass-film.co.uk with reference to any online content that may support your entry - no later than 16 September 2010. Successful applicants will be invited to come to Bristol to showcase their work on Saturday 30 October 2010.

Calling all creative and expressive film producers..

Five Minutes of Madness Call for Submissions!

Calling all creative and expressive film producers, flamboyant cultivators of the moving image!

Five Minutes of Madness challenges you to create and submit short films around the theme of Lunacy. Part of ‘The Festival of Lunacy’ Presented by Compass this year. Five Minutes of Madness will bring together film-makers from far and wide to exhibit their work here in Bristol.

We are exploring the realms of Lunacy in the broadest possible sense. Use as your muse anything inspired by this theme: notions of reality, the world of dreams, deviations from the quotidian, whether physical, psychological, or social; from filmic interpretations including experimental film, to mythical or historical interpretations. Judged by a panel of industry professionals, awards will be given for Best Film, Audience Award, Local Film-maker and Youth Award.

Entries must be no longer than five minutes in length. Submissions will be accepted in the following formats: DVD, Mini DV or as full quality DV QuickTime files.
For more information and an entry form email nicky@compass-film.co.uk. Entries must be sent to: Five Minutes of Madness, Compass Film CIC, 16 Cromer Road, BS6 6JX - no later than
Friday 1st October 2010.
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