FILM RELATED SITES

 

Wilmington, NC

UNCW Film Studies The Film Studies Department prepares students to participate in a world increasingly shaped by moving pictures. Through courses that offer a foundation for understanding cinema-and its relation to culture, history, technology, and aesthetics-Film Studies teaches students to create and analyze moving images, to produce research, and to make art.

Cucalorus Film Festival With humble beginnings as an intimate gathering of filmmakers in 1994, Cucalorus has developed an international reputation as a festival with sincerity and integrity, exploring the art form without the awards and prizes so prevalent at other festivals.

 

Iowa City, IA

 

Iowa City Documentary Festival An annual festival committed to exploring and expanding the boundaries of documentary by showcasing independent, high-quality short (under 30 minutes) nonfiction film and video.

 

Iowa City Microcinema An organization run by University of Iowa graduate students and Iowa City filmmakers dedicated to promoting the instruction, production, and screening of independently produced, adventurous, and thoughtful short films in an effort to build and fortify an inclusive community of active filmgoers and filmmakers.

 

 

Austin, TX


Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Voted ÒBest Theatre in AmericaÓ by Entertainment Weekly.  The downtown location is our personal favorite.

 

Austin Film Society Year-round exhibition includes more than 100 screenings of rarely seen films. Support for artists includes grants through the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund, advice, referral, workshops and fiscal sponsorship. AFS also trains interns and helps them find work on films, and publishes Persistence of Vision, the quarterly journal of the Austin film community.

 

Flicker Austin is a quarterly film screening series in Austin, TX that features short films by area filmmakers and all other enthusiasts who dare submit via mail! Submissions are free, screenings are always only $5.

 

Motion Media Arts Center educates and entertains the public through the creation and presentation of film, video, and digital arts. Motion produces film and other media arts classes for adults and teens, such community programming as screenings, exhibitions, panels, and symposia, a Media Resource Center for students and visitors, and equipment and software for juried projects. Located in the 501 Media block at east 5th Street and I-35.

 

 

Everywhere ElseÉ

 

Bearded Child Film Festival This festival looks for ÒWeird/obscure/crazy pieces and personal or experimental films. They have little interest in traditional talking-head narratives, unless you do something different with the genre. Basically, they want films that are either fun to watch, or extremely innovative in form or content.

 

Dallas Video Festival For the past eighteen years the Dallas Video Festival has worked tirelessly in its pursuit of electronic media that showcase the fresh perspectives and original voices that often struggle to find a place in contemporary cinema.

 

Ms. Films Based in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC area Ms. Films promotes the work of women in film by providing filmmakers a venue to showcase their work and by hosting workshops, visiting artists, panels and more.

 

WRITING SITES

University of Iowa Non-fiction Writing Program The Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa awards an MFA degree to accomplished students of literary nonfiction.

 

McSweeney's Internet Tendency an offshoot of Timothy McSweeney's quarterly concern, a journal created by nervous people in relative obscurity and published four times a year.