Satyajit Ray Foundation's Short Film Competition

call for entries
This competition is open to all filmmakers either resident or studying in the UK. The closing date, after which no entries can be considered, is Sunday 1 March 2009.

Films should express and inform aspects of the experiences of South Asians (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) either within their own countries or the Diaspora. Films must also have been completed within two years of the award deadline, and not have been previously submitted.There is one cash prize for Best Film of £1,000.For more information and to download a submission form, please visit www.satyajitray.org.uk

Scottish Digital Shorts launched 2009

Missed the one in Glasgow but still in time for the rest of the country.

From Scottish Screen's website "Scottish Digital Shorts 2009 is the country's key development initiative for new and emerging screenwriters and directors. Watch a selection of great digital short films selected by The Magic Lantern including Milk (directed by Peter Mackie Burns) Trawler and Trout (directed by Johnny Barrington) and Mono (directed by Richard Smith). Hear the commissioners speak about the project's aims. And meet the producers who will manage the talent pool and next year's productions."

Its always helpful to go out and meet any production execs attached to a film scheme. If you have any desire to apply to this scheme next year go and mingle.

Edinburgh
Date: 16 October 2008Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Stills Gallery, 23 Cockburn Street
Contact: 0131 622 6200Website: http://www.stills.org/
Dumfries
Date: 20 October 2008 Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Rifft Valley, 24 Castle Street, c/o Robert Burns Centre
Contact: 01387 264808
Website: http://www.rbcft.co.uk/
Inverness
Date: 3 NovemberT
ime: 6.30pm
Venue: Eden Court, Bishops Road
Contact: 01463 234 234Website: http://www.eden-court.co.uk/
Dundee
Date: 13 November 2008Time: 6pm
Venue: Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA), 154 Nethergate
Contact: 01382 909 900Website: http://www.dca.org.uk/

Scottish Digital Shorts 2009 will also visit the Western Isles over this period with a call for Gaelic language shorts.

All events are free, but you will need a ticket so please contact venues to book your place.

Bridging the Gap

The deadline for the scheme is the 3rd of October. They will also be doing a series of masterclasses for documentary makers - check out their website for updates on those and details on how to apply.

BBC Blast Live Film Festival

Film festival for 13-19 year olds. Deadline 17th October. Also go there to find out about the blast film bursary for 16-19 year olds.

The Adders

a new award and film festival for filmmakers under the age of 19. Email by the 27th Sept for an application form - theadders@adderfilms.co.uk - via Netribution

48 hour filmmaking in Edinburgh

The 48 Hour Film Project comes to Edinburgh on the weekend of May 16. Filmmakers from all over Scotland will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will go up against films from around the world for the title "Best 48 Hour Film of 2008".


Teams will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. More info here.

Note a screening of the best 48 hour films made around the world will be screened at the Brass Monkey Drummod St 6.30pm on the 23rd April - FREE !

Independent short film comp

Check it out - great prizes

vote for fave short film at BAFTA

heres the info

2 film competitions here at filmaka one deadline 17th Dec one the 28th Dec

Completion Fund for UK Shorts

apply to Maya Vision deadline 14th Dec. They have two rounds per year. More info here.

Think Sync Short Film Competition

More info here - deadline is a bit ahead so plenty of time to think about the entry.

short film writing and submission deadlines

Light and Shade have a great guide

Snakebite wins prizes

good to hear of a Scottish short doing well.

Short Cuts

short film scheme open to drama, doc, animation, mixed media? Scottish based filmmakers only (no students)

more info here - deadline 7th Nov

Pocket Shorts Scotland

Now entering its third year, Pocket Shorts Scotland - the mobile content funding and development scheme supported by Scottish Enterprise, Scottish Screen and NESTA - is delighted to invite applications for funding and support for the next round of projects.Open to individuals, start-up companies and new talent embedded within SME's, Pocket Shorts Scotland offers up to £3000 funding and tailored advice for those wishing to develop animation, video, games or applications for mobile phones. As a mark of the project's success, Pocket Shorts Scotland will be increasing the number of projects commissioned to ten in 2007/8, up from eight in previous years.

Applications for funding and support can be online at http://www.pocketshorts.com/ from 12noon on Wednesday 10October with an entry deadline of Friday 30 November 2007.In order to help guide applicants, Pocket Shorts Scotland will be hosting a series of free workshops, featuring case studies of previous supported projects and demonstrations of how to export video content from a computer desktop to a phone.
Workshop dates/venues as follows:
Thursday 25 October: DCA, DUNDEE (6.30pm)
Friday 26 October: CCA, GLASGOW (6.30pm)
Saturday 27 October: SCREENING ROOM at SCOTSMAN HOTEL, EDINBURGH (11.30am)

If you have any enquiries, please contact Jason Hall,
Project Coordinator:T: 07782 658 707E: scotland@pocketshorts.com

psst....

Apparently the Ya Tube comp hasn't got many entries. So scroll down for the info and get creating! Prize is a digital camera.

YA TUBE!

HAVE YOU GOT A MINUTE?
At The Leith Agency we’re always on the look-out for the freshest writing and film-making talent in Scotland. We’ve come up with the idea of YaTube to flush that talent out.YaTube is a short film competition we’re sponsoring as part of The Leith Festival.No more, no less.You can shoot it on anything you like, from a Bolex to a mobile phone.As an ad agency, we work in short time-lengths and we like ideas you can describe in a single sentence.So here’s one final short sentence from us:You’ve got sixty seconds to live.For further details about the competition go to www.leith.co.uk or call The Leith Agency, 0131 561 8600

Trailblazers

A new initative at the Ediburgh International Film Festival announced at Cannes.

"Approximately 20 individuals will be selected for inclusion in the Trailblazers talent showcase. Half will be graduating students from the UK's Skillset Screen Academies, selected from their graduation work by McGill and the EIFF programming staff. Their work will also be shown as part of the EIFF 2007 programme.

The other half will be selected by McGill and the EIFF programming staff from new British films in the EIFF 2007 programme. Trailblazers will be drawn from all areas of filmmaking. The talent's eligibility will not be affected by age nor by previous exposure, but they will be new discoveries in terms of major festival or press attention."


More info at the EIFF website.

Jim Poole Award

Prizes up to £1500 for a Scottish made short. Info about applying here.

UK Film council digital shorts schemes

Here is a link to the list of schemes they run in the UK.Well worth checking out if there is a) one in your area b) if you fall with in the remit and c) lengths/deadlines/requirements so you can start crafting a script or finding one to submit.