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  • Call for Presentations: Transgressive Cinema Panel

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    SW/TX PCA/ACA
    Call for Presentations: Transgressive Cinema Panel
    Deadline for submission: November 15, 2008
    Online: http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/index.html

    The 30th Annual Meeting of the Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations
    February 24–28, 2009
    Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
    Albuquerque, New Mexico

    The
    area chairs are seeking submissions for presentations on any aspect of
    Exploitation/ Horror/ Experimental film, although papers that
    explicitly engage with the concept of "transgression" are strongly
    encouraged. This is the third year for this area, and we are hoping to
    expand on the success of the previous two years in order to make SW/TX
    PCA/ACA an important forum for scholarly discussion of these kinds of films.

    This
    year, we will also be continuing our well-received film
    screening/discussion panel series. Last year, our focus was on James
    Landis' 1963 film, The Sadist, starring Arch Hall, Jr. This year, we
    will be screening Ruggero Deodato's notorious 1980 film, Cannibal
    Holocaust.
    If you are interested in participating in this roundtable discussion, please contact the area co-chairs.

    If
    societies are defined by the limits they place on personal behavior,
    then acts of transgression are necessary to identify just where those
    limits lie. Significantly, films that exist outside of the multiplex
    mainstream often traffic in representations of such taboo breaking. In
    other words, this panel is seeking presentations that look at films
    that "push the envelope to the point of tearing it."

    The types
    of films and filmmaking that we are looking for are not limited to
    traditional horror films, or even the many subgenres that can be
    described as "exploitation." Transgressive themes are frequently
    explored in experimental and arthouse cinema as well. Nevertheless, as
    a general rule these films all share a penchant for content that
    disturbs more than it placates. We encourage submissions to utilize a
    wide variety of methodological approaches, from psychoanalysis to
    reception studies.

    Some filmmakers to consider:

    Nick
    Zedd/Richard Kern/Genesis P. O and Psychic TV/Matthew Barney/Herman
    Nitsch/ Dwain Esper/H.G. Lewis/ Ruggero Deodato/Lucio Fulci/Dario
    Argento/Andy Milligan/Kenneth Anger/George Kuchar/Curt McDowell/ Ken
    Jacobs/Craig Baldwin/Georges Franju/ Bunuel/ Fellini/ Jörg Buttgereit/
    Jan Svankmajer/Takashi Miike/ Abel Ferrara/ Tony Tenser/Pete Walker/
    Monika Treut/Jane Campion/Alfred Hitchcock/David Cronenberg/Rob
    Zombie/Peter Greenaway

    These are only a FEW of the filmmakers one could look at; we strongly encourage papers that examine others as well.

    Co-chairs:

    Rob Weiner
    Box 53841
    Lubbock, TX 79453
    rweiner5_at_cox.net

    John Cline
    2200 S. Pleasant Valley Rd. Apt 808
    Austin, TX 78741
    john-cline_at_mail.utexas.edu

    Conference Rates: Professionals, $140; Graduate students $120; Spouse, partner $50

    Information
    about our areas of study, conference travel, lodging, and the
    organization can be found on our regularly updated website: http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/index.html

    We
    look forward to seeing you this winter in sunny Albuquerque where we
    invite you to explore Route 66, local pueblos, hiking trails, museums,
    the Sandia and Isleta casinos, area ski resorts, and nearby Santa Fe.

    SW/TX PCA/ACA 2009 Conference
    February 24-28, 2009
    Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
    330 Tijeras Albuquerque, NM 87102

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  • Call For Papers: Avant-Doc

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    Call For Papers: Avant-Doc: Intersections of Avant-garde and Documentary Film
    The University of Iowa
    March 5-7, 2009

    Abstract Deadline: November 21, 2008 (send to [email protected] )

    Keynote Speakers:

    Alexandra Juhasz, Professor of Media Studies,
    Pitzer College

    Juhasz is the author of essential books in film studies like AIDS TV: Identity, Community and Alternative Video and Women of Vision: Histories in Feminist Media and influential articles on feminism, film theory and documentary, as well as a prominent maker of many documentaries, including Video Remains (2005), Dear Gabe (2003) and WE CARE: A Video for Careproviders of People Affected by AIDS (1990).

    Scott MacDonald, Visiting Professor of Film History,
    Hamilton College,
    Harvard University

    MacDonald is a historian of the American avant-garde and the author of the landmark series A Critical Cinema: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers. He has also authored three books on institutions that have kept alternative cinema alive: the companion volumes Cinema 16: Documents Toward a History of the Film Society and Art in Cinema: Documents Toward a History of the Film Society and the recent Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor.

    Other recent books include The Garden in the Machine: A Field Guide to Independent Films about Place and the forthcoming Cinema As Exploration: Essays/Interviews.

    Organized by graduate students in the Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature at the
    University of
    Iowa    , Avant-Doc: Intersections of Avant-garde and Documentary Film seeks
    to explore the historical and contemporary intersections of documentary
    and avant-garde film and media. While the categories of avant-garde and
    documentary have been used to designate separate modes of filmmaking
    and institutional frameworks, in practice, filmmakers, theorists and
    spectators have experienced and understood the two as malleable and
    interactive categories. Our renewed interest in their interaction is
    due to new production and exhibition technologies, the boom in
    experimental documentary production, and renewed questions of media
    praxis in response to global crises such as the Iraq War.     Avant-Doc foregrounds
    the relationships between avant-garde and documentary modes in order to
    open examinations of their productive intersections and the many
    historical and theoretical questions which emerge from them.

    Possible approaches:

    •
    Readings     of documentary and/or avant-garde films, including, but not limited to, cross readings (i.e. reading avant-garde films as documentary, non-fiction film as avant-garde, etc.)

    • Studies of experimental documentaries, including self-reflexive documentaries, historiographically engaged experimental films, experimental ethnographies and essay films, and/or the works of a particular filmmaker (Rouch, Marker, Berliner, Godmilow, etc.)

    • Histories of intersections in production, distribution and exhibition

    • Histories of the institutional categories, their intersections, and/or permutations

    • Discussions of alternative media practices and mixed programs

    Creative
    presentations and panels are also encouraged. To propose a panel, send
    the panel or session title, a brief description of the theme, names of
    participants, and abstract for each presentation. To propose a paper,
    please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words and a short CV by
    November 21, 2008 to [email protected] or send to David Harvey,
    Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature, E210 AJB,
    Iowa City, IA
    52242    . This conference is open to graduate students and faculty, as well as to independent scholars and artists.

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  • Experiments in Cinema v4,2

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     Experiments in Cinema V 4.2 will screen works culled from our international call for submissions (postmark deadline is January 10, 2009  we will begin accepting submissions September 10, 2009).  The event will take place at the Southwest Film Center on the campus of the University of New Mexico, 516 Arts (downtown Albuquerque) and at the Guild Cinema in Albuquerque April 16, 17, 18, and 19, 2009.  The recently renovated Southwest Film Center, 516 Arts and the Guild Cinema have the capability to screen 35mm, 16mm, and digital video (mini dv and DVD).  In past years we have hosted audiences of more than 300 people for our four day event, and we expect a great turnout again this year.

    Experiments in Cinema V4.2 is currently seeking unembedded, un-dependent film/video work for our 2009 festival.

    Experiments in Cinema is an annual collaboration between Basement Films, and the Department of Cinematic Arts at the University of New Mexico.

    Experiments in Cinema is supported by generous funding from the Department of Cinematic Arts ICLS Program, the McCune Charitable Foundation and New Mexico Arts.

    Entry Criteria:
    All un-commercial, un-industrial, un-classifiable, un-dependant, un-embedded experimental works are eligible for this festival.  Old and new works are encouraged for our young and growing event.  All entries in languages other than English must be subtitled in English, dubbed in English or be submitted with an English text (hard copy). Maximum running time for submissions is 40 minutes.

    Screening Formats:
    Acceptable pre-screening formats include DVD (PAL or NTSC is OK  but please mark your discs clearly ).  For the actual festival we have the capability to screen 16mm, 35mm, and mini-DV (NTSC/PAL).

    Entry Deadline:  postmarked by January 10, 2009

    Entry fees:
    Entry fees are $15 per entry.  If you are submitting 3 or more works the entry fee is reduced to $10 PER WORK. Entry fees must be in U.S. funds.  Checks or money orders should be made out to Basement Films.  Multiple entries must be submitted on separate discs. 
    Only artists whose work has screened in our festival in past years should waive all entry fees.  Additionally, all international submissions will NOT pay an entry fee for our festival.

    Shipping:
    Do not use fiber-filled envelopes as these can damage your media and our machines.  The cost of shipping preview and exhibition copies of works is the responsibility of the entrant.

    Our festival will cover the return of accepted works via surface shipping only.  Entrants must pay additional charges for express shipping and notify us in advance if they require work be returned earlier than one month after the festival is over.  The festival will not accept responsibility for damage or loss of materials while in transit.

    International entries must be marked FOR CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY  NO COMMERCIAL VALUE.
    The festival will not pay import duties or taxes.  All entries, entry fees and supporting
    materials should be sent to

    EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA V4.2
    c/o Basement Films
    PO Box 7669
    Albuquerque, New Mexico
    USA 87194

    Required Supporting materials:
    1)  A single, clearly labeled CD with the following information on it:
            a) one 300dpi still from your submission.
            b) 50 word synopsis of the submission
            c) 75 word artist bio (include previous screenings of your
                 entry if you would like).
            d) one 300 dpi image of the artist
    e) English translation/script

    2) Hard copies of the following:
            a) completed entry form
            b) 50 word synopsis of the submission
            c) 75 word artist bio
            d) English translation/script

    Selection:
    Entrants will be notified by email of their entry status by February 15, 2009.  Also, all entrants will be notified by email when their submission arrives at our office.

    Awards:
    In 2009 Experiments in Cinema continues to be proud in defining ourselves as a  non-competitive festival. However, we do pay artist fees for programmed work (dollar amount TBA depending on our annual budget).
    Return of Preview/supporting materials:
    Preview Tapes, DVDs and CDs will NOT be returned. However, all materials submitted by artists whose work IS included in our event will be returned.

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  • Call for Papers - Expanded Cinema @ Tate Modern April 2009

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    "Expanded Cinema: Activating the Space of Reception"
    Tate Conference, London
    April 17th-18th 2009

    Central St Martins College of Art and Design (University of the Arts
    London) and Tate Modern are pleased to announce an exciting two-day
    conference aimed at reconsidering film and video art practices
    associated with the international and experimental tradition of
    Expanded Cinema.

    We invite papers that critically address Expanded Cinema as a
    historical category. We hope that this will open up debates surrounding
    Expanded Cinema as a model for future practices that challenge cultural
    and theoretical assumptions regarding narrative structures and
    “cinematic experience.”

    Key themes are (but should not be excluded to):

    Expanded Cinema and the Context of Reception
    • Expanded histories, definitions, early precedents
    • Gallery, the cinema, TV
    • Multi-screens, projections
    Expanded Cinema and Social Space
    • Audiences, spectatorship
    • Narrative and social space
    • Spectacle
    Discourses of the Body: Live Performance in Expanded Cinema
    • Performance art and film, video and digital technologies
    • Interventions, actions and happenings
    • Live film and video
    Media Environments: Expanded Cinema in the Digital Age
    • Installation, time, space structures
    • Interactive narratives
    • Video, the digital, virtual arts

    Please send 300 word abstracts for 20 minute illustrated papers to Dr Duncan White [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]&gt;
    at British Artists’ Film and Video Study Collection, Central St Martins
    College of Art and Design, 107-109 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0DU

    For more information - visit: http://www.studycollection.co.uk/expanded/index.html

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  • The One Take Super 8 Event - Winnipeg Edition

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    This event is easy as pie: shoot a 3 min, 20 sec Super-8 film in one take and you're done! No movie will ever be easier to make!

    Films created for prior editions of the WNDX / Winnipeg Film Group
    One Take Super 8 event have gone on to screen at Antimatter, Images,
    Ann Arbor, the $100 Film Festival and other amazing festivals across
    Canada, in the US and in Europe.

    Reserve your spot by submitting your completed entry form and paying
    the $35 entry fee by FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 AT 4 PM, at the latest. Entry
    forms and payments are accepted at the Winnipeg Film Group.

    MANITOBA RESIDENTS ONLY!

    Entry forms are available at the Winnipeg Film Group, or from this address: http://www.wndx.org/store/2008%20OTSEE%20Entry%20Form.pdf

    NOTE: The 25 spots traditionally fill up well in advance of the
    deadline, and often within days. Don't wait if you know you want to
    participate!

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  • Reel Venus Film Festival V 2008

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    Reel Venus is seeking submissions of short films, photography and multimedia for its 5th Annual showcase  which is set to take place October 2,3 & 4 2008.

    Reel Venus Film Festival is an eclectic 3-day showcase of alternative and mainstream film/video shorts (30 minutes or less) photography
    and multimedia presentations directed/photographed by WOMEN filmmakers, video artists and photographers from the U.S. and abroad.

    All topics considered, all genres accepted:
    Narrative, Experimental, Documentary, and Animation.
    Works must have been completed after July 2007.

    International and Student Submissions highly encouraged

    Deadline:  August 30, 2008 - $20.00

    To Download Application:
    www.reelvenus.com

    For further Info:
    [email protected]
    212-714-8375

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  • Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin / Madrid

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    rencontresRencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin / Madrid :: Call for Entries - Deadline: August 25, 2008.

    Rencontres Internationales will take place at the
    Centre Pompidou, at the Jeu de Paume national museum and in other key
    locations in Paris in November 2008. The same program will be presented
    in Madrid in April 2009 and in Berlin in June 2009.

    Those three events will propose an international programming
    focusing on film, video and multimedia, gathering works of artists and
    filmmakers acknowledged on the international scene along with young
    artists and filmmakers.

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  • Metafest 2008 Call For Works

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    Metacafe and Microcinema International Launch MetaFest 2008

    Juried Online-Offline Film Festival Presenting the Best in International
    Creative and Contemporary Short-Form Video Entertainment
     

    http://www.metacafe.com/metafest for call for entries and information

    PRIZES

    Grand Jury Prize - US$5,000 cash and more

    Short-Short Award for outstanding work in a video of 3 minutes or less:$2,000 cash and more

    Online Audience-Choice Award, as selected by Metacafe.com viewers:$1,000 cash and more Offline Audience-Choice Award, as selected by attendees of the San Francisco theatrical

    screening: .$1,000 cash and more

    Honorarium Pool: .The creator of each film selected for the MetaFest offline program will receive a cash honorarium of $50 presented by Microcinema International.
     


    Producer Rewards Earnings:

    All filmmakers whose MetaFest submissions meet the eligibility criteria for the Metacafe Producer RewardsR program are invited to submit their work to the program. Those accepted will be paid for their work at the rate of $5/1,000 views, receiving the first payment after the video is viewed 20,000 times.

    Palo Alto, CA - July 12, 2008 - MetacafeR whose nearly 30 million unique viewers each month make it one of the world's largest video entertainment sites, and Microcinema International a leading international rights manager, exhibitor and specialty markets distributor of the "moving image arts," are teaming to create and curate MetaFest 2008.  MetaFest is a juried online and offline film festival presenting the best in international creative and contemporary short-form video entertainment.

    The MetaFest call for entries, which opens today, invites short video, film and digital media submissions of 10 minutes or less that are narrative, humorous, artistic, dramatic, animated, documentary, mockumentary, music, experimental, alternative or avant-garde in any genre, format or style. Films that demonstrate engaging storytelling, innovative presentation, creative expression, and bridge the worlds of online and offline entertainment in a unique and compelling way are preferred. Additional details are available at www.metacafe.com/metafest, where films can be uploaded for consideration through September 3rd, 2008.

    The MetaFest jury includes Hillman Curtis, a filmmaker, designer and author whose books include "Creating Short Films for the Web," and Glenn R. Phillips, who is senior project specialist and consulting curator of contemporary programs for the Getty Research Institute and recently curated the "California Video" exhibition.

    "Short-form video is a rapidly emerging entertainment genre, and content creators - independent filmmakers to boutique production firms and major media companies - are beginning to make highly entertaining, innovative works well-suited to the online medium," said Mark Poggi, senior manager of content marketing for Metacafe. "We expect MetaFest to showcase some truly original short films that tell great stories, feature quality production values and use technology creatively.

    MetaFest combines the best of the interactive online video-viewing experience with the best of the live-audience offline film festival experience. Selected films will have a theatrical premiere in San Francisco in October 2008, will be showcased on Metacafe.com for six months, and be screened at dozens of "microcinema" events across the U.S. and around the world through the first half of 2009.

    "This is an exciting time to be a filmmaker, as the Internet has opened up a much greater distribution opportunity for short films and helped foster a large and growing audience seeking out and enjoying this content," said Patrick Kwiatkowski, co-founder and CEO of Microcinema International. "MetaFest is designed to help talented creators gain additional exposure and build their fanbase worldwide by combining the best of both the online and offline worlds."

    The jury will select a grand prize winner who will be awarded $5,000 cash and a "short-short" award winner for outstanding work in a video of three minutes or less who will receive $2,000 cash. Two audience-choice award winners - one selected at the theatrical premiere and one selected by Metacafe viewers - will receive $1,000 each as well as DVD selections worth $250 from the Microcinema DVD catalog. All award winners will be prominently featured on the Metacafe home page for 10 days and receive additional exposure through marketing and publicity efforts. Additionally, the creator of each film selected for the MetaFest offline program will receive a cash honorarium of $50. Creators of MetaFest entries that meet the program requirements for the Metacafe Producer RewardsR program are eligible to be paid for their work at the rate of $5 per 1,000 views.

    MetaFest sponsorships are currently being developed with leading brands interested in leveraging short-form video and social media to build awareness and engagement with a targeted audience of filmmakers and entertainment enthusiasts.

    About Metacafe Producer Rewards

    The Metacafe Producer RewardsR program celebrates the creativity of our community of video creators and supports the art of making short videos well-suited to the web. Videos submitted to the program should entertain, amaze and inspire viewers by bringing an original idea to life and telling a story that captures viewers' attention and engages the imagination.

    The Producer RewardsR program has paid over $1 million to video producers for creating and submitting exceptional and entertaining original works. We pay $5 per 1,000 views - you receive your first payment for $100 after crossing the 20,000 views mark and being accepted into the program. Any creator of an original video that meets the program requirements may submit it for consideration.

    About Metacafe

    With nearly 30 million unique viewers each month, MetacafeR is one of the world's largest video entertainment sites. We specialize in short-form original content - from new, emerging talents and established Hollywood heavyweights alike. Metacafe delivers an exceptional entertainment experience by engaging and empowering our audience every step of the way. Our VideoRankT technology helps expose the most entertaining content,  and our Producer RewardsR program rewards video creators for their best work - all as determined by viewer response. The privately held company is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., and has offices in Tel Aviv, New York City and Los Angeles. For more information - and hundreds of thousands of entertaining videos - visit www.metacafe.com.


    About Microcinema International

    Founded in 1996, Microcinema International is a leading international rights manager, exhibitor, and specialty markets distributor of the "moving image arts." Microcinema International specializes in the acquisition, exhibition, and distribution of independently produced works of an artistic and socially-relevant nature. Our mission is to seek out, curate, exhibit, promote, and distribute compelling works to a broad audience via existing and emerging mediums. This mission is realized through exhibition-based events, web-based platforms, educational outreach, modern marketing techniques, and digital and physical distribution. More information is available at www.microcinema.com.

    Media Contacts:

    For Metacafe

    Shev Rush: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] / 760-567-4321

    Shelley Boose: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] / 408-398-6987

     
    For Microcinema International

    Joel Bachar: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] / 415 -447-9750

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  • Call for submissions: Surrealist works on film

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    Call for Submissions:   Surrealism in Film

    The Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers (CSIF) is looking for media works that deal with the theme of Surrealism.  In celebration of the 80th anniversary of Luis Buneul and Salvador Dali's  Un Chien Andalou, the CSIF is looking for works that explore the topic of Surrealism in their content or style.  All works should use film either in the production and/or post production stage. No entry fee is required and all works accepted will be paid screening fees.  Deadline is July 31, 08.  For more information contact:
    Melody Jacobson at [email protected] or (403) 205 4747; www.csif.org

    Appel Pour Soumissions: L' Surrealisme en Film

     Le Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers (CSIF) invite des soumissions en "arts media" sur le theme du surrealisme pour explorer l'evolution de ce mouvement artistique.  Tous les traveaux soumisent doivent avoir un element de film soit en production ou postproduction.  Le CSIF pave des frais d'artistes pour toutes les pieces selectionnees pour projection et fournit un environment professionel pour la presentation des pieces "Art media".  Envoyez vous soumissions avant le 31 Juliet, 2008.  Pour plus d'informations, contacter Melody Jacobson au: [email protected] ou (403) 205 4747; www.csif.org

    Llamado a Inscipciones: Surrealisomo en Pelicula

    La Sociedad de Cineastas Independientes de Calgary (CSIF por su sigla en ingles) esta buscando trabajos de media  relacionados con el tema del Surrealismo.  En celebracion del 80vo aniversario de la obra  Un Chien Andalou de Luis Buneul y Salvador Dali  la CSIF esta buscando trabajos que exploren el tema del Surrealismo en su propio contenido y estilo.  Pelicula debe haber sido usada en todos los trabajos en las etapas de produccion y/o post-produccion.  No hay tarifa de inscripcion y los trabajos seleccionados tendran pago de exhibicion.  La fecha limite de inscripcion es Julio 31 del 2008.  Para mayor informacion contacte a Melody Jacobson  [email protected] o 1 (403) 205 4747; www.csif.org

     

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  • 47th Ann Arbor Film Festival

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    Bold visions. Lovingly crafted. Cutting-edge. Artistically inspired.
    These are the kinds of films sought for the 47th Ann Arbor Film Festival,
    the longest-running showcase of independent, experimental and artistically-inspired
    films in North America.

    All lengths and genres accepted and considered:
    experimental, animation, documentary, narrative and combinations in between.

    - More than $20,000 awarded to films in competition
    - Qualifying festival for Annual Academy Awards
    - Select films participate on International Traveling Tour

    Early deadline      August 15, 2008 = $30
    Standard deadline October 15, 2008 = $40
    Late deadline       November 15, 2008 = $50

    Visit our website and download the PDF application
    or go the online route through http://www.withoutabox.com

    The 47th Ann Arbor Film Festival
    March 24 - 29, 2009

    Ann Arbor

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