Invitation to Sponsors of Moving Stories Films

MOVING STORIES would like to invite savvy corporate partners with a eye to a well-educated, literate, contemporary target audience to reach their marketing goals by participating in this inaugural Festival. We have compiled a Sponsorship Guide, available on request, as a means by which to explore opportunities that most closely match our partner’s priorities. Our Festival is still at the planning stages, which means there are still plenty of ways we can deliver the best possible experience for our early partners.

Here are some of the highlights of the upcoming program, a mere taste of the impact Moving Stories sponsorship will deliver:

• More than a dozen New and Original Films from around the world will screen during each Festival
presentation
• Sponsors who commit early have the added benefit of pre-roll, on-screen recognition in the program of films
• Festival films will go on a National Tour, extending sponsor visibility for up to one year
• Special event programming will host celebrities from the screen, stage and book shelves, ensuring front page press coverage
• VIPs will be given priority access to screenings, as well as first choice in value-add promotional programs and advertising

Marketing and Outreach
PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
ADVANCE MARKETING
POST-ROLL CREDITS ON BOOKSHORT FILMS
ONLINE MARKETING
PROGRAM CATALOGUE
EVENT SIGNAGE

Current Sponsors

CANADIAN HERITAGE Book Publishing Industry Development Fund
CRUSH INC
BOOKSHORTS LITERACY PROGRAM
REED EXHIBITIONS BookExpo Canada

This is a terrific idea ….an exciting opening to BookExpo Canada!
Susan Dayus, Executive Director
CANADIAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION

Film Submission Guidelines

First Annual Moving Stories Touring Film Program
June 15, 2008 to December 31, 2008

There are two ways to submit your film for review:

1. Online using withoutabox.
2. Directly by snail mail.

To submit via withoutabox
Click here and follow the instructions.

To submit via snail mail
Send your film and completed entry form to BookShorts, 701 King Street West, Suite 1104, Toronto ON M5V 2W7 Canada. Payment can be made by money order or through paypal.

GENERAL RULES

• Films must be based on or directly inspired by fiction, non-fiction or poetry in the form of a published short story, novella, poem, graphic novel or full length book.
• The written work upon which the media is based must be in print and available for purchase by the general public at the time of the Festival screening. Written works which are not available at that time must be clearly indicated in the Submission Form along with an explanation of how audiences will be able to access the written source upon its first public availability; in any event, films will not be accepted whose written source is not available by December 30, 2008.
• Priority given to films with a duration under ten minutes, in an effort to serve a larger number of filmmakers and films included in the program.
• Priority given to media created after January 2006 and to media whose source (i.e. written) works are released between January and December 2008.

DEADLINE
10-Jul-2008

FEE
$50.00

NOTIFICATION DATE TO FILMMAKERS
Approximately 15-Jul-2008

RUNTIME
Shorts: From 1 minutes to 15 minutes

COMPLETION DATE
Projects completed after 01-Jan-2006

PLACE OF ORIGIN
Projects may originate from anywhere in the world

PREMIERE STATUS
No premiere requirement

TWO (2) SUBMISSION COPIES REQUIRED

SUBMISSION COPY FORMATS
DVD Video, NTSC, REGION 0 or REGION 1
Digital Video, NTSC, MiniDV
Media Files: .WMV (Windows Media); .FLV (Flash Video); .MOV (QuickTime)

SUBMISSION & EXHIBITION COPY LANGUAGES
Subtitled or Dubbed in English

EXHIBITION FORMATS
DVD Video, NTSC, REGION 0 or REGION 1
Digital Video, NTSC, MiniDV
Read more of the festival’s General Rules.

Contact Information:
701 King Street West, Suite 1104
Toronto ON M5V 2W7 Canada
www.movingstoriesfilmfest.com

Paul Quarrington

MOVING STORIES PROGRAMMER PAUL QUARRINGTON

Paul Quarrington’s extensive credentials span his artistic talent as filmmaker, author and musician. A graduate of the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto, he has written many screenplays including Camilla, Giant Steps, Perfectly Normal and Whale Music, adapted from his Governor’s General Award winning novel. His professional resume for the screen includes a long list of credits in short film, television and feature film, for independent and studio producers in Canada and the United States. He is in continuous demand as an instructor in the art of writing for the screen. He is currently completing the feature film adaptation of The
Ravine which will further explore the narrative and characters introduced in Pavane.

For Paul’s comprehensive profile, please visit http://www.paulquarrington.org

Meet Our Illustrious Advisors

NEWS! SARAH POLLEY, NINO RICCI and GARY THOMAS join ROBERT LANTOS and ANNE COLLINS as Moving Stories Film Advisors.