i-Robot Poetry to Screen at Bucktown Arts Fest in Chicago

Bookshorts’ films continue to make their way onto the festival circuit south of the border. We are very pleased that some of our early productions are continuing to work for their publishers and authors–i-Robot Poetry based on the book by Jason Christie (EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishers) is set to screen at Bucktown Arts Fest in Chicago August 29. Big thanks to Mike Phillips who is the curator of CIMM for being the first to bring BookShorts to Chicago and picking us up again this time around.

Moving Stories Films at Thin Air 2009, Winnipeg International Writers Festival

Every September, Thin Air 2009 (http://www.thinairwinnipeg.ca) welcomes writers from Canada and the international community for a week of readings, lectures, interviews, conversations, book launches and other events, for adults and chlidren, in English and French. Thin Air will also be the first literary festival of the season to present Moving Stories Films, a 90-minute curated program of short films celebrating the written word. The films have been selected by Festival Founder Judith Keenan and Programmer Paul Quarrington.

Keenan says, “We had an incredible experience at last’s years Festival – we met terrific people in both the film and literary community, presented workshops on adapting books for the screen, and screened to a full house. We’re very much looking forward to bringing a whole different line up of films to the enthusiastic Winnipeg audience. A big “thank you” to Charlene Diehl and her team for their vision and passion!”

Moving Stories Films, and its online portal MovingStoriesFilmFest.com is just one of the public initiatives of BookShorts Inc., the seminal producer and distributor of film, television and new media inspired by books. For more information, or to submit films for this and other screenings, visit www.MovingStoriesFilmFest.com .

Moving Stories Films 2009 Now Accepting Submissions

Moving Stories Films is now accepting film submissions for ongoing curatorial projects. We are interested in seeing shorts that are directly inspired by, or based upon the written word – works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry or journalism. Moving Stories Films is a 90-minute program of short films celebrating the written word, with a new program curated every year, which tours to literary and film festivals across Canada and the United States. Please visit www.Movingstoriesfilmfest.com for more information on past presenters and 2009 activities.

Please send submissions to:

701 King Street West, Suite 1104
Toronto, ON M5V 2W7

Canada

Or:

Low resolution screening copies are accepted via online transfer – please email production@bookshorts.com for details.

Screening and Submission formats can be any of the following:

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