Invitation For Emily Carr Students/Alumni To Make A Film On Our Dime

Are you a current student or recent graduate of the University formerly-known-as the Emily Carr Institute? Here’s your chance to apply what you’ve learned about art and design and make it shine on screen. All on our dime!

BookShorts Moving Stories invites you to submit a creative treatment for an up to 2-minute short film. Your entry must be inspired by one of three specially selected literary works in a range of genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction and Poetry.

Our jury will review all submissions and award the winner with $1,500 and professional mentorship to help bring their treatment up to 2-minute life! The film will be screened at the Moving Stories Film Festival and at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design Theatre as part of the Vancouver International Writers Festival (VIWF).

Hal Wake, Artistic Director of the VIWF is delighted about this new initiative. “Presenting short films about books is an exciting new departure for the Vancouver International Writers Festival”, says Wake. “The opportunity to engage young, talented students and alumni from Emily Carr to produce BookShorts is an added bonus. We can’t wait to see what they come up with.”

The deadline to submit a treatment is 30 May 2008. Get reading and writing today so you can start shooting your short! For eligibility requirements and entry guidelines click here.

For more information, contact Judith Keenan at (416) 855-2425 or judith@bookshorts.com.

Make A Film On Our Dime 2008 is a collaboration of the Vancouver International Writers Festival, Emily Carr University and the BookShorts Literacy Program.

Moving Stories Screening At Festivals Near You

2008 Confirmed Event Dates

Sep 28
Winnipeg, MB
THIN AIR 2008: Winnipeg International Writers Festival
http://www.winnipegwords.com

Oct 17-18
St. John’s, NL
St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival
http://www.womensfilmfestival.com

Oct 22
Ottawa, ON
Ottawa International Writers Festival Fall Edition
http://www.writersfestival.org

Oct 14
Banff 5nd Calgary, AB
WordFest: Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival
http://www.wordfest.com

Oct 25
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver International Writers Festival
http://www.writersfest.bc.ca

November 26
Toronto, ON
Pages Books & Music “This IS Not A Reading Series”
http://pagesbooks.ca/events.php?type=event&id=250

More Canadian and US host venues to be announced. Contact judith@bookshorts.com to request preview DVD and to enquire about hosting an event in your area, your library or bookstore!