Maybe you already knew? As some deadlines to get your work in is close!!!!

American Indian Film Festival: Deadline August 5

Open Call - Funding from ITVS: Deadline August 5

Flatwater Native American Film Festival, Aug. 6-18 in Lincoln, NE

Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) and the Mary Reipma Ross Media Arts Center (The Ross) present the Flatwater Native American Film Festival, Aug. 6-18 in Lincoln, NE.

Featured films at the Flatwater Native American Film Festival will include Trudell, a documentary about Nebraska native John Trudell, a poet and activist from the Santee Sioux Tribe. Trudell is enjoying an impressive run at major film festivals throughout the world, including Sundance, Tribeca, Cannes, and Munich. Cherokee filmmaker Heather Rae has spent the better part of the last thirteen years making this documentary which follows John Trudell from the Alcatraz and Wounded Knee incidents in the 1970s, which led to the tragic loss of his family in a mysterious house fire, to the present day as he continues to speak out for Native rights, tribal sovereignty, and living in balance with the Earth. Trudell and Rae will be in Lincoln for the film’s screenings to engage in discussions with audience members, independent filmmakers, and NAJA attendees.

Other features include: Aleut Story, a 90 minute documentary which tells the little known story of the Aleuts of Alaska, US citizens all, who were forceably removed from their Aleutian Island homes to internment camps in World War II; A Thousand Roads by filmmaker Chris Eyre, whose previous credits include Smoke Signals, Skins, and Skinwalkers on PBS, the film follows the lives of four contemporary Native Americans as they confront the crises that arise in a single day. From the crest of the Andes, through the mesas of New Mexico, the ice floes of Alaska, to the concrete canyons of Manhattan, A Thousand Roads takes filmgoers on a memorable Native journey.

The Festival coincides with the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA), which holds its annual convention in Lincoln, August 11 – 14.

For additional schedule and ticket information, contact the Ross Theater at 402-472-5353 or on the web at www.theross.org and on NAPT's website, www.nativetelecom.org.

Funding for the festival comes from the Nebraska Arts Council and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Co-sponsored by the Native Voice Newspaper and Lincoln Journal Star, a Lee Enterprises Publication.

 

Sundance Film Festival: Deadline Early Submissions August 19

CPB American History and Civics Initiative: Deadline September 8

The Roy W. Dean Film and Writing Grants: Deadlines Rolling

NAPT Seeks Production Proposals

NAPT announces the 2005 Open Call for Proposals. In this round, we welcome projects in production, post-production and completion stages. Complete proposals must arrive at NAPT by September 1, 2005, at 5:00 PM CDT. Click Here for application and guidelines.

If you'd like to be added to our mailing list to receive requests for proposals in the mail, please send your complete contact information, including mailing address, phone, and email to native@unl.edu. Please put "NAPT RFP MAILING LIST" in the subject line to ensure that we get your message. Due to an abundance of viruses and spam, we may delete your message inadvertently if the subject line does not clearly state the intent of your message.

Native Radio Theatre (NRT) Calls For Scripts

The goal of NRT is to bring audio theater to AIROS, using works by Native authors, theater and recording artists. The first phase of this effort is a call for scripts. This is a project of Native American Public Telecommunications and Native Voices at the Autry with planning funds from the Ford Foundation. See http://www.airos.org/theatre/ for application procedure. The deadline for receiving scripts is November 15, 2005.