Competition for Young Film Makers

One of the folded goals of the Addis International Film festival is to provide young Ethiopian filmmakers, many of whom are just beginning their careers, with a supportive and enthusiastic audience for their creative efforts. For this reason, the AIFF is encouraging young Ethiopian Film Makers to submit their documentaries that run from 30 seconds to 1 minute to the Film Festival for our competition. The winner will of course be rewarded for his/her effort. The documentaries are not limited to a topic, as long as there are related to the theme ‘Pause for reflection’.

The deadline to submit documentaries is on March 15th , 2010. We are looking forward to see the documentaries!

Creativity Contest

The Addis Film Festival is aiming at engaging students with the Festival’s theme “PAUSE FOR REFLECTION” through different channels of creativity. Therefore, we would like to invite students not more than 18 years to participate in the “Addis International Festival’s Creativity Contest 2010”.
We are looking for the best short story, drawing, cartoon, photograph etc. on the topic of ‘Pause for Reflection’.
We will promote and publish the best creative entries in the brochure of the 4th Addis International Film Festival and additionally, they will be printed in one of the well-known Ethiopian newspapers.
For further details on the Creativity Contest and the Film Festival, please do not hesitate to contact us by email rahwa.kiros@addisfilmfestival.org or by phone 011 6622640/41.

Dear friends and relations,
Do you want to organise a film festival, but don't know where to start? Do you want to screen films to raise awareness and discussion, but lack practical experience? Do you need funding, but don't know the right people?

Apply for the Cinema without Borders workshop!

The next edition of Cinema without Borders takes place from 24-29 March 2010, during the Movies that Matter Festival in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Movies that Matter invites 15 qualified guests to participate in this workshop for starting organisers of a human rights film festival in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Eastern Europe. The programme contains of practical and inspiring workshops and includes network meetings with relevant professionals.

For an impression of Cinema without Borders 2008, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86r98DBNMWk

Are you interested?
Please, take a look at www.moviesthatmatter.nl/international for more information and criteria.

Deadline for applications is January 1st, 2010, We are looking forward to your application!

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,

Mira Zeehandelaar
Coordinator Cinema without Borders
m.zeehandelaar@moviesthatmatter.nl

Movies that Matter Foundation - Amsterdam | Amnesty International's Movies that Matter Festival - The Hague
www.moviesthatmatter.nl, www.moviesthatmatterfestival.nl

P.O. Box 1968, 1000 BZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands,
Tel. +31 20 7733627, Fax. +31 20 6240889

WMM New Release: AFRICA RISING
The first film to focus on African grassroots solutions for ending female genital mutilation. Special offer on African Studies films!

Screening in multiple cities in November!

“This is a powerful look at how to eliminate, from within cultures themselves, a tragic practice. This procedure is perpetrated on young girls, the most
vulnerable members of society."
- Meryl Streep, actress

Every day, six thousand girls from the Horn of Africa to the sub-Saharan nations are subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). Beautifully directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Paula Heredia, this extraordinary and powerful new film presents an insightful look at the frontline of a formidable and fearless anti-FGM movement led by brave African activists. AFRICA RISING travels through remote villages in five countries, weaving together dynamic footage and the poignant stories of girls personally affected by FGM to show how African women and men are putting an end to this human rights violation. Learn more about this new and important film on FGM.

This month, watch AFRICA RISING in screenings across the U.S.:

New York Premiere: Tuesday, November 3, 7-8:30 pm
Hosted by Meryl Streep
NYU Cantor Film Center | Get more info and tickets here

San Francisco Premiere: Thursday, November 5, 7-8:30pm
Jazz Heritage Center | Get more info and tickets here

Los Angeles Premiere: Friday, November 6, 7-8:30pm
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television | Get more info and tickets here


Boston Premiere: Monday, November 9

To celebrate the release of AFRICA RISING, WMM is offering customers who purchase the film at full price any of the titles in the New Voices on African Studies collection for only $89. Related titles in this special collection include:

* THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO - Winner of the Sundance Special Jury Prize in Documentary and the inspiration for a 2008 U.N. Resolution classifying rape as a weapon of war.

Presented at the 3rd  Addis International Film Festival

* IRON LADIES OF LIBERIA - A behind-the-scenes look at the first freely elected female head of state in Africa and her remarkable team of women during their critical first year in office.

* SISTERS IN LAW - The best-selling documentary co-directed by award-winning filmmaker Kim Longinotto about a Cameroon courthouse where two women are working to change their village - and the world.
Presented at the 2nd  Addis International Film Festival