Guardian Student Media Awards

“The Guardian Student Media Awards have sought out the very best student writers, designers, broadcasters, editors and photographers for over 30 years.

And this year one of those people could be you.

Enter the 2009 Guardian Student Media Awards and soon you could be playing against real media heavyweights including the likes of Andrew Rawnsley, Rankin, Jonathan Freedland, Rachel Newsome and Emily Barr – all previous winners. Along with 100s of others, these guys were mere mortals like you before making it big in the media.

As well as choosing individual and category winners, our esteemed panel of judges will pick out one overall winner who displays particularly outstanding talent and promise. That person will undertake an extended six-week work placement at the Guardian and receive a subsistence allowance of £1,650.”

The categories, instructions and application forms are all on http://www.guardian.co.uk/student-media-awards-2009.

Student Film Competition

The Jay Sanders Film Festival is a yearly event in which the finalists in the Movie Gallery Student Film Competition are publicly presented and judged. This year’s festival will be held Thursday April 2, 2009 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the theatre auditorium of the Auburn University Hotel & Dixon Conference Center, 241 S. College St., Auburn, AL 36830-5400, USA.

Visit http://media.cla.auburn.edu/cmjn/festival/index.html for full details.

Super Shorts 2009 Submissions are now open!

After last years hugely successful festival with some excellent entries and appearances from Asif Kapadia, Allan Niblo, Dean Craig and Chris Jones we are proud to announce that The 2009 Super Shorts International Film Festival is now officially accepting submissions!

SHORT FILM COMPETITION

The Short Film Competition is the centre piece of the Super Shorts festival. Shortlisted films are screened at the Odeon Covent Garden. All films under 30 minutes are eligible, including live action, documentary and animation.

The shortlisted films are viewed by the Festival Jury and winners are picked for the following awards;

The winner of each category is awarded a trophy and industry prizes related to the award. For example, the editing award is supported by Avid who are offering software worth £1,000’s. The ‘Best Short Film’ award includes a cash prize of £1,000 ($2,000).

SHORT FILM SCRIPT COMPETITION

The scripts will be shortlisted by a script professional and the top ten scripts will be shown to our Festival Jury. Our Festival Jury will be made up of industry professionals and recognisable industry names.

MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION

Our aim is to find innovative, original music videos from around the world. The winning film will be awarded the ‘Best Music Video’ award along with yet to be announced prizes.

Visit supershorts.org.uk for more.

No British Films at Venice Festival This Year

ROME (Reuters) -  This year’s Venice Film Festival starts on 27th August, but won’t be helping the British Film Industry.  The competition lineup will highlight independent US cinema, Italian productions and Japanese animation.

Last year, US and British films dominated the lineup, with nearly half of the films in the main competition.

This year, only five English language movies – all listed as US productions – will vie for the top prize at the world’s oldest film festival.

Full Story on Reuters.com

Tracey – OwnAFilmCompany.com