AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

The Rose Group for Cross-Culture Understanding, is looking for short films that explore themes of diversity, humanity and cross-cultural understanding. Judging will be on the basis of technical skill, creativity, and insight into the subject. The top three winners will receive a cash award of $500 and will be invited to travel to Beijing, China in May, 2008. Airfares, accommodation and sightseeing trips are included. Opportunities to interact with Chinese filmmakers and international film communities in Beijing will be provided.

Bent 2008 Festival Call for Work

The Tank is currently accepting proposals for:
Bent 2008 : The Fifth Annual Circuit Bending Festival

Festival Dates:

New York Bent Festival - April 17th-19th, 2008.
Los Angeles Bent Festival - April 24th-26th, 2008.
Minneapolis Bent Festival - May 1st-3rd, 2008.

Proposals:

Proposal Deadline: February 5th, 2008
Participant Notification: February 15, 2008

This call is for all three festivals.

Proposals to each festival must be submitted separately.

In keeping with the expanding interests of the community, this year we are
continuing to open the Bent Festival to performers and artists that create their

MIGROS
pour-cent culturel

2008 Belluard Bollwerk International www.belluard.ch
...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The Belluard Bollwerk International (BBI), Wrights & Sites and the Pour-cent culturel Migros are looking for ‘mis-guided’ projects to reveal the unexpected, the ‘elsewheres’ in the city of Fribourg (CH).
...

Call for artists - A.I.R. International Artists Residencies/FilmFest -Summer 2008 - Hungary

The Hungarian Multicultural Center is currently accepting applications for the
Csopak/Balatonfured - International Artist/Writer Residencies and FilmFest Program
Dates:
Tuesday, May 20 - Thursday, June 12, 2008
Thuesday, June 17 - Thursday, July 10, 2008
Tuesday, July 15 - Thursday, August 7, 2008

Submission Deadline: Tuesday, March 25, 2008

FilmFest
Dates: August 5-6, 2008

Submission Deadline: Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The HMC invites interested visual artists, musicians, film makers and writers to submit

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), San Francisco’s premiere contemporary arts center, seeks a dynamic individual to provide leadership and creative direction for its renowned visual arts program. We’re looking for a dynamic, visionary curator who has the skills and ability to take an already highly regarded visual arts program to the next level of innovation and impact not only locally, but also nationally
and internationally.

Who We Are
YBCA is a 15-year-old multidisciplinary arts center that anchors the dynamic Yerba Buena Cultural District in downtown San Francisco. YBCA works continuously to break new ground with its programs in visual art, performance and film/video, and to connect our programs to a broad cross section of the community, not just the art elite. Our facilities are comprised of two landmark buildings with 12,000 square feet of gallery space, a 94-seat Screening Room, flexible performance/meeting space and a 750-seat Theater. Institutionally, we are committed to innovation in our practices, exceptional diversity in our range of work and the engagement of audiences with art that speaks to the ideas and issues of the contemporary world. The YBCA curatorial team works collaboratively to develop organization-wide thematics, around which performances, exhibitions, films and public programs are curated and created. The opportunity and expectation exists for the Visual Arts program be a significant cornerstone of that endeavor.

World Press Photo contest open to photojournalists worldwide

World Press Photo is now accepting applications for its 2008 contest,
open to photojournalists around the world. Deadline: January 10.
The contest is currently accepting entries delivered by mail or
courier, and it will begin accepting online submissions on December
1. There is no fee to enter. Photographs must be news-related.

The contest will award first, second, and third prizes in 10
categories. First-place winners in each category receive cash prizes
and round-trip tickets and lodging in Amsterdam for the awards
ceremony in April 2008. The overall World Press Photo of the Year

Al-Arabiya to organize documentary forum in Dubai

Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news channel is organizing the second "Al
Arabiya Creative Forum for Documentary Production" from March 1-3,
2008 in Dubai. Deadline: January 15.
Held in collaboration with O3 Productions, the forum aims to help
young participants produce their first documentary films and prepare
them to work in TV channels. In addition, the forum provides
professional producers with the chance to get funding for their films
from different production houses.

For more information and to apply visit
http://www.alarabiya.net/ADW2008.html

Writing Competition for Young journalists in EU

Print and online journalists in European Union member countries,
candidate countries or potential candidate countries are invited to
enter their published work into the European Young Journalist Award.
Applicants must be between the ages of 17 and 27. Deadline: March 15,
2008.
Entries must discuss a topic related to EU enlargement or European
integration in no more than 2,000 words. Articles must be written in
the young journalist's native language and published between January
1, 2007 and March 15, 2008. A 200-word abstract in English must also

Radio scriptwriting competition explores climate change

The Developing Countries Farm Radio Network (DCFRN) and the Technical
Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) have launched the
African Farmers' Strategies for Coping with Climate Change, a
scriptwriting competition for radio broadcasters. Deadline: March 15.
The competition is open to all African radio organizations, including
broadcasters, production organizations, NGOs with radio projects, and
farmers' associations with radio shows. Submitted scripts may cover
themes such as water and soil management, cropping strategies for

*** Dak'Art - Call for applications ***
Until the 31st December 2007, artists of African origin can send in submissions for participation in the next Dakar Biennial:
http://universes-in-
universe.org/eng/islamic_world/articles/2007/news_tips/dak_art_2008

This was posted on the Art4Development Yahoo! groups listserv.