*The 8 fest* is a unique festival that presents all forms of small-gauge film: 8mm, Super 8 and 9.5mm, as well as works in installation, loops, and 'proto-cinema devices' like zoetropes.* The 8 fest* is a festival for anyone using small-gauge to create rough little gems on film – personal,  handmade, experimental, animations, diaries, essays, collage, cut-ups, performance/film, music/film.

We present audiences with films from Toronto, across Canada and from small-gauge creators and communities around the world. *The 8
fest* showcases the 70+ year history of small-gauge film – from artists' work in the form since the 50's and 60's, to it's wider cultural use in home movies, instructional loops and beyond.

*The 8 fest* provides a forum for filmmakers who want to show their work on small-gauge and for people who want to see this work in its  original formats. *The 8 fest* is committed to keeping the exhibition of small-gauge film a viable presentation medium.
Our first festival was held in Toronto February 2008 , we will present *The 8 fest* 2009 coming January 30-31 + February 1.

Our call for submissions is now posted on our website, Kindly forward this announcement to small-gauge enthusiasts! NO SUBMISSION FEES and SCREENING FEES PAID for all works presented (thanks to the Canada Council + Ontario Arts Council)

the 8 fest
http://www.the8fest.com
the8fest [at] gmail.com

Peripheral Produce's Eighth Annual Portland Documentary and
eXperimental Film Festival (PDX Fest, for short) is now accepting
submissions for its five-day exposition taking place May 6-10, 2009 in
Portland, Oregon.

PDX Fest is dedicated to showcasing new and innovative work in film and
video from around the world. Focusing on non-narrative and documentary
films that goes against the grain of mainstream entertainment, the PDX
Fest is looking for artistic, underground, quirky and challenging work
that reflects contemporary culture, documents historic oddities, and is
otherwise unclassifiable.

Experimental, documentary and/or underground work of all lengths will
be considered. Exhibition formats include 35mm, 16mm, Beta SP, and DV. Live, multi-media and performance-based works with a film or video emphasis are also encouraged to submit.  We are also accepting video installation proposals for the festival's satellite installation exhibit.  Please see our submission guidelines for complete details!

PDX FEST GOES GREEN!
In the hopes of reducing the amount of waste we accumulate as a film
festival and minimizing our impact on the environment, we have greatly
simplified the submission process, paring it down to the bare
essentials.  We are asking film and video entrants to send only their
entry form and a one-page description/bio along with their
submissions.  As much as we love seeing everyone's groovy posters, cool
DVD cases, and awesome press kits, we ask that for the sake of our
environment (and our tiny little office), that you refrain from sending
such additional materials with your entry.  If your film is selected
for the festival, press materials may be requested at that time. 
Ultimately this will save you time and money with a simpler, lighter
submission package to mail off, while saving us the guilt-inducing task
of recycling or throwing out (when necessary) a massive load of
additional materials come the end of the festival. Please see the entry
guidelines for the full run down on submission materials to include.
Thanks in advance for helping us out with this!

PAY ENTRY FEE ONLINE!
We are once again taking entry fee payments via PayPal as well as check
and money order ($1 transaction fee applies for online payments).  Just
look for the buttons on the PDX 2009 page of our website!

For complete details on all submission guidelines and to download the entry form, please head to our website www.peripheralproduce.com. We look forward to seeing all of your work!

SW/TX PCA/ACA
Call for Presentations: Transgressive Cinema Panel
Deadline for submission: November 15, 2008
Online: http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/index.html

The 30th Annual Meeting of the Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations
February 24–28, 2009
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico

The
area chairs are seeking submissions for presentations on any aspect of
Exploitation/ Horror/ Experimental film, although papers that
explicitly engage with the concept of "transgression" are strongly
encouraged. This is the third year for this area, and we are hoping to
expand on the success of the previous two years in order to make SW/TX
PCA/ACA an important forum for scholarly discussion of these kinds of films.

This
year, we will also be continuing our well-received film
screening/discussion panel series. Last year, our focus was on James
Landis' 1963 film, The Sadist, starring Arch Hall, Jr. This year, we
will be screening Ruggero Deodato's notorious 1980 film, Cannibal
Holocaust.
If you are interested in participating in this roundtable discussion, please contact the area co-chairs.

If
societies are defined by the limits they place on personal behavior,
then acts of transgression are necessary to identify just where those
limits lie. Significantly, films that exist outside of the multiplex
mainstream often traffic in representations of such taboo breaking. In
other words, this panel is seeking presentations that look at films
that "push the envelope to the point of tearing it."

The types
of films and filmmaking that we are looking for are not limited to
traditional horror films, or even the many subgenres that can be
described as "exploitation." Transgressive themes are frequently
explored in experimental and arthouse cinema as well. Nevertheless, as
a general rule these films all share a penchant for content that
disturbs more than it placates. We encourage submissions to utilize a
wide variety of methodological approaches, from psychoanalysis to
reception studies.

Some filmmakers to consider:

Nick
Zedd/Richard Kern/Genesis P. O and Psychic TV/Matthew Barney/Herman
Nitsch/ Dwain Esper/H.G. Lewis/ Ruggero Deodato/Lucio Fulci/Dario
Argento/Andy Milligan/Kenneth Anger/George Kuchar/Curt McDowell/ Ken
Jacobs/Craig Baldwin/Georges Franju/ Bunuel/ Fellini/ Jörg Buttgereit/
Jan Svankmajer/Takashi Miike/ Abel Ferrara/ Tony Tenser/Pete Walker/
Monika Treut/Jane Campion/Alfred Hitchcock/David Cronenberg/Rob
Zombie/Peter Greenaway

These are only a FEW of the filmmakers one could look at; we strongly encourage papers that examine others as well.

Co-chairs:

Rob Weiner
Box 53841
Lubbock, TX 79453
rweiner5_at_cox.net

John Cline
2200 S. Pleasant Valley Rd. Apt 808
Austin, TX 78741
john-cline_at_mail.utexas.edu

Conference Rates: Professionals, $140; Graduate students $120; Spouse, partner $50

Information
about our areas of study, conference travel, lodging, and the
organization can be found on our regularly updated website: http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/index.html

We
look forward to seeing you this winter in sunny Albuquerque where we
invite you to explore Route 66, local pueblos, hiking trails, museums,
the Sandia and Isleta casinos, area ski resorts, and nearby Santa Fe.

SW/TX PCA/ACA 2009 Conference
February 24-28, 2009
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras Albuquerque, NM 87102

 Experiments in Cinema V 4.2 will screen works culled from our international call for submissions (postmark deadline is January 10, 2009  we will begin accepting submissions September 10, 2009).  The event will take place at the Southwest Film Center on the campus of the University of New Mexico, 516 Arts (downtown Albuquerque) and at the Guild Cinema in Albuquerque April 16, 17, 18, and 19, 2009.  The recently renovated Southwest Film Center, 516 Arts and the Guild Cinema have the capability to screen 35mm, 16mm, and digital video (mini dv and DVD).  In past years we have hosted audiences of more than 300 people for our four day event, and we expect a great turnout again this year.

Experiments in Cinema V4.2 is currently seeking unembedded, un-dependent film/video work for our 2009 festival.

Experiments in Cinema is an annual collaboration between Basement Films, and the Department of Cinematic Arts at the University of New Mexico.

Experiments in Cinema is supported by generous funding from the Department of Cinematic Arts ICLS Program, the McCune Charitable Foundation and New Mexico Arts.

Entry Criteria:
All un-commercial, un-industrial, un-classifiable, un-dependant, un-embedded experimental works are eligible for this festival.  Old and new works are encouraged for our young and growing event.  All entries in languages other than English must be subtitled in English, dubbed in English or be submitted with an English text (hard copy). Maximum running time for submissions is 40 minutes.

Screening Formats:
Acceptable pre-screening formats include DVD (PAL or NTSC is OK  but please mark your discs clearly ).  For the actual festival we have the capability to screen 16mm, 35mm, and mini-DV (NTSC/PAL).

Entry Deadline:  postmarked by January 10, 2009

Entry fees:
Entry fees are $15 per entry.  If you are submitting 3 or more works the entry fee is reduced to $10 PER WORK. Entry fees must be in U.S. funds.  Checks or money orders should be made out to Basement Films.  Multiple entries must be submitted on separate discs. 
Only artists whose work has screened in our festival in past years should waive all entry fees.  Additionally, all international submissions will NOT pay an entry fee for our festival.

Shipping:
Do not use fiber-filled envelopes as these can damage your media and our machines.  The cost of shipping preview and exhibition copies of works is the responsibility of the entrant.

Our festival will cover the return of accepted works via surface shipping only.  Entrants must pay additional charges for express shipping and notify us in advance if they require work be returned earlier than one month after the festival is over.  The festival will not accept responsibility for damage or loss of materials while in transit.

International entries must be marked FOR CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY  NO COMMERCIAL VALUE.
The festival will not pay import duties or taxes.  All entries, entry fees and supporting
materials should be sent to

EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA V4.2
c/o Basement Films
PO Box 7669
Albuquerque, New Mexico
USA 87194

Required Supporting materials:
1)  A single, clearly labeled CD with the following information on it:
        a) one 300dpi still from your submission.
        b) 50 word synopsis of the submission
        c) 75 word artist bio (include previous screenings of your
             entry if you would like).
        d) one 300 dpi image of the artist
e) English translation/script

2) Hard copies of the following:
        a) completed entry form
        b) 50 word synopsis of the submission
        c) 75 word artist bio
        d) English translation/script

Selection:
Entrants will be notified by email of their entry status by February 15, 2009.  Also, all entrants will be notified by email when their submission arrives at our office.

Awards:
In 2009 Experiments in Cinema continues to be proud in defining ourselves as a  non-competitive festival. However, we do pay artist fees for programmed work (dollar amount TBA depending on our annual budget).
Return of Preview/supporting materials:
Preview Tapes, DVDs and CDs will NOT be returned. However, all materials submitted by artists whose work IS included in our event will be returned.