DIGit Media Arts Exposition, 
Quick & Gritty Video Slam June 15, 2008 Make a 3-minute movie and win $500 Bring your digital cameras, cell phones, and camcorders to Narrowsburg in June and you could take home $500. Delaware Valley Arts Alliance invites video artists of all skill levels to share their digital creations at the Quick & Gritty Video Slam, a competition of 3-minute videos, on Sunday, June 15 at 12 p.m. at Tusten Theatre. The winning video will receive a $500 cash prize. DIGIT is a digital media exposition, sponsored by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, that encourages creative and technical excellence and experimentation among individual artists and small groups working with digital tools. Whether you’re inspired to document your DIGIT experience or the people you meet; you have an original scripted story you want to film; or you want to capture the local area from your own particular viewpoint, your thematic and creative choices are limitless. There are, however, a few restrictions: all final pieces must be one to three minutes in length, must have been created entirely during the DIGIT festival, must have been shot in the Hamlet of Narrowsburg, and must be submitted on DVD to the Tusten Theatre by 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 15 (no submission fee). DIGIT will screen all Quick & Gritty works at the Video Slam on Sunday, June 15 at 12 p.m. at the Tusten Theatre. Works will be judged live on site, and the creator of the winning work will receive a $500 cash prize. Other prizes will also be awarded. The Fifth Annual DIGIT Media Exposition will include continuous screenings, site specific performances, interactive concerts, and audio and video installations in and around Narrowsburg’s Main Street and the Delaware River. For more information, call (845) 252-7576.    The Neversink Valley Area Museum promotes the history of silent films made in our region and encourages film makers to explore films without dialogue. In 1909 D.W. Griffith and Billy Bitzer came to Cuddebackville NY to shoot westerns and other films. They returned numerous times. Thanhouser Film Company and Pathe Bros also filmed in this region. 
  SILENT SHORT FILM COMPETITION To help promote the history of the silent films that were made in our area, The Neversink Valley Area Museum holds an annual competition for film makers. Any film maker from student to professional is encouraged to enter a silent film, up to 18 minutes in length. There are two categories: •  Best original Silent Short Film FOR APPLICATION  CLICK  HERE • Best score for a silent film FOR APPLICATION  CLICK  HERE ORIGINAL SILENT FILM: We will accept any film up to 18 minutes in length, it may be from any country and does not have to premiere at our festival. Films currently in distribution are not eligible. Film makers to submit entries on DVD (all region compatible, as one judge is UK- based).

Length not to exceed 18 minutes.
No synchronized sound.
Music, if used, must be original or provide proof of licensing.
Intertitles acceptable.
DVD should be marked with Title Only.

Enclose sheet with all credits in submission packet. FOR APPLICATION  CLICK  HERE ORIGINAL FILM SCORE Entrant to compose an original score for one of these three films: King Lear, The Vagabonds and The Marvelous Marathoner, all made by Thanhouser Motion Picture Company.  Thanhouser will provide a copy of the film to interested entrants. The winning entry (i.e. film + winner’s music) will be posted on the Thanhouser web site for viewing the winner can use the film with their music royalty free. 
Prizes for both categories to be announced at a later date. FOR APPLICATION  CLICK  HERE Questions?  email us at nvam@frontiernet.net A GREAT PLACE TO GO IS: indiefilmpage.com THIS YEAR'S EVENT IS SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2008 4:00 Discussion: Depictions of African-Americans in early films: from   DW Griffith to Oscar Micheaux FOLLOWED BY SCREENING OF COMPETITION WINNERS!   Check us out at WITHOUTABOX.COM! http://www.neversinkmuseum.org/FilmFest.htmhttp://www.neversinkmuseum.org/FestApp.htmlhttp://www.neversinkmuseum.org/FestApp.htmlhttp://www.neversinkmuseum.org/FestApp.htmlhttp://www.thanhouser.org/http://www.neversinkmuseum.org/FestApp.htmlmailto:nvam@frontiernet.nethttp://www.indiefilmpage.com/http://www.withoutabox.com/login/5810shapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8