Newsletter – Feb. 24th, 2009

PROJECT TWENTY1 – NOT JUST A FILM FESTIVAL

NEWSLETTER – February 24th, 2009

Thank you to everybody who came out to our first-ever “Show Us Your Shorts” on January 31st. We packed around 200 people into Marbar to enjoy the food, films, and fun that come with any Project Twenty1 event. If you missed it, be sure to check out the pictures on our MySpace page and our Facebook group. So thank all of you for your support in making this another successful Philadelphia independent film event!

 

As follow up, we would like to proudly present:

SHOW US YOUR SHORTS #2 – MARCH 28th, 2009

 

 

Shorts on DVD (under 10 minutes!!!) will be screened on a first come, first-served basis. If you’re bringing a short to screen, you’ll want to get there a little early – doors open at 5:30. We’re starting this event earlier to add time for GLOW NETWORKING. March 28th is Earth Hour, meaning the city of Philadelphia will go dark at 8:30pm for an hour. But being environmentally-conscious doesn’t mean you have to stop your careers for an hour! $2 gets you a non-toxic glow stick so you can help save the environment AND be productive at the same time, as we host another post-screening networking mixer filled with filmmakers, animators, musicians, talent & industry professionals.

The top short film of the night will again win over $200 worth of prizes!

Saturday, March 28th

6:00pm – 8:30pm Screenings/Parties

8:30pm – 9:30pm Glow Networking

Marbar
200 S. 40th St. (40th & Walnut)
Philadelphia, PA 19104

All Ages welcome! However, viewer discretion is advised for potential R-Rated content. RSVP HERE to learn some tips & tricks to make a successful night out of Show Us Your Shorts!

In May, our New York followers can look forward to our first-ever NYC-area event as we host Show Us Your Shorts in a stylish Manhattan bar! More details to come…

THE PROJECT TWENTY1 2009 SCHEDULE

The 2009 Project Twenty1 Film Festival will take place Thursday-Sunday, October 1st-4th. This year’s Film Festival will once again include screenings for both the Philadelphia Filmathon, and the 21-Day Filmmaking Competition, as well as a slew of new workshops and events.

 

The 2009 Filmmaking Competition will host its Launch Event on Saturday, August 1st and the Drop Event will occur 21 days later, on Saturday, August 22nd. Expect more details on the Launch and Drop Events in the near future as we nail down details, but suffice it to say, they will be even more exciting experiences than last year’s!

 

Filmathon Call for Entries and Competition Team Signups will open online on March 28th.

BONUS: Teams that sign up in person for the Competition or submit to the October Filmathon at the Show Your Shorts on March 28th will receive a free gift!

 

The deadlines for Filmathon Call for Entries & 21-Day Filmmaking Competition are as follows:

 

April 30: Early Deadline: $100 Competition/$21 Filmathon
May 31: Regular Deadline: $125 Compettion/$35 Filmathon
June 30: Late Deadline: $150 Competiton/$50 Filmathon

 

Remember, Teams that enter the competition and films accepted into the Filmathon will receive FIVE FREE TICKETS to any festival screenings between October 1-4!

 

Stay tuned for more announcements on this year’s Prizes, Judges, and special events as we get closer! We have a lot planned for 2009.

MUSIC CONTEST WRAPPED!

Not Just A Film Festival, Project Twenty1 encompasses all the arts, just as film production itself does. In this vein, Project Twenty1 has just wrapped our first-ever Music Contest. We received dozens of entries from artists all over the country, from pop to rock to blues to hip-hop to easy-listening and everything in between. Our thanks go out to everybody who has submitted music to us!

Our judges are hard at work going through the many entries we received to see which piece or pieces might work best as themes for this year’s festival. Stay tuned, musicians, you will hear from us very soon!

We hope to have some more musical surprises in store for all of you soon as we expand our venues for 2009.

HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED?

Contact us! We have a rapidly growing fan base, and as we branch out with new events, new venues, and new sponsors for 2009, we are open to collaboration with all types of creative and business organizations that can help us support our filmmakers and enhance our artistic community.

STAY IN THE LOOP

Follow Project Twenty1 more easily than ever in 2009:

Befriend or follow us on: Facebook MySpace Twitter

Project Twenty1 on Facebook’s new NetworkedBlogs app. Project Twenty1 is currently the largest blog community in the Philadelphia network. Help us keep it that way: spread the word!

Befriend the Project Twenty1 Girls (Susie Filmmaker on Facebook). She can answer all your questions about Project Twenty1 in 2009.

Project Twenty1 on YouTube, featuring our Channel Twenty1, with all 47 films in our current archives.

Your friends, as always,

Stephanie Yuhas, Executive Producer
Matt Conant, Director

Project Twenty1
Not Just A Film Festival
www.ProjectTwenty1.com

“Show you my what?!”

“Show you my what?!”
What to expect when you “Show Us Your Shorts”
by Rudy Flesher, Project Twenty1 Online Content Editor—-

Show Us Your Shorts (SUYS) is a partnered event sponsored by Project Twenty1 and FirstGlance Film Festivals where you, our beloved local artist, can come see your work screened and also network with other independent filmmakers, crew and actors that are just waiting to work on your next project. Simply bring a copy of your film DVD (check to make sure it works first!) and bring it out to our event. Yes, you do get extra points if you wear actual shorts in inhospitable weather and no, these points have no cash value. But they sure are fun to collect, aren’t they?

The films are screened open mic-style on a first-come, first-served basis and must be under TEN minutes. No, you may not screen your eighty-four minute period piece just because the costumes show of your flat mate’s brilliant seamstress skills. We want as many artists as possible to screen their films! The ideal films for this venue are shorts with little dialogue, and anything that is visually interesting and often brightly colored or animated. Genres that play well are comedy, music videos, trailers, B-horror send ups, and the like – anything to literally “show off” to a crowd of people. While we applaud your documentaries, dramas and student films of crying mimes in existential crisis, these events are just for fun. If you do have a stellar piece that deserves a large, theatrical screening, please consider submitting to the Project Twenty1’s Philadelphia Filmathon and FirstGlance Film Festivals over the next few months!

The second aspect of SUYS is that you should come ready to network, network, network!  This is a great opportunity to hear what projects everybody else is working on or even come up with a new one on your own as you are inspired by the incredible diversity of artists we get at every event.  Bring business cards, head shots, your CV and anything else you can distribute to promote yourself.  Do you have a clip reel on DVD?  Congratulations, you have talent and a budget! Now come hand those suckers out.

 

 

Good luck guys!

 

 

-Rudy

Channel Twenty1 on YouTube!

Hello to all our Project Twenty1 fans!

Thanks to all who made it out to our first-ever Show Us Your Shorts event on Saturday. We had over 200 people in attendance, and had a great competition for the 8 films that managed to screen. We’ll be taking everybody’s comments into consideration on how to make the next one even better!

In other news, we’ve gotten a lot of questions from people eagerly anticipating the 2009 21-Day Filmmaking Competition, wondering where they can see films from previous years. Well, check out our YouTube channel, which now includes a few Playlists for your convenience.

http://www.youtube.com/projecttwenty1

The Channel Twenty1 Playlist includes all the Competition films from the 2006 and 2008 21-Day Film Competitions, plus a few extra goodies for your viewing pleasure.

Best of all, subscribe to our Channel, and you’ll be the first to know when we post new trailers, which are always your first source of information for upcoming Call-For-Entries and Team Signup information!

More news just around the corner. We’re excited for what ‘09 has in store, so stay tuned!

Matt Conant, Festival Director

Festival Partner News – FirstGlance Philly Call for Entries – Early Deadline

On behalf of our partners at FirstGlance, one of Philly’s wonderful TRULY indie film festivals:

 

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FIRSTGLANCE FILM FEST PHILADELPHIA 12

CALL FOR ENTRIES

 

Early Deadline February 12 2009

 

Event Scheduled for October 2009

 

FirstGlance 12 Philadelphia is the first and fastest growing truly indie film fest and Philly’s only festival that celebrates and rewards the truly indie filmmaker from down the street and across the globe!

 

Open to Professional, first time, graduate and undergraduate filmmakers from around the globe. FirstGlance showcases the best in truly indie filmmaking from around the world and celebrates Philadelphia filmmakers with a festival described as, “one of the most entertaining festivals out there”.

 

Named one of the best film festival investments and one of the top 40 indie friendly businesses in the world, FirstGlance continues to cater to truly indie filmmakers from around the world, making FirstGlance, the best, biggest and longest running indie film fest in Philadelphia!!

 

FirstGlance is Philly’s only truly indie film fest!

 

In 2009, selected short films not chosen to be part of the physical event will be invited to take part in our shorts online contest, enabling FirstGlance to show even more films than ever to audiences. The contest was unveiled in 2008 and has been steadily growing in popularity. With a great prize package valued at over $2000.00 for the winning online short and a place in the closing night screenings at the festival, it has been described as one “very cool” addition to the FirstGlance Film Festivals.

 

ALL OFFICIAL SELECTIONS receive a great awards package valued at over $200.00 USD

 

All GENRES ACCEPTED

Feature Length (over 60 min.)

Feature Documentary (over 60 min.)

Short Narrative (under 30 min.)

Shorts Too (under 10 min)

Mini-Docs (under 30 min.)

Student Shorts (under 20min.)

Graduate Student Shorts (under 20min)

Music Videos (under 5 min)

Animation (under 30 min)

Foreign Language shorts (under 30 min)

Foreign Language Shorts Too (under 10min)

Webisode Pilots (under 5 min)

 

SHOT IN PHILLY- celebrates the best in filmmaking by Philadelphia filmmakers.

 

FirstGlance awards over 50,000 in cash and prizes in 2009!!

 

In 2009 we are announcing the first ever sliding scale cash prize to be awarded at FirstGlance Philly 12, for every 1000 entries we receive, $5000.00 in USD CASH will be awarded to the Grand Prize BEST OF THE FEST winner, in addition to the tens of thousands in in-kind prizes awarded.

 

Prize Sponsors include:

 

SONY Creative Software, Baseline Studio Systems subscription, Entertainment Partners Software, Glidecam Camera Support, Showbiz Software Budgeting and Scheduling Software, Gorilla Software, ReelLogix Software, Final Draft Software, Twisted Tracks Soundtracks, Moviemaker Magazine Subscriptions, Movies Unlimited DVD, CMM Productions Package, Stock Footage For Free, ProductionHub services, FirstGlance Festival T-shirt, Passes and Award plaque, DVD and Download to Own Distribution Opportunities, Philadelphia Film Guide, and much more.

(prizes subject to change and festival discretion, Not all winners receive all prizes.)

 

Entry Fee:

Starting at $30.00 for early submissions to 80.00 for Extended Deadline submissions. All formats acceptable. All entries must be submitted on NTSC Region 0 or 1 DVD.

Printable application and online entry through www.withoutabox.com