San Francisco International Video Fest 2008

MCCLA's Video Fest is proud to be celebrating its fifth consecutive year.

The title and theme for Video Fest 2008 is Existence-Co-Existence. Video Fest 08 will focus on people's existence and their surroundings, the relationships that develop between human beings and nature, community, family and social surroundings. Existence-Co-Existence encourages submissions of videos with themes related to ecology, sustainability, community development and social and/or family stories.








Video Fest 2008 Categories:
Documentary (not longer than 60 minutes)
Short Fiction (not longer than 20 minuter)
Youth Video* (must be 18 years old or younger / not longer than 10 minutes)
Video del Barrio / Neighborhood Video / From or about a Neighborhood (not longer than 20 minutes)
Experimental (not longer than 20 minutes)

We will not accept videos created before 2004.

Prizes:
1rst prize: $ 1,000
2nd prize: $ 500
3rd prize: $ 300 for Youth Video
There will be a juror specialized in film and video for the video selection.

DEADLINE for submitting videos: 9/11/08 
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Campy Ethnotopias at Galeria de la Raza

Friday, July 25th

Campy Ethnotopias at Galeria de la Raza

2857 24th Street @ Bryant, San Francisco

7:30 pm, Admission: $5

An evening of two experimental shorts, "The Dimension of IS: A Spectacular Future," by Heather Cox-Carducci and Gigi Ot�lvaro-Hormillosa and "LezBros," created in collaboration with Dara Sklar, Brynn Gelbard, Melinda Bagatelos, and Lisa Donohoe. The films explore the future of ethnography and anthropology from queer, feminist and multiracial perspectives.

"LezBros" explores the unique friendship between guys and dykes in a sassy mix of faux-anthropology, reality TV and techno-pop music video.

"Dimension of IS: A Spectacular Future" is a postcolonial sci-fi video that humorously speculates about the evolution of the phenomenon of world's fairs in the near future. This screening will be the world premiere of the video version of "Dimension of IS," which has been made possible by a grant from the National Association of Latino Art and Culture. The video version of "Dimension of IS" incorporates new footage of what was previously the live component of the interactive video / performance piece.

For more information, go to quelaco.org  or galeriadelaraza.org .

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In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis

It's befitting that for their inaugural exhibition, the Contemporary Jewish Museum commissioned new installations exploring the continuing relevance of the story of creation in Genesis Chapter I. The work of seven contemporary artists are included: Alan Berliner, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Ben Rubin, Matthew Ritchie, Kay Rosen, Shirley Shor, and Mierle Laderman Ukeles. These works feature multi-media, sound installations, computer animations, projections, and wall drawings.

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Owen Geronimo