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Film festival announces juried competitions

November 6, 2000

The third annual Wisconsin Film Festival (March 29-April 1) announces new juried competitions for Wisconsin filmmakers and students.

Submissions of narrative, documentary and experimental films and videos are now being accepted in two categories:

  • “Wisconsin’s Own” Competition: Non-student filmmakers with Wisconsin ties. Deadline: Dec. 19. Early Entry Deadline: Dec. 1.
  • Student Competition: Students at Wisconsin universities and colleges. Deadline: Jan. 19. Early Entry Deadline: Dec. 1.

Films selected will be shown at the festival in special programs highlighting Wisconsin filmmakers and are eligible for jury prizes. “We’re excited to enhance opportunities for Wisconsin filmmakers through juried competitions,” says Festival Director Mary Carbine.

For complete entry requirements and downloadable online entry forms, visit: http://www.arts.wisc.edu/FilmFestival/

Or call (608) 262-9009 or (877) 963-FILM, and leave a message requesting entry forms.

The Wisconsin Film Festival is a public program of the UW Arts Institute, featuring four days of independent, world and experimental cinema and speaker programs and seminars.

The “Wisconsin’s Own” competition is supported by the Wisconsin Film Office, while the Student Competition is presented in partnership with the Independent Film and Video Collaborative and Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee, both UW–Madison student organizations.

Festival venues will again include the Orpheum Theatre, the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee, the Madison Art Center, and the UW Cinematheque. The newly reopened Majestic Theatre is slated as an additional downtown festival screen.

Last year’s second annual Wisconsin Film Festival featured 70 films and 40 filmmakers and speakers over four days, with an estimated attendance of 12,000. The festival featured the work of 28 filmmakers with Wisconsin ties, both through submissions and by invitation. Local press praised the festival as a “stunning” success, a “star performance,” a “remarkable sophomore year” and “a vital forum for community-unifying art.”