AddAMovie Film Festival 2021 - The Day Of The Dead, November
A word by our founder:
There is no doubt that last year brought on many challenges, but perhaps also a deeper sense of understanding, or relating to the realm of death and the dead.
We wanted to take this opportunity to address this, for many subjects, by dedicating our film festival this year to exploring our relationship to it.
On November 2nd, we’ll take a moment to reconnect with the ones we’ve lost or better yet, with whom we’ve parted in this lifetime, but also honoring the time we’ve had together.
In many traditions it is believed that the walls between the living and the dead are believed to be particularly thin on Day of the Dead, . Perhaps we can use this festival to have these two worlds reunite for the evening.
We invite filmmakers to reflect on this idea in whichever way they feel appropriate.
We also invite composers, to write an original score for string quartet, to a unique movie collage created by our director, Dejan Kovačević specifically for this occasion.
Thank you for taking the time to participate and good luck with the competition.
Call for Films/Scores
Call for Films
Chosen by a professional jury, up to ten films will be screened at our with the AddAMovie Award for the their films, and their creators will be invited to attend the AddAMovie Film Festival The Day Of The Dead festival presented in person (venue TBA) and online, on November and 2021.
The official selection of the movies will be announced by Monday Oct 11th 2021.
The jury and our live audience will choose 3 winners of the selected/screened films; The winners will be announced at the event.
In addition, the first place winner will receive a commitment to have their next film scored by one of our residents composers free of charge.
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Call for Films - Details
Film-makers - short:
Submit a recent short (2 – 10 minutes long) film in any of the categories:
- Narrative
- Documentary
- Animation
- Abstract
- Experimental
The movie needs to be between 2 and 10 minutes in length and created in the last 5 years
You must have all the rights cleared and also be willing to grant us permission to use portion of the movie in our PR campaign leading up to the festival. You must also grant us the rates to keep the movie presence on our website for the next five years.
Film-makers - Feature:
The movie needs to be between between 50 and 90 minutes in length and created in the last 5 years.
You must have all the rights cleared and also be willing to grant us permission to use portion of the movie in our PR campaign leading up to the festival. You must also grant us the rates to keep the movie presence on our website for the next five years.
NOTE: Both categories have a submission fee of $25. This fee can be paid on FilmFreeway.
All submissions will have automatically entered the competition. The prices are not transferable and are redeemable within the calendar year 2021 and 2022.
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Call for Scores
It is our pleasure to welcome you to this year’s installment of AddAMovie Film Festival, titled, Day of the Dead.
This year’s film, specifically created for this year’s festival by filmmaker Dejan Kovacević is non-narrative in nature, and is a reflection on the sentiment of grief, loss and re-connection with the ones no longer with us in this life-form.
The score should be for string quartet or a subset. One composition will receive a live public performance by Metada, our resident string quartet, on Nov 2nd., as a part of the AddAMovie 2021 - Day of the Dead film festival. Time and venue will be announced soon; the festival will be held for both live-in-person audiences as well as live streamed. Up to 3 finalists will receive an honorable mention. The winner and all the finalists will be invited to attend the festival.
The competition is open between July 26th and September 1st. Results will be announced Sept 6th. Supplemental Materials for the selected compositions will be due September 13th.
Call for Scores - Details
.To enter the competition, follow these steps:
- Pay the submission fee of $25 using the PayPal button below. You can also use FilmFreeway.
- Email you the payment confirmation to info@paracademia.org – once we receive it, we will send you the link to the movie
- Once ready, send us a download link to a SINGLE FOLDER consisting of:
- PDF of your score
- A bounce of the MIDI realization of your score with the click track
- A bounce of the MIDI realization of your score without the click track
- A Quick time file of the movie with your audio bounced to it
- IMPORTANT: ADD 2 BARS OF CLICK BEFORE THE MUSIC, IN THE TEMPO IN WHICH THE MUSIC BEGINS
- A written statement granting us the permission to show your film (if selected) and/or any of its portions for promotion
- A short bio/Resume
THESE MATERIALS SHOULD BE SENT TO INFO@PARACADEMIA.ORG WITH THE SUBJECT LINE ADDAMOVIE, BY AND SEPTEMBER 1ST. IF selected, you will be asked to provide these Supplemental Materials by September 13th:
- PDF of your parts
- A short self tape consisting of a short statement about your participation experience (smart phone video OK)
All submissions will have automatically entered the competition. The prices are not transferable and are redeemable within the calendar year 2021 and 2022.
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Film Jury, 2021
Dejan Kovačević
Dejan Kovačević
Dejan Kovačević
Fllmmaker, writer, translator, carpenter, cultural critic and overall Renaissance man from Harlem, USA
Film Scores Jury, 2021
Other Team Members
Kelsey Sullivan
Kelsey Sullivan
Kelsey Sullivan
~ Production Assistant ~
Kelsey Sullivan is a librettist/producer who has worked with Paracademia on the AddAMovie Film Festival and other projects in the past. Other credits include:
Creator: Artist's Cavern Productions
Producer: Midnight Court, Character House, Aesop's Fables
Playwright/Librettist: My Love Was Stolen By a Con Man, Il Disagio, This Play Does Not Pass the Bechtel Test, The Death of the Last and Final Pat Benetar.
Kelsey Sullivan
Kelsey Sullivan
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Kelsey Sullivan
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The focus of the festival , this classic work has been scored by our composers for Quartet Metadata
Congratulations to our winning composers
Erik Ingalls, first prize
Adrian Bawtree, second prize
Juli Aoyama, third prize
Our first prize winner, Erik Ingalls, receives a performance and a recording of his quartet.
Our second and third prize winners, Adrian Bawtree and Juli Aoyama receive an honorable mention, a short online interview and a phone consultation!
Once again, congratulations and many thanks for participating!
Congratulations to Sophie Dunér,
We have chosen Distorted Souls by Sophie E. Dunér as part of our official selection.
A little birdie tells us that Sofie will compose a brand new score for her movie for this particular occasion.
Once again, congratulations and many thanks for participating!
Submission Information
All submission information can be found on our "Submit to the Festival" page
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Festival 2019 - We Are Not Princesses
A FRESH LOOK AT HEROINES IN FILM
A FRESH LOOK AT HEROINES IN FILM
A FRESH LOOK AT HEROINES IN FILM
November 9, 2019 4 - 9 pm
OPERA America | The National Opera Center
330 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
OF AN AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY
Special Guest: Quartet Metadata
performing original scores to Alice in Wonderland (1915) .
Program
A FRESH LOOK AT HEROINES IN FILM
A FRESH LOOK AT HEROINES IN FILM
3:30 PM
Sign In/Reception
4:00 PM
Screening, 1stBlock
Excerpt from ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Score by Bernie Walasavage**
Excerpt from ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Score by Chang Lin**
AMERICAN MARRIAGE, by Giorgio Fontana
Excerpt from ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Score by Lauren Lucente*
ZOO by Mathilde Surieux
Excerpt from ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Score by Jeff Bloom**
*performed by Quartet Metadata
** Film Scoring Competition Winner
Short break
5 PM
Screening, 2nd Block
Excerpt from ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Score by Timothy Goplerud *
Excerpt from ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Score by Kazunori Tarumi **
AS ONE by David Spaltro
Excerpt from ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Score by Benjamin Harwood*
DEAR LARA by Lara St. John, Score by Laurie Anderson
SEARCHING FOR CRYSTAL by Meschida Philip, Score by Benjamin Harwood
*performed by Quartet Metadata
** Film Scoring Competition Winner
6 PM
Dinner break
6:30 PM
Panel – Non-stereotypical female characters in movies through time
Moderator: Meschida Philip, filmmaker
Panelists: Sara Maamouri, documentary filmmaker and editor (We are Not Princesses), Holter Graham, Actor, V/O Artist, Tatyana Kot, Actor/Dancer/Model
7 PM
Feature Presentation
Feature presentation: We Are Not Princesses
by BRIDGETTE AUGER: CO-DIRECTOR/DP/PRODUCER, ITAB AZZAM: CO-DIRECTOR/DP and SARA MAAMOURI - PRODUCER/EDITOR
a documentary film about the incredible strength and spirit of four Syrian women living as refugees in Beirut as they come together to tell their stories of love, loss, pain and hope through the ancient Greek play, Antigone.
8:30 PM
Awards and networking
General seating
Composition Competition
Composition Competition
Composition Competition
This year, our film scoring competition was for a short string quartet composition for a section of Alice in Wonderland (1915).The submission process has now ended.We congratulate our winning composers:
- Chang Lin
- Kazunori Tarumi
- Bernie Walasavage
- Jeff Bloom
Quartet Metadata will perform their pieces live, during the first and the second screening block
Film Competition
Composition Competition
Composition Competition
Festival 2018 - Immigration
Second Annual Add A Movie Film Festival - Immigration
The 2018 theme was Immigration. We screened films about and by Immigrants.
December 15th 2018
Content
4:30 PM - door/registration/cocktails/network
5 PM - Screening: Music, Art and Shorts
5:30 PM -Screening, The Immigrant with the original live score byAddAMovie Composers, played by pianist Ilya Laskin
6 PM - conversations with filmmakers, composers and the pianist
6:30 PM - break - dinner (surprise immigrant food available for purchase)
7 PM - Panel: Immigration through the film lens; panelists Patricia Shih, Musician and Filmmaker, Linda Mason, Artist, Gene Pritsker, composer
Moderated by Milica Paranosic
7:45 PM - Awards
8 PM - Feature Presentation, Undocumented by Patricia Shih
9:15 PM Q and A with Patricia Shih, Greg Blank and if we're VERY LUCKY
9:45 PM - Network
General seating/cash bar
Mulled wine, surprise immigrant food and $1 Pop-Corn!!!
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