The Moondance International Film Festival, now in its 18th successful season, cordially invites all talented US & International filmmakers, writers and music composers to submit their films, written works, original music, and film scores to its 18th annual season. READ MORE:
Moondance is also accepting submissions at:
Now selected Moondance films will have the opportunity for a local & an international audience of many thousands of viewers to preview them, on a computer or any mobile device, for a long time to come, This is truly today’s preferred, state-of-the-art & most important global promotional & networking advantage! Selected films will be announced in August.
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The Moondance International Film Festival cordially invites all talented US & International filmmakers, writers and music composers to submit their films, written works, original music, and film scores to its 18th annual season.
Narrative feature, short, documentary, drone & animation films • Feature & short screenplays •Film scores • Short stories, stageplays & radio plays • short films & scripts for & by kids • TV pilots, episodics…and many more!
You can personally play an important role as a co-producer of the 2017 Moondance International Film Festival, the Film Festival Without Borders, by donating $500 (or more) for this beautiful, brand-new, never played, still in the box, acoustic-electric, custom-made,LUNA GUITAR, with a depiction of 2 lovely John Waterhouse vintage Mermaids on the front.
To understand the inspiration behind the world-famous Luna Acoustic Guitars line is to understand and appreciate world culture, nature and art. This is most evident in the delicate inlaid or laser etched designs with our acoustic guitar line. Behind that aesthetic, is a carefully nurtured understanding of guitar design that results in a consummate instrument of significant beauty and long-lasting value. Designed by artists for artists.
We greatly appreciate your generous financial support, and we will also list you or your company as a 2017 sponsor in an upcoming news-blog and on our festival sponsors page. Create something beautiful with Luna!DONATE HERE: (And get a free Moondance logo canvas tote bag with your guitar!)
Do you want to have a really good 2-3-minute trailer to send to producers, studios, film festival competitions, for your website & in social media ? Haven’t quite finished post on your film yet, but want to promote it now?
Great trailers are in a special class of their own; little polished gems that showcase your film, and make people want to see more! But film trailers can be more difficult to make really well than the entire film, itself. It can be more time-consuming, judicious editing must be a main concern, you have to tell the main story, theme & concept quickly, harder scene decisions need to be made, and you need to sell your film in less than three minutes.READ MORE HERE:
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT:
“Never let life impede upon your ability to manifest your dreams! Anyone can prosper and succeed if you have the passion, fortitude, and courage to try, with unwavering perseverance, overcoming barriers and setbacks, with a firm resolve, fiercely refusing to ever tolerate failure.” ~ EE
Any combination of 2 newly-submitted projects are welcomed: 2 films, 2 scripts, a film & a script, a film & a film score, & etc. NOTE: this option is only available via the Moondance entry form, & is not available via the FilmFreeway entry form!
The Moondance International Film Festival cordially invites all talented US & International filmmakers, writers and music composers to submit their films, written works, original music, and film scores to its 18th annual season.
You can play a very important role as a co-producer of the 2017 Moondance International Film Festival, the Film Festival Without Borders, by donating $500 (or more) for this brand-new, never played, still in the box, acoustic-electric, custom-made,LUNA GUITAR, with a depiction of 2 lovely John Waterhouse vintage Mermaids on the front.
We greatly appreciate your generous financial support, and we will also list you or your company as a 2017 sponsor in an upcoming news-blog and on our festival sponsors page. Create something beautiful with Luna!DONATE HERE:(And get a free Moondance logo canvas tote bag with your guitar!)
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT:
~~ Join the Real Food Revolution! ~~
For centuries, cooking and eating food have been a necessity and a pleasure around the globe, as well as a reflection of cultural identity with place and people. However, with a lifestyle linked with convenience, fewer people cook.
Much of humanity is increasingly dependent on industrial methods of agriculture and food production, which rely on fossil fuels, chemical pesticides and herbicides, as well as toxic fertilizers and genetic modification, not to mention exploitive and manipulative marketing strategy, which keeps us shackled and enslaved in the name of economic growth and corporate profitability.
As a result, we have almost completely lost our capacity to meet our essential food needs locally. The simple fact of understanding what’s in season, how and where it grows, who grows it…have all become a rarity.
Studies show that gardening time, cooking time, and family times at the dinner table have almost disappeared. While this commercial food system is efficient and cheap, it has left us overfed on salt, sugar, and fats. And while we were eating, this toxic food system has impacted our planet – accounting for up to 30% of global greenhouse gases.
We have become disconnected from the food we eat. We discard 30-40% of our food, while others are starving. This disconnection is a true loss of culture with enormous societal, environmental, economic, and health impacts. We hunger for meaningful connection with the earth, for connection with the cycles and processes of nature.
IDEAS FOR PROMOTING HEALTHY EATING & LOCAL FOOD: Grow pollinator-friendly vegetable, herb and flower gardens, plant fruit and nut trees, bake your own bread, make yogurt, teach children where their food comes from, cook and eat together as a family, shop at local farmers markets, buy locally-produced organic foods from your supermarket.
We need to recover our own innate ability to feed ourselves! We must declare our independence from this exploitative industrial food system and get on with what is most needed now: localized regional, organic food. We need to start nourishing ourselves and our family with food that we grow, or is grown on farms and ranches close to where we live, prepared with love in our own kitchens. In ways that nourish body, mind and soul.
(Article excerpted & edited from the Local Food Shift Magazine:
The Moondance International Film Festival cordially invites all talented US & International filmmakers, writers and music composers to submit their films, written works, original music, and film scores to its 18th annual season.
MOONDANCE 2017 CALL-FOR-ENTRIES:
Accepting submissions NOW through June 30, 2017
Any combination of 2 newly-submitted projects are welcomed: 2 films, 2 scripts, a film & a script,
a film & a film score, & etc.
NOTE: this option is only available via the Moondance entry form,
& is not available via the FilmFreeway entry form!
PLEASE VISIT THESE PAGES ON THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO:
Narrative feature, short, documentary, drone & animation films • Feature & short screenplays •Film scores • Short stories, stageplays & radio plays • short films & scripts for & by kids • TV pilots, episodics…and many more!
*The 2017 Moondance International Film Festival is offering free competition submissions for filmmakers, writers & music composers from the Middle Eastern countries whose immigrants, refugee artists and others who were banned from entering the United States.
You can greatly play an important role as a co-producer of the 2017 Moondance International Film Festival, the Film Festival Without Borders, by donating $500 (or more) for this brand-new, never played, still in the box, acoustic, custom-made,LUNA GUITAR, with a depiction of 2 lovely John Waterhouse vintage Mermaids on the front.
To understand the inspiration behind the world-famous Luna Acoustic Guitars line is to understand and appreciate world culture, nature and art. This is most evident in the delicate inlaid or laser etched designs with our acoustic guitar line. Behind that aesthetic, is a carefully nurtured understanding of guitar design that results in a consummate instrument of significant beauty and long-lasting value. Designed by artists for artists.
We greatly appreciate your generous financial support, and we will also list you or your company as a 2017 sponsor in an upcoming news-blog and on our festival sponsors page. Create something beautiful with Luna!DONATE HERE:(And get a free Moondance logo canvas tote bag with your guitar!)
SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT:
“It’s too bad that all of the people who know best how to run this country are taxi-cab drivers and hairdressers.” ~ George Burns
“Decide what you want — that is the most difficult part — and then apply yourself without compromise to that end.” ~ Christo
Please forward this news-blog to your creative artist colleagues!
Accepting submissions NOW through June 30, 2017Any combination of 2 newly-submitted projects are welcomed: 2 films, 2 scripts,
a film & a script, a film & a film score, & etc.
NOTE: this option is only available via the Moondance entry form,
& is not available via the FilmFreeway entry form!
PLEASE VISIT THESE PAGES ON THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO:
Narrative feature, short, documentary, drone & animation films • Feature & short screenplays •Film scores • Short stories, stageplays & radio plays • short films & scripts for & by kids • TV pilots, episodics…and many more!
(WAB is not prepared for listing online film festival events.)
The Moondance International Film Festival invites all talented US & International filmmakers, writers and music composers to submit their films, written works and film scores to its 18th annual season.
“We…found so much to admire about Moondance – the programming is great and we love the commitment to true independence. Keep up the wonderful work.” ~ Kelly Leow, MovieMaker magazine
The 2017 Moondance International Film Festival is offering free competition submissions for filmmakers, writers & music composers from the Middle Eastern countries whose immigrants, refugee artists and others who were banned from entering the United States.
“This is an excellent move and will make Moondance really famous because you are along with others defying the White House. Great idea! Congratulations!” ~ Chris Nebe, filmmaker
“I enjoy your newsletter. I think it is a great idea to encourage filmmakers from the Middle East.“ ~ Vicki Bartholomew, screenwriter
MOONDANCE RECOMMENDS:
~ March 8th ~
GET READY FOR A DAY WITHOUT WOMEN!
For women, femmes, and allies:
Women around the world are getting ready to strike.As International Women’s Day on March 8th grows closer, grassroots feminist organizations have called for aone-day strike. Organizers are calling for women to stop working in whatever ways they can. And if they can’t? Women can wear red in solidarity.
IF THE EPA IS FORCED TO SIT ON ITS HANDS,
CITIZENS WILL GET TO THEIR FEET!
The US Senate confirmed Trump’s candidate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, as the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt has long been the best friend to the fossil fuel industry—he regularly puts the interests of polluters over public health and the environment, while also denying climate change and global warming.
Scott Pruitt’s confirmation as EPA administrator leaves little doubt that the GOP Congress and the Trump administration intend to weaken, if not paralyze or eliminate altogether, the nation’s environmental rules and regulations. But states, governments, and the EPA aren’t the only ones who have power to protect the environment. The nation’s environmental statutes have citizen suit provisions such that aggrieved citizens can bring enforcement actions—essentially stepping into the shoes of the federal government. Citizens can sue polluters for violating the environmental standards that apply to them, and expose any kind of corruption or self-dealing or secrecy.
States, the Feds, and the EPA aren’t the only ones who have power to protect our environment! CITIZENS CAN TAKE ACTION, TOO.
SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT:
“As wise women and men in every culture tell us: the art of life is not in controlling what happens to us, but in using what happens to us.” ~ Gloria Steinem
“Loving yourself first is not about showing off or navel-gazing or self-aggrandizing. It’s about listening to your needs, protecting yourself with healthy boundaries, not attacking yourself with barbed words, giving yourself plenty of quiet pat on the backs for jobs well done, giving yourself space when you need it, treating yourself like you would your best friend and not working yourself into an early grave.” ~ Lou Hamilton
In our continuing success of promoting multicultural, top-quality original filmmaking, writing and music composition by talented artists from around the world, the Moondance International Film Festival is very pleased to announce that our annual festival competitions have brought in great submissions, in all genres and categories, from Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Dubai, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Russia, Serbia/Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tasmania, Turkey, UAR, Ukraine, the UK, the US, Venezuela, and more!Please do join us!
The 2017 Moondance International Film Festival is offering free competition submissions for filmmakers, writers & music composers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, the seven countries whose immigrant and refugee artists and others who were recently banned from entering the United States.
MOONDANCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS!
Tehran, Iran
Well-written article about Moondance and that we are offering free entry fees for those filmmakers in the 7 countries banned from entering the US.READ IT HERE
Moondancers are part of an amazing worldwide community; a unique collaboration of multi-talented, multi-cultural writers, film score composers and filmmakers. The Moondance mission is to entertain, inform, inspire, encourage and educate. We honor those artists who, through their creative work, actively increase awareness, provide multiple viewpoints, address complex social issues, and strengthen ties between international audiences At Moondance, you can come together with other writers, directors and producers to create new opportunities, develop tools for success and forge new alliances within the international film and entertainment industry.
Moondance 2017 is very pleased to announce that the entire film festival this season will be online! How the online film festival works: all selected films will have a photo still & mini-synopsis/logline on the Moondance website, with a private link and pass-code to the film on Vimeo. All submissions are to be entered online, and all winning & selected films will be screened online. No need to burn a DVD or Blu-ray and sending it to the film festival. Now your film will have the opportunity for a local & an international audience of many thousands of viewers to preview it, on a computer or any mobile device, for a long time to come, instead of maybe an audience of 50-100 or so, screened only once at a local film festival’s theatrical venue. The online film festival dates will be announced in July, but is expected to open for selected film screenings in late August or early September. This is truly today’s preferred, state-of-the-art & most important global promotional & networking advantage!
MOONDANCE 2017 CALL-FOR-ENTRIES:
Accepting submissions NOW through June 30, 2017
With this internationally well-respected film festival, now in our 18th successful season, we aim to provide multiple viewpoints, address complex social issues, provide a forum for deliberation, and strengthen ties between a wide variety of local, regional, national and international audiences. Our mission is to present vibrant and memorable, accessible, relatable stories on film, which is an ideal means for communication across perceived boundaries of race, culture, place, and situation or circumstance, as well as age and gender.
PLEASE VISIT THESE PAGES ON THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO:
Narrative feature, short, documentary, drone & animation films • Feature & short screenplays •Film scores • Short stories, stageplays & radio plays • short films & scripts for & by kids • TV pilots, episodics, drone films…and many more!
(WAB is not prepared for listing online film festival events.)
The Moondance International Film Festival invites all talented US & International filmmakers, writers and music composers to submit their films, written works and film scores to its 18th annual season.
Moondance is known as the “American Cannes” of film festivals, and features the very best of indie films, music & writing by talented artists from around the world. Plan now to participate in this unique competition and film festival! For the last 17 years, the annual Moondance International Film Festival has showcased many hundreds of top-quality award-winning indie films, and promoted filmmakers, writers, composers, actors, industry professionals and media, from around the world.
MOONDANCERS WRITE US:
“You did great job, it is wonderful.I think it is awesome you are providing free submissions to the seven countries that are currently banned from entering the USA.I want to say thank you very much, like always, for all your kindness.” ~ Mahmoud Shoolizadeh
“In 2011, I attended Moondance with my film “Women In The Dirt”. I was impressed with your film knowledge and your sensitivity to the needs of filmmakers. Along with enjoying my first trip to Boulder, I was also happily surprised to find the audiences and participants to be thoughtful and engaged.” ~ Carolann Stoney
INSIDER TIP:
“If the boy and the girl walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand in the last scene, it adds ten million dollars to the box office.” ~ George Lucas
WVN is a non-profit organization that promotes the free expression of the worldwide struggle for women’s civil, economic, political, and gender rights. Through free online content and community-based events with global partners, WVN creates platforms that connect conscientious art and media creators, activists, filmmakers, audiences, and advocacy organizations in an effort to shape and change public consciousness and policies on women’s rights. Using the medium of film, we strive to create an interconnected, mobilized women’s rights community that works together to improve the status of women worldwide. In addition to their annual film festival,Women’s Voices Nowis home to the “Netflix of feminist films,” a free online archive with over 200 international women’s rights films that can be viewed for free from anywhere in the world. For more information:womensvoicesnow.org
Whether you’re writing a sweet romance, an action-thriller, a tragedy, or a laugh-out-loud comedy, Linda Seger’s enlightening collection of unique, detailed, professional insider tips on the vital importance of including subtext for the success of your screenplay will keep you captivated, while you explore the special magic involved in fine storytelling, firsthand. A constructive guide for screenwriters, novelists, short-story writers & filmmakers.
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No more lies. No more blame. No more hate. No more fear.
“We should never forget that whenever leaders seek to divide, demonise and repress people, there are always people willing to stand up and get in the way. Building a sustainable movement for change starts with this simple act of defiance. Never has it been so urgent to stand up and get in the way.” ~ Salil Shetty, Secretary General, Amnesty International
• “The big question this year will be how far the world lets atrocities go before doing something about them. Our report calls on you, on all of us, around the world to stand up against the politics of fear, blame and hate. 2017 needs human rights heroes.” ~ Kerry Moscogiuri, Amnesty International UK • WATCH THIS POWERFUL VIDEOHERE
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Picasso, “Fleurs”
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist when we grow up.” ~ Pablo Picasso
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“As computers know, the past is mere storage, to be called upon as the present calculation requires.” ~ John Updike, “Villages”
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“A story is like a moving train; no matter where you hop on board, you are bound to reach your destination, sooner or later.” ~ Khaled Hoseini, “And the Mountains Echoed”
Please forward this newsletter-blog to your creative artist colleagues!
“I am not what happened to me; I am what I choose to become.” ~ Carl Jung
MOONDANCE 2017 CALL-FOR-ENTRIES:
Accepting submissions NOW through June 30, 2017!
With this internationally well-respected film festival, now in our 18th successful season, we aim to provide multiple viewpoints, address complex social issues, provide a forum for deliberation, and strengthen ties between a wide variety of local, regional, national and international audiences. Our mission is to present vibrant and memorable, accessible, relatable stories on film, which is an ideal means for communication across perceived boundaries of race, culture, place, and situation or circumstance, as well as age and gender.
PLEASE VISIT THESE PAGES ON THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO:
Narrative feature, short, documentary, drone & animation films • Feature & short screenplays •Film scores • Short stories, stageplays & radio plays • short films & scripts for & by kids • TV pilots, episodics…and many more!
(WAB is not prepared for listing online film festival events.)
The 2017 Moondance International Film Festival is offering free competition submissions for filmmakers, writers & music composers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, the seven countries whose immigrant and refugee artists and others who were recently banned from entering the United States.
MOONDANCERS WRITE US:
“I think is it wonderful you are providing free submissions to the seven countries currently banned from entering the USA for the next 120 days!” ~ Heather Mehudar
“Thank you, Elizabeth! What a nice way to combat the cruelty and insanity.” ~ Sharon Burtner
“Love Moondance’s activism & offering free submissions from the 7 beleaguered Middle Eastern/African countries!! I have never been prouder to be a part of the Moondance global community. Artists are both the conscience & the inspiration of our world; the more outlets for our work, the better.” ~ Lola Martin Balaguer, Activist, Moondance Award Winner, Writer/Filmmaker
“Thank you for your concern for our situation.” ~ Maryam Naghibi
“I think what you did to help refugees & immigrants from various countries is very honorable and a great way to help and peacefully protest.” ~ Cassia Hendrickson
MOONDANCE ANNOUNCEMENT:
Moondance 2017 is very pleased to announce that the entire film festival this season will be online-only! All submissions to be entered online, and all winning & selected films will be screened online. Now your film will have the opportunity for an audience of many thousands of viewers to preview it, on a computer or any mobile device, for a long time to come, instead of maybe an audience of 50-100 or so, screened only once at a local film festival’s theatrical venue.
This is truly today’s preferred, state-of-the-art & most important global networking, promotional & networking advantage!
THE ARTS ARE WORTH FIGHTING FOR!
The Moondance Star Award
This is an urgent plea to save the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and National Public Radio (NPR). These entities are being financially threatened by the current administration, and this means drastic changes in infrastructure, economic growth, global outreach, jobs and vital funding for our country’s arts organizations, humanitarian organizations and public news sources. Please take a few minutes to contact your state‘s Senators and your Congressional Representatives now. And please join us & sign the Arts Action Fund petition HERE:Thank you for your help. http://artsactionfund.org/page/s/trump-arts-petition
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We believe that a better everyday life starts with equal rights for all
We believe that everyone deserves to be respected, valued and appreciated
We believe in the power of people working together: people from different backgrounds, nationalities, and beliefs, uniting to create a better everyday life for themselves and for one another
We believe that each of us has the responsibility to stand up for the dignity and rights of every individual, regardless of their race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other individual characteristic
We believe that all homes – and all people – are created equal
To see what we have shared with our co-workers, pleaseCLICK HERE.
Respectfully, Lars Petersson, IKEA US President
SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER:
“Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value.” ~ Albert Einstein
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“The ultimate test of one’s conscience may be one’s willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks you will never hear.” ~ Gaylord Nelson
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“A pile of rocks ceases to be just a pile of rocks the very moment you contemplate it, bearing within you the image of a cathedral or a castle.” ~ Antoine Saint-Exupery (quote modified & updated from the original)
Please forward this news-blog to your creative artist colleagues!
The 2017 Moondance International Film Festival is now offering free competition submissions for filmmakers, writers & music composers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, the seven countries whose immigrant and refugee artists and others have been illegally banned from entering the United States.
MOONDANCE 2017 CALL-FOR-ENTRIES:
Accepting submissions NOW through June 30, 2017
With this internationally well-respected film festival, now in our 18th successful season, we aim to provide multiple viewpoints, address complex social issues, provide a forum for deliberation, and strengthen ties between a wide variety of local, regional, national and international audiences. Our mission is to present vibrant and memorable, accessible, relatable stories on film, which is an ideal means for communication across perceived boundaries of race, culture, place, and situation or circumstance, as well as age and gender.
PLEASE VISIT THESE PAGES ON THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO:
Narrative feature, short, documentary, drone & animation films • Feature & short screenplays •Film scores • Short stories, stageplays & radio plays • short films & scripts for & by kids • TV pilots, episodics…and many more!
(WAB is not prepared for listing online film festival events.)
Moondance 2017 is very pleased to announce that the entire film festival this season will be online-only! All submissions to be entered online, and all winning & selected films will be screened online. Now your film will have the opportunity for an audience of many thousands of viewers to preview it, on a computer or any mobile device, for a long time to come, instead of maybe an audience of 50-100 or so, screened only once at a local film festival’s theatrical venue.
This is truly today’s preferred, state-of-the-art & most important global networking, promotional & networking advantage!
“You can fool all of the people some of the time, and you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” ~ attributed to President Abraham Lincoln
PLEASE SUPPORT THE MOONDANCE FILM FESTIVAL!
Good movies always make the most immediate and lasting impact on audiences; more so than novels, lectures, conferences, sermons, seminars, or articles in newspapers and magazines, etc. Therefore, an investment in this important and meaningful film festival that has a mission and message will make more of a difference in the world, change ingrained perceptions, and encourage and inspire people to take action, more than any other media or efforts.
Invest in the Moondance International Film Festival, become a festival co-producer,
and see your donation of financial support make a lasting difference!
“…kudos for running such a great festival. We checked out past selections, and were extremely impressed by some of the films you’d chosen….we really did enjoy your festival line-up.” ~ Robert Misovic, Pensare Films Media (Canada)
“I am grateful for your kindness, and thank you for your support of those affected by Trump’s executive orders. Wish you the best” ~ Kaveh Jahed, (Iran)
“Brava!! The nation needs more supportive liberty advocates and you have a front row seat on the top shelf.Thanks for sharing, and I’m certain I speak for multitudes of like-minded advocates of freedom-loving Americans, native and adoptive…” ~ William Maxwell (US)
“Congratulations on your festival and especially the principles underpinning it – and especially at this time of history … not just there in the States – but here in Australia where arts funding and public broadcasting is being eroded at this time when the voices of creativity must be heard.” ~ Peter Jones (OZ)
Please forward this news-blog to your creative artist colleagues!
The Year of the Rooster will be a very powerful one, with no middle-of-the-road when it comes to moving forward. The rooster is the sign of the long-awaited dawn and awakening, triumph and success!
MOONDANCE 2017 CALL-FOR-ENTRIES:
Accepting submissions January 1 through June 30, 2017
Take advantage of our Early-Bird discounted entry fee: $25, through January!
PLEASE VISIT THESE PAGES ON THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO:
• Narrative feature, short, documentary, drone & animation films • Feature & short screenplays •Film scores • Short stories, stageplays & radio plays •TV pilots, episodics…and many more!
WAB is not prepared for listing online film festival events.
Moondance 2017 is very pleased to announce that the entire film festival this season will be online-only! All submissions to be entered online, and all winning & selected films will be screened online. Now your film will have the opportunity for an audience of many thousands of viewers to preview it, on a computer or any mobile device, for a long time to come, instead of maybe an audience of 50-100 or so, screened only once at a local film festival’s theatrical venue.
This is truly today’s preferred, state-of-the-art & most important global networking, promotional & networking advantage!
Writing & music selected winners all submission categories will also have their winning work listed online. Winners will have their titles, loglines & links posted on the website.
All selected 2017 Moondance films will be available online-only at Vimeo, with a private, dedicated Moondance pass-code for people accessing the winning & selected festival films to view them, and will not be available to the general public. It’s not a form of distribution. No film will be available for viewing until September, when all selected films are posted.
MOONDANCERS WRITE US:
“I really admire what your film festival puts out and your commitment to supporting woman filmmakers and social awareness.” ~ Kristian Comer (US)
“It’s a pleasure to participate in this festival!” ~ LucasMilhomem, (Brazil & Poland)
“I really enjoy the photos that you put in the blogs, along with the articles and quotes. They are well-crafted and an interesting read!” ~ Cassia Hendrickson (US)
MOONDANCERS COME FROM AROUND THE WORLD!
In our continuing success of promoting top-quality original filmmaking, writing and music composition by talented artists from around the world, the Moondance International Film Festival is very pleased to announce that our annual festival competitions have brought in great submissions, in all genres and categories, from Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Dubai, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Russia, Serbia/Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tasmania, Turkey, UAR, Ukraine, the UK, the US, Venezuela, and more!Please do join us!
Introducing this new path for personal transformation and social evolution.
To support the efforts of people inspired to take on this ambitious challenge, Tribe of Heart is developing a new path for personal transformation and social evolution we call Holistic Nonviolence. It is based on an ever-deepening commitment to regard and treat all others, however they may differ from ourselves, with care and respect.
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” ~ Barack Obama
Photo by Nasrin Mohammadi
“The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” ~ Anna Quindlen
“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
Please forward this news-blog to your creative artist colleagues!
Moondance 2017 is very pleased to announce that the entire film festival this season will be online-only! All submissions to be entered online, and all winning & selected films will be screened online. Now your film will have the opportunity for an audience of many thousands of viewers to preview it, for a long time to come, instead of maybe an audience of 50-100 or so, screened only once at a local film festival’s theatrical venue.
This is truly today’s preferred, state-of-the-art & most important global networking, promotional & networking advantage!
Writing & music selected winners all submission in all categories will also have their winning work listed online. Winners will have their titles, loglines & links posted on the website.
All selected 2017 Moondance films will be available for viewing online at Vimeo, with a private, dedicated Moondance pass-code for people accessing the winning & selected festival films to view them, and will not be available to the general public. It’s not a form of distribution. No film will be available for viewing until September, when all selected films are posted.
MOONDANCE 2017 CALL-FOR-ENTRIES:
Accepting submissions
January 1 through June 30, 2017
Take advantage of our Early-Bird discounted entry fee: $25, through January!
PLEASE VISIT THESE PAGES ON THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO:
We judge films by considering all of these elements: Story, first, then directing, production values evident, acting, editing, film score, framing, focus, lighting, sound, costuming, locations, dialog, ambience, relatability (to the story, dialog & characters), wide interest, uniqueness, audience appeal, and appropriate running time for telling the story on film. We look for a unique story, well-told, visually.
THE MOONDANCE MISSION & GOALS:
The Moondance International Film Festival’s mission and goals include the following ideals: All people, regardless of gender, gender identification, ethnicity, racial heritage, disability, religion, location, age, sexual orientation and/or socio-economic status shall be treated equally and equitably, with respect, dignity and justice for all.
By bringing people together online to view winning & selected films from around the world, we strive to provide an outlet and support for those talented people to express themselves on film, in written works and with music. We advocate for women and defend marginalized members of our society, preserving and protecting our natural environment, and promoting peaceful, non-violent alternatives to conflict resolutions. We endeavor to serve as a proactive model of peaceful demonstration, via our films,written works and music.
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Good movies always make the most immediate and lasting impact on audiences; more so than books, lectures, conferences, sermons, seminars, or articles in newspapers and magazines, etc. Therefore, an investment in this important and meaningful film festival that has a mission and message will make more of a difference in the world, change ingrained perceptions, and encourage and inspire people to take action, more than any other media or efforts.
With this internationally well-respected film festival, we aim to provide multiple viewpoints, address complex social issues, provide a forum for deliberation, and strengthen ties between a wide variety of local, regional, national and international audiences. Our mission is to present vibrant and memorable, accessible, relatable stories on film, which is an ideal means for communication across perceived boundaries of race, culture, place, and situation or circumstance, as well as age and gender.
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ATTENTION: All you rule-breakers, you misfits and troublemakers – all you free spirits and pioneers – all you visionaries and non-conformists… Everything that the establishment has told you is wrong with you – is actually what’s right with you.
You see things others don’t. You are hardwired to change the world. Unlike 9 out of 10 people – your mind is irrepressible – and this threatens authority. You were born to be a revolutionary. You can’t stand rules because in your heart you know there’s a better way. You have strengths dangerous to the establishment – and it wants them eliminated, So your whole life you’ve been told your strengths were weaknesses – Now I’m telling you otherwise.READ THE REST…
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Gloria Steinem shared these words about Hedgebrook:
“It has always been crucial that Hedgebrook put women’s voices — marginalized for so long and at such cost to the truth — in the center of the human narrative, but in this dangerous time, I think it may be literally lifesaving. We’ve been sitting around campfires for millennia, telling stories, so our minds are organized by narrative, not facts or statistics. Only stories help us to break through old roles that normalize domination, and Hedgebrook is a global campfire.”HEDGEBROOK INFO
Hedgebrook is on Whidbey Island, about thirty-five miles northwest of Seattle. Situated on 48-acres of forest and meadow facing Puget Sound, with a view of Mount Rainier, the retreat hosts writers from all over the world for residencies of two to six weeks, at no cost to the writer.
Six writers are in residence at a time, each housed in a handcrafted cottage. They spend their days in solitude – writing, reading, taking walks in the woods on the property or on nearby Double Bluff beach. In the evenings, they gather in the farmhouse kitchen to share a home-cooked gourmet meal, their work, their process and their stories. The Writers in Residence Program is Hedgebrook’s core program, supporting the fully-funded residencies of approximately 40 writers at the retreat each year.
“A computer lets you make more big mistakes faster than any other invention in human history…with the exception of handguns and alcoholic beverages.” ~ Mitch Ratcliffe
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The Year of the Rooster will be a very powerful one, with no middle-of-the-road when it comes to moving forward. The rooster is the sign of the long-awaited dawn and awakening, triumph and success!
Moondance award-winning music video by Lou Hamilton, UK
