WANTED: INDEPENDENT CANADIAN & INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY

Cinema Politica Call for Submissions (2012-2013 Program)

Cinema Politica is currently seeking submissions of independent documentary works for our Fall deadline of August 1, 2012.

Cinema Politica is a non-competitive continuous documentary screening series with locations throughout Canada and abroad. We are a non-profit media arts organization committed to connecting audiences on campuses and communities to independent political and social issue non-fiction cinema. Most of our screening activity occurs during the academic year with two annual submission deadlines: August 1, 2012 (for the Fall 2012 Program) and December 1, 2012 (for the Winter 2013 Program).

Two special sidebar programs: THE COMMONS and SOUTH ASIAN DOCS

For our next programming cycle we are planning two sidebar programs: THE COMMONS will showcase documentary film and video that explore issues around the environment, eco-activism, land, public space, austerity and stewardship while SANGHARSH DOX! will feature documentary film and video by South Asian artists (by origin or self-identification) expressing and interrogating moments, movements and cultures of Sangharsh, or resistance, in South Asian countries or in associated diasporic communities.

Please mail DVD submissions to the following address:

Cinema Politica Submissions

PO Box 55097 (Mackay)

Montreal, QC
H3G 2W5

If you would like to send us a link to the website for the film, the trailer, or to stream a preview of the film, please send that information to our Programming Coordinator, Davi Almeida de Souza at programming@cinemapolitica.org with "SUBMISSION" in the subject heading. While online previews are fine, we do also like to preview high-quality versions of films we're interested in in our screening room, on DVD.

There is no cost to submit your work to Cinema Politica and we are not responsible for lost or stolen items, and due to the work load of our small team, we cannot return submitted works. Cinema Politica pays Public Performance Licensing fees (non-commercial, community and educational) for works screened, either directly to the artist or to the distributor representing the artist's work.

Cinema Politica specializes in showcasing political non-fiction film and video of all lengths that tackle important social, political, cultural and ecological issues. We take our tagline "Screening Truth to Power" very seriously and program original works that look at under-represented stories of struggle, oppression, resistance and social transformation.

Our submission guidelines can be found at http://www.cinemapolitica.org/submit-a-film.

If you have any other questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact Davi: programming@cinemapolitica.org.

We look forward to previewing your work!