AFCOOP launches ‘Bring Your Own Film'

The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative (AFCOOP) based in Halifax, Nova Scotia is seeking films to screen at the newly launched ‘Bring Your Own Film’ Social Screening Series. The series is a bi-monthly open presentation platform and social mixing event for independent filmmakers and viewers that kicks off in October.

Screenings will consist of works in progress, rough-cuts, or newly finished films by local filmmakers. Each screening will include a short intro by the filmmaker as well as ample time for discussion and feedback from the audience. The first four BYOF events will be held in October and December 2010, and in February and April 2011.

BYOF aims to offer a genuinely censor-free space for screenings — a level playing-screen for beginners and more experienced filmmakers alike; as well as a chance for experimentation and eccentricity, for unexpected collaborations and maverick creativity to find a voice and flourish. BYOF seeks to erase the border between filmmaker and audience.

There are just a few rules:

    •    Please register your film for screening at least two weeks in advance of the screening date.
    •    Films must be presented with the writer, director, or producer at the screening.
    •    Films must be under 90 minutes, and preferably from 1-15 minutes.
    •    Preferred media formats include: 16mm, Super-8, & DVD. Please call in advance to inquire about other formats. Media must be ready to go – no rewinding or fast-forwarding to find the right point on the tape/DVD.
    •    It is understood that the filmmaker has the full right to submit the film to BYOF, that any relevant legal clearances have been sought by the filmmaker, and that films screened shall contain no pornographic, libelous, or otherwise potentially litigious material.

For details visit http://afcoop.ca/screenings/byof.