RESFEST: THE BUFF AND THE BEAUTIFUL

The submissions for this year's RESFEST continue to pour in -- this week's previews have included everything from a trenchant look at buff female bodybuilders, to an existentialist moral conundrum rendered in animated form, to a music video with floating people, to a beautiful short made by painstakingly moving grains of sand around on glass. There are already a few contenders, too, for the OFF THE MAP program, about geography, for which some lucky filmmaker will win a cash prize. THIS IS THE FINAL WEEK TO SEND IN SUBMISSIONS! The FINAL DEADLINE for this year's RESFEST is June 20. Full submission info is available online.
http://www.resfest.com

LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL

Through June 16
Various venues
"Everyone kept asking me why I was so angry," says 15-year-old Nikki Reed with obvious contempt. The hyper, talented teen worked with director Catherine Hardwicke on a screenplay chronicling the sex-and-drugs saga of a girl growing up in LA, and the result is deliciously kinetic tour through the unhappy maturation of a girl maturing way too fast. While not recommended for nervous parents, the film is just one of the treats at this year's IFP Los Angeles Film Festival, which also features an extensive, international line-up of films, with guest director Chen Kaige hosting several screenings in conjunction with a spotlight on Chinese cinema. For event information and tickets, call 866-FILM-FEST or visit the festival Web site. And see the July issue of RES for more on Reed and Hardwicke.
http://www.lafilmfest.com

CENSORSHIP IN CAMOUFLAGE SERIES

McDonalds or McDocumenta: Artistic Freedom in a Global Economy?
June 17, 7:00PM
New School, 66 W. 12th St., NYC
If you're interested in censorship and the arts, check out this series of discussions, the next of which looks at artistic freedom in a global economy. Here's the riff: Globalization has transformed more than political and economic organization; its impact extends to cultural traffic as well. American museums send exhibitions abroad and censor them in accordance with local norms. The Internet's global outreach is testing local laws determined to ban certain artistic or political content. International trade agreements mandate restrictions on cultural imports, while once marginalized, non-Western art is more visible than ever before, as in last year's Documenta 11. In the weakening nation state, economic deregulation encounters both the re-emergence of religious fundamentalisms and ethnic concerns. In this clash of forces, does artistic freedom still matter and how has its meaning changed? What role do local context and local culture play for the globally mobile artist?

FILM REVUE: WAR SUCKS

Mondays, June 16 - 30, 9:00PM
Star Shoes
7963 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
Get ready for the July issue of RES, which is about RESISTANCE, with this screening series featuring anti-war films hosted by This Is Not A Collective, which was founded in 2001 it think up "new parameters for developing, criticizing and enjoying culture in the occidental diaspora." The screening for Monday, June 16, is "The Disobedient," a documentary by German filmmaker Oliver Ressler about a group that emerged from the Tute Bianche, who appeared during the demonstrations against the G8 summit at Genoa in July 2001. The Tute Bianche were the white-clad Italian activists who used their bodies - protected by foam rubber, tires, helmets, gas masks and homemade shields - in direct acts and demonstrations as weapons of civil disobedience. For more info on the series, warsuckseries@yahoo.com.

VIPER BASEL | INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR FILM VIDEO AND NEW MEDIA

November 21 - 25 Now more than 20 years old, the Viper Basel festival has become an international forum for the presentation and discovery of innovative tendencies in media art. Organized into three categories (Imagination, Processing and Transposition), the festival seeks a wide array of work. For Imagination, submit films and videos that extend traditional cinema, whether through narrative or formal experimentation, or in the ways in which they're presented. Processing looks for environments, while Transposition is all about action and communication via technologically defined networks. See the fest Web site for the scintillating details. Deadline: June 30 (postmarked).
http://www.viper.ch/

SAN DIEGO EXPERIMENTAL FILM FEST

Scheduled to take place August 28 at San Diego's Museum of Photographic Arts, the San Diego Experimental Film Fest seeks abstract and experimental films, with a preference for shorts that focus on the arts (dance, music, visual, etc). Genres include: traditional animation, music video, dance video, short documentaries, stop-motion animation, Super 8 films and other creative formats. Deadline: August 1; late deadline: August 15. Please submit films on VHS tape (in NTSC format) with proper name and contact info on the tape. Mailing address/contact: San Diego Experimental Film Fest; c/o Paul Holgerson; 3777 Louisiana St.; San Diego, CA 92104. Info: paulholgerson@hotmail.com or 619-220-8831.

DUMBO SHORT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL

The d.u.m.b.o arts center (dac) is seeking submissions from New York-based filmmakers for its Short Film and Video Festival, which will be held in conjunction with the Seventh Annual d.u.m.b.o. art under the bridge Festival, October 17-19. This event is designed to showcase the work of independent and experimental film- and videomakers living in the greater New York City area. Guidelines and entry forms are available by calling 718-694-0831. Deadline: July 14.

RESFEST 2003 CALL FOR ENTRIES

Now in its seventh year, RESFEST explores the dynamic interplay of film, art, music and design. The five-day festival showcases the year's best shorts, features, music videos and animation in an environment that combines screenings, live music events, parties, and intimate conversations with visionary filmmakers.

OUT OF THIS WORLD

"I want my work to make you reconsider your own consciousness of time and space, dimension and depth," says Hiro Yamagata, famous for his dazzling immersive light installations. The lively artist insists that he's more interested in science than art, however. "I'm not just making crazy rooms. I like to make something that lets people recognize how limited their perception is. When you enter this room, you lose all sense of boundaries." Read more about Yamagata's work in the current issue of RES.

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