IMZ Newsletter May 2011 as PDF

N E WSLE T TER MA I 2 011 IMZ INTERNAL NEWS • IMZ AT THE 48TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE PREMIERES 2011 CALL FOR ENTRY

• C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT ANNA,YANNI, AND A MAHLER CELEBRATION • EUROARTS MAHLER, LIGHTNING, AND THE EMPEROR

• WOMEX 2011: 38 PROGRAMMES SUBMITTED

• FRANÇOIS ROUSSILLON ET ASSOCIÉS LAURELS AND NEWS

• ICMA GALA CONCERT IN TAMPERE, FINLAND

• AKTIS FILM INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA OF EXILES • ZDF GERMAN FILM AWARD FOR PINA

NEW IMZ MEMBER WELCOME TO FILMFRITZ GMBH

• WHAT’S ON… ZDF • THE MET FREE SUMMER EVENTS • IDÉALE AUDIENCE PRESENTS LA DANSE

IMZ MEMBER NEWS • ACCENTUS MUSIC PRODUCTION PARTNER OF INTERNATIONAL MAHLER FESTIVAL LEIPZIG • ELECTRIC SKY APRIL DEALS

• ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE PROLONGED DEADLINE • SFS YO AND SUMMER PROGRAMME • KULTURA 12TH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION CONTEST NUTCRACKER

N EWSLE T TER LOOKING FOR PRODUCTION PARTNERS CÉCILE CLAIRVAL-MILHAUD TRACING DARIUS MILHAUD AND HIS MUSIC

FOR MORE

RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS

OUR WEBSITE AND

• ROSE D’OR CALL FOR ENTRIES

J O I N U S O N FAC E B O O K

• INSHADOW EXTENDED DEADLINE • 2011 BANFF WORLD MEDIA FESTIVAL THE ROCKIES • DANCE CAMERA WEST DANCE MEDIA FILM FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE • SOUND OF SEA ONLINE SURVEY • UNESCO’S GLOBAL ALLIANCE NEW WEB PLATFORM

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N EWSLE T TER IMZ INTERNAL NEWS IMZ AT THE 48TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE GOLDEN PRAGUE PREMIERES 2011

Call for entry IMZ would like to invite you to the 48th ITF Golden Prague taking place on 15 – 19 October 2011 at Žofín Palace, Prague.

The Golden Prague Premiers will be continued this year!

the professional audience of the festival.

For the “Golden Prague Premieres 2011” we are looking for music and dance television programmes and films, which have not had their premiere yet!

Deadline for submitting programmes: 31 May 2011 For further information, please contact Katharina Jeschke at the

IMZ WORLD MUSIC FILM SCREENINGS AT WOMEX 2011 38 PROGRAMMES SUBMITTED

38 programmes were submitted for the IMZ World Music Film Screenings at WOMEX 2011 (26 – 30 October 2011 Copenhagen) – creating a versatile, diverse, and multi cultural movie selection.

The final selection will be announced by mid July and will be available, together with all submitted programmes, on the IMZ website.

Join us at WOMEX 2011 and register before June 17th to make use of the “smart rate”.

IMZ office (k.jeschke@imz.at) or

Please note that registration for programme buyers is free.

We are happy to offer three

download the Application form!

screening slots in the framework of

www.festivalgoldenprague.cz.

For further information click here or contact the IMZ office.

Golden Prague Premieres 2011: On three evenings three IMZ members will have the possibility to present their latest programme to

N EWSL ET TER IMZ INTERNAL NEWS TREMENDOUS SUCCESS FOR ICMA GALA CONCERT IN TAMPERE, FINLAND Musicians and label representatives from all over the world came on 6 April to Tampere, Finland, for the annual Award Ceremony and Gala Concert of the International Classical

Russian Orpheus Radio and many other partners of the European Broadcast Union's worldwide network.

Until 6 May, the concert is also available on the website of the Finnish National Radio.

Music Awards (ICMA), hosted by the Tampere Philharmonic and its Music director Hannu Lintu. In the Tampere Hall 1.600 people attended this outstanding event.

Lifetime Achievement Award winner Menahem Pressler played Mozart, Artist of the Year Esa Pekka Salonen conducted his work Helix, Young Artist of the Year David Kadouch was heard in Mendelssohn's Second Piano Concerto. One of the driving forces behind the BIS Sibelius Edition, Folke Gräsbeck, played, together with the strings of the Tampere Philharmonic, Sibelius' Piano Quintet in a newly realised transcription by the Tampere Philharmonic's composer in residence, Jouni Kaipainen.

ICMA 2012

The distinguished British pianist Philip Edward Fisher represented the Label of the Year,

TO BE HOSTED BY ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DES PAYS DE LA LOIRE

Chandos, playing Prokofiev's First Concerto. Hänssler Classics had asked Lena Neudauer,

During the Award Ceremony in Tampere, ICMA President Remy Franck

who won – together with Deutsche Radio Philharmonie – in ICMA's Concerto

announced that the next ICMA Award Ceremony and Gala Concert will

category, to play Schumann's Violin Fantasy.

take place in Nantes, France, on 15 May 2012, with the Orchestre

The event was broadcast live by the Finnish Radio and is to be heard in the programme

National des Pays de la Loire conducted by John Axelrod.

of Germany's MDR Figaro, Saarländischer Rundfunk, Luxembourg's Radio 100,7, the

Read more here..

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS NEW IMZ MEMBER WELCOME TO FILMFRITZ GMBH Filmfritz GmbH is a film and television production company with offices in Cologne and Kitzbühel. Under the creative direction of Astrid Bscher the company generates films for a variety of television stations and industry clients worldwide.

Filmfritz is specialized on exceptional long-term documentaries and

ACCENTUS MUSIC EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTION PARTNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MAHLER FESTIVAL LEIPZIG

In honour of Gustav Mahler, the International Mahler Festival Leipzig welcomes ten leading international orchestras. Joining the festival’s host, the Gewandhaus Orchestra and Riccardo Chailly, the New York Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic and many others will be presenting all ten of Mahler’s symphonies, Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Kindertotenlieder and Das Lied von der Erde, in less than

television portraits revolving around the stage, embracing music,

two weeks.

opera, theater, architecture and the fine arts. From inception to

Alongside the world famous orchestras, the festival’s guests include soloists such as Thomas

realization, a successful film is the end result of a long series of

Hampson, Christianne Stotijn, Stephen Gould, Christiane Oelze, and Mojca Erdmann, and

creative and technical processes. Filmfritz aims to steer these with

conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Daniele Gatti and Daniel Harding, to name

sensitivity as well as efficiency and reliability with regard to costs

just a few…

and deadlines. Our team can draw upon many years of experience

ACCENTUS Music is the festival’s exclusive production partner and will be recording all

with broadcasters, authors and business partners with whom we

performances in co-production with MDR and ARTE. Every concert will be streamed live on

strive to develop and realise topics with sensitivity and objectivity.

ARTE Live Web and will be available on demand for seven days after the transmission.

The opening and the closing concerts, both performed by the Gewandhaus Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly, are produced in HD for TV and DVD by ACCENTUS Music in co-production with MDR and ARTE.

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS Symphony No. 2, the Resurrection opens the festival and will be broadcast on ARTE TV on 28 May at 2 pm. Symphony No.

ELECTRIC SKY April Deals

Stvdio have also picked up a selection of ballets including Cherevichki (Tsarina's Slippers) (1 x 60’) co-produced by Royal

8, the Symphony of a Thousand featuring Leipzig’s most

In the USA, Ovation has acquired The

Opera House and& BBC, brand new version

prestigious choirs will be the dazzling finale of this unique

Nutcracker 2009 (1 x 95') from the Royal

of a fairytale classic created to celebrate

festival and can be watched on ARTE TV on 29 May at 6:15

Opera House. This seasonal favourite stars

Birmingham Royal Ballet's 20th anniversary

pm.

Miyako Yoshida as the Sugar Plum Fairy and

Cinderella (1 x 109') by Glass Slipper

Lauren Cuthbertson as the Prince.

Productions for BBC, Giselle (1 x 109')

concerts on DVD and Blu-ray in September

Australia’s arts channel, Stvdio, has picked

starring Alina Cojocaru and Johann Kobborg

2011.

up a package of operas including

and finally Sylvia (1 x 103') starring Darcey

contemporary style opera Cosi fan tutte

Bussell and Roberto Bolle which was co-

(1 x 210') by the Royal Opera House in

produced by BBC / Royal Opera House in association with Opus Arte.

ACCENTUS Music will be releasing both

association with Opus Arte; Glyndbourne’s production of Humperdinck's first opera

http://www.electricsky.com

Hänsel und Gretel (1 x 115'); La Fille du Regiment (1 x 135') and Le Nozze di Figaro (1 x 185') both by BBC / Royal Opera House co-production in association with Opus Arte; and Great Opera Arias (1 x 88') starring World-renowned tenor Plácido Domingo from the Royal Opera © Gert Mothes

House.

© ROH

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT

Evelino Pidò. Stage director is

LIVE – Mahler 9 With The

Eric Génovèse. And let’s not

Royal Concertgebouw

Anna Bolena Great Success In cinemas And TV The live transmission of

forget baritone Ildebrando

Orchestra

Donizetti’s Anne Bolena from the Vienna State Opera to

D’Arcangelo Performing asincarnating Henry VIII is worldrenowned baritone Ildebrando D`Arcangelo...

As one of the highlights of the special two-season Mahler series by the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam 2010 and 2011, C Major Entertainment presents

Length approx. 150’; Format: HD

Mahler’s Ninth conducted by Bernard

(5.1 Surround Sound). Director:

Haitink. Live from the Main Hall of the

Brian Large; Production: Unitel in co-production with ORF and ZDF

Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on 15 May 2011 (2:15 pm), three days before

Arte. World sales: C Major

the 100th anniversary of Gustav

Elīna Garanča, in the role of

Entertainment..

Mahler’s death. Format: HD; Length:

her antagonist Jane Seymour, was

www.cmajor-entertainment.com

approx. 80’. Production: AVRO in co-

cinemas throughout Europe achieved overwhelming success!

The summit of the opera queens Anna Netrebko, as Henry VIII’s second wife Anne Boleyn, and

production with 3sat. World sales:

shown in more than 100 cinemas.

World sales: C Major Entertainment..

The shows in St. Petersburg and Riga were completely sold out.

Yanni – Live From Las Vegas & Acapulco Experience Yanni and his world famous orchestra in stunning high-definition! In this programme, two of Yanni's critically acclaimed television spectaculars are revisited: 'Yanni Live from Las Vegas' and 'Yanni Live from Acapulcoo'. Each performance was captured by 16 hi-definition cameras and 125 channels of digital audio. Featuring Yanni's favorites like Nostalgia, Santorini, Within Attraction and a spectacular debut performance of Yanni's classic composition, Tribute by tenor Nathan Pacheco. Length: 59’. Directors: George Veras, Steve Purcell; Production: Sony. World sales: World sales: C Major Entertainment..

Also a very big success was the live transmission on ORF and ZDF Arte. Conducting On the rostrum of the Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera:Wiener Staatsoper is

© Wiener Staatsoper: Michael Pöhn

© Todd Rosenberg

© Silvio Richetto

N EWSL ET TER NEW RELEASES ON DVD AND BLU-RAY:

IMZ MEMBER NEWS EUROARTS CCLAUDIO ABBADO AND THE BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER – ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF GUSTAV MAHLER’S DEATH

Anne Sofie von Otter, Jonas Kaufmann, Claudio Abbado and the Berliner Philharmoniker commemorate Mahler exactly 100 years after his death by performing Das Lied von der Erde and the Symphony No. 10 (Andante, Adagio). Prog. No.: 5871. A co-production of EuroArts, ZDF/ARTE and NHK, produced by ACCENTUS Music.

Scheduled on Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 8:00 pm CET –

THE BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER AND YUTAKA SADO – CHARITY CONCERT FOR JAPAN

With this concert Yutaka Sado makes his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker.

On the programme: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Takemitsu: From me flows

DVD

Gustav Mahler: Autopsy of a Genius, a film by Andy Sommer Django Reinhardt – ThreeFingered Lightning, a film by Christian Gascio

what you call time for five percussionists

Claudio Arrau – The Emperor,

and orchestra. Prog. No.: 5874. A

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5

Production by EuroArts Music and NHK.

plus documentary by Peter Rosen

live signal available!

Two new episodes of the Classic

www.euroarts.com

Archive series: Friedrich Gulda and Claudio Arrau BLU-RAY AND DVD

Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 & 7

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS FRANÇOIS ROUSSILLON & ASSOCIÉS

AKTIS FILM INTERNATIONAL

FRA Productions proudly announce that their recording of The

In Production: Orchestra Of

Fairy Queen wins Best DVD award of the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2011. Congratulations to William Christie, Jonathan Kent, Les Arts Florissants and a fantastic cast! FRA would warmly like to thank also and congratulate the Gyndebourne Festival, NHK, France Télévisions, Mezzo, TF1 and Opus Arte.

Furthermore, FRA Musica received the award of the Académie Internationale du Disque Lyrique, the's Orphée d’or award

Exiles / Documentary Orchestra of Exiles is the story of an eccentric moral powerhouse of a man, a Polish Jew named Bronislaw Huberman who, in his time, was one of the most famous violinists in the world. After a 4-

Holocaust and changed the landscape of cultural history.

In 1948, the orchestra Huberman created in 1936 changed its name to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the young Leonard Bernstein conducted the first moving concerts inaugurating the birth of the state of Israel.

year odyssey, which culminated in 1936,

Orchestra of Exiles is being written and

Congratulations to all partners: the Opéra Comique, the Madrid

he succeeded in creating a top-flight symphony orchestra in the desert

directed by Oscar nominee Josh Aronson (Sound and Fury) and will be premiered

Teatro Real, France Télévisions, TF1, Mezzo and Radio France.

outback of Palestine with the great

at the IPO’s 75th anniversar y in

New on the market… FRA Musica’s new release in DVD and

Arturo Toscanini as its first conductor.

December 2011 in Tel Aviv, Los Angeles,

Blu Ray this month: Lully’s final masterpiece Armide. This enchanting production filmed at the Théâtre des Champs-

Huberman’s Jewish musicians were among

and New York.

the best players of Europe; they were

International Sales: Aktis Film

Elysées, staged by Robert Carsen and conducted by William

escaping a world torn apart by anti-

International

Christie is co-edited with Les Arts Florissants.

Semitism and Nazi aggression.

Read more on www.fraprod.com!

Huberman’s selfless efforts ultimately

for the two releases Carmen and Katia Kabanova.

For more information, please contact David Reboul.

saved almost 1000 Jews from the

Contact: info@aktisfilm.com

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS ZDF GERMAN FILM AWARD FOR PINA

A film by Wim Wenders –- a production of Neue Road Movies in co-production with Eurowide Film Production, ZDF

WHAT‘S ON… New ZDF Productions On ARTE:

Gustav Mahler’s Lied von der

DON’T MISS OUT ON…

Erde and the first movement of

ZDFkultur – Reflecting A

his unfinished Symphony No. 10.

New Way Of Life

MAESTRO spezial: Live on

and ZDFtheaterchannel and in collaboration with ARTE and

The love story of a Muslim

ARTE on the 100th anniversary of

3sat.

woman and a Crusader who put

the day of Mahler’s death, 18 May,

up a fatal fight incognito: Il

10:15 pm.

After the celebrated world premiere at the Berlinale and the successful cinema release, the film PINA, directed by Wim Wenders, has received the price for Best Documentary at the German Film Award in Berlin.

Combattimento by Monteverdi, recorded in the Bbasilica of St. Denis near Paris,

On 7 May 2011, ZDF is kicking off its new digital ZDFkultur channel – as a re-launch of the former Theaterkanal – aiming at an

Claudio Abbado conducts the

interactive notion of culture, in

Berliner Philharmoniker. The

contrast to the rather

soloists are Jonas Kaufmann and

feuilletonistic ways of

Anne Sofie von Otter.

presentations that are

The film in 3D is a film for the late German choreographer

starring Rolando Villazón, Topi Lehtipuu, and Patrizia Ciofi.

Pina Bausch. A unique tribute featuring her choreographies Le

Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Le

Viennese Waltz: From the Strauß

predominant in main parts of the

Sacre du Printemps, Vollmond, Café Müller and Kontakthof

Concert d’Astrée. (7 May 2011,

family through Schönberg, Berg

present TV landscape. This makes

with sparingly used pictures and sound documents taken from her life at work. In addition, members of the Tanztheater

7:15 pm, ARTE)

and

you curious? Download a survey of what is planned here!

Wuppertal are dancing their individual memories for their great mentor Pina Bausch.

The complete works by Mikis Theodorakis, in a portraity of the Greek composer by Asteris

The respective choreographies will be shown later on at full

Ku t u l a s u n d K l a u s S a l g e :

length in 3sat, ZDFkultur and ARTE.

MUSICA:

For more information, please contact Cathrin Ehrlich.

Theodorakis. Komponist. (9

Mikis

May 2011, 9:55 pm, ARTE)

We b e r n

to

The

Philharmonics. Revisiting the legendary Waltz interpretations by the three modernists…

Wiener Walzer MAESTRO (29 May 2011, 10:15 pm, ARTE). www.zdf.de

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

IDEALE AUDIENCE Presents:

Medée by Angelin Preljocaj, La

Experiencing grand opera projected on to the façade of the Met under a balmy summer night

La Danse – The Paris

Casse Noisette by Rudolph

48TH ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE

sky…

Opera Ballet (F/USA 2009,

Nureyev, Orphée and Eurydice

15 – 19 October 2011, Zofin

158’)

by Pina Bausch, and Romeo

Palace, Prague, CZ

“The extraordinary experience

and Juliette by Sasha Waltz. The

Please note: The Deadline both for the

of watching the burning

film shows the work involved

entry forms and submission of the tapes

commitment

in administering the company

has been prolonged until 31 May

and the coordinated and collaborative work of

2011!

choreographers, ballet

Take your chance and enter submit your

masters, dancers, musicians,

programme.!

and costume, set, and lighting designers.

(Then please check here that that your programme has been successfully

“One of the finest dance films

entered.)

FREE SUMMER EVENTS

The Metropolitan Opera announced the return of its popular free outdoor series of summer events. For the third consecutive year, the Met will present operatic recitals in parks in all five boroughs, as well as a ten-day festival of encore screenings from the Met’s popular HD transmissions in Lincoln Center Plaza.

The Met’s 2011 Summer Recital Series, presented in

Maison de Bernarda by Mats Ek, Paquita by Pierre Lacotte,

to

perfection...” (Village Voice) At GARTENBAUKINO, from 29 April 2011 Parkring 12, 1010 Vienna

collaboration with City Parks Foundation, will feature six free concerts beginning 11 July and

The Paris Opera Ballet is one

concluding 28 July; the popular Summer HD

companies. The film of famous

Festival will run 27 August – 5 September.

d o c u m e n t a r i s t F re d e r i c k

A complete schedule is available at www.metopera.org.

of the world’s great ballet

Wiseman follows the rehearsals and performances

ever made – a feast for ballet lovers!” (The New York Times) Find out more here.

Entry forms are available here

Of course, the deadline for personal registration (15 September 2011) remains unchanged...

The ITF GP team is looking forward to

of seven ballets: Genus by

your visions!

Wayne McGregor, Le Songe de

www.festivagoldenprague.cz

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY

KULTURA TELEVISION CHANNEL

Join the young musicians of the San Francisco Symphony Youth

KULTURA Television Channel invites young musicians, classical music

Orchestra (SFSYO) for a special 30th anniversary concert on

performers to participate in the 12th International Television

Sunday, 15 May in Davies Symphony Hall! Led by Wattis Foundation

Contest Nutcracker, held 1 – 8 November 2011.

Music Director Donato Cabrera, the youth orchestra – comprised of

The Contest covers the categories: piano / string instruments

over 100 of the Bay Area’s finest young artists – will demonstrate its

(violin, violoncello, harp) / wind instruments (except for

high-caliber musicianship with a performance of Bartók’s Divertimento

blockflute) / percussion, and consists of Selection Round (by video

and Holst’s The Planets. The SFSYO is joined in The Planets by women of

records) and three contest hearings to be held in public.

the Chamber Singers and University Chorus at San Francisco State University’s School of Music and Dance.

KULTURA Television Channel will be shooting all the contest hearings and transmitting live the Gala Opening and Gala Closing Ceremonies,

Click here: to watch Michael Tilson Thomas, SFSYO Music Director

accompanied by the Tchaikovsky State Academic Grand Symphony

Donato Cabrera, Yo-Yo Ma, Sir Simon Rattle, and members of the SFSYO

Orchestra.

speak about how performing in the SFS Youth Orchestra impacts the lives of these young music-makers.

Candidates must be born before 8 November 1997.

Specification: The programme of the 1st Round includes two

Don’t miss out on the SFS Summer Programme!

different character compositions – a cantilena and virtuoso piece.

The San Francisco Symphony’s Summer & the Symphony concert line-up

Duration of the programme must not exceed 7 minutes.

– beginning 27 June –

The 2nd Round includes one or more compositions at the choice of

includes a summer classical concert series,

Orchestra performances with Johnny Mathis, Pink Martini, Chris Botti, and Arrival: the music of ABBA, and a screening of Casablanca with live orchestral accompaniment, as well as two evenings devoted to some of the best-loved Disney and Hollywood film music of all time.

Read more here!

contestant. Duration of programme: up to 7 minutes.

The Contest’s Final will be accompanied by a symphony orchestra.

Duration of the performance in the Final Round is limited to 7 min.

Please find more details on the KULTURA Television Channel website.

N EWSL ET TER LOOKING FOR PRODUCTION PARTNERS

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CÉCILE CLAIRVAL-MILHAUD Tracing Darius Milhaud And His Music: From Provence To The World

6 – 10 May 2012 / Lucerne, Switzerland

The documentary directed by Cécile Clairval-Milhaud will be broadcasted by TV

competition held in May 2012. Enter your programmes now and compete for a

Cultura, São Paulo / Brazil

coveted Golden Rose award!

on Sunday 15 May, due to ARTE International

ROSE D’OR Call For Entries The Rose d’Or Festival Call For Entries marks the launch of the 51st edition of the

Distribution.

Deadline for entries is 31 December 2011.

Thus, Milhaud comes back to Brazil where he lived two years long in Rio de Janeiro as Attache with the French ambassador Paul Claudel, greatly inspired by

Please note: The competition has undergone important changes this year. Programmes

the Brazilian music for many of his works, and where his 1st Symphony was premiered.

Lifestyle. The focus on entertainment television has been strengthened and the newly defined categories offer a clearer characterisation of the genres. From this year it will

Last March, the film was selected by the International Festival of Films on Art in

be possible to submit entries by digital upload, making participation in the competition

Montréal / Canada.

both easier and more secure than ever.

In Preparation: a double DVD with the film and diverse

extra features including pieces of music in exclusivity as well as short documentaries.

can now be submitted in 13 categories including the newly introduced Telenovela and

Curious?

The Rose d’Or Festival Website provides a comprehensive overview of the

Looking for European and American distributors!

competition including details of all 13 categories. This includes precise definitions of

For further information on Darius Milhaud And His Music, please contact Cécile

each category, illustrated by an interview with a prominent figure in the field and

Clairval-Milhaud: +33 1 42 40 21 99 or mail to steinval@sfr.fr

example clips… Explore and enjoy!

N EWSL ET TER RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS InShadow’s 3rd edition invites is

INSHADOW 2011

g e n re s v i d e o - d a n c e , v i d e o -

2011 BANFF WORLD MEDIA FESTIVAL

InShadow – International

performance, video-art,

12 – 15 June 2011

Festival

experimental video and/or

At Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

and

creative documentary, as well as

Technologies is a dynamic and

performances which reflect the

The Rockies

open to accepting videos on the

Deadline Extension of

Video,

Performance

engaging festival, which stresses

body’s relation with sound and

the

image technologies.

importance

of

interdisciplinarity

in

contemporary creation. InShadow draws a par ticularly hybrid territory between languages, genres, methods, shapes and

Please note: The deadline for submission has been extended to 16 May 2011!

Find out more here

BANFF is pleased to announce

the list of nominees for the categories to be announced at that show: THE FICTION ROCKIES THE NON-FICTION ROCKIES THE INTERACTIVE ROCKIES

the nominees of the 2011

Congratulations to all of the

Rockies Prog ra mme

nominees! See you at BANFF …

Competition!

After reviewing over ninehundred entries from around the world, the international

essentialy cine-choreographic

juries have singled out the best

contents which include the new

programmes and projects from

technologies into their creative

the past year. Winners will be

expression. Body and movement

announced at one of three

are highlighted by the image on

special Rockies awards

shows, performances, audiovisual

ceremonies taking place during

c re a t i o n s , i n s t a l l a t i o n s a n d exhibitions.

the Festival. Click on one of the ceremonies below to check out

N EWSL ET TER RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS DANCE CAMERA WEST Dance Media Film Festival & Conference

Netherlands, Armenia, Spain, U.K., Scotland,

Dance Media: An Active Spectrum

public, features dance media films and artists

Denmark, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and the United States.

The four-day festival, which is free to the

10th Anniversary, 16 – 19 June / Los Angeles,

unified by the modern task of creating work with a

CA

multitude of platforms in mind. The "active

Celebrated dancers, choreographers and directors

spectrum" of opportunity includes multi-screen

from around the globe - such as Gitta Wigro from Dance at Arts Council England; Helene Lesterlin of

installations, handhelds, websites, online social networks, and more. Seating at all public events is

Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center in

first come first served; thus guaranteed seating through a special DCW Membership Pass is highly

New York and members of the Forum Latino Americana de Video Danza from Brazil and

recommended...

Argentina will attend this year’s “Dance Media:

The festival opens on Thursday, 16 June 2011, with

An Active Spectrum” as part of Dance

a private reception at the Getty Center for invited

Camera West’s 10th annual Dance Media Festival &

guests and DCW Membership Pass holders.

Conference.

Kicking off the festival that evening is Screendance

Thirty-two experimental shorts, documentaries

Shorts 1, a collection of nine short dance films,

and features from ten countries will be screened

including several U.S. premieres.

and a dozen more will be discussed with excerpts shown. Nations represented include The

Find a complete list of films and show times here!

SOUND OF SEA – ONLINE SURVEY The International Association of Music Information Centres would like to invite you to fill in this survey about the online presence of artists. In order to be able to supply artists with information and tools in the new media sector it is necessary to know why worldwide disparities in internet usage and access still exist.

This survey is a part of the Sound of Sea project and a cooperation between IAMIC and Kufstein University of applied sciences.

Go to survey: http://qu.soundofsea.org For further information, please contact Evelyne Lauwers, Office Manager, International Association of Music Information Centres, Brussels. http://www.iamic.net

N EWSL ET TER RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS UNESCO’S GLOBAL ALLIANCE TO LAUNCH NEW WEB PLATFORM

aims and objectives of a partnership and tips on

UNESCO’s Global Alliance, an operational

contractual agreements and sample evaluation

project of the Convention on the Protection and

tools.

Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, aims to facilitate the creation of public and private sector partnerships in the cultural and creative industries in developing countries.

finding and negotiating with suitable partners.

There are also templates on how to draw up

The website is for cultural organisations that are seeking partnerships and don’t know where to begin. It is also for organizations and institutions that have successful stories to share. The Global

In recent years great progress has been achieved in developing the cultural and creative sector but

Alliance brings together cultural industry stakeholders who need advice or have advice to

there is still a lack of capacity building tools in

give. It is a meeting place and a growing community

creating effective partnerships.

of practice where cultural industry stakeholders

The new Global Alliance web platform was created

can discuss challenges and exchange views.

with this need in view. The beta version of the

Visit the website, join the community, use the tools

website is an online resource of assessment tools,

and stay in touch! www.unesco.org/culture/alliance.

fact sheets, case studies and how-to guides on forging and creating public and private sector partnerships. It details the conceptual framework for creating partnerships and outlines the key players and principles of bringing parties together.

The website also offers advice on developing the