The NOMAD Project

CALLFOR PROJECTS

NOMAD Films isexcited to announce our partnership with the “Big Screen Project” to screen acollection of films at the public plaza in February 2011.

Through thispartnership, NOMAD Films will curate an exhibition of short films directedand/or produced by independent filmmakers utilizing innovative and explorativeways of filmmaking.  The films canbe narrative or documentary, and should evoke feelings of warmth for its shiveringFebruary audience.  Projects willbe accepted November 1, 2010, through January 15, 2011.  Filmmakers whose projects are selectedwill be notified at the end of January. Date for February screening to beannounced.

GUIDELINES

For films to beconsidered for The NOMAD Project, filmmaker(s) must: 

a.     Incorporate the use of new technology and/orexhibit an ability to creatively use existing or outdated media.  b.     Complete production with a minimal exchangeof cash, specifically, lessthan 50% of overall budget; filmmakers are encouraged to exchange or barterproduction resources, as well as cast/crew.c.     Evoke, in your film, feelings of warmth –towards others, towards yourself, towards society and the environment (literalor otherwise).

d.     NO nudity, profanity or displays of orverbiage pertaining to violent acts.

SUBMISSIONSFrom November 1, 2010through December 31, 2010, filmmakers must submit TWO OF EACH of thefollowing to EACH of the below addresses (for a total of FOUR copies submitted to NOMAD Films):project application, signed and dated Rules and Terms of Agreement, DVD (Region 2, PAL system for FRANCE; NTSC Region 0 forUSA).  The film can be shot onwhatever format thinkable; filmmakers are encouraged to be innovative andexperimental.  If you’ve figuredout how to make a powerful film on your photocopier, we want to see it.  Selected films will be screenedFebruary 2011 at the Big Screen Project, in New York, New York USA. Sarah SchutzkiThe NOMAD ProjectP.O. Box 2021New York, New York 10113-2021USA Ari AllanssonThe NOMAD Project91 Rue Villiers del’Isle Adam75020 Paris

FRANCE

We encourage you tothink creatively and utilize your skills to make a film that will engageviewers while at the same time teach us all something new about the art of filmmakingand means of production. 

*NOTE: It isforbidden to pay cast/crew during production.  All individuals participating should do so because of theirinterest in creating art through cinema and their support for the respectiveproject.

About NOMAD Films

NOMAD Films wascreated as a means for exhibiting new approaches to producing and distributingshort, documentary and feature films. It’s time to stop seeing lack of funding as a problem but to instead seeit as a challenging way for artists to truly showcase their talents. Ourpartnership with “Big Screen Project” creates an ideal opportunity for selectedfilmmakers to share their work with a diverse and public audience in ametropolitan setting, ideally broadening the understanding of and appreciationfor cinema and its makers. [www.nomadfilms.net]

About “Big ScreenProject”

The Big ScreenProject is an innovative presentation model for video, film, live andinteractive content. It consists of a large 30 ft. x 16.5 ft. HD Format LEDscreen located in a 10,000 sq. ft. public plaza on Sixth Avenue between 29thand 30th Street in New York City. The content shown is eclectic, ranging fromthe best in the arts, cinema, and new media to highlights in sports and videogaming, and the vision of BSP curators is to expose the general public to freshcultural content while also raising awareness for inspirational aims onsubjects ranging from the ecological to the humanitarian. [http://www.bigscreenproject.org/]