The Slamdance Film Festival has appointed Drea Clark as Executive Director. In addition to overseeing the year-round direction of Slamdance, she will serve as chair of narrative feature competition programming. Peter Baxter, co-founder remains as President. Slamdance also has announced its feature film slate and special program schedule for the fest, which takes place in Park City, Utah, January 17-25. Now in its 14th year, Slamdance has established a unique reputation for premiering new films by first-time writers and directors working within the creative confines of limited budgets. slamdance.com

Make a Public Service Announcement to End Cyberbullying, a growing problem among children and teenagers on the Internet, and something that filmmakers can help address and solve. Sony Creative Software, the National Crime Prevention Council and the Ad Council are seeking entries from independent producers and academic institutions (K-12). Top submissions may be eligible for national broadcast, and the producer(s) or sponsoring institution will receive a complete multimedia editing suite for their facility or school valued at over $18,000. Prize sponsors include Sony Creative Software, Sony Electronics and Sony VAIO. Contest judges include producer/director Barry Sonnenfeld, producer/writer Steve Oedekerk, Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D., noted authority on social networking and cyberbullying, and members of the Ad Council’s Campaign Review Committee. All entries must be received by January 11, 2008 to be eligible. Fules, prizes, submission guidelines, and submission forms sonycreativesoftware.com.

Film Independent is accepting submissions for its next Directors Lab. A maximum of 10 directors will be chosen for this intensive seven week-program designed to help directors working in independent film improve their craft. Under the guidance of the Lab Instructor, Lab fellows select short films from their feature scripts and take them through production. Film Independent provides basic camera and sound packages and helps partner the directors with crew. Lab Fellows also have one-on-one meetings with professional advisors—working directors, producers, and other industry professionals—to discuss their features. Lab Fellows receive a complimentary pass to Film Independent's annual Director Series, which runs concurrently.
Final application deadline: Friday, December 14  (postmarked)
$55 Film Independent members, $75 non-members To download an application, visit FilmIndependent.org and click on “Talent Development”.

Issue No. 52 of Indie Slate - Coming to newsstands across North America!

• Supercharged on the road to post production --3 ways to warp speed

• For Producers & Writers
  New twist: Option to shop
  The Way of Story: find yours

• Good Glass: we check out lenses from Fujinon and Canon

• The indie scene in Florida

• Indie Outlets: Passion River Films

• Indie Filmmaker's Journal

PLUS: 150 Production Listings and 7 Reel Life Adventures

CSS Music’s entire royalty free music and sound effects package (more than 11,000 tracks) is now available on Q-Tunes™ DVD-ROMs in either MP3 or MP4 file formats. Producers can choose MP3 or MP4 (AAC) and get all 17 CSS libraries on 5 DVD-ROMs ($1995), or select 12 DVD-ROMs in MP3 for $2295. Individual libraries are also available in both formats. CSS also offers its UltraEdit™ hard drive system in MP3 (160kbs and 320kbs) as well as MP4 (AAC) and WAV file formats. MP3 versions (160kbs and 320kbs) are available at 44.1khz. The MP4 (AAC) and WAV version are available in both 44.1khz and 48khz. More info at www.cssmusic.com.

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