ARTHOUSE FILM NEWS - Cosmic Disco Detective Rene at Facets, Chicago 11/29/23

From the Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film page : "Since 1996 the Lynn and Jules Fund for Jewish Documentary Filmmaking has supported 63 filmmakers with more than $1.35 million dollars to produce thought-provoking and award winning documentaries that have reached audiences in the millions." Find out more about the fund here . - Sujewa

From the Corporation for Public Broadcasting site : "The Greenhouse Fund competitively awards grants for industry training and professional development projects for public television professionals and independent producers. The goal of the fund is to prepare public broadcasters and independent producers for entry, advancement and/or leadership..." Read the rest here . - Sujewa

Sex Workers Art Show! happening at Creative Alliance at the Patterson. From their page: "This wildly successful cabaret-style show is back at the Creative Alliance, bringing audiences a blend of spoken word, music, drag, burlesque, and multimedia performance art from an electric line up of former sex workers and their allies. Intelligent and hot, disturbing and hilarious, the performances offer a wide range of perspectives on sex work, from celebration of prostitutes' rights and sex-positivity to views from the darker sides of the industry" Find out more here . - Sujewa

Sri Lanka (the post-British colonial version of the country) is 60 years old today. From a Colombo Page article : "Sri Lanka today celebrated its 60th year of independence from British rule at the Galle Face promenade in the capital Colombo with military parades of tanks and troops while fighter jets flew overhead despite threats of bomb attacks by Tamil Tigers." Read the rest here . Happy 60th birthday Sri Lanka. - Sujewa

Check out the Post article here . From the article: "A good starting point to immerse yourself in unofficial Washington is the first Our City Film Festival, a day-long screening of locally based documentaries next Sunday at Busboys and Poets. Presented by Yachad ( http://www.yachad-dc.org/ ), a Jewish nonprofit group that focuses on repairing homes for low- and middle-income homeowners in the Washington area, the 11 films introduce a memorable cast of characters, from bike messengers and former dope fiends to U Street barbers and kickball aficionados." Read the rest of the article here . Here's the Our City film fest site . Festival happens 2/10 at Busboys & Poets. Go here for a list of films to be screened. - Sujewa

From the interview : "EntToday: Which filmmakers have influenced you in your own cinematic renderings of relationship? Byler: The goal is to have the influence come from real life and not from movies. Too many movies are inspired from other movies and that's how the genres become so repetitive and why so many of us are just in-and-out with the studio fare. But the movies that really made me aware that it was okay to tell the stories that were inspired by life as opposed to other people's movies were films like Carnal Knowledge, Five Easy Pieces, Sex, Lies & Videotape, Midnight Cowboy and The Graduate; films where the relationships are so complex. When I rediscovered that era of American cinema when American studios were making art films, and the best and most talented directors and actors were collaborating on art films, that was when I said, "I can do that." The main difference is that I would say I'm influenced by films that were made longer ago than

pretty awesome: * Thanks to The Chutry Experiment blog for the link. - Sujewa

* Thanks to Camera Stilo blog for the link; go there for more links re: Company . - Sujewa

From the NYPL site : "A host of literary and physical artifacts displayed in the exhibition will bring to life Kerouac's career as a writer, from his earliest journals to typescript and manuscript drafts of his novels, short stories, essays, and poetry to diaries, journals and correspondence. Kerouac was an assiduous diarist and journal keeper. In a 1939 journal entry, recorded upon arriving in New York to attend the Horace Mann School for Boys, he wrote, "I wish to say that this journal is a continual refreshing resource for my castle, which surrounds me; it keeps me aloof from teeming humanity; it keeps me in contact with myself. By that I mean that a continual flow of ideas from my turbulent mind find their way into these pages invariably." His journals, diaries, and correspondence reveal a mind consumed with the goal of finding a way to give his experience of life on and off the road its most effective creative expression, and the drafts of his fiction, poetry, a

Check them out here . Here's a description from the site : "Art contests and competitions, art jobs and internships, art scholarships and grants and fellowships, art festivals, call for entries/proposals/projects, and other opportunities, in all disciplines, for art students, art teachers, and artists of all ages. A subscription to the PAID/PREMIUM list guarantees you will be the first to view announcements and have access to ALL announcements." They have free & paid versions of the list. Thanks Film Arts Foundation for the link. - Sujewa

From the review : "Doc examines the horrific phenomenon of widespread rape and torture of women by rebel soldiers (and, sometimes, government troops and U.N. peacekeepers) during the decade-long civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). Many of these atrocities, "Greatest Silence" persuasively argues, are methodically carried out to sustain a climate of political and economic instability in a country where valuable natural resources -- including coltan, an ore used in cell phones and laptops -- are exploited by profiteers." Read the rest here . Here is a website for Silence . - Sujewa

From the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County , Maryland website: " Types of Grants: Grants for Creation of New Work—to support the creation of original work Professional Development Grants—to assist the applicant with his/her artistic/scholarly capabilities and/or business management skills Community Connections Grants—to support programs initiated by the applicant that bring arts and/or humanities activities to the residents of Montgomery County Applicants may apply for and receive awards from $1,000 to $5,000" Find out more here . - Sujewa

From the IFP site : "The IFP/Chicago Production Fund is a grant of equipment, film stock, donated post production services and discounted equipment and services valued upwards of $100,000 for the production of a short film shot by an IFP/Chicago member in the Midwest." More here . - Sujewa

I did not know until now. Check out their blog here . For further exploration, here's the main site to the Greater Philadelphia Film Office . - Sujewa

From an e-mail from NJISACF : "After an overwhelming success and popularity as well as rave reviews in its first year (2007), the 2nd NJISACF will be held on 19 - 21 September, 2008, at the George Street playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey. This three-day cine fest will showcase an outstanding array of more than 30 brilliant films by talented South Asian filmmakers from the USA, UK, Canada, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal and many other countries. These films will create a focused, lively environment for conversation, education and exploration of issues that face South Asia and the South Asian diaspora, as well as create a prolonged space where the pertinent social-political-cultural issues that form the core subject of these films can be discussed and understood. The screening of the acclaimed feature, short, documentary and animated films of all genres will be accompanied by filmmaker Q&A s, and panel discussions on various topics related to the craft