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Monday 20th April 2009 | PR
UACP presents the 2009 US-ASEAN Short Film Competition
Theme: Southeast Asian Life, Culture, and People
Washington, DC, April 20, 2009 – US-ASEAN Creative Project (UACP) is proud to present the 2009 US-ASEAN Short Film Competition – the first of its kind to focus on the vibrant and dynamic region of Southeast Asia. We are calling for entry from everyone in the world, not limited to ASEAN-based filmmakers, to submit their short film. In keeping with the organization’s mission, there is one mandatory thematic requirement: Southeast Asian life, culture, and people. We challenge filmmakers to be as creative as they want in interpreting the theme.
The competition will make use of the advent of digital distribution in filmmaking through YouTube. Contestants are expected to upload their films to YouTube and submit the URLs. Five finalists will be shortlisted and their work will be shown on the 2009 US-ASEAN Film Festival and the UACP Portal. The judges will then make their decision for the best film while the audience (online and at the festival) will vote for the Audience Award.
We have put together an international group of experts from the various aspects of the film industry. Our judges are based in various places in the United States and Southeast Asia. They are: Bangkok-based film critic and researcher Anchalee Chaiworaporn; New York-based Singaporean filmmaker Colin Goh; film professor Konrad Ng from Mānoa, Hawaii; and Tom Vick, film programmer for the Freer & Sackler Galleries at the Smithsonian Institution here in Washington, DC.
2009 US-ASEAN Short Film Competition
Project Manager: Naratama Rukmananda
Mandatory Theme: Southeast Asian Life, Culture, and People
Submission Period: April 14, 2009 00:00 EDT – July 20, 2009 23:59 EDT
Early Bird Submission Deadline: June 15, 2009 23:59 EDT
Entry Fee: US$25 (General), US$10 (Early bird), Free for ASEAN & East Timor-based filmmakers
Contact Information
Naratama Rukmananda
Project Manager
e-mail. naratama@thegraceheritage.org
tel. (202) 262-3775
About ASEAN
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is comprised of ten countries in Southeast Asia, the region straddling continental Asia and Australia and bordering both the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Diversity is a part of life for ASEAN's 575 million citizen who are more likely than not multi-lingual, living in a multi-ethnic and multi-religious community. ASEAN members are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Timor Leste, the only non-ASEAN member in Southeast Asia is a candidate for membership.
About UACP
US-ASEAN Creative Project (UACP) is the arm of GH Foundation to carry out its mission in promoting Southeast Asian culture and heritage. Since 2002, GH Foundation has organized various events in arts, entertainment, literature, and sports to raise awareness of the diverse cultures and traditions of Southeast Asia. Its flagship event, the US-ASEAN Film Festival, has been running annually since 2003. It was the first film festival to celebrate films from the region.
Contact Information
US-ASEAN Creative Project by GH Foundation
1701 16th Street NW Suite 218
Washington, DC 20009
USA
+1 (202) 262-3775
info@thegraceheritage.org
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