TUFF - Call for silent 1-minute shorts - July 15 Deadline
Type
Biennial/Festival, Competition
Category
Conceptual, Digital, Film, Intervention, Video
Status
Archived
Deadline
July 14, 2012
Application Fee
Not Available
Host
TORONTO URBAN FILM FESTIVAL (TUFF)
Location
Toronto, Canada

 


The Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF) returns for a sixth year to digital platform screens across the Toronto subway system. Always the strong and silent type, TUFF takes place September 7 - 17, 2012, concurrent with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).


 


Named one of MovieMaker Magazine's "20 Coolest Film Festivals" (2010), TUFF is a 10-day long celebration of the art of the urban silent screen. TUFF films screen on the Pattison Onestop network of digital platform screens to an audience of over 1.3 million daily commuters.


 


Guest judge for the 6th annual Toronto Urban Film Festival is acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal ("Payback", "Manufactured Landscapes" "Let It Come Down: The Live of Paul Bowles").


 


TUFF is open to Canadian and international artists. Filmmakers, video artists and animators are invited to submit silent, one-minute film, video and animation that is of interest to an urban audience.


 


Films can be submitted online through the TUFF Website or visit http://www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com/">torontourbanfilmfestival.com for more details.


 


TUFF awards thousand of dollars in cash and prizes annually.


 


This year is no exception with over $10,000 in cash and prizes already committed to the festival. You could win one of these great prizes by submitting your 1-mintue short...


 


Hardware:


• Shoot and share panoramic video from the palm of your hand with Kogeto's Dot™.  Dot™ is a stylish and durable attachment that snaps onto your iPhone 4 / 4S and lets you shoot 360° videos (or "dotspots") from the palm of your hand. 


 


Software:


• Red Giant’s Magic Bullet Suite is the definitive toolkit that brings professional tools to filmmakers everywhere. This Suite produces professional Hollywood-style results on an indie budget. 


 


• From Sony Creative. Fast, flexible, and feature-rich, Vegas Pro 11 software is ideal for digital video production, streaming content creation, broadcast production, and more. 


 


• Also from Sony Creative. Imagination Studio 3. This complete suite of multimedia applications has everything you need to get started quickly, including innovative Show Me How tutorials from Sony. 


 


• Toon Boom Animate Pro is the most complete professional animation software for cutting-edge animators. It offers award-winning state-of-the-art content creation, animation and compositing toolset for any style of animation, all within a single desktop application. 


 


• Toon Boom Storyboard Pro is essential to the beginning of any audiovisual project. It helps you take an idea or message and bring it to life in a structured and professional manner. 


 


TUFF is co-produced by Pattison Onestop and Art for Commuters.


 


Deadline: July 15, 2011


Free Submission: Before May 31, 2012


Paid Submission: $20 CAD. After June 1, 2012


 


Films can be submitted online through the TUFF Website or visit http://www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com/">torontourbanfilmfestival.com for more details.


 


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