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Events & Opportunities

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Submissions for LA FILM FEST

Early Deadline: December 2, 2011
Regular Deadline: January 13, 2012
Final Deadlines:
Short films and music videos: February 10, 2011
Feature-length narrative and documentary films: February 23, 2012
For more information about submissions click on the link below:
http://2011.lafilmfest.com/los-angeles-film-festival-submisson-guidelines/
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Submissions for United Film Festival - San Francisco

Postmark Dates
Early Deadline: December 2nd, 2011
($20 short films) & ($30 feature length films)
Regular Deadline: January 13th, 2012
($25 short films) & ($35 feature length films)
Late Deadline: February 24th, 2012
($30 short films) & ($40 feature length films)
Extended Deadline: April 6th, 2012
($45 short films) & ($55 feature length films)

Notification Dates
Short Films: May 18th, 2012
Feature Length Films: May 4th, 2012.

For more information on submissions please click on the link: http://www.theunitedfest.com/sanfrancisco/submissions.htm
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Sundance Film Festival

January 19-29, 2012
Park City, Utah
For more information on attending this event please click on the link below:
http://www.sundance.org/festival/
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Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship

Applications accepted between January 2,2012-February 28,2012 Designed to attract, develop, and staff writers with diverse backgrounds and experiences on Nickelodeon Network productions. The fellowship provides a salaried position for up to one year and offers hands-on experience writing spec scripts and offering story ideas in both live action and animated television; allows fellows the opportunity to nurture relationships with creators, network executives, line producers, heard writers, show runners, and story editors. Each fellow will be assigned to an Executive in Chare of Production and have an opportunity to write a spec script for an on-air Nickelodeon show. Fellows are allowed to attend story board pitches, notes meetings, records, table reads, show pitches and show tapings, all while being exposed to top creators and key productions crews. Please click on the link below for more information on the program: http://www.nickwriting.com/home/
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ABC Daytime Writer Development Program

Applications are accepted year-round. Offers candidates an opportunity to develop the skills essential to writing for scripted daytime television. The program seeks writers who excel in creating emothionally rick relationship and character-driven content. Familiarity with the series' hisotyr, storylines and characters of All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital is suggested, but not required. Program duration is determined on a case-by-case basis. Open to all individuals; however experienced television writers or candidates with a strong writing background in another medium are preferred. Please click on the link below for more information on the program: http://www.disneyabctalentdevelopment.com/programs/programs_writings_daytime.html
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CBS Daytime Writers Initiative

The Daytime Writers Initiative will provide qualified diverse writers with mentorship, career development and access to daytime decision makers including network, studio and production company executives as well as the executive producers, head writers and writing staffs of CBS's Daytime dramas, The Young and The Restless and/or The Bold and The Beautiful. The goal is to provide an immersive, educational experience of the writing process of daytime dramas and to foster relationships within the CBS daytime family. Please click on the link below for more information on this program: http://diversity.cbscorporation.com/page.php?id=47
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SLAMDANCE Film Festival

January 20-26, 2012

For more information about this festival please click on the link below: http://showcase.slamdance.com/#1492031/Film-Festival