HBO and THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL (NYILFF) today announced the 4th annual open call for entries for the HBO/NYILFF Short Film Competition. The competition, created in 2004, seeks to foster films by Latino filmmakers and/or about the Latino experience. The deadline is for the Competition is 4 May 2007

One winner will be chosen from among applicants to receive $15,000 in funding from HBO to produce and direct a short film (on digital video) based on an original script entry. The completed short will be considered for exhibition this summer at the 2007 New York International Film Festival in July and on any of HBO’s programming services. Visit the site for details.

SAGA (Students Against Global Apathy) is a groundbreaking new student organization that’s determined to defeat global poverty!! Their confidence is inflated because their challenge is enormous. But as young students who will become the future leaders of the world, they feel they must set certain standards.

One of those standards is a monthly T-shirt contest, where members in this organization design shirts that spread certain messages. All designs are printed on sweatshop-free American Apparel tees in a number of colors and sizes for both guys and girls, plus 100% of the profits go towards development projects, health services and education programs in India and Sierra Leone.

Although this group is located in Canada, it appears that students anywhere can join up. I’ve posted their link under “nonstop design competitions” at the bottom of the middle column here. Or, you can go visit the site now.

The Successful ONLINE Exhibition of International Digital Art is Calling for Entries for May 2007 Exhibition to be launched as part of Futuresonic 2007 in Manchester May 10th 2007. Call for Submissions (Deadline April 30th, 2007).

digitalshow.co.uk is an International Digital Art website created by artinliverpool.com. The intention is to show online-only exhibitions of high quality digital art. The first exhibition was held as part of the Independent Biennial Liverpool in 2006 with great success (see the Gallery pages) and this year for our 2nd show they have linked up with Futuresonic 2007 Urban Festival of Electronic Arts and Music in Manchester, UK. (now confirmed) Entry is open to all worldwide.
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The Mannheim FilmFestival (9 – 21 October 2007) is looking for completed new feature-length films, both fiction and documentary. Although world premieres are preferred there is no problem if the film has been screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2007 or at the Cannes Film Market 2007. All films to be submitted need to be on DVD format only. The deadline for submission of films is 15 July 2007. The deadline for the feature-length co-production projects at the MANNHEIM MEETINGS is 1 August 2007. Directors of the chosen feature films and producers of the selected projects will be invited to attend the Mannheim-Heidelberg festival in person. The festival would also welcome commissioning editors and representatives of official film organisations. For all further information please contact Michael Berkel, the African correspondent of the Mannheim festival by email only at berksa_at_global_dot_co_dot_za. Visit the site for info.

The International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® (IH/M&RS) invites hospitality designers from around the world to submit entries for the 27th annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design, the premier interior design competition for the hospitality industry. These coveted Awards are presented in eight categories – Best Hotel Design, Guest Rooms, Lobby/Reception Area, Lounge/Bar, Restaurants/Casual Dining, Restaurants/Fine Dining, Spa and Suites. Competition entry deadline is 2 July 2007. Visit the site for details.

If you are an emerging artist or architect with a specific interest in themes connected with designed space, particularly with the poetics of designed space, you may apply for a period of residence at Stichting Wall House #2, Netherlands. Applications need to contain at least a written proposal of what you plan to work at during the period of residence, and a complete resume (Curriculum Vitae) of yourself, including visual references of your work. This resume should contain an overview of your work, your education, publications, exhibitions, built work, et cetera. The proposal should be approximately 500 words, in English, and should deal with any form of research on the poetics of designed space (in the broadest sense of the words). The visual references can either be sent in as pdf or jpg. Next opening: Spring 2008. Please send in your application before June 1, 2007. Visit the site for details.