Calling All FIlmmakers, Musicians, Writers, Actors! This week! 11-11-11 MARNkino Kabaret will kick-off. This is a 2-day filmmaking challenge. The theme will be announced at 5:30 Friday at MARN. There are no entry fees to participate in this event. Then join us as we screen the films Thursday 11-17 at the Times Cinema at 7pm. *MARNkino Kabaret Rules * [image: KINO] *Registration • There is no cost to register. • Filmmakers/team leaders can register in-person at the kickoff on 11-11-11. * • Filmmakers who absolutely can't attend the kickoff may register in advance by contacting MARN ( filmmakers@marnonline.com) Filmmakers who do this will not get the theme in advance of the kickoff and will not get access to the Milwaukee Music Library in advance; this information will be communicated to them either during or at the close of the live kickoff event. *Film Rules • Films must be turned in on DVD by 5:30pm on Sunday 11-13-11, along with a 1-page form, which is provided at the kickoff.* • Films must run 7 minutes or less including credits, and the credits must include the MARNKino logo, which is available on the www.artsinmilwaukee.org website. • Films must incorporate the theme, which will be revealed at the kickoff, and must be produced during the 48-hour period. • Filmmakers may only use materials (for example images, locations, music, etc.) for which they have secured permission to use. • Films can't include any material that could be considered X-rated. • Filmmakers who choose to use music from the Milwaukee Music Library must credit the musicians/groups exactly as specified in the Milwaukee Music Library (which will be made available to filmmakers at the kickoff.) They must also provide a copy of the film on DVD to each of the musicians/groups whose material is used in the film. *Screening • The Kabaret screening will be held at 7pm on Thursday 11-17-11 at the Times Cinema on 60th & Vliet.* • All films that follow the rules will be shown in a single screening. • Films that could be considered R-rated will be shown in the second half of the screening, to accommodate potential participation and attendance of kids. • *Tickets for the screening are only $3 each. • Milwaukee Hot Club will play for a closing party held immediately after the screening.* *Prizes * • At the screening, the audience will be given ballots, and audience choice award prizes will be presented--including one FABULOUS top prize to be announced at the screening. *What is Kino?* The word “Kino” comes from the Greek word for “movement,” and is a slang term for “cinema” in several languages. Born in Montreal, Kino began as what founder Christian Laurence called a “jam session for filmmakers.” He challenged his friends to make one new short film per month, every month throughout 1999. But when the year 2000 came, they didn't want to stop. By 2002, a new venue was required because more than 400 people were showing up each month to see the films. Soon the concept became an international movement, and new Kino cells continue to spring up in cities around the world. 1999: Montreal 2002: Paris; Hamburg; Madison, WI 2004: Lausanne; Toronto; Berlin; Vienna 2005: Adelaide; Lyon; Bordeaux; Louisville, KY 2006: Sydney; Toulouse 2007: Montpellier 2008: Barcelona; Ougadougu (Burkina-Faso); Mainz; Dresden 2009: London; Majunga (Madagascar); Bratislava; Zagreb; Whitehorse, Yukon 2010: Casablanca; Helsinki; Managua (Nicaragua); Amsterdam 2011: Marseille; Brussels; *MILWAUKEE!! Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN) is now sponsoring a Kino microcinema in Milwaukee. Screenings are held on the third Thursdays of each month at the Times Cinema on 60th & Vliet. The Spirit of Kino* Kino is about more than providing a monthly venue for filmmakers to screen short films, or providing a unique local indie microcinema for film goers. It's about creative freedom and collaboration, and about a collective of artists producing new films with little or no means. Kino cells are laboratories for artistic experimentation and development, and for creating and showing films without constraints. Monthly screenings motivate the artists, and act as a catalyst to inspire new work. * Kino Kabarets* Kino cells typically hold an annual Kabaret, or 48-hour filmmaking event. During these events, participating filmmakers receive a theme, and have 48 hours to complete and turn in a new short film that incorporates the theme. The event ends with a screening of the films and closing party. -- Melissa Musante Executive Director Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN) 414.732.2121 office 414.305.2109 mobile |