Hello All! We just wanted to let you know that, upon review, we have updated our submission terms to better protect your right to own your creative work. We have removed the clause that gave us the right to “distribute or sell DVDs, etc” because, frankly, that was never our intention. GPSFF has always been run by student volunteers. We’ve never profited off of the work of our peers and we never plan to.

Sooo… Read the new terms here, they’re more laid back We will also extend these new submission terms to entries already submitted.

Remember, you have until February 1st (postmark deadline) to submit for FREE to the 2010 GPSFF Festival! Late Bird Deadline is $10, so don’t miss out on the Feb 1st deadline!

We are pleased to announce that GPSFF is officially accepting submissions for the 2010 festival! Join us in celebrating our 5th year as the Philadelphia region’s premiere student film festival.

Four GREAT reasons to submit to GPSFF 2010:
1) Screen your film for 500 people
2) Win prizes and recognition
3) Get your name out in the film industry
4) It’s free

For full information on how to submit to GPSFF 2010, please click here.

Love film? Interested in making your passion a career? Come learn how! This Saturday, we at GPSFF are pleased to be hosting an expert panel, “How to Make it in the Film Industry”. The event is free and free food will be provided!

THIS Saturday December 5th from 12-1:30pm
Location: Room G17 of Claudia Cohen Hall at the University of Pennsylvania
249 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA (corner of 36th and Spruce)

Experts include:
Marc Simon - Award-winning writer and producer
Emory van Cleve - Cinema Studies Professor
Glenn Osten Anderson - Tech-guru and award-winning documentary-maker.
Mark Moskowitz - Director of Slamdance award-winning film, “Stone Reader.”
Kat Phillips - A multi-award-winning writer/filmmaker.

Check out the facebook link at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=172317630339&index=1

Detailed biographies:

Marc Simon
Marc H. Simon created, wrote and produced “After Innocence”, which won the special jury award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, before going on to receive other numerous recognitions, including its selection as a semi-finalist for Best Feature Documentary at the 78th Academy Awards. “Nursery University” is Simon’s feature directorial debut. Simon is also an entertainment attorney in New York City at Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP where his practice focuses in the area of film production and finance. He also has worked as a special legal correspondent and producer for Fox Television’s “A Current Affair.”

Glenn Osten Anderson
Mr. Anderson has been working as a correspondent video producer for Runner’s World and has covered the US Olympic Trials, New York City Marathon. He has also created two documentary profiles and an award-winning film, “The Long Road.” Mr. Anderson had previously developed and produced web video programming for CBS College Sports. In addition to his work with Runner’s World, Glenn is currently working with Money-Media.com, part of the Financial Times.

Mark Moskowitz
Mr. Moskowitz was director, writer, and producer of “Stone Reader,” which won both the Grand Jury Award and the Audience Award at the Slamdance Festival. Mark is a graduate of the Iowa University Writers’ Workshop, and holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Kat Phillips
A multi-award-winning writer/filmmaker and former District Assistant District Attorney, Kathilynn Phillips began her entertainment career as a screenwriter while living in the San Francisco Bay area of California. She now resides near Philadelphia Pennsylvania with her husband/editor, Dr. Eric Springman. There, they operate their own production company, kat scratch films. Her motion pictures have screened to thousands in 54 festivals around the world and garnered many awards. Additionally, her feature script, “SPACE AVAILABLE” was chosen as a Semifinalist from nearly five thousand submissions internationally in the 2006 Nicholls Fellowship in Screenwriting competition administered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscars). Her most recent film, “Chasing the White Dragon”, an award-winning feature film about six small town meth addicts, is presently on the festival circuit. She currently is in development with a spiritual project, a family adventure and a thriller.

Emory van Cleve
A lecturer at Penn, Professor van Cleve is an experienced cinematographer, having served as Director of Photography in multiple film projects. In his latest work, he directed, edited, and served as cinematographer in the 2007 film “Bad Luck.”

Get your work read & reviewed! Free, constructive criticism is hard to find especially with such a qualified panel

Come and be a part of this very interactive workshop where we will explore the do’s and don’ts of screenwriting. Professional actors will read excerpts of pre-selected scripts from anonymous writers, and the writers will observe feedback from a panel of experts & audience members.

The workshop is designed to help screenwriters improve dialogue, character development, and story structure to polish scripts in preparation for SIP submission and a $10,000 grand prize award for features $5,000 for TV Pilots!

The workshop is designed to help screenwriters improve dialogue, character development, and story structure to polish scripts in preparation for SIP submission and a $10,000 grand prize award for features $5,000 for TV Pilots!

**This event is open to the public, but attendees will have to agree to confidentiality for the protection of our participating screenwriters.**

Want to do more than make movies?

Boiler Plate, a film theory and history print magazine, is putting out a call for article submissions.

Looking for those interested in writing about silent, classic, art and/or foreign cinema, but also formal and technical aspects of film. Boiler Plate’s goal is to bring back a form of film writing not seen since the heyday of Cahiers du Cinéma.

It will be magazine for filmmakers by filmmakers and/or people who are fanatical about film theory and history.

Boiler Plate requests two types of articles:
- Short [200-400 words in length]
or
- Long [500-750 words in length]

They suggest emailing before writing/submitting. Contact via: boilerplatezine@gmail.com

December is quickly approaching…

Check out the Submit tab above, or take a peek at the submission rules here.

Any queries or comments? Contact GPSFF

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This is one of the sentiments you’ve heard over & over again from professors, peers and other artists. The good advice isn’t exclusive to the film community - it’s an idea that’s planted firmly in the heads of everyone from novelists to musicians.

Stuck on an idea? Creative roadblock? Stick to what you know, what you’ve seen. Reinvent what happened and refine it.

IndieWire’s report on the Doha Tribeca Festival echoes that advice. Every story is unique, and even more so through the lens.

It’s a stressful time to be a student, and between the economy and school, we all have a decent heap on our plates. Check out some unblockage techniques from The Owl at Purdue.

If you need some cinematic inspiration, check out The Shining or Barton Fink and heed their writer’s block warnings!

SUBMISSION TIME IS QUICKLY APPROACHING. Get going!

GPSFF news on Twitter!

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UPDATE:

Thank you for your attention concerning OpenIndie’s goal to raise $10k. They actually surpassed their Kickstarter pledge by almost $2000!

From the Cinematical article:

“[Arin Crumley is] especially interested in reaching filmmakers who’ve completed their latest masterpiece but don’t know how to reach their intended audience”

The structure of production and distribution is changing, and it’s an amazing time to be a filmmaker and enthusiast. Crumley and Kieran Masterton are encouraging the film community to take back the reigns, donate a dollar or two, and secure the future of cinema.

Be a part of it & keep working on those submissions - December is approaching quickly!

For more information about Arin & Kieran, and their pledge to keep film accessible (ONLY 2 DAYS AWAY), check out OpenIndie.

Stay in the know! Follow GPSFF on Twitter.

Feeling uninspired? Can’t make it out of that writer’s block?

Take a minute to check out this incredible video by NYU’s Nyle (and a few fellow students)…

Never underestimate what can be done when a few good kids get together to take on a project. For a FREE download of the video above and his entire EP, check out Nyle’s website.

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Keep checking back for more information about Submission Deadlines.

This is your time to shine.

GPSFF will begin accepting submissions in December! If you don’t have something to submit yet, grab that camera & shoot!

We are expecting more submissions this year, so competition will be fierce. Get your films together and keep checking back for more information on GPSFF and Philadelphia’s film scene.

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter.