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Conferences, Seminars & Events relevant to media and children
from all over the world.
Older events are listed for your information.
October 17, 2008 - Closing date for entries to Screen It
Screen It is Australia's national moving image competition for school students, designed to encourage imagination and inventiveness in Australia's primary and secondary school students.
In 2008 entrants are asked to create animations, live action films or computer games responding to the theme of 'Australian Identity'.
For details and entry form go to http://www.acmi.net.au/screenit.htm
Oct 9-11, 2008 - Little Big Shots - Children's Film Festival
Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
Adelaide
For families and children aged 2 to 18, Little Big Shots is Australia's major annual and travelling children's film festival. Check the website for other venues and dates around Australia.
For more details go to http://www.littlebigshots.com.au
September 27, 2008 - Young Film Makers Festival Queensland awards ceremony live online
At 4pm, 27 September 2008 people who can't make it to the Film Festival will be able to download and watch the 15 short listed films ("Shortlist 2008"
web page).
At 6.30pm the Awards Ceremony will be streamed live online through the website
http://www.youngfilmmakersfestivalqueensland.com/
September 26-28, 2008 - Digital Dialogues: Moving Media Education - National Media Education Conference
Hawke Bldg, City West Campus
University of South Australia, Adelaide
This conference invites papers and workshops that engage with the most current issues, challenges and practices in media education. Papers will be accepted in peer-reviewed and non-reviewed streams. Workshops may provide examples of teaching and learning innovation, excellence, and engagement with media practices and projects.
For more details go to http://www.conferenceplus.com.au/mediaeduconf08/
23 - 25 September, 2008 - Young Filmmaker's Holiday Workshop
Time: 9:30am - 4:00pm Tues to Thurs
Open Channel, Shed 4 North Wharf Rd
Victoria Harbour DOCKLANDS
Web Address:
http://www.openchannel.org.au/training/youngfilmmakers.html
September 17-21 - Little Big Shots - Children's Film Festival
Sydney Opera House Studio
For families and children aged 2 to 18, Little Big Shots is Australia's major annual and travelling children's film festival. Check the website for other venues and dates around Australia.
For more details go to http://www.littlebigshots.com.au
September 15-19 - Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults
Reading Cinemas, Auburn
Vernon Theatre, Sydney Olympic Park
Closing date for entries 30 June 2008.
For more details go to http://www.cinewest.org.au/site/index.html
September 9 2008 - White Balloon Day
Held during National Child Protection Week (September 7-14), , White Balloon Day is the signature calendar event for the Bravehearts organisation, aiming to 'Break the Silence on Child Sexual Assault' by raising awareness and by show of balloons, demonstrating community desire for Australian children to be safe. White Balloon Day is to be celebrated nationally throughout Australia.
Full details can be found at the White Balloon Day website http://www.whiteballoonday.com.au
July 10-12 and July 16-18, 2008 - South West Sydney season of Little Big Shots 2007
Campbelltown Arts Centre July 10-12
Casula Powerhouse July 16-18
For bookings or for more information about the Little Big Shots International Film Festival for Kids, call the Campbelltown Arts Centre Box Office on 4645 4100 or email artscentre@campbelltown.nsw.gov.au
July 1, 2008 - Closing date for entries - Young Filmmakers Festival Queensland
For details and entry form go to http://www.youngfilmmakersfestivalqueensland.com/
June 11-13, 2008 - "Thinking Outside the Toybox"- The 7th International Conference on Interaction Design for Children (IDC 2008)
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
For details see: http://www.idc08.org
June 4-9 - Little Big Shots - Children's Film Festival
ACMI Cinemas, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Federation Square, Melbourne
For families and children aged 2 to 18, Little Big Shots is Australia's major annual and travelling children's film festival. Check the website for other venues and dates around Australia.
For more details go to http://www.littlebigshots.com.au
May 30-June 4, 2008 - Prix Jeunesse International - Festival and competition for children's and youth television programmes
Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation, Munich, Germany.
For more details see: http://www.prixjeunesse.de/
May 8, 2008 - Multiliteracies: Cracking the Code of Visual Texts
AAMI Stadium, Westlakes, South Australia
8.30am-3.00pm
Three interactive sessions for P-8 teachers featuring Dr Michele Anstey & Dr Geoff Bull
For more information go to: http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/pd/multiliteracies-adelaide-2008.doc
April 23, 2008 - From myspace to hip hop: New media in the everyday lives of youth.
Hewlett Teaching Center, Building 200, Stanford University
For details and registration see: http://www.eventsatcommonsensemedia.org/
April 16-18, 2008 - School holiday workshops for young film makers
Metro Screen, Paddington, NSW
Metro Screen have revamped their school holiday program to focus more on core filmmaking. Young Filmmakers will be tutored by highly qualified young industry professionals in a fun, yet skills directed environment and will receive a Certificate of Competency outlining the skills they’ve attained in the Young Filmmakers Workshops.
Workshop A: focusing on production and directing skills.
Workshop B: focusing on screenwriting and postproduction skills.
For more details go to http://www.metroscreen.org.au/channelfree.html
April 3-5, 2008 -
Consuming Kids:
The Sexualization of Children and other Commercial Calamities
Wheelock College, Boston , MA
This is Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood's 6th Summit
For details and registration see: http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org//events.htm
19 March 2008 - ASTRA 08: Claiming the Future
Hilton Sydney
488 George Street
Sydney NSW
Australia's annual subscription television conference
For details and registration: http://www.astra.org.au/Conference2008/
14 March 2008 - Nick Shorts
Screening on Nickelodeon Australia from March 14th.
In May 2007, Nickelodeon Australia, in association with the Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) and the New South Wales Film and Television Office, invited producers from around the nation to submit their creative concept for a 2-3 minute animated short film to screen exclusively on Nickelodeon. Nick Shorts is the result.
“We are thrilled to showcase Australia’s production talent to both our children’s audience and out international colleagues. As a body of work, the films celebrate imagination, creativity and humour. Everything we look for at Nickelodeon!” said Deirdre Brennan, Director of Programming, Nickelodeon Australia.
For more information go to www.nickelodeon.com.au
17 February 2008 - Trop Jr Short film competition & film festival for children 15 years & younger
The Domain, Sydney, NSW
This is an advance notice. More details will be available soon at the website: http://www.tropjr.com or through links on the Australian Children's Television Foundation website: http://www.actf.com.au
10-14 December 2007 - Innovative Technology in Schools Conference (ITSC)
University of Technology, Sydney
ITSC is a unique professional development opportunity for educators from around the Asia-Pacific region.
It provides a forum to gain fresh ideas for the classroom and foster communities around the region.
There are one and three-day seminar streams offering topics suited to professional development for K-12 educators, university students studying education or IT professionals working within an educational institution.
One-day stream for IT professionals Monday 10 December
Three-day stream for educators 11-13 December
One-day stream for educators 14 December
Come for one or come for all!
For more information or to register, please see http://www.apple.com/au/education/itsc07
2 December 2007 - 'Dream-a-Better-World' Film Festival for primary schools
For more details see the website at http://www.coomerass.eq.edu.au/filmfestival.htm
13-16 November 2007 - Screen Producers Association of Australia Conference
Sheraton Mirage Resort, Gold Coast, Queensland.
SPAA has invited an impressive group of the world’s most experienced children's television producers and executives to speak at the Conference, alongside their counterparts in Australia.
For more details see the website at http://www.spaa.org.au/conference_2007/
19 October 2007 - Young Filmmakers Festival Queensland Awards Night
The Block@QUT
Kelvin Grove, Brisbane
For more details see the website at http://www.youngfilmmakersfestivalqueensland.com/
8-12 October 2007 - MIPCOM audiovisual content market
Cannes, France
For more details see the website at http://www.mipcom.com
6-7 October 2007 - MIPCOM Junior
Conference and screening marketplace for children's programming
Cannes, France
For more details see the website at http://www.mipcomjunior.com/
4-6 October 2007 - Little Big Shots International Film Festival for Kids
Her Majesty's Theatre, Grote Street, Adelaide
This festival of films for children aged 2-15 is coming to Adelaide for the first time in its 3 year history. There are 8 different sessions of short films to choose from across 3 days.
Each session is for a specific age group (eg 2-5 or 7-15). Sessions run for 50-60 minutes and comprise 6-14 short films, documentaries or animations.
There are also 3 feature films in this festival which run for 1-1 ½ hours each.
For more information see the website at http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/Adelaide_Festival_Centre/whatson-home-adelaide-festival-centre-music-concerts-theatre-visual-arts-dance-opera.php?cat=3365&id=181593
24-25 September 2007 - Communications Policy & Research Forum 2007
Guthrie Theatre, University of Technology, Sydney
For more details see the website at http://www.networkinsight.org/events/cprf07.html/group/6
30 August 2007 - Sex, kids and advertising
The Age Theatre, Lower Ground Level, Melbourne Museum
6.30-8pm
Features Julie Gale from Kids Free to be Kids and a panel of speakers. Part of the(melbourne) forum, kids and the city presented by the University of melbourne and Museum Victoria.
For bookings and more details, visit the website at http://www.museumvictoria.com.au
18 August 2007 - Get Real
Women’s Forum Australia
Melbourne Town Hall,
Cnr Swanston & Collins Street
7pm for 7.30pm start
For more details see http://www.womensforumaustralia.org
6-7 August 2007 - The Psychology & Ethics of New Marketing
Jim Potter Conference Room, Old Physics Building, University of Melbourne
Includes Jane Roberts, President of YMA talking about Practices and techniques in marketing to children
12-22 July 2007 - Revelation Film Festival
Perth, Western Australia
For details see the website at http://www.revelationfilmfest.org
1-8 July 2007 - 2nd International Youth Media Summit
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
For details see the website at http://www.cinewest.org.au
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