MediaPoet's blog

To celebrate entering their second decade of showcasing videopoetry, curator Heather Haley and the Pacific Cinémathèque are presenting two screenings this year as well as poetry performances, a panel discussion and an awards gala, Friday Nov. 19 and Saturday Nov. 20. SEE THE VOICE-Visible Verse 10th Anniversary Celebration & Festival Call for Entries and Official Guidelines: Please send in your videopoem by August. 1, 2010. * Visible Verse seeks videopoems, with a 15 minutes maximum duration. * Either official language of Canada is acceptable, though if the video is in French, an English-dubbed or-subtitled version is required for consideration. Videos may originate in any part of the world. * Works will be judged by their innovation, cohesion and literary merit. The ideal videopoem is a wedding of word and image, the voice seen as well as heard. * Please, do not send documentaries as they are outside the featured genre. * Videopoem producers should provide a brief bio, full name, and contact information in a cover letter. There is no official application form nor entry fee. Send, at your own risk, videopoems and poetry films/preview copies (which cannot be returned) in DVD NTSC format to: VISIBLE VERSE c/o Pacific Cinémathèque, 200-1131 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2L7, Canada. Selected artists will be notified and receive a standard screening fee. For more information contact Heather Haley at: hshaley@emspace.com