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This weekend see’s the 23rd SIRF, with a whole host of performances from international artists including the Circus of Horrors and of course the Fringe Festival with music from the likes of Human League and Calvin Harris.

Check it out at http://www.sirf.co.uk/

I’ll be there taking some photographs for Steve Thompson and the Tees Valley Community Media crew who are responsible for the live feed at the stage side screens and the behind the scenes work down at the main stage.  Photos and story to follow.

If you have a message you’d like to be displayed on the screen tweet with #ssf10

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The Northern Region Film and Television Archive (NRFTA) was founded in 1998 as a consortium of four organisations which already held significant film collections. It contains over 36,000 hours of moving image material relating to the history, landscape and people of the North East Region of England.

For more information on these vacancies visit:  http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/jobs/jobs.cfm

Just a reminder about the Concept Film Night happening next week at the BBC Big Screen in Centre Square Middlesbrough, films start from 7pm – 9pm.

Please see programme for full listing of films:

Monday 26th July

Saltburn Communit Theatre

Known to many for his extensive contributions to THE OSCAR-WINNING FILM “COLD MOUNTAIN”, multi-instrumentalist Tim has one of the most hair-raising voices in American music. He transforms American tradition with his northern roots sound, New England ballads and haunted originals. I met Tim in Middlesbro in the 90s when he was touring with his seminal band Cordelia’s Dad and I shot this video for them: click here to watch

for more info visit http://www.pancrack.tv/news.html 

• Ideas Fund Green (UK)

IdeasTap, a creative network and funding body for emerging arts talent has announced that it is offering eight IdeasTap members £5,000 each to realise creative projects that either address green issues or are produced in an environmentally sustainable manner.

IdeasTap are looking for ideas that offer exciting new angles on climate change – or new ways to make art in an eco-friendly fashion. It doesn’t matter what medium you work in – from film to theatre, photography to visual arts, music to poetry – Ideas Fund Green is open to all creative disciplines. The key is innovation.  Applications can be submitted by individual Ideas Tap members or on behalf of groups of individuals work together. Pojects must take place between September 2010 and March 2011. 

The closing date for entries is 5pm on 9th August 2010….

Ladies what lunch is an English Summer Tea Party with a twist……….
 

You are invited to attend a tea party in the beautiful Beamish Hall Hotel to help raise money for breast cancer. Why not treat yourself with your friends and come along to indulge in an utterly English feast of sandwiches, fancies, tea cakes, scones and home made biscuits with lashings of tea!

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Arc in Stockton are looking to recruit a part-time Community Arts & Education Co-ordinator, see document for full details

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7.00pm – 9.00pm

Wednesday July 28th

BBC Big Screen, Centre Square, Middlesbrough

Due to the awful weather we got on 9th June Concept Film Night will be running a repeat screening of the films selected to be shown on the BBC Big Screen in Middlesbrough’s Centre Square.

There are some great films being shown, including dramas, documentaries, a silent comedy and animations. 

This is a FREE event and open to all to attend.  Bring along a picnic chair/blanket, food and soft drink refreshments and spend the evening watching some of the great work that is being produced by film makers from the North East area.

PLEASE NOTE ALCOHOL IS NOT PERMITTED IN THIS AREA

New Music 20×12 (UK)

The PRS for Music Foundation has announced the launch of New Music 20×12 as part of London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. PRS are looking for 20 brand new musical works, of outstanding creative excellence, each lasting 12 minutes. PRS have up to £10,000 available for each of the 20 commissions and each of these will be broadcast round the world on BBC Radio 3.  Open to composers, ensembles, festivals and music organisations that have a proven track record of being able to successfully promote, produce and host new commissions. The deadline for applications is the 1^st October 2010.

http://www.prsformusicfoundation.com/newmusic20×12/index.htm

Grants to Help New, Innovative Visual Arts Projects (UK)

The Elephant Trust offers grants of up to £2,000 to artists and institutions (priority is given to small organisations and galleries) for new, innovative visual arts projects based in the UK. The next deadline for the submission of applications is 28th June 2010.

http://www.elephanttrust.org.uk/docs/intro.html

4iP Awards (UK)

UnLtd, the charity for social entrepreneurs has announced that it has teamed up with Channel 4 to launch of a new funding scheme (4iP) to help individuals turn their digital media projects into a reality. Grants of up to £5,000 are available to help individuals develop early stage digital media ideas and prototypes and to turn these prototypes into social businesses. There are two themes that 4iP is looking to support. These are; using the web and mobile to keep an eye on how government, organisations and elected representatives use their power; and exploring how digital tools, games, applications; and services can help people change their lives for the better whether that’s their health, wellbeing, finances, work/life balance or dealing with unemployment. To discuss your ideas and to obtain an application form please contact 0845 850 1122 or email mailto:4ip@unltd.org.uk .

Applications can be submitted at any time.

http://www.unltd.org.uk/template.php?ID=179&PageName=4ip

Building a University: a history of architecture and education

Linda Polley, Wednesday 7 July 2010

6.30pm – 7.45pm, Teesside University, Middlesbrough

About the Speaker

Linda is a senior lecturer in history in the School of Arts & Media and specialises in modern urban and social history including 18^th- and 19^th- century urbanisation and the development of mass consumption.

Linda undertook our  MA Local History and it was that experience which taught her about Middlesbrough and also, she believes, made her into a local historian. Her postgraduate work on Middlesbrough’s Victorian suburbs became an exhibition at the Dorman Museum, and she continues to write and talk about the various buildings and building types that we find all around us.  

Lecture Content

In this our 80th anniversary year, Linda will examine the architectural history of the University Campus in Middlesbrough. This visual presentation will seek to showcase Teesside University with its architectural history, which includes some of the finest examples of their type and time.

The Film Fund is our new unified production and development fund dedicated to British filmmaking.

We have £15 million a year to invest across the development, production and completion of feature films. Being supported by the UK Film Council means more than just being given funding. It means that your project can be assisted at every step of the journey by our team, who can offer advice and practical help with many aspects of developing and producing your film.

We welcome applications for all kinds of film – from commercial mainstream to experimental, from genre movies to personal stories, from documentaries to animation to live-action fiction.

For more information click here http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/filmfundinformation