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Festival start: 02 December 2016      Festival end: 03 December 2016

MONO NO AWARE is the annual exhibition of expanded cinema showcasing sculpture, installation, single-multiple channel durational projection, and performance art that incorporates the moving image on Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, or as an altered light projection. (No DV)
In 2015, the ninth annual MONO NO AWARE exhibition was mentioned in the New York Times and presented the work of 33 international artists to an audience of 900. This year's festival and screening will be part of MONO NO AWARE's tenth annual festival, which includes screenings of works curated from artists around the world.
Submission is sliding scale by donation ($0-20 - pay what you wish) which allows MONO NO AWARE to provide travel stipends and lodging to presenting artists.

The festival is organized by the non-profit cinema-arts organization MONO NO AWARE.

MONO NO AWARE offers year-round analog filmmaking workshops to the community teaching: Super 8mm, 16mm filmmaking, 2-D animation and 3-D puppet animation, Production for Independent Film, Hand-processing, Alternative-processing and Non-toxic-processing Techniques, Film Preservation, Handmade Emulsion, Advanced Super 16mm filmmaking, a range of special workshops led by visiting filmmakers and more. As an extension of the educational initiatives, the organization rents analogue filmmaking equipment, makes Steenbeck flat-bed editing and JK or Oxberry optical printing facilities available to the public and we also import/distribute Color and Black and White film stocks. Through our outreach program we present these same workshops at numerous universities, film festivals, and institutions throughout the US. This year we have presented workshops at The Japan Society (Manhattan, NY) The Oak Cliff Film Festival (Dallas, TX) The Queens Museum (Queens, NY) and this August we’ll travel to the Thomas Edison National Park to conduct a re-imagining kinetoscopes workshop inside the historic Black Maria (West Orange, NJ). MONO NO AWARE presents a monthly screening series entitled CONNECTIVITY THROUGH CINEMA with visiting filmmakers and most recently a co-presentation of a three-day retrospective ‘Super 8 Poetics’ the works of Stephanie Gray at The Anthology Film Archives. We’ve also started a reference library with a focus on cinema history, theory and technical filmmaking texts and publications.

To learn more about MONO NO AWARE visit: www.mononoawarefilm.com

MONO NO AWARE does not give prizes or awards, the exhibition is 'non-competitive'

That being said, we only select 14-20 works for the festival each year.

SUBMISSIONS TO MONO NO AWARE X ARE NOW OPEN.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS (RECEIVED) IS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

You are welcome to submit. MONO NO AWARE is an international exhibition open to any person or group of persons making contemporary art that incorporates Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm or altered light projections as part of a sculpture, installation, dance, or expanded cinema performance. For example: blending film & theater performance, musicians creating a visual experience for their sound, & experimental filmmakers working with storytellers. Works existing on digital video will not be considered. All moving images should be from an analog source.

Part of our purpose in having this gathering is to put an emphasis on the cinematic experience. We believe there is magic in seeing the film projected as a print. There is a presence a poet has reading his/her own writing. There is a feeling that resonates in your chest when seeing a band live. For these reasons we are encouraging live music, performance and audio to expand the cinematic experience beyond the screen. We ask that in the spirit of the festival you not video or create copies of your performance. Some participants have gone as far as to destroy the work after its first run at the event.

Over the last 10 years, MONO NO AWARE has grown from 70 audience members on a single evening in 2007 to having 900 audience members over two nights in 2015. In addition, we acquired the prestigious 501c3 non-profit status this year. Now, all of our initiatives are eligible for local, state, and national grant funding and donations made my individual donors and patrons are tax-deductible. None of this would exist without the contributions and support from every person who crossed path with us. We are a small group of dedicated individuals who take the time to read each submission carefully, view all associated materials, visit studios, and we work very diligently to present a well curated program each December. In order to create the best possible experience for both the participating artists and attending audience members, we ask that you make a small donation to the event with your submission. If you believe in what we are doing and understand the value of an event that takes the better part of a year to coordinate, then we ask that you give generously. Thank you.


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$20 Suggested Donation

MONO NO AWARE is a 501c3 non-profit organization capable of receiving tax-deductible donations.

(NO late deadline fees. Multiple works can be submitted under the same donation.
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THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO SUBMIT:

SUBMIT ONLINE VIA OUR SUBMISSION FORM
or
SUBMIT VIA MAIL BY SENDING THE COMPLETED SUBMISSION FORM (PDF) & MATERIALS TO:

MONO NO AWARE
PMB # 303
302 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11249
United States

*Please note that the PMB is not a POB! A PMB is capable of receiving FedEx, UPS, and other mailing services that require signature and can receive mail 7 days a week.

Deadline: All submissions must be received by Midnight September 16, 2016
Notification: All entrants will be notified of submissions status by September 23, 2016
Event: December 2nd & 3rd, 2016 at LightSpace Studios in Brooklyn, NY

Contact us with any questions regarding your submission!