December 2005

Celebrate the Holidays with a gift from VisionMaker Video. Order by December 15 to ensure a Christmas delivery.

The staff at NAPT would like to wish all of our newsletter subscribers Happy Holidays. To view our virtual greeting card for the season visit http://nativetelecom.org/holiday05/

Experience Christmas In The Clouds this Holiday Season

The NAPT staff celebrated the holidays Saturday by watching Christmas In The Clouds at "The Ross" Lincoln, Nebraska's own art film house. "Clouds" is a lighthearted tale of love, bingo, tribal enterprise, and mistaken identity. The cast features Graham Greene, Sheila Tousey, Rita Coolidge, Wes Studi, M. Emmet Walsh, and "Warrior Mouse." For more information: http://www.nativetelecom.org/#citc

Reach the Rez Radio Debuting in December

Reach the Rez Radio will debut Friday December 23rd, 2005 at 9pm ET. The program will feed from then on every Friday at 9pm ET with repeats at 9pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Reach the Rez Radio is a high energy, hip hop "mix show"/"talk show" program. The broadcast will update listeners on Reach the Rez Tour progress and events, as well as feature on-air interviews produced at different locations throughout the tour. The Reach the Rez Tour is headlined by well-known actor and rapper Litefoot (Cherokee).Reach the Rez Radio is a production of Association for American Indian Development. More information can be found at http://litefoot.com or http://www.reachtherez.org Learn more about Litefoot at http://litefoot.com

Change to NAPT Funding Deadlines

The next deadline for Public Television funding through NAPT is July 12, 2006. The single annual deadline will replace the previous March R&D and September Open Call grant rounds. The change is made to increase service to the Native producer community and staff efficiency. New guidelines will be posted early next year. Native producers will be able to apply for Research and Development funding at $25,000 to production and finishing contracts for up to $100,000.

Native Radio Theater Project's New Project Coordinator

The Native Radio Theater Project at NAPT has a new project coordinator. "Kutchiak" John Gregg (Inupiat/Hopi), producer of Native Sounds-Native Voices, brings his production talents to the project. In conjunction with Native Voices at the Autry National Center in Los Angles, NRT will bring works by Native writers to life through radio production that will feature Native actors, radio and recording artists from around the country. The project is funded by the Ford Foundation. For more information visit http://www.airos.org/theatre/

Indigenous Airwaves in October in Chile

Mary Sando-Emhoolah, Warm Springs, Wasco & Aleut Nations, was a participant on an English speaking radio panel entitled, Indigenous Airwaves in October in Chile. Read more about her experience at http://www.nativetelecom.org/feature_chile.html

From ITVS

Are you an independent filmmaker with a story to tell? Get the important details--funding FAQs, guidelines and application information--on the For Producers / Funding page at itvs.org: http://www.itvs.org/producers/funding.html

International Media Development Fund (IMDF) / International Call 2006. Deadline: January 20, 2006. IMDF provides production funds for independent producers who are non-U.S. citizens, helping them to create documentaries for American television.

Open Call. Deadline: February 10, 2006. Open Call provides finishing funds for single public television programs on any subject, from any viewpoint and in any genre.

LinCS. Deadline: May 25, 2006. Local Independents Collaborating With Stations (LInCS) provides matching funds to partnerships between public television stations and independent producers.

Making Your Documentary Matter: Public Engagement Strategies That Work

Join the Center for Social Media and friends for a workshop for documentary filmmakers on how to make outreach and audience engagement part of the production planning of your documentary. Engagement strategies not only make powerful tools to extend the reach and effectiveness of your documentary, they can also be part of your fundraising plan!

January 30 2006 from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. at McDowell Formal Lounge (Main Campus), American University, Washington, D.C. Go to http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/workshop.htm; or write to socialmedia@american.edu.

2006 LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL - CALL FOR ENTRIES

Short Deadline: February 10, 2006. Feature Length: March 1, 2006. Film Independent is now accepting submissions for the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival, which takes place June 22 - July 2, 2006. Film Independent members receive discounted entry fees. http://www.lafilmfest.com, or contact the Festival Programming Department at 310.432.1208 or AFilmFest@FilmIndependent.org.

SILVERDOCS - CALL FOR ENTRIES

Early Deadline: January 27, 2006. Regular Deadline: March 3, 2006. Final Deadline: March 24, 2006. SILVERDOCS is seeking documentary features and shorts that demonstrate excellence in cinematic craft and innovation in storytelling. The International Documentary Conference runs concurrently, June 15-17, allowing filmmakers access to all Conference panels and workshops. The Conference brings together over 450 leading industry filmmakers and executives from around the world for panels, meetings and pitch sessions that address the art, craft and business of documentary. SILVERDOCS will be held June 13-18, 2006, at the beautifully renovated art deco AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, MD, minutes from Washington, DC. http://www.SILVERDOCS.com

DOCFEST ATLANTA - CALL FOR ENTRIES

Deadline: September 1, 2005 until January 1, 2006. The first annual DocFest Atlanta will be held during the Earth Day Week of April 2006. They are currently searching for short and feature length documentaries from every corner of the world, of every genre. Their website, http://www.docfest.net, is currently under construction. Until then, please visit our sister festival's site, Atlanta Underground Film Festival, to obtain your entry form for DocFest at: http://www.auff.org

RTNDA/UNITY Award. The Radio-Television News Directors Association honors outstanding achievements in the coverage of diversity issues with the RTNDA/UNITY Award. http://www.rtnda.org/asfi/awards/murrow.shtml and http://www.rtnda.org/asfi/awards/unity.shtml.

Grantham Prize Created to Honor Journalism Excellence in Reporting on the Environment. Deadline: March 24, 2006. $75,000 cash award each year to one journalist or team of journalists in recognition of exemplary reporting on the environment. The Grantham Prize will be administered by the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting. http://www.metcalfinstitute.org/ at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/5001149/grantham

PEABODY AWARDS - CALL FOR ENTRIES. The Peabody Awards recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious service by radio and television networks, stations, producing organizations and individuals. They perpetuate the memory of the banker-philanthropist whose name they bear. Entry Deadline - January 17, 2006. http://www.peabody.uga.edu/

For additional RFPs in Journalism/Media, visit http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_journalism.jhtml

The Rockwood Leadership Program, a national non-profit devoted to capacity-building for the non-profit sector, has received a $450,000, three-year grant from the Ford Foundation's Knowledge, Creativity & Freedom Program to help develop the leadership skills and collaborative capacity of key non-profit leaders working to enhance the transparency and accountability of communications policymaking in the United States. Phone 510-524-4000 extension 101 http://www.rockwoodleadership.org

Native American Public Telecommunications is funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.