• Film London Artists' Moving Image Network Vacancy – Production Manager, The City Speaks *
  
  A production manager is being sought for the period 1 April to 15 December to manage the production of six new artist commissions. The City Speaks is a collaborative project developed by Film London Artists' Moving Image Network and BBC Radio Drama. The project centres around bringing artist film-makers and writers together to work as a creative team.
  
  The deadline for applications is 10am, Monday 26 March. Interviews are scheduled for Wednesday 28 March.
  
  Please phone us on 020 7613 7694, email flamin@filmlondon.org.uk see the Film London Artists' Moving Image Network website for a project brief and outline.
• Film London Vacancy – Filming Coordinator
  
  The Filming Coordinator will work closely with all the local authorities across London to ensure coordination and planning of productions and the successful delivery of filming across the capital.
  
  Working as part of a team delivering filming for London they will play a key role in promoting the London Filming Partnership and Filming in London Code of Practice and encouraging boroughs to remain active partners to the Partnership and observing its recommendations.
  
  The deadline for applications is Tuesday 27 March at 12pm.
  
  Please visit the Film London website for further information.
• Arts Awards – Call for Applications
  
  The Wellcome Trust introduces the Arts Award, a new funding scheme which continues to support arts projects that engage with biomedical science.
  
  Open to a diverse range of individuals and organisations, the scheme builds on the success of previous schemes such as Sciart, Pulse, and Science on Stage and Screen, and is part of their £3.2 million Engaging Science programme.
  
  Two levels of funding are available: small to medium sized projects (up to and including £30,000); large projects (above £30,000).
  
  Full details including upcoming deadlines are available on the Wellcome Trust website.
• Theda in Tokyo
  
  Georgina Starr's latest work, LAFVA-funded Theda, will be shown at nca/nichido Contemporary Art in Tokyo next month. The work, which will be shown as a three screen video installation will be on show between 6 April and 26 May.
  
  A chance meeting with an eccentric octogenarian film fan introduced Starr to the world of silent screen legend Theda Bara. Once the biggest silent movie star in the world, Bara appeared in over forty films, of which only two still exist today. Through extensive research into the art of Bara and other neglected silent stars, Starr has reconstructed key scenes from the lost films, with both herself and the film fan taking on the role of 'Theda'.
  
  Further information about the show can be found on the nca | nichido Contemporary Art website.
• BFI Southbank
  
  Tuesday 13 March saw the launch of the new BFI Southbank. The space next to the NFT has been transformed to include a large number of new facilities in addition to the existing three cinemas.
  
  Facilities unveiled include: the mediatheque, which will provide access to films and television from the BFI national archive for no charge; a gallery, which will be exhibiting major contemporary artists' work in film and video; an intimate digital cinema studio space hosting educational events, film nights and community screenings.
  
  Further information about the new BFI Southbank facilities and the programme of films and events for the next six weeks can be found on the BFI Southbank website.
• Residency Opportunity – Base Elements
  
  Allenheads Contemporary Arts (ACA) are accepting proposals for two residency opportunities from artists interested in following a line of research into the earth's base elements. The project aims to explore in broad terms, how we comprehend and relate to the matter of our planet.
  
  Artists will be able to invite a collaborator from any field of the arts or sciences, to bring their knowledge and experience to the project.
  
  Each residency is for a flexible period of up to 3 months taking place between May and December 2007. There is an artists' fee of £1,800 pcm (plus travel, accommodation, studio and production expenses). The deadline for applications is 18 April.
  
  Further information including application details can be found on the ACA website.
• Call for Submissions - Channel 4 Three Minute Wonders
  
  Studio Artois in partnership with BRITDOC and Channel 4 are open for applicants to 'Adventures in Recycling'. Anyone with a passion for film and a unique idea should submit their entry before 14 April to be in with a chance to have their work made into a 3 Minute Wonder for airing on Channel 4, this July.
  
  Further information can be found on the BRITDOC website.
• Microdocs
  
  FourDocs, the broadband channel for documentary from Channel 4, is launching a new strand for documentaries of under 59 seconds called Microdocs.
  
  The Microdoc can be about anything you like but it should work on its own terms and have its own narrative structure, an exclamation, retort, headline or a joke with a punchline, not just be a cutdown of a longer idea.
  
  Further information can be found on the Microdocs website.
  
  Documentaries of between 3 and 5 minutes can still be uploaded to FourDocs via the FourDocs website. Each month the best get seen by commissioners at Channel 4 and can lead to broadcast screenings and commissions for further work.
• Reminder: Call for Submissions – animate! TV
  
  animate! tv seeks proposals from UK based artists and animators for risk-taking and experimental films for television. They will be commissioning five films, with budgets up to £20,000.
  
  animate!tv is funded by Arts Council England and Channel 4.
  
  Deadline for applications is Friday 27 April. Further information and guidelines can be found on the animate! website, or contact animatetv@mac.com.
• Reminder: CAPTURE Present - The Changing Role of the Producer in Artists' Moving Image
  
  With moving image now prevalent in many areas of artist practice and the platforms for the exhibition and distribution of moving image works multiplying, CAPTURE is facilitating a panel discussion on the effects that these changes have had on the role and skills of the producer.
  
  The discussion will cover the changing role and skills of producers in artists' film and video, dance and the moving image, digital media, packaged content and television.
  
  Confirmed speakers include: Anne Beresford (Producer, MJW Productions), John Wyver (Chairman, Illuminations) and Portland Green (Interim Director CAPTURE and Director Portland Green Cultural Projects).
  
  The event will be taking place from 5.30 – 7pm on Friday 30 March at Cinema 3 of Rich Mix (35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1). There is no charge to attend. Places are limited so booking is recommended. You can reserve your place by e-mailing: captureinfo@gmail.com or call 0845-CAPTURE.
• Reminder: Call for Submissions - The Bigger Picture
  
  The Bigger Picture is inviting proposals for the production of exceptional new public realm works to be launched on Big Screen Manchester at the time of the Urban Screens Conference Manchester 07 (11 - 12 October), and to tour to partner city Big Screens and public sites throughout 2007/8.
  
  Four new works will be commissioned, each with an attached fee of £5,000 based on an agreed budget, of up to £10,000 for production. There are four National Commissioning partners, Cornerhouse (Manchester), ENTER (Cambridge), Lumen (Leeds) and Site Gallery (Sheffield). Each will lead on the production of one of the works.
  
  The deadline for proposals is 30 March.
  
  Further information on how to submit including the application form can be found on the Cornerhouse website.
• Visit the Calls for Submissions page on the Film London Artists' Moving Image Network website for listings of forthcoming deadlines for a range of festivals, funds, residencies and other opportunities open to artists working in the moving image.
• And finally…
  
  MySpace is looking for a screenwriter and a director for MyMovieMashUp the world's first user generated feature film in partnership with Vertigo Films and Film4. The budget for the film will be up to £1million with up to £6million of marketing spent on the project.
  
  Screenwriters will need to send in a 90-120 page draft of a feature film script that can be made for £1m. The script may or may not have a producer already attached but will not have a director attached and must be available to be fully financed by the MyMovieMashUp partners. Directors need to submit a short film to the MyMovieMashUp website by 27 April.
  
  Further information including full details on how to apply can be found on the MyMovieMashUp website.

* Event supported or directly run by the Film London Artists' Moving Image Network.