Student Projects Grant Scheme

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The Student Projects Grant Scheme is now accepting applications for the 2016/17, there is £50,000 available, with individual grants up to a maximum of £5,000.

The Student Projects Grant Scheme is funded by the Kent Opportunity Fund, which supports students by providing scholarships to enhance their academic studies, offering bursaries to assist individuals who are suffering financial hardship, and funding projects that help students to develop their personal and professional skills.

The Student Projects Grant Scheme encourages individuals to bid for funds to run projects that will enhance the student experience and employability of Kent students, offering them the opportunity to hone their skills and gain vital experience outside of the seminar room.

Applications are welcome from student groups in Kent Union, departments, faculties and schools across the University, including our campuses at Canterbury and Medway, our centre in Tonbridge and our European centres in Brussels, Paris, Athens and Rome.

Application forms and guidelines can be obtained from the Development Office or downloaded from the Kent Opportunity Fund webpage at www.kent.ac.uk/giving/opportunityfund/projects/

Please note the closing date for applications is 16 December, 2016. Applicants will be notified of their application results by late January. Should you have any questions, please contact me on 01227 824547 or at W.K.E.Chow@kent.ac.uk

Ivan Juritz Prize

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Postgraduates from institutions throughout the EU are invited to submit projects that exhibit formal or creative daring. These might include creative writing (up to 2000 words), images, films (up to 15 minutes), digital artefacts, performances, or musical compositions.

The prize is a collaboration between the Centre for Modern Literature and Culture at King’s College London and Cove Park, Scotland’s International Artist Residency Centre. Winners receive £1000 and spend the first two weeks of September at Cove Park, engaging in a residency and showcase. All shortlisted works are given a public performance at the prize-giving and are written up in the journal Textual Practice.

The prize will judged by Lisa Appignanesi, Michael Berkeley, Rachel Cusk, Dexter Dalwood, Julian Forrester, Jeremy Harding, Deborah Levy, Stephen Romer, and Fiona Shaw.

The deadline for the prize is Friday 31 March 2017. Entries should be submitted to modern@kcl.ac.uk (or posted to Dr Lara Feigel, Director of the Centre for Modern Literature and Culture, English Department, 22 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6LE).

You are also warmly invited to our prize launch on Wed 16 November at 6.30pm at King’s College London.
Dexter Dalwood and Eimear McBride in conversation with Lara Feigel
Free discussion followed by a drinks reception
To book please visit https://2017prize.eventbrite.co.uk
100 tickets reserved for students eligible to enter the Ivan Juritz Prize

How important or possible is it for the contemporary artist or writer to keep breaking formal boundaries? Is this compatible with the demands of the marketplace and how does this differ in the art world and the literary world?  How can we recognise the new when we are necessarily steeped in the old? Here acclaimed artist Dexter Dalwood and writer Eimear McBride will explore these questions in a discussion that launches the 2017 Ivan Juritz Prize.

Please see www.ivanjuritzprize.co.uk for more details about the prize and the Centre, and for details of the November event.

See Flyer here; ivanjuritzprizeflyer

Events; Discount tickets for School of Arts students at the Gulbenkian

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Macbeth

Wed 9 Nov 7.30pm

A Radical Classic™ from the Volcano Theatre Company back-catalogue, remade for 2016. It is 18 years since Swansea-based Volcano Theatre premiered its breathtakingly original version of Macbeth, subtitled ‘Director’s Cut’. With its ‘libidinous’ choreography by Nigel Charnock, its strobe-and-thrash-metal descent into chaos after the murder of Duncan and its visual references to the sordid crimes of Fred and Rose West, it was universally acknowledged as an extraordinary performance, and elicited strong responses on every part of the spectrum from awe to outrage.

Tickets for School of Arts students – £6.50

Book through Gulbenkian Ticket office in person or phone 01227 769075

 

ROH: Anastasia

Sun 6 Nov 2pm – Followed by conversation in cafe with the Royal Opera House Student Ambassador for University of Kent.

At the height of the Russian Revolution the royal family were executed, but afterwards a young woman appeared – apparently a surviving royal princess, the Grand Duchess Anastasia. Known as ‘Anna Anderson’, she couldn’t remember her past and she was presumed to be an imposter. Many wanted to forget the massacre and the Revolution; many believed, or hoped, that a princess could have survived, a remnant of the old world. One of Kenneth MacMillan’s first creations on becoming Director of The Royal Ballet in 1970, Anastasia is a dramatic and haunting exploration of Anna’s nightmare of memory and identity.

ROH Student Scheme – Sign up to get 2 tickets for £10 to Royal Opera House Screenings at Gulbenkian.  Visit the Royal Opera House Students – University of Kent Facebook page for more information and other perks of the scheme: https://www.facebook.com/ROHStudentsUKC/?fref=ts

Casting Call; Male and Female Roles

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A student filmmakers are looking for a male actor and a female actor for roles in their short film. The film involves a romance between the characters and later a murder.

Casting specifications

Male – Smart dark hair (preferably black but dark brown is acceptable), fairly tall, has to be comfortable eating meat and kissing actress.

Female – Long blonde hair, short in height (however this is not mandatory) and has to be comfortable kissing actor.

Please register any interest by emailing Lewis Homer at lh517@kent.ac.uk

Job Opportunity; London Short Film Festival

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Young Programmer
London Short Film Festival, London

Flat fee: £750 (1 day per week Nov 2016 – Jan 2017)

London Short Film Festival are recruiting for a Young Programmer to take up an exciting role within the LSFF team from November 2016. The successful candidate will curate, produce and deliver an event that will take place at the ICA during LSFF 2017, with support and guidance from senior LSFF staff.

We want Young Programmers to come to us with an event idea, which LSFF staff will help to shape and realize for LSFF 2017. The resulting event will bring together film and creativity with an understanding of representing diversity and appealing to under-represented audiences. For further reading on diversity, please review the BFI’s diversity standard guidelines: http://www.bfi.org.uk/about-bfi/policy-strategy/diversity/diversity-standards

We would expect your proposed event to feature one or more ideas that showcase and represent diversity.

LSFF has a reputation for programming challenging and unusual events, featuring everything from British filmmakers to cat films to groundbreaking International artists. When applying, it may be useful to reference the LSFF 2016 programme to get an idea the kind of events LSFF already programme: http://shortfilms.org.uk/lsff13/

Applicants should be aged 18-25, London-based, with a keen interest in independent festivals and programming. No previous programming experience is necessary – this is an entry-level role, designed to develop the successful applicant’s skills and experience within a festival environment.

The Young Programmers role will give the successful candidate a good overview of programming and producing a successful event. Responsibilities will include:

-Developing an event for LSFF 2017, which will aim to appeal to diverse audiences
-Contributing to marketing ideas and plans for the event
-Contacting filmmakers and industry partners
-Managing a small event budget
-Planning the event, which will be produced by LSFF
*All responsibilities will be fully supported and supervised by LSFF staff

Please apply with a CV and covering letter outlining (on no more 1 page of A4) a proposal for the event you would host if you are successful in applying for this role, and send to info@shortfilms.org.uk.

Your event should be maximum duration 120 minutes, to take place in Cinema 1 at ICA, and will feature a film element. The application process is as a creative brief, and we’re looking to be impressed!

The Young Programmers role at LSFF is part of talent development activity supported by the BFI.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 11 November

‘The Sharp End’ with Johnny Fewings

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When; Wednesday 9th November
Time; 2pm-3.30pm
Where; Jarman 2

Kent Graduate Johnny Fewings is a record and film industry veteran of over 40 years. Prior to establishing JFMC he had been Head of Strategic Initiatives at Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE), the home entertainment arm of Universal Pictures.

In this lecture Johnny will discuss film development and ask ‘where does the money come from and where does it go?’ He will cover where and how the money gets spent and deals with above the line, below the line, talent, music, fx, special shoots, tech issues, post production, etc as well as where funding comes from and dealing with equity, tax breaks, EIS, deferment, gap, BFI, subsidies, the cultural test, pre sales, etc. The talk will also include trailers and examples of films Johnny been involved with.

This is an open event and no RSVP is required.

Underwire Festival

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When; 26th to 27th November
Where; 71a Gallery, 71 Leonard Street, London

Underwire Festival are hosting Wired Women Weekender, a weekend packed with workshops from the leading ladies in the film industry that look at the craft behind filmmaking and new opportunities on the horizon.

Spaces are very limited – book quick:  bit.ly/WiredWomenWeekender

Keep an eye out for further festival announcements, and we look forward to seeing some of you there!

On the Importance of Comedy Studies: Past, Present and Future

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On the Importance of Comedy Studies: Past, Present and Future

When: Thursday 10th November
Time: 6pm-8pm,
Where: Keynes Lecture Theatre 5,University of Kent

Sharon Lockyer is the Director of the Centre for Comedy Studies Research, an international, interdisciplinary research centre devoted to the academic study of comedy based at Brunel University London. She is also Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Communications. Her publications include Beyond a Joke: The limits of humour (2005, with Michael Pickering) and Reading Little Britain: comedy matters on contemporary television (2010).

This event is open to everyone, booking is not required.

CUSHION THEATRE FORUM: Meet School of Arts Theatre Companies!

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This is an opportunity to meet Theatre Companies/Artists that have emerged from our department and are out there in the big wide world making some wonderful work. You will have the chance to view a bit of the work and then pick their brains about how, why, what. Please bring a cushion with you and a bottle of water. Open to all Drama Students.

Where: Eliot Dining Hall

When: 4.30-5.45pm (Thursdays)

  • Oct 6th: Little Bulb
  • October 20th: Graduate Companies: Bloody Nora, Cup & String & Paper Planes
  • November 3rd: 3 Half Pints
  • November 17th: Frozen Light
  • December 1st: Emily Hennessey
  • December 15th: Storme Toolis: Redefining Juliet