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Open Call for Environmental Film Entries: Whaleback Festival in Portsmouth
January 27, 2012
Whaleback Environmental Film & Art Festival announces its open call for film submissions for its event, taking place in Portsmouth NH, May 11-13. With the excellent response to last year's inaugural event, the Whaleback Festival returns for its second annual weekend of environmental films.
"We welcome films from new and upcoming filmmakers," invites Dyanna Smith, festival organizer and President of the Red Eft Project, host of the event. Whaleback was designed to encourage people to translate their environmental messages and actions into film. "People are accomplishing great things for sustainability and conservation," says Smith, "and some of the most exciting, thought-provoking films telling these stories are coming from first-time filmmakers."
Films invited for submission can address any environmental subject, and range in length from short to full-length feature. Submissions are now being accepted online at the festival website: www.whaleback.org, and the early bird submission deadline has been extended until February 17. Visit the "submissions" page for more details.
Whaleback is organized by The Red Eft Project, a Portsmouth-based nonprofit fostering conservation and environmental protection through research, education, and opportunities to explore and connect with nature. To find out more about how you can get involved in local conservation, and to see the other Red Eft initiatives going on, visit www.redeft.org.----------
Whaleback & Sustainability Featured in two editions of Bill Rogers' TV program: Green Screen TV
Episode 11, May 21st, 2011: Bill talks to Dyanna about the Red Eft Project and Whaleback (segment starts at 19min 13sec mark)
Episode 10, May 14th, 2011: Whaleback filmmaker Jerry Monkman talks about his film The Anderson Farm, which opened Whaleback weekend; and Sustainable Portsmouth's Bert Cohen talks about the city's efforts, including our new Little Green Trail!
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Whaleback column printed in the Sustainability Fairspecial section of the Portsmouth Herald, May 2011
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Whaleback Festival brings 'green theme' to film and art
article by Charles McMahon, Portsmouth Herald, May 13th
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Port City to host Whaleback Environmental Film & Art Festival
article in Foster's Daily Democrat, May 10th
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Salem Radio Boston Interview
with Dyanna about Whaleback and Sustainability Fairby Jeanne Denizard Host, Community Spotlight
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Whaleback Artists and Art Locations Announced
View Whaleback Art Locations May 13-15, 2011 in a larger map
Four environmental art installations are taking place during Whaleback weekend, at sites scattered across Portsmouth. Visit the Festival page for all the details!
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Special Thanks to Stonyfield Farms
Stop by the Whaleback Festival & Red Eft Project booth during the Portsmouth Sustainability Fair for a yummy Stonyfield yogurt! Proceeeds support Whaleback, environmental art and filmmaking :)
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WSCA, Portsmouth Community Radio Station
April 19th
Whaleback organizer Dyanna Smith, Sustainable Portsmouth's Bert Cohen and Bill Hagerty, and eco-artist Tim Gaudreau chat about the big weekend of the Sustainability Fair on the Environmental Show, hosted by Tim Stone and Judi Matthews.
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Portsmouth Brewery on tap
to host Double Feature and Awards Celebration
Sunday, May 15
5:30-8:30 pm
It looks like we will wrap the first Whaleback Festival in the Brewery's Jimmy LaPanza Lounge! Folks at the Portsmouth Brewery are generously hosting our double feature screening on Sunday with an Awards Ceremony and wrap party. More details to come, but for now, here's what they had to say about being part of our new festival:
"When you're committing to becoming more sustainable, you have to become more aware of your community and what's taking place around you; The Portsmouth Brewery is glad to support the community of environmental activists by providing a screening space for Whaleback."
Be sure to give them a big thanks the next time you drop by for a tasty pint!
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Portsmouth Gas Light Hosts Launch Party and Screening
Friday, May 13th
5:30-8:30 pm
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Whaleback Festival is very pleased to announce that generous support for the launch of the Festival has been provided by the Thomas W. Haas Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
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Green Alliance joins in as new Whaleback partner!
March 21, 2011
We are very pleased to welcome Green Alliance onboard as a local partner in Whaleback! Green Alliance shares our mission of sustainability and positive environmental progress. Visit their website to find out about their work on both the business and consumer side of sustainability.
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Open Call for Film Entries at Whaleback 2011
March 11, 2011
The Whaleback Environmental Film & Art Festival announces an open call for film submissions to this year's event. Whaleback, named after the iconic lighthouse that marks the entrance to Portsmouth harbor, seems a fitting emblem for an event that illuminates and draws in the stories and imagery that celebrate our environmental culture.
"There is a tremendous audience building for artists who speak to our connection with nature and provide thought-provoking commentary on sustainability and personal responsibility," festival coordinator, Dyanna Smith explains. Smith is president of the Red Eft Project, the nonprofit conservation organization behind the festival. Partnering with Sustainable Portsmouth, Whaleback will run concurrently to the 4th annual Sustainability Fair on the weekend of May 14th as part of a constellation of sustainability events going on in the city.
"We're thrilled to see Whaleback become an integral part of the sustainability movement in the region," says Smith. The seacoast has long been known for its strong arts community but few realize that the city is gaining international recognition as an eco-municipality. "Environmental artists and filmmakers powerfully translate abstract scientific themes we wrestle with - like climate change," Smith contends. "We think Portsmouth is the perfect place to unify their voices."
Whaleback organizers have an open call out for films with a prominent environmental theme, and are accepting online submissions in all film categories at www.whaleback.org. Student films and short films are especially encouraged. Entries will be accepted until April 15, and begin with an online "intent to participate" form. All screened films will be eligible for public voting and the People's Choice Award.
For festival guidelines and submission information, visit the submissions page.
Whaleback is organized by The Red Eft Project, a Portsmouth-based nonprofit fostering conservation and environmental protection through research, education, and opportunities to explore and connect with nature. To find out more about how you can get involved in local conservation, and to see the other Red Eft initiatives going on, visit www.redeft.org.
Whaleback is a Red Eft project. All contents copyright of Red Eft Project.