James River Shorts, Nov. 10-12

Graphic created by artist and filmmaker Jordan Bruner.

The James River Film Society is pleased to announce James River Shorts. Deadline for entries is September 15; the screening of the finalists is Friday, November 11 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. To submit, filmmakers can download a copy of the James River Shorts guidelines and entry form. Entry fee is $20 ($10 for Virginia filmmakers; no fee for James River Film Festival/James River Shorts alums).

James River Shorts is a mini-festival devoted to the short. The centerpiece is a juried competition for short films (30 minutes or less) from around the globe that best embody what the James River Film Society and James River Film Festival are all about – the art of film and film as art. It’s also the James River Film Festival’s little sibling. Even a snapshot of the guests from past 18 years of the JRFF – Stan Brakhage, Karen Aqua, Charles Burnett, Ray Harryhausen, Martha Colburn, Skip Elsheimer, Albert Maysles, Ken Jacobs, the Brothers Quay, Peggy Ahwesh – shows that we have a broad concept of the art of film and film as art. Therefore, we encourage all types of short films – fiction, nonfiction, animation, experimental and more. We define short, you define art.

James River Shorts will be held Nov. 10-12, 2011 at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.