Comma/Salford 'Poem-Film' Challenge
Comma Press is a not-for-profit publishing collective dedicated to promoting new fiction and poetry. COMMA FILM is a new strand of Comma's activity dedicated to fostering links between developing filmmakers and writers across the North of England, through, among other things, as series of adaptation "challenges"
Now Comma and Salford Film Festival are teaming up to pose Comma's last film adaptation challenge for the near future.
As with previous challenges, the aim is pair up budding filmmakers with short texts by acclaimed writers (published by independent presses). Filmmakers get to pick a poem they feel speaks to them or could be interpreted afresh through a short film. They then have one month to deliver the finished short film (either with the poet providing the voice-over themselves or an actor, according to the filmmaker's wishes). Filmmakers have total freedom to interpret the poem in any way they wish (without interference from the writer) as long as the original text is performed, read or heard in its entirety within the film.
More information about the project and how to take part here.
To reserve a poem from the list follow the yahoo account instructions and enter the passwords “beezley”. All the new poems in this particular challenge are by highly acclaimed Salford poets.
The challenge starts: 26th October. Deadline for delivery: 9am, Monday 26th November
For more information contact Ra.Page@commapress.co.uk