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An international platform celebrating the fusion of poetry and moving images. The symposium invites all forms of "videopoetry," including experimental video games and essay films that explore linguistic and visual hybridity across digital and traditional formats.
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Deadline: August 31, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Event Date: November 1 – 30, 2026
The world's largest student film festival, Watersprite is a premier destination for the next generation of filmmakers. It offers awards across technical and genre categories, providing selected creators with career support, mentorship from industry legends (past speakers include Olivia Colman and Bill Nighy), and access to professional equipment. Submissions and all festival events are free of charge.
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Deadline: September 18, 2026
Event Date: March 5 – 7, 2027
Location: Cambridge, UK
FUNDING & PROGRAMS
The premier awards ceremony for the independent film and television community is set to open its 2027 call. Recognized for celebrating artistic vision and diversity outside the major studio system, the Spirit Awards provide finalists with significant industry visibility and a platform for awards-season momentum.
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Submissions Open: August 18, 2026
Final Film Deadline: September 29, 2026
Event Date: March 6, 2027
SeriesFest and Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland are partnering for the eighth cycle of this career-launching competition. Designed to discover aspiring female directors with unique voices, the program offers a prestigious opportunity to shadow a director on an episode of a Shondaland original series (such as Bridgerton or Grey’s Anatomy).
Key Details:
Regular Deadline: September 15, 2026
Benefit: Shadowing opportunity on a Shondaland series + Industry recognition.
Eligibility: Aspiring female directors.
Loglines+ News
🔒 This week, Loglines+ members had access to:
Video Producer role with the LA Lakers.
Up to $25,000 grant for indigenous filmmakers globally.
Creative assistant role at Amazon MGM Studios in California.
€3,000 grant for global filmmakers at the beginning of their career.
Members can search the full archive anytime to find past opportunities.
TOOLS & RESOURCES
A professional interface for running open-source AI models in the cloud. For filmmakers, it is a low-cost way to access advanced tools for pre-visualization, including high-end style transfers, image-to-video generation (like Stable Video Diffusion), and voice cloning.
A visual story planning software that allows screenwriters to map out subplots, character arcs, and story beats on a color-coded timeline. Unlike linear documents, Plottr lets you rearrange scenes and track narrative threads across an entire series or feature.
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JOBS
Disney’s ESPN division is seeking a remote editor to support production groups with content creation, media ingest, and graphics production. The role requires proficiency in Avid and Adobe After Effects, with at least two years of non-linear editing experience.
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Location: Remote (USA)
Type: Recurring / Full-time
Pay: $55.00 – $100.00 / hour
Netflix’s "Inkubator" team is hiring an Assistant Editor to support pioneering animation projects using experimental GenAI-native production pipelines. The role involves managing traditional editorial tasks while building and refining workflows for real-time AI-generated content, prompt-based versioning, and unconventional media types.
Key Details:
Location: Los Angeles, CA / Los Gatos, CA / Vancouver, BC
Type: Full-time (Onsite)
Pay: Minimum $55.27 / hour
INDUSTRY PULSE
Writer Simon Kinberg revealed at SDCC that his "unconventional" Netflix heist project, Here Comes the Flood, starring Denzel Washington and Robert Pattinson, has moved its release window to 2027. Directed by Fernando Meirelles, the film reportedly features heavy improvisation from Washington and is being positioned as a high-profile awards-season contender.
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EIFF 2026 showcases a Scottish industry in "rude health," balancing its role as a premier base for Hollywood blockbusters with a record surge in local auteur success at festivals like Sundance. While thriving, industry leaders warn that rising costs and London’s centralization remain hurdles for independent sustainability.
Estimated read: 3 min
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