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Seattle International Film Festival :Future Wave Shorts Program
Seattle Washington
May/June annually
Deadline:March
A presentation of original short films created by youth aged 18 and under. Entries must be no longer than 10 minutes(including end titles).The juried Future Wave winner receives a $500 each prize!
http://www.siff.net
Contact:Dustin Kasper 【dustin.Kasper @siff.Net 】
Entry fee:$20
University if Toronto Film and Video Festival
Toronto
February
Deadline:January
Annual Festival accepting all lengths and genres(流派),with an emphasis on student work.Submission (提交)form on festival website.
http://www.uoftfilmandvideofestival.ca
Contact: Steven Hoffner 【uoftfilmfest@harthousetheatre.ca】
Entry fee:$15 (early) $20(final)
Young Cuts Film Festival
Toronto Ontario
August 23th-27th
Deadline:April 30th
The Young Cuts Film Festival is one of the world’s most important film festivals for film makers under the age of 25 and is for student film makers and non-student film makers alike. It’s important because we not only evaluate young film makers’ short films for our own Festival competition,but we can also evaluate your film with an eye to establishing its market potential. For more information please go to our website at www.youngcuts.com or email us at info@youngcut.Com
Contact:Peter Bailey 【info@youngcut.Com】
Entry fee:$60.00—$90.00
Scene First Student Film Festival
Wilmington North California
June 14th-16th
Deadline:May
The 3-day national film competition provides student film makers with an opportunity to show their short films, network with industry professionals, and learn from academic and industry leadership ——all in a relaxed social environment.
http://www.scenefirstfestival.com
Contact: Sam Connelly 【samc@campusentertainment.net】
Entry fee:$12
1.
If you want to enter Seattle International Film Festival,you have to ______.
A. be above 18 years of age
B. apply before May
C. make a film no more than 10 minutes in length
D. make a film with end titles
2.
Those who enter Young Cuts Film Festival can _______.
A. win some prize money
B. have their films sold at the film market
C. meet very professional film makers
D. know whether it is possible for their films to go into market
3.
If a student film maker want to ask famous film makers for advice,he should go to ________.
A. Seattle International Film Festival
B. University if Toronto Film and Video Festival
C. Young Cuts Film Festival
D. Scene First Student Film Festival
1.C
2.D
3.D
【解析】 略
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A 26-year-old Montreal man appears to have succeeded in his quest to barter a single, red paper clip(夹子) all the way up to a house. It took almost a year and 14 trades, but Kyle MacDonald has been offered a two-storey farmhouse in Kipling, Sask., for a paid role in a movie.
MacDonald began his quest last summer when he decided he wanted to live in a house. He didn’t have a job, so instead of posting a resumé, he looked at a red paper clip on his desk and decided to trade it on an Internet website. The response was immediate —a fish pen was offered for exchange. MacDonald then bartered the fish pen for a handmade doorknob from a potter in Seattle.
In Massachusetts, MacDonald traded the doorknob for a camp stove. He traded the stove to a U.S. soldier in California for a generator. Then he exchanged the generator for an “instant party kit” — an empty keg(小桶) and an illuminated Budweiser beer sign. MacDonald then traded the keg and sign for a snowmobile. He bartered all the way up to an afternoon with rock star Alice Cooper, a KISS snow globe and finally a paid role in a Corbin Bernsen movie.
“Now, I’m sure the first question on your mind is, ‘Why would Corbin Bernsen trade a role in a film for a snow globe? A KISS snow globe,’ MacDonald said on his website.”Well, Corbin happens to be arguably one of the biggest snow globe collectors on the planet.
Now, the town of Kipling, Sask., Canada, with a population of 1,100,has offered MacDonald a farmhouse in exchange for the role in the movie. The town is going to hold a competition for the movie role.
MacDonald said: “There’re people all over the world that are saying that they have paper clips clipped to the top of their computer, or on their desk or on their shirt, and it proves that anything is possible and I think to a certain degree it’s true.”
MacDonald, who has attracted international media attention in his quest, said the journey has turned out to be more exciting than the goal. “This is not the end. This may be the end of this part of the story, but this story will go on.”
【小题1】The best title for this passage is “ ”.
A.A lucky paper clip | B.From poor to rich |
C.A lucky young man | D.From paper clip to house |
A.to get something for free | B.to sell something at a price |
C.to sell goods on the Internet | D.to exchange goods for other goods |
A.Paper clip?snow globe?snowmobile?house |
B.Paper clip?keg of beer?doorknob?snowmobile |
C.Paper clip?camp stove?snowmobile?movie role |
D.Paper clip?keg of beer?camp stove?snowmobile |
A.All of his trades were done in his country. |
B.A film role was offered due to Bernsen’s hobby. |
C.They took over a year and some of them were really unbelievable. |
D.The house in Kipling has been offered to MacDonald to attract media. |
A.He wanted to gain fame through his quest. |
B.His success largely depended on the Internet. |
C.He never expected his aim could be achieved. |
D.He intends to begin another quest on the Web. |