We might bear a slight resmblance to a broken record about this, but we really want to encourage you again to visit PIFVA's Philadelphia Film Calendar.

There's so much going on that it's impossible to squeeze in one newsletter (or e-mail...or repertory film listing...or promotional postcard...or....), and the Film Calendar is one of the best ways to see what's going on...and what you're going to see.

This month we're particularly excited about Julian Berrian's free screening of The Forgotten Summer, the release of the Film Noir, Vol. 3 CD, the Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Ooh, they're screening The Bad Seed), the ReelBlack Soul Food Friday Summer Movie Series screening of a favorite Rosalind Cash film, Melinda, the Greater Philadelphia Film Office's Ethics in Filmmaking seminar and the Big Sheet screening of The Muppet Show.

If it's film, video or media-related and based in the Greater Philadelphia area, it's here on our calendar. (And e-mail us at contactus@pifva.o rg if it's not!)

• Asian Arts Initiative's Inter-Generational Programs will take place July 10 – August 18, 2006. Six weeks of exciting art-making for folks of all ages and backgrounds. No prior arts experience necessary!
  
  + "Seeing Voices" Video-Making & PSA Workshop:
  Mondays & Wednesdays, 4 – 7 pm Learn how to shoot and edit your own video with filmmaker SaraZia Ebrahimi and the Big Picture Alliance. You'll craft a message and create a 30-second Public Service Announcement to broadcast on the web!
  
  + DVD-Making Workshop:
  Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4 – 7 pm Develop the skills to make your own DVD with personally designed menus and graphic images in this apprenticeship program with artist Gary San Angel. You'll be part of helping the Asian Arts Initiative "make history!"
  
  Both workshops will meet at: Asian Arts Initiative, 1315 Cherry Street, 2ndFloor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107
  
  For more information, please contact Rana at rana@asianartsinitiative.org or call 215-557-0455
  
  
• Scanning Essentials: From Film to Pixels
  For Credit $295, Non-Credit $245
  Sat/Sun, August 5 & 6, 2006
  10am-4pm
  Here's a University of the Arts Continuing Education Summer Session workshop dedicated to the process of transferring film to a digital image. Topics include scanning film and transparencies, resolution, file size and minor manipulation of images through Adobe Photoshop. Options for output, saving and storing files will also be discussed. Bring your own prints, negatives and/or slides and a CD-R to save your work.
  
  
• Scribe Video Center is hosting two additional Orientation to Scribe sessions for those interested in Scribe's upcoming summer workshops.
  
  But even if you can't make it to Scribe's orientation sessions on Monday, July 10th or Wednesday, July 12th, both from 6:30 to 7:30m, you can still sign up (space permitting) for workshops like Recording Audio for MiniDV Productions, Scriptwriting for Fiction, Introduction to Non-Linear Editing: Final Cut Pro (Mac), and more. Call for a brochure or visit the Web site for more details.

Issue 3 of Microfilmmaker Magazine Shows Maximum Love to Philly Filmmaker Jason Frederick Gilbert
The magazine's Kentucky-based editors screen the best films one weekend each month, and Gilbert's $10,000-budgeted tale The Coat Room centers on the not-so-dull lives of people working in the coat room at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Is It A Camcorder Or A Hat? Or A Camcorder Hat?
Samsung's revamped version of its Sports Camcorder, the SC-X210L, lets users fasten a remote lens to the head or on an arm for hands-free shooting, says The New York Times.

Johnstown, PA Gets Reel with First Film and Wine Festival
The Tribune-Democrat tells us that in western PA, movies and popcorn are so passe. It's all about movies and a fine bottle of, say, merlot at this week's debut of the first annual Johnstown Film and Wine Festival.

Next Friday it pays to be a member of PIFVA at Scribe Video Center's monthly Storyville event. The 7pm screening on Friday July 14th features the Media That Matters Film Festival, and PIFVA members can get a 2-for-1 ticket price, a nice discount on Storyville's already reasonable $5 admission. If you go, be sure to say hello to PIFVA Coordinator Yvonne Jones!

PIFVAssist is now online! Of course, PIFVA members are always welcome to contact the PIFVA office via phone or e-mail with production and other media-related questions. But we've moved -- and are still in the process of adding -- some of the most commonly asked questions and answers to PIFVAssist forums on Pifva.org.

Consider it a "soft launch" as PIFVA, film and videomaking friends of PIFVA, and members like you help make it one of the first places you turn to for media production-related questions and answers.

Did you miss the last few E-Bulletins? No problem. Now you can find them online at the PIFVA.org Web site, so bookmark us just in case. (Astute readers will note there was no June 30th E-Bulletin. PIFVA was away celebrating the nation's independence.)

Don't forget to revisit the June 23rd, 2006 E- Bulletin to find out how your PIFVA membership can help you get in shape at a discount.

• Comcast is seeking to fill several full-time media positions including Photo Coordinator, Program Content Coordinator, Web Developer, and Web Product Manager for the Comcast/Sony Horror Channel.
  
  
• Get- Kinetic seeks a Full-time Final Cut Pro Editor with Motion Graphics Experience. Applicants should also be completely comfortable working with Photoshop, DVDStudioPro, LiveType, Motion, be in a growing relationship with Shake, Combustion, and AfterEffects, and have other related technical and computing skills.
  
  If interested, please reply with a resume and an online or downloadable reel (i.e., 3 or more examples of motion graphics).
  
  
• The Medical Broadcasting Company seeks an Interactive Designer who brings to the table formal design training, 1-4 years of interactive experience, and a keen understanding of the application of html/dhtml, Flash and online video.
  
  
• Top Hat Productions seeks top of the line producers with a proven ability to attract and satisfy corporate and agency clients in the Greater Philadelphia area. Visit their Web site for more information. If interested, contact Ira Semanoff via e-mail at execproducer@top-hat.com, or contact Beth Duffy via phone at 267-880-0396 or 1-877- 7TOP HAT.

• The Moviefone Short Film Festival
  Late submission deadline: August 31, 2006
  
  This year-round showcase and competition highlights the best and brightest of short-format film programming from around the world.
  
  At the end of the festival year (November 2006), filmmakers with shorts in competition are eligible for a grand prize consisting of a cash prize ($10,000) and an all expenses paid trip to Los Angeles to meet with and pitch senior production and development executives at Warner Bros. That winning filmmaker will be selected by a panel of industry filmmakers and executives.
  
  
• Third Screen Film Festival
  Deadline: August 31, 2006
  
  Hollywood's first wireless film festival seeks cell phone-friendly short films (8 minutes or less) from professional, student and amateur filmmakers eager to see their work on the small screen. TSFF participants will have an opportunity to have their films viewed on Sprint, Cingular and Treo via MobiTV during a four month run this summer. Filmmakers gathering the most votes will win grants of $1000 to $5000
  
  
• Upcoming Deadlines
  
  Let's see...Current TV's Seeds of Tolerance Video Contest (August 15), Eerie Horror Fest (August 7 & September 4), Hershey's Take 5 Taste & Believe Film Contest (July 31), ITVS Open Call (August 4), On the Lot with Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett (September 1), The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (August 1), and the Slamdance Teleplay Competition (August 11 & Spetember 8) -- they all have deadlines coming up in the next few weeks, so check June's E-Bulletins for details to make sure you don't miss out.

Remember, we're big fans of e-mail, but feel free to give the PIFVA office a call Mondays through Fridays between 12pm and 4pm.

Cinematically,