South Carolina ETV
Call for U.S. Entries for Input Pre-selection
Th
e U.S. Input Secretariat at SCETV is seeking the most innovative U.S. public television programs for Input 2009 in Warsaw, Poland on May 10 - 15.
To qualify for Input 2009, U.S. producers must submit their programs to U.S. Input Pre-selection. Programs will be selected by a national panel consisting of public television professionals and independent producers.
GUIDELINES - Please read carefully
- All broadcast genres and lengths are accepted. In addition to documentaries, we are seeking unique programming including DRAMAS, shorts, news and public affairs, unique sports, game show, reality, experimental and/or children's programming.
- You or someone closely related to your film must attend Input 2009 in May.
- Please submit two DVDs with your entry.
- If your program is part of a series, please submit the most thought-provoking episode, and include a few other programs as support material. If they are unique, stand alone programs, such as Independent Lens or P.O.V. programming, submit separately.
- Programs should have been broadcast on a public media station within 18 months of the May 2009 conference.
- In addition to PBS, a broadcast on a local public television station, public access or the LINK TV network qualify as public media. If your program has not aired yet, please state the status of your broadcast plan. Examples: "In negotiation with..." or "Submitted to PBS 8/12/08."
- If you submitted your film once before, it is no longer eligible.
- Broadcast cuts of your film are required over feature or festival cuts. You may also send the festival version in addition to the broadcast cut but label appropriately.
- Please include hard copies of program support materials (press kits, etc.). Judges will not have access to electronic press kits or Web sites during screenings.
- Complete a U.S. Entry form (the Input host country will provide an online submission option but it is not required for the U.S. pre-selection).
- Good news! There is no entry fee.
ENTRY FORM:
Word Doc U.S.Entry Form 2009
PDF coming soon
DEADLINE:
Entry must arrive by Friday, November 7, 2008.
SEND TO:
Terry Pound
U.S. INPUT/SCETV
1101 George Rogers Blvd.
Columbia, SC 29201
CHECK LIST:
1) Entry Form
2) Two DVD copies of your program
3) Support materials
FOR MORE INFO:
Amy Shumaker, shumaker@scetv.org Tel: 803-737-3433
Terry Pound, pound@scetv.org Tel: 803-737-3434.
U.S. Input Secretariat News
- Call for U.S. Entries - selected work will be screened by over 1000 attendees: independent filmmakers, public media professionals, journalists, television executives and delegates from over 60 countries.
- The U.S. Input Secretariat is applying for funding to offer a limited number of travel grants to cover airfare for U.S. program representatives and public television producers to attend Input 2009. If funding is available, the announcement will be made on this Web page, Facebook, PBS Connects and in the Current newspaper.
- ETV CEO and President Moss Bresnahan has been elected to serve on the international Input Board and U.S. shop steward Bill Gilcher was named the new international shop steward coordinator. Congratulations!
- Join the U.S. Input and Input FACEBOOK groups!
- The deadline for 2009 U.S. Input Pre-selection will be the first week of November 2008.
- To learn more about Input, read this article written by international Input shop steward coordinator Bill Gilcher for The Current.
- A Best of Input 2007 DVD set is available for Mini Input events. We plan to have the Input 2008 set ready by September 30. Please contact the U.S. Input Secretariat for more information. These collections are made possible in part by funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The U.S. Input Secretariat has been managed by South Carolina ETV since 1984. SCETV’s primary responsibilities are coordinating and managing all U.S. activities relating to Input which include hosting Input pre-selection, and applying for and managing grants to send producers to the annual Input conference.
What is Input?
Input (the acronym is derived from INternational PUblic Television) is an annual weeklong television showcase where the rules of broadcasting are challenged and redefined. This event is the only international conference that focuses specifically on the innovative programs produced by public as opposed to commercial broadcasters.
The International Public Television Screening Conference, or Input, was created to promote the exchange of television programs, ideas, and production techniques among broadcasters around the world. Its goal is to challenge and motivate producers to improve the quality of public service broadcasting worldwide.
Input delegates have the rare opportunity to screen some of the most innovative and thought-provoking programs produced for public television around the world. Immediately after each program screening, there is a discussion session with the filmmaker to debate production approaches and subject matter in relation to public television's mission. This intense scrutiny of craft and dialogue among concerned television professionals on an international level makes Input an exceptional seminar for professional development.
There is no other seminar for program makers like Input within public television in this country. The insight and experience gained by presenting work to be critiqued by an international audience, as well as the exchange of program ideas and technologies, are invaluable to improve the skills of producers who are the creators of programming for public television on a local and national level. Learn about the history of INPUT.
For more information about Input, contact the U.S. Input National Coordinators:
Mr. Terry Pound
Voice: (803) 737-3434
Fax: (803) 737-3505
E-mail:pound@scetv.org
or
Ms. Amy Shumaker
Voice: (803) 737-3433
Fax: (803) 737-3274
E-mail:shumaker@scetv.org
The U .S. Input Secretariat is managed by
South Carolina ETV
South Carolina ETV
1101 George Rogers Boulevard
Columbia, SC 29201-4761
Phone: 803-737-3545