The 8 fest seeks your 8mm, Super-8, 9.5mm or other small gauge film projects (such as loops and installations) for their 2014 Film Festival edition, next January. The Call for Submissions for 2014 has recently been announced and all filmmakers are invited to submit. First-time filmmakers, youth & under-serviced communities are also welcome! The 8 fest is a unique Toronto-based film festival that presents all forms of small-gauge film: 8mm, Super 8 and 9.5mm, as well as works in installation, loops, and ‘proto-cinema devices’ like zoetropes.

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The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia and the Typographische Gesellschaft München call for entries for Granshan 2013, 6th International Type Design Competition for Non-Latin typefaces. All type designers from all parts of the world are invited to take part with typefaces that have been designed or digitized after 2011. This year’s competition includes a new category for Chinese typefaces. For 2013, the organizers will honor up to three winners with certificates in each written language, thus each category. Furthermore, a jury of international experts will award the Grand Prize including prize money of 1,000 Euro.

Read more about Granshan 2013 International Type Design Competition on Contest Watchers.