Terrance

Happy with your 48 Hour entry? Don't let it sit on the shelf when the competition is over. Submit it to film festivals and show the world what kind of talent lives here. You can clean it up, recut it, expand it, or send it as is – but get it out there!
The 48 Hour rules allow film festival submissions; see your Team Leaders Agreement for details.
A few ideas:
Cannes Short Film Corner: This is the showcase that brought previous Cincinnati 48 winners “Held in Sway” and “Robot Love from Another World” to France. Anyone can register, for about $135. www.shortfilmcorner.com
Chicago Underground Film Festival: The longest running such event since the NY Underground closed shop. $20-40. www.cuff.org.
Trigger Street: Mostly an online showcase, also home of the Stella Artois Short Film Project which offers a $50K grand prize. www.Triggerstreet.com.
Two nearby festivals have special status: Winning short films at these fests are automatically eligible for Oscar consideration. (For a complete list of other Oscar-qualifying fests, see Moviemaker Magazine, www.moviemaker.com)
– Ann Arbor Film Festival. $30-50. www.aafilmfest.org.
– Athens International Film & Video Festival. $30-40. www.athensfest.org
That's a tiny sample. The easiest way to learn more is to register (for free) at www.withoutabox.com. Without A Box maintains a huge, searchable database of thousands of festivals around the world, sends reminders about call-for-entries deadlines, allows you to register and -- in many cases -- submit your work online.

Hey guys – I just wanted to hip you to an excellent documentary entitled “King Corn”. East coast filmmakers Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis rent an acre of land in Iowa to grown corn and you will be amazed @ what they discover about the raising of corn. I was shocked to learn that with out major government subsidies growing corn results in a 25% (or more) investment loss. All profits are paid by government subsidies.

Other interesting facts include the health impact on humans by using corn based sweeteners and corn fed cattle. Our life expectancy may be shortened as a result its use as well. It’s an awesome doc and I recommend for all who haven’t seen it. I hope they do a follow up on the corn based Ethanol. If they don't maybe I will ;)

http://www.kingcorn.net/

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/kingcorn/bushels.html

You can also watch King Korn on Instant Download @ http://www.netflix.com

I would like to express my support for the following board candidates:

Margaret McGurk
Chris Strobel
Jerry Stone
Adam Duke

After meeting these folks and communicating with them I feel that these individuals are the most qualified to steer SOFA towards greatness. Good luck and I hope I can make it down to cast my votes!

Terrance Huff

Big shout-out to Kat Steele for slaving away on this update!