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Location Description The Cosmic Rays Film Festival will take place at two primary venues. Film <br />screenings will be programmed at the Chelsea Theater in Chapel Hill, a fully <br />accessible space with ample parking and connections to public transit. <br />Live-cinema performances will be programmed at the Cat's Cradle in <br />Carrboro. This space is also accessible and ADA compliant, with parking <br />and public transit located nearby. <br />Artist Description Cosmic Rays programs its film festival primarily from submissions collected <br />during an annual open call. W e are committed to making the festival <br />accessible to emerging as well as established media artists, and to artist <br />communities that are underrepresented at experimental media arts <br />festivals. W e believe in the idea of the open call as the most equitable way <br />to program work and to discover new artistic talents and voices outside <br />established curatorial channels. W e make an effort during the open call to <br />reach out to a large variety of potential submitters, with an emphasis on <br />high schools, community colleges, and universities (including HBCUs), and <br />community arts organizations. W e are especially committed to supporting <br />North Carolina-based artists, and we include a discounted North Carolina <br />Filmmaker category in our open call in an effort to foster and support <br />regional artists. <br />All work submitted to the festival is viewed and discussed by a Selection <br />Committee made up of volunteers from the community who have a passion <br />for and background in cinema art. In past years, the committee has <br />included graduates and faculty from the MFA in Experimental and <br />Documentary Arts at Duke University; graduates and faculty from the MFA <br />in Studio Arts at UNC-Chapel Hill; independent arts programmers; and <br />independent filmmakers and media artists from the region. Each submission <br />is viewed by at least three members of the selection committee. Top- <br />ranked submissions are reviewed by the festival co-directors who make <br />final programming decisions, prioritizing work that extends the artistic <br />possibilities of cinema and new media technology; that challenges <br />audience expectations of cinema form and content; that arises from a <br />diversity of life experiences, identities, and communities; and that <br />questions conventional models of production, exhibition, and distribution. <br />In our upcoming season, we expect to select some 30-40 films from a <br />submission pool of approximately 500 entries, and to program three live- <br />cinema performances, including a magic lantern performance by <br />internationally-known filmmaker Charlotte Pryce. <br />Are you hiring <br />multicultural artists <br />with the requested <br />funds from this <br />grant? <br />Yes <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 678936C8-E900-4A07-925F-E6D2CC7A910E