April ’10 series

Rough Cuts is a series of work-in-progress documentary screenings that are produced every other month at the Lab, a non-profit gallery/performance space in the Mission. For each evening, we screen one rough cut of a feature-length documentary and then moderate a conversation about the film. These post-screening discussions are designed to give the filmmaker a better, more objective sense of what is working and not working with his/her film, with particular attention paid to improving the film’s structure and narrative clarity. We hope that the series also provides a welcome space for local filmmakers, film professionals, and fans of documentary film to meet and talk.

The Lab is seeking feature-length works-in-progress with a final running time of 40 minutes or longer. Principal photography should have been completed, and we encourage filmmakers to submit cuts that are in the later stages of post-production (i.e. NOT first or second cuts).

Monday, April 5th: Submissions must arrive at the Lab by 5:00 p.m.
Friday, April 9th: Selections will be announced and all filmmakers will be notified
Wednesday, April 28th: Screenings, followed by discussions led by guest moderators

Download a PDF application for the April ‘10 series here:  RoughCutsApril2010
Download a Word Doc application for the April '10 series here:  RoughCutsApril2010
View selection criteria and the screening committee here: Rough Cuts Screening Criteria

For questions about Rough Cuts, email Chris Holbrook at chrismholbrook@gmail.com

Read the August 28, 2009 article about Rough Cuts in

View the February '10 series here
View the November '09 series here
View the September '09 series here
View the June '09 Series here
View the March ’09 Series here.
View the Fall ’08 Series here.
View the Spring Series ’08 here. 

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