Dear Rejects,

Thanks kindly for coming out to Ryerson the night of April 28/11 for the first ever Cod Host.

I had a blast. Hope you did too.

Not only were two of the three filmmakers able to attend but close to 30 people came to watch! Plus, http://www.torontoist.com sent a reporter!

Special thanks to my Dad for dinner before the show and for the use of his cell phone that night.

Keep your Hot Docs 2012 rejection e-mails and stay tuned for a possible Cod Host 2012.

Here are some photos from the event.

Best,

Steven

Cod Host

Tonight’s the Night.

Come out to see a celebration of documentary refused by Hot Docs at Ryerson University.

When: Thursday, April 28, 2011, 7pm to 9pm
Where: Ryerson University, RCC 80 Gould Street, Room RCC 201, at  the NE corner of Gould and Church, Toronto
Suggested donation to help cover promotion costs: $2

Two of the three filmmakers will be in attendance! Tamás Wormser of Hand to Hand and Franklin López of END:CIV.

See you then!

Best,

Cod Host

SCHEDULE (IN ORDER  OF SCREENING)

Project Title: Hand to Hand
Director/Producer: Tamás Wormser
Production Company:  Artesian Films
Summary of Project: A sensuous visual odyssey following our ever-moving hands, HAND TO HAND is a poetic celebration of our quintessential tool.
Running Time: 2:40 mins
Web: http://www.artesianfilms.com

Project Title: Don Policarpo & I: Travels with a Puppeteer (Spanish language
original: “Don Policarpo & yo: viajes con un titiritero”)
Producer: Nicolas Gulino & Amanda Holmes
Director: Nicolas Gulino
Summary of Project: This film pays homage to a traveling puppet theatre in South America, a family of dedicated artists and their work, and celebrates the magical,
universal and timeless art of puppetry.
Running Time: 44 min.
Web: http://toposcopefilms.ca

Project Title: END:CIV
Director/Producer: Franklin López
Production Company: subMedia.TV
Summary of Project: END:CIV examines our culture’s addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting epidemic of poisoned landscapes and shell-shocked nations. Based in part on Endgame, the best-selling book by Derrick Jensen, END:CIV asks: “If your homeland was invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air, and contaminated the food supply, would you resist?”
Running Time: 75 min
Web: http://endciv.com

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Cod Host 2011

Didn’t get your documentary into Hot Docs this year or any past years?

Rejoice and apply to Cod Host!

Submission info at http://codhost.wordpress.com.

Submission Deadline: April 8, 2011.

***About Cod Host***

The first Salon des Refusés was held in France back in 1863. Works which failed to satisfy the accepted definition of art at that time, were deemed dangerously subversive by the cultural elite and excluded from art exhibits.

Eventually, rejected artists persuaded Napoleon III to set up the Salon des Refusés, providing them with an opportunity to show their work. These rejected artists, including Renoir, Monet and Manet, would eventually become known as the Impressionists.

In celebration of the original Salon, Cod Host provides a venue for documentary filmmakers rejected by Hot Docs to screen their work.

There is no official selection of work screened at Cod Host. Instead, Cod Host is ‘programmed’ by randomly drawing submitted Hot Docs rejection e-mails from a lottery. The pile of e-mails drawn at the end of the day determines the works to be screened at the Cod Host.

***How do I Apply?***

Easy:

Step 1: Get rejected by Hot Docs.

Step 2: E-mail your rejection letter from Hot Docs, along with a completed Cod Host application form, to costhostsalon(at)yahoo(dot)ca.

Step 3: Hope your documentary is randomly selected to screen at Cod Host the night of April 28, 2011 in downtown Toronto, Canada.

A reminder that today is the final doc submission deadline for Hot Docs 2011.

Make sure to apply so you can obtain proof of rejection.

Evidence of your rejection from Hot Docs is the only requirement to being added to the selection lottery for the first annual Cod Host in May, 2011.

Cost Host is a non-competitive celebration of documentary rejected by Hot Docs. All films are selected via a lottery. The selected films will be screened at a location in downtown Toronto in May.

Apply to Hot Docs 2011 here.

While we do hope you get into Hot Docs, Cod Host will gladly add your reject to the selection lottery if you don’t.

Love,

Cod Host

The first annual COD HOST will be held in May, 2011.

It will feature documentary refused by Hot Docs.

Stay tuned.

E-mail codhostsalon(at)yahoo(dot)ca for early submission info.

Love,

Cod Host