Norwood Cheek, director of over 70 music videos (by bands like Super Chunk, the Donnas, Squirrel Nut Zippers and Ben Folds Five), is teaming up with the www.atlanticfilm.com to pair 10 East Coast filmmakers with 10 East Coast artists to produce, over a four-day boot camp, the ultimate music video to be screened as part of the Inspired Music Showcases during the Atlantic Film Festival. Here is the call:

Applicants Sought for Music Video Project with New Inspired Music 10 X 10 Project

The 27th Atlantic Film Festival’s Inspired Music Program announces that the Call for Applications for the new 10 X 10 Project is now open.

The project will pair 10 East Coast filmmakers with 10 East Coast artists/bands to produce, over a four-day period, the ultimate music video. All finished videos will then be screened as part of the Inspired Music Showcases during the Festival.

The project is open to any Atlantic-Canadian filmmaker and to Atlantic-Canadian artist/band. Artists/bands must have released at least one professionally manufactured CD.

The deadline for application is Monday, July 30th, 2007 and there will be an entry fee of $25.

For more information and an application visit www.atlanticfilm.com.

The 27th Atlantic Film Festival takes place September 13-22, 2007, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Here is a direct link to the PDF application. I should also disclose that while I do some freelance work with the festival, I have nothing to do with this program…I just want to give it a plug!