goNORTH 2012 launched last night (26 January 2012) with a well attended press event in Glasgow city centre. Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture was there too. Some live music, film shorts and flowing chat saw our directors Amanda Millen and Shaun Arnold announce some of the exciting plans we have for this year’s festival.

Film Submissions now open:

goNORTH are delighted to accept submissions for films to this years festival. Yesterday goNORTH announced nationwide that together with a curated features strand, they have a call for submissions open to any filmmaker – new talent, student or seasoned director for any genre up to 20 minutes.

Filmmakers will have the opportunity to screen their films at goNORTH on Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th June 2012 across venues in Inverness. Following on from the success of last year’s screening tour taking in Celtic Media Festival, Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Tiree Music Festival, Knoydart Festival, The Wickerman Festival and Loopallu we are building on these partnerhips to include some new European film festival partners. Details will be announced later in the year.

The programming of the films at goNORTH 2012 will be designed to get maximum audiences and exposure with ScreenHI showing films before workshops and training sessions as well as alongside curated features.

For more information and submit your film here: http://www.gonorth.biz/screen/ . Deadline for submissions 30th March 2012.

Music Submissions: Apply To Showcase From 27/1/12

goNORTH are delighted to announce that the submission window to showcase at goNORTH will open on Friday 27th January 2012. The goNORTH live showcases will take over Inverness city centre across the 6th and 7th of June this year, with over 70 bands showcasing to a broad range of music industry delegates and a large public audience.

Please note, the submission window will open on the afternoon of Friday 27th January 2012 at: www.sonicbids.com/gonorth

“The response to last year’s submission window was fantastic and the live programme was one of the strongest we have seen at goNORTH ” said Director for Music, Shaun Arnold. “The event has proved a great platform for a number of acts to go on to further success, and the live showcases always bring enormous energy to the city”.

A  significant volume of artist invited to showcase at goNORTH will also secure additional slots on the goNORTH Festival Tour, with our 2012 schedule including Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, The Wickerman Festival, Summer In The City 2012, B-Fest and Loopallu.

The submission window will open on Friday 27th January 2012. For full submission details, please click on the Music Submissions function on the right hand side of the gonorth website. Deadline for submissions 30th March 2012

goNORTH radio

For this year’s festival, a new online radio station, goNORTH radio, will be launched. This will be a live streamed radio station broadcasting interviews with guest speakers and delegates, clips from films, live gigs, highlights from the workshops and seminars and specially recorded performances.

The Festival Radio will be managed and delivered by ScreenHI’s radio and media partner Dabster Productions along with 10 trainees from the across the Highlands and Islands who will learn how to run a radio station, developing key industry skills transferable to most genres and platforms.

“This year will see a bigger and better screen and broadcast strand for goNORTH 2012 and we hope many people from across the Highlands and Islands, Scotland and internationally are able to attend this important creative industries festival.

Something I’m really excited about this year, is the launch of Radio goNORTH, another way we’re showcasing our talent here in Scotland while also developing our industry practitioners in the Highlands and Islands”. Amanda Millen, Screen and Broadcast Director, goNORTH and Director, ScreenHI

goNORTH Festival Tour: 2012 Schedule Confirmed

Last year the goNORTH Festival Tour was introduced, an exciting development which saw  goNORTH go back to its roots and support emerging talent across a range of top independent festivals. The inaugural tour proved a massive success and goNORTH are delighted to confirm that the 2012 schedule will include Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, The Wickerman Festival, Summer In The City 2012, B-Fest and Loopallu. They are also working hard to make further additions to this year’s tour and will release full details over the coming weeks.

The introduction of the Festival Tour means a significant volume of artist invited to showcase at goNORTH will also secure additional slots across the touring schedule.

“The Festival Tour proved an excellent addition to our 2011 campaign and generated over 50 additional slots, adding enormous value for our showcasing artists”, said Director for Music Shaun Arnold. “We have worked hard to achieve geographic diversity across the tour and are really excited to have developed the schedule to include B-Fest in Wick”.

The Excite Project: Play Three Top European Festivals

goNORTH are delighted to have developed their Excite Project to include three top European festivals. This development means that one act selected to showcase at goNORTH will also secure the opportunity to play the following three festivals in association with their partners on the Excite Exchange Project: Play Festival (Belgium), Freeze Festival (Netherlands) and SPOT Festival (Denmark).

Source:
Amanda Millen & Shaun Arnold
Directors, goNORTH