Technologists: a call for short films

A regional programming conference, PyGotham, has posted a call for short films:

 

We hope to make The PyGotham Film Festival the first conference of its kind (that we know of). We’re asking presenters to pitch short films instead of standard tech talks....

So long as your film’s topic is relevant to members of the Python community, it’s up for proposal and consideration. PyGotham typically includes presentations on topics such as web and systems development, machine learning and data science, tech ethics, and community building. These categories of topics (and more) are all still welcome at this year’s festival, and we invite presenters to view them through a different lens than they normally might....

• Films must be between five and twenty-five minutes long.

Submit your proposal by 1 July 2022.
 

My reading is that vids like "The Programming Saga" by echan are eligible. I'm also of course excited to see more traditional narrative films as part of this year's PyGotham. I was a pathbreaking participant here -- in 2017 and 2018, I cowrote and starred in PyGotham presentations that were full-on plays, and my example was probably an inspiration for their later forays into more systematically encouraging art like this.

In 2019, I founded and co-ran a related initiative: a play festival at the big annual North America Python convention, "The Art of Python" (where "The Programming Saga" premiered). To encourage participants -- especially first-time art makers -- we also created a play creation guide, complete with a list of inspirations and a “play production basics” guide. If you're thinking about making something for The PyGotham Film Festival, maybe these will help.

I'm not involved with PyGotham organizing. I am open to throwing ideas around and helping you develop them if you are interested in proposing something!