Juried film fest is looking for innovative, creative, entertaining shorts that bridge the best of the online and offline worlds...
Show us what you've got!
WHAT:
MetaFest 2008 - a short-film
festival that combines the best of the online and offline worlds.
MetaFest-worthy
films will be 10 minutes or less and narrative, humorous, artistic, dramatic,
animated, documentary, mockumentary, music, experimental, alternative or
avant-garde in any genre, format or style.
WHO:
Metacafe, one of the world's largest video
entertainment sites, and Microcinema
International , a leading international exhibitor and specialty markets
distributor of the "moving image arts", have teamed up to create and curate the
festival.
Hillman
Curtis, an award-winning filmmaker, designer and author, and Glenn R. Phillips, the senior project specialist and consulting curator of
contemporary programs for the Getty Research Institute, are members of the
jury.
WHEN:
The
call for submissions is open NOW - through September 10, 2008. Filmmakers can upload their work at www.metacafe.com/metafest.
Selected
films will have a theatrical premiere in San Francisco in November 2008, will
be showcased on Metacafe.com for six months, and will be screened at dozens of
"microcinema" events across the U.S. and around the world through the first
half of 2009.
WHY:
There
are a lot of creative people out there making some great short films. We want to help them get exposure. And we're offering some pretty cool prizes -
more than $10,000 worth.
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