Details of a new sponsored film contest submitted by Filmaka: Know your technology? Know someone who has their home hooked up in a unique way? Well, Filmaka has teamed up with Cisco for a competition with more prize money and wider distribution (over 200 websites) than ever before. We want to find out how you/your mate/colleague has integrated technology into their life. We&rs...

Calling all mysterious moving-image makers, enigmatic engineers of the silver screen! Five Minutes of Mystery challenges you to create and submit short films around a theme of mystery. Part of ‘The Compass of Mystery Festival’, Five Minutes of Mystery will bring together film-makers from far and wide to exhibit their work here in Bristol. Judged by a panel of industry exper...

Now in its tenth year, ultra-short film competition DepicT! continues to celebrate the imagination, style, emotion, drama, mystery, humour and passion that can be packed into one captivating mini-movie. Can you do it in 90 seconds? DepicT! offers emerging filmmakers the opportunity to win a range of unique prizes and to gain priceless exposure through Encounters Short Film Festival, ...

This in from Enakeno Ogbo at Spiraluniverse - thanks!  As part of the Week of Peace 2008, Spiraluniverse are seeking entries on the topic of peace as a response to recent news and media highlights of violence and the fear of crime, particualry amongst young people . It aims to be a positive response to the far too many unfortunate stories in the media about young people and cri...

  From Sam Goldblatt of the 48 Hour Film Project:  The 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP) will tour to Edinburgh for the first time ever in 2008.  Over the May 16-18 weekend, Filmmakers from all across Scotland will compete to write, shoot and edit a short film in just 48 hours.  All films will be screened at The Cameo on May 20 and 21. The...

Excellent-looking competition, submitted by Holly Barnes Thomas of the Society of St James: The Society of St James, Southampton's local homelessness charity today launches its own film competition, The Home~less Movie Competition, open to the general public and to its service users and residents too. The film competition asks only that the film be about homelessness and run no ...

From the brilliant Global Voices website , comes news of three contests for vloggers around the world. Two are on Spannish sites but are open to anyone anywhere. One is for mobile movies, one to promote causes you care for and the last to report news through online video. More details and sample films from previous winners at Global Voices : From Spain, ElPais.com brings us the Movil F...

submitted by BAFTA '60 Seconds of Fame' is back. This exciting and innovative short film challenge was launched by BAFTA and Orange in 2006, and attracted more than 250 entries. This year, aspiring filmmakers are invited to submit a 60 second short film, based on the theme ‘unite'. The winning film will be featured on the BBC1 broadcast of the Film Awards, watched ...

Do you think you could inspire the public to take action on climate change? If so, we want you to make a short film that encourages us to do just that. If you've got a video camera - even a mobile phone - and lots of great ideas, you could have your piece broadcast exclusively on Sky, reaching one in three homes across the UK. Want to know more? Of course you do! Go to http...