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DN EIFF2011: Nokia Shorts
Back in March Nokia continued their support of the short film format through the use of mobile phone cameras, with the launch of the Nokia Shorts competition. Filmmakers around the globe were challenged to create a two minute video pitching the short they’d create with a $5,000 bursary and a Nokia N8 phone. Over 600 [...]
Charlie
We didn’t get round to posting this at the time, but having just wrapped a DN interview with director Luke Snellin, who impressed us all with his Virgin Media Shorts winning film Mixtape, I thought it only right to highlight the short he made to launch this year’s VMS competition, Charlie. Also, in case it [...]
SotW Presents: Matter Fisher
A few months ago the fine folks over at Short of the Week decided to expand their remit as one of the most read/watchable sites online and used their film The Thomas Beale Cipher as a test case to see if with the correct strategy in place, shorts can be launched online to audience numbers [...]
Hello, Future
We know from his mobygratis project that musician Moby is keen to lend his support to new filmmakers trying to break through, so it’s no surprise (although still welcome) to see him team up with Vimeo and Saatchi & Saatchi for the Hello, Future competition: Moby, along with Saatchi & Saatchi, and international video sharing [...]
Nokia Shorts 2011 Launched
To flaunt the quality of their HD-quality N8 camera, Nokia has teamed up with Vimeo ‘to nurture new, HD mobile movie making talent‘ through the Nokia Shorts competition. Basically, submit an idea at www.vimeo.com/nokia and a panel of judges will select the best eight submissions to each receive a $5,000 budget and two Nokia N8 [...]
Life Just Is: Poster Design
As DN regulars no doubt know, Alex Barrett’s feature debut Life Just Is has been steadily progressing towards completion, but no matter how good the finished product may be, what’s a film without a stunning poster? With this in mind the LJI team launched a poster design competition last December and today have unveiled the [...]
Ice, Sea, Dead People
Fancy making a music video for the fantastically named Bedford trio Ice, Sea, Dead People, well now you can! The band have shot a video for the song in a green screen studio back in May which you can download and add anything you want to in the background.
Parallel Lines: Tell it Your Way
Philips Cinema and Ridley Scott Associates have decided to give you a chance to switch from viewer to creator on the Parallel Lines 21:9 television campaign with the Tell it Your Way competition. If you can impress Ridley Scott by adhering the same rules as the original series of films and upload your finished film [...]
Vimeo Film Festival
Well about bloody time too! For a while now Vimeo has been the de facto home for filmmakers to showcase their work, provide constructive criticism, and generally eat hours of my online viewing life. Instead of the dancing cats, pratfalls or five minute memes of YouTube, Vimeo provides community forums, film challenges and screening events [...]
Vote for The Retirement Village
The winners for tonight’s Bafta Awards, maybe sealed in their envelopes and out of our hands, but you’ve still got the power to elevate a new filmmaker to award winning status. The BAFTA members panel has whittled down a plethora of entries to three nominees, which are now open to a public vote to decide [...]
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