VHS 1977-2008
After three decades of bringing us the best in home entertainment, the VHS tape has finally been retired. The format was, up until recently, still being bought and shipped by just one US company, but now even they have layed the, let’s face it, pretty crappy, tape to rest. Read the rest of this entry »
Reelshow International Announces:
The Italian Student Filmmakers Festival Shortlist: Click here to see the finalists.
The Voting Room is now open and will remain open until 10th January 2009.
Ten amazing films have been selected to go through to the final.
As well as our panel of judges,all members have the chance to vote for their favourite film.The shortlist consists of ten films by young and emerging Italian filmmakers and spans fiction, animation and documentary genres.
Click here for the Voting Room. You have to be a reelshow member to vote. Registration is free.
You’ve got to catch the Museek festival in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, if that’s your kind of thing, what they say:
There are quite a number of music video festivals around the world, but none in Russia…
So, Tour de Film and Loud Media decided to change such a sad statistics and organize The 1st International Music Video Festival MUSEEK which will be held between November 14th and 23rd, 2008 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
They’ve put a cool video on their site to help inspire entries (Nov 1st deadline, so get cracking!)
More details on their site: museekfestival.ru
They claim to be the biggest student film festival in America and they’ve been going 10 years, again well worth checking out if you’re over that side of the pond.Oh, and there’s some pretty decent cash prizes up for grabs.
This is a funny clip with some top tips for your first film from the organizers, who must have seen everything by now. The mind boggles.
Screentest film festival in Bristol UK
Great looking festival in Bristol, UK. What they say:
Created in 2004 as a platform to showcase student filmmaking talent from around the UK the festival recently enjoyed its fourth year with the 2008 event taking place over the weekend of the 29th February – 2nd March at the University of Bristol Union, Bristol.
What we say; this years festival is over but it’s looking like next years’ one should be in February.
Check out more details on their site: screentestfest.org.uk
