Within the scope of the 25th International Short Film Festival Berlin, between the 3rd and 8th of November 2009, Zucker.Kommunikation GmbH and interfilm will jointly hold International Viral Video Award |
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After the best viral videos have been chosen to run in the competition, online voting will begin on the 5th of October at www.viralvideoaward.com. Two prizes of 5oo,- € will be awarded by an expert jury and an audience jury. We are delighted to announce www.nerdcore.de and den Freitag as Mediapartners.
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Virals sought! We are looking for films with a message. All entries should be aiming to communicate either a promotional, ideational, political or original message. They cannot be older than two years and should have already been successful at spreading the net, or at least be on the way to doing just that. Whether they are promotional strategies or propaganda, these messages of seduction and conviction have long since been utilising virtual channels to spread throughout the internet. Videos are shown and distributed on film forums, via email, in blogs and on video portals. While the brand names and/or creators behind many virals often like to remain obscure, others make a point of them. What counts is originality and humour; virals have to be good enough to traverse the magical threshold of being forwarded. Word of mouth advertising is (almost) the only thing that counts. We intend to bring international virals together in one competition and find out which of the nominated films proves to be the most successful within the competition. In addition to this, the artistic and creative aspects of viral production will also be acknowledged by an expert jury. |
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The competition will take place within the scope of interfilms 25th International Short Film Festival Berlin and will also be featured on cinema screens. During a Keynote presentation to be held during the festival week, the contemporary viral and its potential future will be discussed. Submit your film if Upload the film to a video portal of your choice and then propose it here. You need only name the URL at which the film is online if you prefer. AND you may also propose films that you have not made but have discovered in the net. A jury will select the best virals from all entries submitted, to participate
in the online audience election. Films will then be seen and voted-for
on this site. Parallel to and independent of that selection process, virals
will also be under the scrutiny of an expert jury consisting of industry
professionals. Submit your film at www.viralvideoaward.com. |
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Entry deadline: 10th September 2009! Contact:
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Regulations 1. The organizer is interfilm Berlin Management GmbH in cooperation with the agency Zucker.Kommunikation GmbH. 2. Each film must meet the following criteria in order to qualify for application: 3. It is the responsibility of the Applicant to ensure that permission to enter the competition has been obtained from all the relevant parties who partook in the production and that they own all the rights to the film. Should the Applicant not be identical with the maker of the film then that person’s name and email address must also be supplied. 4. Any prize money will be awarded to the maker of the film exclusively. 5. Upon submission the Applicant consents to the film being shown within the scope of the competition online as well as during the interfilm Festival on screen and afterwards both online and offline at festivals. Should the film be nominated to run in competition the Applicant agrees to supply a copy of the film on DVD. 7. Any personal data belonging to the Applicant or film makers is for the sole purpose of the organisation and follow-up work pertaining to the competition and will not be disclosed to any third parties either by interfilm Berlin Management GmbH or Zucker.Kommunikation GmbH. 8. Include the following data when submitting a film: Film title
/ Upload (i.e.) URL / Name and email address of Applicant / Applicants
place and country of residence / Name and email address of the filmmaker
(necessary for contacting in case of nomination) / Length of film / Project
message or brand / Year of production. 9. All the above regulations come into effect upon application to the competition.
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