[spectre] (fwd) Call for Virals: FORWARD - international viral video award

[Andreas Broeckmann]

Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:43:33 +0200
Subject: Call for Virals: FORWARD - international viral video award
From: interfilm Berlin - Festival <festival at interfilm.de>


interfilm Berlin &
Zucker.Kommunikation


CALL FOR VIRAL VIDEOS



Within the scope of the 24th International Short 
Film Festival Berlin, between the 4th and 9th of 
November 2008, the agency Zucker.Kommunikation 
and interfilm Berlin will jointly hold


forward - international viral video award

the first competition for viral films at a German film festival.

Two prizes of 500,- ¤ will be awarded. One by an 
expert jury and one by an audience jury.


Virals sought!

We're 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.

The competition will take place within the scope 
of interfilm's 24th International Short Film 
Festival Berlin and will also be featured on 
cinema screens. Following to a Keynote 
presentation to be held during the festival week, 
the contemporary viral and its potential future 
will be discussed.



Take part in the competition!

Submit your film if
* it has been especially made for the internet,
* it was made with the aim to spread virally or 
has already been virally distributed
* and it is either endorsing or opposing an 
image, an institution, a brand, a product or an 
idea.

Upload the film to a video portal of your choice 
and then propose it on 
<http://www.interfilm.de/viral-award_eng.php>www.interfilm.de/viral-award_eng.php. 
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 at 
<http://www.interfilm.de/viral-award_eng.php>www.interfilm.de/viral-award_eng.php. 
Parallel to and independent of that selection 
process, virals will also be under the scrutiny 
of an expert jury consisting of industry 
professionals.
All films which make it to the online-voting 
stage will also be presented on the big screen 
during the interfilm Short Film Festival.


Entry deadline: 19th September 2008!



interfilm Berlin Management GmbH
Tempelhofer Ufer 1a
10961 Berlin
Germany

Heide Schürmeier
<mailto:heide at interfilm.de>heide at interfilm.de

Matthias Groll
<mailto:matthias at interfilm.de>matthias at interfilm.de

<http://www.interfilm.de%20>www.interfilm.de