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4 Grand Prize Winners of Digital Filmmakers Grant Program Announced

By staff
posted Apr 19, 2004, 02:38

Panasonic announced today the four grand prizes winners in its Digital Filmmakers Grant program for independent filmmakers. Grand prize winners receive an equipment package, with a rental value of more than $17,000, that includes a three-week rental of the AJ-SDX900 camera and Fujinon Broadcast zoom lens, 10 hours of DVCPRO50 videotape, a 10-week rental of an editing package consisting of a Power Mac G5 and Final Cut Pro 4 editing software, and a Panasonic DVCPRO50 VTR with an IEEE1394 Firewire card.

The grand prize winners are Brandon David Cole of King Midas Films, Los Angeles, CA, for his film, "Bristol Boys"; Ken Saba of Burbank , CA, for his film, "The Untitled Michael Chordas Project"; Stephen Schaefer of Centrifugal Films, New York, NY, for his film, "Confess"; and Glenn R. Schuster of Film & Video Production, Brooklyn, NY, for his film, "Mating Bird."

Digital Filmmakers Grant program.