Video Contests, Film Festivals, and Awards

The �International Video Reporting Award� is an international competition for short, innovative, non-fiction digital filmmaking. The films must be helmed by a single person who is solely responsible for content, direction, camera, sound and editing, and who fully explores the creative dimensions of digital technology. The filmmaker should also be taking on the challenge of autonomous production and distribution.

The preselection committee and the jury will be looking for excellence in content, as well as for imaginative use of documentary techniques.

The �International Video Reporting Award� gives an overview of international trends, particularly in the USA and Great Britain, while reflecting the new developments in Germany from their first stages onwards.

The Top Prize carries an award of 1000 Euros. In addition, the �Michael Rosenblum Junior Award� will be conferred, containing a personal two-day training with the tv creator Michael Rosenblum.

The award ceremony will take place during the 6. backup_festival in Weimar/Germany Oktober, 7. - 10. 2004.
The applications for the "International Video Reporting Award" may be registered online at www.backup-festival.com under "Call for Entries", and all current registration forms can be downloaded as a pdf.

Address your entries to:

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Bauhaus-University Weimar
Faculty of Media
Bauhausstr. 11
99423 Weimar
Germany

The independent jury for the �International Video Reporting Award� consists of established television producers, VR- Coaches and University/Film school teachers. The jury members for 2004 are Sabine Streich, Michael Rosenblum, Wolfgang Kissel, Jan Metzger (HR) and Benedikt Otto (MDR)

The prizes are intended for current formats (MPEG, Quicktime, AVI, DivX, Realmedia /VHS, S-VHS, Hi8, DV, miniDV, DV-Cam, DVD, VCD). The contributions must have been completed on or after January 1, 2002, and the running time should not exceed 15 minutes. Exceptions are possible.
The closing date is September 15, 2004. Please send us a DV/DVD-screening copy with stills and a short bio-/
filmographie by this date.


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Bauhaus-Universit�t Weimar
Fakult�t Medien
Bauhausstrasse 11
D-99421 Weimar
Germany

tel +49 (0) 36 41 / 66 41 97
fax +49 (0) 36 41 / 66 41 98
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