Moritz Hirchenhain, director of the Bitfilm Festival is a friend of mine, so I know that all films submitted will be treated respectfully.
The Bitfilm Festival is calling for entries.
Since 2000 the Bitfilm Festival has shown films that use digital technology in a creative and innovative way. Bitfilm 2008 will start with an opening event in Stuttgart, Germany, from May 1 to 8, which will be embedded into the International Festival for Animated Film and the FMX Conference.
The Internet audience will decide on the Bitfilm Awards and 10 000 Euro prize money in an online voting from May 1st to July 1st.
The winning films will be disclosed at the Bitfilm Festival Hamburg from July 10 to 12.
Films may be submitted online until March 1, 2008 as digital video files under: http://www.bitfilm.com/festival
We are open to any kind of digital video: short film, music video, advertisement, motion graphics, abstract clips, etc. Feel free to submit as many films as you like.
These are the award categories:
3D SPACE AWARD
computer generated 3D animations
FX MIX AWARD
digitally composed hybrid films
FLASH AWARD
vector animations made with Flash
MACHINIMA AWARD
films shot live in computer games
MOBILE AWARD
films and series designed for mobile devices
REALTIME AWARD
animations rendered in real time
