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JURY NEWS

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Filmaka Jury member COLIN FIRTH stars in Mama Mia! The Movie - which opened in US theaters last weekend. Find out more about the Filmaka Jury.

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CATCH THE NEW EPISODE OF ADMUSE

Meet the employees at ADMUSE - the world's least professional advertising agency. This week Jeannie's old boyfriend, "Big Kip," returns from Africa, and a mysterious man starts asking questions about Jacobson, the agency's billionaire owner. Then watch BEHIND THE SCENES footage of the cast and crew. MEET TERRY MILES - the writer-director who invented the Admuse series and a Filmaka 2007 Feature Film Competition Finalist. COLIN FIRTH, star of last weekend's box-office bash Mama Mia! The Movie, talks about what a short film and a musical number have in common.
 

FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

TRUTH OR DARE

Many of us played "Truth or Dare" as children, teenagers, and even as adults. Everyone must take their turn - do you chose to tell the truth, no matter what you are asked? Or to take a dare and do something risky? Submit your 3 minute film on this theme and win $500 plus $1000 to produce your Jury Level film. Jury Level submissions are judged by the likes of Wim Wenders, Neil LaBute, Werner Herzog and other world-class filmmakers. Jury Level winners go on to compete for feature film funding - last year's winner is getting $5 million (USD) to direct his feature!

 

 

WHAT ON EARTH

WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON ?

The deadline for submission to this round of What On Earth Is Going On? is Monday, July 28 at 24:00. Don't wait until the last minute to upload! And don't forget to come back August 1 to vote for your favorite films! A special jury including Jehane Noujaim and Nick Broomfield will select 15 films to receive $1500 (USD) and play on MSN's new socially relevant content channel. Two of those finalists will go on to win $10,000 in production funding and a spot in a collaborative film project entitled A Global Tapestry.            

 

 

COMMUNITY  

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SAB MILLER CREW CALL

 

SAB Miller finalists have 3 weeks to shoot their films and they need your help! New crew call for New York City, in addition to London and Boston - be a part of the production for winning pitches!
 

ANOTHER FUNKING BLOG

 

Cannon HD30 handycam or Bolex 16mm camera? This week's blog is an in-depth look at equipment as writer, producer, and actor, Alec Christie, shares advice on how to go from page to screen.
 

FORUMS

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SAB MILLER FINAL 15

Fifteen filmakas are now hard at work producing their SAB Miller pitches. Five of their finished films will win $5000. Our Final 15 are:

"Bottle Rock" by Jessie Selwyn, Venice, CA
"A lifetime of love" by Aisha Porter-Christie, Kingston, Jamaica
"Life is what you pour in" by Opiate films, London, UK
"The Way" by Mattia Spinelli, UK
"Just the Usual" by Yaara Sumeruk, NY, NY
"Man vs Couch" by J Pinder, Pittsburgh, PA
"Grabbing life by the hand" by Nicholas Salcido, Long Beach, CA
"Marry Me" by Maria Mayobre and Rodrigo Monterrey, Boston, MA
"The Collection" by Brittany Rostron, Queens, NY
"Redman" by Zack Resnicoff & Sonny Calderon, NYC
"Hope" by Shane T Hall, London, UK
"Diagnosis" by John Pace, Melbourne, Australia
"The Actress" by David Stein, Cape Town, South Africa
"Lawn Care Aficionado" by Robyn Matieshin, Saskatchewan, Canada
"Untitled SABM Project" by Trey Livingston, Pinckney, MI

Good luck to you all!

RED BULL

VIBRATION

Red Bull is starting another round in its x13 series of provocative shorts! This round's theme is VIBRATIONS. Make a film that's narrative, documentary, non-linear, experimental, or any combination of the above. Use any visual style - animated, grainy film, crisp video, drawn, photographed, painted-onto-the-celluloid - we don't care! Just make sure it's a rollercoaster ride of a movie. All entries must be 1 to 2 and a half minutes long, delivered on High Definition Video and are due by August 17.

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