Last Call for Entries 1st INTERNATIONAL VIDEO REPORTING AWARD

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FIRST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO REPORTING AWARD

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 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 http://www.backup-festival.com/
where all current registration forms can be downloaded as a pdf.

Address your entries to:

backup_festival
Bauhaus University Weimar
Faculty of Media
Bauhausstrasse 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)

Contact an information: vr@backup-festival.de