Highlighting, and supporting new talent in UK Film, Virgin Media Shorts, supported by the UK Film Council have revealed their judges for the 2010 competition, one being our own, BAFTA Award winning Director, Duncan Jones.
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You gotta be in it to win it folks, so if you fancy seeing your short film up on the silver screen, here are the details:
Virgin Media Shorts is a short film competition that champions undiscovered talent.
Virgin Media Shorts gives you the chance to show your work in cinemas, on TV, online and on mobiles(via the mobile internet).
Here’s what’s up for grabs:
- 12 film makers win a chance to show their work on 214 cinema screens nationwide
- 1 lucky winner lands £30,000 to make their next film.
- 1 People’s Choice winner takes home thousands of pounds worth of new film kit.
- Plus, we reward the college or school with the most entrants with loads of shiny new kit, too.
Entering is easy. Just check out the film spec. Then upload your film. The competition closes on 28 June 2010.
Duncan will be joined by actress Thandie Newton, film maker Mike Newell, film critic James King, and executive director of digital entertainment at Virgin Media Cindy Rose.
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Hello Mr.Jones, My name is Robert Henry Lonsdale and I am contacting you in order to submit my five minute film, ” For Those Who Sit And Wait ” into the Virgin Media Shorts competion, regretably, however, my computor will not !! allow me access to your web-site, I wonder therefore if you could e.mail me an address to which I can post the film ?. The film is currently on ” U ” Tube and if you would like to view it at this stage, please type in , ” For Those Who Sit And Wait “, by Robert Henry Lonsdale, this is a genuine request because it is a good film and I would like the opportunity to enter it. Regards Robert.
Hi Robert, thanks for the comment, VM Shorts need to be submitted to http://www.virginmediashorts.co.uk/pages/rules/ and be no longer than 2min 20 secs.