Linzi Knight Named Winner of ShortNonStop Online Festival
December 28th, 2011 by Chris HeronThe CFC and Shortnonstop Mobile Movie Festival have announced the Grand Prize winner of the most recent cycle of the ShortsNonStop online film festival: Toronto’s Linzi Knight and her film, The Gay Who Wasn’t Gay Enough. The short is a humourous look at the process of coming out, and stereotypes that exist in everyday activities. [...]
Read more...iThentic Nominated for an IAWTV Award!
December 19th, 2011 by Chris HeronWe’re extremely excited and proud to announce that our original web series, The World of Bruce McCall, was nominated for an International Academy of Web Television award in the category of Best Animated Web Series! This is the first year the awards have been offered and the event can be watched live on the IAWTV [...]
Read more...National Film Pitch Competition Now Accepting Entries
December 9th, 2011 by Chris HeronBig Vision Empty Wallet, a networking organization dedicated to bringing together artists and innovators, is looking to get the next great feature made through their National Film Pitch Competition. The Grand Prize is valued at over $100,000, including a 30 day rental package from Canon and free rental packages/services from other companies, including a Producer’s [...]
Read more...Laundrette Wins DepicT! Audience Award
November 23rd, 2011 by Chris HeroniThentic curated short film The Laundrette has won the Shooting People DepicT! Audience Award. Director Tim Bassford was given the award at the 17th Bristol Encounters International Film Festival Awards Ceremony held on Saturday, November 19th. The short topped stiff competition – 500 different films from 30 countries competed, with a mere 14 shortlisted for distinction. [...]
Read more...The Opportunities of Web Series
September 12th, 2011 by Chris HeronThis blog post was written by special guest blogger, Anthony Letizia from alterna-tv.com. The media industry has changed during the early part of the twenty-first century. The 1990s, for instance, saw a rash of mega-media mergers as Time Warner combined with AOL, CBS with Viacom and ABC with Walt Disney. By the time that decade [...]
Read more...iThentic News: SHORTSNONSTOP Winners Announced!
August 25th, 2011 by Chris HeronCFC (Canadian Film Centre) and SHORTSNONSTOP Mobile Movie Festival, presented by TELUS, have announced the 18th SHORTSNONSTOP prizewinner along with the winner of the fourth Audience Choice Award, sponsored by us here at iThentic. Chosen from ten finalists, the $1500 prizewinner for this second round is Joshua Funk of the US for Cougar Lesbians Go [...]
Read more...Short Filmmakers: Slamdance Contest, Deadline Aug. 31
August 12th, 2011 by Chris HeronThe Slamdance Film Festival is heading into its 18th year of showcasing new and emerging independent artists, filmmakers and storytellers and they have unveiled an exciting new contest with sponsors Good Health Natural Foods to celebrate. The task is to create a pitch for this year’s Slamdance Film Festival Trailer, which should embody the festival’s [...]
Read more...iThentic News: New Media Campaign for Call Me Fitz
August 11th, 2011 by Chris HeroniThentic is excited to announce the creation of two new media applications for the Gemini-nominated HBO Canada television show Call Me Fitz, starring Jason Priestley. We have created a Video Mash-Up Tool and an Insult Generator set to launch around the beginning of the new season that give viewers an opportunity to engage interactively with [...]
Read more...Digital Content Creators: Int’l Digital Emmy Awards, Deadline Nov. 3
August 10th, 2011 by Chris HeronThe 2012 International Digital Emmy Awards submission process begins soon, so mark your calendars. The competition opens on September 11th, 2011 and the deadline for submissions follows on November 3rd, 2011. Entries must have been created and designed for viewer interaction and/or delivery on a digital platform, predominantly produced outside the United States, launched between [...]
Read more...Doc Filmmakers: Int’l Documentary Film Festival, Deadline Sept. 15
August 8th, 2011 by Chris HeronThe International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is accepting submissions for their Docs for Sale marketplace until September 15th, 2011. The marketplace is intended for creative documentaries and boasts a plethora of potential buyers, the opportunity to make (further) industry connections and a subscription-based online streaming platform for your film through the IDFA itself. The [...]
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