International Video Reporting Award

International Video Reporting Award: Call for entries

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 independent 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 International Video Reporting Award gives an overview of international trends, particularly in the USA and Great Britain, while reflecting the new developments in Germany from their first stages onward.

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 prizes are intended for current formats (MPEG, Quicktime, AVI, DivX, Realmedia /VHS, S-VHS, Hi8, DV, miniDV, DV-Cam, DVD, VCD). The contributions must have been completed on or after January 1, 2002, and the running time should not exceed 15 minutes. Exceptions are possible.

The award ceremony will take place in Weimar, Germany, Oct. 7-10, 2004. Applications may be registered online here under "Call for Entries." All current registration forms can be downloaded as a pdf.

Address your entries to:

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Bauhaus-University Weimar
Faculty of Media
Bauhausstr. 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 and Benedikt Otto.

The closing date for submissions is Sept. 15, 2004. Please send a DV/DVD-screening copy with stills and a short bio-/filmography by this date.