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Can’t make it to Cannes? YouTube is the next best thing

By Andrew Redfern @ 9th May 2008 9:30 am

Admittedly it’s a distant second to actually going to Cannes but YouTube are teaming up with National Film Board of Canada’s Online Film Competition to bring net users access to snippets and short films from The Cannes film festival. Additional to this access is the fact that users will actually be able to participate in the festival and vote for the winners of one of the fringe awards.

“The Short Film Corner at Cannes is one of the world’s premier destinations for shorts. But you don’t need to make the trip to France to see the best of what the festival has to offer, thanks to the National Film Board of Canada’s Online Film Competition Cannes 2008.

In its fourth year, the contest features ten shorts, selected from among 650 films from over 40 countries. Representing an eclectic mix of languages and genres, the finalists are all available for viewing on the NFB’s YouTube channel. The prize? In addition to bragging rights, the director of the winning short film will receive a professional DV camera and a portable computer with post-production software.

Ready for the best part? You determine the winner. That’s right — the winning film will be chosen by audience voting, based on the one-to-five-star rating scale you know and love.”

It’s another example of how online video can be used to allow events to become truly global.

Read the full post here : Cannes Film Festival on YouTub

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