YouTube Takes Film Buff Hopefuls from Fantasy to Reality
23 January 2012: Thanks to YouTube and its sponsor partner Emirates, the next generation of cutting-edge filmmakers could be making their mark on the cinematic world soon. The website is launching the free Your Film Festival to encourage wannabe-directors to enter 15-minute films into the competition, with the top 10 selected finalists kicking off the Venice Film Festival and the Grand Prize Winner receiving a $500,000 grant to produce a new film under Ridley Scott’s television production company Scott Free Productions.
The competition is not just the opportunity of a lifetime for the lucky winners, but a brilliant demonstration of the significant milestone reached by online video platforms, by integrating cutting-edge technology within the traditional film and video industries.
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