Instant auteurs.Filmaka.com has launched an online competition for aspiring auteurs
The term auteur (French for author) is used to describe film directors (or, more rarely, producers, or writers) who are considered to have a distinctive, recognizable style, because they (a) repeatedly backed by some of the industry's top independent filmmakers. The top prize: your feature film gets produced. Twice a month, Filmaka will announce contest topics for contestants, who can upload their one- to three-minute films to the, site. Peer judging will reduce the numbers to 15 semi-finalists, whose work will be assessed by an all-star panel. Among the filmmakers who have agreed to serve on the jury for the project are Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver taxi driver n → taxista m/f taxi driver taxi n → chauffeur m de taxi taxi driver taxi n → "), John Madden mad·den v. mad·dened, mad·den·ing, mad·dens v.tr. 1. To make angry; irritate. 2. To drive insane. v.intr. To become infuriated. ("Shakespeare in Love"), Colin Firth firth or frith, Scottish term applied to an arm of the sea, usually an estuary or strait. For Firth of Clyde, see Clyde; for Firth of Forth, see Forth. ("Bridget Jones's Diary"), Bill Pullman Pullman. 1 Former town, since 1889 part of Chicago, Ill. It was founded in 1880 by George M. Pullman as a model community for workers of his sleeping-car company; all property was company owned, and administration policies were paternalistic. ("The End of Violence") and Deepak Nayar ("Bend It Like Beckham"). The winning filmmaker from each monthly contest will win $3,000; the runner-up will win $2,000. Both will get a chance to compete against other winners and runners-up at the end of year for the feature film deal. The final winner will receive a feature film production deal with the L.A. company and its principals. |
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