Festivals & Contests

Film festivals and contests are a great way to find distribution, a viewing audience and hype for your movie. Becoming familiar with the multitude of festivals and contests will help you determine the right match for your video.

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NAB Wrap Up 2013

Jordan Claverie - Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:17am

For 90 years the National Association of Broadcasters has been putting on a convention for their industry. For the last 20 years, they’ve set up camp in Las Vegas. And over the last five years, they’ve repositioned the annual gathering as a content producers’ paradise. This year’s event did not disappoint.
Is SXSW Worth Attending as a Film/Video Geek?

Mike Wilhelm - March 20th, 2013

When video enthusiasts and filmmakers are planning travel for the year, a few big events spring to mind. NAB in Vegas and IBC in Amsterdam are no-brainers. For the creative minded, Sundance, Cannes, and the Toronto Film Festival are obvious choices as well. What about SXSW? Most people seem to associate SXSW with music and technology, but for 20 years it’s also been a prominent film festival. In fact, film is the largest segment of the event.
Interview Tips: Are You Asking the Right Questions?

Jordan Claverie - Tue, 02/26/2013 - 2:24pm

“I keep six honest serving-men, They taught me all I knew; Their names are What and Why and When, and How and Where and Who.” - Rudyard Kipling.
Ken Burns Wins Legal Rights to not Give Up Documentary Footage

Jennifer O'Rourke - February 22nd, 2013

Ken Burns won a battle this week for journalistic rights and won't have to give up his footage to New York City. The well-known award-winning documentary filmmaker was subpoenaed to give up outtake footage from his documentary "The Central Park Five" about a high-profile rape case focused on five men wrongly accused and convicted for the crime another man admitted to. The judge denied NYC's request.
Congratulations to the Blackmagic Cinema Camera Winner!

mikerosen - January 09th, 2013

We're happy to announce the winner of the Blackmagic Digital Cinema Camera sweepstakes. Congratulations to Laura Harvey! Laura Harvey is a deaf filmmaker and producer. She is currently working on a documentary about a deaf woman with multiple sclerosis and a dream to reach the highest points in all 50 states of the USA.
Win a Blackmagic Cinema Camera in Videomaker's Latest Sweepstakes

mikerosen - December 06th, 2012

Videomaker is holding a contest to give away a free Blackmagic Cinema Camera to one lucky winner.

The Blackmagic Cinema Camera features a 2.5K image sensor with a wide 13 stops of dynamic range for a true digital film camera. It comes with a built-in SSD recorder, open standard uncompressed RAW and compressed file formats, compatibility with quality EF or Passive Micro Four Thirds lenses, LCD touchscreen monitoring and metadata entry. Lens is not included.
Congratulations to the GoPro Hero 3 Camera Winner!

mikerosen - December 06th, 2012

We're happy to announce the winner of the GoPro Hero 3 camera Black edition contest. Congratulations to Michele and Anthony Holzwarth! Anthony is an independent filmmaker and multimedia developer. He does all forms of multimedia but he really loves Film, Animation/ VFX. His company is Z23 Studios, located in Pittsburgh, PA. His work can be seen on YouTube and Vimeo. Michele works with him as his assistant on films, videos, weddings and such.
Videomaker Challenge 7: Sound Effects Only

Mike Wilhelm - November 29th, 2012

For the last challenge, we had you improve the color of your shots using traditional color correction techniques like curves, levels, and hue/saturation. For challenge 7, we're turning our attention to sound effects.

As a reminder, everyone who participates gets a complementary 3-month subscription to Videomaker Plus!

Videomaker Challenge 7: Sound Effects Only
Videomaker Weekly Challenge: Week 3

Mike Wilhelm - October 19th, 2012

OK, so week 2 was pretty slow. Was the challenge too hard? Did it require too much time? Was it just plain lame? No matter, week 3 should be a little easier to jump in to.
Videomaker Weekly Challenge: Week 2

Mike Wilhelm - October 11th, 2012

We're really excited to get as many submissions as we did for week one, especially considering the technical difficulties many experienced with the submission forums, which are hopefully now fixed. If you've been keeping an eye on the front page of Videomaker, you've likely seen some of the entries. Head over the forums to see the rest. With that said, here are the details for next week:
Week 2: Shoot a chase scene with a non-human participant