The Flux Announces the iPod Video Film Festival

Coming soon to a small screen near you: The iPod Video Film Festival. The Flux announced today the opening of The Flux iPod Film Festival, an online film festival/competition of content formatted for the iPod. Visitors to the site can download the films for playback on their computers or iPod video, then vote for their favorite video. Prizes will be awarded in four categories: student film, indie film, family clip, and best music video. “The iPod video has people yearning for fun, portable video content, and our festival will give people access to free content, while exposing independent filmmakers and bands to an exciting new audience,” said Flux producer Ryan Ritchey. Submissions must be less than ten minutes, and formatted for the iPod. Flux partner site R Cubed Productions will offer conversion services to properly format films for iPod playback for a small fee. Submission deadline is January 25th. The Flux was founded in March 2005 to be the single stop for the creators and viewers of short films, including movie reviews, how-to tips, movie hosting, and resources for filmmakers.

Entry fee is 15USD. Bah, entry fees suck, but it’s normal in film festivals I guess. But they don’t tell you what the prizes are! from this page:

The top three films in each category will be given awarded prizes, to be determined.

I’m not sure I would pay to compete in a contest that makes it unclear if it’s worth the dough. I would wait until after January 15th when they announce the prizes. permanent link to this post