**WINNERS ANNOUNCED**
Jury Prize Winner - Star War: A Galaxy in Darkness by Darth_Angelus
Audience Award Winner - Flying by Shipp
Congrats to both winners!
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Welcome to the Ivy Film Festival Machinima Competition 2009
For the second time, the Ivy Film Festival will be holding a student machinima competition. Now in its eigth year, the Ivy Film Festival is the nation’s largest student film festival, held on the campus of Brown University every April. It aims to provide undergraduate and graduate student filmmakers from around the world a chance to showcase their work, interact with other aspiring filmmakers and network among industry professionals and Hollywood celebrities. The Festival was inspired by the premiere festivals of Hollywood; however, it caters to the young amateur filmmaker whose creative vision is realized while still in school.
The new Ivy Film Festival Machinima Competition, sponsored in partnership with Machinima.com, provides student machinima filmmakers the opportunity to compete against their peers for the Audience Choice Award, chosen by popular vote, and the Jury Prize, chosen by the votes of a panel of Machinima and New Media experts. The judging panel includes Barbara Meier (animation professor at Brown University), Ingrid Moon, Michael Nitsche, and Friedrich Kirschner. The two winning films will be screened at the Ivy Film Festival. This particular competition is accepting submissions from high school, college, and graduate students. International submissions are encouraged. Submission deadline is March 27th, 2009.
Contest Dates:
March 27th: Submission deadline. You will not be able to submit a film after this date.
March 30-April 6th: First round voting for top 10
April 6-April 19th: Second round voting to determine the winner of the Audience Award. Also, the judging period to determine the winner of the Jury Prize.
April 20th: Winners of the Jury Prize and Audience Award announced on Machinima.com and IvyFilmFestival.com.
Prizes:
Machinima.com will award two prizes. There will be one winner of the Audience Choice Award and one winner of the Jury Prize. It is possible to win both awards. Winners will be announced online and at the Ivy Film Festival. Winners will receive prizes and have their films screened at the Ivy Film Festival. The winner of the Jury Prize will receive $500 plus an award statue at the Ivy Film Festival. The winner of the Audience Choice Award will receive $250.**
**Winners are solely responsible for their own transportation and accommodations to the Ivy Film Festival.
**Additional prizes may be announced and awarded. prizes may be changed at anytime at the discretion of the Ivy Film Festival and Machinima.com.