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Nominate the best for the Flash Forward Film Festival

FlashForwardFlashforward2008 is going to be in San Francisco this August. This annual conference is directed at Flash designers and developers and those who aspire to be called a designer or developer. Every year Flashforward features a Film Festival with open nominations of the best Flash content out there. In 2008 the categories have changed to the following:

  1. Application
  2. Cartoon/Story/Narrative
  3. Code
  4. Experimental/Art
  5. Game
  6. Motion Graphics
  7. Navigation/Experience
  8. Sound
  9. Typography
  10. Video

Anyone can submit links to Flash based works in all categories that are 'innovative and compelling.' Previous winners include Paper Vision 3d, the MoMA Contemporary Voice exhibition, and the amazing Tokyo Plastic. If you do submit a nomination to Flashforward2008 via the official film festival page, please let us know in the comments below with a link. The deadline for nominations is Father's Day, June 15, 2008.

Filed under: Video, News, Windows, Macintosh, Apple

iTunes to sell Sundance films

Sundance Film FestivalI am a closet indie film fan, in fact, I have always wished I could visit some sort of film festival, but never had the chance thus far. Now, the film festival comes to me (and you) via iTunes. The Sundance Film Festival, probably one of the most widely-known, is going to be selling some of its films on iTunes. Indie filmmakers will get the bulk of the $1.99 price for their films, with the rest of the money going to the festival, the Sundance channel and of course iTunes. The films are expected to be available for at least three years. If you happen to be an amateur filmmaker, you will still be free to "make deals" with other channels or networks, so good for you. Sundance films will be available on iTunes starting on January 22nd.

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