PHILIPPINES, NOVEMBER 15, 2010 – Visual Pond, the Philippine partner of The One Minutes Foundation, with the support of the UPFI Film Center, invites artists and video/filmmakers based in the Philippines to submit entries for The One Minutes Awards 2011.
The One Minutes Awards is a competition for moving images that last exactly one minute. Launched in 1998, The One Minutes has developed into a global network with makers from 100 countries and an archive of 10,000 video works. It is organized by The One Minutes Foundation, a non profit organization hosted by the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Six award categories are open to filmmakers: Video Performance: you and the camera; Cut and Paste: technical miracles; A Small History: small stories about matters we should not forget about; Micro Commercial: small companies run by passionate owners; Fairground Attraction: surreal details of a visual dream world; and Mini Road Movie: travel from A to B and add your road movie to a world network of travels.
Entry must be exactly one minute in length, of broadcast quality, in the 16:9 HD format and saved on a data CD or DVD. The movie must be exported as Quicktime or .avi at 720×576 pixels with dv-pal compressor, anamorphic, 25 frames per second and 48kHz sound.
Six videos per category will be nominated for the Tommy awards plus cash prize. From each category a larger selection of 24 videos will be used as a series for the new One Minutes magazine. The awards night in February 2011 will also mark the launch of this new video art magazine.
Submit the entry with the Philippine submission form which can be downloaded at visualpond.blogspot.com and drop it off at The One Minutes box at the UPFI Film Center c/o Yason Banal, Magsaysay and Osmeña Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City. Telephone: (632) 926-3640, 926-2722.
Deadline for Philippine entries is on November 25, 2010.
