OUR PLEDGE TO YOU

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Filmaka promises to bring you fresh opportunities every month to develop your career and win prizes. Read the Filmaka pledge from Founder Deepak Nayar and President Sandy Grushow.

COMPETITIONS

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Want to make a movie? Enter our

FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

 

 

OUR JURY

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Your films are judged by Wim Wenders, Paul Schrader, Bill Pullman, Zak Penn, Deepak Nayar, John Madden, Neil LaBute, Kenneth Lemberger, Dr. Herbert Kloiber, Werner Herzog, Colin Firth, Tim Delaney, Laura Bickford and Thomas Augsberger.

FILMAKA CHANNEL

WATCH THE NEW EPISODE OF CHRISTIE

Christie drags the entire Lav-U-Like office out to the woods to play paint-ball as a competitiveness-building exercise. See who is the last man standing! Then find out how the producer and director of Christie managed all of those cool special-effects shots in a look BEHIND THE SCENES. Mamma Mia! We've got Colin Firth on our Filmaka Jury! Hear what the star of this summer's musical has to say about the power of short films. Then get a taste of victory in an interview with last year's Feature Film Competition winner, Nuru Rimington-Mkali.
 

FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

TRUTH OR DARE

Many of us played "Truth or Dare" as children, teenagers, and even as adults. Everyone must take their turn - do you chose to tell the truth, no matter what you are asked? Or to take a dare and do something risky? Submit your 3 minute film on this theme and win $500 plus entry into the Jury Level competition. If you entered into HELP WANTED, it's not over yet - VOTING OPENS JULY 5! Everyone who submitted MUST VOTE or be disqualified. All members should watch last month's entries to get ideas for what they will do next!

 

WHAT ON EARTH

WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON?

What On Earth Is Going On? is looking for 15 films to play on MSN's new socially relevant content channel! Filmaka is offering you the chance to submit one of those 15 films. The 15 winning filmmakers will receive $1500 (USD) and go on to compete for $10,000 and two spots in a film project entitled A Global Tapestry - a collaborative film in which each director will contribute their interpretation of a common theme. A special jury has been created for this competition, including directors Jehane Noujaim and Nick Broomfield!

 

COMMUNITY  

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ANOTHER FUNKING BLOG

 

Writer, producer, and actor, Alec Christie spews advice in his bi-weekly column. His latest installment tells how to afford proper screenwriting software on the wages from your McJob.

 

FORUMS

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DOCUMENTARY WINNERS

The winners of the May Documentary Competition will each receive $500 and a chance to compete for funding for their full-length documentary at the end of the year. May's winners are:

"Dust & Dreams by Abhijit Ghosh
"Mountain City by Mengying Niu

Congratulations!

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

Submit your 30-second to 3-minute documentary and win $500 cash plus funding for a full-length version of your idea! MEMBERS VOTE EVERY DAY to help decide who wins! Click Here to see last month's winners.

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