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Starting February 15, the 2008 Game Demo Contest will be accepting demo abstracts. Tell us about yourself and your idea for the next great game! As part of your entry, submit coding or game design tips to improve compatibility and playability on Intel® Integrated Graphics and be eligible for special judges' awards like a high-end gaming laptop.

Key Contest Phases:

* Community voting: In April and continuing through July 25, 2008, there will be community voting on the best abstracts, with weekly prizes of $100 USD cash gift cards awarded.
* Upload your media: Starting May 1st, you’ll be able to upload screenshots and movies of your demo
* Finalist voting: During the finalist selection period from July 1st to July 28, 2008, anyone who visits the site can vote on your screenshots and movies.
* Finalist selection: At the end of the finalist selection period, the top scoring entries will become our finalists for the second round of judging, which will be done by Intel and game industry judges. At this time, finalists will need to submit the actual executable of their game demo.
* Winner selection: The grand prize and subsequent prize winners will be selected by our panel of game development experts.

This is your chance to be the next generation of gaming and to create the game they all want to play – show the world YOUR game and make your game THE game!
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Eleventh annual international festival seeks imaginative, volatile, entertaining and critical films and videos. Dedicated to the exhibition and nurturing of film and video as art, Antimatter is the premier showcase of experimental cinema in the west, encompassing screenings, installations, performances and hybrid media experiments.

Contact: Todd Eacrett, info@antimatter.ws
Deadline: May 30 2008
Exhibition date: September 19 2008 - September 27 2008
Sept 19-27, 2008 Victoria, BC, Canada
Entry Deadlines: April 16/08 (early); May 30/08 (final).
New for 2008: no length limit -- more screening formats!

Criteria: Independent productions, completed after Jan 1/06. Any style or genre.

Formats: 35mm, 16mm, Super 8, DVCAM, MiniDV, DVD, VHS.
Preview on DVD (NTSC/PAL) or VHS (NTSC/PAL).
Entry Fees: $15 (early); $25 (final).

Also accepting proposals for expanded cinema and media-based performance.

Delivery address:
Antimatter Underground Film Festival
636 Yates Street, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 1L3
Tel (250) 385-3327
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Hell on Reels [Astoria Moving Picture Festival], named in reference to the infamous Hell Gate Bridge spanning NYC's East River, is a new forum for the exhibition of exceptional and unique short format moving image works, including documentary, narrative, music video, animation, design and experimental films.

The intention of the festival is to promote creative dialogue and collaboration among participants within the local Queens community, greater NYC metropolitan area and global film society. The first installment of the festival on May 21, 2006 was a great success and featured short films from around the globe, from Jackson Heights, Queens to Malmo, Sweden.

Hell on Reels [Astoria Moving Picture Festival] is now gearing up for the second, third and fourth installments of the summer series to take place in June, July and September. All screenings are outdoors to take full advantage of the NYC summer while it lasts!

There is no fee to submit and more than one submission is permitted. All submissions must include a completed entry form and submissions will not be returned.

SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS TO:

Hell on Reels
c/o Hell Gate Social
12-21 Astoria Blvd.
Astoria, NY 11102

*Submission deadline is "rolling" but submit your film ASAP to be included in the summer series!!!

Please visit the festival website for further details and the most up to date information:

WWW.HELLONREELS.ORG
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The 8th annual Bearded Child seeks unusual, bizarre and/or experimental work to be shown at an expanded festival in Minneapolis and rural Grand Rapids, Minnesota. We are also looking for live visual, installation, and sound artists.

Delivery address:
Bearded Child Film Festival
c/o Dan Anderson
612 1st Ave. NW
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
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Eleventh annual international festival seeks imaginative, volatile, entertaining and critical films and videos. Dedicated to the exhibition and nurturing of film and video as art, Antimatter is the premier showcase of experimental cinema in the west, encompassing screenings, installations, performances and hybrid media experiments. Contact: Todd Eacrett, info@antimatter.ws Deadline: May 30 2008 Exhibition date: September 19 2008 - September 27 2008 Sept 19-27, 2008 Victoria, BC, Canada Entry Deadlines: April 16/08 (early); May 30/08 (final). New for 2008: no length limit -- more screening formats! Criteria: Independent productions, completed after Jan 1/06. Any style or genre. Formats: 35mm, 16mm, Super 8, DVCAM, MiniDV, DVD, VHS. Preview on DVD (NTSC/PAL) or VHS (NTSC/PAL). Entry Fees: $15 (early); $25 (final). Also accepting proposals for expanded cinema and media-based performance. Delivery address: Antimatter Underground Film Festival 636 Yates Street, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 1L3 Tel (250) 385-3327 link

SlowArt Productions presents the group thematic exhibition, Strange Figurations. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery from September 4 - 27, 2008. This exhibition is open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange Figurations. Included are all forms of unique and unusual figurative art from the realist to the surreal and visionary. All artist interpretations of the theme "Strange Figurations" will be reviewed and considered. link

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