The Can-Do Film Festival is the world’s first international web film festival and is running from January 1st 2010 to March 20th 2010. The competition is open to Canon shooters worldwide and sponsored by Vimeo, where all the submissions will hosted.
If you’re creative juices are already flowing then you’ll need to know the rules, all of which are on the site. Importantly the movie must be less than four minutes long and shot on the Canon HD DSLR EOS 1D Mk IV, EOS 5D Mk II or EOS 7D.
There are plenty of prizes up for grabs, with each winner of the 10 categories getting a Canon EF Lens of choice worth up to $1000. Those successful in Creative Inspiration and Technical Innovation will each receive a Canon EOS 5D Mk II HD DSLR with the competitions overall champion receiving a Canon EOS 1D Mk IV HD DSLR.
Goodies well worth winning, which means competition is going to be stiff, but if you think you’ve got what it takes all the details are here. Submissions for the Can-Do Film Festival must placed into one of 10 categories and these vary from music video to nature documentary, movie trailer to narrative. Whether an aspiring Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze or David Attenborough, you should be able to find a suitable category.
The event will be judged by a panel including producer at ILM Rick McCullen and Vimeo director of community Blake Whitman, with the results being announced mid April 2010. If you’re from the UK and thinking of getting involved we’d love to hear about you and your project, just drop us a comment below and we’ll be in touch.
