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The 2010 Bitfilm Festival in Hamburg will take place at the Mirror Hall of the Museum for Applied Arts on October 6 - 7. “We reach most people through our Internet festival, but its closing event in the real world is still very important to us,” explains the festival’s director Aaron Koenig. “The more digital and virtual our lives become, the more we appreciate the charm of real-life places. Therefore we are very happy about our partnership with the Hamburg Museum for Applied Arts, which enables us to use this luxurious venue.” Having used the Mojo Club, Schmidt’s Theatre and the Planetarium in Hamburg as its main venues in previous years, again Bitfilm takes place at a location that is rather unusual for a film festival. During the day, experts will present new projects in stereo 3D production and interactive television to a professional audience. At night, an overview of the best digital films of the year will be presented, and the winners of the Bitfilm Awards will be announced to the general public. The theme of Bitfilm’s online film competition this year is Money & Me. The most popular films selected by the Internet audience will be compiled to form a full-length feature film. The frame story that unites all short film entries will be produced by Bitfilm itself and co-funded by the Hamburg Filmförderung. The deadline for submissions is August 31. Hamburg’s Authority for Culture, Sports and Media has kindly funded the Bitfilm Festival every year since 2003. The premiere of the feature film will take place in early 2011. |
