NEW YORK, NY (July 18, 2012)The One Club is pleased to launch its inaugural OneScreen Festival, a global competition designed for the creative community by the creative community to shine a light on the creative minds behind some of today’s best short films and videos.

Produced by The One Club, OneScreen was conceived for filmmakers of today and tomorrow who want to showcase their work to the organization’s established global audience. Submissions are open July 16 through the deadline of September 7. Films and videos must be 10 minutes or less in run time to be eligible. Competition categories include Narrative, Documentary, Music Video, Animation and Branded Content. All entries must be submitted online at www.onescreen.org in MP4 or MOV H.264 format. Entry fees are $25.00 per submission; Students $20.00 per submission.

“OneScreen encourages video and filmmakers around the world to submit their creative work to this innovative and new international online short film and video festival,” says Kevin Swanepoel, president and interim CEO at The One Club. “All entries will be judged by our prestigious jury comprised of some of the world’s leading professionals in film, video and creative advertising and the winning films and videos will be available for viewing by our eager global online audience of creatives.”

OneScreen’s elite panel of judges of some of the world’s leading film, video and creative advertising professionals will be announced in the coming weeks. Judging will take place in October. Finalists will be notified by mail.  Prizes will be announced in the months ahead. The winners will be awarded at a special screening in New York City at a theater to be announced for categories including Best Director, Best Cinematographer, Best Editor, Best Script and Best of Show.

All non-English films must contain English sub-titles. All finalists grant The One Club the rights to use their films and/or videos in press materials for promotional purposes. Films and/or videos selected as winners become part of The One Club archive library.

For more information about how to enter the OneScreen Short Film Festival, please visit www.onescreen.org

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Chris Arrant

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