PictureStart Film Festival

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The PictureStart Film Festival, or PictureStart Awards, is a film festival to showcase short films in New York City. It was started in 2002 as the NYC Home Film Festival. The 12th PictureStart Film Festival was held on June 2 and June 3, 2008.[1]

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[edit] Festival

The PictureStart Film Festival is intended to showcase short films, regulated as being less than 35 minutes.[2] The festival accepts submissions from all filmmakers and in all film genres at any time. Some prior participants include Wolfgang Petersen, David Koepp and John Badham.[3]

The films are chosen for viewing based on "artist excellence", with some festival awards granted based on viewers' choices and others based on the votes of a judging panel.[1]

[edit] Awards

The festival grants viewer awards in the following categories:

  • Best Actor
  • Best Actress
  • Best Short Film

And "Jury Awards" in the following categories:

  • Best Film
  • Best Actor
  • Best Actress
  • Best Cinematography

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b NYC Home Film Festival. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
  2. ^ NYC PictureStart/Home Film Festival. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
  3. ^ NYC PictureStart Film Festival (MySpace). Retrieved on 2008-06-11.

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