Scottish Screen calls students

Prizes on offer for film completed at college

by Amber Wilkinson

Scottish Screen is currently looking for student films completed during 2004 or 2005 while you were registered at a Scottish college or university.

Entry fee is £5.00 and they are looking for work in the following categories:

Animation

Factual

Fiction

Interactive Tayside Award for Interactivity (games, web based, etc)

Music Video

No Boundaries (experimental or innovative)

They will also be awarding:

The CAVIC Award for Technical Excellence - open only to students from further education colleges it rewards technical excellence in the fields of sound, camera or editing.

The Lee Lighting Cinematography Award, supported by Lee Lighting and Kodak.

The closing date for submissions is December 19 - download a form from Scottish Screen

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