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'Wississiffi' - "WHITBY IN SHORTS" INTERNATIONAL SHORT-FILM FESTIVAL 2009
“Whitby in Shorts” International Short-Film Festival 2009
Whether you make it or watch it, short-film has the power to move people like no other medium on earth. And few places on earth can offer such a breath-taking palette of filmic locations as Whitby – historic whaling-port at the foot of the North Yorkshire Moors.
Of course, Whitby and Film go together like Montreux and Jazz. So, for these reasons, and a thousand others, 2009 will see Whitby hosting the first “Whitby In Shorts” International Short-Film Festival.
What, where and when?
The 5–13th September 2009 is when Whitby will be buzzing with the creative talents of hundreds of short-film makers, animators, directors, actors, film-lovers and goodness knows who else. We'll be completing the programmes of events soon, but until then, here’s a taster of what you can expect.
Saturday 5th September – come along to our Grand Welcome Party; meet the movie people, drink the wine and listen to the band – it’s Opening Night.
Sunday 6th - Friday 11th September – for the next six days, the twenty best short-films in each of twelve Genres – the WiSiS-FF Finalists – will be screened in five star venues in and around Whitby; that’s four ten-film sessions per day; two in the afternoon, and two in the evening – plus a host of ‘fringe’ events all over the town.
The 12 Genres
Fiction/Drama – Documentary – Comedy – Horror - Sci-Fi – Animation - Computer Graphics (CGI) - Music Video – Environment – Sport – Travel –and Religion
From these 240 Finalists will be honed down to 24 Nominations – two from each Genre.
Saturday 12th September - From these 24 Nominations, our international panel of Judges will select the 12 Genre Award Winners.
Then, on Sunday 13th September, at the WiSiS-FF Grand Gala Award Ceremony, the ‘Best of Festival’ overall winners will be acclaimed in each of the following major Categories: The WiSiS-FF Best Short-Film Award 2009 – The WiSiS-FF Best Individual Performance Award 2009 – The WiSiS-FF Best Score/Soundtrack 2009and TheWiSiS-FF Best Special Effects Award 2009
That’s a total of 16 prestigious Awards, each carrying substantial Prizes, to be announced during the build-up to the Festival. So if you’ve made a short-film between three and fifteen minutes long, then click on the Entries button and find out how you can be part of WiSiS-FF (that's pronounced ‘wississiffi’), the best-located Short-Film Festival in the world.
