Reblog This Festival
I recently mentioned some of the possible uses a filmmaker might have for the social networking/micro blogging/photo-sharing site www.tumblr.com. Determined to prove me right they’ve just launched Reblog This Festival.
“We had so much fun at this summer’s Reblog This Concert in New York City that we’ve decided to take the party to the West Coast. In five weeks we’ll descend upon Los Angeles to showcase some of our community’s amazing creative work that inspires us every day.
So fire up your flipcams, send us your submissions, and come join Tumblr at the end of October for our first ever Reblog This Film Festival!
If you are an active Tumblr user and part of our illustrious filmmaking community, we’d love for you to participate. We’re looking for short films, between 5 and 10 minutes, to be screened at the event and featured prominently here on Tumblr.com/films.
We’ll announce the films we’d like to feature a few days before the big night, which will include filmmaker interviews, a panel of industry insiders, and of course, a big party after to celebrate with the Tumblr community that has brought all of this magic to life.”
Because there’s no prize money, no award even, little in the way of kudos or bragging rights I imagine a lot of people are going to treat this with suspicion. Typical of all tumblr stuff it’s also shockingly easy to use – there’s no other rules and no entry form beyond a webpage where you enter your tumblr ID, an email and a web address where the film is.
No rules, no named list of judges, no tech specs… dear me, what are they playing at? It’s like they just want to make it simple… it’s like they just want to share good films with people…
