Film competition

Raindance Film Competition

As part of the launch of “Welcome to the Extraordinary” InterCasino have teamed up with Raindance to create a competition with some truly awesome prizes. We’re calling all film makers to enter our competition to win a trip to the Cannes Film Festival 2011!

Prizes

First Prize

A trip to the Cannes Film Festival 2011 will be awarded for the best work as judged by the judging panel.
The winning film will also be shown at the Raindance Film Festival 2010
Winner will receive a free subscription for one year to Raindance and a full Raindance Festival Pass
The winning film will be promoted by InterCasino

YouTube prize

(Please note that Raindance.tv will syndicate your entry to the official page on You Tube on your behalf)

The film that gets the highest number of views on the competition’s YouTube channel (where all shortlisted entries will be available) will receive two tickets to the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) after-show party.
Winner will receive a free subscription for one year to Raindance.tv and a full Raindance
Festival Pass

Shortlisted Films

Shortlisted films will receive a free one year membership to Raindance
All shortlisted films will be showcased on Raindance site, YouTube and the InterCasino site
All films will be considered for screening at the Raindance Film Festival

The Brief

The Welcome to the Extraordinary film competition is giving you a chance to try your hand at writing, producing and directing a short film.

InterCasino and Raindance are looking for short films that celebrate the notion of the extraordinary.

We’re looking for something awe-inspiring and contagious that the viewer will be excited about sharing with others. We don’t need you to test our minds, we want you to thrill them – it’s all about delivering a great piece of escapism and high-octane, no-holds-barred entertainment.

Whether you’re an experienced filmmaker or if this is the first time you’ve picked up a video camera, this competition is open to everyone.

Each film must be less than 40.0 seconds in length
Each film must include an end frame/image supplied by InterCasino, available through the upload page.
The closing date for receipt of entries is August 01st 2010.

Before you get started, have a think about what the extraordinary means to you.

Who will be Judging the competition

Judging this competition are 4 highly accomplished experts within their given fields including the well known and popular actor Mathew Horne of the critically acclaimed BBC comedy series Gavin and Stacey.

Mathew Horne

Mathew stars as title lead, ‘Gavin’ in the phenomenally successful series of the BBC’s BAFTA award-winning sitcom Gavin and Stacey . Other notable TV credits include regular characters throughout all series of the Catherine Tate show; lead roles in ‘Roman’s Empire’; ‘Billy Goats Gruff’; ‘Teachers’;'20 Things to Do Before You’re 30′; ‘Horne and Corden’ and the feature film, ‘Lesbian Vampire Killers’. Mathew co starred with Imelda Staunton in the 2009 West End production of ‘Entertaining Mr Sloane’ and starred as ‘Jon Moss’ in the recent BBC film ‘Worried about the Boy’ which headed up the BBC2 “80s season”.

Find out more about Mathew Horne here.

Elliot Grove

Canadian-born Elliot Grove moved to London in the late 1980’s and thirteen years ago launched the Raindance Film Festival, a festival devoted to independent filmmaking and its emerging talent. He also lectures on screenwriting and filmmaking throughout the UK and Europe, and in 1992 set up the training division of Raindance which now offers nearly 2 dozen evening and weekend masterclasses on writing, directing, producing and marketing a feature film.

Elliot also founded the prestigious The British Independent Film Awards in 1998, and Britain’s film industry regularly describes this event as the most important in the UK.

In 2007 he founded Britain’s first IPTV service: Raindance.tv, which currently has over 400 hours of independent shorts, features and documentaries.

Joe Utichi

Joe has worked online since 1999, initially as a hobbyist writer and founder of a fan site dedicated to the Sega Dreamcast console. From 2003 he created and ran FilmFocus.Co.UK, a movie reviews and news site which became one of the most popular film sites in the UK, and in October 2006 he was invited to launch a localised version of popular film website Rotten Tomatoes for the UK market at the newly-formed Fox Interactive Media. He worked with local and international teams to define the feature set of the site and bring its world-famous Tomatometer to the UK.

While at Rotten Tomatoes, Joe delivered world-class editorial features for the local and international sites.
He worked with marketing and PR to promote the site in the national media and through partnerships with thelondonpaper and the Edinburgh and Raindance Film Festivals.

In 2008 Joe was invited to join the jury to decide the winner of the BAFTA Best British Film award. In 2010, Joe sat on a further BAFTA Film Awards jury, for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
He has also served as a jury member for two consecutive Raindance Film Festivals, in 2008 and 2009, with fellow jurors including Mick Jones, Iggy Pop and Andrea Arnold.

Alexandra Gal

Alexandra has 10 years experience in the online gaming industry and is the Vice President of Global Marketing at InterCasino, the world’s first online casino. She has a wealth of experience in the brand and advertising industry, having held senior positions in global advertising agencies before joining InterCasino. Alexandra has also headed up numerous TV advertising campaigns and was formerly the Vice President of Marketing at Israel’s leading branding agency.

The all-new InterCasino website launched earlier this year, offering players around the world an extraordinary gaming experience. The site provides a large variety of the most popular and well-known online casino games, video games and slot machines from around the world.

How to submit your Film

Submitting your film into the competition couldn’t be easier, simply follow the below steps:

First of all, register an account with us.
Once you’ve received your login password by email.
Login to the site.
Click on the Upload button on the top right.
Fill in the submission form including film title and description.
Agree to the competition T&C’s (viewable here).
Simply submit by browsing for the relevant file and clicking on upload.

Please note:

Make sure to allow enough time for the film to upload.
Once submitted/uploaded a confirmation message will appear on page.
Large file sizes may take a few minutes to upload, please be patient.
All videos are moderated and may take up to 1 working day to process.
Once accepted you will receive an email confirming this and your video will appear on the “Welcome to the Extraordinary” site.