Finalists
Recognized for High-Quality
Submissions, Impressions on Key
Industry Judges and Engagement with
Interactive Online Community
SAN
DIEGO, CA—JUNE 7, 2007—The DivX®
Film Festival, an online video
festival devoted to creativity,
storytelling and improving digital
media, has announced the winners on
DivX Stage6(TM). The finalists are
recognized for their high-quality
submissions, impressions on key
industry judges and engagement with
an interactive online community.
Contest submissions were evaluated
by DivX employees in conjunction
with a panel of key industry judges.
All entries were submitted in the
high-quality DivX media format,
containing an interactive menu and
at least one other advanced
feature--chapter points, subtitles
or alternate audio tracks. And the
winners are…
Grand
Prize (US $5000 and DivX Certified
hardware and software)
"Kowalski's Dream" - Daniel Zdunczyk,
Poland
First
Prize (US $1000 and DivX Certified
hardware and software)
"One"
- Philip Day, United Kingdom
Second Prize (five winners, US $500
and DivX Certified hardware and
software)
"The
Snow Witch" - Michelle Pettit-Mee
and Kheri Batal, United Kingdom
"Male
Restroom Etiquette" - Philip Rice,
USA
"The
Final Stop" - Elad Bar-On, Israel
"Nines" - Adrian Fulle, USA
"Only" - Philip Rice, USA
"We
are thrilled to see so much amazing
content submitted to the DivX Film
Festival, including a huge interest
in the interactive content from the
online community,” said Darrius
Thompson, Cofounder, Senior Vice
President of Strategy and New
Business at DivX, Inc. "The Stage6
platform connects the end-user to
the filmmaker, eliminating the
middle-man and creating a fusion of
ideas to bring growth and
inspiration to build a better
digital media future.”
"The
advanced features of DivX gave the
whole movie watching experience an
extra dimension, allowing the viewer
a tiny glimpse into our (the
directors') minds,” said Michelle
Pettit-Mee and Kheri Batal, second
prize winners for their film, "The
Snow Witch.” "It also allowed, with
the use of subtitles, other viewers
to follow the story and enjoy it in
a way they wouldn't have (been able
to) without them.”
"The
advanced features allowed me to do
Spanish subtitles for my film and
I've received numerous messages from
Spanish speaking viewers who thanked
me for providing them so they could
understand what was going on,” said
Adrian Fulle, second prize winner
and fiction genre winner for his
film, "Nines.” "Creating the extra
features was really easy to do.
That kind of tool is invaluable to
an indie filmmaker like me…to be
able to get my movie out there to a
wider audience is simply awesome.”
"I
was really impressed with the
quality and breadth of submissions
from an international community.
Whether live action, animated or
mashups, DivX tools allowed
creators, big on talent and vision,
to develop studio-quality
productions with little or no
budget,” said Rodney Satterwhite,
Genius Products, Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating
Officer. "Aspiring filmmakers now
have the tools and a serious forum
where their stories can be witnessed
by a worldwide audience. Big kudos
to the folks at DivX for providing
Stage6, a platform which delivers
truly meaningful content.”
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