As if the film festival calendar isn’t cramped enough already, a new festival has just been added to the list. But unlike Cannes, Venice or the London film festivals, the Babelgum festival is taking place exclusively online.
Babelgum, an internet TV website, has been gathering films since last summer and has made over a thousand short movies from 86 countries available to watch free online.
Surfers can log onto the site and vote for their favourite films. The nominated films will be judged by a panel headed by acclaimed US movie director Spike Lee.
Films included in the festival vary in theme as much as they do in geography and genre. Among them are comedies from Ireland, social dramas from the Lebanon and an unsettling film featuring a cast wearing masks of George Bush and his administration.
Babelgum backers hope that by producing more content for the small screen it will attract more surfers to its website, which it has recently relaunched.
“Films are now being made primarily for consumption online or on other smaller screen devices, with 60 per cent of entries received having been produced specifically for the small screen,” said Valerio Zingareelli, head of Babelgum.
Bablegum was set up by Italian telecoms billionaire Silvio Scaglia.
www.babelgum.com
www.babelgumonlinefilmfestival.com
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As if the film festival calendar isn’t cramped enough already, a new festival has just been added to the list. But unlike Cannes, Venice or the London film festivals, the Babelgum festival is taking place exclusively online.
Babelgum, an internet TV website, has been gathering films since last summer and has made over a thousand short movies from 86 countries available to watch free online.
Surfers can log onto the site and vote for their favourite films. The nominated films will be judged by a panel headed by acclaimed US movie director Spike Lee.
Films included in the festival vary in theme as much as they do in geography and genre. Among them are comedies from Ireland, social dramas from the Lebanon and an unsettling film featuring a cast wearing masks of George Bush and his administration.
Babelgum backers hope that by producing more content for the small screen it will attract more surfers to its website, which it has recently relaunched.
“Films are now being made primarily for consumption online or on other smaller screen devices, with 60 per cent of entries received having been produced specifically for the small screen,” said Valerio Zingareelli, head of Babelgum.
Bablegum was set up by Italian telecoms billionaire Silvio Scaglia.
www.babelgum.com
www.babelgumonlinefilmfestival.com
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