SeeFlik launches online video competitions

Striving make use of a showcase for emerging filmmakers, lately minted SeeFlik is beginning some movie clip competitions. The contests -- a Judge's Award together with a Fans Favorite -- will probably be open only to students who attend or are within five years of graduation from accredited undergraduate or graduate film programs. SeeFlik, headed by longtime industry Ray Meli, suggested the contests just like a "farm system" for your entertainment industry. "100s of thousands of emerging artists and filmmakers finish college each year and possess handful of options aside from the conventional film festivals to acquire their voices heard," Meli mentioned. The initial round in the contests will conclude on Feb. 29 with individuals who win receiving $50,000 together with a showcase for talent agencies and art galleries. The business is beginning with operating capital of $millions of, funded by Wall Street professionals Adam Wachter and Rob Parket together with other professionals. Wachter is chief operating officer, and Parket is chief financial officer. David Greenblatt, who co-founded Endeavor, assists becoming an agent to contest individuals who win and mentor them through the whole process of meeting agents, managers and studio professionals. SeeFlik has attracted on six industry vets for everybody on its Judge's Honours panel -- Michael London, Shane Black, Angelo Pizzo, Keir Pearson, Robert Kamen and Suzanne p Passe. The Fans Favorite competition will employ "The The American Idol Show ShowInch-style voting, in which the winning short depends upon the quantity of votes received. "SeeFlik puts in a single location a great forum for emerging filmmakers being discovered," Greenblatt mentioned. SeeFlik has furthermore registered nearly 20 film schools as affiliate entrepreneurs to cover great shape are marketing including schools at Florida Condition U., NYU, Syracuse U., UCLA and USC. The competitions aren't limited to students and alumni within the affiliated schools, and SeeFlik expects to grow the network of film schools. Being qualified, films ought to be original and a maximum of 25 minutes. Participants enter by uploading films digitally for the SeeFlik site. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com