Now
you can attend a virtual Cannes.
Redlightcenter.com, the second most
populated virtual world, has
announced the first-ever virtual
International Film Festival.
Redlightcenter is inviting
independent filmmakers to submit
their movies for this three-day
event (August 9-11, 2007), which
will present original short films on
any subject and interest, from
documentaries to comedies, drama,
and horror.
Call for entries of
original short films in all
categories by July 31
VANCOUVER, BC, July 2007 –
The
first
Red Light
Center International Film Festival
has been set for August 9 through 11
at RedLightCenter.com, the massively
multi-user, online-reality universe.
The three-day event will present
original short films not to exceed a
maximum of 20 minutes in length per
film, in three categories – Drama,
Comedy, and Documentary – and may
include entries on any subject and
interest. The event is the first of
its kind- never before has an online
festival presented films that are
shown in real-time to a global
audience of avatars who can interact
with one another.
“We are
inviting filmmakers from around the
world to submit their work for
viewing by an international audience
in the first of what we plan will be
an annual event,” explained Brian
Shuster, CEO of Utherverse, Inc.,
the parent company of
RedLightCenter.com. “Since our
launch one a year ago, our
membership has grown to over 250,000
sophisticated adults. The RLC Film
Festival is a great and welcome
addition to our schedule of live
entertainment events and
celebrations. People everywhere can
share in the excitement of attending
a world-class film festival simply
by stepping into the ‘virtual
world.’”
Entries
may be uploaded at
www.redlightcenter.com/filmfestival
or may be submitted by mail on DVDs
to Utherverse Digital, 203-1040
Hamilton Street, Vancouver, BC V6B
2R9. The deadline for hard copy
(mailing a DVD copy) submission is
July 24, 2007, and the deadline for
online submission (via uploading
your film) is midnight, July 31,
2007. There is no entry fee required
for film submissions.
A panel
of film industry experts, which will
include directors, producers,
writers and agents, will judge
festival entries. Category awards
will honor best direction,
screenplay or script, with the top
award of the festival, the Audience
Choice Award, voted on by viewers of
the film. A closing gala is also
planned for the final night of the
festival.
The main
festival site will be the Century
Theater in the Red Light Center.
Membership in Red Light Center is
free and is required for viewing
films.
RedLightCenter.com,
launched in 2006, was specifically
designed to appeal to the 21-49
year-old demographic market,
offering a sophisticated adult
social experience within a 3D
virtual reality.
ABOUT
REDLIGHTCENTER.COM
RedLightCenter.com is
the Internet's most sophisticated
and advanced adult virtual reality
universe. The site offers users
virtual nightclubs, hotels, bars,
movie theaters and stores.
In addition, the
cyber universe offers Community
Events, such as parties, classes,
meeting rooms, live music with
dancing and art-gallery openings.
These events are broadcast within
the online universe. Users also have
the ability to offer their own
events to real audiences within the
various RedlightCenter theaters.
User-presented events may include
the multimedia broadcast of content
from podcasts, films, book-readings,
comedy acts, band performances,
instructional classes and more.
Utherverse, a privately funded
startup founded in 2002, was formed
with the goal of creating massively
multiplayer online communities. Its
first product is RedLightCenter.com,
an adult-themed virtual world
modeled after the infamous district
in Amsterdam.
For more
information, please see
http://www.redlightcenter.com.
