Rushes Film Festival Call for Entries

The entry form for this year' Rushes Soho Shorts Festival can now be downloaded at www.sohoshorts.com

The festival celebrates the previous year's best director in each of the six competition categories Short Film, Animation, Documentary, Music Video, Newcomer and Broadcast Design.

2009 includes additional out-of-competition programmes highlighting work from abroad along with numerous guest programmes showcasing amazing work produced in the UK and overseas. These include experimental film programmes, commissioned music videos from the BBC and RADAR, independent shorts from Australia, competition entries from 'straight 8', award programmes from Think Sync, commissioned short science films, commissioned documentaries, the list goes on. You can download the 2008 festival brochure from the website (go to the Previous Years pages).

The 10 day event will also see a large range of seminars, lectures, networking events, receptions, Bar-B-Q's, boat parties and live music performances with yet more events being planned for the Autumn. In 2008, post festival, the finalist's films and selections of work from the festival shortlist were screened not only to Ad agencies, festivals and film organisations in London but also at events in Denmark, Australia, USA, Turkey, and Jersey (to name a few).

"We've been very lucky to have such great support over the last decade and we're very excited by the possibilities presenting themselves for the coming year and the years ahead. We're planning the usual guest programmes, lunchtime seminars and late afternoon panels for 2009, if anyone is interested in getting involved it'd be great to hear from them" commented Joe Bateman, Festival Director.

The festival provides many programmes and events for free, intending to encourage, inspire and promote talented filmmakers to the public and the huge number of production companies and creative organisations in and around London and the UK.

It's free to enter, just send in your film on DVD along with an entry form to:

Rushes Soho Shorts, 66 Old Compton Street, London, W1D 4UH, UK.

Films can be submitted up until 23^rd April with the shortlisted films being announced early June and the full programme available from 1^st July.

The festival will open on Wednesday 22^nd July and will culminate, as is tradition, with the Rushes Awards hosted by Terry Christian on Thursday 30^th July 2009.

Further Information can be found at www.sohoshorts.com