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Funny or Die! Vidiots Announce Film Comp. for Students:

Vidiots is announcing their Funny Or Die/Vidiots Short Film Competition with a theme of "movies."

The competition is open to all high school and college students in Los Angeles County.

From Vidiots:

Submit your 4-minute-or-under comedy short by May 6th and have a chance to win a front-page feature on the Funny Or Die website, as well as a meet-up with the creative team behind Funny Or Die.

There will be two winners – one from a high school and one from a college – that have the best comedic take on the theme of cinema.

Winners announced at Vidiots on Thursday, June 9th at a special Funny Or Die night. Founder/president Mike Farah and a special guest will show a few of the best Funny Or Die shorts from the site’s past, screen the top submissions from our competition and premiere a new Funny Or Die short.

SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: funnyordie.com/vidiots

About Funny Or Die: Recently named the “Hottest Digital Studio/Network” in Adweek’s annual “Hot List,” Funny Or Die launched in April 2007 and has grown into a premier comedy brand and production studio known for creating award-winning, high-quality content with a global audience of more than 70 million. Funny Or Die’s social media division produces content for over 15 platforms and is the #1 comedy brand on both Twitter and Facebook. Funny Or Die is the top destination for celebrity-driven comedy videos and highly topical political commentary. Funny Or Die’s founders are Gary Sanchez Productions (Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Chris Henchy), and Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Judd Apatow is also a principal partner.

About Vidiots: The Vidiots Foundation is a community hub for anyone who is passionate about film. We are a non-profit 501(C)3 organization dedicated to the cinematic and media arts in the form of preserving and protecting our collection of over 50,000 rare and classic VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray titles. We celebrate cinema and the vitality of independent art through education, archival preservation and accessibility. The Vidiots Foundation connects people to experience evolving media, taking video store culture into the 21st Century.

 

http://vidiotsfoundation.org/

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