The Worldwide Online Festival Bitfilm 08 will start on May 1, 2008. This year the 9th International Bitfilm Festival for Digital Film will kickstart its worldwide Online Festival at the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (May 1-8). Bitfilm is dedicated to films that use digital technology in a creative and innovative way: from 3D blockbusters and Internet Flash Movies to films shot in computer games and short clips for mobile devices.
The main part of the Bitfilm Festival, which was founded in 2000 in Hamburg, will take place on the Internet; all films may be watched online. The worldwide net community will decide on the winners of the Bitfilm Awards and the prize money of 10,000 Euros, endowed by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
-- Opening Event from May 1 to 8 in Stuttgart-- Internet Voting from May 1 to July 1 at www.bitfilm.com/festival-- Closing Event and Award Ceremony from July 9 to 12 in Hamburg
