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posted August 31st, 2008
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Winners of the GTTV Summer Film Competition!

1st   Scotch Needs a Drink   Portland, OR
2nd   Time & Chance   Franklin, TN
3rd   The Pig Knows   Santa Monica, CA
4th   Kentucky Fried Prison   Chicago, IL
5th   Poke The Sleeping Bear   Charlotte, NC
6th   The Scare   Austin, TX

Click Here to see complete scoring breakdown.

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posted August 15th, 2008
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And it begins...

The GTTV summer film competition received over 150 entries. Thank you to all who submitted their film!

Six entries from all over the country were chosen for competition this summer. The competition runs through August 27th, 2008 and the winner will be announced on August 31st. Be sure to check out all the great films on GTTV.

For those of you interested the films chosen were taken from these awesome cities:

Austin, TX
Charlotte, NC
Chicago, IL
Franklin, TN
Portland, OR
Santa Monica, CA

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posted August 1st, 2008
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Ok folks, so the film submissions are in (or at least are still coming in over the next few days). We have begun watching the films to see which ones get into this summer's competition. We have gotten over 150 entries from cities across the US! It's going to take this whole week or so to get through them. So if you submited a film be patient, you will hear from us one way or another soon.

Good luck to all the filmmakers,
GTTV Summer Competition Staff

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posted July 1st, 2008
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Competition will run August 15th 2008 - August 31st 2008.

Cost to submit: 

FREE 

Film genre: 

Any (we are looking for stuff that is designed to be entertaining and will appeal to a general audience).

Length: 

Minimum - 5 minutes; Maximum - 30 minutes. You can submit more than one entry. Each entry must comply with the length requirements. 

Rating: 

G, PG, PG-13, R

Preferences: 

Preference will be given to films with active websites, myspace and other internet based promotional venues in place. Any films uploaded in their entirety on YouTube or other free-to-view video sites will not be accepted (however, trailers or other promotional videos on these sites are permissible and encouraged).

Scoring and Competition Details: 

The best possible score is 30. The winner will have the highest score of all entries 

1) Once accepted, each film will be hosted on the gorillatango.tv website for general public viewing for a standard ticket price. Each filmmaker will be given a means to keep track of the audience response to their film based on total earnings and views. During the competition period (August 15 - 30, 2008), the top 3 earning films will receive 10 points each; the middle earners will receive 5 points each; and the bottom 3 earners will receive 0 points each. 

2) Three GTTV judges will view and award each movie a score between 0 - 10 points based on their perception of the entertainment value, overall quality and marketability of the film. These scores will be averaged.

3) GTTV will host a screening for New York, Chicago (at our live venue) and L.A. film industry pros. This group will score entries between 0 - 10 points each, based on whatever criteria they deem important. These scores will be averaged.

In the event of a tie, the film with the highest gross earnings will win.

Prizes: 

The winning filmmaker will receive:

1) A producer account on GTTV for one year with all storage expenses paid. The winning film must remain on GTTV for at least one month after the end of the competition. 

2) GTTV will feature the winning film in its nationwide marketing blitz scheduled for mid-September 2008. Filmmakers will be encouraged to provide GTTV with an e-poster and trailer for these efforts; if e-poster not available, GTTV will design one for you. GTTV will implement an online marketing strategy specifically designed for the winning film, including an adbuy guaranteeing 1,000,000+ views of the related e-poster over the course of the campaign (one month) on various popular websites. Gross revenue earned from marketing campaign of the winning entry will be split 50/50 between GTTV and Producer (normal GTTV price setting procedures will apply).

To Enter: 
(Please read carefully)

1) Submit your film(s) on DVD to:

Gorilla Tango - GTTV Summer Film Competition
1919 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647

PLEASE NOTE: 
a) If you are accepted into the competition, you will be given a GTTV producer account where you will need to upload your content into the system as a .mpg .mov or .wmv.

b) Your DVD will not be returned.

c) All submissions must be postmarked by 2008-07-31.

2) Please include the following (write clearly): 
a) Your Name
b) Address (Street, City, State and Zip Code)
c) Telephone Number
d) Email 
e) Title of Film(s)
f) Length of Film(s)
g) Genre, Description, and Rating

3) We will communicate with you via email. Include an active email address; write clearly. Please add webmaster@gorillatango.com and support@gorillatango.tv to your "trusted" list so we do not get filtered by your SPAM filter. All entries submitted without an email address or with an illegible email address will be disqualified. All entries will receive a confirmation email. GTTV does not sell or rent email addresses.

4) Please include any websites, MySpace pages, trailers, etc. for your film; write clearly. 

5) NOTE: Filmmakers with GTTV Producer Accounts created themselves prior to the start of the competition (August 15, 2008) will be automatically entered. Whatever content is currently uploaded to the active account will be regarded as the entry. The above "mail-in/review/accept" entry process is not necessary if you already have a GTTV Producer Account. 

GTTV will review all content in the order it was received - so please be patient. If you have any questions email support@gorillatango.tv.