Yahoo! Telemundo Gives Hispanic Filmmakers a Shot at Fame

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Yahoo! Telemundo Gives Hispanic Filmmakers a Shot at Fame With Launch of Short Film Festival

Winning short will be featured on Yahoo! Telemundo Front Page and on
Telemundo and Mun2 networks; Winning U.S. filmmaker will win a trip to the
Sundance Film Festival

MIAMI, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Yahoo! Telemundo is tapping into the
cinematic genius of Hispanic audiences with the launch of the Yahoo!
Telemundo Short Film Festival
(http://espanol.entertainment.yahoo.com/filmfestival) sponsored by Toyota
Yaris. This competition will enable Hispanic filmmakers to showcase their
independently produced work to millions online, and allow users to cast
votes for the best short films in four different genres.
Through September 5, filmmaking enthusiasts can submit their two-to-ten
minute short films on Yahoo! Telemundo Cine, the recently re-launched
online movie channel. Films can be submitted in English or Spanish, or
both, in any of the following categories: Comedy, Horror, Action/Drama and
Animation.
"The Yahoo! Telemundo Short Film Festival was created for filmmakers in
need of an outlet for their boundless creativity, talent and imagination,"
said Jose Rivera Font, general manager Yahoo! North Latin America. "We are
committed to the next generation of creatives whose stories need to be
heard, with no limitation of language or media, by giving them access to a
media world only Yahoo! Telemundo can offer. This is a groundbreaking
competition where we may find the next Alfonso Cuaron or Alejandro Gonzalez
Inarritu," added Antoinette Zel, senior executive VP, network strategy, of
Telemundo.
Voting begins September 11 and runs through October 20. Each week users
will vote for their favorite film in each of the four genres. During the
final week, the films with the greatest number of votes in each genre will
compete to become the overall users' choice.
The short film which earns the most votes will air on Telemundo's
broadcast network in its Weekend Prime Time Movie Block and on mun2, the
cable network for young U.S. Latinos, in its soon to be premiered
movie-driven show, "Have you Cine?" Additionally, the "Users' Choice"
winner will receive "24 hours of fame" in which his/her film appears on the
home page of Yahoo! Telemundo and the winning filmmaker will win a trip to
the Sundance Film Festival January 25 to 29, 2007.
For further information on how to enter, interested participants should
visit (http://espanol.entertainment.yahoo.com/filmfestival).
About Yahoo! Telemundo
Yahoo! Telemundo is a leading online media and services community for
Hispanic consumers in the U.S. The venture between Yahoo! and Telemundo
combines the strengths of Yahoo!'s technology and global reach with
Telemundo's original content and marketing capabilities to help businesses
interact with this community.