It's the beginning of "Fresh Start" Competition at Filmaka!  Make a 1-3 film on this theme and you could win funding to direct your feature film!  The competition is judged by esteemed international filmmakers Werner Herzog, Zak Penn, Colin Firth, Paul Schrader, and more!  Each month there is a new theme and 15-20 filmmakers receive $1500-$4500.  Three of them go on to compete for feature funding at the end of the year.  Last year's final winner, Nuru Rimington-Mkali, got $5 million to direct his film!  Submissions are due February22, 2009. Ready to take the first step?  Go to http://www.filmaka.com/competition.php

Submit your short film to "The Party" competition at Filmaka.com and you could win funding to direct your feature-length script! 15-20 filmmakers win $1500 to $4500 each month - 3 of those go on to compete for feature funding at the end of the year! Entries must be 1 to 3 minutes long and are due January 12, 2009. More info at www.filmaka.com/featurefilm

Filmaka offers funding to unknown filmmakers around the world and provides a chance to step up in to professional cinema and TV. Last year Filmaka commissioned over 40 web series to filmmakers across the planet, from Tokyo to Mexico City, and awarded $5 million in production funding to a Londoner, Nuru Rimington-Mkali, to direct his feature film. Filmaka has launched some new features to enhance its reach to professional film makers:-

1)      Ability to compose a professional portfolio: You can now create an online portfolio by uploading samples of your work to the personal films section of your profile. Let industry professionals discover you through Filmaka now. Click here to upload the samples of your work http://www.filmaka.com/filmaka_upload_master.php

2)    Filmaka Forums: Advertise your services to the biggest community of online professional film makers. Access http://www.filmaka.com/forums/ to post your casting calls, equipment needs and reviews and read reviews for the latest Hollywood releases.

3)    More Exciting Branded competitions launched every fortnight: Filmaka has released more than two million dollars as prize money to its film makers through its branded competitions most recent ones being with Ford, Cisco, MSN, Red Bull, FX and SAB Miller.

4)    Enhanced Community features: Filmaka members can now upload personal pictures, Bios, CV's and personalize there profiles to make them more elaborate and detailed for fellow film makers, producers and actors. Members can write reviews about fellow film makers competition entries, post private messages to each other and also embed there favorite videos in there profiles on other websites.

5)    More Web Series: Filmaka has more than 25 web series in production with a new episode being launched every Monday and Thursday, watching webisodes was never more exciting, Every series has there own dedicated page with all actors, characters and directors profiles, bios, making of and pictures. To check more details check the Filmaka Channel homepage http://www.filmaka.com/filmaka_channel.php

Check out the most exciting professional film maker's database at http://www.filmaka.com . For more details contact the online support chat from the contact us page.

Submit your short film to Pros And Con Games [/b]competition at Filmaka.com and you could win funding to direct your feature-length script!  [b]15-20 filmmakers win $1500 to $4500 each month - 3 of those go on to compete for feature funding at the end of the year!  Entries must be 1 to 3 minutes long and are due November 6, 2008.  More info at www.filmaka.com/featurefilm

Are you a filmmaker who knows someone using digital technology in their home in an amazing way?  Want to tell the world about it – in your native language?  Cisco and Filmaka want you to make a film about a "Digital Crib" - a home that uses digital technology - and send it to us.  10 winners will receive $7500 USD and another 10 will win $5000.  Winning Digital Crib clips will be placed on over 200 sites across the internet, for the whole planet to see!  Submissions should be 3 minutes each, and in your native language and are due October 13 - go to www.filmaka.com/ciscodigitalcribs for more information!

The[b] Feature Film contest's theme [/b]for September is[b] "The First Day"[/b]. Submissions must be 1 to 3 minutes long and must be uploaded by October 5, 24:00 PST. For more info visit www.filmaka.com/firstday