Nikon Festival

The Nikon Festival Judges' $100K Award Winner is Marko Slavnic. His video submission entitled "Chicken vs. Penguin" is a unique short film that shows a funny, physical story of unexpected love brought to life through a fast food mascot rivalry between a boy and girl. It was shot over two days on Congress Street in Austin, TX.

Actor Rainn Wilson, photographer Chase Jarvis and Internet personality "iJustine" selected the 140-second video to win $100,000 from the top 50 finalists, which were narrowed down from more than 1,200 video submissions to www.NikonFestival.com. Read more

Nikon just announced the top 50 Nikon Festival finalists at www.NikonFestival.com, which means it's time to start voting! Since its launch on November 10, Nikon has received over 1,200 submissions to the Nikon Festival for the chance to win up to $100,000.

Check out these stats:

• 1,238 videos submitted to www.NikonFestival.com
• Currently at 1,429 Nikon Festival Facebook Fan Page fans
• Currently at 2,077 followers of @nikonfestival on Twitter
• +221,976 unique visits to www.NikonFestival.com

Visit www.NikonFestival.com to view and rate the top 50 finalists…after all, your vote matters - the finalist who receives the most audience votes wins $25,0000! Read more

In November, Nikon launched an online film festival open to consumers and aspiring filmmakers called the Nikon Festival. With a short video, entrants of the Nikon Festival have the opportunity to win cash prizes of $100,000 or $25,000. Recently, actor Rainn Wilson (The Office) and iJustine posted a Video Podcast with tips on creating and editing video that could snag the $100,000 judges prize for Nikon Festival! Rainn and Justine also talk about their experiences creating their videos, and the role the web plays for artists.

While the contest ends on December 15th, now is a good time to check out the creative submissions on www.nikonfestival.com. The audience voting period will begin soon for the Audience Award of $25,000 and the Judges will soon begin working on selecting the best overall video of the Nikon Festival ($100,000 prize). Keep up to date by following the Nikon Festival via Twitter and become a fan of the festival's Facebook page. Read more