Short Online Contest Final Week!

It's the FINAL WEEK!!
In 7 days we will be announcing the winner!!
$2000.00 in prizes and a Closing Night Screening spot for the winner is at stake!
Make sure all your friends and fans registered and voted...
As of midnight April 23rd

1st Place
Finding Priya a Prom Date
These titles are all within two hundredths of the leader
Bluff Point
Dudley's Raft
Pickup and Return
Family Secrets
Kai

The next few days, every vote will be crucial
Make sure every vote counts

REGISTER WATCH AND VOTE...BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!

FirstGlance Short Online Contest- Week One

WEEK ONE DOWN-Five Weeks to GO...

We understand there have been a couple small glitches in the video servers, Bside is working on fixing them ASAP.

We would like to congratulate the filmmakers that have combined for close to 600 votes so far in the first week. If you have not started promoting your film, get the word out, as the contest is not about how many people view your page but about how many watch and vote on your project!!

Week One Leaders
As of today it is a very close race between the top three with 4 other shorts close behind.

Finding Priya a Prom Date

Dudley's Raft
Family Secrets

PERKS FOR VOTERS
For any registered viewer who watches and votes for all 25 shorts!
We are raffling (2)ALL ACCESS PASSES to FirstGlance Hollywood and fest gear for those in the Los Angeles area or Gorilla Production Software Package for those not able to attend the event (valued at $250.00).

We invite you to become a member of Shorts Online Contest Facebook Group
and Follow FirstGlance on Twitter

We also invite you to come out and experience our festival!!
FirstGlance Film Fest 9 Hollywood
May 1-3 2009

Thank you for taking part in the Short Online Contest!

FirstGlance Short Online Contest begins March 10th!!

Welcome to our 2nd Short Online Contest!
We are glad you have become a member of Bside and the FirstGlance Short Online Contest.
We believe that in the future of film festivals that many filmmakers and audience that cannot make the trip to an event will enjoy the immediacy and ease of watching short films online.
We invite you to take part and register with the website and vote on your favorites.
This event's winner will receive over $2000.00 in prizes and a spot in the Closing Night Screenings at FirstGlance Film Fest 9 Hollywood on May 3rd and an opportunity to be included in a retail DVD compilation set.

You can watch as many short films or all of them for the next 6 weeks, 24/7...
vote after you view and you are giving one lucky filmmaker the opportunity to be screened on a large screen in Hollywood!

If you enjoy your experience, we ask that you invite your friends to take part in this event too.

Thank you
FirstGlance Film Fests
by indie filmmakers, for indie filmmakers

Welcome to the FirstGlance Film Fest 9 Hollywood Online Community!

We are proud to announce that we had a record number of entries and we have a record number of shorts that will be part of our online contest beginning on March 10th and running for 6 weeks!
If you are a FirstGlance Official Selection and already have a login to Bside you can watch, vote and help decide the winner that will be shown during our closing night screening and win over $2000.00 in prizes.

We look forward to a great festival with over 30 award winning films, including Robert Pattison in our Saturday May 2 Twilight Showing of "HOW TO BE" a feature film he starred in before "Twilight". We also have the honor to be presenting over 20 Premieres, including the Los Angeles Premiere of "Chasing the White Dragon" by FirstGlance Alumnus Kathylynn Phillips, starring an amazing performance by Amanda Ward, an up and coming star. An amazing premiere feature "Saving God" starring Ving Rhames, and "Balancing the Books" with Leah Thompson and a great ensemble cast.

Our short program showcases talent from around the globe, including the last performance from Brad Renfro, before his untimely passing, Ian Ziering in a surprisingly dramatic short, and some great performances from children in "Gone Fishing", "Light Years" and "Alba"

Did you ever think "Connect Four" could bring together people from across the globe...think again, our documentary features are the most entertaining documentaries you'll see at any film festival.

From Hollywood to Bollywood and beyond, FirstGlance will entertain you from music videos, to animation, and features to shorts, directed by industry veterans and first time student directors from every corner of the globe and directors from every background, religion, ethnicity and country. FirstGlance brings together an amazing array of award winning films, that are sure to entertain any audience.

Enjoy FirstGlance Film Fest 9 Hollywood May 1-3 2009
You will not find a better selection of great films anywhere!

A Great Week for FirstGlance and Short Filmmakers!!

I have to say, it has been quite a week for the FirstGlance Film Festivals!!
Select FirstGlance short film titles will soon be available at Costco, Best Buy, Borders, Barnes and Noble and more retail venues and some of those titles will be premiered on Time Warner Cable for broadcast.

If you are a current or past official selection, or a short winner at any of our past festivals, we urge you to take part in this momentous opportunity for quality short films!!!
You will not find anywhere in the world you can get better opportunity and visibility for your short quality content!!

If your short is of any of the following genres, we would love to hear from you!!
Narrative Shorts (Comedy, SciFi, Horror, Drama, Thriller, Family, Animation)
Documentary Shorts of all interests under 25 minutes

Get in touch with us and let us know you are interested and the journey begins!!

We are so happy to be able to offer this to our FirstGlance Film Festival Selections, both past and present!!

We look forward to offering short filmmakers bigger opportunities in the very near future, as FirstGlance becomes the premiere festival and short distribution network!!

FirstGlance welcomes Greenestreet Films

We are excited to announce that Fisher Stevens and Greenestreet Films will be a part of our esteemed panel of judges for our 5th annual Short and Feature Screenplay Competitions, which open for submissions on April 11-13 2008.

If you missed it, Fisher was on February 28th episode of "LOST"

Not only is he a great supporter of Truly Indie Filmmaking, he is also an actor with many years of experience in TV and film.
FirstGlance Films and our festivals and Script Contests are very happy to have his company onboard.

In our continuing effort to give up and coming writers visibility and industry opportunities we look forward to this partnership to lead to many more...