Film festival invites whole world to vote
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Feature films and shorts by young French creators will compete at the festival.
MyFrenchFilmFestival.com is an innovative concept giving audiences the chance to discover young French movie talent and allowing French cinema to be shared with Internet users across the globe. The festival runs online until Feb. 1.Ten feature films and 10 shorts by young French creators will compete, while the public are given the chance to vote for the best offerings. The viewers are invited to score the films and leave comments on the website. The films to ultimately achieve the highest ratings will win.
For its second run, the festival returns with even more foreign languages, new partner platforms and launch previews from all four corners of the globe. The selection of films available to view also includes a heritage movie, as well as a French-Canadian short and feature, which is not entering the competition.
The Internet Users Prize, Social Networks Prize and International Press Prize will be awarded at the end of the festival. Each prize will be presented for both categories.
From May 1, the winning films will be shown on board all Air France flights for six to nine months. People can cast vote at myfrenchfestival.com.
