Photography happens in Tunisia

The organizing committee of the Festival "VIEWS OF AMERICA," Close Encounters of American Independent Cinema Tunis, and his partner, the production company DIGIPRO, with the support of the Embassy of USA in Tunis and AMIDEAST, organizes a combination of audiovisual creation.

The contest is open to students enrolled in universities Tunisian and / or the Tunisian youth under 28 years. Participants should submit a film dealing with an original and light "the challenges of youth Tunisian" such as unemployment, AIDS, extremism, immigration, etc..

Films submitted must meet the following criteria:

-- From three to six minutes in duration,
-- Shot any video (digital, VHS, phone, etc..)
-- Final product delivered on DVD.

The competition results will be communicated to the participants and the public in early September.
Ten films will be selected and prizes will be distributed to various their directors:

-- 1st, 2nd, 3rd places - An all-expenses-paid trip to New York to attend the New York Film Festival in early October 2008,
-- 4th to 10th places - digital video cameras and other prizes.

The deadline for submission of work is Saturday, August 2, 2008. The work accompanied by a fact sheet mentioning the title of the film, duration, the name of the director, its details and a photocopy of an identity, must be mailed or hand-delivered to the address Next:

Société DIGIPRO
21 Rue 8606, Charguia 1
2035 – Tunis, Tunisie
Site web: www.digipro-audiovisuel.com

Via [Views of America group in FB]

Zoom (a local canon reseller) have launched lately a photo competition with free theme exposed in a gallery in Menzeh 4 for photographers under 30 years, the awards went to:
- 1st prize: Adel Ben Yacoub.
- 2nd Kais Ben Farhat.
- 3th Ahmed Jelassi.

The event will be a yearly competition indeed it would be an other challenge next to the one we already have and I'm really satisfied with the quality of Jury, the prize and the mediation of the event.