Please announce to your students and anyone else who might be interested: If you have‹-or have the urge to make--a mystery/crime/²noir² or similar video, five minutes or less in length, you might consider submitting it to Mystfest. Linked to a longstanding and prestigious international literary prize for noir and crime fiction in Italy (Premio Gran Giallo) and itself a former international competition for mystery, crime, and noir film, Mystfest has evolved this year into an international video competition. Cell phone video and more conventional digital video are all welcome. The deadline is May 16. Videos can be uploaded to the site www.mystfest.com <http://www.mystfest.com> . For more information, consult the site. You will find all the English-language material you need, including an application form and an email address ([log in to unmask]) to obtain instructions for uploading. Prizes will be awarded in three categories: - best script - best technical realization - best acting Each winner will get 1,000 Euros and a 3G Samsung smartphone. The winners will present their works during an event held in Cattolica (Italy) on June 28-29. -- Frank Burke, PhD Professor, Department of Film and Media Queen's University Kingston, ON Canada K7L 3N6 Tel: 613 533-2178 Fax: 613 533-2063 In Italy: Viale Castracani, 282 Lucca, Italia 55100 Tel. & Fax: (011 39) 0583 49 17 73 Cell: (011 39) 334 711 3261 ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu