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Call for Entries: Beneath the Earth online film festival

Beneath the Earth is an online film festival created out of the idea that the Internet has given us new power to influence what content gets consumed and who’s visible. We’re already seeing it happen in music where musicians are discovered through the followings they create online. And now we’d like to see it happen for film and use this new-found power to shine the light on the little guy who’s created something beautiful but hasn’t been able to cut through the red Hollywood tape.

To shine the light on emerging talent, we’ve comprised our Grand Jury of film reviewers who not only love film but are highly vocal in the digital space. Together their sites reach over 1.1 MILLION people each month.

In addition to a cash prize, the winner of the Best Film in each category will receive the opportunity to have their film reviewed by our Grand Jury who will publish the reviews on their sites. The desired result is we instigate word-of-mouth and create buzz that’s invaluable to an up-and-coming filmmaker.

Our guest judges this year include, Jay Anania, director of the critically acclaimed film, William Vincent, starring James Franco; Director Chris Zalla 2007 winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize; and Oscar Nominee Gabourey Sidibe, star of the movie Precious.