NEW YORK, September 21, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Online video sharing site Vimeo(R), an operating business of IAC , today announced the top five finalists (http://www.vimeoawards.com/finalists) in each of nine categories in its first Vimeo Awards competition.

The finalists, representing 12 countries from around the world, were selected from more than 6,500 entries by an international panel of distinguished judges (http://www.vimeo.com/awards/judges) including M.I.A., David Lynch, Roman Coppola, Ted Hope, Lucy Walker, and Morgan Spurlock, to name a few. Screenings of the finalist videos will take place at the Vimeo Festival in New York on October 8-9.

Tickets for the two-day Vimeo Festival, which features an amazing schedule of events including video screenings, workshops, seminars, and panel discussions from some of the most successful and respected members of the film and video community, can be found at Vimeoawards.com (http://www.vimeo.com/awards/festival). The Vimeo Awards winners will be announced at a separate limited availability presentation on October 9th.

The list of 45 finalists represents the incredible caliber of the international online video community at large with Great Britain, France, Canada and the United States as a few of the countries represented in the finalist selections.

I was extremely impressed by the breadth and range of the experimental films, from the momentous made morbid to the domestic made dance, said Charlie White, judge for the Experimental category.

It was a true pleasure to serve on this jury and feel refreshed and inspired by the creative energy of the work submitted, said Lucy Walker, judge for the Documentary category. Short form documentary work is evolving and this feels like exactly where it's happening and where it's at. Let's keep it coming!

LIST OF FINALISTS PER CATEGORY:

To view each of these films, please visit http://www.vimeoawards.com/finalists.

CATEGORY FINALISTS JUDGES Narrative - Ben Briand - Moonwalk Films, - Vincent Laforet, Apricot - Rian Johnson, - Daniele Napolitano, Notte - Ted Hope Sento - Arev Manoukian - Spy Films, Nuit Blanche - Gabriel Bisset-Smith; Thrush - Ricardo de Montreuil; The Raven Music Video - Andy Bruntel; Liars Scissor - Roman Coppola, - Keith Schofield, Alan - Nabil Elderkin, Capriles; Justice / Lenny - M.I.A. Kravitz Let Love Rule - Jul French , Matt French; Metronomy On The Motorway - Julia Grigorian, Kirby McClure - Spy Films; Yeasayer Ambling Alp - Nyle; Nyle Let The Beat Build Documentary - Henrik Hansen; Shinya Kimura @ - Doug Pray, Chabott Engineering - Lucy Walker, - Eliot Rausch, Lukas Korver - - Morgan Spurlock Phos Pictures; Pennies HEART - Temujin Doran - Studiocanoe; Facts About Projection - The Light Surgeons; Schlimazeltov! - Eliot Rausch, Lukas Korver - Phos Pictures; Last Minutes with ODEN Experimental - Nomint; The Holy Chicken of - David Lynch, Life Music - Neville Brody, - Zeitguised; Peripetics - Charlie White - Chris Beckman; Oops - Klara Elenius; Insyn - Mat Mowat; Take It Easy Remix - Adam Cosco; The Most Basic - DJ Spooky (Paul Form of Mind Control is Miller), Repetition - Adam Quirk of Wreck - Kasumi; BREAKDOWN the video Salvage, (remix) - Lawrence Lessig - Eclectic Method; The Tarantino Mixtape - SLACKCiRCUS; Fabulous Secret Powers - Peter Eramian; Fantasia Original Series - Katy Lock, Daniel May - KADA - Fred Seibert, Films; The Specials - Ricky Van Veen, - Cool Hunting; Cool Hunting - Ze Frank - Carl Crum; One Square Mile - a documentary series - Ted Tremper; Break-ups The Series - Christophe Abric, Vincent Moon: Le Blogotheque - Take Away Shows Animation - Kristen Lepore; Bottle - Nicolas Schmerkin, - Max Porter Ru Kuwahata; - Ree Treweek, Something Left, Something Taken - Carlos Lascano - Eran Hilleli; Between Bears - Patrick Jean; Pixels - Simon Robson - Knife Party; Coalition of the Willing Motion Graphics - Onur Senturk; TRIANGLE - Justin Cone, - Denis van Waerebeke; How to - Nick Campbell, feed the world? - Shane Walter - Masaki Yokochi; Locus - Nico Uthe; Bad News - A Media Fiction (Diplom) - Mike Winkelmann - beeple; Instrumental video nine Captured - Rob Seward; Four Letter Words - Paola Antonelli, - Chris Cairns; Neurosonics Live - Jose Luis de Vicente, - Charlie Bucket; Fluid - Evan Roth Sculpture - James Theophane Jnr; Experience Mobile Mobile - Xavier Vilar de Paz; Multitouch Barcelona

To view each of these films, please visit http://www.vimeoawards.com/finalists. In addition, registered Vimeo users can vote for their favorite video to determine the Community Choice awards in each category. Community Voting is separate from the judged Vimeo Awards. Complete Vimeo Festival schedule and ticket information is available at vimeoawards.com (http://www.vimeo.com/awards/festival). Festival tickets are available now!

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