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As time goes on, the amount and type of content produced on the internet rapidly increases. So, for the sixth time, the Streamy Awards will aim to tackle the tough task of honoring the best of online video as well as the brains behind it all.

The producers of the awards, Dick Clark Productions and Tubefilter, have just announced that submissions for the Streamys are now open. With that expansion of internet entertainment of the past years, the show will also be expanding to encompass new phenomenons and recent trends, adding three new categories: Virtual Reality and 360° Video, Live and Feature Film.

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“Innovation has always been a hallmark of the online video community,” said Streamy Awards creator Drew Baldwin in a statement. “Our new awards reflect the pioneering spirit and current state of the industry, while also embracing the...

The odds of having your short film included in this year’s Sundance Film Festival are .008 percent. Out of the 66 short film line-up (selected among 8,161 submissions) we find actress Rose McGowan move behind the camera for her directing debut (Dawn), we have Ain’t Them Bodies Saints producer Toby Halbrooks shovel out Dig (see pic above) and Todd Rohal (The Guatemalan Handshake) returns to the fest in between features with Rat Pack Rat. Filmmaker Magazine New Faces of Independent Film director Dean Fleischer-Camp rolls up his shirt sleeves with Catherine, Matthew Lessner returns to Park City with the helping hand Chapel Perilous while The Strange Ones (’11 accepted short) co-helmer Christopher Radcliff won’t be making a dissappearing act with Jonathan’s Chest. Finally docu feature-film helmer Lucy Walker moves into The Lion’s Mouth Opens. I’ll of course be covering several of these – look out for our coverage.

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Short films can go a long way. Especially when they’re showcased at the Sundance Film Festival. The festival’s Shorts program, which was announced today, has a tradition of identifying remarkable filmmakers as well as introducing stories that ultimately make it to the big-screen as features. For example, David O. Russell brought his first film, a short titled Bingo Inferno to Sundance in 1987, while Half Nelson, which earned Ryan Gosling his first Oscar nomination, grew out of Ryan Fleck’s 2004 Sundance short titled, Gowanus, Brooklyn. “If you look back at the directors who got their start by having a short at Sundance,...