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KO and Videocom teams partnering with First Nations to host online video festival

January 27, 2010 - 4:12am | by brianbeaton

2010 NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO VIDEO FESTIVAL

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What is this Festival all about?

VideoCom (http://videocom.firstnation.ca) researchers from New Brunswick are working with K-Net (www.knet.ca) in Sioux Lookout to host an online video festival.

Together, we will be travelling to two First Nation communities in the Sioux Lookout zone, Mishkeegogamang and Fort Severn.

The community visits will be an opportunity to learn and share information about using video, videoconferencing, and other information and communication technologies (ICT) for community, social and economic development.

The visits will include a Community Video Festival. It will be held in a community room with videoconference facilities. The video festival will be open to all community members, free of charge and VideoCom will provide refreshments. A community Elder will be invited to open and close the event. This will be a fun,educational event for the whole community to view short videos made by members of their community and others in the Sioux Lookout zone.

We are currently searching for fresh videos from First Nations across the region.

Have a video you want to send us?

Click here for more information
and to view the event poster

HOW TO SUBMIT AN ENTRY:

Email Cal Kenny (calkenny@knet.ca) one of the following:

  1. The link to your video
  2. Your video file if its small enough
  3. Your MyKnet account and he will expand your upload amount temporarily so that you can upload it OR
  4. Ask him how else to get your video to him.

RULES:

  1. The video's must be between 30 second and 3 minutes, if it's longer we will cut it.
  2. You must be from or live in Northern Ontario
  3. You must be First Nations, Metis, or Inuit
  4. Your video will be shown to many communities, so censor yourself accordingly

Remember!

Your video has to be in our hands by February 20th!

The Festival will be streamed live from both Communities, so if you can make it to the Festival itself you can still watch your video and everyone else's LIVE.

If you sent us your video(s) your name will be drawn for prizes.

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