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Show Us Your Chicken Florida Film Festival Wants Your Hilarious Chicken Videos

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SHOW US YOUR CHICKEN
Florida Film Festival Wants Your Hilarious Chicken Videos

Orlando, FL – (Feb. 19, 2010) – The 19th Annual Florida Film Festival, sponsored by Full Sail University, asks online users to submit original, humorous videos containing chickens that will celebrate its iconic image and theme, “Film Sweet Film.”

Beginning today, Festival fans are encouraged to upload their original chicken videos to the site (http://www.youtube.com) and rate other videos posted by fans. Entrants should add the Florida Film Festival’s YouTube account (http://www.youtube.com/floridafilmfestival) as a friend and send a message or leave a comment so their videos can be viewed.

The producer of the video with the most viewings by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 5 will be the recipient of a Sweet 16-pack of Festival tickets to the movies of their choice, based on availability. An 8-pack and a 4-pack will be awarded to the second and third place videos. Winners will be notified via email or phone, if provided, on Tuesday, April 6.

“Over the past 19 years, the Florida Film Festival has been known for its southern hospitality by its visiting filmmakers, celebrities, and national industry guests, and we decided to have some fun with this concept when developing the image for this year’s event,” said Enzian President Henry Maldonado. “Now we want Festival fans and the community to have a great time with the official theme, “Film Sweet Film,” by submitting entertaining videos which depict chickens.”

Each video must contain the following:

· A chicken
· The following text
o FloridaFilmFestival.com
o April 9 - 18, 2010
o Film Sweet Film

For more information, visit FloridaFilmFestival.com or call 407-629-1088, touch zero.

Chosen from more than 1,500 submissions, the 150 films comprising this year’s Festival represent works from more than 30 countries. The films selected for the 2010 Festival will be announced in March.

The Florida Film Festival is a core program of ENZIAN, a nonprofit organization which exists to entertain, educate, inspire, and connect the community through film. 2010 marks the 19th year of the Festival and ENZIAN’S 25th anniversary. Combined, ENZIAN and the Florida Film Festival have served more than 1.5 million guests, premiered thousands of films, and hosted hundreds of celebrities including Academy Award winners Paul Newman, Oliver Stone, Christopher Walken, and Jon Voight.

Full Sail University (http://www.fullsail.edu) has been recognized as an award-winning institution with over 34,000 alumni, and has served as an educational leader for those pursuing careers in the entertainment media industry. Graduate credits include work on OSCAR®, Emmy® and GRAMMY®-winning projects, best-selling video games, and the #1 grossing U.S. concert tours. Full Sail currently offers 29 degree programs and proudly welcomes over 8,400 students from 50 states and 57 countries. Full Sail was most recently named “Best Company” in the 2009 Orlando Business Journal’s Reader’s Choice Awards.