The Bitfilm Festival for digital film will be the first film festival worldwide which pays the prize money in Bitcoins, the new digital currency. Bitcoin is money that is generated by a sophisticated mathematical process on the Internet without the need of a central bank. It is designed to be as rare as gold and will therefore not be subject to inflation. Its value has risen from a few cents to over 20 US Dollars in the last months. More than 2000 products and services can be bought with Bitcoin...

Machinima-Filmmakers from around the world may contribute frame story ideas for the feature film Money & Me - Submissions of ideas for the frame story until April 30, 2010 - Submissions of short films about Money until July 31, 2010 - Presentation of the films selected by the audience in November 2010 - Premiere of the feature film Money & Me in early 2011 Hamburg based Bitfilm Networks is calling for ideas for the frame story of its feature film Money & Me...

  The 10th International Bitfilm Festival for Digital Film will reach its climax on October 1st when the award ceremony will take place at the Cinematheque Tel Aviv.   For six weeks internet users from all over world could vote for the 66 nominated films which competed for a total prize money of 10,000 Euros and the Bitfilm robot trophies. Bitfilm's director Aaron Koenig will disclose the winners in a public award show in Israel's economic and cultural metropolis. The show wi...