Oscar-winning director to judge hundreds of commercial online videos in vzaar Video Festival

Hollywood movie director Oliver Stone will have his socks knocked off when he views the entries for the vzaar Video Festival – the standard of the hundreds of digital mini-movies vying for the title of Best Business Online Video 2011 is “fantastic”.

So says Stephen McCluskey, CEO of vzaar – the leading British-based online video hosting platform which is running the hotly contested international competition.

Mr McCluskey said that with just over two weeks to go before entries close, more than 600 videos have been received, most of them from creative agencies in London and the USA.

“We are delighted to note that the standard is very impressive,” said Mr McCluskey, who added that  he thought  the ultimate judge of the competition  – film director Oliver Stone – was going to “have his work cut out” choosing winners in the various categories, and the video deemed worthy of the Best Business Online Video 2011 title.

Vzaar is expecting to receive hundreds more entries before the deadline on July 1^st. Winners are to be announced on July 18th, but before then vzaar will contact entrants whose work has made the shortlist, so they can be on standby for the final judgment to be delivered by Mr Stone.

It’s easy to enter. Simply submit your video at http://vzaar.com/festival bearing in mind that digital video content submitted will be judged on style, originality and its commercial impact.

The categories for which awards will be made (along with an endorsement and personal critique from Oliver Stone) are

- Best Product/Service Video
- Best Video by a Creative Agency
- Most creative use of Video Online

The entry adjudged the best of the bunch across all categories will win the Best Online Video 2011 Award.

The competition is open to all vzaar customers, be you a media and communications company, marketing agency, e-commerce business or non-profit organisation. If you are not already a vzaar client, no problem – sign up on the website for a free trial, and you can upload your video for judging.