At the 1999 Brief Encounters film festival, the web filmmaking site, plugincinema.com, was launched. Five years, and lots of digital adventures later, we are returning to the Brief Encounters film festival to celebrate our 5th Birthday!

In the last five years the site has grown from being the off-shoot of a PHd to getting around 40,000 hits per week. It has spawned the first ever book dedicated to web filmmaking, was awared the accolade of being in the Top Ten Best video web sites by Internet Video Magazine. It was invited to participate in the Film Council's Digital or Die roadshow, 3 Electic Demembers, it was discussed at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival and ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Paris), featured on the BBC, HTV, and the Financial Times (to name but a few). The site has featured some of the leading thinkers, artists and pracitioners in technology and media today.

Come and join us for a tour though the last 5 years and a look at what the future holds...

The event will be on the 20th November at 12.45 in room C2 at the Watershed.

Contacts:

Ana (plugincinema) - This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or for other enquiries about the book contact the publisher Marion Boyars - This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Notes For editors:

plugincinema.com
plugincinema.com is a Bristol based website dedicated to the creation, distribution and exhibition of films on-line. As broadband, handheld devices and interactive television rush onto the market there will in an ever increasing need for the creation of content. Not just any content but content designed to be viewed with an awareness of the technological and aesthetic issues involved.

The growing community of media creators who will provide the ideas and vision to adorn this new wave of technology will need a portal. They will need to learn, discuss and expand their ideas. plugincinema.com is lined up to meet these needs. It has grown organically from being a research site for a PhD to a service for all web filmmakers. The direction the site moves in the future will be determined by both the response of our users and a creative use of current technology. The site features the films and writings of filmmakers from the local area, nationally and abroad including countries like Russia and the US.

For plugincinema.com:
http://www.plugincinema.com

More information on plugincinema.com's activities can be found here: http://plugincinema.com/plugin/content/category/8/42/44/

For images and further press information:
http://plugincinema.com/plugin/content/view/95/44/

For Brief Encounters:
http://www.brief-encounters.org.uk

For the Watershed:
http://www.watershed.co.uk