Mon 16 Mar 2009 02:33:00 PM EET

MusiXine International Music Film Contest is again looking for the freshest music films in the highest artistic value. MusiXine is a contest for films on music, making music and music related phenomena. The best film in tune will receive the MusiXine Main Award of 5,000 euros, which is donated by Oulu Music Video Festival in Finland.

MusiXine is based on the concern of maintaining artistic value in rapidly grown music film scene. The contest encourages filmmakers to treat the world of music with intuitive view.

MusiXine accepts both documentaries and features to enter. Contest films may represent all music genres - from pop to classical. Even the film's duration is not regulated: both short and feature films completed after 1 January 2008 may be submitted.

A preliminary jury of the festival chooses 8 to 12 music films to the MusiXine Selection. The winner of the selection is picked out by an international jury of music and film professionals. The MusiXine Selection
will be screened from Wednesday to Saturday during the festival, and the best film will be awarded in the MusiXine Awards Party on Sunday August 23, 2009.

The 2007 MusiXine winner was the free jazz documentary My Name is Albert Ayler (directed by Kasper Collin, Sweden 2005) and in 2008 the jury's favourite was the Finnish punk rock film Punksters & Youngsters (dir. Jouko Aaltonen, Finland 2008).

MusiXine International Music Film Contest is organized for the third time as a part of Oulu Music Video Festival.

Submission instructions can be found at www.musixine.com. The MusiXine submission deadline is April 30, 2008.