YouTube and Emirates, in partnership with La Biennale di Venezia (the Venice Film Festival) and Scott Free, present Your Film Festival – a global competition to find the world’s best storytellers, connect them with a global audience, and provide one deserving entrant with a career-changing opportunity. Ten finalists will travel to Italy, where their work will screen at the 69th Venice International Film Festival in August. A grand prize winner will be named by a special jury and awarded a $500,000 YouTube original production grant to work with Scott Free, ultimately creating a brand new work for the world to see.

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The Trieste Contemporanea Committee publishes the tenth edition of the International Design Competition with the aim of showcasing the most original design offerings from the countries of Central Eastern Europe. The Competition is aimed at building a large memory atlas dedicated to the anonymous design of the countries of Central Eastern Europe. Aside from the three main prizes, the jury will select a number of works which will be shown in an exhibition in Trieste and published in the online catalog provided.

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