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Thursday, April 28th 2005 - Thanks to everyone who attended the first ever Recycled Video Festival and the following reception on April 27th. Congratulations to all the filmmakers whose films were selected, and heartfelt thank you to everyone who entered. We received almost 40 videos, which represent hundreds of hours of work on the part of our entrants. This contest was created in large part to give people a chance to try their hand at video editing and sharing a message, and we are excited and thrilled that so many of you took part. We hope that you had a great time, and we were really happy with number of quality entries received. All in all, we feel the event was a success and plans are already in motion for next year's contest. The entries page and the festival page have been updated to show the winners, as well as photos of the evening.

About the Contest

Created to celebrate the “Environmental Semester” at The University of Tennessee, The Studio @ Hodges Library hosted the RECYCLED VIDEO CONTEST AND FESTIVAL. The contest is designed to promote the reuse and recycling of existing public domain video content from the Prelinger Archives in the creation of new derivative works. This contest is, strictly speaking, an editing contest. The increasing availability and accessibility of software and hardware has opened up unprecedented opportunities for individuals to create their own audio-visual messages and meanings. This contest showcased the creativity of the UT community and promoted an awareness of the rich resources available for content creation and distribution.