Spike Lee, noted filmmaker of such films as Do The Right Thing and Malcolm X, is lending his name and talents to Babelgum's online film festival. Starting today, and running through February 15th, 2008, filmmaker's can submit their works to Babelgum. After the 15th, the films will be viewable by the public, who will do the first round of voting. After the top 10 films have been picked in each category, the films will move on to a panel of industry judges to determine the final winners.
The rules are fairly simple: the films must have screened at an international film festival between Jan. 2007 and Feb. 2008 and run for 45 minutes or less. The six categories you can submit for include Babelgum Looking for Genius Award, Babelgum Short Film Award, Babelgum Documentary Award, Babelgum Animation Award, Babelgum Social/Environment Award, and Babelgum Spot/Advertising Award.