This year DC Shorts teamed up with OurStage and gave three regional bands the chance to play in front of 20,000 music and film fans. Three high-ranking OurStage artists from the Washington, DC area were selected to play at festival venues (opening night party, Gibson event, and Arts-on-Foot community Celebration) throughout the week of the DC Shorts Film Festival in Washington, DC (September 11 – 18th, 2008). Check out this years winners:
- Register on OurStage – it’s FREE and super easy
- Build your profile and free E.P.K. (Electronic Press Kit) - EPK's help to showcase your best stuff
- Compete - Upload your best songs into one of the music channels
- Send your fans over to judge the best emerging music!
Prizes may not be exactly as shown.
View complete official contest rules
DC Shorts turns the spotlight on truly independent short films, created by new and established filmmakers in an era when the art of filmmaking is opening to all. Films are selected from every genre for competition screenings — with a special focus on films created by metropolitan Washington, DC-based directors and writers. After each screening, filmmakers have the opportunity to speak to the audience as part of a moderated panel.
OurStage is a web platform dedicated to new music and new artist
discovery. On OurStage, artists, fans, & industry professionals all come
together – to discover, judge, & enjoy the best new music and the best
new artists online. The fans decide who's best and the top-ranked
artists receive significant career-building promotion and support from
established artists, industry professionals, and a broad assortment of
partners.