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Haydenfilms Significantly Upgrades Website With Latest Technology; Opens Public Judging for 4.0 Festival Finalists

Besides easier voting, www.haydenfilms.com now offers more advertising options for sponsors, new social features, user profiles, expanded film content, sharing mechanisms

Kutztown, Pa. —Haydenfilms has significantly upgraded its website, www.haydenfilms.com, and announced that public voting to select the four finalists in its 4.0 Online Film Festival will run from Dec. 10, 2008 through Feb. 10, 2009. One of the first solely online festivals, Haydenfilms continues to push the technology envelope to support independent and student filmmakers across the globe.

Hayden Craddolph, president and founder of Haydenfilms, an independent film production and distribution company, said the website has a new look and new technology that will make it an even more effective Internet resource.

“We are very excited about the changes,” said Craddolph. “The new components include user profile accounts; social bookmarks; upgraded Flash Player; an expanded film detail section; rating, comments and sharing mechanisms; and the capability to host content from film festivals worldwide. Equally important, we now offer our sponsors a pre-roll and banner/customizable advertising solution.”

Craddolph said the extensive website upgrade delayed voting for the 4.0 Online Film Festival. “ We hope our new site will connect people with the world through film and that everyone will support us as they have for the last three festivals. To celebrate, we are awarding a $1,000 cash prize to a Haydenfilms.com member selected at random who casts his or her vote for at least 10 of our finalists.”

The Haydenfilms 4.0 Online Film Festival--open to all student and independent filmmakers--used an expert panel of judges to select the top 53 films from hundreds of entries from nearly 20 countries. The public will vote for the best four films through Feb. 10, 2009, one of which will receive the top  $10,000 cash prize at a ceremony scheduled to be held in the summer of 2009. The 53 final films are accessible for voting at www.haydenfilms.com.

Craddolph started the Haydenfilms Online Film Festival in October 2004 as a way for filmmakers to showcase their works online. It accepts all genres including shorts (under 10 minutes), animation, experimental and documentary films with a maximum length of 35 minutes.

The Online Film Festival is just one component of Haydenfilms.com, now a premier online resource for filmmakers. Haydenfilms mission is to create and foster an online network of independent and student film producers, and to provide the support and resources necessary for filmmakers to succeed. The Haydenfilms website also offers industry news, a crew database, and production board. Haydenfilms showcases and Haydenfilms On The Road series provide further insight into and support of student and independent filmmakers.

Check out the new Haydenfilms website--www.haydenfilms.com—and vote for your four favorite final films in the 4.0 Online Film Festival. Or call 610-894-9639.

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Haydenfilms 4.0 Festival Semi-Finalists

1. "Red Zone" (10m, Italy, U.S.) dir. by Giorgia Farina


2. A Flight Ticket (13m, U.S.) dir. by Mina Park


3. Ashes (19m, Russian Federation) dir. by Jun Dohan


4. Babbage (15m, United Kingdom) dir. by Claire Barker


5. Bed Head (7m, U.S.) dir. by Anthony Fisher


6. Behind Closed Doors (35m, U.S.) dir. by Eddie Smith


7. Crossing Numbers (12m, Spain, U.S.) dir. by Abel Gonzalez


8. Callalilly (8m, U.S.) dir. by Stephen Chiodo


9. Displaced (30, U.S.) dir. by Klaus Pas


10. Eat (2m, U.S.) dir. by Michal Finegold


11. Expendable (18m, U.S.) dir. by David Malki


12. Feathers To The Sky (18m, U.S.) dir. by Leonardo Ricagni


13. Forgive Me My Sins (10m, United Kingdom) dir. by Roxanna Hossain-Danae


14. Garlic Boy (4m, South Korea, U.S.) dir. by Jin Choi


15. Glass (7m, Australia) dir. by Jayne Montague


16. Heart Squared (9m, Japan, U.S.) dir. by Mizuho Endo


17. Interior Bajo Izquierda (10m, Peru) dir. by Diego Vega Vidal


18. I'll Tell Him (6m, France) dir. by Juliette Steimer


19. Piece Of Land (20m, Hong Kong, India) dir. by Arunachalam Swaminathan


20. Konflooent (17min., U.S.) dir. by Raj Pathak


21. The Insomniac (10min., France) dir. by Mathieu MAZZONI


22. Lifted (29min., U.S.) dir. by Randall Dottin


23. Leaving Gussie (35min., U.S.) dir. by Wendy Bednarz


24. Miss Bertram's Awakening (25min., U.S.) dir. by Sadhbh Walshe


25. Monday (2min., Canada) dir. by Jadyn Aguilar


26. Morphine (4min., Canada) sub. by Jesse Davidge


27. Mr. Lux (4min., U.S.) dir. by Michael Jantze


28. My Turtle's Name Is Dudley (17min., U.S.) dir. by Johnny Gill


29. Night Of Asches (11min., Brazil) dir. by Larissa Vereza


30. Officer Down (21min., U.S.) dir. by Richard Recco


31. Outsource (12min., U.S.) dir. by Daniel Trezise


32. Raccoon And Crawfish (8min., U.S.) sub. by Terrance Frederick


33. Rachel (4min., United Kingdom) dir. by Andrew Oakes


34. Red Princess Blues Animated (8min., U.S.) dir. by Dan Cregan


35. Roots (22min., Morocco) dir. by Alaoui Lamharzi Az Alarabe


36. Seventh And Hill (20min., U.S.) dir. by RyanNeil Postas


37. Skeletons In The Closet (10min., Sweden) dir. by Ulrik Friberg


38. Soul Intentions (16min., U.S.) dir. by Kerry Parker


39. Spreading Holiday Joy From Lumpy And Waddles (2min., U.S.) dir. by Damon Wong


40. Struck (7min., U.S.) dir. by Taron Lexton


41. Summer Breeze (16min., Australia, United Kingdom) dir. by Kim Strobl


42. The Brass Teapot (23min., U.S.) sub. by Ramaa Mosley


43. The Honey Trap (28min., Sweden) dir. by Kicki Kjelli


44. The Moon (7min., U.S.) dir. by Kyung Hee Shon


45. The Martial Artist (20min., U.S.) dir. by Will Vinton


46. The Outlaw Emmett Deemus (8min., U.S.) dir. by Stephan Spak-Fleet


47. The Umbrella (4min., United Kingdom) dir. by Aashni Shah


48. The Quiet (3min., U.S.) dir. by Kike Mesa


49. This Is A Story About Ted And Alice (16min., U.S.) dir. by Teressa Tunney


50. Uninvited (12min., United Kingdom) dir. by Shaune Harrison


51. Wait... (9min., U.S.) dir. by Bob Pondillo


52. Warsaw (14min., U.S.) dir. by Noah Lagin


53. Waves (17min., Romania) sub. by Adrian Sitaru

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