Due March 27th, 2010 - This is the car launch everyone is talking about and here's your chance to be a part of one of the most important marketing efforts of all time.  Ford and their agency Team Detroit are in the process of bringing the Ford Fiesta stateside.  As part of the successful social and viral campaign, The Fiesta Movement, "agents" have been selected in 16 US markets to bring the new Fiesta into their lives, complete several missions, engage their local community and share their experiences, both online and offline, with all of us. Be sure to check it out at www.fiestamovement.com.

Your opportunity
These Fiesta Movement Agents need filmmakers to help them realize their vision for a short film about their Fiesta adventures in their city. This is a COLLABORATIVE PROJECT, in which you will need to be open to working with the Agents' ideas, but also able to contribute your own. Filmmakers who participate will also need to live in, live near, engage the local community, or have some legitimate emotional attachment to one of the markets.

Filming begins May 1st and the finished movie will be screened on or around May 25th (still confirming actual date). This means filmmakers must be residing in that city during this time to shoot. You must also be available during the last two weeks of April to develop the concept and script. Remember this is a COLLABORATIVE PROJECT. You must be comfortable taking direction and bringing the Fiesta Agents' vision to life.

Your pitch
1. Send us a description of the 10 things you like most about your city and WHY. Don't just do bullet points – describe why you like it, even send us drawings and videos or a photo or two...whatever you feel best communicates your love for your city.
2. Tell us about your most successful collaboration and why it worked so well. This can be  in your personal or your professional life. Remember this is a collaboration...you are not  running the ship.
3. You must provide a sample of your directing and/or editing work. We recommend you  upload a reel or point us to a short you previously submitted on your Filmaka profile. Or  you can provide a link to another web site where your work can be viewed.

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Prizes
WIN $10,000.
ATTEND A HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE.
BE PART OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CAR LAUNCH THIS YEAR.

Every filmmaker that is chosen to participate will be provided a production budget of $5,000. All of the finished movies will premiere in the same city which the film was shot starting on or around May 25th. This film premiere will be the cornerstone of a customized local event that launches the Ford Fiesta in the United States. You will also have the chance to go to a Hollywood premiere if your team’s film wins the grand prize.

In addition to the production funding and Hollywood premiere, you also have the chance to win $10,000 if your team’s film is chosen as the best of the best. Second Place will receive $5,000 and Third Place $2,500.

Eligibility
You must be 21 years of age, have a valid driver’s license, and reside in or near one of the following major US markets:
•Atlanta
•Boston
•Chicago
•Dallas
•Denver
•Detroit
•Houston
•Los Angeles
•Miami
•New York
•Orlando
•Philadelphia
•Phoenix
•San Diego
•San Francisco
•Seattle