Vacationers are encouraged to become filmmakers and transform their next travel adventure into a short film through Trip Takes, a new online film contest presented by the CineVegas Film Festival and Condé Nast Traveler. From now until February 15, 2008, anyone can capture their vacation on video, no matter what the destination, and submit their original film, up to five minutes long, to the Trip Takes contest.

All films will be posted on the Trip Takes website and will judged by both an online audience and a jury of experts, including Dennis Hopper, chair of the CineVegas Creative Advisory Board. The top five finalists, chosen by the expert jury, will be sent to Las Vegas and have their films shown at the Tenth Annual CineVegas Film Festival, to be held June 12 – 21, 2008. A $5,000 cash prize will be awarded to the Jury Award winner, and the audience Award winner, selected by both the online and live audience at the Festival, will receive a $2,500 cash prize. The contest is open to residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 21 years old by the date of entry. For official contest rules and to submit a film, please visit www.cinevegas.com/cnttriptakes/.

“CineVegas is excited to partner up with Condé Nast Traveler on Trip Takes, as this will allow anyone, even if they aren’t a professional filmmaker, to make a short film and possibly have it play at an internationally recognized film festival,” said Mike Plante, associate director of programming for the CineVegas Film Festival. “What better way to celebrate our tenth anniversary than to highlight films shot around the world by people from across the country.”

About CineVegas
The Tenth Annual CineVegas Film Festival will be held June 12 – 21, 2008 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Each year the Festival highlights the most exciting offerings from up and coming filmmakers and visionary veterans, in-depth celebrity tributes and world premiere films set against the backdrop of Sin City. Robin Greenspun serves as the Festival’s President, Trevor Groth serves as Artistic Director and Dennis Hopper serves as the Chairman of the Creative Advisory Board. For more information on the CineVegas Film Festival, please call (702) 992,7979 or visit www.cinevegas.com.

About Condé Nast Traveler
Unlike many other travel publications, Condé Nast Traveler does not accept free travel and accommodations, and its correspondents, as far as possible, travel anonymously. The result is travel the way consumers experience it – good and bad, with reporting that is fair and honest. Condé Nast Traveler recently won its 6th National Magazine Award and is still the only travel publication to have won the highest honor in magazine publishing. Condé Nast Traveler, the 2005 Zagat Survey Best Travel Magazine, has a circulation of over 800,000 and is published by Condé Nast Publications, Inc.

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