Placebo To Announce The Winner Of The ShortsTV Placebo Film Festival

The eight short films can be viewed between sets at Placebo’s European Tour gigs, as well as on the Short Film section of the iTunes Store (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewRoom?fcId=341811459&id=1). The winning film maker will be awarded the chance to pitch for Placebo’s next music video.
The selected films are: This Way Up (UK), Gone Underground (Germany), Jo-Jo In the Stars (UK), Le Petit Dragon (FR), Motel (US), Roach (UK), Cheynne (CH), Maestro (Hungary).

The eight films are available to download from iTunes Stores (www.iTUNES.com) in the UK and Germany. DVD compilations of the films are available to purchase from merchandising outlets at the gigs as well as online through the PlaceboWorld store., with a share of the proceeds supporting the Somaly Mam Foundation. Voting closes at noon on December 15.

“The ShortsTV Placebo Film Festival builds on our commitment to unite the worlds of music and movies,” said Carter Pilcher, CEO of ShortsTV. “Our short film programme at this year’s Lovebox Festival showed that audiences are energised by the collision of both mediums and we hope to continue to deliver similar programmes for future music events in the future.”

Over 12,500 fans have already registered their votes on http://filmfestival.placeboworld.co.uk. "It's great that Placebo's fans across Europe have responded so positively to the film festival" said Livewire's Adam Walton. "This has been a world first and I salute the band and management for having the vision to launch this new pre-show entertainment format on their tour. I'm looking forward to producing unique screen packages for more touring artists in the future."


Visit the Film Festival:
http://filmfestival.placeboworld.co.uk/ 


View the films: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewRoom?fcId=341811459&id=1


www.shortstv.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
For Livewire Televisual
Adam Walton
+44 (0)7775 848 654
adam@livewiretv.co.uk

For ShortsTV
Mark Buchanan
+44 (0)20 7012 1579
m.buchanan@shortsinternational.com