School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York City, in partnership with Giraldi Media, announces the first annual Out of Hand International Festival, a showcase for innovative digital content created by students and intended for playback on mobile phones and other wireless or handheld devices. The festival invites aspiring artists, designers, filmmakers and creative thinkers worldwide to enter original work into competition. Submissions will be considered by a distinguished jury of artists and media leaders for awards in the following categories: Design, Games, Art + Animation, Short Film and Advertising. A public showing and awards presentation, awarding cash and other prizes to the top submissions, will take place in New York City in March 2009.

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