2008 skyscraper festival

Creatives go LARGE in Manchester.

Over £400,000 worth of free publicity up for grabs.

Now closed for entries

Thanks to everyone who submitted work. If you have any work that you would like considered for future screening on the Manchester Tower or would like to showcase on HYPtv, Sky and webTV please upload to HYPtv.com

Check out the winners now

What is the 2008 Skyscraper Festival?

A Festival of video & animation creativity on the tallest outdoor screen in Europe, situated in the heart of Manchester. It's a unique opportunity to show off your creative work in a big way. See what D-Fuse did.

The festival will be of particular interest to digital designers, flash animators, video and motion artists and experimental film makers. You are invited to submit up to 3 pieces of work for potential screening on the skyscraper screen.

The Skyscraper is 19m high x 3.6 m wide - similar proportions to a standard web skyscraper. It operates 24/7 with a daily audience of around 200,000.

The Festival, in conjunction with City Gateway Media, will run for 6 months.

What's the brief?

It's very simple. Have some fun. We want a piece of video / animation from you (see Tech Spec for details) that's really going to show off the gargantuan proportions of the screen. Anything goes - but keep it clean as a lot of people will see your work. All we ask is that your submission is 25 seconds duration with no audio – it's a 'silent' screen – and you have the rights to use any images or video in your submission.

Bear in mind the very tall, narrow proportions - so make sure the content you produce is particularly suitable for that shape (no landscapes!) and distance viewing. You could create a new piece of work especially for the Festival or perhaps repurpose an existing piece. Feel free to include your own URL / logo so everyone knows who created that work of genius. The only brand we want to see on any submission is yours...so no work produced for clients please.

How do I enter?

Simple. Just register, check the Tech Specs and upload your work. You must be over 18. NOTE: existing HYPtv members do not need to register and should sign in as normal.

25 winners

The 25 most highly-rated entries (the shortlist), as voted for by the HYPtv.com community, will be showcased on the Skyscraper screen. 24 of them will get a week's showcase each on the screen. That's over 2000 screenings of your work and worth over £8000.

The overall winner from the shortlist, voted by the judges, will be entitled to a showcase / new upload every week for 25 weeks...65,000 screenings worth over £200,000. That's a lot of publicity for your work!

Judges

• Manchester's finest, designer Peter Saville
• M&C Saatchi creative director Graham Fink
• HYPtv Creative Director Bob Palmer

They'll be looking for the best creative use of the skyscraper space.