'The Next Big Idea' Getty Images announces winner of their International Film Competition

Getty Images have announced Mark Tapio Kines from Los Angeles, CA as the grand prize winner of "The Next Big Idea," a peer-judged short film competition that garnered more than 200 entries from 23 countries.

Kines' "The Closest Thing to Time Travel," which depicts an invention that enables people to witness past events, was selected from a shortlist of 28 films that made it to the final round of the competition for online peer voting. In addition to receiving the US$10,000 grand prize, Kines' film will be premiered around the world.

The competition brief was simple: explore the one thing that links all creative work -- "the big idea" -- and produce a 60-second film with at least half of the content originating from the vast collection of digital film and still imagery available at www.gettyimages.com

"The Closest Thing to Time Travel" and the nine finalist films can be viewed online at www.gettyimages.com/thenextbigidea, and are scheduled to premiere at Getty Images' events around the world.

Source: Yahoo News

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