the online magazine SHIFT has just opened its call for entries this year’s DOTMOV and CALENDAR competitions.

DOTMOV SHIFT presents DOTMOV festival 2008, a digital film festival aiming to discover talented creators and provide them with an opportunity to show their works. works submitted from all over the world will be screened throughout the world: sapporo, sendai, shizuoka, tokyo, osaka, kyoto, fukuoka and sao paulo – as well as being shown on the SHIFT website. the deadline for submission is september 20th , 2008. full details on how to enter can be found here

CALENDAR the SHIFT calendar competition has (held every year since 2003) , pushes the boundaries between online and off line using a ‘calendar’ as its medium. entries are invited from all over the world and selected works will be distributed throughout the world in the format of a physical calendar. this year, selected works will be exhibited and sold at the PRINT’EM website for a year. the deadline for submission is september 10th, 2008. full details on how to enter can be found here