It's the beginning of "Fresh Start" Competition at Filmaka! Make a 1-3 film on this theme and you could win funding to direct your feature film! The competition is judged by esteemed international filmmakers Werner Herzog, Zak Penn, Colin Firth, Paul Schrader, and more! Each month there is a new theme and 15-20 filmmakers receive $1500-$4500. Three of them go on to compete for feature funding at the end of the year. Last year's final winner, Nuru Rimington-Mkali, got $5 million to direct his film! Submissions are due February22, 2009. Ready to take the first step? Go to http://www.filmaka.com/competition.php

Awesome! Here's my submission:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=jS9zkjJ5bs0

What is the theme, and do you mean 1 - 3 minutes?

He won't answer your question Billyhardball. Do a forum search on 'filmaka' Mansi starts threads, and does not come back to check them. Often they get locked/deleted.

Ta - I went to the official site but it wasn't much more helpful. As far as I can tell, the winner mentioned in the OP was only given $1mil, not $5.