Vimeo Announces Finalists in 2010 Vimeo Awards for the Best in Creative Online Video

By Vimeo Llc, PRNE
Monday, September 20, 2010

45 Videos Representing 9 Categories and 12 Countries Vie for the Honor of Best-in-Category and One US$25,000 Grant for Best Overall Video

NEW YORK, September 21, 2010 - Online video sharing site Vimeo(R), an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq:
IACI), today announced the top five finalists
(www.vimeoawards.com/finalists) in each of nine categories in its
first Vimeo Awards competition.

The finalists, representing 12 countries from around the world, were
selected from more than 6,500 entries by an international panel of
distinguished judges (www.vimeo.com/awards/judges) including M.I.A.,
David Lynch, Roman Coppola, Ted Hope, Lucy Walker, and Morgan Spurlock, to
name a few. Screenings of the finalist videos will take place at the Vimeo
Festival in New York on October 8-9.

Tickets for the two-day Vimeo Festival, which features an amazing
schedule of events including video screenings, workshops, seminars, and panel
discussions from some of the most successful and respected members of the
film and video community, can be found at Vimeoawards.com
(www.vimeo.com/awards/festival). The Vimeo Awards winners will be
announced at a separate limited availability presentation on October 9th.

The list of 45 finalists represents the incredible caliber of the
international online video community at large with Great Britain, France,
Canada and the United States as a few of the countries represented in the
finalist selections.

"I was extremely impressed by the breadth and range of the experimental
films, from the momentous made morbid to the domestic made dance," said
Charlie White, judge for the Experimental category.

"It was a true pleasure to serve on this jury and feel refreshed and
inspired by the creative energy of the work submitted," said Lucy Walker,
judge for the Documentary category. "Short form documentary work is evolving
and this feels like exactly where it's happening and where it's at. Let's
keep it coming!"

LIST OF FINALISTS PER CATEGORY:

To view each of these films, please visit www.vimeoawards.com/finalists.

    CATEGORY              FINALISTS                      JUDGES

    Narrative    - Ben Briand - Moonwalk Films,     - Vincent Laforet,
                   Apricot                          - Rian Johnson,
                 - Daniele Napolitano, Notte        - Ted Hope
                   Sento
                 - Arev Manoukian - Spy Films,
                   Nuit Blanche
                 - Gabriel Bisset-Smith; Thrush
                 - Ricardo de Montreuil; The
                   Raven

    Music Video  - Andy Bruntel; Liars "Scissor"    - Roman Coppola,
                 - Keith Schofield, Alan            - Nabil Elderkin,
                   Capriles; Justice / Lenny        - M.I.A.
                   Kravitz "Let Love Rule"
                 - Jul French , Matt French;
                   Metronomy "On The Motorway"
                 - Julia Grigorian, Kirby McClure
                   - Spy Films; Yeasayer "Ambling
                   Alp"
                 - Nyle; Nyle "Let The Beat
                   Build"

    Documentary  - Henrik Hansen; Shinya Kimura @   - Doug Pray,
                   Chabott Engineering              - Lucy Walker,
                 - Eliot Rausch, Lukas Korver -     - Morgan Spurlock
                   Phos Pictures; Pennies HEART
                 - Temujin Doran - Studiocanoe;
                   Facts About Projection
                 - The Light Surgeons;
                   Schlimazeltov!
                 - Eliot Rausch, Lukas Korver -
                   Phos Pictures; Last Minutes with
                   ODEN

    Experimental - Nomint; The Holy Chicken of      - David Lynch,
                   Life & Music                     - Neville Brody,
                 - Zeitguised; Peripetics           - Charlie White
                 - Chris Beckman; Oops
                 - Klara Elenius; Insyn
                 - Mat Mowat; "Take It Easy"

    Remix        - Adam Cosco; The Most Basic       - DJ Spooky (Paul
                   Form of Mind Control is            Miller),
                   Repetition                       - Adam Quirk of Wreck &
                 - Kasumi; BREAKDOWN the video        Salvage,
                   (remix)                          - Lawrence Lessig
                 - Eclectic Method; The Tarantino
                   Mixtape
                 - SLACKCiRCUS; Fabulous Secret
                   Powers
                 - Peter Eramian; Fantasia

    Original
    Series       - Katy Lock, Daniel May - KADA     - Fred Seibert,
                   Films; The Specials              - Ricky Van Veen,
                 - Cool Hunting; Cool Hunting       - Ze Frank
                 - Carl Crum; One Square Mile - a
                   documentary series
                 - Ted Tremper; Break-ups The
                   Series
                 - Christophe Abric, Vincent
                   Moon: Le Blogotheque - Take Away
                   Shows

    Animation    - Kristen Lepore; Bottle           - Nicolas Schmerkin,
                 - Max Porter & Ru Kuwahata;        - Ree Treweek,
                   Something Left, Something Taken  - Carlos Lascano
                 - Eran Hilleli; Between Bears
                 - Patrick Jean; Pixels
                 - Simon Robson - Knife Party;
                   Coalition of the Willing

    Motion
    Graphics     - Onur Senturk; TRIANGLE           - Justin Cone,
                 - Denis van Waerebeke; How to      - Nick Campbell,
                   feed the world?                  - Shane Walter
                 - Masaki Yokochi; Locus
                 - Nico Uthe; Bad News - A Media
                   Fiction (Diplom)
                 - Mike Winkelmann - beeple;
                   Instrumental video nine

    Captured     - Rob Seward; Four Letter Words    - Paola Antonelli,
                 - Chris Cairns; Neurosonics Live   - Jose Luis de Vicente,
                 - Charlie Bucket; Fluid            - Evan Roth
                   Sculpture
                 - James Theophane Jnr;
                   Experience Mobile Mobile
                 - Xavier Vilar de Paz;
                   Multitouch Barcelona

To view each of these films, please visit
www.vimeoawards.com/finalists. In addition, registered Vimeo users can
vote for their favorite video to determine the Community Choice awards in
each category. Community Voting is separate from the judged Vimeo Awards.
Complete Vimeo Festival schedule and ticket information is available at
vimeoawards.com (www.vimeo.com/awards/festival). Festival tickets are
available now!

About Vimeo, LLC

Leading video sharing site Vimeo(R) provides the easiest way for people
to host and share their videos in high quality. The site provides great
privacy features and inspiring videos from a vibrant, respectful community of
creative users who care about how and where they show their work. Launched in
2004 and headquartered in New York, NY, Vimeo offers users a video sharing
experience that is both entertaining and easy to use. Vimeo is a 2010 & 2009
Time Magazine Top 50 Website. Vimeo, LLC is a subsidiary of IAC (Nasdaq:
IACI).

Deborah Szajngarten, +1-212-524-8776, press at vimeo.com

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