FINAL FANTASY XI Fan Movie Contest

From "the major Final Fantasy Event of the year"...

This is your chance to show us your skills and amaze FINAL FANTASY XI fans from around the world with your unique film talents. Send in your greatest creations from sobering dramas to hilarious comedys. We'll plaster them on the big screen at our Fan Festival where a select few choice films will be premiered for a chance at our grand prize!

It looks to me this machinima contest is more in support of the 2006 Final Fantasy XI Fan Festival. Although I think machinima contests/displays are becoming quite common to any game specific event. And if fame among your FFXI peers is not enough, maybe the grand prize of "Gaming merchandise" with "Approximate Retail Value" of $300 will get you motivated. Although I'm not really sure what type of tools or advantages FFXI has toward machinima production.