Self-proclaimed as the Mother of All Film Festivals, The Howard Stern Film Festival will be held in Manhattan on April 27th. According to the press release:

"Forget Sundance and Cannes, The Howard Stern Film Festival is destined to become the most talked about film festival of 2006. And, he's inviting his fans to join in."

The Howard Stern Film Festival will anoint the next great American filmmaker by Howard and his distinguished judges and will be catapulted into stardom on April 28th when Howard's loyal fans will be able to view this and other outrageous selections from the Festival on Howard TV On Demand.

Submissions are due by April 11th and are open now. Entries should be no more than five minutes in length and should demonstrate creative film interpretations of "Howard Stern" related storylines. Festival winners will be awarded an aggregate of $25,000 in cash. Finalists and other notable projects will run exclusively on Howard TV On Demand following the event.

The top three films will be awarded prizes as follows:

• 1st Place ($15,000)
• 2nd Place ($7,500)
• 3rd Place ($2,500)