Film and video artists dominate Turner

Not a single painter has made the shortlist for the 2008 Turner Prize, which is dominated by filmmakers and video artists, three of whom are women. The four competing for the £25,000 prize, which has been won in the past by Damien Hirst and the transvestite potter Grayson Perry, are:

Mark Leckey, who splices together images of cartoon series like The Simpsons and has done work prompted by his obsession with cartoon character Felix the Cat (see 'Felix Gets Broadcasted', 2007, pictured).

Runa Islam, a filmmaker who hails from Bangladesh, but lives and works in Britain; her early works reference Fassbinder and Get Carter and are described as "open-ended narratives that are analytical and emotionally charged".

Goshka Macuga, who employs found materials; Her 2005 work A Time to Live, A Time to Die reworked images from Picasso and Max Ernst in hand-tooled leather. A previous installation, Study for a Portrait of Lord Byron, used an image of the poet's face as a three-legged coffee table.

Cathy Wilkes, who lives and works in Glasgow. She uses shop mannequins in many of her installations. One of these is depicted squatting on a lavatory with porridge on the floor.

Today's announcement marks the first stage in a long journey. The artists now have six months to select or create work for the show itself, with the final winner not being chosen until December 1.