Our friends at FILMSshort asked us to co-judge and give a prize for the best European film in their competition. We were glad to do so. Here is a little check-up on what happened so far.
As the first step filmmakers were invited to email a Daazo link on May 2nd 2011. The films were meant to be recent, between 2-5 minutes and in English or subtitled. Then 8 films were selected and posted on their Facebook page in the form of 4 ’semi-finals’ where films were paired together for voting. This was done to make it as fair as possible. Then the most ‘liked’ films from the semi-finals were put on Films Short’s site for final judging. Here we are now. The judges will choose the overall winner from the top four. The winner will appear on the FILMSshort homepage and will remain on the FILMSshort website as long as the winner wants it to! The best European short film will have the bonus of being promoted on Daazo.com as well.
Here are the finalists:
Wrong Game, by Maunel Succi, is a thougt-provoking look at the problem of child soldiers, especially in Africa. Manuel is an Italian fimmaker based in London. He is a graduate of Video Design from the Instituto Europeo di Design in Rome.
LXIV (64 in Roman numerals – see if you can work out why!) is dedicated to Damien’s father, Jack, who died in 2009. A beautifully shot montage, it was his final year film from Staffordshire University, England, and pieces together a dazzling array of shots that condense our existence into a 2 minute film.
The Stairway (L’Escalier) is a simple and nightmarish story of a man who cannot escape a never-ending but always changing series of stairways. Alexandra Torterotot is a French filmmaker based in New York although The Stairway was shot in her native Paris. When not making short films, Alexandra works as a script supervisor and is also putting together a feature.
Mondays, a simple, warm and at times funny story, was initially envisaged for the reed.co.uk film competition. Glenn is an independent filmmaker and composer from Liverpool. He has had short films screened at varoius showcases in the UK and is making more short films as well as corporate videos.
We will keep you up to date and announce the winners next week. In the meantime watch the films, and comment to help us decide which film should get the best European film award and the extra promotion on Daazo.com!
To get to know more about the finalists check out.
For more information on the contest visit: www.filmsshort.com/competition
Tags: competition, Filmsshort, may day
[...] Congratulations to the winners! Thanks to everyone who entered and voted! To learn more about the finalists and about the May Day 2011 Competititon check out our blog entry here. [...]