Tue, 25 May 2010 10:45
The Smalls Street Sounds, the brand new
interactive event championing the use of diverse sounds collected by the
public in filmmaking, is proud to announce the winners of its very
first film competition. The four awards are made possible by the
generous support of Scion and recognize the exceptional
talent available in independent filmmaking today.
The winning films were chosen from a high-caliber field of entries
that explore the sonic landscape of cities in innovative and
entertaining ways. Each entry was scored on three criteria -
Interpretation of Theme, Execution and Use of Sounds. Use of Sounds is a
specific criteria for Street Sounds as entrants have used at least
three sounds recorded by the public from the event’s Sound
Map when creating their entries.
The themes available to filmmakers were The Unexpected, America, The
Street or A State of Mind.
THE WINNERS of The Smalls Street Sounds Film Competition are:
An American Dream by
David McLaughlin
Theta Girl by Irina
Summer
Inspiré / (Seattle Ski
Stop-Motion) by Beau Chevassus
Radiocar by Hermes
Mangialardo
These four winners will be announced in Variety magazine and they
will each also receive a Panasonic HDC-HS300 120GB Full HD Camcorder.
“We’re very excited to see The Smalls continuing to bring to light
outstanding creative talent in the independent film community,” said
Anna Grund, Founder of The Smalls. “Congratulations to the four winners,
we’re thrilled to celebrate them before the industry through Variety
magazine.”
The Smalls Street Sounds will remain open for the public to share,
listen and source sounds for use in independent filmmaking and other
creative projects. We hope it will continue to encourage and support
artists in using sound in new ways to tell their stories.
We would like to thank Scion for their generous support, all our
esteemed judges for their invaluable contribution and our members,
collaborators and friends who have participated in making this a truly
inspirational event.
To see the shortlisted and winning film entries, please go to www.thesmalls.com/StreetSounds/Films.
Or, to learn more about the filmmakers or to get in touch with them
please explore their member profiles here on The Smalls.
The Smalls is a curator of independent short film, committed to the
discovery and promotion of new talent through its website,
events and competitions. For more information on The Smalls Street
Sounds or The Smalls, please contact info@thesmalls.com