Entries from 15 countries have made it into the shortlist for the 8th annual One Screen Short Film Festival.
Dominating that shortlist is BBDO New York, with 8 finalists, including – 2 each for Sandy Hook Promise – Back to School Essentials and Monica Lewinsky – The Epidemic, 1 for The ALS Association – Coach Randel: A Test of Time in Documentary, 1 for the provocative THINX – MENstruation, 1 for Macy’s – Santa Girl, and 1 for FedEx – Box.(And perhaps prefacing another stellar BBDO awards year like 2019 was?)
https://youtu.be/-QEDZkj_Riw
Australia’s finalists are:
Substance Sydney x 2 – TEDx Sydney Legacy, in Title and End Credit Sequences and Regional – Asia Pacific. The film was directed and produced by Substance founder, Scott Geersen.
Finch x 1 – Backpedal in Emerging Directors. The director is Dani Pearce
https://youtu.be/8tjO2d1LWuA
Observatory, Los Angeles, has 7 finalists, including four for The History of La Cerveza Mas Fina.
FCB India, Gurngram, has 5. Three are for the film, Bhukkad, and 2 are for Times Out and Proud.
Reverse, New York, has 5, including 2 each for Play: The Power of Ideas and 2 in Emerging Directors – Rose de Mai and Forged in Flint
Anonymous Content, Culver City, Cosette, Toronto, Friends & Fellows Media, Munich, Google, Shibuya, Sanctuary, Los Angeles and VaynerX, New York, have 3 shortlisted entries each.
View the complete shortlist here.
Entries were judged by a jury of leading film directors, producers, ad agency creatives and heads of production companies from around the world, including Australia’s Jo de Fina, founder & executive producer of Otto; freelance creative, Natalie Long; and Matt Wilson, head writer at
The Brand Agency. View the jury here.
Winners will be announced at the One Screen Short Film Festival ceremony on February 25, 2020 at the SVA Theater in New York. Ticket information is available here.
One Screen is part of The One Club for Creativity. The global festival focuses on all forms and aspects of short films — narrative fiction, comedy, passion projects, commercials, branded content, music videos, spec work, animation, sound, movie poster design, title sequences, etc. — and has a mission to celebrate and award filmmakers from around the world working in both the film and ad industries with no limitation and total artistic freedom.
In addition to awarding work in specific genre categories, One Screen expands this year to also recognise creative excellence by region with Best-Of awards for Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America and Middle East-North Africa.
