The One Club for Creativity has launched its One Screen Short Film Festival for the 7th year. The festival welcomes (and awards) entries from both commercial advertising and film industries globally. Last year the festival received twice as many entries as it did in 2016 and from 45 countries.
The fast-growing 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. Its mission is “to celebrate and award filmmakers working in both the film and ad industries with no limitation and total artistic freedom, all on one screen”.
Early submissions qualify for discounted entry fees. Enter before October 31, 2018 to pay US$150 and November 8 to pay US$175. Enter before the final deadline November 20 to pay US$200.
Entries are judged by a 40-person jury of leading film directors, producers, ad agency creatives and heads of production companies, to be announced shortly. Winners will be unveiled at the One Screen Short Film Festival awards ceremony and screening in New York in February 2019.
Some additions and changes have been made to One Screen categories this year. Due to the high number of submissions from outside the US, One Screen has established a separate Foreign Film category. Also new this year are categories for :60 Second Films, Sound Design/Original Score and Art Direction/Production Design. Narrative is now split into separate categories, Fiction and Comedy.
Last year’s awards represented a full circle of sorts, as 2017 One Screen Best in Show went to The Escape, the latest BMW film by Geisel Productions and Anonymous Content.
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The One Club’s One Show was the first ad industry awards competition to recognise original branded content, creating the separate new category of Branded Entertainment in 2003 to accommodate the original launch of BMW Films.
Past One Screen winners include Oscar-winning director, Laurent Witz, and Martín Rosete, director of award-winning feature film, Money, whose producer first connected with him at the One Screen awards ceremony in 2014.
“In just its seventh year, One Screen now has the drawing power to attract Oscar winners as both entrants and judges from around the world,” stated Jonathan Jirjis, executive producer, One Screen.
“It’s now a home for the passion projects of accomplished filmmakers, as well as a proving ground for promising young talent.”
