Two-time Academy Award-nominee Lucy Walker was the first presenter at the 2012 Vimeo Awards at Nyu’s Skirball Center in New York City. “Filmmakers love and indeed need awards,” said the director of Waste Land and The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom to the audience in the crowded theater after she told the story of how taking home a trophy at a small film festival early in her career gave her (and those around her) the confidence that she should further pursue work behind the camera. The point was reiterated by the second presenter of the evening and 2010 Vimeo Award Winner for Best Narrative, Gabriel Bisset-Smith. “I still don’t know what I’m doing,” said the creator of Thrush (the short that won him a large, shiny, metallic “V” for Vimeo trophy two years ago), “but the Vimeo award has tricked others into thinking that I do.” Walker, Bisset-Smith and...
- 6/9/2012
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
We’re always looking out for interesting shorts from UK directors and this new film from Gabriel Bisset-Smith is well worth a watch.
Smoke has a simple concept and it’s very well executed with the editing in particular making this love story in reverse something special. The script by Stuart Curran won a competition on circalit.com, a crowd-sourcing platform for writers, and this film is the result.
Jodie Whittaker reunites Bisset-Smith (the short film Thrush is online here and takes a poignant look at modern relationships) and she and Claire Brown work very well on screen here as the couple begining and ending their relationship.
Here’s the short, we’re very interested to see what both writer and director have in store for us next.
Smoke has a simple concept and it’s very well executed with the editing in particular making this love story in reverse something special. The script by Stuart Curran won a competition on circalit.com, a crowd-sourcing platform for writers, and this film is the result.
Jodie Whittaker reunites Bisset-Smith (the short film Thrush is online here and takes a poignant look at modern relationships) and she and Claire Brown work very well on screen here as the couple begining and ending their relationship.
Here’s the short, we’re very interested to see what both writer and director have in store for us next.
- 2/22/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
February 20 is the deadline for submitting to the 2012 Vimeo Awards, which will be presented during this year’s Vimeo Festival + Awards, June 7 – 9 in New York City. Filmmaker Magazine is a sponsor of the awards, which go to original works in 13 different categories that premiered July 31, 2010 and February 20, 2012, or which never premiered at all. For 2012, Vimeo has assembled a pretty amazing group of judges, including actor and director James Franco; Parks and Recreation Star Aziz Ansari, 2012 Oscar Nominee Lucy Walker; documentarian Steve James; Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood; Scott Pilgrim vs. the World director Edgar Wright; snowboard superstar Travis Rice; Thierry Mugler and Uniqlo creative director Nicola Formichetti; Shelly Page of DreamWorks Animation; Barbara London of The Museum of Modern Art; Showstudio’s Nick Knight; camera guru Philip Bloom; and advertising legend David Droga.
Grants of $5,000 will be awarded to the winners of each category, and $25,000 goes to a single Best Video winner.
Grants of $5,000 will be awarded to the winners of each category, and $25,000 goes to a single Best Video winner.
- 2/14/2012
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Following up on their successful festival and awards presentation in 2010, Vimeo has at last announced their follow-up event to be held sometime in 2012. Starting today, the online video website — a favorite for filmmakers thanks to Vimeo’s high quality video streaming — is accepting submissions for next year’s event that will see a couple lucky winners taking home some big prizes.
There will be 13 total categories that filmmakers can submit to and the winning video of each category will win a Grant of $5,000. In addition, there will be a $25,000 Grant given to one Grand Prize winner.
Videos eligible for submission are original works that have debuted online sometime between July 31, 2010 and February 20, 2012 — with Feb. 20 being last day entries will be accepted. The submission fee is $20 (U.S.) per video ($5 for Vimeo Plus and Pro members). Interested filmmakers can submit their work here.
The 2010 festival only accepted videos in nine categories.
There will be 13 total categories that filmmakers can submit to and the winning video of each category will win a Grant of $5,000. In addition, there will be a $25,000 Grant given to one Grand Prize winner.
Videos eligible for submission are original works that have debuted online sometime between July 31, 2010 and February 20, 2012 — with Feb. 20 being last day entries will be accepted. The submission fee is $20 (U.S.) per video ($5 for Vimeo Plus and Pro members). Interested filmmakers can submit their work here.
The 2010 festival only accepted videos in nine categories.
- 12/13/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Thrush by Gabriel Bisset-Smith won the Grand Prize at the 2011 Disposable Film Festival (Dff), cleverly narrating a relationship from start to finish through sequences of photographs. It reminded me of when Jack Kerouac wrote that a day would come when he and his friends would look at their photos in albums and recognize their "sad and ragged lives forever."For the remaining winners, check out the Dff website. Videos courtesy of Vimeo.Cross-published on The Evening Class....
- 4/10/2011
- Screen Anarchy
The most poignant moment at the Vimeo Festival + Awards ceremony was when Casey Neistat (half of the famous lo-fi filmmaking duo known as the Neistat Brothers) accepted the Digital Maverick Award and quoted Francis Ford Coppola from the behind-the-scenes Apocalypse Now documentary, Hearts of Darkness: To me, the great hope is now that these little 8mm video recorders have come around, some people who wouldn't normally make movies are going to be making them. Suddenly, one day, some little fat girl in Ohio is going to be the new Mozart, you know, and make a beautiful film with her little father's camcorder. And for once, the so called "professionalism" about movies will be destroyed forever, and it will really become an art form. The words weren't revelatory in regards to a democratized production process. We all know that with low cost production tools and virtually no-cost distribution mechanisms, anyone with a vision,...
- 10/11/2010
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
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