Possible Futures Film Contest Announces 2011 Winners
Possible Futures Film Contest Announces 2011 Winners
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 11, 2011
Seven filmmakers from India, Lebanon, New Zealand, and the United States have been selected as winners in the first annual Possible Futures Film Contest, receiving awards valued at $ 30,000 including cash and trips to the Amazon rainforest. The contest, sponsored by The Pachamama Alliance, invited filmmakers to illustrate their vision for a new future for humanity, through the medium of short films.
317 films from 44 countries were accepted into the 2011 Film Contest. Screening teams nominated 20 of those films to be considered for two Grand Awards, and a panel of five esteemed judges made the final selections.
Nitin Das of India received the Possible Futures Award for the film Superhero, plus $ 10,000 and a trip for two to the Amazon rainforest with The Pachamama Alliance, parent organization of the Contest.
Dawn Mikkelson of the United States received the Pachamama Award for the film Smooch, plus $ 5,000 and a trip for two to the Amazon rainforest with The Pachamama Alliance.
Grand Judges were: Chris Eyre, film director/producer; Neil Huxley, media producer and motion graphics designer for films, including Avatar; Annie Leonard, Director of The Story of Stuff Project and author of The Story of Stuff; Trudie Styler, actress, producer and global activist; and Geshe Yong Dong, Tibetan Buddhist teacher and leader.
Five People’s Choice Awards were selected through a public voting process, and people around the world cast more than 14,000 votes. The films with the most votes in each category received the People’s Choice Awards.
Ryan Mlynarczyk of the United States received the Overall People’s Choice Award for the film Within Reach.
Tim Armstrong of New Zealand received the People’s Choice Award in the Peace and Freedom category for the film Nuclear Free World.
Jude Chehab of Lebanon received the People’s Choice Award in the Fair Societies category for the film I’m Here.
Joaquin Baldwin of the United States received the People’s Choice Award in the Sustainability and Beyond category for the film The Windmill Farmer.
Lauren Selman of the United States received the People’s Choice Award in the Human Fulfillment category for the film I Want To Be Me.
The Possible Futures Film Contest is a project of The Pachamama Alliance and its FOUR YEARS. GO. campaign. Partners include promotional support from Wieden + Kennedy, the world’s largest independent ad agency network, and funding from The Embrey Family Foundation.
The Contest invited people from every country and at all levels of filmmaking experience to create a short film imagining a positive, possible future for the world. Entries could be one to five minutes in length and incorporate a wide range of styles, including drama, comedy, documentary, animation, or a mix.
Envisioning the future is the first step in making it real. The Pachamama Alliance and Possible Futures Film Contest congratulate all participating filmmakers for their creative and courageous visions.
Winning films and other entries to the contest can be viewed at http://www.possiblefuturesfilmcontest.org.
For more information about the Possible Futures Film Contest, contact Karen Dallett: karen(at)apossiblefuture(dot)org or go to http://www.possiblefuturesfilmcontest.org.
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