ffresh is working together with S4C to find 5 young filmmakers to create short films on the theme of first love. The short films can be fictional, documentaries, experimental, or visual poems and must be exactly 3 minutes in length. All the short films must be delivered through the Welsh language.
The 5 short films will premiere at ffresh 2013, which takes place at Glyndŵr University in Wrexham from February 20th – 23rd and will feature on S4C’s Y Lle. The five selected entrants will be offered guidance from ffresh throughout the production process and be given a £400 cash prize.
Short film competition: First Love
ffresh is working together with S4C to find 5 young filmmakers to create short films on the theme of first love. The short films can be fictional, documentaries, experimental, or visual poems and must be exactly 3 minutes in length. All the short films must be delivered through the Welsh language.
The 5 short films will premiere at ffresh 2013, which takes place at Glyndŵr University in Wrexham from February 20th – 23rd and will feature on S4C’s Y Lle. The five selected entrants will be offered guidance from ffresh throughout the production process and be given a £400 cash prize.
Producer Scherry Jones from Antena, the production company behind Y Lle, said “Everyone remembers their first love. It could be a person, a pet, a toy or anything else that people remember falling head over heels for. We’re delighted to be working with ffresh to find five young filmmakers to bring these stories of first love to life in an interesting, original, and engaging way”.
Garffild Lloyd Lewis, S4C Director of Communications, Marketing and Partnerships, added, “This competition marks the second collaboration between S4C and ffresh to support young filmmakers and give them an opportunity to have their work broadcast. Both ffresh and Y Lle play an important role in fostering new talent in Wales, which is at the heart of S4C. I look forward to seeing the finished films and the emergence of a new wave of filmmaking talent in Wales.”
To enter the competition you must be a resident of Wales aged between 16 to 25 and have access to a HD moving image camera and editing equipment. You will need to submit a one page treatment outlining your idea to ffresh Festival Director James Nee at [email protected] and include any examples of moving image or still photography work. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, October 31st.
The five chosen entrants will be notified by Monday, November 5th. The next stage will involve the selected filmmakers working with ffresh to deliver the short films to industry broadcast standards. The delivery dates for the completed short films is Friday, February 1st.
Ffresh – the Student Moving Image Festival of Wales – 2013 will take will take place at the Glyndŵr University from February 20th – 22nd.
For further information: James Nee, Tel: +44 (0)29 20232746
*Now in its 10th year, ffresh – the Student Moving Image Festival of Wales – features the best student work from Wales, the UK, and abroad, along with masterclasses, panel sessions and workshops with some of the industry’s most renowned and respected figures. The purpose of the festival is to celebrate the best work being created by the up-and-coming moving image talent from around the world, and to provide a vital link between higher education and the media sector.
*Previous guests have included directors Stephen Frears, Mike Leigh, Sergey Dvortsevoy, Asif Kapadia, Jonathan Caouette, Matt Lipsey, Matt Lambert, and Gaston Kaboré; screenwriters Andrew Davies and Tim Firth; producers Stephen Garrett, Bethan Jones, and Sally Hibbin; highly acclaimed visual artists Lichtfaktor and Semiconductor; international FX companies The Mill and Double Negative; Oscar winning editor Jim Clark; and animators Johnny Kelly, Merlin Crossingham, Phil Mulloy, & Peter Dodd, amongst many others.
*The festival programme also includes all the shortlisted work for the prestigious ffresh awards, and the ffresh works, a new component of the festival open to students around the world. The winners are announced during the Ffresh Awards Show on the final night of the festival. ffresh also works together with 12 partner festivals around the world who annually select work to feature as part of the festival programme.
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