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Ninth Film Festival - Local Focus 3 - Report and ResultsDear Friends and Sponsors of the Local Focus 3 Film Festival:
We were lucky this year to get grants from Ontario Arts Council and Region of Waterloo Arts Fund in the amount of $10000. Around 60% of this budget went to filmmakers and producers as an artist's fees and cash prizes, another 10% went for trophies and certificates, and the rest of the amount went for the festival expenses. Local Focus 3 was a very successful celebration and we are very thankful for the many volunteers who helped make it happen. We are also thankful for all our sponsors: Ontario Art Council, Region of Waterloo Arts Fund, The City of Kitchener, Gen X, Princess Cinema, Neruda Productions, The Walper Terrace Hotel, Waterloo Regional Arts Council, Waterloo Region Record, Media Producers of Ontario (mpGO). This was the biggest turnout we have had to date for a film festival. 636 people attended the festival, with an average of 106 people per screening. The festival had three kinds of awards for the filmmakers: 24 hour film challenge, People's Choice Awards and Jury Awards. 24-Hour Film ChallengeThe winner in 24 hour film challenge will get $150 from MPGO. And both winner and 1st Runner Up in 24 hour film challenge will earn a certificate and $250 credits for HD Equipment Package & One Year Membership at The Multicultural Cinema Club (MCC). We had 7 teams participated in 24 hour challenge, only 5 of them met criteria in time. The winners are: Jury AwardsThe jury members for Local Focus 3 Film Festival 2010 to were:
The jury judged the films in Local Focus 3 based on the following: Cinematography, Sound, Editing/Continuity, Story/Script, Performance/Acting, and Believability/Credibility/Accuracy. Jury Awards for Best Youth DirectorThis category have two prizes:
The three nominees in this category were:
The winner in this category is: Be Free by Sara Johns & Carissa Schenk Jury Award for Best AnimationThe winner in this category will receive a certificate, $250 cash, $250 in credits for HD equipment renntals, and a One Year Membership at The Multicultural Cinema Club (MCC). The three nominees in this category were:
The winner in this category is: Rangers by Justin Lenssen. The Jury Award for best Short FilmThe winner in Short film category will receive a certificate, a trophy, $400 cash, $300 in credits for HD equipment rentals, and a One Year Membership at The Multicultural Cinema Club (MCC). The three nominees were:
The winner in this category is Que Sera by Jonathon Lucas, Tallen Kay, Fiona Chan, and Adien Huisman. The Jury Award for Best DocumentaryThe winner in Documentary film category will receive a certificate, trophy, $800 cash, $600 in credits for HD equipment rentals, and a One Year Membership at The Multicultural Cinema Club (MCC). The three nominees were:
The winner in this category is Going to the Moon by producers Isabel Cisterna, Azam Fouk Aladeh The Jury Award for Best Feature FilmThe winner in the Feature Film category will receive a certificate, trophy, $1000 cash, $800 in credits for HD equipment rentals, and a One Year Membership at The Multicultural Cinema Club (MCC). Although there was only one accepted submission in this category, the jury gave very good marks for this feature film. The winner in this category is Kissed by Lightning by Shelley Niro. People's Choice AwardsDuring film screenings, viewers were asked to rate each of the films they viewed. The films with the best average ratings won the People's Choice award in their respective categories. People' Choice Award for Best Youth DirectorThe winner in this category will receive a certificate, $200 in credits for HD Equipment rentals, and a One Year Membership at The Multicultural Cinema Club (MCC). The best marks in people's votes for Youth film director went to:
The winner in this category is Agent Lee Jackson by Connor Barnett, rated at 61%. People' Choice Award for Best AnimationThe winner in this category will receive a certificate, $200 in credits for HD equipment rentals, and a One Year Membership at The Multicultural Cinema Club (MCC). The best marks in people's votes for Animation Film went to:
The winner in this category is Rangers by Justin Lenssen, rated at 70%. People' Choice Award for Best Short FilmThe winner in this category will receive a certificate, $300 in credits for HD equipment rentals, and a One Year Membership at The Multicultural Cinema Club (MCC). The best marks in peoples votes for Short film went to:
The winner in this category is Nameless by Greg Kavacs, rated at 79%. People' Choice Award for Best Documentary FilmThe winner in this category will receive a certificate, $600 in credits for HD equipment rentals, and a One Year Membership at The Multicultural Cinema Club (MCC). The best marks in people's votes for documentary film went to: The winner in this category is Dear John by Mark Lammert, rated at 82%. People' Choice Award for Best Feature FilmThe winner in this category will receive a certificate, $800 in credits for HD equipment rentals, and a One Year Membership at The Multicultural Cinema Club (MCC). The winner was the only feature film submission, Kissed by lightning by Shelley Niro, rated at 84%. |
Thank you all so much for attending and supporting our recent film festival. We hope you enjoyed the 28 great works by our talented film-makers. These films each year proves that we have truly talented filmmakers who need to be recognized, taken care of, and celebrated. That's why Local Focus Film Festival was created. And with your continuous support and the support of our community and sponsors we will continue celebrating the love of film and paying tribute to our filmmakers and producers. Someone called this festival the Local Oscars.