The Location Guide, makers and FOCUS have launched the Makers & Shakers Awards supported by Equals. The Makers & Shakers Awards celebrate excellence in the global creative screen industries and will shine a spotlight on significant ideas and initiatives from across the global screen content production support industry.
The line-up for this shootout includes Prettybird, Progress Film Company, Spindle, Ana, Marshall Street Editors, The Network Productions, Groundglass, Adelphoi Music and more. Each 2.5 minute short film will premier live at FOCUS The Meeting Place for International Production in Islington, London on December 3rd at 09:45 GMT. Attendance is free with a delegate pass available here.
The festival celebrating well-crafted commercials, music videos, short films and branded content from around the world returns to Kino International, Berlin on November 8 & 9 where all the finalists will be screened, before the Awards Ceremony at Delphi Filmpalast on November 8th, at 8.00pm.
FOCUS, the Meeting Place for International Production, are hosting a networking drink with the BFI London Film Festival for the third year running.
It’s a wrap for the 57th edition of the Kinsale Shark Awards, Ireland’s leading festival of commercial creativity. The four-day event took place from 18-21 September at the Actons Hotel and showcased some of the best international works in the fields of design, short filmmaking, music videos and advertising.
Winners at the sixth annual LMGI Awards include Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and Chernobyl while Mission: Impossible- Fallout and Roma won in the motion picture categories. Best commercial and Film Commission were also presented at the ceremony in Santa Monica.
Peter Weir, Michael J. Meehan and Hidden Empire Film Group’s Deon Taylor, Roxanne Taylor and Robert F. Smith will be Honoured at Eli & Edythe Broad Stage on September 21 2019.
Hot on the heels of shootout at cannes 2019, straight 8 – the global one-super-8-cartridge-no-editing film challenge – has launched its next ‘shootout’: a chance for creative companies worldwide to compete for charity with a new super 8 short film, made entirely in-camera, and seen for the first time, even by them, at the online premiere in December.
Game of Thrones, Chernobyl and the Marvellous Mrs Maisel took home the most awards, while Netflix and HBO emerged as network front runners ahead of the Primetime Emmys on Saturday 22 September.
The 6th annual Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) Awards will take place on September 21, 2019. The awards honour international features, television and commercials in which the creative use of filming locations set the tone, enrich the character and enhance the narrative.