FINCH, Sydney, Australia, was awarded Best of Show for “The Eleven O’Clock” at last night’s (2/13) seventh annual One Screen Short Film Festival, the premiere short film festival from The One Club for Creativity that unites the film and advertising worlds. Following the delusional patient of a psychiatrist who believes he is actually the psychiatrist himself, "The Eleven O’Clock" also picked up a One Screen award in Comedy at the ceremony and screening at the SVA Theater in New York.
Other notable winners on the night included “Rising” by R/GA, New York on behalf of The Ad Council, which picked up three awards, one each in the Fiction, Movie Poster and Art Direction/Production Design categories.
"Rising," a short film that is a powerful extension of the iconic Love Has No Labels campaign, was directed by Game of Thrones’ David Nutter and written by Lena Waithe–creator of Showtime drama series The Chi and Emmy-winning writer for Master of None–and Azia Squire. The dramatic short film created pro bono by R/GA with production house Great Guns and VFX by Ntropic, follows a group of diverse Americans facing a devastating storm. A closing montage features photos of real disaster survivors coming together regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, ability and age.
BBDO New York also had three wins at the One Screen Short fest, on work for AT&T, Johnson & Johnson and Mars Chocolate North America, Snickers. Observatory and Shutterstock each took home a pair of One Screen awards.
One Screen is part of The One Club for Creativity, the global non-profit organization celebrating creative excellence in advertising and design. Now in its seventh year, One Screen focuses on all forms and aspects of short films–commercials, music videos, short narratives, spec work, passion projects, movie poster design, credits, etc.–and celebrates the best of the film and ad industries with no limitation and total artistic freedom, all on one screen.
Entries were received this year from 45 countries and judged by a 79-person jury of leading film directors, producers, ad agency creatives and heads of production companies.
“Now in its seventh year, One Screen has become a showcase for the passion projects of accomplished filmmakers, as well as a high-visibility forum to recognize promising young talent,” said Jonathan Jirjis, executive producer at One Screen and The One Club. “We’re thrilled with the range and quality of work submitted this year and congratulate all of our 2019 winners.”
Here’s a rundown on this year’s One Screen Short Film Festival winners:
Best of Show
“The Eleven O’Clock” (trailer) by FINCH, Sydney, Australia
Fiction
“The Craft” by //Thirteen & Co, Paddington, NSW, Australia
“Wa’ad (The Promise)” by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, Switzerland
“Rising” by R/GA, New York, NY, USA for The Ad Council
Documentary
“Dergin Tokmak – Start Your Impossible” by Adi Halfin, Tel Aviv, Israel and Berlin, Germany for Toyota.
Music Video:
“Corporation” by Prettybird, Culver City, CA, USA for Jack White
Animation
“Albatross Soup” by Cause + Effect, New York, NY, USA
Branded Entertainment
“Endless Stories” by AlmapBBDO, São Paulo, Brazil for Getty Images
“A Report of Connected Events” by PostPanic, Amsterdam, Netherlands with Nuna9, London, UK for Liberty Global
Budget Under $10,000
“We Build Walls!” By Two Hands, Los Angeles, CA, USA for Boccamazzo Construction
“Dukkha” by 18 Uppercut, a film collective in China/Singapore/USA, for W. Y. Huang
Mobile Film
“What is Beauty?” By Film Pill, London, UK
Title and End-Credit Sequence
“Semi Permanent 2018 Opening Titles” by Joyce N. Ho, New York, NY, USA for Semi Permanent
Movie Poster
“Rising” by R/GA, New York, NY, USA for The Ad Council
“Get Out – Shutterstock Oscar Pop Poster Series 2018” by Shutterstock, New York, NY, USA
“Margins of Error “ by BBDO New York, NY, USA for Mars Chocolate North America, Snickers
“Darkest Hour Shutterstock Oscar Pop Poster Series 2018” by Shutterstock, New York, NY, USA
Comedy
“The Eleven O’Clock” by FINCH, Sydney, Australia
60-Second Film
“Piano” by Cossette, Toronto, Ontario, Canada for Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
“Dieline Rebrand Launch” by Jones Knowles Ritchie, London, UK for Dieline
Art Direction/Production Design
“Rising” by R/GA, New York, NY, USA for The Ad Council
“Nurses Save Lives” by BBDO New York, NY, USA for Johnson & Johnson
Sound Design/Original Score
“Savor.WAVS” by Observatory, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY, USA for Chipotle
Foreign Film
“Bheki The Mbhaco Maker Short Film” by FCB Africa (Pty) Ltd., Johannesburg, South Africa for South African Tourism
Visual Effects
“Bus” by BBDO New York, USA for AT&T
“Fang” by Observatory, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY, USA for AB InBev, Budweiser
Emerging Directors
“Adam” by William Armstrong, London, UK
“Medically Speaking” by Megan Park, Pereira O’Dell, San Francisco, CA, USA for Ignite National
Emerging Writer
“Naje” by Naje Wright, Best Buy, Richfield, MN, USA for Best Buy Teen Tech Centers
Student
“If I Wasn’t There” by Juliana Aterje, Boston, MA, USA
