We are proud and happy to announce this year's NextFrame Finalists and Award Winners! Congratulations to all our filmmakers!
Check back soon for more information on the films and their makers!
Animation
About Hate, Love and the Other One
Tobias Bilgeri
Kunsthochschule Kassel, GERMANY
Animal Instincts
Winner: Sound Design Award
Cameron Edser
Bond University, AUSTRALIA
Bad Head Day
Winner: 2nd Place Animation
Karen Weiss
Sheridan College Institute of Technology, CANADA
Dear Fatty
Hsin-I Tseng
University of Southern California, USA
Raubbau (Depletion)
Christian Schleisiek
Fachhochschule Mainz, GERMANY
Superhero Training Center: Cultural Awareness Day
Winner: 1st Place Animation
Si Yang Ng
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Swing
Dawn Tuffery
Waicato Institute of Technology, NEW ZEALAND
This Is Not a Love Story
Alexandra Lemay
Concordia University, CANADA
Trepan Hole
Andy Cahill
Rhode Island School of Design, USA
Documentary
Bloodsucker
Meghan O'Hara
Stanford University, USA
Bob Fish & Dog
Linchuan Huang
Communication University of China, CHINA
HFF "Konrad Wolf", GERMANY
Bob's Knee
Michael Attie
Stanford University, USA
Coco, Ocean, Emperor
Yuhan Zhu
Communication University of China, CHINA
HFF "Konrad Wolf", GERMANY
Let's Take a Shower
Winner: Cinematography Award
Chung Yee Yu
Royal Holloway University of London, UK
Losing 1983
Winner: 2nd Place Documentary
Ali Cotteril
The Art Institute of Portland, USA
The Scrapper
Jon Olshefski
Temple University, USA
Smokey
Scott Thurman
University of North Texas, USA
Tehran Backyard
Winner: 1st Place Documentary
Roxana Pope
Edinburgh College of Art, UK
Experimental
A Convolution of Imagined Histories
Winner: 2nd Place Experimental & Screenwriting Award
Micah Stansell
Georgia State University, USA
A Little Sleep...
Katya Gorker
Temple University, USA
Tranquila, Mi Amor (Be Still, My Love)
Carla Tamma
University of Central Florida, USA
Uncle Ma'an
Sahar Alsawaf
California Institute of the Arts, USA
Under Construction
Winner: 1st Place Experimental
Zhenchen Liu
Le Fresnoy, FRANCE
Narrative
Derailed
Winner: 1st Place Narrative
W. Scott Calvert
Temple University, USA
The Execution of Solomon Harris
Wyatt Garfield
Savannah College of Art and Design, USA
Farewell
Irena Skoric
Academy of Dramatic Art, CROATIA
Padam
Winner: 2nd Place Narrative
Jose Manuel Carrasco
ecam, SPAIN
Reality Show
Federico Schmucler
Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica, MEXICO
Road Marks
Shimon Shai
The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, ISRAEL
Zohar
Winner: Directors' Choice Award
Yasmine Novak
Tel-Aviv University, ISRAEL
The submission process for this year's NextFrame tour is now closed. Thank you to everybody who shared their work with us and contributed to the impressive amount of diverse and sophisticated films and videos we revceived.
As we get ready for the final votes of our awards jury, we are excited to count many notable professionals and academics among this year's jurors. This year's finalists and award winners will be announced in August at the 2008 UFVA Conference at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO.
Thanks, again, to all who entered. We look forward to seeing your work in the future!
Entries: 235
Schools represented: 130
Countries represented: 32
Acceptance rates:
Narrative: 7%
Documentary: 14%
Experimental: 18%
Animation: 21%
Think your project is NextFrame material? Submit it!
* Low entry fees for U.S. students
* Students from non-U.S. schools enter for free!
* We accept projects in Narrative, Documentary, Animation and Experimental
* If accepted, your project will screen at dozens of venues around the world
* Winners receive prizes and product grants (worth over $15,000!) from many of the blue chips in the industry, including Avid, Kodak, Final Draft, and more!
Early Bird Deadline: April 30, 2008
Regular Deadline: May 31, 2008
Visit our submissions page for details on how to enter.
