Here’s one that might be of interest to any Island filmmakers. Ed
Japanese beer, Kirin Ichiban has launched its inaugural short film competition to reinforce the craftsmanship of their unique brewing method and to celebrate UK short film and the variety of methods now used to create them.
Enter your ‘first press’
To cut a long story short, organisers are looking for budding short film makers from students, aspiring amateurs through to professionals, to submit their finest work, whether created on 35mm film or on a mobile phone edited using the latest app. The only criteria is that short films entered should be based around the concept of ‘First Press’.
Short film entries must be original work and can be anything from 1 minute to 10 minutes in length and use one of the following production techniques: live action, animation, narrative/experimental or documentary.
Paul Brazier, Kirin spokesperson explains more, “Japan’s Prime Brew, Kirin Ichiban is not your average beer; it’s made by the unique “Ichiban Shibori Process” which literally translated means ‘First Press’, producing the purest beer. First Press can be interpreted in many different ways, be it literal or metaphorical, from a nervous first kiss of lips pressing together or the first press of a button that changes everything, to the most outlandish interpretation your creativity can conceive. The only limit is imagination, so we’re really looking forward to seeing some of the entries”.
£3,000 first prize
A shortlist of the four best film entries will be chosen by a panel of industry experts from the world of short film including the London Short Film Festival and award winning Short Film director Simon Ellis.
The four shortlisted films will also be screened at the Kirin Ichiban Pop Up restaurant in East London in August 2011.
The overall winner will then be chosen from a shortlist by public vote and receive £3,000 cash and the career boosting prize of having their film shown at the London Short Film Festival.
2nd place will receive £1,000 cash, 3rd place will receive £500 cash and the final runner up will win a year’s supply of Kirin Ichiban beer.
To find out more and to get your creative juices flowing, visit our Website for more details of how to submit your film and the full terms and conditions. Deadline for entries 30th June 2011.
Whether it is your first steps on the road to directorial stardom or first short in a while, be sure to make ‘First Cut’, your next move.
