Just over a month to go until the DepicT! '07 deadline and the super-shorts are coming in from all over the world! We're extremely pleased to announce an incredible panel of judges for this year's competition. With key figures from all areas of the film industry, including cinematic wunderkind Royston Tan, Aardman Animations Founder David Sproxton and BBC Film Network producer Claire Cook, they'll no doubt each bring their own unique, professional view to the table in their difficult task of choosing a winner.
This year's winning film will screen at the Encounters Award Ceremony (part of the Encounters International Short Film Festival, taking place in Bristol from Wed 21 - Sun 25 Nov '07), where its creator will be presented with the award and £2000 cash!
- Royston Tan, director 15, 4:30
- David Sproxton, Founding Director, Aardman Animations
- Claire Cook, Senior Producer, BBC Film Network
- James Mullighan, Creative Director, Shooting People
- Philip Ilson, Co-Director London Short Film Festival
- Damien O'Donnell, director East Is East, Inside I?m Dancing
- Gina Fucci, Managing Director, Films@59
- Ruth Meehan, filmmaker and winner of DepicT! '06 Live Action award
- Leigh Hodgkinson, filmmaker and winner of DepicT '06 Animation award
- Mark Cosgrove, Creative Director, Encounters and Head of Exhibition, Watershed
We want your say as well!
All of the shortlisted films will be screened on depict.org from early October where they will be open for comments and voting from the public for DepicT!'s popular Audience Award. They'll also be available for streaming from the new DepicT! page on the BBC Film Network.
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