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WINNERS - BEST OVERALL STANDARD FILM
1ST PLACE - $10,000
TENDER TOUCHES - "MANIAC"
Tender Touches is a comedic Short-Form Web Series following certified animal healer Phrannie (yes, that's "Franny" with a "Ph”) in her everyday work helping animals that struggle with various spiritual and mental health challenges. Owners travel from far and wide with their beloved pets for Phrannie’s signature “Musical Treatments,” which consist of her passionately lip syncing meaningful and appropriate parodies of top 40 hits to the suffering animals. In Episode #2 "Maniac," repeat customer Leslie returns with her despondent parakeet, Portia De Rossi. Phrannie aptly diagnoses Portia de Rossi with Avian bi-polar and through song helps her own her mania and find inner peace.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Directed & Produced by Sarah Smith
Written & Produced by Phillip Guttmann
Starring: Frances Chewning as Phrannie & Paula Lauzon as Leslie
2ND PLACE - $5,000
THUNDERDANCE
In the 1950s, a young Native American man working as a diner dishwasher uses the art of the dance to find his place between the Indian Relocation Act and the American dream.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director: Lee Cipolla
Screenwriter: Montana Cypress
Producers: Montana Cypress, Lee Cipolla
Dance Choreographer: Danielle Deborah
WEBSITE
WINNERS - BEST OVERALL MOBILE FILM
1ST PLACE - $10,000
BETTER THAN SOMEDAYS
An aspiring film director gets the chance of a life time when she notices that magic is coming alive on her phone, while on a tour of a studio lot.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Written and Directed by: Caroline Roberts
Produced by: Anuj Gupta, Caroline Roberts, Katherine Street, Monica-Tezla Solis Vega-Gorsun
Starring: Monique Brown, Celina Dean, Aileen Burdock
WEBSITE
2ND PLACE - $5,000
RUSH JOB
A woman rushing to a job interview accidentally closes her car door on her dress and must figure out a way to free herself.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Writer, director, producer, actor: Matt DeNoto
Actor: Sasha Snow
Director of photography: Max Kurtz
WEBSITE
WINNER - BEST USE OF IBM WATSON MEDIA TOOLS
1ST PLACE - $5,000
STUCK
A black student struggles with being labeled by others as he attempts to escape a rut. Starring Realeboga Kgobokoe and Qingge Gao.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Writer/Director/Producer - Ryan Larkin
Director of Photography - Logan Fulton, Steven Talens
Editor - Weiyang Li
WEBSITE
http://youtube.com/c/thinkfastvideo
WINNER - RED DIGITAL HONORABLE MENTION
1ST PLACE - $5,000
MESTI-SO?!
Currently being considered for festivals.
In a world where having light skin is glorified, Ron finds out that, in Hollywood, being of mixed-race is not the advantage he once thought it was.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Story, Writer – Ron Nery Jr
Director, Editor, Writer – Ross Willett
Producers – Ron Nery Jr, Rommel Andaya
Director of Photography – Alan Chung
WEBSITE
https://www.RonNeryJr.com/
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JUDGES
LIZ MANASHIL
Manager
Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Initiative
In addition to her work at Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Initiative, Liz is also a feature writer and film director. She earned her B.A. in Film & Media Studies at Washington University, and her M.F.A. from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Liz spent several years as a film critic for the PBS/Hulu series Just Seen It and has worked with distribution guru Peter Broderick. Her debut feature, Bread and Butter, was called “an absolute must-watch for women everywhere” by HelloGiggles. Liz is currently in pre-production on her next film, Speed of Life.
ROBIN ROBINSON
Programming Coordinator
Nashville Film Festival
Robin Robinson is the Programming Coordinator for the Academy Award-qualifying Nashville Film Festival where she manages their Screenwriting Competition and serves as a Senior Programmer. While solely responsible for their Episodic programming, she also has experience programming narrative, documentary and new director films. She is an M.F.A. candidate at the Watkins Film School with a focus in screenwriting.
KIRSTEN SCHAFFER
Executive Director
Women In Film
Kirsten Schaffer is the Executive Director of Women In Film, Los Angeles—the preeminent organization promoting gender parity in Hollywood. Previously, she spent fourteen years at Outfest, as Director of Programming before being appointed Executive Director in 2009. She is widely credited as having grown Outfest into the leading LGBT media arts organization that it is. During Schaffer’s tenure at Outfest, she launched three new programs for the organization: The Outfest UCLA Legacy Project, the Fusion LGBT People of Color Film Festival and OutSet, the Young Filmmakers Project from the Los Angeles LGBT Center and Outfest. Kirsten has extensive experience in film programming, small business management and arts administration. She is a graduate of National Arts Strategies Chief Executive Program and the Wells Fargo New Executive Director Institute. Kirsten was named one of POWER UP’s "Top 10 Women in Show Business," and was the recipient of a "Women in Business" Award from Senator Liu.
YOU BE THE JUDGE!
The Audience Vote from June 22 – June 25 counts as one finalist judge.
PRIZES
BEST OVERALL FILM
1ST PLACE
$10,000
for the team
2ND PLACE
$5,000
for the team
BEST OVERALL MOBILE FILM
Films must be shot on smartphone, tablet or drone. If selected as a finalist, you must submit a 30-second raw footage clip used in the final cut of the film, uncut and unedited for the full duration of 30 seconds or longer to be accepted.
1ST PLACE
$10,000
for the team
2ND PLACE
$5,000
for the team
BEST USE OF IBM WATSON MEDIA TOOLS
Combining technology and entertainment, AT&T Create-a-thon production teams will have access to Watson Video Enrichment and Watson Captioning to garner deep metadata about their content and easily and quickly apply captions making their content instantly more accessible.
1ST PLACE
$5,000
for the team
RED DIGITAL HONORABLE MENTION
The RED HYDROGREN ONE advances the way we create and view content. One production team will be selected to receive RED HYDROGEN ONE devices (once available).
1ST PLACE
RED HYDROGEN ONE devices
for the production team (up to 4)
SCHEDULE
MARCH 20 - APRIL 27
Script and storyboard submissions
MAY 14 - 18
We'll notify the teams that are advancing to the next round
JUNE 2-3
Teams film onsite at AT&T SHAPE
JUNE 9 - 10
Film submissions due
JUNE 22 - 25
Online voting for finalist films
JUNE 27
Winners announced
FAQs AND OFFICIAL RULES
View frequently asked questions about the AT&T Create-a-thon and download the complete set of official rules.
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