Rising Filmmaker Showcase winners Josh Greene and c. Craig The American Pavilion publicizes right now the six winners of the 2023 Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes. Chosen from 38 quick movies in competitors, winners have been chosen by a jury that features brokers, managers, producers, and trade members within the following classes: Scholar Brief Movies, Scholar Documentaries, Rising Filmmaker Brief Movies, Rising Filmmaker Documentaries, Rising Filmmaker LGBTQ Showcase Movies and an Alumni Showcase.
Now in its twenty sixth version, the Rising Filmmaker Showcase serves as a possibility for younger filmmakers to have their work seen by Cannes Pageant and Movie Market attendees. Prize packs this 12 months have been sponsored by Last Draft, Write Brothers Film Magic Screenwriter, Worldwide Documentary Affiliation, Screening Companies Group, Easy DCP, Michael Wiese Productions Books, and ESE Movie Workshops On-line.
Learn concerning the winners beneath.
2023 EMERGING FILMMAKER SHOWCASE SHORT FILMS WINNER:
Worker of the Month
2022, 18:56 min., Nigeria, Drama
Producer/Author/Director: Goga Clay
Solid: Tope Tedela, Elma Mbadiwe
Ibinabo, a younger husband and father-to-be, lives an unremarkable however exemplary life. He strives to show himself to his boss, however will get caught up within the horrors of the October 2020 protests in opposition to police brutality.
2023 EMERGING FILMMAKER DOCUMENTARY WINNER:
Handwritten
2022, 8:48 min., USA, Animation/Documentary
Author/Director: Jaime Sunwoo
Producer: Alex Griffin, Jessica Simon, Jaime Sunwoo
Solid: Jaime Sunwoo
After discovering outdated diaries and notebooks, artist Jaime Sunwoo examines her shapeshifting penmanship and wonders why she’s by no means had a constant model. By way of playful paper puppetry and animation, she displays on what handwriting means to her personally, its significance all through historical past, and its relevance in our computerized world.
2023 EMERGING FILMMAKER SHOWCASE STUDENT FILMS WINNER:
Fathead
2023, 20 min., USA, Motion/Fantasy, College of Southern California
Author/Director: c. Craig
Producer: Mitchell Graham Colley, Anthony Gaitros, Letia Solomon, Alexa Villarreal, Brandyn Johnson
Solid: Kapri Ladd, Tremari Limbrick, Tika Sumpter, Notlim Taylor
When one of many final free kids of Junkyard Paradise has her brother stolen away from her, no Ragamuffin military or vicious beasts will cease her from getting him again.
2023 EMERGING FILMMAKER SHOWCASE STUDENT DOCUMENTARY WINNER:
Waves Aside
2022, 24:55 min., USA, Documentary, College of Southern California Director: Josh Greene
Producer: Aslan Dalgic, Ela Passarelli
What occurs when your ardour conflicts along with your heritage? A Jewish surfer confronts the darkish, antisemitic historical past of the game he as soon as cherished.
2023 EMERGING FILMMAKER LGBTQ+ SHOWCASE WINNER:
Benny & James
2023, 14:50 min., USA, Drama/LGBTQ+
Author/Director: Logan Vaughn
Producer: Laurie Bernhard, Ria Pavia, Mayon Denton, Robert Arnold
Solid: Phillip James Brannon, Calvin Leon Smith
A person, unsettled by his imminent life-changing choice, suspects his terrifying dream and his husband’s daunting parallel encounter is perhaps a sign from God to cancel a protracted awaited arrival.
2023 EMERGING FILMMAKER HIGH SCHOOL SHOWCASE WINNER:
My Sisters within the Stars: The Story of Lee Yong-soo
2022, 9:55 min., USA/Korea, Animation/Documentary, Harvard-Westlake Author/Director: Ian Kim
Producer: Harry Kim, Kay Park, Sophie Kim
Unique Rating: Abe Effress
Solid: Yong-soo Lee
An animated documentary concerning the life story of Lee Yong-soo, one in all 11 remaining identified survivors in Korea of the Japanese WWII-era Consolation Girls system of human trafficking and sexual slavery.
