For Immediate Release:
Contest winners make competition a win for local charities
Portland, Maine – July 29th, 2010
Three local charities were the beneficiaries of filmmaker innovation as a result of the 7DAYPSA competition hosted by The Maine Film Collaborative at The Maine Studios. For this contest agency teams had seven days to write and produce public service announcements for three charities. The Maine Women’s Fund, Planet Dog Foundation and Dream Factory all received the benefit of the teams’ creativity.
“This was a great opportunity for filmmakers to not only to help charities but also to hone their production skills.” Expressed local competition organizer, Krystal Kenville. “As I expected, our Maine teams made some amazing productions. We can all be very proud of their work.” said Kenville.
Awards were presented to agency teams at the end of June in recognition of production components including; Writing, Editing, Direction, Cinematography, Animation, Acting and Voice-Over. Additionally, an overall award for Best Public Service Announce was awarded to Team Hurf Durf for their production More Than Just Friend’s. Teams Man-Like-Machines and Unicovia Pictures also received awards for their productions.
Prizes Awarded:
Best 7DAYPSA : The Hurf Durf’s for Planet Dog
2nd Place 7DAYPSA: Man-Like-Machines for The Dream Factory
3rd Place 7DAYPSA: Unicovia Pictures for The Maine Woman’s Fund
Other Awards included:
Final Draft Best Writing Award: George Dalphin / Man-Like-Machines
Best Editing: John P. M. Higgins / The Hurf Durf’s
Best Director: Tim Lazimov / The Hurf Durf’s
Best Cinematography: Ahura Z. Dilliza / Unicovia Pictures
Best Animation: John P. M. Higgins / The Hurf Durf’s
Best Actor Award: Laura Jay / Unicovia Pictures
Best Voice Over: John E. Seymore / The Hurf Durf’s
Team Hurf Durf’s production has also been submitted for The Hatch Awards a national competition with awards to be determined in October.
The 7DAYPSA competition was created by Duncan B. Putney, a writer and creative producer with Original Concept & Development Associates in Rhode Island. The first contest was part of the Flickers Creative Impulse Award competition at the Rhode Island Independent Film Festival. Future competitions are slated for New Hampshire and Boston for later this year.
The Maine event was hosted by the Maine Film Collaborative. Sponsors included Portland Color, Sebago Brewing Company, The Asylum, Binga’s Stadium, Local Sprouts and the Portland Press Herald.
