Your host for the evening: Roland Sigmond, a genius lost in Transmedia and the creative consultant for Cinema Out of Your Backpack.

33 filmmakers from 10 different countries have entered the best scene from their feature film idea. A shortlist of 12 Fiction and 5 Documentary entries has been voted by the online community. Based on this shortlist, the judges have picked an Official Selection of 10 scenes which were part of the Screening and Awards Show.

Judges

Shane Hurlbut, ASC
Director of Photography (“Terminator: Salvation”), HDSLR pioneer
Jared Abrams
DSLR filmmaker and blogger at Wide Open Camera
Blake Whitman
VP of Creative Development at Vimeo 
Andrew Wonder
Director/DP of the acclaimed DSLR documentary “Undercity”
Claudia Loewe
Director of DFA Produktion, Organizer of the German Film Awards 

Winners

Best Story: “Aging Fast” by Christian Justice
Best Cinematography: “Vienna” by Ben Mallaby
Best Technical Achievement: “Present Day” by Bradley W. Ragland
Best Directing, Best Fiction: “Der Bienenstock” by Robert Jenne
Best Documentary: “Tomorrow” by Viktor Nordenskiöld
Audience Award: “One Shot Stories” by Josef Kubota Wladyka

The winners receive prizes with a total value of $3,000 sponsored by Vimeo, Think Tank Photo, Camera Armor, Giottos, PANI and the City of Ludwigsburg.

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The Award for Best Story goes to “Aging Fast”. Congratulations to Christian Justice from the USA!

Prizes

Multimedia Wired Up 20 Bag sponsored by Think Tank Photo together with a set of 7 Paniflectors and Panigrip sponsored by PANI and a free Vimeo Plus account.

What the Judges Say

The story is pretty original and the montages are a great device. Funny moments. Good characters. An effective journey told in a short amount of time.

Story Pitch

Stuart Staal is your typical twenty-something. An overwhelmed underachiever, entirely unaware of what the world wants with him. He spends most nights at the bar and most days on the couch. He has managed to stay on his feet, bouncing between dead end jobs.

It’s not long before his carelessness gets the best of him. A series of poor decisions land him in the drunk tank, and a judge sentences him to volunteer at the Cedar Oaks senior home. After a rough start, he learns to enjoy the residents, and they begin to see some good qualities in him as well. The more time he spends at the home, the more his old life begins to fade. The nightlife, his friends, even his apartment. One missed rent check and an eviction later, Stu finds his only option is moving into Cedar Oaks.

All would be well if it weren’t for the incompetent building manager. Cedar Oaks ends up in the hands of a development company set on using the land for a shopping center. They need a miracle, and with Stu and his raggedy bunch of friends at the helm, let’s face it, they’re probably doomed.Christian Justice

The Award for Best Cinematography goes to “Vienna. Congratulations to Ben Mallaby from England!

Prizes

Seattle Sling Dry Bag sponsored by Camera Armor, Vitruvian all-in-one tripod sponsored by Giottos and a free Vimeo Plus account.

What the Judges Say

The cinematography is great and consistent and really brings out the acting and characters. Vienna and the couple are shown in the best light and from good angles. Great shots, you can tell they are well crafted with a vision behind the film.

Story Pitch

A compilation of shots already captured for feature about a woman who is whisked away to Vienna by a stranger for a brief affair. The full film would flesh out their relationship, showing Delia’s current boyfriend and the rut she’s in. It would reveal how she was susceptible to Dereks advances and over the course of the day it would show Derek falling for her. Delia however, after the adrenaline wears off, realises that this man scares her a bit and becomes nervous for her safety, she realises though, after he opens up, that he is actually just a lost man recovering from a painful breakup with impulsive behaviour. She realises that while exciting, the trip was a mistake and returns to her boyfriend.Ben Mallaby