BILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL STREEEEEEEEEEETTEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Portable Film Festival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sep 16, 2007 7:06 PM Subject: Portable Informer #8 - Winners Announced To: irinaslutsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Having trouble reading this newsletter? Click here<http://portablecontent.cmail2.com/e/246207/86dtd5j/>to see it in your browser. You are receiving this newsletter because you signed up from our web site<http://portablecontent.cmail2.com/l/246207/86dtd5j/www.portablefilmfestival.com>. Click here <http://portablecontent.cmail2.com/u/246207/86dtd5j/> to unsubscribe. [image: Portable Film Festival Newsletter]<http://portablecontent.cmail2.com/l/246207/86dtd5j/www.portablefilmfestival.com> [image: spacer image] Informer # 8: The Hoppers and the Finish Line Well folks, it was fast, competitive, gruelling and not without its dirty tricks and truly humbling moments but the 2007 Portable Film Festival competition has concluded and a handful of victors have emerged from the mass of online hopefuls. In this very warm and salubrious informer we announce the winners of the much-coveted Portable Hoppers and we unveil our shiny new project for aspiring online Spielbergs entitled the Portable Screen Academy. So slip off your slippers, clean the toothpaste from your screen and get ready for the golden Thanks Giving Day turkey that is this Portable Informer. *In this Informer:* - Top Hoppers <#11511378b08d1c3f_1> - Spreading the Word of Portable <#11511378b08d1c3f_2> - Portable Party - Melbourne Pics <#11511378b08d1c3f_3> - Portable Screen Academy Submissons Now Open <#11511378b08d1c3f_4> Top Hoppers Like drunk red-neck parents that name their children after one night stands and obscure brands of tequila only found south of the border, we too named our gong of gongs in such fashion and promptly forgot where the inspiration came from. It could have been Denis Hopper's cameo on Entourage<http://portablecontent.cmail2.com/l/246207/86dtd5j/www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf6UfWaJMs8>a little while back that sparked our binge but more likely it was this<http://portablecontent.cmail2.com/l/246207/86dtd5j/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopper_%28spacecraft%29>inspiring piece of Russian technology that really set our minds on fire and made it all happen. We'll never know and we're not losing sleep over it. All historical amnesia aside, the Hoppers have become the Portable Film Festival's grand accolade to its most talented film and video producers. There's something to be said for those who are brave enough to put their work online for the whole world to see and critique and the following winners deserve our respect and applause for putting it on the line and extending their careers that little bit further. * *[image: Lo-Fi st Louie Image] Hopper Award Look At Me Lo Fi St. Louie<http://portablecontent.cmail2.com/l/246207/86dtd5j/portablefilmfestival.com/video.php?video=105>by Bill Streeter, United States Bill Streeter's weekly foray into St Louis underground culture has awarded him this year's *Look At Me* *Hopper Award*. Handicapped by a range of medical problems at the start of the festival brought on by Nikkho, the Portable Film Festival video engine, Bill's patented online serial surged ahead in the final weeks of the festival competition to pick up the inaugural *Hopper*. Congratulations Bill, we've got an Adobe Creative Suit Collection and a hundred dollar Threadless voucher cushioned within a Crumpler bag sitting in the Portable headquarters with your name on it. *[image: Young Girls Hearts]* *Hopper Award Music Video* *Young Girls Hearts<http://portablecontent.cmail2.com/l/246207/86dtd5j/portablefilmfestival.com/video.php?video=146>by Wess Vin Hooton, Australia * This year's Music Video *Hopper* has been claimed by Wess Vin Hooton's video clip for the band The Wilderness entitled "Young Girls Hearts". Wess' excellent cinematography and measured timing wrapped around the age old tale of attempting to date rape/lobotomise drunk chicks at terrace house parties has picked him up a brand new Crumpler bag, a hundred bucks for a new Threadless waldrobe and a free AFTRS production course. See you at our Portable Film Festival party in Sydney next month Wess bring your camera not your medication. [image: Amnesty Logo] Hopper Award Media Acheiver Amnesty International<http://portablecontent.cmail2.com/l/246207/86dtd5j/portablefilmfestival.com/video.php?video=134>, UK Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights and now also the winner of the 2007 Portable Film Festival *Media Achiever Hopper*. Amnesty's short animation piece receives kudos from the Portable Film Festival and the Crumpler-Threadless combo. Well done. [image: Indian Railway Photo] *Hopper Award - First Hand Capture * *India Railway Tour<http://portablecontent.cmail2.com/l/246207/86dtd5j/portablefilmfestival.com/video.php?video=121>, Sherwin Akbarzadeh, Australia* When the First Hand Capture category was first conceived we were unsure as to how it would really go. That's because there's just so much crap that people capture on their mobile phones and digital video cameras that we thought the category could quickly turn into a mini YouTube filled with cats falling into toilet bowls and beauty contest winners<http://portablecontent.cmail2.com/l/246207/86dtd5j/www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLIcY2QgLeA+>expounding their thoughts on US foreign policy. But we went with it anyway and we received reels of well-filmed scenes from around the world. The winner of the 2007 First Hand Capture Hopper is Sherwin Akbarzadeh for his film *India Railway Tour*. The capture very realistically expresses a train ride through India with all the typical "creature comforts" you'd expect from spending a day in a crowded cabin. Sherwin picks up a round the world trip courtesy of STA Travel, a production workshop delivered by Current TV in San Francisco, a Crumpler bag and a $100 Threadless voucher. But that's not all - Sherwin also receives a bonus prize. After coming into the Portable Office last week to hear the good news, we all liked him so much that we've offered him a job here as well, which he starts this week. All that from capturing a bit of footage on a portable camera? Not bad at all. *[image: tom]* *Hopper 1985 Award* *T.O.M.<http://portablecontent.cmail2.com/l/246207/86dtd5j/portablefilmfestival.com/video.php?video=27>by Tom Brown, UK * Growing up having to listen to baby boomers crap on about how hard life was when free education, clean air and full employment were all reeking havoc on their generation, we've decided to make the world a better place by completely excluding those shit heads from an award category within the Portable Film Festival. The 1985 Hopper Award goes to the most popular video created by a filmmaker born on or after 1985. This year, the inaugural 1985 Award goes to Tom Brown from the UK for his film *T.O.M.* His beautifully crafted animation has picked him up a free Crumpler bag [image: The Trainee] *Inaugural Grand Hopper* *The Trainee<http://portablecontent.cmail2.com/l/246207/86dtd5j/portablefilmfestival.com/video.php?video=23>by Craig Rosenthal, Singapore * This year's Grand Hopper for short film is awarded to Craig Rosenthal for his short film *The Trainee*. Bringing to life a young man's thwarted attempt to rob a local grocery store, Craig's film combines excellent writing and comic timing with well executed cinematography to bring his story to life. Congratulations Craig, we're sending Simon Goodrich, the Portable Film Festival's CEO Simon Goodrich to Singapore next week with an Abode Creative Suite package, Crumpler bag and Threadless vouchers just for you. Spreading the Word of Portable Last episode of the Portable Informer we asked a few questions and a few wise individuals proved they know how to use a search engine. Winners from the last instalment include Marsha Damita, Thad Davis, Ella Lankry and Ingrid Josephine. Their efforts at spreading the word of the Portable Film Festival through their networks has won them a Crumpler bag each. We're feeling especially grateful this week so in addition to the folk above, we giving out Crumpler bags to our top audiences members for being so active. These include Justine, KARMA and Duchamps. Portable Party - Melbourne Pics Last Friday we decided to break down some of the those pent up feelings that had been building during the festival and provide an opportunity for the Portable Film Festival community in Melbourne to get completely trashed. The photos say it all. [image: p14] [image: Pic1] [image: p2] [image: p4] [image: p10] [image: p5] [image: p7] [image: p8] [image: p10] [image: p12] [image: p13] Portable Screen Academy Submissions Open This coming November, the Portable Film Festival is getting physical with the launch of the first Portable Screen Academy. The Academy brings together the best young creative talent with recognised names in the fields of film, video and online culture. For any aspiring director or internet auteur it's the dream ticket - the chance to make original content in the best environment, on the best equipment, with the best tuition. A group of 24 emerging filmmakers will get the opportunity to work alongside recognized directors and producers in an intensive lab environment to create an original online video serial that will be distributed through the Portable Film Festival and its broadcast partners around the world. If you're a first time producer that has never made a film but with some good ideas, this could be the fork in the road that you were waiting for. On the other hand, if you're an established filmmaker, this could be the perfect opportunity to cross into online and learn the subtle tricks of the trade. The first event will be held in Melbourne, Australia on the 3rd and 4th of November and will feature Miles Beckett and Luke Hyams, producers of the critically acclaimed LonelyGirl15 and KateModern serials. The Academy will also feature intensive instruction by leading online scriptwriters, producers and post-production professionals. *How To Enter* Entry to the Portable Screen Academy is partly by invitation, partly by expression of interest and partly by a first-in-first-served process. Either way, you need to lodge your application by *Friday the 12th of October*. DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM HERE<http://portablecontent.cmail2.com/l/246207/86dtd5j/portablefilmfestival.com/Academy-Application-Form-1.doc> Travel subsides are available for those living in Tasmania and South Australia. We're working on providing travel subsidies to other emerging filmmakers from our 8,000 plus international community, so if the cute guy from your company's marketing department is walking by as you read this newsletter, sponsoring a Portable Child could be the perfect project to get you closer together without waiting to get trashed at your office party in December. Future Informers Stay tuned for the next Portable Informer, next Monday the 24th of September where we announce touring dates for a very special Portable event. How's My Informing? Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If only I had ---'s waldrobe I would definitely be more popular." 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