Past Winning Topics Still Current

From "Accessibility NOW"

Sometimes it is enlightening to look back to see what was hot in the festival a few years ago. The findings either remind us of how little or how much life changes.  For example, among the Best of Festival winners from 2007 were:

“Accessibility NOW” — Corporate, produced by Animech AB, Uppsala, Sweden

“Anti-Drug Files – Lost & Found” — Educational,  from Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong   

“The Battle of Chernobyl” — Documentary, Discovery Networks International, Silver Spring, Md.

All are subjects everlasting. 

FilmFest Competition Revs Up

        Life becomes so much more interesting around the office when those first entries arrive for a new competition. That's happening these days for the 2013 festival, and it feels so good.

        US International Film & Video Festival offers five mini-competitions in one by recognizing outstanding Corporate, Education, Entertainment, Documentary and Student productions. Join the mailing list to keep up with this competition, which has a March 1 deadline. Remember, student entries are welcome!

“Cookable” book a Grand Prix Winner in Mobius

       A cookbook you can read and also cook won Best of Show in Brochure/Book in the 2012 Mobius Awards for Advertising, sister company to US International Film & Video Festival.
      “The Real Cookbook,” developed by Kolle Rebbe GmbH and Korefe, Hamburg, Germany, is made of 100 percent fresh pasta. It even included information about cooking etched on inner pages of the pasta. “The Real Cookbook,” packaged as a classic lasagna dish, was delivered to business partners to promote Gerstenberg’s range of cookbooks. By adding a little sauce between the pages, sprinkling cheese on the top, and cooking the “book” at 200 degrees C, the recipients had a treat.
       The Kolle Rebbe-Korefe team included Account Managers Gereon Klug and Inga Eickholt; Executive Creative Director Sascha Hanke; Creative Directors Antje Hedde and Katrin Oeding and Art Directors Reginald Wagner and Hedde. Gereon Klug was Copywriter, Christine Knies Graphic Designer, and Photographers were Jan Burwick and Christoph Himmel. Daniela Filthaut represented the advertiser; Producer was Martin Lühe; Account Executive Inga Eickholt, and the production company was Pasta Prima, Lübeck, and Buchbinderei Zwang GmbH, Hamburg, with Postproduction by Markenfilm Crossing GmbH, Hamburg. Cinematographers were Sören Brandenburg and Jakob Süß.
        Find all of the winners at www.mobiusawards.com

Mobius Awards expands Photography categories

Mobius Awards, a sister company to US International Film & Video Festival, is in the midst of its 2012 competition. This year, opportunities for Commercial Photographers have been expanded. Entries in advertising photography are invited from Commercial Photographers and/or their agents and from Student Photographers.
For more information, visit www.mobiusawards.com

Off to Japan for 2 presentations

Scene from "Lessons"

Lee Gluckman has hit the road again; he will present an award in Osaka Tuesday to
Kansai Telecasting Corporation for its film, "Lessons," which won Best of Festival in Entertainment in the 2012 competition.

He's staying at the Nikko Hotel close to Fuji TV where he will present an award on Wednesday. Fuji won Best of Festival in Documentary for “Pioneers in the Land of Rubble-Recovering from the 3/11 Disaster.”    

Deventer film gets award

Gluckman (right) presents Certificate for Creative Excellence
to Henk van Mierlo prior to presenting One World statuette

On Sept. 6, officials of Deventer, The Netherlands, joined the creator of a film on the city’s revitalization to receive the One World Award for documenting the spirit of the project. The award is sponsored by the International Quorum of Motion Picture Producers (IQ).

Henk van Mierlo of Henk van Mierlo VOF Advertising Agency and Photo-Film Studios, Deventer, accepted the award from Lee Gluckman, chairman of the US International Film & Video Festival and a member of IQ.

                The film, “Heritage Saved Is History Preserved,”  won Certificates for Creative Excellence in the Documentary and the Directing categories in the general competition of the 2012 Festival.  The One World Award recognizes the film that best uses the power of the medium to promote goodwill and cooperation. The award recognizes that a story well told can inspire mankind to its noblest purpose. 

Filmfest chairman on the road

Lee Gluckman recently spoke at the Hungarian Film & Art Festival on the value of Kodak negative as a capture medium. He also presented the Grand Prix award to “Hungary-World of Potentials,” created by Aera Property & Destination, Hungary. The film was sponsored by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungary. It also won a Certificate in the 2011 FilmFest.

Congratulations to all of the 2011 FilmFest winners and participants.