Four South Africans on One Screen Short Film Festival 2019 jury

16 Oct 2018

Four South Africans: Chloe Coetsee, director at Darling Films; Brent Harris, director at Skunk Films US (SA expat based in New York City); Kassie Naidoo, freelance creative director; and Mandie van der Merwe, freelance creative director (SA expat based in Australia); have been announced as jury members, amongst others, for the seventh annual One Screen Short Film Festival, the premiere short film festival that celebrates and awards global filmmakers from both commercial advertising and film industries.

Photo by Timothy Eberly on Unsplash.com.

The fast-growing global festival, that is part of The One Club of Creativity, focuses on all forms and aspects of short films — narrative fiction, comedy, passion projects, commercials, branded content, music videos, spec work, animation, sound, movie poster design, title sequences, etc. — and has a mission to celebrate and award filmmakers from around the world working in both the film and ad industries with no limitation and total artistic freedom, all on one screen.

One Screen jury (http://www.onescreen.org/#item-judges) this year includes:

Christiano Abrahao, creative director, independent
Ayse Altinok, writer/director, Biscuit Film Works
Samira Ansari, creative director, Grey
Greg Bell, director, independent
Brendan Bradley, actor/producer, independent
Karen Bryson, executive producer, Finch
Amanda Butts, senior vice president, creative director, Leo Burnett
James Casey, creative director, Strawberry Frog
Chloe Coetsee, director, Darling Films
Serena Connelly, creative director, freelance
Marcelo Pena Costa, creative, independent
Michelle Craig, partner, Unit9
Alvin Cruz, creative director, MPC Advertising
Michelle Curran, president, creative director, Amber Music
Aaron Duffy, cofounder, Special Guest
Vanessa Eckstein, founder, creative director, blok design
Manija Emran, cofounder, creative director, Me & the Bootmaker
Thibaut Estellon, founder, Reverse
Anna Fawcett, executive producer, Film Graphics
Jan Fincke, managing director, partner, CZAR
Sarah Forss, graphic designer, Werner Design Werks
Nathan Frank, creative partner, Office of Baby
Lisa Gatto Setten, senior vice president, integrated production, MullenLowe
Manasvi Gosalia, executive producer, Deja Vu
Hannah Gullixson, director, global creative marketing, Netflix
Luciana Haguiara, digital creative director, AlmapBBDO
Brent Harris, director, Skunk Films US
Estefanio Holtz, creative director, Pereira & O’Dell
Kelsey Irvine, director, producer, Quiver, Inc.
Pierre Janneau, creative director, independent
Eric Jannon, vice president, executive creative director, R/GA
Tomas Job, director, independent
Thaniya Keereepart, head of product, creator experience, Patreon
Aaron Kovan, chief production officer, VaynerX
Chris Lang, actor, producer, independent
Natalie Long, creative director, freelance
Tuesday McGowan, director, creative director, freelance
Ross McGraw, creative director, Nickelodeon
Marcelo Melo, senior creative, B-Real
Kako Mendez, creative director, TBWA\\Media Arts Lab
Jean Morrow, creative director, Pereira & O’Dell
Deborah Moss, senior vice president, group creative director, Edelman
Eiji Muroichi, director of design, PARTY
Kassie Naidoo, creative director, freelance
Evan Parsons, creative director, The Mill
Ole Peters, chief executive officer, Sehsucht
Aaron Phua, executive creative director, Edelman
Adam Reeves, director of innovation, Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Paulina Reyes, creative director, independent
Jessica Reznick, president, We’re Magnetic
Qanta Shimizu, cofounder, PARTY
Lana Simanenkova, animator, motion design, Animade
Rajay Singh, director/cofounder, Think Tank
Rebecca Skinner, director, Superprime Films
Ben Smith, executive creative director, The Mill
Alexandra Sobiecki, creative director, Spotify
Beate Tangre, producer, partner, Tangrystan Productions
Tennille Teague, head of content production, Pereira & O’Dell
Marcus Tesoriero, executive creative director, The Brand Agency
Joyce Thomas, chairman, chief creative officer, McCann XBC
Yusuke Tominaga, producer, dot x dot
Mandie van der Merwe, creative director, freelance
Sean Vij, creative director, copywriter, independent
Katrina Yulo, strategy lead, Intel

Entries can be submitted here. Early submission deadline to qualify for discounted entry fees is 31 October 2018 ($150) and 8 November 2018 ($175), with final deadline 20 November 2018 ($200). Last year’s festival received double the number of entries compared to 2016, with work submitted from 45 countries.

Winners will be unveiled at the One Screen Short Film Festival awards ceremony and screening in New York in February 2019.

Additions and changes

Some additions and changes have been made to One Screen categories this year. Due to the high number of submissions from outside the US, One Screen has established a separate “Foreign Film” category. Also new this year are categories for “:60 Second Films”, Sound Design/Original Score” and “Art Direction/Production Design”. “Narrative” is also now split into separate categories for “Fiction” and “Comedy”.

Past One Screen winners include Oscar-winning director Laurent Witz and Martín Rosete, director of the award-winning feature film Money, whose producer first connected with him at the One Screen awards ceremony in 2014.

Please click here to view categories and submission requirements; questions can be directed to gro.bulceno@neercseno.