Being part of The One Club for Creativity, a global non-profit organisation celebrating creative excellence in advertising and design, One Screen is now in its sixth year and focuses on all forms and aspects of short films — commercials, music videos, short narratives, spec work, passion projects, movie poster design, credits, etc. One Screen celebrates and award the best of the film and ad industries with no limitation and total artistic freedom, all on one screen. The festival doubled the number of entries received this year, with work submitted from 45 countries.
This year’s awards represented a coming full circle of sorts, as One Screen ‘Best in show’ went to The Escape, the latest BMW Films work by Geisel Productions and Anonymous Content. The One Club’s One Show was the first ad industry awards competition to recognise original branded content, creating the separate new category of ‘Branded Entertainment’ in 2003 to accommodate the original launch of BMW Films.
One Screen Short Film Festival 2017 winners are as follows:
Looking Back by FCB Chicago and Lord + Thomas, Chicago, USA.
NYC Blizzard by Derby Content, New York, USA.
Possibilia by eko, New York, USA.
Broken Night by eko, New York, USA.
Shutterstock Pop Poster Series: Fences by Shutterstock, New York, USA.
Shutterstock Pop Poster Series: Lion by Shutterstock, New York, USA.
Shutterstock Pop Poster Series: Hidden Figures by Shutterstock, New York, USA.
Deuspi by Quad Productions.
One Screen-Free the Bid Award winners celebrating women in film are as follows:
Entries were judged by a 40-person jury of leading film directors, producers, ad agency creatives and heads of production companies. Among the industry luminaries on this year’s jury was renowned director and writer Paul Haggis, whose credits include Oscar-winning films such as Crash and Million Dollar Baby and HBO's acclaimed mini-series Show Me A Hero. To view the full jury, click here.
This year for the first time, One Screen partnered with the San Diego Film Foundation, producers of the San Diego International Film Festival, which last week screened entries from the One Screen Branded Entertainment category and selected their own winners, who were presented with a SDiFF award.
Aligned with The One Club for Creativity’s ongoing focus to promote diversity and inclusion, One Screen also introduced a new partnership this year with Free The Bid, a non-profit initiative started last year advocating on behalf of women directors for equal opportunities to bid on commercial jobs in the global ad industry.
A separate 10-person jury made up of leading agency/brand creatives and directors selected winners of the One Screen Free The Bid Awards, celebrating stellar work created by women and amplifying the call for diversity in the industry.
“One Screen grew significantly in a number of different ways this year,” said Jonathan Jirjis, executive producer, One Screen. “We managed to double the number of entries from around the world, and secured the involvement and support of the San Diego International Film Festival and Free The Bid. Having highly accomplished jurors like Paul Haggis also illustrates how the film industry has embraced the awards.”
He added that One Screen has become a showcase for the passion projects of accomplished filmmakers, as well as a high-visibility forum to recognize promising young talent. “We’re thrilled with the range and quality of work submitted this year and congratulate all of our 2017 winners,” he said.
For more information about One Screen Short Film Festival, click here.