The Strawberry Fair Film Festival 2008
The Strawberry Fair Film Festival 2008 ran on Friday June the 6th the evening before Strawberry Fair and all day Saturday as part of Strawberry Fair.
On the Friday evening we were in the Big Top Tent on Midsummer Common, Cambridge. The Friday night event was free to enter and we screened great short films from local and not so local filmmakers from 7pm till 11pm. Check out this short film about The Strawberry Fair Film Festival 2008 by Nicolas B. MacNider. Nicolas won the Strawberry Fair Film Festival Jury Award for the Best New Local Filmmaker 2008 and we love what he does. And after the film check out these photos from the 2006 event
We introduced a competitive programme on Friday night featuring short film from new local filmmaker. We had an Audience and Jury prizes sponsored by FDMX.
Check out the programmes, our event poster and the location of the Big Top Tent and Film Tent.
Awards
The 2008 jury was Saint John Walker of FDMX, Sarah Gibson of Film Sense and Clare Leczycki of the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse.
The unanimous winner of the Jury Award was Nicolas B. MacNider for Konnichiwa Burning Man 2007.
They Said:
"Beguiling with an effortless and slightly trippy image/music/sound relationship very much in sync with the subject, and very well observed. The judges thought it described the global village zeitgeist of the MySpace and Facebook generation perfectly. It managed to convey the freedom, excitement and discovery of the event"
Commendations:
The panel decided to highlight Pop Promos for a special mention:Clare Leczycki: Wishing Stone (Her comment: very well shot and well edited...a film maker that shows great promise.)
Sarah Gibson: Make Out, Fall Out
Saint John Walker: Girls (His comment: Cambridge is the home of Sir Clive Sinclair, inventor of the Sinclair Spectrum and the notorious C5 scooter. The robots in this video are a worthy successor. The video emits fun and a lack of pretension, and is very well paced.")
Other Films Commended:
Clare Leczycki: Adventures Close to home (Her comment: very slick, well paced and good use of imagery. Mesmerising)
Sarah Gibson: Laughter is the best medecine
Saint John Walker: Static (His comment: this started as a valiant attempt to describe a big hollywood subject in an alternative way, and came up with some powerful images. It ran out of steam which is a shame, but is to be applauded for the attempt."
The Audience Award:
Contacting the Film Festival
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The Film Festival Operatives
The Film Festival is looked after by Simon Mullen, the star of this very film...
