Entertainment
Inaugural WideScreen Film and Music Video Festival Deemed a Huge Success!
By The Bahamas Weekly News Team
Mar 13, 2015 - 1:51:43 PM

Some of the winners gather for a photo.

History was made at the AMC Aventura 24 Theaters in Aventura, Florida when Bahamian filmmaker Jarrod Knowles and his team pulled off a highly successful 1st annual WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival held from February 27 through March 3, 2015.

"Through this process, I learned that nothing is impossible" said the young founder who resides in Florida. "When God inspired the idea within me last October I had no idea what to do with a 'Festival.' So many questions and concerns ran through my head, but I took a leap of faith and I am proud to see so many filmmakers / artists evolve into award-winning caliber artists. We saw 320+ submissions from over 29 Countries. I am glad that so many took time out of their schedules and attended #WSF. It was a pleasure to accommodate you."

The filmmaker thanked his sponsors: FilmFreeway, TheBahamasWeekly.com, Equity Bahamas Ltd, Big Head Awards, The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, and Gallery Art.

The awards were handed out on March 1st and the judges were:
Adele Zin; Carlos Acevedo; Dave Jia; Ellen Jacoby; Diana S. Rice; Evan Burr; Carole Wood; Justin Harris; Karen Donohue; Mahmoud Shoulizadeh; Masha Silberberg; Tamara Moore-White; Stephen Sorace; and Reginald Pierre-Louis.

Trophies were provided by Big Head Awards, Inc. and the following are the results:

Judge Awards:

1) Best Cinematography

a) Feature Film - BROKEN BLOOD (DEREK WAYNE JOHNSON)

Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASGecn37_cM

b) Short Narrative Film - HELIO (TEDDY CECIL)

Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha6LFX8SOg8

c) Music Video - JUST LIKE FRANKENSTEIN (PRUS)

Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwEMqxbYAm0

2) Best Actor

a) Feature Film - HOUSE OF MANSON (RYAN KISER)

Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3pbuWut0fk

b) Short Narrative Film - PROXIMITY (TODD BRUNO)

Full Film:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J2AhMZ7wdQ

3) Best Actress

a) Feature Film - THE SHIFT (CASEY FITZGERALD)

Trailer:http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi2450629913/

b) Short Narrative Film - PASSAGE (DANA FERGUSON)

Trailer:https://vimeo.com/61388042

4) Best Director

a) Feature Film - DANCIN' ITS ON (DAVID WINTERS)

Trailer:https://vimeo.com/108700080

b) Short Narrative Film - IF THE TREES COULD TALK (MICHAEL WEINSTEIN)

Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPIo6E_UQj8

c) Music Video - TAKE ME AWAY (ANTHONY VELAZQUEZ)

Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2_ZJW6jTlg

5) Best Music Score

a) Feature Film - DANCIN' ITS ON

Trailer:https://vimeo.com/108700080

b) Short Narrative Film - PRELUDE TO AXANAR (ALEX B)

Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh4JbLhH_8w

6) Best Screenplay

a) Feature Film - THE LIFE EXCHANGE (JEROME-ANTHONY LARKIN)

Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiEGy8a1TZo

b) Short Narrative Film - WHEN YOU FADE (ANDRES ROVIRA)

Trailer:https://vimeo.com/57109886

7) Best Editing

a) Feature Film - DANCIN' ITS ON (ALAN ROBERTS)

Trailer:https://vimeo.com/108700080

b) Short Narrative Film: EMOTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF THE JAMES RIVER (MICHELLE MARQUEZ)

Trailer:https://vimeo.com/116369744

c) Music Video - YOUR DIRECTION (LAUREN BRADY)

Video Teaser:https://vimeo.com/86721273

 

Bahamian filmmaker and founder of Widescreen Film & Music Video Festival Jarrod Knowles gives remarks at the awards presentation. Trophies were provided by Big Head Awards, Inc.

8) Best Sound Design

a) Feature Film - BEWARE (JASON DALY)

Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc6-T0jq4q8

b) Short Narrative Film: WONDER WOMAN FAN FILM (JESSE JOHNSON)

Trailer:https://vimeo.com/60594348

9) Best Feature

THE SHIFT

Trailer:http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi2450629913/

10) Best Narrative Short

IF THE TREES COULD TALK

Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPIo6E_UQj8

11) Best Documentary

THE GIOVANNI GUGLIELMO STORY (JOHN MURPHY, MICHAEL A. GUGLIELMO)

Full Documentary:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ9FZ9mr89w

12) Best Animation

THE LOOKING PLANET (ERIC LAW ANDERSON)

Trailer:https://vimeo.com/107659154

13) Best New Artist

OUTTA MY HEAD (KING NYNE, BLAZE HUNTER, RICARDO PRO RODRIGUEZ)

Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aKHhOJ8WZM

14) Best Web Series

DRAINED WORLD (LOHAN BUSON, FABIEN GARCIA) 

15) Youth In Arts Award (For Filmmakers/Artists Under 16)

LOST (AARON JOHNSON)

Full Film:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UbsSpi2-w8

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Audience Awards:

1) Best Music Video

The Morning After (KENNETH SUIE)

Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDgJPJnyLkY

2) Best Trailer

Insane (EROS D'ANTONA)

CONGRATS TO ALL THE AWARD WINNERS!

The Bahamian contingent with film poster WHEN PIGS SWIM

ALL EVENT PHOTOS HERE

The event was sponsored by  TheBahamasWeekly.com, a Bahamian and Canadian based news and events website.

For more information on the WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival visit: www.widescreenfest.com

Facebook Fan Page:facebook.com/widescreenfest

Submissions for #WSF 2016, Begin Sunday NOVEMBER 1, 2015:

https://filmfreeway.com/festival/widescreenfestival

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