JUDGING
Posted: Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Based on the judging criteria set forth below, entries will be judged by AAFilmLab, ACV, and a Final Judging Panel. Two (2) Finalist Prize Winners, one (1) Grand Prize Winner, the Top 10 films and Individual Award winners will be announced at the Shootout Awards Celebration (with the exact time and location to be announced on http://www.aafilmlab.org). For a list of the Prizes and Individual Awards visit the PRIZES section of the website.
All Competition Teams will be invited to the Shootout Awards Celebration in New York City. Competition Teams that are unable to attend the Shootout Awards Celebration will be able to view the results online at http://www.aafilmlab.org on the night of the event.
Judging, Criteria, Voting and Winner Selection
Judging consists of two juried rounds based on numerical scoring.
The Round One Judging Panel will consist of ACV and AAFL 72 Hour Shootout staff. Entries will be judged based on filmmaking ability, production value, originality, successful incorporation of the theme, and overall creativity. Out of the original submission pool, the Top 15 films will be selected to advance to the final round of judging. In addition, the Round One Judging Panel will nominate up to five films or persons for each of the individual award categories.
The Final Judging Panel (Round Two) will select the Top 10 films, Two (2) Finalist Prize Winners and one (1) Grand Prize Winner. Entries will be judged based on filmmaking ability, production value, originality, successful incorporation of the theme, and overall creativity. All Individual Awards will be determined by the Final Judging Panel.
In the rare event of a tie, the Round One Judging Panel will determine the winner.
2009 Final Judging Panel
Marci Phillips is the Executive Director of Primetime Casting for ABC Entertainment and is responsible for covering the East Coast talent pool. For over a decade, Marci has cast for ABC and ABC Studio pilots, new series regulars, TV movies and alternative series. She was voted “Favorite NY TV/Film Casting Director” in the 2009 Backstage readers poll and tied in 2007. Marci is happy to have the lofty title of adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Department of Theatre Arts. Marci was voted “Favorite TV/Film Casting Director” by Backstage magazine in 2009.
Mynette Louie is a New York-based independent film producer. She produced Tze Chun’s CHILDREN OF INVENTION, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and won Grand Jury Prizes at the Independent Film Festival of Boston and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, and Special Jury Prizes at the Sarasota, Nashville, and San Francisco International Asian American Film Festivals. She was selected by IFP as one of two emerging independent U.S. producers to participate in Rotterdam Lab 2008. She is currently in post-production on P. Benoit’s untitled Haiti film, a Sundance Lab project and winner of the inaugural Time Warner Storytelling Award, and developing several other narrative features.
Ellen Kuras is an award winning cinematographer. She has DP’d such films as BE KIND REWIND, DAVE CHAPPELLE’S BLOCK PARTY, THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE, and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND.
Justin Chon stars as Eric Yorkie in the TWILIGHT film series. Next up for this rising star is a starring role in the Weinstein Company feature film, CROSSING OVER. The film, directed by Wayne Kramer, also stars Harrison Ford, Ray Liota and Ashley Judd. The dramatic film deals with immigration in the United States. Chon plays a teen struggling with his former culture in Korea and his new culture as an adolescent on the tough streets of Los Angeles. Born and raised in Southern California, Justin’s parents migrated from Korea where his father was a well-known television and film actor and his mother was an accomplished pianist. Justin lives in Los Angeles.
Michael Kang’s feature film directorial debut The Motel premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and internationally premiered at the Pusan Film Festival. The film received the Humanitas Prize as well as three top jury prizes from the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, The San Diego Asian Film Festival and The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Most recently, Michael’s second feature film West 32nd premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
Kazuhiro Soda was born and raised in Japan and has lived in New York since 1993. His first feature documentary CAMPAIGN (2007) was world-premiered at Berlin Film Festival, and was theatrically released in Japan in 25 cities across the nation. His second feature documentary MENTAL (2008) won numerous awards including the Best Documentary Award at Pusan International Film Festival and the Best Documentary Award at Dubai International Film Festival. He is currently editing THEATER (working title), a feature documentary about an internationally acclaimed playwright/director Hirata Oriza and his theater company.
Tanuj Chopra’s first feature “Punching at the Sun” was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and recipient of best narrative film at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
All Competition Teams will be invited to the Shootout Awards Celebration in New York City. Competition Teams that are unable to attend the Shootout Awards Celebration will be able to view the results online at http://www.aafilmlab.org on the night of the event.
Judging, Criteria, Voting and Winner Selection
Judging consists of two juried rounds based on numerical scoring.
The Round One Judging Panel will consist of ACV and AAFL 72 Hour Shootout staff. Entries will be judged based on filmmaking ability, production value, originality, successful incorporation of the theme, and overall creativity. Out of the original submission pool, the Top 15 films will be selected to advance to the final round of judging. In addition, the Round One Judging Panel will nominate up to five films or persons for each of the individual award categories.
The Final Judging Panel (Round Two) will select the Top 10 films, Two (2) Finalist Prize Winners and one (1) Grand Prize Winner. Entries will be judged based on filmmaking ability, production value, originality, successful incorporation of the theme, and overall creativity. All Individual Awards will be determined by the Final Judging Panel.
In the rare event of a tie, the Round One Judging Panel will determine the winner.
2009 Final Judging Panel
Marci Phillips is the Executive Director of Primetime Casting for ABC Entertainment and is responsible for covering the East Coast talent pool. For over a decade, Marci has cast for ABC and ABC Studio pilots, new series regulars, TV movies and alternative series. She was voted “Favorite NY TV/Film Casting Director” in the 2009 Backstage readers poll and tied in 2007. Marci is happy to have the lofty title of adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Department of Theatre Arts. Marci was voted “Favorite TV/Film Casting Director” by Backstage magazine in 2009.
Mynette Louie is a New York-based independent film producer. She produced Tze Chun’s CHILDREN OF INVENTION, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and won Grand Jury Prizes at the Independent Film Festival of Boston and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, and Special Jury Prizes at the Sarasota, Nashville, and San Francisco International Asian American Film Festivals. She was selected by IFP as one of two emerging independent U.S. producers to participate in Rotterdam Lab 2008. She is currently in post-production on P. Benoit’s untitled Haiti film, a Sundance Lab project and winner of the inaugural Time Warner Storytelling Award, and developing several other narrative features.
Ellen Kuras is an award winning cinematographer. She has DP’d such films as BE KIND REWIND, DAVE CHAPPELLE’S BLOCK PARTY, THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE, and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND.
Justin Chon stars as Eric Yorkie in the TWILIGHT film series. Next up for this rising star is a starring role in the Weinstein Company feature film, CROSSING OVER. The film, directed by Wayne Kramer, also stars Harrison Ford, Ray Liota and Ashley Judd. The dramatic film deals with immigration in the United States. Chon plays a teen struggling with his former culture in Korea and his new culture as an adolescent on the tough streets of Los Angeles. Born and raised in Southern California, Justin’s parents migrated from Korea where his father was a well-known television and film actor and his mother was an accomplished pianist. Justin lives in Los Angeles.
Michael Kang’s feature film directorial debut The Motel premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and internationally premiered at the Pusan Film Festival. The film received the Humanitas Prize as well as three top jury prizes from the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, The San Diego Asian Film Festival and The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Most recently, Michael’s second feature film West 32nd premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
Kazuhiro Soda was born and raised in Japan and has lived in New York since 1993. His first feature documentary CAMPAIGN (2007) was world-premiered at Berlin Film Festival, and was theatrically released in Japan in 25 cities across the nation. His second feature documentary MENTAL (2008) won numerous awards including the Best Documentary Award at Pusan International Film Festival and the Best Documentary Award at Dubai International Film Festival. He is currently editing THEATER (working title), a feature documentary about an internationally acclaimed playwright/director Hirata Oriza and his theater company.
Tanuj Chopra’s first feature “Punching at the Sun” was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and recipient of best narrative film at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
