On a whim several months ago, I decided to enter my film 'The Terrible Old Man' into the 2009 Bitfilm festival/contest. I then completely forgot about it! :)
Well today, to my surprise and delight, I received word that it had been nominated for a Bitfilm Award (under machinima, of course)!
Now all I have to do is ship them a nice, hires copy of the flick so that they can show it at their cinemas (I believe the festival takes place in at least two locations).
I think the whole thing goes into the horrible "internet vote" thing to determine the winner, which I think is the worst way to judge anything, but that's life. At least someone thought it was worthy of the nomination, so I'm happy!
So anyway, at the risk of bragging, this is my second time to get into the festival. The first was 'Final Night' (another horror film... hmmm)... was that last year? I can't remember. Must have been 2 years ago. Maybe 3 years...
Anyone else put a film in? And have you heard back yet?
Not only does the fest take place in two locations, but all nominated films are included on a cover DVD with 3d World Magazine in September.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Phil! I'm a huge fan of The Terrible Old Man, it's great to see the film get recognized.
Two of my films, Blast Supper and Intervention got nominated as well. I believe I heard about another Moviestorm film "Clockwork" that got nominated, that's the only other one I've heard about so far.
Nice work, Phil! and nice work Phil :)
ReplyDeleteA bit surprised that certain well-known and lauded movies that I won't mention by name didn't get selected, but am glad to see Blast Supper and Intervention get the thumbs up; Clockwork was a brilliant piece and TTOM is, naturally, a classic TM movie, so that at least is a good thing!
Hey Biggs! Cool News! Best of Luck!
ReplyDeleteGreat news! Made my day. So glad TTOM was nominated for a bitfilm. Yeah, I don't like the popular vote thing either. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Mr T!
ReplyDeleteHey Phil,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! It is well deserved.
Grouchobeer has had this nominated:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4CNaUyuyuY&feature=related
No, honestly. I'm serious!
Sorry, don't know how to hyperlink on these things.
ReplyDeleteNext you'll be telling me Saving Grace didn't make it in, but that did...
ReplyDeleteWeeeelll, I hate to be the one to tell you, but...
ReplyDeleteCongrats Biggsy, I'm happy for ya! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, Saving Grace didn't make it - needless to say that I'm a wee bit disappointed - maybe next year!
That's very exciting news! Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteHi BT,
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the nomination! I managed to somehow squeeze Clockwork past security and got a nomination too. I've bookmarked TTOM and will have a look tomorrow to find out what I'm up against! ;-)
(I have to say I'm a bit worried about the internet voting thing. It means I have to be nice to people in order to curry favour... oh well, I guess I'll just have to be a creep then)
Congrats, Biggs. I wish you the best of luck.
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