Press release from John Jameson Productions
The three winners have been announced in the annual JOHN JAMESON PRODUCTIONS Short Screenplay Competition.
An initiative of Jameson Irish Whiskey, to give creative minds and emerging filmmakers the opportunity to have their great idea made into a short film, the competition received over 800 entrants writing a 200 word synopsis of their “great idea” – with the only criteria being that the film must have an “unexpected ending”.
Assessed by a judging panel comprising industry luminaries including director DARREN ASHTON (Thunderstruck, Razzle Dazzle), actor ROY BILLING (Underbelly, The Dish), writer/producer ANNA-MARIA MONTICELLI (La Spagnola, Disgrace) leading film journalist and editor of Urban Cinefile ANDREW URBAN and esteemed scriptwriter JAN SARDI (Mao’s Last Dancer, The Notebook), the winners are:
RAEN FRASER “COCKROACH”
ANDY MUIR “BLUE SUEDE POSSUM”
HUGH JELLIE “STICK”
Each of the three winners will have their short screenplay made into a 3 minute film by production partners CREAM, with individual producer/director teams assigned, with a production budget of $20,000 each. This year the directors are award winning commercials director Marcus Hamill, Tropfest winner Luke Eve (2005) and Tropfest runner-up and winner of Best Comedy Abe Forsythe (2009), overseen by executive director Darren Ashton.
The three films will go into production during the middle of the year and will premiere in September.