Vimeo and GE have announced the finalist for the Focus Forward film competition. If you haven’t heard of it, this was an open competition for three minute short films that highlight world changing ideas and the people behind them.
The 20 short films are all available for viewing on the Focus Forward website. In mid January the five winners will be announced with cash prizes going to each, and the grand prize winner will get $100,000.
I spent some time last night going through the films and I have to say they are all very impressive. The judges are going to have their work cut out for them. Not only are the subjects inspiring, the quality of the films themselves is as well. All of them have really solid production values.
If you want to participate further, the entire series will be shown at a number of film festivals over the next year including, Sundance, Tribeca, and the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. Hmmmm, I think I’d like to go to Amsterdam to see these.