The Right Choice has won the SIMA 2020 Jury Prize for Creative Advocacy in the Virtual Reality Category!
Congratulations to all the team and International Committee of the Red Cross #ICRC as this film continues to be winning awards for good. 🙌
‘Since 2012, the annual SOCIAL IMPACT MEDIA AWARDS have set new standards of creativity and integrity in social impact storytelling, honoring eye-opening documentary filmmaking and VR experiences that exemplify excellence in their potential to inspire social change. Each year, projects are selected from over 140 countries around the world, competing for awards, cash prizes, media features, and entry into SIMA’s impact distribution channels. Since 2019 SIMA Award honorees also include Production Companies and Funders for their unique commitments to advancing social impact storytelling.’
Delighted that The Right Choice VR Film was nominated and voted by the public to win this Lovie Award for Online Video 2019.
‘The mission of The Lovie Awards is to recognise the unique and resonant nature of the European Internet community – from Europe’s top web and creative networks and content publishers, to cultural and political organisations and individual creators.
The Lovie Awards is the most prestigious, and the only, truly pan-European awards honouring online excellence.
Now in its eighth year, The Lovie Awards continues to celebrate the most resonant and pertinent stories in Europe, those inside and outside of the prevailing trends.’
In May 2019, I worked with Chris Lee Ball of Constellation AI, and created 7 Days with AI - a short documentary. I spent a week with the tech start up’s AI app. The idea was to live with the app and make decisions in my normal everyday life based on the instructions the app directed me to do. I presented my discoveries and the documentary with Chris at the D&AD Festival at the Old Truman Brewery, summer 2019 in an interactive workshop.
The World Economic Forum 2019 Annual Meeting launched a new Humanitarian Investing Initiative, it was an honour to discover that our film The Right Choice VR film was screened at the global summit.
Great to see The Right Choice screened at this historic festival - in the cultural cradle of Europe!
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival celebrates 60 years of Festivals with an inviting program of films and events and a new competition section in the city of Thessaloniki from October 31 to November 10th.
The illustrator John Mavroudis designed the posters of the 60th TIFF and the official spots were directed by the Palme D' Or winner for short film, Vasilis Kekatos.
Honoured to be a finalist in this award ceremony at The VR Awards, London 2019.
“Some projects may have smaller budgets, however, that doesn’t stop them from making a significant social impact on the world around them.
The VR Awards social impact award is given to companies or individuals that produce and execute either an experience, product and or service which has resulted in positively impacting a cause for social good.”
It was brilliant to be invited to speak about my VR filmmaking at WHEXT Festival, Sao Paulo Brazil with The London Film Academy.
A bit about the festival –
“WHEXT epitomises an open debate about the future of advertising production and in-depth examination of the future of the industry, while engaging, educating and apprising professionals about the best market practices and guidelines through panels, exhibits, partnerships, networking and substantial hands-on content.
It is a festival of transformation where “utility” is the word of the day, and collaboration is a prerequisite; where having the courage and voracity to learn is essential in order to experiment with new ideas, benchmarks and formats, ultimately echoing the importance of creativity in the search for excellence in advertising production.”
The Empathy Machine film was screened at Cannes Marche Du Film at NEXT the hub for creative business & visionary thinking, Summer 2018 in conjunction with The London Film Academy.
The Empathy Machine made it into the Official Selection at Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2018 and was nominated for an award at the Bafta Recognised Festival.
The Empathy Machine was screened as part of this VR Lab at Aesthetica Film Festival, York 2018
“As one of the country’s leading arts and culture publications, Aesthetica Magazine is known for shedding a light on exciting and innovative projects across art, film, music, performance, and photography. Described on their website as ‘intelligent, beautiful, and informative’, it has a glowing reputation and a dedicated following of over 311,000 readers.
On 7-11th November, the magazine hosted the eighth BAFTA-qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF) with over 300 film screenings, 80 industry-led masterclasses, networking sessions, and special events.
They launched a Screen School VR Lab (in partnership with the London College of Communication) showcasing some of the world’s most innovative filmmakers via 360 screenings, exploring how they use emergent/immersive technology to push the boundaries of cinematic storytelling.”
I was delighted to take part at Raindance VRX Awards and share my learnings in independent VR Filmmaking with other directors and producers.
Raindance aims to promote and support independent filmmaking and filmmakers.
From new and emerging to industry pros, Raindance connects, trains, supports, and promotes visual storytellers through every step of their career.
The Raindance Film Festival runs each Autumn in London's Leicester Square.
Fantastic to screen ‘The Last Moments’ at open air pop-up 360 and VR Cinema ‘We Are Cinema’ on the edge of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, summer 2017.
Open City Documentary Festival creates an open space in London to nurture and champion the art of creative documentary and non-fiction filmmakers. The festival aims to challenge and expand the idea of documentary in all its forms, providing a platform for emerging talent as well as established masters working within the documentary form.
Open City Documentary Festival takes place at venues across Central London between 4–10th September.
Fantastic to be invited to present a Pecha-Kucha style presentation on my creative process in virtual production at this Raindance film festival
‘Celebrating its 25th year, the Festival will take place in London’s West End from September 20th – October 1st, 2017, screening over 200 projects – including features, shorts, web series, virtual reality and music videos.
A champion of indie filmmaking, Raindance Film Festival 2017 will celebrate the world, international, European and UK premieres of the best of indie cinema.’
The Raindance Film Festival 2017 opened on 20th September, celebrating it’s 25th annual festival. Unlike the BFI London Film Festival, which mixes mainstream and independent films, Raindance devotes itself purely to indie filmmakers. Some huge cult hits like The Blair Witch Project and Pulp Fiction debuted at Raindance. The festival invites both UK and international films.
It was an honour to screen The Last Moments at the festival filmmaker’s ball, held in London’s West End.
Great to be involved at this Summit of Augmented and Virtual Realities, on a panel discussing top insights into virtual production with other production execs and independent filmmakers, 2018.
The Last Moments film was nominated for ‘Best Director Award’ at Underwire Festival and screened at The Genesis Theatre, Bethnal Green, Dec 2017
I was invited to present my work and share insights on a Storytelling in 360 panel, at this Websummit, Lisbon November 2016
I was invited to present my work and share insights on a Storytelling in 360 panel, at this Websummit, November 2016
Thank you to The London Film Academy for inviting me to take part on this panel and industry showcase day, as part of The British Film Institute London Film Festival. It was an honour to share my filmmaking process and creative ideas behind the creation of my debut Virtual Reality film The Last Moments.