//Thirteen & Co director Armand de
Saint-Salvy's dramatic short film "The Craft" has taken out 1st place in
the Fiction category of the seventh annual One Screen Short Film
Festival, the premiere short film festival from The One Club for
Creativity that unites the film and advertising worlds.
"The Craft" had the prestigious honour of opening the event, held at the SVA Theatre MAP in New York late last last week.
Says Saint-Salvy (left), who was in attendance to accept the
award: "The quality of work across all categories was excellent. It was
fascinating to see passion projects screen along side multi million
dollar brand shorts. Currently, there is a thirst for branded stories
where entertainment is the focus. It's an exciting time to be a film
maker."
The film, written by Saint-Salvy to give audiences an
insight into the powerful and dangerous emotional techniques actors use
to create a performances, was filmed over a very intense long shoot day
in 2018 with the actors Zoe Terakes and Helen Thompson. The Craft was
produced by Benjamin O'Donnell and jointly funded by Saint-Salvy and
production collective //Thirteen & Co.
One Screen is part of
The One Club for Creativity, the foremost global non-profit
organization celebrating creative excellence in advertising and design.
One Screen focuses on all forms and aspects of short films --
commercials, music videos, short narratives, spec work, passion
projects, movie poster design, credits, etc. and celebrates the best of
the film and ad industries with no limitation and total artistic
freedom, all on one screen.
Entries were received this year
from 45 countries and judged by a 79-person jury of leading film
directors, producers, ad agency creatives and heads of production
companies.
Says Jonathan Jirjis, executive producer at One
Screen and The One Club: "One Screen has become a showcase for the
passion projects of accomplished filmmakers, as well as a
high-visibility forum to recognize promising young talent. We're
thrilled with the range and quality of work submitted this year and
congratulate all of our 2019 winners."
For more information about One Screen Short Film Festival, please visit
http://www.onescreen.org.
For commercial enquiries and Armand's avails, contact EP Roy De Giorgio -
roy@13co.io.