AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - March 16, 2011) - SXSW Film Festival -- AnyClip Ltd. today announced its technology platform will be utilized by the winning filmmakers announced last night at the 2011 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival Jury and Audience Awards. As part of this exclusive implementation, the participating winning films will be tagged and added to AnyClip's online library of premium entertainment, enabling the leading independent filmmakers to better promote, distribute and monetize any scene.
The company is proud to announce it has offered to provide its proprietary tagging service to participating Jury and Audience Award recipients. This year's recipients include:
Feature Film Jury Awards
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
Grand Jury Winner: Dragonslayer
Director: Tristan Patterson
Best Editing: Where Soldiers Come From
Editors: Kyle Henry & Heather Courtney
Best Cinematography: Dragonslayer
Director of Photography: Eric Koretz
Best Score/Music: The City Dark
Music by: The Fishermen Three, Ben Fries
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
Grand Jury Winner: Natural Selection
Director: Robbie Pickering
Breakthrough Performances:
Evan Ross - 96 Minutes
Rachael Harris - Natural Selection
Matt O'Leary - Natural Selection
Best Screenplay: Natural Selection
Writer: Robbie Pickering
Best Editing: Natural Selection
Editor: Michelle Tesoro
Best Cinematography: A Year in Mooring
Director of Photography: Elliot Davis
Best Score/Music: Natural Selection
Music by: iZLER, Curt Schneider
Feature Film Audience Awards
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: Kumaré
Director: Vikram Gandhi
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner: Natural Selection
Director: Robbie Pickering
SPOTLIGHT PREMIERES
Winner: Becoming Santa
Director: Jeff Myers
EMERGING VISIONS
Winner: Weekend
Director: Andrew Haigh
Short Film Jury Awards
NARRATIVE SHORTS
Winner: Pioneer
Director: David Lowery
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Winner: Mothersbane
Director: Jason Jakaitis
ANIMATED SHORTS
Winner: THE WONDER HOSPITAL
Director: Beomsik Shimbe Shim
MUSIC VIDEOS
Winner: Hollerado, "Americanarama"
Director: Greg Jardin
TEXAS SHORTS
Winner: 8
Director: Julie Gould & Daniel Laabs
TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL SHORTS
Winner: ( __ )
Director: Chad Werner
SXSW Film Design Awards
EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN
Winner: Silver Bullets
Designer: Yann Legendre
Audience Award Winner: Green
Designer: Adrian Kolarczyk
EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN
Winner: Blue Valentine
Designer: Jim Helton
Audience Award Winner: Blue Valentine
Designer: Jim Helton
SXSW Special Awards
SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD
Winner: The Eagleman Stag
Director: Mikey Please
SXSW CHICKEN & EGG EMERGENT NARRATIVE WOMAN DIRECTOR AWARD
Winner: Sophia Takal for Green
LOUIS BLACK LONE STAR AWARD
Winner: INCENDIARY: The Willingham Case
Directors: Steve Mims & Joe Bailey, Jr.
KAREN SCHMEER FILM EDITING FELLOWSHIP
Presented to: Erin Casper
In the coming months the winning films will be available via AnyClip.com and its third-party distribution partners, providing consumers with instant search capability of their favorite movie moments and independent filmmakers with a first-of-its-kind promotional and online marketing asset.
The content will be added to AnyClip's growing online library of premium entertainment that includes Universal Pictures' feature films through a film licensing deal announced earlier this month in addition to several distribution houses, including a catalogue of independent films from First Look, Virgil Films and other movie classics.
"Our collaboration with SXSW opens many doors to independent filmmakers that have never existed before," says AnyClip CEO Oren Nauman. "By incorporating these independent films into our catalogue of premium online entertainment, we are leveling the playing field for filmmakers that don't have the same resources as the major film studios. Our meta-data tagging capabilities can identify up to 5,000 characteristics per film, creating endless possibilities for consumers to interact with content."
AnyClip allows for searching and browsing movies associatively, by queries such as characters, actors, scene details, behavioral information, quotes, objects, shooting characteristics and more. Leveraging AnyClip's pioneering technology and database of full-length feature films, distribution partners are now able to enrich the consumer's experience by selecting any moment from any of their favorite films.
About AnyClip
AnyClip enables users to find any moment from any movie in its database. Its technology and innovative user experience allows consumers to relive their favorite moments from their favorite movies. AnyClip partners with film and television studios to create new promotional channels for movies and monetize their catalog content. Leveraging its distribution network, AnyClip allows third-party sites to provide their users with fun, exciting and legal movie content services, increasing traffic and ARPU. AnyClip was founded by Jerusalem Venture Partners (www.jvpvc.com) and GTI and is proud to have on its board industry luminaries such as Mickey Schulhof, former President and CEO of Sony America and Sony Media and Entertainment, and Erel Margalit, Founder and Managing Partner of JVP who has led 15 NASDAQ IPOs to date, and Art Levitt, former CEO of Fandango, President of Disney Regional Entertainment and CEO of Hard Rock Café International.
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