Best film award goes to Ryan Magee and Daniel Kyre for their short film ‘The Afterlife’
Students, participants and supporters flocked to the Russell House Ballroom for the Campus MovieFest finale this Valentine’s Day evening.The world’s largest film festival returned to USC due to the efforts of Carolina Productions.
A record high of 133 teams entered the competition at USC. They screened 16 short films, averaging at about five minutes each. Genres ranged from Comedy to Drama to Documentary/Interview to everywhere in between.
Free admission and with plenty of free food available, excitement could be felt as pictures were taken, door prizes were won and friends came together to end the competition.
Ryan Magee and Daniel Kyre of Cyndago were awarded best picture for their short film “The Afterlife.” They received an Adobe Creative Cloud membership, a special invitation to attend and screen their film at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner, and an invitation to CMF’s Distinguished Filmmakers Network. Although astonished at having won, they were very happy with the competition over all.
“I really like that Campus MovieFest gave students a chance to show creativity,” said Magee, “because filmmaking doesn’t get enough attention in the arts.
Stephen Simmons in “Cod” by Stephen Simmons’ Crew and Taylor Ashby in “Sophie” by Sarah Hudson’s Crew won best Actor and Actress awards. As freshmen, this was their first time participating in Campus MovieFest.
The winner of Best Comedy was “A Game of Catch” by Swan Jeremy and the winner of Best Drama was “Sophie” by Sarah Hudson’s Crew.
Winners of these categories won T-shirts, a director’s chair and an invitation to CMF’s Distinguished Filmmakers Network.
Winston Warner of Swan Jeremy described CMF as “really fun, with lots of love, smiles, and camaraderie.”
Special Silver Tripod Awards were given to “No Man, No Problem” by Mick Johnson’s Crew for Story and “Drifts” by UoDuo for Cinematography.
O.K. Keyes of UoDuo, having participated in all four years CMF has been at USC, said this year’s short films were, “By far the strongest out of all four years.”
All the films entered this year have a chance to earn a spot at CMF Hollywood and you can participate in the online voting competition at www.campusmoviefest.com/sc.
Chris Dumas, the promotional manager for Campus MovieFest, was very impressed with USC’s films this year.
“I love coming to schools like University of South Carolina or University of Alabama,” Dumas said. “The students are hungry. They feel like they have something to prove to the big film schools like UCLA, and they just keep getting better every year.”
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