CHILDREN'S CHOICE
The short animation ‘Red And Green’ made at Sydney Film School in 2010 has won the Children's Choice Award Gold at the prestigious Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market, the only short film festival & market in Japan.
22-year old Geoffrey Abeshouse directed, animated and produced the film as part of his thesis film class to tell the story of the anguish and troubles of a streetlight. Essentially as he describes, this is a film “about the relationships which take place between the walk and stop people at street crossing lights”.
Fun and entertaining, the film won the children’s laughs at the 6th Sapporo Short Fest where it screened amongst another 77 short films from around the world. The 78 films were selected out of a total of 2,291 films submitted from 88 countries and regions.
Since 2006 Sapporo Short Fest offers various opportunities to help people find the real values of short films, which are intriguing, funny and moving, with the stories depicting the essence of love and life.
The Festival is a venue to promote inter-cultural understanding and friendships, a cultural climate that so warmly receives the young, multi-talented filmmakers from around the world, and helps develop many filmmakers of the next generation.
The Sapporo Short Fest serves as a vehicle for developing the short film industry through by creating new and innovative avenues for short films and the promotion of short film sales for digital distribution.
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