We asked. You delivered.
All week, we have been sharing insights about the Sony Cinema Line and the technology behind VENICE, the FX9, FX6, and FX3. If you need to catch up, you can read all about it here.
To kick things off, we invited you to take part in our Sony "Focus is Essential" Short Film Challenge, where we asked you to tell us why focus is an important part of storytelling through a short film. We received an overwhelming number of entries that showcased the veracity of the subject. We were blown away by the creativity of the No Film School community.
It was a tough decision narrowing down a single winner. We wish we could have given away about a dozen Sony FX3 cameras, but we only have one. Without further ado, the overall winner of the Sony "Focus Is Essential" Short Film Contest isFriday Night by Jason Cunningham.
We've also highlighted some of our favorite runners-up. Check them out below.
Overall Winner
Friday Night - Jason Cunningham
First Runner Up
My Dad Was a Bad Photographer - Danilo Doc Lee
Second Runner Up
Blur - Andreas Dimitriou
Third Runner Up
When Focus Finds A Home - Cain DeVore
The Rest of Our Top 10
- Focus - Aynsley Johnson
- f o c u s - Patrick De Guzman
- How (Not) To Film A Whale - Steven Zelko
- Manila Morning - Miguel Sonza
- Mr. Brick Teaches Focus - Charltonium
- Now I See - Mc Jerome
Our Other Favorite Submissions
- A Couple Problems - Jian Hennings
- A Simple Autumn Walk - Loian Vieira Nascimento
- Always for the First Time - John Caliendo
- Analog - ServalDog Studio
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity - Gestur Lomstein
- Awakening - Todor Bokan
- Baby - Diana Dumitrescu
- Battlefield Focus - L. Je.
- Brief Briefing - Mighty Morphin Hermione Grangers
- Calling Home - Eoin Kelly
- Check...Mate - Maya Czinner
- Cocina - Vanessa Nina
- Coffee Pour - M Koti
- Come and See - Enrico Lambiase
- Create Share Inspire - Sophia van Ghesel Grothe
- Date Night - A Quarantine Dinner for Two - Attilaishere
- Death Doula - Fred Fredericksen
- Distracted - ScienceForeverFilms
- Enfoque - Carbo Films
- Eyes on the Goal - Shina
- Finding my focus - Jay Gilmour
- Focus - Arlo Aceves
- Focus - Gabriel Larkin
- Focus - Ishu Ve
- Focus - Powel Soja
- Focus Helps on the small things - GDR Riley
- Focus is Essential - Julia Sings Films
- Focus is Essential - Tim Dane Reid
- Focus Lines - Robert Moran
- Focus! - David Gomes
- Forward Focus - FiniteFilmStudios
- Glasses - Sebastian Kawashita
- Hello My Name Is... - Tomas
- (Home) School's Out - Thomas Dahle
- Hope - Bao Khang
- How (not) to cope with stress - Sibina Koumbarou
- Importance of Focus in Filmmaking! - Hardeep Kumar
- In the Frame - Juan Aguirre
- Isojection - Jerzy Gudjonsson
- It is - Adrian Pirvu
- Just tried our new lens - Tatsat Shukla Films
- Key to Life - Anthony Passaniti
- Leap of faith - Maurico Vazquez
- Leaving the Wilderness - Keli Fancher
- Life Goes on - Blue Cart Films
- Losing Yourself in a Pandemic - Mike B Salazar
- Man Who Was Out of Focus - Dark Humor Detox
- Mexican Casanova - Alex Wolf
- Night Feed - William Allum
- No Film School Submission - Iuliana Andreea Rosu
- omg it's actually warm outside - Juliette Zyg
- Outsider Focus - Charlie Messenger
- Passanten Passers By - Dwayne Daniels
- Picnic - The Nightmare Emporium
- Please Don't Bargain - Sagar R. Agrawal
- Ride (vertical) incl. music - Matthias Cestar
- SonySOO+ - Etxart
- Sorry Nahasdzaan Nihima - Deidra Peaches
- The Daily Grind - Alex Thomson
- The Elevator - Richard Hu
- The Movement - John Haas
- the road - Kenneth Clark
- The Walk - Deepa Nair
- To Share Our Eyes - Desiree Carcamo
- We owe it to the city Vancouver, CA - Halfpace Co.
- XIBALBA - Евгений Бурак
Thanks to everyone who submitted their short film. No Film School truly has a creative community. We look forward to seeing what you come up with for our next challenge.
