Every year there is a film festival that all of the Antarctic bases can partake in. There are two categories, namely Open, where you can submit any film that was made in Antarctica within the last year, and 48HR, where the teams are given 48 hours to shoot a 5 minute film that features 5 given items. This year the items were a queen, a computer mouse, a map of your base or region, the sound of ice cracking and the words "I will save you".
At the end when all the movies are uploaded, the bases get a chance to vote for their favorite. I am pretty sure the only thing you win is bragging rights though.
Our movie was named 'SANAELand' and was based on the movie Zombieland, but with a few twists.
My favorites were:
48 hour:
SANAE - SANAELand
Dumont D'Urville - The Polar Hangover
Neumayer - The Soup Soap
Season of Change - Casey
Open:
Neumayer - One Small Step?
Crozet - The Departure
The South Pole - Spinning Round and Round (featuring some pretty awesome time lapse footage)
The 48hour category winner turned out to be:
Super Mario in Kergueland
The open category was won by Crozet with The Departure
Some interesting reading on how the festival started here.
Damn, I was hoping to keep this secret a while longer. At least until I have heard back from the Academy!
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteAs I was wintering in antarctica (on Neumayer Station) in 2011, I am very interested in these films.
Unfortunately your links don't work. Could you please have a look?
Thanks a lot
Christian
Sorry - forgot to leave Name and Mail...
ReplyDeleteChristian
Okay, since the previous hosting site is down, the favorites list now links to YouTube. Its only a few of the movies, but hope it helps.
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