Thank You
The filmmakers who submitted their creations and tolerated the rather restrictive rules about publication.
Eventide for volunteering to handle the judging for this contest. Eventide has shared a good deal of his knowledge about OGG Theora in the Brickfilms Encyclopedia.
RevMen, owner of Brickfilms.com, for providing ongoing support and resources to the brickfilming community. Also, for making available the webspace for this website.
Richard Frost, the "Minister of Film Contests" for Brickfilms.com, whose help in starting the contest and diligence in recovering lost data during a server transition is much appreciated.
The wonderful people at Xiph.org for realizing the importance of unrestricted media formats so that filmmakers and musicians have a way to share their art without having to pay to do so.
The programmers behind the Cortado Java applet and the ITheora media player which were used on the film pages of this site.
Pat Heard of FullAhead.org for providing the template for this website
Results
The final results have been determined and Eventide presents the following announcement.
After much deliberation by the judging committee, the ballots are in and the votes have been counted. It was a tough decision for most of us. The winners are:
1. The Artist by Mirko
2. On the Way to the Steinrei by Prisac
The judges made a few comments about some of the films. Writer's Block had "some cool animations" and "excellent special effects". Steinrei had "good music". Viewers liked a perfectly timed joke in Earth Day. What If was "filmed like a real movie" and had funny surprises at the end. Magic Knives had clever dialog and cute characters. Artist was liked for its good story and ability to tell it through facial expressions and without dialog.
Congratulations to the winners and to all who entered.