Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA)

Welcome to the 2010 Quiet on the Set Short Film Competition!

Quiet On The Set

The 2010 Quiet on the Set Short Film Competition received 68 entries!  Congratulations to the winners (announced below!) of the 2010 Quiet on the Set metro public libraries’ Short film Competition! And a big thank-you to all who entered. We had a great weekend filled with imaginative films in, around, and about metro public libraries, created by filmmakers of all ages and levels of filmmaking experience.  Check the website next week for the list of films that will be available for viewing on Comcast Local OnDemand.

And the winners are...

Best Film Overall--Green by David Franicola

Honorable Mention for Best Film Overall--Book Drop by Andrew Jewell

Best Film 12 & Under--Mr. Jellyfish Goes to the Library by Amasa Evesen

Honorable Mention for Best Film 12 & Under--Library Through the Ages by James Van Ert

Best Film by a First Time Filmmaker--Brother by Sean Voysey Olsen

Best Editing--The Super Bear Book by Jamie Dukowitz

Best Screenplay --Out of the Park by Rob Marcus & Tim Moore

Best Use of a Library Card--A Trip with Ned the Bookworm by Aidan Gale Burke

Best Acting--The Librarian's Assistant by Conor Holt

Best Cinematography--Jake's Card by Kassandra Langum

Best Sound Design--Solace by Jeff Scanlon

Best Special Effects--It's About Time by Leanne Montoya

Audience Choice (Friday)--Paused by David Schommer

Audience Choice (Saturday)--Library! The Musical by Kristina Hall and Amber Bunnell

Download a list of all  the submitted films and director names.

Check out some of the awesome prizes packages (and these are IN ADDITION TO CASH!):

  • Producer Mentor Day: Spend an afternoon with Ace Allgood and the Channel Z team and get to meet the various production companies in Minneapolis.
  • Sound Design Mentor Day: Spend an afternoon with Tom Lecher of Echo Boys Music to learn the ins and outs of production sound design.
  • One year membership to the Screenwriters Workshop
  • Two title sequence animation design sessions courtesy of WHOOPDESIGN
  • Two-hour one-on-one acting workshop with Bill Cooper, actor extraordinaire and board member of the Twin Cities Film Fest
  • Weekend rental of HVX 200 Video package courtesy of Cinequipt
  • Two 4 hour sessions of professional color correction in the Pixel Farm suites courtesy of Pixel Farm
  • Ticket to IFP's Producer Conference and a one year membership to IFP
  • One year family membership and VIP passes to a visiting Filmmaker lecture/screening courtesy of the Walker Art Center

Our QOTS partner All Over Media will be providing generous cash awards again this year: $500 goes to the winner of Best Film Overall, and the winners in each of the other nine award categories will receive $250. Yay All Over Media!

Watch the video for an overview of the 2010 competition, featuring several of the 2009 winners.

For more information, call Sally Lederer at 651-645-5731, ext. 102