On 25 October 2008 The Tabernacle Arts Centre in Machynlleth hosted our annual Pink Snowball Film Awards where the work of young, budding and amateur film makers was showcased to a full house.

The event is an extravagant night of red carpet, limo’s, short films and “Hollywood” style glamour. Projects are run annually by FILM 15 Productions to enable access to opportunities to make films and over 100 young people from the area have been involved in these films productions over the past twelve months.

A panel of special judges selected winners in several categories for a Pink Snowball Award. This years Judges include: Bollywood super star Mayur Raj Verma, Script writer Barry Simner, remote celebrity judge Julian Rhind-Tutt and our resident judge Lembit Opik, MP

We were very proud to show a selection of films from our FILM 15 project as well as premiere our Bollywood inspired short film Dream Girl.

The Pink Snowball Film Awards has been a hunting ground for local talent over the years and many of the young filmmakers have taken their films on to national and international film festivals and won many more awards. Through this event we aim to encourage people to try something different and explore their creativity through the medium of film.

This years winners are

Pink Open- Paul Bullen- Anne’s Wedding
Pink Open- Runners Up- Giles Thaxton- Ember Music Video
Pink- Highly Reccommended- Machynlleth Primary School- How to Change the World for a Fiver
Pink Film 15- Katy Ruffy- Chucks

FILM 15 is delighted to be a co organiser of the The Pink Snowball Film Awards with Machfringe and believe it is an integral part of developing and encouraging a local industry of new filmmakers.

The aim of our collective initiatives is to inspire and promote film making and film literacy in the region across all age groups and give voice to young people’s creative ideas living in rural communities in Wales.

The Pink Snowball Awards and associated projects and events are funded and supported by The Film Agency For Wales, Dulus, FILM 15, The Welsh Boardcasting Trust, The Peter Saunders Trust, Mach Fringe, BFI, First Light Movies, The Welsh Language Board, PICTIWRS, The British Council, Wales Arts International, Culture Colony, Madman Movies, Western Australian Film Institute, VMI, Tinopolis, Aberystwyth University, Ysgol Bro Ddyfi, Tywyn High School, Machynlleth Primary School, Corris Fflics, Llwyngwril Gallery and many more individuals who keep the spirit of film making alive in Mid Wales. ”

Times running out to submit your films for this years PINK SNOWBALLl FILM AWARDS 2008. If you’ve had a moment of inspiration and have managed to put together something short and entertaining plese send it in with an attached entry form. All enquiaries at info@film15.org.uk

FILM 15 is pleased to announce that two of last years project films ‘Nutty Biscuits’ [also last years Pink snowball Winner] and ‘the Day of The Night of the next Day of the Living Ted’ [final shortlist for Cinemagic] have been selected for the Cooperative Young Filmmakers Festival 2008. Danny Dixon, Andrew Alderton, Dewi Selman, Nick Davies and Emrys Pierson are all off to the festival to do a range of courses and see their film on the big screen. This is a fantastic achievement guys. You can see their film in our film gallery www.film15.org.uk/films/ or send these filmmakers a message about their film.

It’s time to turn everything Pink. Get out your glamour boots and come and see all our wonderful new project films from 2008. The FILM 15@Machynlleth project, How to change the World for a Fiver project with Dulas and our very special Bollywood project. Tickets sell out fast so don’t forget to go and pick them up between the 20th-24th of October at the Tabernacle Arts Centre in Machynlleth.