apologies for the lack of blog updates.

with the christmas holidays now a distant memory, onedotzero has been busy working away on the travelling onedotzero_adventures in motion tour, which you can hopefully find in a city or town near you this year!

here’s a few january updates to get you up to speed…

the short film albert’s speech, directed by richard fenwick and produced by onedotzero was on a screening tour around the world this year.

the short film is about albert, an introvert man who has a speech to deliver for his best friend. In front of 100 people.
Welcome to the world of the best man – as seen from the inside out. With the minutes ticking away Albert finds himself surrounded by fun-loving extroverts who have zero understanding of what his mind is going through. Each and every one of them pile on the pressure, oblivious to albert’s ever growing inner turmoil. As Albert battles to control his nerves and wrestle with his over-active imagination, the idea of escape becomes all encompassing…

since its premiere at the encounters, bristol 2009 albert speech has made appearances at festivals and events across the planet. recently albert has appeared at the  chungmuro international film festival in seoul, south korea and around europe at the court metrange festival, east end film festival and the lille international short film festival.

most notably albert’s speech was selected for annecy 2009 the fatoche international animation film festival and was proudly chosen for official selection in the 63rd edinburgh international film festival this year. the film was also selected as a finalist at the fujifilm shorts 2009.

a big thank you to our friends at lost in translating for preparing albert’s speech for our international audiences - http://lostintranslating.com/

a group of graduates who met during onedotzero cascade 08 recently launched their first creative project together. Working with JMB Leather Market they received funding from the Joint Security Initiative. With this backing greg ward, hassan alsekafi and patrick mcquade set out to tackle anti-social behavior in the area (South London). on the 26th october they ran their first six day film workshop were participants were set the challenge of making a short film from start to finish. the film was entirely led by the workshop participants both in terms narrative and in craft.

for the workshop itself, they invited some of this years top creative graduates [some of whom attended cascade 09] down to present some of their work. an experienced drama leader was also invited to hold improvisational exercises with the group and help them develop a narrative for their film. 

to find out more about the week please visit http://first-cut.co.uk/

On the 19th of October there was a distinct smell of popcorn on Hanbury Street.  This could only mean one thing: the exclusive onedotzero screening at wieden + kennedy’s very own event space.

A select few had the chance to see (from the confines of a deck chair, which were surprisingly comfortable!) some of the best content from this year’s festival.

The evening kick-started with an introduction from Tony Davidson and Shane Walter – their friendship led to our creating the onedotzero’s festival identity this year.

on arriving in zurich it was clear that the film festival had captured the imaginations of the entire city. a ‘turbulent’ turn in events wasn’t going to stop locals, film fanatics and renowned guests alike from enjoying the best in international features, documentaries and german language films.

onedotzero were thrilled to be back for the fifth year and it was standing room only at the opening night of onedotzero screenings. the weekend kicked off early on thrusdya night with onedotzero_ch – a local talent programme dedicated to celebrating short films, music videos and commercial work produced by swiss creatives. 14 of the shorts went head to head in competition, judged by the audience who voted via text message. the winning film, “dixie trixi” by gian klainguti and oliver conrad, had been created in just 48 hours at Stuttgart’s Festival of Animated Film 2008. the lucky directors won a trip for two to london to visit onedotzero_adventures in motion 2010 festival, 3000 CHF worth of sound production work on their next film and a healthy supply of striker beer. watch the winning film:

DIXIE TRIXI – Animated Horse Racing in German – Watch more Funny Videos

the event continued long in to the night with a onedotzero_ch party, with a backdrop of stunning visuals courtesy of universal everything’s advanced beauty and onedotzero’s terrain 09 programme. the seefeld-razzia provided the perfect venue – an old theatre converted into an intimate bar and cinema. people flocked back on friday evening for a fix of off-beat international music videos from wavelength 09, and the dedicated returned on saturday for a double-bill of eclectic shorts from wow+flutter 09 and extended play 09.