Here’s an update pursuant to our recent blog about the 3D Stereo Media event that took place two weeks ago in Liege, Belgium.
The highlight of the event was undoubtedly the Awards Ceremony which took place during the glamorous Gala Evening, where the much coveted golden Lumiere Statuettes were handed out.
The winners of the IS3D 3DCreative Awards are as follows:
3DTV Documentary
The Secret Life of the Rainforest – Electric Sky
Sistine Chapel – Sky Italia
The Bachelor King – bSkyb UK
Meerkats 3D – bSkyb UK
Kingdom of Plants
3D Documentary
Sea Rex 3D – N3D Land Productions
Best Achievement in 3D Animation
The Little Prince – nWave Pictures
The New Adventures of Peter Pan – Sky Italia
Animated Short Film
Little Postman – Breakthru Films
3DTV Entertainment Programs
Film Olympico – Sky Italia
The Little Prince – Sky Italia
X Factor 5 – Sky Italia
3DTV Live Event
The Isle of Wright Festival: 2012 – bSkyb UK
Aida – Sky Italia
3D Commercial
VW Beetle: Flower Power – Stereo Tech
3DTV Sports
Champions League – Sky Italia
The Ryder Cup 2012 – Sky UK
Live Action Stereography & Best Live Action
Wickie and the Treasure of Gods – Stereo Tech
Best Animated Stereography & Best Animated 3D Feature
The Magic Piano – Breakthru Films
The Perrons de Cristal Awards were also handed out during the Gala Evening to the winners of the 3D Film Festival. And the winners are as follows:
Short Film in Real Images
6 miniature cabinets – La Bouée Bleue, France
Short Film in Real Images
The Little Prince – nWave Pictures, Belgium
Long Film in Real Images
Dead before Dawn – WANGO Films, Canada
Long Film in Synthetic Images
The Legend of Kung Fu Rabbit – Tianjin North Film Group, Beijing Century Colorful Butterfly Animation Design & Beijing Film Academy, China
Alternative Content
Timeride Vienna – FaberCourtial, Germany
Student
Flamingo Pride- Talking Animals, Germany
Another ‘feature’ (for us at least, as 3D distributors & producers) of this event was the 3D Film Mart where a selection of 20 European film projects in the development stage was pitched to a jury of international investor over the two-day event. This year’s composition of the jury attracted big names in the 3D industry like Anthony Geffen of Atlantic Productions and Sophokles Tasioulis of Red Bull Media House.
It is with great delight that we announce the winner of this year’s 3D Film Mart Best Movie Pitch Award went to – Calcio Storico, by our friends and partners at COWPROD. On receiving the award, Michael Caranicolas of Cow Prod thanked 3D Film Mart and its organisers TWIST Cluster, the University of Liège and Peacefulfish for the fact that he came to the market “with an idea and we’re going home with a film”.
Calcio Storico is an early form of football that originated in the 16th century, Florence, Italy and after a hiatus of around 200 years the game saw a revival in the 1930s, where players from four historical suburbs of Florence, dressed in authentic periodic costumes, battle it out in front of thousands of cheering spectators. Whilst the blood and brutality of the sport makes a sensational story – the focus of this documentary is about something deeper – the human behaviour, group dynamics and social issues that surrounds this sport – all done against a stunning 3D backdrop.
Note: all pictures courtesy of 3D Stereo Media
3DContentBlog 
[…] As a result, many smaller specialized 3D festivals have sprung up and I truly love these guys. However, at the moment there are too small to even get […]