2016 People's ShortDoc: Radio Cinema - Winners
Roll out the red carpet… Premiering the 2016 ShortDocs Winners!
This year’s Challenge, a collaboration with the film-inspired shadow puppetry collective Manual Cinema, invited anyone and everyone to produce short audio stories that followed a set of movie-themed rules. We received over a hundred ShortDocs from twelve countries, and after much deliberation we're now delighted to rip open the envelope and announce this year's blockbuster hits:
And the winners are... (alphabetically by producer)
Dear Face at Deer Lake with Deer People by Dear Deer Face Collective, Canada
Hatch by Geoff McQueen, UK
Too Many Miles by Stephanie Rowden & Jennifer Metsker, USA
And, voted for by hundreds of listeners worldwide, the 2016 People's ShortDoc Award (PSDA) goes to...
I Dream of Rattlesnakes by Todd, Sam & Belle Wemmer, USA
Hear all the winners below, and then dive into our Third Coast Picks playlist for more must-listen Radio Cinema stories.
JOIN US! The Radio Cinema Spectacular will transform these 4 winning pieces into live Manual Cinema performances. Tix are now available.
Dear Face at Deer Lake with Deer People
A story about deer, a wonderful lake, internet privacy and who is the deer.
- 2016
- 02:56
- Dear Deer Face Collective
HATCH
A man, in orbit, going round and round...
- 2016
- 02:29
- Geoff McQueen
I dream of rattlesnakes
A contemplation of the return of rattlesnakes to Massachusetts.
- 2016
- 03:00
- Todd Wemmer
- Sam Wemmer
- Belle Wemmer
Too Many Miles
What if Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” were re-imagined as a film?
- 2016
- 02:33
- Stephanie Rowden
- Jennifer Metsker