OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD COLLABORATION:
CINESPACE SHORT FILM COMPETITION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA RETURNING TO HOUSTON CINEMA ARTS FESTIVAL FOR THIRD YEAR
HOUSTON CINEMA ARTS SOCIETY ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF THE SHORT FILM COMPETITION UTILIZING NASA IMAGERY
HOUSTON, TX – NASA and the Houston Cinema Arts Society once again will offer filmmakers around the world a chance to share their works inspired by — and using — actual NASA imagery through “CineSpace,” a short-film competition.
In 2016, the second annual CineSpace competition drew over 460 entries from 48 different countries. Fifteen finalists premiered their films at Houston Cinema Arts Festival’s CineSpace screening at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The top prize of $10,000 went to Sébastien Tulard of France for his short film 1950 DA and was presented by 2015 CineSpace winners Mary Magsamen and Stephen Hillerbrand of Houston, TX.
Filmmakers brought new visions to life using real-life space imagery. From NASA telescopes and robotic spacecraft exploring the solar system and beyond to sights captured on the International Space Station where men and women have been working in space for more than 15 years, the utilization of NASA archival imagery helped the CineSpace submissions dazzle, surprise, and inspire.
In the competition, films featuring NASA-captured imagery and video collected throughout the agency’s 50-year history are judged on creativity, innovation, and attention to detail, which are the same hallmarks of spaceflight. Works submitted to CineSpace compete for cash prizes and the opportunity to be shown to audiences both on and off Earth.
In addition to being screened at the CineSpace award ceremony during the Houston Cinema Arts Festival, winners and finalists may be screened at other film festivals across the country, as well as on NASA TV and even on the International Space Station.
The competition is open to all filmmakers, both professional and aspiring. Submissions of all genres, including narrative, documentary, comedy, drama, animation, experimental and others of up to 10 minutes in running time will be accepted. Entries must use at least 10 percent of the publicly available NASA imagery.
Academy Award-nominated director Richard Linklater once again will serve as the judge in selecting the finalists.
The submission period opens June 1, 2017 and closes July 31, 2017. Finalists and winners will be announced at a CineSpace event during the Houston Cinema Arts Festival in November 2017. Entries will be competing for $26,000 in prizes with cash awards going to the top three submissions as well as the two films that best demonstrate the themes “Benefits of Space to Humanity” and “Future Space Exploration.”
NASA’s journeys into air and space continue to power inspiration that encourages future generations to explore, learn and build a better future. Humanity has used the vantage point of space to increase the understanding of our home planet, improve lives and safeguard our future. The next decade of exploration will be a time of rapid technological advancement and innovation, as humanity stands poised to make the journey to Mars.
ABOUT THE HOUSTON CINEMA ARTS FESTIVAL
The Houston Cinema Arts Society is a non-profit organization created in 2008 that organizes and hosts the annual Houston Cinema Arts Festival, a groundbreaking and innovative arts festival featuring films and new media by and about artists in the visual, performing and literary arts. The ninth annual Houston Cinema Arts Festival will take place from Nov. 7 - 14, 2017.
For more information about the Houston Cinema Arts Society, visit:
http://www.cinemartsociety.org
For more information about the Houston Cinema Arts Festival, visit:
http://houstoncinemaartsfestival.org/
ABOUT CINESPACE
For more information on CineSpace, competition guidelines and the submission process, and to view previous winners and finalists, visit:
To browse NASA video and imagery, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/content/download-nasa-videos-for-cinespace
