Gujarat’s Carbon wins at The One Club’s One Screen Short Film Fest

Carbon, based in Gujarat, was one of the 27 winners from eight countries at 2022  One Screen Short Film Festival, part of The One Club for Creativity and the premiere short film festival that celebrates global filmmakers from both the advertising and film industries.

Carbon was one of two winners in Best in Craft - Animation, picking up the award for OFFF Dach 2021 ‘Repeater’ on behalf of OFFF. ‘Repeater’ is the story of a world in which creatures speak in symbols and can turn those symbols into realities. A ruling class of Sayers forces Repeaters to only speak in squares, creating endless cubes with which the Sayers can build their towers. One Repeater, banished from their tower for creating a forbidden anomaly, wanders the wastelands and discovers a band of misfit rebels in the midst of a wild ceremonial ritual. Joining them, they discover the true potential of these forbidden forms to change their world.

Other One Screen 2022 winners by category are as follows.

Best of Show

“Immortal” by Broken Heart Love Affair Toronto for Royal Ontario Museum

Best in Craft

Animation (tied with Carbon): “TEDx:REAL” by Substance Sydney for TEDx Sydney

Casting: “The Gentle Giant” by R/GA New York for Ad Council, Love Has No Labels

Cinematography: “Battle of the Year - Nigeria” by 0307 Films Cape Town for Globacom

Directing: “The Rabbit Hole” by tao/s Mexico City for SOS International 

Editing: “Don’t Try This At Home” by Cut+Run New York for Vans

Emerging Filmmaker: “The Rabbit Hole” by tao/s, Mexico City for SOS International

Music Composition: “Uncomposed” by Bensimon Byrne Toronto for White Ribbon

Producing: “Black Ice” by HungryMan and Heckler, both in Sydney, for On Running

Production Design: “A Future Begins” by Observatory Los Angeles for Chipotle Mexican Grill

Remote Production: “Picture Life Together” by OPPO Shenzhen for OPPO Reno5

Screenplay: “The Myth” by Wieden+Kennedy Portland

Sound Design: “Shout” by VMLY&R Mexico Mexico City for Movistar Telecommunications

Title Sequence: “TEDx:REAL” by Substance Sydney for TEDx Sydney

Visual Effects: “Awaken Colour” by OPPO Shenzhen for OPPO Find X3

Best in Genre

Branded Entertainment Film: “Immortal” by Broken Heart Love Affair Toronto for Royal Ontario Museum

Experimental Film: “Immortal” by Broken Heart Love Affair Toronto for Royal Ontario Museum

Fiction: “The Rabbit Hole” by tao/s, Mexico City for SOS International

Independent Film: “Datsun” by Sweetshop & Green Auckland

Music Video: “A Future Begins” by Observatory Los Angeles for Chipotle Mexican Grill

Non-Fiction/Documentary: “Immortal” by Broken Heart Love Affair  Toronto for Royal Ontario Museum

Social Media: “Immortal” by Broken Heart Love Affair Toronto for Royal Ontario Museum

Along with awarding work in specific Craft and Genre categories, One Screen also presented best-of awards for creative excellence by region.  This year’s regional winners are:

Asia Pacific: “Awaken Colour” by OPPO Shenzhen for OPPO Find X3

Europe: “Uprooted” by Halal London for UNHCR (United Nations refugee agency)

Latin America: “Cempasúchil - The Taste Of Reunion” by Media.Monks Mexico City for Victoria

North America: “A Future Begins” by Observatory Los Angeles for Chipotle Mexican Grill

Winners were announced on December 1, 2022 at the One Screen Short Film Festival 2022 ceremony and screening at the SVA Theater in New York. 

There were 97 shortlisted entries from Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Georgia, Hungary, India, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and the US. This year’s entries were judged by a jury of leading film directors, producers, agency creatives, and production company heads from around the world.

The fast-growing global festival focuses on all forms and aspects of short films — narrative fiction, comedy, passion projects, commercials, branded content, music videos, spec work, animation, sound, movie poster design, title sequences, etc. — and has a mission to celebrate and award filmmakers from around the world working in both the film and ad industries with no limitation and total artistic freedom, all on one screen.

As part of The One Club, One Screen has its pedigree in the non-profit organization’s prestigious One Show, a leading global awards program for advertising and design.  The One Show was the first ad industry awards competition to recognize original branded content, creating the separate new category of Branded Entertainment in 2003 to accommodate the first work from BMW Films.

The One Screen Short Film Festival was launched in 2011 to further honour creative excellence in film.