And the Winners Are...
Hello Everyone...
I'm sure you're all dying to know... and I am SO ready to tell you!! Our list of top ten films is as follows (in no particular order, just how I happened to write them down on my piece of paper ;):
- What is Democracy? By Skelly Aggett-Carosella, Ivar Cloudshadow, Trevor Green, Gabe Greenberg, Noa Greenwald, Jade Hunter, Aidan McGinnis, Izaiah Read, Sienna Richert, Emma Wilson - Located in Boulder, CO
-Democracy is a Spectacle By Joseph La Sac - Located in Tacoma, Wash.
-Democracy: a Steady, Loving Confrontation By Jen Saffron, MFA - Located in Pittsburgh, Penn.
-If You Really Knew Me By Betsy Leighton - Located in Denver, CO
-Democracy: A Marriage By Isha Aran - Located in Lakewood, CO
-Demokratia By Josh Massaro, Isaac J. Ramos, Melissa Lane, John Knauff - Located in Highlands Ranch, CO
-The Right to Have a Voice By Jessica Rosenberger, Austin Talley - Located in Chicago, Ill.
-Original Music Video "Sunrise" By Sylvia Florescu, Robert Florescu - Located in Denver, CO
-Cinema+(Dem)ocracy=Cinemocracy By Alan Dominguez - Located in Denver, CO
-You Can't Eat Freedom By Martin Higgins - Located in Lonetree, CO
Cinemocracy also chose 3 special Award Winners, whose films will be screened at the Red Rocks event but will not be entered in the final competition. These choices are as follows:
-Cinemocracy Local Awareness Award: A Vision Of Democracy By Jennifer R.S. McDaniel - Located in Denver, CO
-Cinemocracy Special Jury Selection: The Short End Of The Spaghetti By Ryan Charmatz - Located in Greenwood Village, CO
-Cinemocracy Best International Submission: Everyday Democracy By Charlie Timms - Located in Gospel Oak, United Kingdom
So those are them folks :D I just want to thank everyone who submitted a film, AND everyone who didn't but still participated in the wonderful discussions and watched and voted. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!!! There's no way we could have done this without YOUR help :) I am honored to be a part of something as new and exciting as this and just wanted you all to know that. Ok, enough of the sap right ;) I'm sure I'll talk to you'll soon,
A
Comments
Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Submitted on August 26th, 2008 by AnonymousTrey Parker and Matt Stone would be so proud of all the winners. Apparently everyone does love the montage! F yeah America!
Here's the email address to
Submitted on August 25th, 2008 by AnonymousHere's the email address to contact for this blog. Was posted a few posts back and needed to be repeated for convenience.
acallis@cinemocracy.org
Seems to fit in with
Submitted on August 23rd, 2008 by AnonymousSeems to fit in with everything else I have seen about "Democracy"
in America. Sold to the highest bidder.
The ones who are complaining
Submitted on August 23rd, 2008 by AnonymousThe ones who are complaining are giving even more reason to be disqualified, if they were smart they wouldve kept quiet.
And why is that? Because,
Submitted on August 25th, 2008 by AnonymousAnd why is that?
Because, if we were smart, they'd say "It's all been a terrible misunderstanding" and TELEPORT us to the convention with a letter for our bosses explaining why we said we'd probably need the day off because we were winning a contest and a free trip to denver, then saying the whole thing was a scam and we'd wind up at work anyway, THEN saying that the whole thing was just a misunderstanding and we had 20 minutes to get to the airport?
You're an idiot.
Ha ha. This should be
Submitted on August 23rd, 2008 by AnonymousHa ha. This should be called "American Democracy". We Americans preach democracy but no one seems to know what it is or can even hold it together for something as simple as a film contest.
CineMockery Needs A Paper
Submitted on August 23rd, 2008 by AnonymousCineMockery Needs A Paper Trail.
The folks leaving positive
Submitted on August 23rd, 2008 by AnonymousThe folks leaving positive comments obviously have no clue of the injustice. Step up and show us a paper trail. Come on, what's really going on? This isn't about people whining simply because they did not win and you know it. What a complete joke.
Seriously, can't you all
Submitted on August 23rd, 2008 by AnonymousSeriously, can't you all just play nice?
Such language. Is it really necessary?
Play nice? You mean lay down
Submitted on August 23rd, 2008 by AnonymousPlay nice?
You mean lay down and take it. You probably lobbied to stop the vote count in Florida too. Because it was so unbecoming to complain.
Not "lay down" but be
Submitted on August 23rd, 2008 by AnonymousNot "lay down" but be civil.
Fight for what you believe in but in a tone that reinforces the intelligence, the talent and the courage demonstrated by the filmmakers on this site.
If you want respect you have to earn it. Irrelevant complaints (such as the one about the "capcha" word) and cursing in all caps, in my opinion, doesn't really further the cause.
For the record, I thought the vote count in Florida ended to soon and that people didn't complain enough.
I don't get it. What your
Submitted on August 23rd, 2008 by AnonymousI don't get it. What your problem? Why would you have everyone vote on which one is the best and should go to Denver if you were just going to pick the winner yourselves? This reminds me of something but what is it? ... Oh that's it the 2000 elections!!! Who do you think you are the Supreme Court?
FUCK YOU!!
and why is my post word "straight"? You hate fags or something?
Go ahead, go to the media,
Submitted on August 22nd, 2008 by AnonymousGo ahead, go to the media, go to the police, do whatever you want. Like anyone will take any of you seriously, since you're just gonna flood them with curse words. You're worse than communists, even communists would be so irritated with you that theyd put you in jail.
I sure hope the blogger has
Submitted on August 22nd, 2008 by AnonymousI sure hope the blogger has security.
Is it really necessary to be so negative and mean?
It was a contest. Some people had to win, and sadly some had to lose.
It's never fun to lose but, really, why such ugliness?
Congratulations to ALL who had the courage and talent to participate. It's always a risk to put yourself out there.
Kudos to you ALL for doing so!
It is super fucked up how
Submitted on August 22nd, 2008 by AnonymousIt is super fucked up how you disregarded the people's choices and just picked your own favorites. How do you justify trampling over your own rules? That's not "democracy" and the Denver Film Society and Denver Office of Cultural Affairs have just distinguished themselves as worthless, vacuous organizations.
I add to the voices demanding an explanation and paper trail for these choices. Your "Cinemocracy" is about as legitimate as the Republicrats "democracy". Scumbags.
PS - Has anyone in Denver contacted the local media about this? I'm sure they'd be interested.
cine-ommunist
Submitted on August 22nd, 2008 by Anonymouscine-ommunist
The first flag to this weird
Submitted on August 22nd, 2008 by AnonymousThe first flag to this weird contest was how hard it was to navigate the cheesey website to even find the submitted videos. The second flag was watching the stated requirements change mid-stream during the contest. The third strike is seeing who actually won.
Obvious to me to steer clear anything having to do with Denver Film Society and Denver Office of Cultural Affairs in the future.
What a disappointment.
With so much negativity
Submitted on August 21st, 2008 by AnonymousWith so much negativity spewing, I just wanted to say that it looks like a good list to me. (From someone with no connection to any of the films/filmmakers and not from Colorado.)
Great project.
FUCK YOU, YA PIECE OF
Submitted on August 21st, 2008 by AnonymousFUCK YOU, YA PIECE OF SHIT.
YOU DIDN'T SPEND WEEKS WORKING TO PRODUCE A FILM FOR THIS BULLSHIT CONTEST AND EVEN MORE WEEKS CALLING EVERYBODY YOU KNEW AND EVERYBODY THEY KNEW TRYIN TO GET EVERY VOTE YOU POSSIBLY COULD ONLY TO GET CHEATED OUT OF THE WHOLE THING.
GO FUCK YOURSELF.
Budget Problems? from the
Submitted on August 21st, 2008 by AnonymousBudget Problems?
from the previous blog...
"...the winners will get one plane ticket and one hotel room (IF NEEDED)"
TOTAL FUCKING
Submitted on August 21st, 2008 by AnonymousTOTAL FUCKING BULLSHIT.
Though you were to be bound by the online voting audience you managed to make the actual scoring system so vague as to be able to pick 9 out 13 who just happen to be from Colorado. Some of which are complete crap. Congratulations.
I think we need a paper trail.
From your own website: "The
Submitted on August 20th, 2008 by AnonymousFrom your own website:
"The films which garner the most praise, interest and online votes will be screened during the 2008 Democratic National Convention."
"The top 10 videos (as determined by public online voting) will be screened publicly during the week of the 2008 Democratic National Convention."
"Bound to the result of the popular vote."
How is it possible that our film with almost 1900 votes, no matter what the weighted system
was, ended up NOT in the top ten.
I agree that you need to be transparent with your weighted system.
Carol
At least you got an
Submitted on August 21st, 2008 by AnonymousAt least you got an honorable mention...
Some of us were even "Weighted" out of that.
This feels like the 2000
Submitted on August 20th, 2008 by AnonymousThis feels like the 2000 election. I challenge Cinemocracy to post the vote tallies in order - from the most votes tp the least - as a list. The vote counts have been erased and unless people took screenshots, they are gone forever.
BULLSHIT
Submitted on August 20th, 2008 by AnonymousBULLSHIT