The second annual Louisiana Film Prize short filmmaking competition launches today, with $50K to be awarded to the winner. This is one of the largest cash prizes for a short film competition. The inaugural 2012 competition drew twice as many submissions as had been anticipated, with filmmakers hailing from across the country. "Legend of Luther Anderson," directed by Thomas Woodruff, Noah Scruggs and Chris Armand, took home last year's grand prize (pictured above). National and international applicants are welcome, but the competition has one homegrown requirement: Submitted short films must be shot in the Shreveport-Bossier area of Louisiana. The deadline for submissions is July 9, 2013. More info on the competition and festival here.
- 1/9/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
This weekend's inaugural Louisiana Film Prize, featuring 20 short films shot entirely in and around Shreveport-Bossier City, La., offered regular folks (including me) a chance to vote on which film would receive the $50,000 grand prize. None of my favorites came away victorious, but they left me with some names to watch for in the future. The winner, "The Legend of Luther Anderson," directed by Thomas Woodruff, Noah Scruggs, and Chris Armand, just missed out on my top-three ballot: it's funny but technically rough, long on humor but short on narrative drive. The eponymous outlaw, played by Woodruff with a sharp comic touch, can't sling a gun to save his life, but he digs up a pair of boots that gives him a powerful kick — which he uses to take down annoying children and satisfy a saloon girl, along with the usual showdowns. The short may be the most difficult film form to do well.
- 10/8/2012
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
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