The Ostlake Movie Awards - Ozzies 2019

[DaveIronside]

THE OSTLAKE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS 2019

The Ostlake Film Awards now mark the 4th year of international involvement.  The growing global nature of the awards is a great success and so this year the continued involvement of Mundus is expanding once more with the inclusion of the Best Animated Short category.

As with last year nominations will be open until the 19 th of February at which point voting will begin with the winner announced on the 28th in a glittering award ceremony hosted in Ostlake.

We look forward to welcoming you all soon

Krista Rosendahl-Sunberg  & 2Cellos
Hosts of the "Ossies" 2019


OOC - OK This is how it works there are various categories that people can enter with rules for each. You fill in your form, post your nominations and then a poll will be created to determine the winner of each category. Try and keep your nominations culturally relevant, so for example I wouldn't expect Nya Aland to be nominating a Bollywood film or soundtrack. I may have also missed some past nominations where people have claimed things. Also don't think about claiming whole studios.

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

You can nominate any film from the last 10 years, it must have been released so for example can't be Titanic 2:- Return of Jack.It can be in any language, genre etc. You may not claim whole movie studios but you may claim a single franchise, so in the past I believe Dartfordia had one of the Harry Potter films meaning the whole Harry Potter franchise is Dartfordian, this however doesn't mean they own the whole of Warner Brother. In terms of cross over stuff like Marvel by claiming say Iron Man, you don't then get the whole Marvel world.

Each nation may nominate two films using the form below, please check what was claimed last year (if the person nominating has since left I'm freeing up the stuff they claimed), also if in terms of news posts someone has claimed a film that someone nominates could they please POLITELY tell them and post a link to where. I've also updated the "What's Gone" list and removed those who have left. Thank you.

What's Gone

Achkaerin - Avengers
Achkaerin - LaLa Land
Achkaerin - Hunger Games
Achkaerin - Star Trek
Achkaerin - James Bond
Achkaerin - X-Men
Achkaerin - Peter Pan
Achkaerin - Lord of The Rings and therefore also The Hobbit
Dartfordia -Frozen
Dartfordia - Harry Potter
East Moreland - Star Wars I inadvertently claimed it here however I think, but have not been able to find otherwise that someone pre-dates that claim, if someone can find it I'll relinquish the claim otherwise WOOHOO!!!

If I've missed any someone let me know

Name of Film
Genre
Nation
Brief Outline
Link to the trailer


In terms of trailers please use legal ones.


BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM

Time to randomly watch YouTube Stuff. You may nominate any Short Film (classed as less than 6 minutes), by that I mean the whole film, it can't be a kickass six minute section from a longer film. It must be legally viewable on YouTube.

You may nominate up to three films. I'm also aware we have a few YouTube video makers in the region and there would be no barrier to you nominating your own stuff or making something for this, in fact in my opinion I'd be voting for you for sure.


Name of Film
Genre
Nation
Brief Outline
Link to the trailer


BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG FEATURED IN A MOTION PICTURE


Basically you may nominate one song from a motion picture. It can even be from a film claimed by another nation because I mean in RL you get people from outside America doing stuff for Disney, what I will say however is if the artists has already been claimed then its off limits and I'll rely on people POLITELY pointing it out. So for example if The Who had done a song for say James Bond as I've claimed The Who no one other than me could use them. I hope that makes sense. Usual rules about posting YouTube applies. Instrumentals are permitted


Name of Artist
Nation Nominating
Song
From the Film
YouTube link



BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY

Essentially it could be anything from a historical documentary to a science talk. If it's factual, cool or interesting then it can be entered. Only two rules 1) No longer than 10minutes 2) Must not break YouTube terms and conditions.


Name of Documentary
Nation Nominating
Topic Covered
From the Film
YouTube link

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Can be any type of animation but may not last longer than 5mins.

Name of Animated Short
Nation Nominating
YouTube link

[The Young Pope]

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Name of Film: Grand Bledapessera Hotel
Genre: Comedy
Nation: Krimeon
Brief Outline: Grand Bledapessera Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous Albionite hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka during the Great War, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent.
Link to the trailer: TRAILER

Name of Film: John Wick (*Incl. Franchise)
Genre: Neo-noir action thriller
Nation: Krimeon
Brief Outline: With the untimely death of his beloved wife still bitter in his mouth, John Wick, the expert former assassin, receives one final gift from her--a precious keepsake to help John find a new meaning in life now that she is gone. But when the arrogant Krimeonite mob prince, Iosef Tarasov, and his men pay Wick a rather unwelcome visit to rob him of his prized 1969 Mustang and his wife's present, the legendary hitman will be forced to unearth his meticulously concealed identity. Blind with revenge, John will immediately unleash a carefully orchestrated maelstrom of destruction against the sophisticated kingpin, Viggo Tarasov, and his family, who are fully aware of his lethal capacity. Now, only blood can quench the boogeyman's thirst for retribution
Link to the trailer: TRAILER

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM

Name of Film: The Call
Genre: Drama
Nation: Krimeon
Brief Outline: This Shortfilm is about a call between father and daughter. During the call you can feel the deep and emotional relationship between them. Due to a shocking incidence the call gets a sudden turn, which unfortunately had to suffer a lot of families all over the world.
Link to the trailer: LINK

Name of Film: The Gunfighter
Genre: Western Comedy
Nation: Krimeon
Brief Outline: In the tradition of classic westerns, a narrator sets up the story of a lone gunslinger who walks into a saloon. However, the people in this saloon can hear the narrator and the narrator may just be a little bit bloodthirsty.
Link to the trailer: LINK

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY

Name of Documentary: It Will Be Green Again
Nation Nominating: Krimeon
Topic Covered: Can we rethink how to shelter the world‘s refugees safely and sustainably? A short documentary through the eyes of a refugee family living on a Green Refugee Camp.
From the Film: Land Life Company
YouTube link: LINK

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Name of Animated Short: The Present
Nation Nominating: Krimeon
YouTube link: LINK

[Markus]

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Name of Film: Silence
Genre: Drama
Nation: Empire of Tamora
Brief Outline: Based on RL events, the movie shows the plight of the Tamoran community living in Medak Pocket ( Slava Lavosk) focusing especially on the story of Dilara Haghighi. The movie was released in 2018 before Dilara was executed.

Spoiler: Silence movie trailer • show

The movie starts by presenting life of Tamorans living Medak, a town in Slava Lavosk, near the Tamoran border that has a large minority of ethnic Tamorans. Dilara Haghighi is shown going to school, praying and keeping true to her Tamoran heritage when all hell breaks loose.




Literally overnight, the 16 years old high school student is thrown in prison. The movies shows the detention center from afar, in the background can be heard the authentic voices of Slavans screaming "Prosecute, prosecute!" and then the Slavan tribunal judge condemning Dilara to death for " insurrection, treason and human trafficking". The movie now switches to black and white to better transmit to viewers the feeling of the complete change Tamorans in Slava experienced as well a feeling of bleakness and desperation.




The trailer then proceeds to show the father of Dilara,Khalid Haghighi, which after clearly having been tortured for days gives a statement condemning his daughter.




The Slavan President is shown in the movies giving his famous speeches and having the stern, merciless, anti Tamoran determination and even admitting publicly about what Slava's government is doing:
 "Some Tamorans are being held in clean, secure detention centers until the scope of the charges against them can be determined and criminal proceedings begun."




The last 60 seconds sees the movies return to color and showing the real mother of Dilara saying one of the ancient women only Manist prayers. The prayer, as is prescribed, is a wailing to God for the hardships endured by her family, the reiteration to continue to submit to His will without question or exception and to promise Him that all the misery will stop once Tamorans rise as one against their enemies. The ancient prayer traces it roots to the early days of Tamora, when many families were constantly ravaged by the Kingdom of Altai. One thousand years later, the prayer is needed now as much as it was then since only the name of the enemies of Tamora have changed as their actions have remained the same. 

[Achkaerin]

Best International Film



Name of Film Caught in Rhythm
Genre Children's Drama
Nation Achkaerin
Brief Outline Caught in Rhythm centres around Redwall School, they used to be a vibrant school in the arts but are now 'the school that forgot music'. That is until a girl called Rhythm transfers into the school and slowly turns a group of closet music lovers into a performing group, it's not an easy journey, there are tears of joy and sorrow along the way along with plenty of vocal doubters and bullies try to put the loveable band of misfits down but when the curtain rises on the end of year show the show must go on.

Best International Short Film

Name of Film Chasing the Infinite Sky (a Star Trek Short Film)
Genre Science Fiction
Nation Achkaerin
Brief Outline Stardate 2288.42, Starfleet is conducting warp speed experiments pushing existing boundaries. The USS Albatross leaves spacedock to conduct quantum warp experiments.
Link to the trailer Film

Name of Film Lego Camping
Genre Animated Comedy
Nation Achkaerin
Brief Outline A couple goes camping and find themselves terrorised by a skunk, cue much hijinks as they try to rid themselves of the menace. The film made by students of Lady Brianna High School won a domestic school animation project in Achkaerin.
Link to the trailer Film

Name of Film A Step
Genre Romance
Nation Achkaerin
Brief Outline Based on a true story of a high school girl, the film tells the story of how Vivien chases after love despite the consequences of her choice.
Link to the trailer Film

Best International Song in a Motion Picture

Name of Artist The One Voice Children's Choir
Nation Nominating Achkaerin
Song This is Me
From the Film Caught in Rhythm (OOC - RL The Greatest Showman)
YouTube link Link

OOC Note - Actual film version of the song found here simply using an appropriate cover for IC purposes.
Best International Documentary

Name of Documentary Be Yourself
Nation Nominating Achkaerin
Topic Covered Be Yourself is an inspiring short documentary about following people following their dreams at different stages of life.
YouTube link Link

Best Animated Short

Name of Animated Short "Dear Alice"
Nation Nominating Achkaerin
YouTube link Link