NEW YORK, August 12, 2010 – Film Annex recently launched a sound design and remix contest for Abel Ferrara’s 1971 silent movie, Nicky’s Film. The contest invites all filmmakers and sound designers to create new dialog and sound for this short piece, which is acclaimed filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s first film. The submissions will be judged by Abel Ferrara himself, and the winner will meet the director in person.

The participants are first asked to download Nicky’s Film and add their own audio (dialog, music, sound effects, etc.) to it. The contestants can also add new footage to the film and recreate the characters by coming up with an original piece of dialog. Once the remixed video is complete, the contestants will be able to upload their work and choose the “Nicky’s Film Remix Contest” on the upload form.

More information about Nicky’s Film can be found on the contest page. A commentary by Abel Ferrara about the film is also available for viewers who are interested in finding out how the film was shot, who the actors were, and what locations were used. If the contestants have any questions about the film, they can leave a comment on www.nickysfilm.com and the Film Annex team or Abel Ferrara will answer the question.

Good luck to all participants!


About Film Annex

Film Annex is an online film distribution platform and Web Television Network with 25,000 registered filmmakers and half a million viewers a day. The company creates free Web TV channels for content providers and supports them financially through an ad-revenue sharing model. A meeting point for filmmakers, film festivals, film enthusiasts, companies, and organizations, Film Annex educates and entertains audiences by making meaningful, diverse, and high-quality films available to a global audience. Fore more information, visit www.filmannex.com.


About Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara is a New York-based American screenwriter and film director best known for his movies, The Driller Killer (1979), Ms. 45 (1981), King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992), and The Funeral (1996), which was awarded at the Venice Film Festival the same year. Ferrara also won a Best Filmmaker award from the Gotham Awards for his film The Addiction in 1995. His more recent film, Mary, starring Juliette Binoche, Matthew Modine, and Forrest Whitaker premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2005 and swept the awards ceremony, garnering the Grand Jury Prize, SIGNIS Award, and two others. Ferrara is currently working on a new adaptation of Jekyll & Hyde, starring Forrest Whitaker and 50 Cent and a play on Broadway called Short Eyes.



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