Jolanta Mojsej – who signed up for acting classes just last summer – said everyone on the team "C-Rox" is from the Ottawa region, and the competition was stiff in both the Montreal race and the international Grand Prix.
Film racing is a contest where competitors are given a surprise theme and object that must be used in a short film. The catch? Teams make films from script to completion within a short time frame.
"If the camera was on somebody else, one of us would get up and hold the boom to get audio," she said. "We were up against crews of like 12 from the University of Montreal's film school, where they're going through to learn the technical aspects of sound, so they had their sound crews."
Mojsej said teams were given 24 hours to finish a five-minute film for the Montreal competition in September, where the theme was curiosity and the object was soap. They had 100 hours in December to complete the film in the Grand Prix, and had to include "forever" and a photograph. Winners of the Montreal competition were announced in November, and the Grand Prix placing was announced Feb. 1.
The Ottawa team's film, Slipping Sideways, took the second runner-up spot in Montreal, along with the Audience Award, Best Acting Ensemble and Best Editing. Their film, InSight, took a "top 20" position at the Grand Prix.
Mojsej added that Slipping Sidewayshas been entered in Ottawa's Painted Lips and Lolly Licks: The Sexy Film Festival, showing at the Mayfair Feb. 11.
