Supporting new talent to make fantastic shorts, promos and films...
Music
See the winners in our Lincoln MKS music video competition, who had their shorts showcased during the CBS broadcast of the Grammy Awards®.
Television
FILMAKA commissioned a series of webisodes from a variety of talented filmakas. They were given complete creative freedom. We currently have six full series available to watch. We also have another premiering soon! Check them out on our Filmaka Channel
A young woman receives an unexpected phone call from her mother. As she races to reach her in time, her mother reveals secrets of her family's past. Their peaceful middle class family is not what it seems. Click thumbnail to watch!
Three young musicians come to Los Angeles to try to get their garage band off the ground. Along the way they fight personal trials and troubles, gather groupies, and never stop believing in the music. Click thumbnail to watch!
Two brothers decide to join Mara Salvatrucha, the international gang known as MS-13. One brother seeks power and protection, the other to destroy the gang from inside. A provocative new web series by Filmaka's 2007 Feature Film competition runner up, Luis Bernal Salazar. Click thumbnail to watch!
Sweet face, gorgeous body and diabolical mind. Lila has set her sights on becoming a Hollywood star. What won't she do to make it to the top? Will all her scheming pay off? Click thumbnail to watch!
About me:
The Other Side of the tracks. The Other Side of an argument. The Other Side of your personality that no one's ever seen. Maybe just The Other Side of the coin. Show us your flip-side in a 1 to 3 minute film and upload it to our site by SUNDAY, AUGUST 2.
Find out more on our site!
Yup, that's filmaka and Ford Mustang Stories Winner SAMMIE LAU holding a camera on the cover of Popular Digital Video magazine! Sammie is being featured for her recent win in the EYE ON CHINA: VISIONARY FILMAKERS competition sponsored by the Discovery Channel and China Education Television-3 (CETV-3). The panel of judges, gathered in Beijing, comprised film and TV experts from CETV, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific and Beach House Pictures. They chose five winners based on the originality, quality, creativity and vision of their proposals. Each winning director will receive funding from the organizers to produce their 30-minute films over the next six month, with support and training from a leading international documentary production team from Discovery. Sammie's documentary "Train's Republic," will then premiere on CETV-3 and Discovery Channel across Asia-Pacific in October 2009, as a part of a series commemorating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. CONGRATULATIONS!
FROM MONITOR TO BIG SCREEN
PIERRE-OLIVIER THEVENIN was already a leading special effects expert in France when he submitted a film called "Yum-Yum" to the Entry Level Competition of our Family Gathering theme. After following it up with his tour-de-force Jury Level winning "Thanksgiving," Filmaka brought him to the attention of producers Franck Ribiere and Vérane Frédiani. On the basis of his Filmaka shorts, Thevenin was hired to direct the feature "Humains" for La Fabrique de Films. HUMAINS OPENED ON THE BIG SCREEN IN FRANCE APRIL 22!
Who I'd like to meet: Film lovers, film makers, animators, new talent...
WHO ARE WE...
Filmaka.com is an exciting, new global digital entertainment studio and on-line community, where aspiring filmmakers can realize their potential by entering a range of opportunities, make coveted connections and potentially gain employment and management representation.
Filmaka runs a variety of competitions that award cash prizes to filmmakers. Each month, Filmaka hosts a Feature Film competition, a Documentary competition, and a Branded competition. The Feature Film competition and the Documentary Competition both result in one talented Filmaka receiving a feature film deal! The first recipient of this feature deal is NURU RIMINGTON-MKALI, a 21 year old filmmaker from London, England. Congratulations, Nuru, 1st runner-up Luis Bernal Salazar (recipient of $5000) and runners-up Anne Heeno, Cullen Paul Wright, Max Sacker, Noah Harald and Santiago Tapia (recipients of $2000 each). We've awarded over $812,178 to date!
Films are judged by an award winning jury that includes Thomas Augsberger, Laura Bickford, Tim Delaney, Colin Firth, Werner Herzog, Dr. Herbert Kloiber, Neil LaBute, Kenneth Lemberger, John Madden, Deepak Nayar, Zak Penn, Bill Pullman, Paul Schrader and Wim Wenders. Check us out at www.filmaka.com
Interview with Founder Deepak Nayar about why he created Filmaka.
Follow Nuru's process through being selected as the 2007 Filmaka Feature Film winner to final production of his first feature film. Click thumbnail to enter!
FILMAKA'S SCREENING ROOM- Stuff from our talented community
"The Ten Commandments of La Vida Loca" by, Luis Bernal Salazar, Arturo Gonzolas Alanzo, Rodrigo Lopes Aldonza. The Ten Commandments was the winner of this years Webby Award for Best Drama Series!
Watch more films from Ten Commandments in their Filmaka Profile
You probably thought I fell OVER the EDGE of this FLAT EARTH we live on. In reality I’ve been fighting a GORILLA WAR with MUTANT, COMPUTER ROACHES from the PLANET PLUTO. - Oh, that’s right. Pluto is no longer considered a planet… - Okay, you got me. Should be back to NORMAL on Monday. Or at the very least ONLINE regularly. WISHING YOU a great weekend, my FRIEND, and a HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!! Love and light… - foni
The trick is to stay focused on what you want to happen and let go of what you do not... cuz if you keep seeing things as they are, convincing yourself that you "have to" because that's reality, then it will always be your reality. want to change? it's as simple as changing the who, what, how, why and when of what you look at and FOCUS on... DAILY :)
Tankism #25 Have a great week :) PS: see if you can "see" the picture below. It's pretty cool...
Failure is the best part of success. They are like yin and yang; you can’t have one without the other. So learn to celebrate your failures. Truly successful people even say they are successful because they have failed more than anyone they know. They keep trying and each time it doesn’t work, it’s just a learning experience. So, go out there, Fail, Learn, Succeed. Fail, Learn, Succeed. Say it with me now, Fail. Learn.. Succeed!!!
Put it this way, you CANNOT get hung up on when something doesn’t go your way. If you stay fixated on the failure, then you cut off the other two steps: Learn and Succeed. Fight the temptation to dwell on the failure with EVERYTHING you’ve got. Get excited about failing! Then Learn, Then Succeed!!!
Invaded is the a new short film by the portuguese director A.C.Pifaro. This film was produced by Nightshade Productions, a company that aims to produce movies with a social & political content strong enough to create awareness. Invaded fast became very controversial, since his release it has been banned from festivals and censored in screenings. In the end no one stays indifferent. The next 15 minutes represent the last brutal events of someone who has been a victim of human trafficking.
On a course for that distant blue star on the North horizon but wanted to stop by and drop off this “a passing thought…” Here’s wishing that you, and those special to you, have a wonderful week-END!!! Take care, my FRIEND. - foni
Get Inspired, what are you waiting on? Every minute that you waste on this planet focused on what your RIGHTS are as opposed to what your RESPONSIBILITIES are is a golden opportunity that has passed you by. An opportunity to take your life into your own hands and change your world for the better. When you do that, the byproduct is a better world overall. And, this world desperately needs YOU to show up.
Are you a glass half empty or glass half full type of person?
When life presents you with “experiences”, do you see them as problems that you can do nothing about or moves in a game and your job is to find the solution so you can “win the game?”
Have you failed in life or merely learned ways how not to do something on your way to achieving the life you know you deserve?
Do you live in a hostile world or a world that’s beautiful and full of possibilities?
Are you a know-it-all adult that no one can tell anything to, the world sucks and that’s just the way it is, or do you have child-like faith and can see things like children see them?
This week, let the kid in you back out. Laugh more…Appreciate more…Be thankful more…Help more…BE MORE…You were meant to be abundant, so go out there and start your treasure hunt :-)
When I think of our FRIENDSHIP it always makes me wanna SCREAM and SHOUT. TWISTED all ABOUT… Uuhhuhhh. Hmmph. Here’s hoping you have a great week-END, my FRIEND. Love and light… - foni
