Hart wins STV short film commission prize
Michael Hart, creative director of The Union has been commissioned by STV create a short film having won STV’s new creative competition.
Hart was awarded the prize, known as The Stevies, for his short film ‘Close your Eyes’ and will see him commissioned with a £5,000 production budget to make the move alongside STV’s production team.
He was shortlisted against Pete Martin, creative director at The Gate and Chris Watson, senior creative at Newhaven, who had two nominations.
The competition, which is open to all staff of Scottish creative agencies, was launched in March and asked entrants to submit storyboards for a five minute film.
Mark Waites, creative director of Mother presented the award.
David Connolly, STV’s commercial director, said: “Most creative people love a fresh challenge and a break from the norm. As we continue to increase our commitment to this sector of our client base, we thought a competition that could unleash some of their creative potential would be appropriate and a lot of fun.”
STV will run The Stevies as a regular event, and a second competition has now been launched and will follow the same format, but this time entries should address the theme “Football Stories.”