SMIBE (The Society for Moving Images about the Built Environment) recently announced the winning entries of its second international short film competition. Following the call under the theme “Personal Infrastructures,” over two hundred entries from film makers around the world went into the judging process. One winner was selected each for general and student category.
SMIBE welcomed moving image stories that investigate, explore, and entertain our communities about social, environmental, political, technological, and economic issues that designers of the built world should be discussing.
First Place General: Ice Carosello
Mattias Löw, Sweden
First Place Student: Ames railway corridor
Zijie Cao, Iowa State University, USA
The judging panel included Frances Anderton � host of the radio show DnA: Design and Architecture on KCRW, and L.A. editor of Dwell Magazine; Susan West � documentary film producer, In The Realms of the Unreal, directed by Jessica Yu; Andrew Zago � architect and educator, principal at Zago Architecture; John Kaliski � architect and urban designer, principal at Urban Studio and president of AIA Los Angeles; Cliff Garten � artist, public art that interfaces with infrastructure; April Greiman � graphic artist and director of Los Angeles-based design consultancy Made in Space; and John Chase � author, urban designer for the city of West Hollywood, California.
For the complete list of finalists, check the SMIBE website.