The Smovies
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The Smovies (Short + Movies) is a film competition created in Abu Dhabi, UAE in April 2015 by BrandMoxie.
Guidelines
[edit]The shortlisted videos are shown on the Smovies website. The Smovies team selects an expert panel of judges who choose the winners each season. The winning and short-listed videos are showcased at various events and during the awarding ceremony. The winners are announced at the end of every season.[1]
Season 1
[edit]The first season was launched on April 1, 2015 and ended in June. The season was titled #plsdontstealmyshow in an attempt to raise awareness about movie watching etiquette. VOX Cinemas took this opportunity to enlighten movie goers about cinema etiquette and to create the best cinema-going experience in the region. Participants were asked to create an ad for the campaign which was then shown across their screens.[2]
There were 27 short-listed films:
- A Spartan Surprise
- The Epiphany
- Please Don't Steal My Show
- You Are Not Alone
- Sameer Antulay
- Nonsense
- TV Watching
- I Want To Enjoy It Too!
- Not Cool
- What Do You Prefer?
- Don't Kill My Moment
- Switch Off!
- What Did I Miss?
- ENOUGH
- Lightsaber Rage
- My Feet Smell Sweet
- Selfie With Ghost
- Calls Ruin Movies
- Show Stealers
- Seeing Double
- Who Has My Daughter?
- Don't Steal My Show- Sparsh Srivastava
- The Laptop
- Gamer Guy
- Book Reading
- What Did I Miss?
- Smovie by Hammad
First place went to A Spartan Surprise by Faisal Hashmi. Second place went to The Epiphany by Shezah Salam, and third place went to Please Don't Steal My Show by Vimin Thomas.
Season 2
[edit]The second season was titled The Message and lead to the hashtag #smoviesmessage. This edition ran from June to September 2015 and focused on conveying a message regarding social consciousness, and fell under the narrative category.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Smovies". The Smovies. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "PARTICIPATE & WIN THE #PlsDontStealMyShow CAMPAIGN!". uthmag.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
- ^ "Brandmoxie presents the Smovies".