With just one month of online exhibition left to take place, Play Now Act Now is delighted to launch its September exhibition, themed ‘THIS LIFE’, with its largest number of participants yet. As the fifth and final monthly competition gets underway we also reveal the six young artists selected as August winners.
The August Official Selection and People’s Choice Award winners – each rewarded with a $100 cash prize and place in our October grand final – are as follows:
Short Film
Official Selection: ‘Boxed In’ by Jessica and Brian Le of Clemton Park, NSW
People’s Choice: ‘Wasted On You’ (pictured) by Ehsan Knopf of Stanmore, NSW
Digital Design
Official Selection: ‘Obfuscation’ by Tia Scott of Billinudgel, NSW
People’s Choice: ‘Antagonistic Change’ by Regine Alarcon of Castle Hill, NSW
Microfiction
Official Selection: ‘Free For Five’ (pictured) by Daniel Sandona of Keiraville, NSW
People’s Choice: ‘Faltering Heartbeats’ by Sam Milgate of Oatley, NSW
Finalists stand the chance of winning a $2,000 first place cash prize in each category and creative goodies from our sponsors. Special congratulations to Tia Scott who has scored a hat-trick of wins in our Digital Design category and to 16-year old Jessica Le who is now a finalist in both the Short Film and Digital Design competitions
You can view the entries in our September competition categories where voting is now open by clicking on the links below:
Short Film
Digital Design
Microfiction
Six works from September will join 36 finalist entries in our Grand Final at the Play Now Act Now Showcase to take place in October (date and venue announcement coming soon). The event promises to be an exciting finale to six months of artistic endeavour by some of New South Wales best emerging creative talents.
For more information, interviews and pictures contact festival director Scott Henderson: festivaldirector@pnan.com.au
About Play Now Act Now
Play Now Act Now is online arts festival and competition for 16-25 year olds in NSW. 2010 is the eighth year that NSW Health and Metro Screen have teamed up to deliver the state’s most creative alcohol and drug awareness initiative.
To find out more about our prizes click here.
Play Now Act Now would like to thanks its sponsors for their continued support.
