The MY RØDE REEL 2020 short film competition winners have been announced, receiving a share of the $1 Million cash prize pool.
In addition to the cash prizes, winners also received a share of gear prizes from RØDE Microphones & partners.
Watch the winning films and more below. If you missed out this year, RØDE has confirmed that My RØDE Reel will return for 2021.
Judges Choice
Winner ($200K): AMANZI OLWANDLE (Ocean Water) – Timothy Hay (South Africa)
excellent cinematography, rock-solid pace, well-acted, and a ton of heart. It conveyed its emotion and story effortlessly while showing a lot of respect for its audience. I was really floored by it.
My RØDE Reel judge Ryan Connolly
COMEDY
1st Place ($75K): The Starey Bampire – Amelia Farmer (Australia)
2nd Place ($30K): The Contract – Rick Darge (USA)
3rd Place ($15K): Social Distance – Myles Conti (Australia)
Drama
1st Place ($75K): Black.Matters – Kyndra Kennedy (USA)
2nd Place ($30K): Bear Hugs – Nick McLean (New Zealand)
3rd Place ($15K): This Dream I Have – Mason Beals (USA)
Documentary
1st Place ($75K): The Last Video Store – Arthur Cauty (UK)
2nd Place ($30K): Cynthia – Calvin Lam (USA)
3rd Place ($15K): Origens, A Climbing History – 100 Limite Films (Brazil)
Animation
1st Place ($75K): The Forbidden Zone – Zach Tolchinsky (USA)
2nd Place ($30K): What a Waste – John Remar Lavina (Phillippines)
3rd Place ($15K): Tread – Matt Landkroon (New Zealand)
People’s Choice
1st Place ($25K): Harmless (Anodin) – Mathieu Jonckheere Yokaasan (Belgium)
2nd Place ($15K): Uprooted – Andre Pilli (USA)
3rd Place ($10K): Humans of Kerala – AJ Film Ferry (India)
Best Young Filmmaker
1st Place ($25K): Unicorn Turbo Charge – Micah Martinez
2nd Place ($15K): Bricks and Guns – Joshua Parry
3rd Place ($10K): A Journey Through Wing Chun – Matthews Ma
Sound Design
1st Place ($25K): Incident – David O’Connor (South Africa)
2nd Place ($15K): The Accident – Michael Lubin (USA)
3rd Place ($10K): Foleysh – Quokka Production (Italy)
Behind The Scenes
1st Place ($25K): Flying Colours – Devon Dresback (USA)
2nd Place ($15K): Harmless (Anodin) – Mathieu Jonckheere Yokaasan (Belgium)
3rd Place ($10K): Noodle Power! – Gottfried Roodt and Lloyd Wilgen (South Africa)
Best Chinese Film
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1h5411j7gU?zw
1st Place ($25K): 铃声(The Bell) – Tong Z
2nd Place ($15K):《阴职》(Baptism Mortis) – Wu Yulin
3rd Place ($10K): 罗德短片比赛《一个人的动物园》(The Lonely Zoo) – Peiyan Xia
You can view all the winning films on the My RØDE Reel website.
