YouTube Project Direct contest winner goes to Sundance
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
YouTube film contest winner revels in Web’s possibility
I think it’s fantastic that Sundance now includes a category for showing short films made for the internet. One more instance of media convergence that’s leading to good things.
What excites Falcao about the Internet medium is that it allows anyone–her maid included–to access to film. Many residents of the poor country can not afford to go to the cinema, she said.
And it helps residents of Brazil, one of Latin America’s leaders in Internet use, feel less isolated from the rest of the world, she said. As for YouTube, it started off only popular among youth in Brazil. Now, however, Falcao’s husband, a film director who is almost 50 years old, is hooked. So is her 90-year-old uncle. “His life is YouTube,” she said, adding that every day her uncle sends her a link to view.
Here is Adriana Falcao’s winning film: Laços (Ties)
