Wed 30 Apr 2008
21-year-old London man wins online video contest. Receives $5 million to direct feature
Posted by Yair Raveh at 3:36 am
Nuru Rimington-Mkali, a 21-year-old Londoner, won a short film contest sponsored by Web-based production company Filmaka. He will now receive funding of about $5 million for a feature film he will direct.
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His winning film is the 3 minute short “And I Refuse to Forget“, a mixtape of “Pi”, “Memento” and “Primer”. Director Neil LaBute, one of the judges, said it’s a “wonderfully impressive paranoid thriller that was told with great economy and vivid imagery.”
Filmaka is now moving forward with new online movie competitions.
This is his winning submission:
What do you think, does it show great promise?

