ABOUT THE BRITISH ARROWS

The British Arrows Awards is organized by Britsh Arrows, a not-for-profit company whose shareholders are companies involved with the making of commercials. One of only twelve screening sites in the U.S., Cincinnati World Cinema is grateful for the opportunity to share this fine program with the people of Greater Cincinnati and the Tri-State area. We want to express a special thanks to Dean Otto with the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
 
The awards were created in 1976 and were originally known as the London Television Advertising Awards. The purpose was to recognize and reward the best television commercials made by British advertising agencies and production companies.
 
As time progressed, the scope of recognition was expanded to include commercials and PSAs directed to cinema, and in recent years, to viral marketing and ambient media/out-of-home environments.
 
Currently, the event attracts an entry of almost one thousand commercials, and a similar number of people attend the presentation of awards in London each March.
 
U.S. screenings of the awards began in 1984 in New York and eventually came to include these organizations:
  Museum of Modern Art, New York
  Los Angeles County Museum of Art;
  Walker Art Center, Minneapolis;
  Detroit Institute of Art;
  Cleveland Museum of Art/Cleveland Cinemateque;
  North West Film Center, Portland;
  Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston;
  Museum of Fine Arts, Houston;
  Cincinnati World Cinema
  Memphis Museum of Art.
  Honolulu Academy of Art;
International exhibitions include the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the International Film Festival of Kerala in India.
 
These screenings have offered an American audience exposure to the originality, wit, and creativity of British advertising as well as showcasing the early work of film directors such as Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Hugh Hudson, and Alan Parker as they were becoming fully-fledged Hollywood directors. The BAA program screenings have developed an influential reputation in the U.S. for creative excellence, enhanced by public and professional interest that has spawned further screenings across the country.
 

MIREPOIX PICTURES

Mirepoix Pictures is a Cincinnati-based film production collective formed by four friends devoted to creating evocative stories that reflect our complex and changing world.

The core group, shown at right, includes Mike Dittiacur, writer; Russ Faust, writer, director; John Mays, film editor; and Amy Cunningham-Faust, producer and cinematographer.

Production of NightSong involved many local and regional individuals: cast members Jeremy Greenwell and John Adrian Riley; crew members Laura Linville, Tim Dutton, Gretchen Kunkel, Neil Burns, Chris Joecken, Theresa Bruce and Jake Hossfeld; plus John Erhardt, Andy Thomas and 500 Miles to Memphis who created the music for NightSong.

Mirepoix Links:
Learn more about the talented Mirepoix professionals.
NightSong on IMDB.
Held in Sway on IMDB.
The NightSong blog.
Mirepoix's entry at the Cannes Film Festival.


RUSHAWAY PICTURES

Raised in northern Virginia, writer-director-actor Daniel Stine founded Rushaway Pictures and now resides in Los Angeles.

Rushaway Links:
Daniel Stine on IMDB.
Grape.
The Championship Round.
God and Vodka.