YouTube Project Direct Winners Announced

YouTube’s Project Direct, which invited aspiring directors to upload short films to YouTube and have them judged by Jason Reitman (director of “Thank You For Smoking”), has announced its winner. Here’s the video announcement:

So, the winner is “Laços (Ties)”, shown here:

You know, at first I hated this video, and found the dialog, or at least the subtitles, to be lacking, but there’s something about the back-and-forth between the two characters that gets more captivating as it goes on. Not a big fan of the original music.
Second place, “Gone in a Flash”:

This one I really liked, especially the ridiculous premise. I never thought I’d see two straight videos with the word “shenanigans”, though.
Third place:

Okay, three videos with “I demand an explanation for these shenanigans”? Clearly, this must have been in the contest rules.
Yeah, apparently so:
There are a couple of interesting requirements being asked for however. Firstly, a […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg