Flashforward2006 Austin Film Festival Finalists

Be sure to check out this years Flashforward Film Festival Finalists. There were 60 finalists in 15 categories. You can view all of the finalists at http://www.flashforwardconference.com/finalists.

The following sites were selected as the best of their category:

Art: 15×15
Want your fifteen minutes of fame? This is the easy way to get it.
http://www.15×15.org/

Cartoon: The YuYu
Excellent art and animation created solely in Flash, but not much of a story.
http://www.biteycastle.com/theYuyu.html

Commerce: Reisenthel Accessories
This is a great way to browse and purchase products. I am sure we will be seeing lots of sites mimicking this design in the near future.
http://www.reisenthel.com/

Experience: Design Your Own Radio
Laimo. My feeling toward this site might be different if I was a 14 year old girl.
http://demo.fb.se/e/sr/design/

Game: Death in Sakkara
I couldn’t even make it through the first chapter. Either the game needs more usability research, or I am retarded.
http://www.deathinsakkara.com/

Instructional: GeeGuides
This seems like a great way to teach kids about art. You will most likely find the voice-overs to be quite annoying if you over the age of 12.
http://www.geeguides.com/demo/

Motion Graphics: M5
Features some great 2D animations used for their transitions between sections.
http://www.them5.com/

Narrative: The Ball of Bastards
This is hilarious! It has a Monty Python feel to it.
http://www.ballofbastards.com/

Navigation: Big Ideas come out of Big Pencils
Great design featuring a very cool 3D rotating zoom effect.
http://www.leoburnett.ca/

Online Application: Orange Phone Wizard
This site never loaded for me. Maybe it is getting way to much traffic right now.
http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/phonetrainer

Original Sound: Samorost2
Very nice looking game. The third stage would not load for me, so I can’t tell you what the point of it is.
http://www.samorost.net/samorost2/

Technical Merit: Flash Commodore 64 Emulator
I don’t think I was even born when these games were around.
http://codeazur.com.br/stuff/fc64_final/

3D: CuberXtreme
Highly addictive. I have to admit that I had to cheat on the first training level. See if you can figure it out on your own.
http://www.digisonline.com/cuberxtreme/

Typography: iriver – Heart to Heart
Boring, although I can see why it won the typography award.
http://postvisual.com/awards/2006/awards/iriver/

Video: Nike Women Rockstar Workout — Hip Hop
This site features great use of flash video to teach hip hop dance moves. I can’t wait to hit the clubs with some of these! Just Kidding.
http://rga.com/award/rockstar.html

Peoples’ Choice Award: The Fan
This is a great place to get the latest news in video format.
http://labs.comcast.net/providers/fan/

Congratulations to everyone who made the finals!