02/18/2020
We are excited to have won "Better Economies for All" at the Better Cities Film Festival in Abu Dhabi this past week!
It is wondeful how telling a story can get Oklahoma recognized on the world stage, and can get people talking about how to benefit their communities. Thanks Gardner.Studio for enabling us to create something worthwhile!
Check out our website: www.stout.media to watch the short documentary film!
First+Main Films
Official awards announcement from the UN-HABITAT Better Cities Film Festival at the World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi:
GRAND PRIZE AWARDS
Best Feature Film: Soufra - Film
Best Short Film: Briançon
UN-HABITAT BETTER CITIES AWARDS
Better Environment: Detroit Hives
Better Planning and Design: City Dreamers
Better Transport: Cycologic
Better Communities: Soufra - Film
Better Economies for All: Eastpoint Project (by Stout.media)
Better Technology and Innovation: Pushing Zero
SPECIAL AWARDS
UN-Habitat Spirit Award: The Biggest Little Farm
UN-Habitat Hero Award: City Dreamers
Best Civic Story Award: Saving The Burg - Film
Best Student Film Award: Dinosaur on Oxford Street
Best Arts and Culture Film Award: Art of Recovery
Best Resilience Film Award: Nepal Ecocity Network
Best Bicycle Film Award: Heart and Soul
Emerging Idea Award: Growth Below (from Underground spaces unveiled)
Safer Cities Award : Knife Crime
Congratulations to our award-winning films and all of the official selections. Each film contributed to the important dialog at the World Urban Forum, which focused on harnessing culture and innovation as drivers of sustainable urban development.
Victor Kisob, Un-Habitat Deputy Executive Director, released the following statement about the UN-Habitat Better Cities Film Festival and the award-winning films:
“The inaugural UN-Habitat Better Cities Film Festival at WUF10 has been an immense success, best exemplified by the Grand Prize winning short film, Briançon, and Grand Prize feature film, Soufra. UN-Habitat is proud of these, and all of the festival’s award winners, and we foresee the tremendous ripple effects these films will have by showcasing their solutions on a global stage through this new media partnership and platform.”