Smiley Charity Film Award Finalists
Exciting news has been travelling around the Nowadays Studio as the rumour trickled in that we are finalists for not one, but two of our films in this years Smiley Charity Film Awards.
The Smiley Charity Film Awards are purely for the the charity sector and their cause-based films. All films are scored by an expert panel of judges on cinematography, script, acting, emotional response and concept. Although we do occasionally throw our hat in the ring and enter our own work for awards, for the Smiley Charity Awards, the work has to be entered by the charity who commissioned the film. Both Scout’s and NSPCC have entered our work in the long-form category, meaning not only are we double finalists, we’ve also got a a bit of a Nowadays showdown going on!
For the first Nowadays finalist, we worked with NSPCC to bring everyone the story of ‘Pantasourus’ with Natalie Dormer as our narrator. We created a set that invited the young viewers to feel right at home - working with vibrantly coloured props and furniture, even adding guest appearances from other adorable animals sitting in on Natalie’s performance.
Our second finalist is the Scout’s Remembrance Day Film. Scouts asked us to help mark the 100th Poppy Appeal anniversary with a very special video - and that’s exactly what it turned out to be. This was a conversation between three generations: a World War II veteran, a 10 year old Scout, and the Duchess of Cambridge, all talking about the importance of remembrance. A very memorable shoot for the Nowadays Team indeed.
Last year we were very grateful to receive first place in our category at the Smiley Charity Film Awards for our Scouts Ambassadors video. Featuring some of the U.K.s most well known hero’s, if you haven’t watch it yet - you can check that out here. As for this year, we’ll be crossing our fingers and toes until the awards are announced on the 21st of March (and who knows, maybe it’ll be a tie!).
As always, massive thanks, to the crew/talent/team/clients who made these films a reality.