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The Man That Got Away wins DAAD Short Film Prize at Berlinale 2012

February 18, 2012

Today in Berlin, The Man That Got Away has been awarded the DAAD Short Film Prize at the Berlinale 2012. It is a 25-minute musical documentary written and directed by Trevor Anderson, featuring original music by Bryce Kulak, produced by Katie Weekley and Trevor Anderson.

Pictured here in a photograph by Fish Griwkowsky, Trevor Anderson accepts the prize.

When announcing the award, jury member and filmmaker David O’Reilly said, “This eccentric film employs outstanding music and choreography to create a hilarious, personal narrative full of emotion.”

The jury also included German actress Sandra Hüller and Palestinian artist Emily Jacir.

The prize comes with a three-month residency in Berlin for director Trevor Anderson.

The DAAD Artists-In-Berlin Program is a residential program for international artists of all countries and all ages. It was founded by the Ford Foundation in 1963 and was taken over by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in 1964. The program is one of the most internationally renowned scholarship programs and is, at the same time, a living studio for the arts. More than 1000 foreign artists have lived and worked under its auspices in the fields of literature, music, film and visual arts since it was established. The aim of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program is to offer a forum for cultural exchange and artistic dialogue and to provide freedom for artistic work by endeavouring to liberate creativity from the dictates of the market.

The Man That Got Away is written and directed by Trevor Anderson, with original music by Bryce Kulak. It’s produced by Katie Weekley and Trevor Anderson. The film tells the true life story of Trevor’s great-uncle Jimmy in six original songs. The film is produced with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton Arts Council, Bravo!FACT, National Film Board of Canada, the City of Edmonton, and the Film and Video Arts Society - Alberta (FAVA).

The soundtrack to the movie is now available worldwide on iTunes, along with bonus remixes by Chad VanGaalen, Cadence Weapon, Bebop Cortez, Cameron Sound, Jered Stuffco (DVAS) and Lyle Bell (Shout Out Out Out Out, The Wet Secrets, Whitey Houston).