Super Fly Shiznit

For budding film makers the Gothenburg International Film Festival is a dream.  Hundreds of movies over a two week period, and a chance to get on the ladder to success. Many films have had their debut at the Gothenburg Film Festival and then gone on to global success…  it’s truly become the “rookie’s favourite” festival, and rightly so. The festivals equivalent of an oscar is the “Dragon Award”. A nifty wee statue presented to winners at the closing ceremony.

During the course of the Gothenburg Film Festival the whole town comes alive with movie buffs, directors, actors, enthusiasts, movie parties, and much more.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY… last year saw the debut of a new award – the Dragon Award for New Talent. This is a short film competition, and is purely based online!  This means anyone with a 10 minute film can enter!  The competition was a roaring success last year, and the competition is open until the 31st December 2010, so if you or anyone you know has a film making friend, tell them this is their chance to be the next Spielberg or Scorcese….!   The best thing about the prize is obviously the merit and accolade that comes with the award, but of course the winner gets flown to Gothenburg, Sweden to collect his booty at the closing ceremony.

The Dragon Award for New Talent – short film competition

I decided to walk to work with my camera today. The walk takes exactly 24 minutes and 42 seconds, at a brisk pace. As a bit of an experiment I thought I would take a photo of each pile of shit / rubbish / scrap I could find… the results were staggering – see below. 24 photos in 24 minutes!

Ciggies, beer cans, plastic coffee cups, beer tins, bottles… you name it, it was scattered all over the place… and this is walking through one of the nicer areas of town.

My beloved Gothenburg need not look like this! Why is it so tough to use the f*cking rubbish bins! Then it dawned on me that a lot of the bins were brimming over with disposable barbecues, spilling out at the seams with plastic bags full of rubbish. So maybe, the answer is more bins…. however, I urge you – citizens of Göteborg – to go into www.go-refill.se and mark areas where you think new bins are most required!

DO IT NOW! www.go-refill.se

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Ska Göteborg verkligen behöva se ut så här? Vare sig du sitter i en park eller promenerar runt i stan står du upp till öronen i cigarettfimpar, ölburkar och annat skit. Hur svårt ska det egentligen vara att plocka upp efter sig? Man skulle kunna tycka att de redan existerande papperskorgarna borde räcka till, men hur många gånger har du ändå inte sett ett par pappmuggar eller ett gäng soppåsar slängda två meter från själva korgen? Det känns nästan som att vi har blivit så avtrubbade att vi knappt lägger märke till skiten längre, och så tanklösa att vi inte ens tänker efter innan vi slänger skräp direkt på gatan.

Du kanske tycker att det låter överdrivet. I så fall borde du ta dig en titt på de här 24 bilderna på ett väldigt skitigt Göteborg, som jag hann ta under min korta promenad till jobbet häromdagen (24 minuter).

Men det finns en lösning på problemet. Besök www.go-refill.se Där kan du vara med och rösta om var i Göteborg det borde finnas fler papperskorgar och hjälpa till att skapa en renare stad.

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Sometimes a TED presentation comes along that really blows my mind. Here was one of those occassions… it was about the “future of maps”. Totally recommend you take a few mins to watch this.

http://sachin.posterous.com/ted-2010-talk-by-bing-maps-architect-will-blo

I couldn’t wait to get back to work after the summer hols. Does that make me a mentalist?