There’s a new Filmmaking Frenzy competition afoot, this one in conjunction with the upcoming film Son of Rambow, the second feature film from British ad and music video phenoms Hammer & Tongs (the pseudonyms for writer/director Garth Jennings and producer Nick Goldsmith, who also directed 2005’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy). In the spirit of the film – which is about two British boys in the Eighties who get their hands on some video equipment, thus letting loose both the imagination and American action-movie homage – the competition encourages you, dear filmmaker, to submit an original short (under 5 minutes) about… anything. Yup, you can’t ask for more open-ended than that.

The winning short (selected by Team Hammer & Tongs) will be included on Son of Rambow‘s DVD release; three runner-ups will received framed posters signed by the filmmakers. Submissions are already up online for the viewing. Deadline’s May 12, so get cracking.

Son of Rambow opens nationally in May.

This article appears in March 21 • 2008.

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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...