I recently came across the short film, Porcelain Unicorn, which had won the Philips ‘Tell It Your Way’ competition.

The idea behind the competition was to give aspiring filmmakers the opportunity to have their work judged by a renowned director, Ridley Scott.  The brief was to submit an original short film using the same six-line dialogue, which was used in five short films, Parallel Lines, which won the Cannes Lions award.   Apart from this, there was no limit as to genre or storyline.

Out of the over 600 entries, the short film Porcelain Unicorn by Keegan Wilcox was chosen as the winner.  As Ridley Scott explained, this film was chosen, because “it had a very strong narrative; a very complete story that was well told and executed.”

Porcelain Unicorn is a beautiful film and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.  Click here to watch it.

And in a roundabout way, there is even a Ricardian connection:  I received the link for this film from Anne Easter Smith, whose Ricardian novels, including A Rose for the Crown, Daughter of York, The King’s Grace and Queen by Right are a firm favourite with many of us.  Thank you, Anne!

More on the competition:
Duncan, ‘Philips Tell It Your Way with Porcelain Unicorn’, The Inspiration Room (22 September 2010).  Date accessed:  1 March 2012