Manas Bhattarya& Madhuban Mitra\ IndiaDec 14
We are happy and proud to have been a part of the Art By Chance festival this year. The festival is one of the most exciting and revolutionary art events to have emerged from the burgeoning global interest around public art, digitality and urban space. This truly innovative and cutting-edge idea has made it possible to show and experience images in new ways. For us, it also heralds the advent of a new kind of moving image/film, very different from the classical conception of film that one is used to. The films being shown in this way amounts to an artistic invention in public spaces unfolding on a global scale. Thank you so much!Jeff Treves/TurkeyDec 14
“I recognized it when the time came for the second ABC in 2010. This simple anecdote can tell you how effective the promotion for ABC is handled, even in its first year! ABC brings a new dimension to festival concept. It is everywhere, it is for everyone, and it is all about original ideas. ABC gives you the right amount of time to create your film, it gives you the right amount of limitations, it gives you the stimulating subjects and most importantly, ABC searches for that original idea regardless of whom it came from. ABC gives you a chance...”Daniel Coss, Niall Staines / IrelandMay 07
“We're delighted to be selected for Art by Chance for a second year running. It's a fantastic festival and a huge opportunity for small film makers to have their work seen by a huge amount of people, which normally wouldn't be possible.”Lukas Thiele, Leander Brinkmann / GermanyMay 07
"We got in contact with the Art by Chance project during a trip to Istanbul, where some nice posters in the streets were advertising the event. Back in Germany we realized that our film "rundezvous" would fit perfectly in the festival: a film without words, very short and with a universal content: love! When we heard that the film was selected for the screenings we were quite happy because the festival took place in so many countries in so many places and as a young filmmaker it means a lot to have your film screened worldwide and to have such a big, big audience! Actually, friends who were somewhere at the airport during the festival came back asking us if it is possible that they have watched our film while waiting for their check in. This is a damn good feeling! Thank you for organising this event!"Amila Galipphatti / Sri LankaMay 07
''Going in to the ART BY CHANCE official selection 2009 meant a lot to me as a young film maker. I've received lot of attention locally after I got featured on the ABC website. I think being among the participants of big European countries and putting my little island Sri Lanka on the map was truly a amazing experience. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the team behind ART BY CHANCE for making such a powerful platform for all of us budding film makers around the world!''Eckhard Kruse / GermanyMay 07
My first thought about Art by Chance: 30 seconds, wow, that's really short – even for filmmakers who do only short films! But then, it's also the ultimate story-telling challenge. One idea, just a few images, no sound and then millions of people of different cultures are going to see it – with hopefully some of them getting an impression that lasts longer than 30 seconds. Well, it works: Months after the public screenings, by chance I met my ex-boss and the first thing he said was: “Recently, I was at Berlin airport and suddenly saw your 'fastest way' on some display. I liked it a lot!”I now participate for the second time and I am very happy to have made it again into the selection. I really like to congratulate the Art By Chance Team for their great work and for this unique concept.
Eckhard Kruse- Germany
