We love coffee and we love Atherton’s take on the Canadian phenomenon of Roll up the Rim. Given that it’s just started all over again for 2012, it’s GOT to be our choice for Track of the Week. This video was actually runner-up in the 2011 Music Video Challenge from OIFF. Atherton also has a cool weekly youtube show where he freestyles with rappers that come to town like Shad.
(p.s. Cameo by Rock Lotto founder Luca Fiore as the lucky donut winner.)
Check out the winners! The event was a big success with loads of people out to support the local film scene. The only problem was that we had 23 entrants and could only screen the top 10 as online voted by you!
Organizer Nina Bains awarding prizes
1. Encore
2. World Peace
3. Homecoming
We loved watching all of the films as a judge and seeing how each of the production teams used the Rock Lotto music. It was surprising that the punk songs were the most popular! Some folks used the radio to switch between songs to fit them into the required two song components but others used them to add drama to a scene, like in Encore when the main actor walks across Rideau Street. You have to admit, it’s pretty cool to see so much of your town on the big screen.
We had no idea how the music was going to be fit, but we are already stoked to work with OIFF again for next year’s challenge!
Below are some of our favourites:
We’re big fans of The Balconies here at Rock Lotto and were definitely one of the louder fans at the Live 88.5 Big Money Shot competitions. They’ve since moved to Toronto but hey, they’re still Ottawans at heart! Check out their kick-ass new video that we’re convinced is headed straight to MTV and Much Music. Woo… woo!
Click to go watch and vote on your favourite films!
Voting polls for the 4th Annual Ottawa International Film Festival 72 Hour Film Challenge are officially open!! Winners will be announced at the Lieut.’s Pump next week!
Please join us on Thursday, February 16th for the official screenings and award ceremony. Rock Lotto will be there in full force so come say hi and let us know what you thought of the music in the films.
Our good friends (and former Rock Lotto stars!) in The Acorn released an album back in 2010 that’s been in our ipod ever since. They recorded this music video almost as long ago back but it perfectly captures what the weather around here has been like lately. Now everybody, “I know, I know, I know, I know…”
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