EASTER (backronymed to stand for Enjoy A Short Transient Event Right-away) is an annual brickfilming competition. Participants must create an Easter themed brickfilm with the duration of 15 or 20 seconds (depending on the host) within a given time limit, which is usually about two weeks. Originally hosted on Brickfilms.com in 2007 by Richard Frost,[1] EASTER is now officially hosted on the website Bricks in Motion. The most recent host of the contest was Shelby Pritchard.[2]
E.A.S.T.E.R. Festival[]
The original EASTER brickfilming contest was called E.A.S.T.E.R. Festival, and was hosted on Brickfilms.com in 2007 by Richard Frost, the Minister of Film Contests at the time. The competition duration was from February 18th to April 10th. Entries were required to be 15 seconds or under.[1]
16 of the 20 entries successfully followed the rules and qualified and were judged by a popular vote. Participants were required to vote on another person's film or they would be disqualified from the contest. There were also additional ballots submitted by site staff members Tim Hui, Michael J. Green, Nathan Wells and Philip Heinrich. This is the only edition of the contest to emphasise the top five rather than the top three.
| Place | Film Name | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Easter at Dawn | Nick Maniatis |
| 2. | The Race! | Doug Vandegrift |
| 3. | EASTER X | Robert Frost |
| 4. | He Rose | Nathan Mancini |
| 5. | Exscindo Mortalitas[3] | "Ancient Bricks" |
| 6. | Brickfilms.com EASTER Entry | Jeremy Wisoff |
| 7. | Grave Danger X | Nathan Mancini |
| 8. | EASTER Entry | Matt Gillan |
| 9. | Magic Egg | "France & Alex" |
| 10. | The Easter Meal | Thomas Missault |
| 11. | Easter Egg Hunt X | Mike Brady |
| 12. | Jesus Rising | Ryan Boyle |
| ?????? | James Morr | |
| The Easter Island Bunny | Joseph Hayden | |
| 15. | Brickfilms.com Easter Competition X | "Rodney102" |
| Not so Egg-cellent | Colin Boyle |
EASTER Brickfilming Festival 2011[]
EASTER Brickfilming Festival 2011 was hosted on Bricks in Motion in 2011 by Dan "Danimation" O'Shea and Harry Bossert. The competition duration was from March 19th to April 24th. Entries were required to be 15 seconds or under.[4]
31 entries were received with no disqualifications and were judged by a poll, with voting open to contest entrants and Bricks in Motion staff members.[5] Participants were required to vote or they would be disqualified from the contest. They were also not allowed to vote for themselves. This was the first EASTER of two to only announce the top three, rather than the full results.
| Place | Film Name | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cottontail Jones | John Eggers and Daniel Eggers |
| 2. | E.A.S.T.E.R | "MovingBricks" |
| 3. | The EASTER Bunny X | "BrickOnLife" |
List of all entries:
EASTER Brickfilming Festival 2012[]
EASTER Brickfilming Festival 2012 was hosted on Bricks in Motion in 2012 by Sean "mcoov" Fiske. The competition duration was from March 20th to April 9th. Entries were required to be 20 seconds or under.[6] The contest received at least 34 entries.[7]
Entries were judged by Dan O'Shea, Harry Bossert, and Sean Fiske. Complaints arose over how long it took for the contest to be judged, with the results eventually being released in August.
| Place | Film Name | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | EGG | Jay Silver |
| 2. | Easter in 20 Seconds | "ShutterBroke" |
| 3. | The Spirit of Easter | Zach Macias |
Additionally, honorable mentions were given to EGGS by "Just Kidden" and The Empty Tomb by "Repelling Spider".[8]
List of known entries:
EASTER Brickfilming Contest 2013[]
EASTER Brickfilming Contest 2013 was hosted on Bricks in Motion in 2013 by Shelby Pritchard. The competition duration was from March 22nd to April 1st. Entries were required to be 20 seconds or under.[9]
11 entries were received with no disqualifications and judged by Jared Gilbert, Dan O'Shea, Bert Loos, and Shelby Pritchard.[10]
| Place | Film Name | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Easter Chicks | "CrazyEd" |
| 2. | A Space Egg | Tobias Nikl |
| 3. | E.B. | Conor "BrickfilmsFromHell" McCauley |
| 4. | Star Wars - Easter 2013 | "The Four Monkeys" |
| 5. | EGGS 2 | "Just Kidden" |
| 6. | LEGO EASTER Short | Charles "Shutterpoint" Bonnycastle |
| 7. | Egg Hunt | Michael "LASF" Jurist |
| 8. | Easter 2013 Entry | "AnimationCreation" |
| 9. | Easter Eggs | Kaleb Barkman |
| 10. | Orange Soda Easter Eggs X | Omar "Mickey" Mickelson |
| 11. | Bunny troll | Ziemowit "Lone Hydra" Chalciński |
EASTER Brickfilm Contest 2014[]
EASTER Brickfilm Contest 2014 was hosted on Bricks in Motion in 2014 by Michael Jurist. The competition duration was from March 24th to April 9th. Entries were required to be 20 seconds or under.[11]
17 of the 19 entries successfully followed the rules and qualified and were judged by Tobias Nikl, Jorden Davis, Omar "Mickey" Mickelson, and Michael "LASF" Jurist.[12]
| Place | Film Name | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Resurrection | Gabriel Ness |
| 2. | Easter Parrots | Noah Frazier |
| 3. | Birdie | Nathan Wells |
| 4. | Egg | Jon Rolph |
| 5. | EASTER 2014 | Jared "Brickelodeon" Nesbit |
| 6. | Mr. Grumpy Pants | Carl Ferber |
| 7. | The Temple of EGG | Conor McCauley |
| 8. | Easter 2014 Entry | "Schoching Bricks" |
| 9. | Easter Eggs: Where do they come from? | Stefan Muscat |
| 10. | The Easter Bunny | Max Butcher |
| 11. | Batman: Spring Cleaning | Kristóf Fekete-Kovács |
| 12. | Easter 2014 Film | Coby Harvison |
| 13. | Risen | Funmi Adetola |
| 14. | Mason & Diploma - Happy Easter, Bitch! X | "CommonFilms" |
| 15. | EASTER 2014 | "Rockydude411" |
| 16. | Golden Rabbit X | "KTproductions121" |
| 17. | EASTER 2014 | "Henry's Lego Builds" |
EASTER 2015[]
EASTER 2015 was held on Bricks in Motion by "rioforce". The competition's duration was from March 21st to April 4th and entries were required to be 20 seconds or less.[2]
The competition received 21 entries with no disqualifications and was judged by "rioforce", Nathan Wells and Shelby Pritchard. Rather than ranking every entry, only the top 10 were announced.[13][14]
| Place | Film Name | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 20 Second Film Noir | David Reino |
| 2. | Egg Decorating | Indiana "Indy" Foley |
| 3. | Easter Painter | "France & Alex" |
| 4. | The Uprising | Daniel Utecht |
| 5. | The Story of Jesus in 20 Seconds | Liam "Harborlight" Siegler |
| 6. | UFE | Seán Willis and Brian Willis |
| 7. | Moai Conversation | "Kd2000" |
| 8. | Easter Eggs-periments | Alexander Leitner and Thomas Leitner |
| 9. | Easter Bunny Origins | Michael "LASF" Jurist |
| 10. | The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly | "Greenshirt" |
List of all entries:
| Film Name | Director |
|---|---|
| 20 Second Film Noir | David Reino |
| Easter 2015 | Cameron "Builder Films" H. |
| Easter 2015 | Kaleb Barkman |
| Easter Bunny Origins | Michael "LASF" Jurist |
| Easter Eggs-periments | Alexander Leitner and Thomas Leitner |
| Easter Painter | "France & Alex" |
| The Easter Panda | "JMC Studios" |
| Egg Decorating | Indiana "Indy" Foley |
| Eggies | "Undershadow" |
| The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly | "Greenshirt" |
| He Has Risen | "bataton" |
| I love eggs | Funmi Adetola |
| LEGO Duck Dynasty Easter Special Trailer | The Four Monkeys |
| Made For Easter 2015 | "legodave1"/"DNAnimation" |
| Moai Conversation | "KD2000" |
| Spiderman's Merry Easter | "Wammy" |
| The Story of Jesus in 20 Seconds | Liam "Harborlight" Siegler |
| Sunday | "Rockydude411" |
| UFE | Seán Willis and Brian Willis |
| The Uprising | Daniel Utecht |
| Use the Force | Matthew "Slurping Animations" McGuigan |
EASTER 2019[]
The EASTER 2019 logo, designed by "Pongowl"
After a number of years without an EASTER contest, the contest was brought back by "rioforce" in 2019, and for the first time was an official Bricks in Motion contest. The contest occurred from April 6 to April 20, and was judged by "rioforce", Seán Willis, and Shelby Pritchard. The contest received 39 accepted entries and was sponsored by BrickPals.com, and the prize pool consisted of 75874 Chevrolet Camaro Drag Race, 75207 Imperial Patrol Battle Pack, and 41452 Prince Puppycorn Trike, in addition to a Unikitty figure blind bag and a Bricks in Motion vinyl sticker included with each prize.[15]
| Place | Film Name | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Holy Hands | "Pongowl" |
| 2. | Scooter Joe vs Egg | Jack Motter |
| 3. | Frankenbunny | Nathan Mellace |
| 4. | Eggs Are Murder | "Undershadow" |
| 5. | Easter Egg's Hunt | "raytistic" |
| 6. | The Egg Hunter | Noah Sprague |
| 7. | Story of Easter | Filip Mareš |
| 8. | Captain Mauve goes to easter... | "lotsatoast" |
| 9. | The Rabbit Realm | "Squidtastic Videos" |
| 10. | Transcendental Practice | "legodave1"/"DNAnimation" |
List of all entries:
The 10 Bricks of EASTER 2020[]
The EASTER 2020 logo, designed by Pritchard
EASTER 2020 was hosted by Shelby Pritchard, returning from EASTER 2013. This edition of the contest transitioned EASTER away from being a 20-second film contest, and instead introduced a different challenge. "The 10 Bricks of EASTER" revived the challenge from the 2004 10 Brick Contest: entries were only allowed to make use of 10 bricks (or other elements) total (with a floor and simple backdrop not being included in the element count). The contest was sponsored by Minifig Madness, who provided each winner with a custom printed minifigure featuring the Bricks in Motion logo printed on the torso. The contest occurred from March 28 to April 11, and the judging panel consisted of Pritchard, Chris Major, and Seán Willis. 28 acccepted entries were received.[16]
The 10 Bricks of EASTER 2020 included participation from brickfilmers who entered both the original 10 Brick Contest (Ilmari Teekkinen) and the original E.A.S.T.E.R. Festival ("France & Alex").
| Place | Film Name | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Untitled | Gregory Moore and Garry Moore |
| 2. | Sunflower | Nathan Wells |
| 3. | Seed of Spring | "JO Co" |
| 4. | Easy Carrot Ginger Soup Recipe | Kristóf Fekete-Kovács |
| 5. | RISEN | Austin "The Brick Bro" Minion |
| 6. | Bearly Easter | Silent Frames |
| 7. | Hatch | Joshua Nelson |
| 8. | The Easter King Takedown | Johnathan Rabon |
| 9. | Dyeing Eggs | "shanewoodsbrs" |
| 10. | Finding Easter | Seza Tiara Selen |
List of all entries:
| Film Name | Director |
|---|---|
| Bad Rabbit | Owen "2x4 studios" Garcia |
| Bearly Easter | Silent Frames |
| Blessed | Stephan Euvrard |
| Dyeing Eggs | "shanewoodsbrs" |
| The Easter Egg | Andrew Bermudez |
| Easter Karma | Harald Müller |
| The Easter King Takedown | Johnathan Rabon |
| Easter SURPRISE | "France & Alex" |
| An Easter to Remember | Zachary "ZG" Gutherman |
| Easy Carrot Ginger Soup Recipe | Kristóf Fekete-Kovács |
| Finding Easter | Seza Tiara Selen |
| Gnome | Nathan Mellace |
| the golden egg | Kjell Danfors |
| The Gummy Burger and the Can | "PostFrameProductions" |
| Hatch | Joshua Nelson |
| Hear the Bells Ringing | "AwesomepantsFilms" |
| Looking for love | Rainer Storck |
| Polly-Esther | Ilmari Teekkinen |
| The Rabbit and the Chicken | "edwardpenguin" |
| Rabbit Pandemonium | Liam "Panoramic Studios" Betts |
| Re-Incarnation | Hans Präßler |
| Resurrection | "jordXjord" |
| RISEN | Austin "The Brick Bro" Minion |
| The Robot and the Flower | "Buck Brothers Projects" |
| Seed of Spring | "JO Co" |
| Sunflower | Nathan Wells |
| Territorial | "Barrista Flicks" |
| Untitled | Gregory Moore and Garry Moore |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 E.A.S.T.E.R. Festival
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 EASTER 2015 announcement
- ↑ Exscindo Mortalitas on Ancient Bricks' website
- ↑ EASTER Brickfilming Festival 2011
- ↑ EASTER Brickfilming Festival - Results!
- ↑ EASTER Brickfilming Festival 2012
- ↑ Unofficial EASTER 2012 playlist
- ↑ EASTER 2012 Results
- ↑ EASTER Brickfilming Contest 2013
- ↑ EASTER 2013 Results!
- ↑ EASTER Brickfilm Contest 2014
- ↑ EASTER Brickfilm Contest 2014 RESULTS!
- ↑ EASTER 2015 entry list
- ↑ EASTER 2015 results
- ↑ EASTER 2019 announcement thread
- ↑ EASTER 2020 start thread