When we were organizing the Matchbox House Exhibition Party, we got in contact with Daniele Rugo, director of London Last Days, and invited him to showcase the trailer. After this, Daniele proposed to publish an article about Matchbox and Sandgrains on MUBI's Garage, an online cinema and community for people who love film. 

Garage is a specific branch within the MUBI site that exists to curate and showcase media created by emerging filmmakers. Here is the full article written by our wonderful Richard Webb.

Emanuela Bonchino of Rai News 24 (Italian National Broadcaster News Channel) interviews Francesca Tosarelli and Jordie Montevecchi of Matchbox Media Collective. The news piece covers Sandgrains as our main crowdfunded project, strategies of the collective and photography of Lampedusa and Occupy LSX.

Thanks to Riccardo Frugone that made it possible!

Here is the video! Also with English subtitles.

As our first major crowd-sourcing experiment we decided to open a competition for the realization of the film’s ideogram and logotype.

Some say that the crowd has talent, We believe them!
Are you a graphic designer? Can you do the job? You are in the team!

Are you a professional designer and want to become part of the team?
Or are you a graphics amateur wanting to give your shot at this?
Maybe you are a student looking to find the perfect work to bring to the exams and want to make something that becomes real?

If you participate with your idea, you will get a behind the scenes access through our subscribers’ newsletter for producers and a special note on our web site.
If you win the contest your work will become the logo of this project, and you will become the designer for this project with a profile in the team page and a credit in the film. Check out the budget to see how much is allocated for this paid job.

If you choose to take part in the contest, here are some guidelines:

You should submit a finished and fully developed graphic idea for a logo (ideogram) and the ‘Sandgrains’ text (logotype) connected to it.

The idea should be that these two elements go together but can also be used separately.

Keep in mind that this creation of yours, if selected, will be giving the tone to the entire graphic visualization of the project on different media.

The design should take inspiration from the issues explored in the film; there is a lot of information in this web page, but if you would like to discuss further any aspect relating even remotely to the work you intend to do, don’t hesitate to drop us a mail.

If your work is ready for submission just export a full resolution image, and send it along with your full contact details to Jordie or Gabriel, whose contacts you can find here.

If you win the contest and accept to be the graphic designer for the project, bear in mind that this is an innovative but also risky way of making a film, and we can’t foresee how much we will be able to fundraise.

Your involvement is the most precious thing we have!

Do you believe in the project and think it can make some kind of impact?

Share your thoughts with your contacts!

Write about it in your blog!

Get others interested in it!

Spread the word on Twitter, Facebook and other destinations! 

Our project relies on word of mouth, so please consider making the leap from just following the project to having an impact.

If you're a journalist, then perhaps your audience might be fascinated to hear about all the cool stuff we're doing. We're currently compiling a Press Kit where you'll be able to find some relevant info but for the meantime you can send us a mail and we'll be happy to answer any questions.