The Dallas Chamber Symphony is pleased to announce that Dallas-based filmmaker Andrew Yorke has received the Best Picture Award at the DCS’s First Annual Sight of Sound International Film Competition. Earlier in the year, the Dallas Chamber Symphony called on all types of filmmakers from around the world to create new, short, silent films for selections of classical music. For the DCS’s season finale on Tuesday, April 29, three finalist films were screened as the Symphony performed live-to-film.

The Sight of Sound International Film Competition represents another first for both the Dallas Chamber Symphony and for fine arts in North Texas. The organization has become renowned in the area for its innovative concerts which pair classic silent movies to newly commissioned musical scores. Sight of Sound—which explores the opposite of this creative cinematic process—is also the first event of its kind in Dallas–Fort Worth.

The jury panel for this year’s event consisted of Brian Satterwhite, professional film composer; Dean Terry, media artist and educator; and Barbara Vance, award-winning author, illustrator, and educator. The panel selected Andrew Yorke’s film, Daydreaming at Midnight, as the grand prize winner. Additional finalists were Tosca Langbert and Montserrat Martinez.