Canon, Freestyle Productions, Ron Howard, and Bryce Dallas Howard (“The Help”) have selected the eight winners of the “Project Imagin8ion” Contest from 96,362 submissions.

Launched on May 22, photographers of all levels were invited to submit their most imaginative photographs based on a series of eight separate movie themes, each one a core tenet of storytelling, to ultimately inspire Ron Howard’s short film. The “Project Imagin8ion” film will be directed by one of today’s most versatile and dynamic young talents, Bryce Dallas Howard.

Winners:
Walter Arnold of Hendersonville, N.C., winner in the SETTING category for the photo, “The Final View”

Jen Berry of Los Angeles, winner in the CHARACTER category for the photo, “Dreams”

Mikey L’Heureux of Tarzana, Calif., winner in the MOOD category for the photo, “City Lights”

Brooke Shaden of Canoga Park, Calif., winner in the TIME category for the photo, “Running From Wind”

Alan Michael Martelly of Peachtree City, Ga., winner in the GOAL category for the photo, “My Word”

Lexia Frank of Wesley Chapel, Fla., winner in the RELATIONSHIP category for the photo, “Too Much”

Chris Wehner of Broken Arrow, Okla., winner in the OBSTACLE category for the photo, “Yea, Though I Walk”

Kelly Shipp of Conway, Ark., winner in the category of THE UNKNOWN for the photo, “Where One Day Ends, One Day Begins”

Congratulations to you all! The eight winning photographs can now be seen here What remarkable photographs they are. I cannot wait to see Howard’s finished product based on these images.