London Short Film Festival

6th London Short Film Festival Award Winners:

UK FILM COUNCIL AWARD for Best Film of the Festival
judges: Lizzie Francke (development producer for the UK Film Council’s Development Fund and previously Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival), & Lenny Crooks (Head of the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund)

First prize
SEPTEMBER (Esther May Campbell)
“for its swooning sense of cinema and delicate and dreamlike observations.” (Lizzie Francke)

First Runner-Up
RALPH (Alex Winckler)
“Accomplished, original and sensitive treatment of an unusual love story, with wonderful resonating moments of magical realism.” (Lenny Crooks)

Second Runner-Up
FOREST MURMURS (Jonathan Hodgson)
“A surprising, creative and imaginative combination of documentary and animation genres.”

VAUXHALL AUTEUR THEORY AWARD
Judge: Robert Elms (BBC Radio DJ, and journalist)

First prize
GROUND FLOOR RIGHT (Marlene Schiött Rasmussen)

Second prize
THE REASON I COLLECT (Emma Curtis)

Darryl’s Lo-Budget Film Award

NECROMANCE (Kerri Davenport-Burton)

Shooting People Comedy Award

THIS WAY UP (Smith & Foulkes)

Current TV Documentary Award

LIGHT AND DARK (Michael Smith and Tom Stubbs)

East End Film Festival Award for most Gorgeous Looking Film

K (Piers Thompson)

Time Out Award for Best London Film

FOREST MURMURS (Jonathan Hodgson)
“batter(ed) us into satisfied submission with a dynamic combination of animation, home footage, wild editing and sheer psychedelic lunacy.”

Special Mention
ECHOES (Rob Brown)
“..impressed us with it’s powerfully simple storyline, great acting and a wonderful sense of narrative space: too many short films rush to reach a conclusion, whereas ‘Echoes’ took the time it needed to make the story as emotionally impactful as possible.”

Sci-Fi London Award for Best Horror Film

EEL GIRL (Paul Campion)

Club Des Femmes Award

THE ESCORT (Clare Holman)

Beat Happening Award for Best Video with Music

HORRORS (Alisdair Brotherston)

Under The Influence Award for Best Midnight Movie

Prize: Support slot screening as part of a Midnight Movies show at the Curzon Soho
DEAD DOG (Edward Jeffreys)

Wallflower Press Award for Best Experimental Film

NEW MADRID (Jacob Cartwright and Nick Jordan)

Special Mention
LANDING LIGHTS (Douglas Young)

HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL AWARDS 2004 – 2008:

BEST FILM OF THE FESTIVAL
2008 First prize: SHELL (Scott Graham)
2007 First prize: I WANT TO BE A SECRETARY (Sarah Wood)
2007 Runner up: THIS IS MY LAND (Ben Rivers)
2006 First prize: IN PASSING (The Light Surgeons)
2006 Runner up: FENCE (Matthew Murdoch)
2005 First prize: ORDERS OF LOVE (Jes Benstock)
2004 First prize: FURY (Nick Jordan)
2004 Runner up: 1 + 1 = 3 (Alinah Azadeh)

VX AUTEUR THEORY AWARD
2008 First prize: PETER AND BEN (Pinny Grylls)
2008 Second prize: PROCRASTINATION (Johnny Kelly)
2007 First prize: A STORM AND SOME SNOW (Simon Ellis)
2007 Second prize: A MOUSE FUNERAL (Greg Butler)
2006 First prize: THE ELECTRIC BULL RIDING CONTEST (Ben Slotover)
2005 First prize: MR RABBIT’S IN LOVE (Simon Jones)

HORROR AWARD
2008: THE GIRLS (Sebastian Godwin)
2007: COLLAR (Stuart Dunlop)
2006: SHAME (Tom Geens)
2005: MONSTERS (Robert Morgan)
2004: POOL SHARK (Sam Walker)

FORTEAN TIMES AWARD
2008: UNPOSSIBLE (Robin King)
2007: STRANGEBREW (Robert Wallace)
2006: THE CHIHUAHUA MESSIAH (Mark Simon Hewis)
2005: MAGIC CIRCLE (James Brailsford)

PLEXI MUSIC DOC AWARD
2007: CHRISTMAS IN HUDDERSFIELD (Peter Spence)
2006: AS ANGRY AS ME (Tom Sheahan)

LUX EXPERIMENTAL FILM AWARD
2008: MOUTH TO ANUS (Adam Lieber)
2007: GUILTY BY NATURE (Joseph Barnett)
2006: COLLISION (Max Hattler)
2005: STOLEN SORROW (Jane Porter)
2004: JAM (Stephanie Brockhaus)

TIME OUT LONDON FILM AWARD
2008: THE CLEANER (Noel Kearns)
2007: GROWING (David Alexander)
2006: TUBE (Christopher Steel)
2005: POLISH YOUR SHOES (Sam Huntley)
2004: WASP (Andrea Arnold)

WOMEN’S FILM AWARD
2008: WHEN THE TELESCOPE CAME (Kate Jessop)
2007: DON’T DO TRICKS (James Canyon / Lady Lucy)
2006: YEAH YEAH YEAH (Marcel Fores)
2005: PERFECT SPOT (Jennet Thomas)

LO-BUDGET AWARD
2008: SHHH (Ben Slotover)
2007: ORIGASMI (Jill Rosenberg)
2006: ROCK N ROLL SUICIDE (Nathan Evans)
2005: BUS BUG (Joel Cahen)
2004: LOVE BOMB (Dan Edelstyn)

ANIMATION AWARD
2006: THE STRANGER (Sangmok Ha)
2005: WATERMELON LOVE (Woof Wan Bau)
2005 student award: BUS STOP (Matt Abbis)

TEENAGE JURY AWARD
2008: SOFT (Simon Ellis)
2006: HIBERNATION (John Williams)

DOCUMENTARY AWARD
2008: PETER AND BEN (Pinny Grylls)