Congratulations to brainchild of the Isle of Wight Film Festival, Bruce Webb, and his merry band of hard-working volunteers for making this year’s festival one of the best yet.
Over four days last week a huge selection of films were screened in the Sacred Cinema in Ventnor, ranging from shorts to features, covering all manner of subjects.
Many of the film-makers attended the festival, eager to learn whether their film had been selected to win a prize.
And the winners are
Well done to everyone who entered the competition and especially to those whose films were chosen to be the top in their categories.
- Best IOW Short – Rapid Intervention
- Best Environmental Short – Ma Foret
- Best Human Rights Short – Not Anymore A Story of Revolution
- Best Drama Short – A Dream I Had
- Special Mention – Echo
- Best Feature Film – A Life Worth Living
OnTheWight sponsored award
OnTheWight was proud to sponsor the Feature Film category and would like to extend our thanks once again to our judges – Gilly Jenner, Jonathan Dodd and Liam Madden.
They sat through seven feature-length films, took the time to consider and discuss each film afterwards as well as once again on Saturday prior to the award ceremony.
Why they chose the film
They chose the documentary film A Life Worth Living by Annie Perkins.
The documentary highlighted the story of Jon Hastie, who has Duchenne, a severe form of Muscular Dystrophy. His condition means he suffers from paralysis, 24 hour ventilation and has the prospect an early death.
The film followed Jon’s travels around the UK and Holland where he visited a number of amazing ‘Duchenners’ who have carved out remarkable lives for themselves, despite this most crippling of disabilities.
Our judges felt the film was the one that had a greatest lasting impression on them and really captured their hearts.
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Watch the trailer to get an flavour of what the film
Image: © Enzo Speight
