Following our podcast with Bruce Webb which we published yesterday, we’ve more detail about the International Short Film Competition taking place this weekend as part of the Minghella Film Festival.
Around 200 International films
Around 200 film were submitted from many corners of the globe, with each of them having been watched independently by Karena Barton and Bruce Webb.
They’ve made the selection with a view to what Anthony Minghella’s films stood for, which was – strong narrative, beautifully shot and about the human heart.
The gamut of films are included – comedies, documentaries, romantic comedies, animations, spoofs – all sorts and all of the films have been made in the year before the competition.
It being International means there’s a huge variety of short films that you’re going to be able to see.
The shortlisted films will be watched by a panel of judges (including some of the luminaries of cinema) and prizes awarded for a number of categories.
Film Awards
There are five areas that the judges will be selecting prizes for and all winners get a glass trophy made by Islander Paul Critchley, at Arreton Barns.
- Best Isle of Wight Film
- Best Drama – Sponsors by Fuji (£2,500 film stock and processing
- Human rights Award – Sponsored by Amnesty International
- Best Documentary Film
- Best under 19
The team behind it
Events like this take a lot of planning and people have volunteered their time in bucket-loads to make sure this event runs smoothly. So a big ‘Well done!’ to …
- Bruce Webb – Short Film Festival organiser
- Karena Barton – Short film submissions and print traffic
- Louisa Mawson – Short film accreditation and festival desk
- Kyle Abram – Short film technical support
- Georgia Wyatt-Wilsmore – Short film guest liaison
- Rob Pettigrew – Short film webhead
- Michelle Brown – Short Film PR
Image: © Used with the kind permission of Julian Winslow
