News reaches us that the shortlist for the Minghella International Short Film Competition has now been released.
This is the first year of the International Competition, being spearheaded by Island film-maker Bruce Webb (pictured), as part of the Minghella Film Festival and the call for entries has been outstanding.
As previously mentioned, over 100 entries were received from all around the world, including Germany, USA, Japan, Canada and Sweden.
The shortlisted films will be screened on Saturday 12th March as part of the Minghella Film Festival with the awards ceremony taking place in the evening.
Many of those not making it onto the shortlist will be screened the following day.
The shortlisted films are as follows:
Best Isle of Wight Film
Island Artisans 17’30” Duncan Shears
Meet the Suckers 2’50” Carol and Edward Lyon
Time Travellers 09’00” Mark Collins
Door to Adulthood 07’00” Claire Violet Hanley
Hairpin Engagement 02’30” James Debenham
Worlds Apart 14’00″ Chris Bamber
I am a Person not an illness 07’00” Brian Russell
The Lonesome East 09’00” James Willis
The Last Resort 15’00” Russell Castler
Best International Short Film Section One
Burbuja (12m, Spain) dir. by Gabriel Olivares
Little Changes (15m, United Kingdom) dir. by James Static
Wood of value (16m, Norway) dir. by Bjorn Bratberg
Journey of No Return – Last Stop Frankfurt Airport (Germany) dir. by Güclü Yaman
English (17m, United Kingdom) dir. by Tarun Thind
Ashes (16m, United Kingdom) dir. by Sonia Castang
Best International Short Film Section Two
Flourish In This Fortune(14m, Germany) dir. by Korbinian Wandinger
The Beardless Garabaldi (15m, Italy) dir. by Nicola Piovesan
I Eat Therefore I am (26m, Belgium) dir. by Vincent Bruno
Uncle Fran (12m, United Kingdom) dir. by Mike Forshaw
The Shift (15m, United Kingdom) dir. by David Trumble
The Swan Who Kept Paddling (3m, United Kingdom) dir. by Claire Violet Hanley
Best International Short Film Section Three
Change (23m, U S A) dir. by Melissa Osborne, Jeff McCutcheon
Buriganga (12m, United Kingdom) dir. by Michelle Coomber
Connect (5m, United Kingdom) dir. by Samuel Abrahams
Hard to say (8m, United Kingdom) dir. by Ana Candela
Cankered and Cursed (4m, U S A) dir. by Todd DeJong
The Story of a Mother (17m, Italy) dir. by Alessandro De Vivo, Ivano Di Natale
Fawn (7m, United Kingdom) dir. by Ronald J Wright
For more details, check the Minghella Film Festival Website.
Image: Julian Winslow
