Southampton Film Week is delighted to announce the short films that have made the official selection for SFW: Shorts 2022!
We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who submitted to this year’s competition. The Southampton Film Week team have enjoyed watching films of all different forms and genres from across the globe.
We have created our 19-film shortlist for the three categories of Best Fiction, Best Artist Film and Best Documentary. All films in the Official Selection are in contention for the Michael Fuller Award for Best Film selected by our panel of judges, and the Audience Award voted for at the screening and awards ceremony during the festival. We will also announce the winner of the Regional Filmmaker Prize and, for the first time, the prize for Best Animation.
Watch all the films, find out who wins and vote for your favourite at the live screening and awards ceremony on Saturday 12th November. Book your tickets here.
Official Selection
| CATEGORY | FILMMAKER | ADDITIONAL AWARDS |
| BEST ARTIST FILM | ||
| Call of the Silent Cell | Vicky Isley, Paul Smith | Regional Filmmaker Prize |
| A Conversation with the Ocean | Mike Krishnatreya, Livia Vonaesch | |
| Estuary | Warren Bass | Best Animation |
| Learning to Swim | Trudie Shutler | Regional Filmmaker Prize |
| Unseeing | Inês Costa | Regional Filmmaker Prize |
| BEST DOCUMENTARY | ||
| 13: A Short Biopic with a Calculated Error | Iosu Vakerizzo | |
| The Diver's Son | Nick Sneath | |
| Lock the Gate | Sarah Lynn Galasso | Best Animation |
| Memories of the Perestroika | Anastasia Usinger | Best Animation |
| Water and More Water | Francesca Svampa | |
| BEST FICTION | ||
| As de Trèfle | Henri Kebabdjian | |
| Bleep | Ben S. Hyland | Regional Filmmaker Prize |
| Carecrow | Robby Baldwin | Best Animation |
| Dig Boy Dig | Andrew McCann | |
| Dinner | Chenxin Yang | Best Animation |
| The Hunter | Reuben Vick | |
| Stiff Upper Lip | Dylan Friese-Greene | |
| 'Who's Counting?' | Ben Lankester | |
| Yellowstone 88 - Song of Fire | Jerry van de Beek, Betsy De Fries | Best Animation |