Southampton Film Week is delighted to announce the winning short films of 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.
SFW: Shorts will return in 2023 but without further ado, here are the winners of 2022!
-Michael Fuller Award for Best Film
-Best Artist Film
-Regional Filmmaker Award
Call of the Silent Cell, directed by Vicky Isley and Paul Smith
-Best Documentary
-Solent University Award for Best Animated Film
Lock the Gate, directed by Sarah Lynn Galasso
-Best Fiction
Carecrow, directed by Robby Baldwin
-Audience Award
Bleep, directed by Ben S. Hyland
Our jury consisted of
- Darren Kerr, Associate Professor and Head of the Southampton Film and Television School at Solent University
- Dr Donna Peberdy, Associate Professor and Film and Television Course Leader at Solent University
- Adam Comiskey, Course Leader BA Animation & BA Digital Animation at Solent University
- Ros Carter for Artists’ Film, Head of Programme (Senior Curator) at John Hansard Gallery
- Alys Scott-Hawkins, Artist, Researcher and co-founder of AnimatedDocumentary.com
- Susan Beckett, Southampton Film Week director and City Eye Executive Director
For more information about the evening and to see some photos, click 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 |