Winners
Congratulations to all shortlisted and winning filmmakers from this years SFW: Shorts and the College Filmmaking Challenge. With so many high quality films, it was such a tough decision for judges and audiences to pick their winning films.
Here is the full list of winners for 2018:
The Michael Fuller Award for Best Film
Best Fiction
Regional Filmmaker Prize
Safe Space directed by Ben S. Hyland
The Audience Award
Knit the Walls directed by Imogen Dunlop
Best Artist Film
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know directed by Claire Elizabeth Alberie
Best Documentary
Letters to Britain directed by Rosie Baldwin
Shortlist
| Best Artist Film | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title | Director | Award |
| Field of Infinity | Guli Silberstein | |
| Home. A Structure on Trial | Sally Waterman | |
| Sleep | Christopher Thom | |
| Tell Me Something I Don’t Know | Claire Elizabeth Alberie | Best Artist Film |
| Best Short Documentary | ||
| Title | Director | Award |
| A Woman and Her Horse | Kallum Corke | |
| Knit the Walls | Imogen Dunlop | |
| Letters to Britain | Rosie Baldwin | Best Short Documentary |
| Best Short Fiction | ||
| Title | Director | Award |
| Delicacy | Michael Middleton-Downer | |
| Home to the Hangers | A D Cooper | |
| Once Bitten… | Pete Tomkies | |
| Safe Space | Ben S. Hyland | The Michael Fuller Award for Best Film Best Short Fiction Regional Filmmaker Prize |
| Session no.78 | Bridget O’Driscoll | |
| Shelter | Andrew Wunderer | |
| Within | Christopher Key | |
| Regional Filmmaker Prize | ||
| Title | Director | Award |
| Safe Space | Ben S. Hyland | Regional Filmmaker Prize |
| Session no.78 | Bridget O’Driscoll | |
| Sleep | Christopher Thom | |
| Knit the Walls | Imogen Dunlop | |
| Letters to Britain | Rosie Baldwin |
SFW: Shorts invites submissions of short films of all production styles and techniques including animation, documentary, drama, experimental and artist film. Films must be no more than 10 minutes long (including credits) and can be submitted in SD or HD video formats.
Our award ceremony included a screening of all short listed films followed by the judges’ announcement of this year’s winners. This took place at Sonar Cinema, Southampton Solent University, East Park Terrace, Southampton, SO14 0YN.
Thank you to our judging panel for giving their time and making hard decisions. Here is the list of judges for 2018:
Artist Film
Ros Carter – Head of Programming, John Hansard Gallery
Documentary & Fiction
Caroline Sax – Writer & Director
All Categories
Adam Barker-Mill – Artist & Filmmaker
Darren Kerr – Head of Film, Solent University
Donna Peberdy – Film & TV course leader, Solent University
About Michael Fuller
Each year in SFW: Shorts the Best Film (as voted by a panel of independent judges) is
awarded the Michael Fuller Award. Michael was a supporter and advocate for City Eye throughout its history and whilst he was Arts Officer at Southampton City Council and then Hampshire County Council.
During his time at SCC, he was also involved in setting up Southampton Film Festival, the forerunner to SFW, which began in the 1980s and continued into the 90s. He remained passionate about film and indeed the cultural welfare of Southampton and the wider region. He was a member and Chair of the Phoenix Film Society. Michael died in December 2011. His support and counsel is missed but we are so pleased that Michael’s wife, Lesley, has approved the creation of this memorial to him.
