Winners
Congratulations to all shortlisted and winning filmmakers from this years SFW: Shorts and the College Filmmaking Challenge. With more categories & prizes than ever before and some quality films to choose from, it was such a tough decision for judges and audiences to pick their winning films. Here is the full list of winners for 2017:
Michael Fuller Award for Best Film
A Name that I Admire by Sam Smartt
Audience Award
BREAKDOWN by Greg Tudéla
Regional Filmmaker Prize
Welsh State by Craig McDougall & Emma Lieghio
Best Artist Film
The Dérive by Tanin Torabi
Best Short Documentary
A Name That I Admire by Sam Smartt
Best Short Fiction
Limit directed by Javad Daraei
Full Shortlist
| Best Artist Film | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title | Director | Award |
| Carriage | Eleanor Suess | |
| City of my Heart | Kostas Petsas | |
| Clutter | Kieran Thimpson | |
| The Dérive | Tanin Torabi | Best Artist Film |
| The Dream Hatcher | Mel Msieh | |
| Gorilla Girl | Emily Hoy | |
| Nara by Alt-J | Jasmin Selen Heinz | |
| Nirvana (a poem by Charles Bukowski) | Altea Claveras | |
| Best Short Documentary | ||
| Title | Director | Award |
| A Name That I Admire | Sam Smartt | Michael Fuller Award for Best Film Best ShortDocumentary |
| Beneath the Vaal | Gagandeep Kalirai | |
| The Broken Birdge | George Bartlett | |
| The Hunt (La Chasse) | Bensalem Mitchell | |
| The Potter | Samuel Cocum | |
| Welsh State | Craig McDougall & Emma Lieghio | |
| Best Short Fiction | ||
| Title | Director | Award |
| BREAKDOWN | Greg Tudéla | |
| Fireflies | Aram Atkinson | |
| Fred’s Shed | Stephen Graves | |
| The Garden of Loved Ones | Janette Lopéz | |
| Last Night | Riyadh Haque & John McGinty | |
| Last Night | Riyadh Haque & John McGinty | |
| Limit | Javad Daraei | Best Short Fiction |
| Passing | James Eaves | |
| Restless | Chevy Mclaren & Scott Castles | |
| UNWANTED HUBBIES! | Edward Lyons | |
| Regional Filmmaker Prize | ||
| Title | Director | Award |
| Carriage | Eleanor Suess | |
| Clutter | Kieran Thimpson | |
| Gorilla Girl | Emily Hoy | |
| Nirvana (a poem by Charles Bukowski) | Altea Claveras | |
| Beneath the Vaal | Gagandeep Kalirai | |
| The Hunt (La Chasse) | Bensalem Mitchell | |
| Welsh State | Craig McDougall & Emma Lieghio | Regional Filmmaker Prize |
| Fireflies | Aram Atkinson | |
| Fred’s Shed | Stephen Graves | |
| Passing | James Eaves | |
| Restless | Chevy Mclaren & Scott Castles | |
| UNWANTED HUBBIES! | Edward Lyons |
About SFW: Shorts 2017
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 on Sunday 8th November 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 2017:
Darren Kerr – Head of Film at Southampton Solent University
Donna Peberdy – Course Leader: Film and Television at Southampton Solent University
Adam Barker-Mill – Artist & Filmmaker
Ros Carter – Head of Programming, John Hansard Gallery
Kate McCarthy – Executive Director, Phoenix Cinema
Joe Ursell – Film Curator, Into Film
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.
