In 2013, the Selected Filmmakers will be competing for the UK Film Festival Awards in the categories of: Best Short Film, Best Music Video, Best Documentary, Best Animation, Best Student Film, Best Feature Film and Various Special awards.

We will be looking for excellence in a film’s narrative, its visuals, its aesthetic and its technical merits – the perfect combination of art, craft and technology. The winners will be announced at the end of the festival screenings.

The 2012 winners were as follows….

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY -     Buzkashi Boys (28m, Afghanistan, U S A)
directed by Sam French subsequently nominated for an Oscar!

BEST SHORT (under 10 minutes) -     A House, A Home (7m, U S A)
directed by Daniel Fickle

BEST SHORT FILM (over 10 minutes) -     Bona Nox (14m, Belgium)
directed by Jean-frederic Eerdekens

BEST ANIMATION -     SNAP (6m, United Kingdom, Belgium)
directed by Thomas G. Murphy & Hilere

BEST MUSIC VIDEO -    The Downfall (4m, Germany)
directed by Christian Meyerholz and Andreas Melcher

BEST STUDENT FILM -    Teardrop (15m, Germany, U S A)
directed by Damian John Harper

BEST DOCUMENTARY -  Why Don’t We Do it in the Road? (5m, U.K.)
directed by Chris Purcell

BEST FEATURE FILM -     Fray (94m, U S A)  directed by Geoff Ryan

HONOURABLE MENTIONS -  for tackling really challenging subject matter in a sensitive and cinematic way – went to…

Krawe d z ziemi (29m, Poland)
directed by Nikodem Wojciechowski

and…

For Dorian (16m, Australia, Canada)
directed by Rodrigo Barriuso