Last week saw the winners of the
annual reed.co.uk Short Film Competition announced at an exclusive awards
ceremony and screening in London.
Now
in its second year, reed.co.uk offers filmmakers the opportunity to win one of
four cash prizes, including the Grand Prix award of £10,000.
This year’s competition took reed.co.uk’s ‘Love Mondays’ advertising
campaign as its theme.
Over 350 films were entered and a shortlist of 12 was selected and put
before a panel of expert judges, which included awards ceremony host, director,
Paul Weiland.
The panel also included Film 4 Commissioning Executive, Jo McClellan,
and the winner of the first reed.co.uk Short Film Competition, Oscar Sharp,
whose short film, Sign Language, went on to win the coveted Grand Prize in the
Virgin Media Shorts competition.
The
£10,000 Grand Prix went to filmmakers Ben Ridolfi and Phil Derham for their
short film, ‘Spread the Word’. You can see the film in full here.
Mark Rhodes, Head of Marketing at
reed.co.uk, joined the judges in praising this year’s winning short film:
“Spread
the Word is a really ambitious project, which takes an original idea and
combines it with stunning cinematography and incredible attention to detail.
“This
year’s Grand Prix winning entry captures everything we love about short film.”
The
People's Choice award, voted for by users of reed.co.uk, went to director
Jonathan Brooks for his hip-hop music video about a Monday-loving traffic
warden, ‘Monday’s a Fine Day’. You can watch it here.
Best
Animation, selected by the reed.co.uk team, went to Peter Smith, a novice
filmmaker who discovered the competition whilst looking for a new job on reed.co.uk.
Catch his clever short, ‘Social Security’, here.
London
trio Dan Blacker, Matt Bowron and John Addis impressed the panel with
their film ‘Starcrossed’, to take
the £1,000 Judges’ Commendation prize.
Mark Rhodes, Head of Marketing at reed.co.uk,
continues:
“As well
as congratulating all of this year’s winners, our thanks go to the directors,
casts and crews who dedicated their time, talent and effort to create such a
wonderful selection of films.
“We’re
extremely proud to continue reed.co.uk’s association with short film for a
second year and hope to see this competition continue to act as a springboard
for the enterprise and creativity of emerging filmmakers.”
The winning films and this year’s 12 shortlisted entries can be seen at reed.co.uk/film.
Further information:
http://www.youtube.com/reedfilm
http://www.facebook.com/reedfilm
