Judges Shane Meadows, David Tennant and Mat Whitecross attend ceremony at the BFI IMAX in London.
Virgin Media Shorts has revealed the winner of this year’s competition.
Nimer Rashed secured the Grand Prize with his film Touch, after being selected by a jury including This is England director Shane Meadows and Spike Island director Mat Whitecross.
Nimer was presented with his prize by Meadows, which includes £30,000 funding towards his next film, at a ceremony at the BFI IMAX in London’s Waterloo hosted by presenter Danny Wallace with afterparty music provided by Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker.
Touch is described as “a poignant reflection on the relationship and love between two people over the course of a life time, told almost entirely through the touch of their hands – from their first connection through to their final farewell.”
The piece was inspired by Em Forster’s phrase ‘only connect’ and after many weeks of pre-production, shot over one...
Virgin Media Shorts has revealed the winner of this year’s competition.
Nimer Rashed secured the Grand Prize with his film Touch, after being selected by a jury including This is England director Shane Meadows and Spike Island director Mat Whitecross.
Nimer was presented with his prize by Meadows, which includes £30,000 funding towards his next film, at a ceremony at the BFI IMAX in London’s Waterloo hosted by presenter Danny Wallace with afterparty music provided by Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker.
Touch is described as “a poignant reflection on the relationship and love between two people over the course of a life time, told almost entirely through the touch of their hands – from their first connection through to their final farewell.”
The piece was inspired by Em Forster’s phrase ‘only connect’ and after many weeks of pre-production, shot over one...
- 11/8/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
For about six years now Virgin Media has been putting their brand behind a collection of filmmakers and their shorts, in an effort to push the world of British filmmaking and the short films that new talent have produced. This year on the Virgin Media Shorts shortlist, sees 13 short films vie for the grand prize of £30,000 in funding for the next film project, plus mentoring and guidance from the BFI.
At an event at the Curzon Soho, Spike Island director Mat Whitecross announced the names of the 13 shortlisted films before an audience of filmmakers got to watch their work on the big screen, 12 of which were voted for by a panel of industry representatives, whilst the 13th was voted for by the public.
The films, online for you to watch for free right now, are:
The Big Day by Karl Falconer
A family prepares for their daughter’s wedding, whilst...
At an event at the Curzon Soho, Spike Island director Mat Whitecross announced the names of the 13 shortlisted films before an audience of filmmakers got to watch their work on the big screen, 12 of which were voted for by a panel of industry representatives, whilst the 13th was voted for by the public.
The films, online for you to watch for free right now, are:
The Big Day by Karl Falconer
A family prepares for their daughter’s wedding, whilst...
- 9/11/2013
- by Andrew Jones
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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