Colchester Film Festival
Location | Colchester, Essex, Essex, UK |
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Founded | 2012 |
Language | International |
Website | colchesterfilmfestival |
The Colchester Film Festival (CFF) [1] is an international film festival in Colchester, Essex, UK. The festival showcases a selection of the new feature and short films by filmmakers from around world, including World, European and UK premieres. The festival also hosts the 60 Hour Film Challenge, which sees filmmakers create a short film under 5 minutes in 60 hours. Previous films include Love... and all that. which is set to be turned into a feature film by MGM.[2]
Awards[edit]
Colchester Film Festival is a fully competitive film festival with awards in various categories.
Year | Film | Winner | Award |
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2015 | The Future Perfect | Nick Citton | Best Film |
Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi | Neal Broffman | Best Feature Film | |
Hello, Again | Tom Ruddock | Best Regional Film | |
Tom In America | Flavio Alves | Best Director | |
North | Steven Ferguson | Best Cinematography | |
The Fly | Leo King | Best Editing | |
The Future Perfect | Nick Citton | Best Screenplay | |
The Fly | Olly Williams | Rising Star Award | |
Slow Down | Megan Fox | 60 Hour Film Challenge Winner | |
2014 | Heavyweight | Jesper Quistgaard | Best Film |
Charlie Says | Lewis Arnold | Best Director | |
Charlie Says | Alfie Biddle | Best Cinematography | |
Democracy | Borja Cobeaga | Best Editing | |
Democracy | Gonzalez Vazquez | Best Screenplay | |
The Bigger Picture | Daisy Jacobs | Rising Star Award | |
Dead Meat | Kingsley Hoskins | 60 Hour Film Challenge Winner | |
2013 | The Voorman Problem | Mark Gill | Best Film |
This Way Out | Staten Cousins-Roe | Best Director | |
Voice Over | Jose Martín Rosete | Best Cinematography | |
Good Night | Una Gunjak | Best Editing | |
Good Night | Muriel d'Ansembourg | Best Screenplay | |
Emmeline | Daniela Pasquini | Best Regional Film | |
Underage | Joonas Makkonen | 48 Hour Film Challenge Winner | |
2012 | Close Friend | Jose Mari Goenaga | Best Film |
82 | Calum MacDiarmid | Best Director | |
Close Friend | Jauntxo Sardon | Best Cinematography | |
82 | Alexei Slater | Best Screenplay | |
Little Lake | Dorukhan Turan & Bilsay Yildrim | 48 Hour Film Challenge Winner |
Previous films from Colchester Film Festival have gone on to have Oscar and BAFTA success.
Year | Film | Screenings/Awards |
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2015 | Operator [3] |
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2014 | The Bigger Picture [4] |
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2014 | The Phone Call |
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2013 | The Voorman Problem |
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2013 | Good Night |
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2012 | Head Over Heels |
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Venues[edit]
The main festival venue is Colchester's firstsite Visual Arts Facility, where it also screens a monthly selection of independent cinema. The Festival also hosts fringe events in other formal arts venues such as The Minories and St Botolphs Waiting Room. Some special outdoor screenings have been held at various Colchester based events each year.
References[edit]
- ↑ Britishcouncil.org
- ↑ Deadline.com
- ↑ gazette-news.co.uk
- ↑ "EssexChronicle.co.uk". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-04. Unknown parameter
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