LOCAL short filmmakers and their teams packed the Winchester Short Film Festival Award Ceremony at the buzzing ArtCafé in Jewry Street on Saturday.
Presenting the awards was producer Alison Martin, whose Lewis Martin Money Show attracted three million TV viewers last week.
John Hayes, festival director, said: “Alison Martin’s presence at the award ceremony just goes to show how much recognition this new festival is getting. This year attracted almost triple the entries compared to the previous year and the overall quality of the films was exceptionally high.”
The winner of the 2013 Best Short Film was the Breaking Clouds by Thomas Künstler. The Short Film with Greatest Emotional Impact went to Jim Glaister with his poignant drama Always. Winchester Today Best Original Screenplay went to dark horror comedy Inhaler By Julius Whiteman. The winner of both Best Young Filmmaker under 22 and Best Young Filmmaker under 18 was Matt Livingston with his thriller Midnight Train.
Among the judges was Chronicle reporter Joseph Curtis.
All the winning films can be seen on the Festival website: www.theartcafe.co
The winner of the Best Short Film will be shown at the Everyman Cinema on Friday November 22 on the first night of Hunger Games.
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