Written by new-contact on Jul 20, 2012. Posted in General Interest

Rushes Soho Shorts Festival announces winners in West London

Winners of the 14th annual Rushes Soho Shorts Festival were announced at a ceremony last night in London. The festival showcases talent in short films usually less than 15 minutes long. Almost 200 short films from 22 countries were screened in London over the ten-day festival.

Jean-Frédéric Garcia is The Location Guide’s Publishing Director and presented the International Award at the ceremony: “It was great for The Location Guide to have the chance to sponsor the International Category and the high quality of the shortlisted work across all the categories was really impressive.”

International Award

Trotteur (Canada)
Directors: Arnaud Brisebois and Francis Leclerc

Short Film Award

Long Distance Information (UK)
Director: Douglas Hart
Producer: Ohna Falby
Production Company: HSI London

Animation Award

La Détente (France)
Directors/Producers: Pierre Ducos and Bertrand Bey
Production Company: Not To Scale.

Music Video Award

Keaton Henson // Small Hands (UK)
Director: Joseph Mann
Producers: Joseph Mann, Tamsin Glasson and James Bretton
Production Company: Blinkink

Newcomer Award

The North London Book of the Dead (UK)
Director: Jake Lushington
Producer: Shelley Rubenstein
Production Company: Pinata Productions

Audience Award

82 (UK)
Director: Calum MacDiarmid
Producers: Alexei Slater and Jessica Turner
Production Company: Turn the Slate Productions.

Documentary Award

Abuelas (UK)
Director: Afarin Eghbal
Producer: Kasia Malipan
Production Company: The National Film and Television School

Long Form Award

Peter At The End (US)
Director: Russ Lamoureaux
Producer: Lorraine Yurshansky
Production Company: Pushbroom Pictures

Pushing Boundaries Award

Good Books – Metamorphosis (US)
Director/Producer: Buck
Production Company: Friend

Best Cinematography

The World Turns

Best Film

The Curse

For more information on the winning films click here.