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Congratulations to the two winners of the 2011 Fujifilm Shorts competition.
The Best Film award went to 13½, while DP Urszula Pontikos’ work on The Pit won the Best Cinematography prize. .
13½ is the tale of a young girl, Aphrodite, who falls in love with an older boy named Lou. Shot on location in modern-day Greece, 13½ is a rite of passage story dealing with Aphrodite’s perilous road to adulthood.
The Pit tells the story of a young boy’s encounter with a reclusive elderly man. Set in a desolate rural landscape, The Pit is a poignant film that challenges the viewer’s initial preconceptions.
The judging panel was: Olivier Kaempfer - Producer/Writer/Director, Maggie Ellis - Film London, Bruce Webb – Director, Angus Hudson - Director of Photography, Tom Townend - Director of Photography, Flemming Jetmar - Director of Photography and Born Shorts, Alan Lowne - British Cinematographer Magazine, Joe Bateman - Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, Tom Vaughan - Future Shorts, Matt Adams - Technicolor and Jerry Deeney – Fujifilm Motion Picture.
Olivier Kaempfer paid this tribute to the winner of the Best Film award: “I think 13½ is about as close to a faultless short film as you can get. It looks beautiful, it tells a bold story and it really sticks in the memory. Well done to Haris Vafeiadis who wrote and directed the film, together with producer Yiannis Exindaris and DP Edu Grau for completing such a fine work.”
Maggie Ellis said of The Pit, which won Best Cinematography prize: "The Pit is a beautifully realised piece of work. Ula loves 'big' cinematography, framing people and landscapes in a skillful and deceptively effortless way which is in complete synergy with the narrative. She has that great combination of creative vision and impressive technical knowledge which reveals itself in her confident photography."
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Nearly 100 submissions were received, each shot by UK based filmmakers and entirely on Fujifilm Motion Picture film stock. From these initial entries, the judges selected 12 final nominations, from where the overall winners were chosen.
“This year is the third Fujifilm Shorts awards and, as with the previous years, the standard of entries was very high,” explains Jerry Deeney, Marketing Manager Motion Picture Film. “The debates within the judging panel showed how good the 12 nominations are. Congratulations to all involved in the two winning films, I’m sure their prize package will assist them greatly in their future careers.”
Fujifilm Shorts Best Film winner 13½ was originated on 16mm Fujicolor ETERNA 250T 8653 and ETERNA 500T 8653.
Best Cinematography winner The Pit was shot on 35mm Fujicolor ETERNA Vivid 500T 8547 and ETERNA 250D 8563.
The 12 short films nominated for ‘Best Film’ and ‘Best Cinematography’ for Fujifilm Shorts 2011 are:
13 ½ |
LA PLAYA |
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AU REVOIR MONKEYS |
ONE MAN AND HIS DOG |
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BABY |
PEARLS OF JEWISH WISDOM |
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CRITICAL EYE |
SIDNEY |
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FLAK |
SKATEISTAN: TO LIVE AND SKATE IN KABUL |
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HARD HAT |
THE PIT |
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