Soho Shorts
Thank you very much to everyone who entered RSSF 2011. We’ve had over 1200 entries from 53 countries entering this year with 72% of you choosing to upload you content rather than send a DVD for the initial shortlisting.
Sadly only 12% of those who entered will have made final selection for competition, and the work listed below represents only the tip of a very large and talented iceberg that we wished we could promote in the festival. New for 2011, our competitive categories will be joined by FujiFilm Shorts with all Awards being presented on 28th July. These film programmes will play alongside over 20 non-competitive showcases of amazing work screening for free along with 50 events throughout the festival.
We’d like you to join us as a festival delegate for RSSF 2011. Filmmakers who have submitted to the festival, irrespective of results, will have first access to booking events and screenings, much of which will be free or greatly discounted. Delegate Registration will be open on 20th June when we announce our full programme of events.
We will also be curating a number of showcase programmes in the Autumn and Winter where we hope to screen and promote work we couldn’t include in the festival line up, do check back for more information.
And so to our short listed films for RSSF 2011. Congratulations to everyone who has made the final selection.
Tickets will be on sale for all screenings from 20th June 2011.
THE SHORT FILM CATEGORYFor fictional, live action work by filmmakers in the UK and under 12 minutes |
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| MODERN TIMES Dir. Ben Craig (HLA) UK, 4m 45s | |
| PAPER HEARTS Dir. Rob Brown (Highly Unlikely Productions) UK, 9m 43s | |
| MISSING Dir. Luke Rodgers (Latent Talent) UK, 5m 1s | |
| DUST Dir. Ben Lavington Martin (Stylus Films) UK, 10m | |
| PAPA Dir. Schuman Hoque (Spool & CazSchu) UK, 11m | |
| THE FOUNDLING Dir. Barny Cokeliss (RSA Films) UK, 6m 30s | |
| BISTRO Dir. Sean Gray (Sean Gray) UK, 2m 25s | |
| PRIDE OF DOVER Dir. Joseph F Fawcett (French Kiss Productions) UK, 10m 58s | |
| COLOURBLEED Dir. Peter Szewczyk (Light + Mathematics) UK, 8m 40s | |
| HITLER & HENRY VIII Dir. Jane Gull (Sunflower Films) UK, 6m | |
| INITIATION Dir. Alex Hardy (Hardy Productions) UK, 6m 59s | |
| CAPTURING SANTA Dir. Peter Cattaneo (Sprout Pictures) UK, 11m 21s | |
| THINKING STRAIGHT Dir. Ric Forster (Honey Hole Productions) UK, 9m 4s | |
| LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT Dir. Michael Davies (Spellbound Films) UK, 12m 40s | |
| 0507 Dir. Blaine Brothers (Charlie Productions) UK, 2m 18s | |
THE NEWCOMER CATEGORYFor fictional, live action work by new filmmakers in the UK and under 12 minutes |
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| THE CAKE Dir. Esther Richardson (Anthem Films) UK, 8m 50s | |
| SEXY PIG Dir. Robert Ford (MoNoPo Films) UK, 6m 30s | |
| UNCLE FRAN Dir. Mike Forshaw (n/a) UK, 12m 27s | |
| GIRL FIGHT Dir. Mark Triller (Goldsmiths University) UK, 2m 35s | |
| JANE’S LIFE Dir. Cleo Samoles-Little (Northern Film School) UK, 8m 35s | |
| FEET Dir. A D Cooper (Hurcheon Films) UK, 9m 9s | |
| STILL WATERS RUN DEEP Dir. Michael St. John Savva (Michael St. John Savva) UK, 12m 36s | |
| NADYA’S CIRCUS Dir. James Lawes (Saloon Films) UK, 10m 36s | |
| TRAINING DAY Dir. Sam Hoare (Imperial House Productions) UK, 8m | |
| WORSHIP Dir. Calum MacDiarmid (n/a) UK, 10m 43s | |
| WARDANCE Dir. Ed Edwards (Ragged Crow) UK, 2m 47s | |
| GOD VIEW Dir. Billy Lumby (n/a) UK, 7m | |
| REVELATIONS Dir. Matthew Docherty (Big Feast) UK, 5m 2s | |
| STARCROSSED Dir. Tactful-Cactus (Tactful-Cactus) UK, 3m 2s | |
THE ANIMATION CATEGORYFor factual and fictional work by filmmakers from around the world and under 12 minutes |
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| FOUR Dir. Margherita Premuroso & Luca De Rios (InkyMind) Italy, 3m 10s | |
| ISAAC AND QUINCY – THE TV SHOW? Dir. Tea & Cheese (Tea & Cheese) UK, 3m 44s | |
| LA MESSICOLE Dir. Hannes Stummvoll (Central Saint Martin’s College) UK, 1m 55s | |
| OCCUPATION: MOVEMENTS II & III Dir. Eric Schockmel (Watergun) Luxembourg/UK, 6m 31s | |
| HELL, HEAVEN AND THE OTHER BODY PARTS Dir. Rodrigo John (Osso Produções) Brasil, 7m 33s | |
| THE EAGLEMAN STAG Dir. Mikey Please (Royal College of Art) UK, 8m 55s | |
| SPIN SPUN SPAN Dir. Emily Howells & Anne Wilkins (n/a) UK, 4m 31s | |
| MARVIN Dir. Mark Nute (Baby Cow Animation) UK, 7m 11s | |
| SCREWED UP Dir. Kris Hofmann Austria, 4m 45s | |
| NOKIA ‘DOT’ Dir. Sumo Science (Aardman Animations) UK, 90s | |
| FIXING LUKA Dir. Jessica Ashman (DigiCult) UK, 11m 26s | |
| YOU MUST BE JOKING Dir. Michael Cash (Wonky) UK, 5m | |
| MANHATTAN 4.33PM Dir. Lizzie Oxby (Lizzie Oxby Productions) UK, 35s | |
| PLAYING GHOST Dir. Bianca Ansems (NFTS) UK, 9m 53s | |
| ALL CONSUMING LOVE (MAN IN A CAT) Dir. Louis Hudson (Dice Productions) UK, 9m 4s | |
| BIG BABIES Dir. Jon Riche (BBC) UK, 2m 14s | |
| OIL STORY Dir. Pete Bishop (The Shop) UK, 2m 30s | |
| A MORNING STROLL Dir. Grant Orchard (Studio AKA) UK, 6m 47s | |
| I FALL DOWN Dir. Jesse Collett (Jesse Collett) UK, 3m 10s | |
THE MUSIC VIDEO CATEGORYMusic promos by filmmakers from around the world and under 12 minutes |
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| A GOOD DAY TO DIE – MISHKIN Dir. Ben Daure (Grape Productions) UK, 5m 12s | |
| INTO THE COSMOS – Architeq Dir. Darren Robbie (Chopsy Animation) UK, 2m 42s | |
| FOOD – Matthew Garton Dir. Samuel De Ceccatty (Cat & Bear Pictures) UK, 3m 6s | |
| ISLES – Little Comets Dir. Aoife McArdie (Agile Films) UK, 3m 13s | |
| ON MELANCHOLY HILL – GORILLAZ Dir. Jamie Hewlett & Pete Candeland (Zombie Flesh Eaters & Passion Pictures) UK, 4m 21s | |
| ONE (YOUR NAME) – Swedish House Mafia Dir. Henrik Hanson (Hanson&Hanson Stockholm HB) Sweden, 3m 21s | |
| MARCHING SONG – Esben & The Witch Dir. Peter King & David Procter (Agenda Collective) UK, 4m 24s | |
| NO ROOM FOR MISTAKES – Murder Dir. William Stahl (Good Boy! Creative) Denmark, 4m 41s | |
| MY NAME IS ROBERT – Dan Deacon Dir. Kathryn Marshall (n/a) UK, 1m 21s | |
| MRS VIOLET – Joe Cave Dir. Dan Shipton (Good Egg) UK, 4m 10s | |
| IRON – Woodkid Dir. Yoann Lemoine (Caviar / HSI London) France, 3m 45s | |
| NEWPORT – n/a Dir. MJ Delaney (Love Commercial Production Co.) UK, 3m 26s | |
| ISLAND – The XX Dir. Saam Faramand (Partizan) UK, 3m | |
| UPSIDE – Kano Dir. Henry Scholfield (Partizan) UK, 3m 5s | |
| GOLD DUST – DJ Fresh Dir. Ben Newman (Pulse Films) UK, 3m 37s | |
| DO IT LIKE A DUDE – Jessie J Dir. Emil Nava (Pulse Films) UK, 3m 22s | |
| LET YOU GO – Chase and Status Dir. Thirtytwo (Pulse Films) UK, 4m 1s | |
| THUNDER ON THE MOUNTAIN – Wanda Jackson ft. Jack White Dir. Thirtytwo (Pulse Films) UK, 5m 44s | |
| KIDZ – Take That Dir. Mat Whitecross & Eran Creevy (Pulse Films) UK, 5m 8s | |
| MIAMI – Foals Dir. Dave Ma (Pulse Films) UK, 4m 22s | |
| RUNAWAY – Devlin Dir. Emil Nava (Pulse Films) UK, 3m 36s | |
| TIME FLIES – The Heavenly Spheres Dir. Yuki Nishimura (Yuki Nishimura) Japan, 4m 56s | |
| GENTLEMAN IN SQUALOR – Top Shelf Jazz Dir. Alex Sufit (Lexitricity Productions) UK, 2m 59s | |
| BOMBAY – El Guincho Dir. Canada (Partizan) Spain, 5m 40s | |
| I KNOW – David Lynch Dir. Sam Pilling, Chris Lee, Paul Storrie (n/a) UK, 4m 5s | |
| BLIND FAITH – Chase & Status feat. Liam Bailey Dir. Daniel Wolfe (Somesuch & Co.) UK, 9m 19s | |
THE INTERNATIONAL CATEGORYFictional, live action work by filmmakers outside the UK and under 12 minutes |
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| COCKROACH Dir. Luke Eve (More Sauce) Australia, 13m 30s | |
| VIA GORI Dir. George Barbakadze (Iluminar pty ltd) Australia, Georgia, 13m | |
| KETCHUP Dir. Konstantinos Frangopoulos (Future Productions) Greece, 7m | |
| BREAK A LEG Dir. Jesse Shamata (Lot 2B Filns) Canada, 7m 03s | |
| MASALA MAMA Dir. Michael Kam (Akanga Film Asia) Singapore, 8m 27s | |
| TASNIM Dir. Elite Zexer (n/a) Israel, 12m | |
| LA VIEILLE DAME QUI NE SOURIAIT PLUS Dir. Guillaume Levil (Les NoUS) France, 12m 50s | |
| MARICHEN Dir. Katja Sambeth (n/a) Germany, 8m | |
| WINTER NIGHT Dir. Henrik Hanson (Hanson&Hanson Stockholm HB) Sweden, 1m | |
| I EXPECT NO ONE Dir. Kristoffer Borgli (Fantefilm) Norway, 3m | |
| TWO LAPS Dir. Owen Trevor (Lanky Boy and Luscious International) Australia, 5m | |
THE LONG FORM CATEGORY
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| HERMANN Dir. Hana Geissendorfer (GFF KG) Germany, 26m | |
| NANCY, SID AND SERGIO Dir. Craig Pickles (Ipcress Films) UK, 19m | |
| JAM TODAY Dir. Simon Ellis (Bub / Mad Cow films) UK, 14m 40s | |
| DEEPER THAN YESTERDAY Dir. Ariel Kleiman (Victorian College of the Arts) Australia, 19m 43s | |
| HOLLOW Dir. Rob Sorrenti (Future Time Pictures) UK 20m | |
| GIN & DRY Dir. Oscar Plewes (Capture) UK, 15m | |
THE LONG FORM CATEGORY
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| MAM Dir. Hugo Speer (Vigo Films) UK, 14m 40s | |
| NOREEN Dir. Domhnall Gleeson (El Zorrero Films) Ireland, 18m | |
| TORTOISE Dir. Jae-ha Myung (NFTS) UK, 23m 24s | |
| RITE Dir. Michael Pearce (Digicult) UK, 17m | |
| HAPPY CLAPPER Dir. Ton Marshall (Vita Nova Films) UK, 23m 25s | |
| BAD NIGHT FOR THE BLUES Dir. Chris Shepherd (Chris Shepherd Films) UK, 16m | |
THE DOCUMENTARY CATEGORYFor factual work by filmmakers from around the world and under 12 minutes |
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| THIS IS REAL Dir. Mat Sheldon (Crushfilm Ltd) UK, 1m 54s | |
| FRANK TURNER – THE ROAD Dir. James Henry (Love Commercial Production Co.) UK, 5m 34s | |
| SHELTERED LIVES Dir. Tim Band (Student Production) UK, 9m 59s | |
| LEGEND: A FILM ABOUT GREG GARING Dir. Emily Branham (Work and Serve Productions) USA, 7m 57s | |
| BEST IN THE LAND Dir. James Herd (University of Portsmouth) UK, 5m 46s | |
| THE RUSHES Dir. Jo Gewirtz, Sarah Mottershead, Miek Teunissen (n/a) UK, 5m 42s | |
| SKATEISTAN: TO LIVE AND SKATE KABUL Dir. Orlando Von Einsiedel (Grain Media) UK, 9m 15s | |
| FLOTSAM & JETSAM Dir. Sam Walkerdine (n/a) UK, 13m 4s | |
| STREET ART COLLIDES WITH REALITY Dir. Shafiur Rahman (Six Oranges) UK, 3m 54s | |
| MUSEUM OF MIRACLES Dir. Rita Ribas (n/a) UK/Portugal, 5m 53s | |
| PAINFUL BLISS Dir. Caitlan O’Connor (Wa Screen Academy) Australia, 5m | |
| LOCOMOTIVE Dir. Geoffrey Feinberg (Weathered Features) USA, 5m 10s | |
| MANUEL DE LOS SANTOS Dir. Peter Montgomery (n/a) UK, 3m 48s | |
| IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: DONATING A KIDNEY TO MY HUSBAND Dir. Rachel Stevenson (Guardian News & Media) UK, 13m 43s | |
| PS YOUR MYSTERY SENDER Dir. Benjamin Wigley (Artdocs & Scottish Documentary Institute) UK, 9m 10s | |
THE BROADCAST DESIGN CATEGORYThursday, 21 July 18.15 DELUXE SOHO Thursday, 21 July 19.30 DELUXE SOHO |
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| LOVE IN THE MOUNTAINS Love and Anarchy 2009 – The 22nd Helsinki International Film Festival | |
| Dir. Eliza Jäppinen (Anima Boutique) Finland, 1m 30s | |
| DEAD ISLAND TEASER TRAILER Deep Silver – Dead Island | |
| Dir. Stu Aitken (Axis Animation) UK, 0m 00s | |
| HEAD ROOM London’s Science Museum | |
| Dir. Leo Bridle (Beakus) UK, 2m | |
| DISCOVER YOUR LIGHT Swarovski | |
| Dir. Bruno Aveillan (Believe Media, UK) Austria, 3m | |
| BUILDING ANYTHING Lego | |
| Dir. Temujin Doran (n/a) UK, 1m 21s | |
| EARTH LOVERS The Body Shop | |
| Dir. Koja (n/a) UK, 1m 08s | |
| MUSEUM OF CLUB CULTURE PROMO Museum of Club Culture | |
| Dir. Kate Jessop (n/at) UK, 34s | |
| CHANNEL PACKAGE FOR SKYPERFECT TV! WORLD CUP 2010 SKYPerfect TV! | |
| Dir. Hirosinante Murakami (KOO-KI) Japan, 30s | |
| TOMATO SAUCE Aldi | |
| Dir. MJ Delaney (Love Commercial Production Co.) UK, 20s | |
| TRUE LIFE COSTS Volkswagen | |
| Dir. Terry Hall (Love Commercial Production Co.) UK, 27s | |
| ‘CORP + ANAM’ TITLE DESIGN TG4 | |
| Dir. Lorcan Finnegan (Lovely Productions) Ireland, 54s | |
| MEDIA TRUST STORIES Media Trust | |
| Dir. Gavin Toomey (Media Trust) UK, 3m 19s | |
| SHOREDITCH SLAYER | |
| Dir. Simon Levene (Mustard Films) UK, 2m 16s | |
| COCA COLA SIEGE Coca Cola | |
| Dir. Fx & Mat (Nexus Productions) UK, 1m | |
| THE CHASE Venables and Bell and Intel | |
| Dir. Smith & Foulkes (Nexus Productions) UK, 1m 45s | |
| THIS UNPREDICTABLE LIFE | |
| Dir. Smith & Foulkes (Nexus Productions) UK, 1m 00s | |
| MTV PUSH MTV | |
| Dir. Nick Scott (Nick Scott Studio Ltd.) UK, 1m | |
| COS X FRIEZE ART FAIR COS | |
| Dir. Karan Kandhari (Oslo Beach Films) UK, 1m 30s | |
| JAMIE’S DREAM SCHOOL Channel 4 | |
| Dir. Keith McCarthy & Marc Reisbig (Passion Pictures & 4 Creative) UK, 1m | |
| SMUTLEY AIDES | |
| Dir. Againstallods (Passion Pictures) UK, 2m 20s | |
| HAPPY Specsavers | |
| Dir. Darren Walsh (Passion Pictures) UK, 30s | |
| FIREFLY Mnet | |
| Dir. Jannes Hendrikz (Passion Pictures) South Africa, 1m | |
| ALICE: MADNESS RETURNS – TRILOGY EA | |
| Dir. Shy The Sun (Strange Beast) UK, 2m | |
| NOLAN’S NUTS | |
| Dir. John Nolan (Streetlight Films UK Ltd) UK, 1m 30s | |
| FREE RANGE Conran Shop’s | |
| Dir. Jake Mavity (Tantrum) UK, 1m 25s | |
| VIASAT 4 IDENTS Viasat 4 | |
| Dir. Jake Mavity & Rich Mitchell (Tantrum) UK, 45s | |
| WINTER REVEL Laphroaig Scotch Whisky | |
| Dir. Ted Marcus (Trade Marked, Ladeson Productions) USA, 1m | |
| FLUTTER | |
| Dir. Paul Donnellon (VooDooDog) UK, 1m 13s | |
| ASSLAND Diesel | |
| Dir. Tomi Dieguez (Punta) Argentina, 1m 52s | |
| STYLE AND CITY Peugeot | |
| Dir. Jean-Paul Frenay (Infected) Germany, 22s | |
| BLUEMOTION Volkswagen | |
| Dir. Jean-Paul Frenay (Latcho Drom) Germany, 40s | |
| NIKE MERCURIAL VAPOR SUPERFLY III Nike | |
| Dir. Jean-Paul Frenay (Postpanic) Holland, 1m 05s | |
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