Back in February, the LGBT short film festival, The Iris Prize, announced the launch of a new strand celebrating the Best Of British, to go alongside the international main prize. Iris has long been notable for the fact it doesn’t just offer the overall Best Short Film winner a plaque, but gives them funding and support to make a new film.
Now it’s been announced that the Best Of British award will also offer amazing support for the winner, with the legendary Pinewood Studios Group sponsoring a post-production package to help with the making of their next film, comprising of sound mixing, sound track lay and dub plus layback.
As murky sound is one of the biggest problems for low budget filmmakers, it’s a great prize to get.
Films selected to compete include tales of English football fans in the 90’s, passion and desire between two women in a sleepy English coastal village and a new member of staff in a Scottish call centre for the deaf who gets embroiled in a lovers tiff.
A five strong jury will select the winner from the 10 shorts chosen to compete. This year’s festival takes place in Cardiff, Wales from Wednesday 8th to Sunday 12th October 2014.
Here are the competing Best Of British shorts:
Brace – dir: Sophy Holland, Alicya Eyo
Butterfly – dir: Stuart McLaughlin
Holly Thursday (The Last Supper) – dir: Antony Hickling
Middle Man – dir: Charlie Francis
Playing The Game – dir: Jeremy Timings
Remission – dir: Christopher Brown
Siren – dir: Louise Marie Cooke
Vis a Vis – dir: Dan Connolly
Wannabe – dir: Marco Calabrese
We are Fine – dir: Simon Savory
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