Colchester Film Festival

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Colchester Film Festival
Location Colchester, Essex, Essex, UK
Founded2012
LanguageInternational
Website colchesterfilmfestival.com

The Colchester Film Festival (CFF) [1] is an international film festival in Colchester, Essex, UK. The festival showcases a selection of the new feature and short films by filmmakers from around the world, including World, European and UK premieres. The festival also hosts the 60 Hour Film Challenge, which sees filmmakers create a short film under 5 minutes in 60 hours. Previous films include Love... and all that. which is set to be turned into a feature film by MGM. [2] The festival received financial support from the European Union's Creative Urban Renewal in Europe fund. [3] The organisers, Tristan Syrett and Steven Dorrington, cancelled the 2016 festival to spend time on other projects, though it returned in 2017. [4] [5]

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Awards

Colchester Film Festival is a fully competitive film festival with awards in various categories.

Previous Colchester Film Festival Winners
YearFilmWinnerAward
2015The Future PerfectNick CittonBest Film
Help Us Find Sunil TripathiNeal BroffmanBest Feature Film
Hello, AgainTom RuddockBest Regional Film
Tom In AmericaFlavio AlvesBest Director
NorthSteven FergusonBest Cinematography
The FlyLeo KingBest Editing
The Future PerfectNick CittonBest Screenplay
The FlyOlly WilliamsRising Star Award
Slow DownMegan Fox60 Hour Film Challenge Winner
2014HeavyweightJesper QuistgaardBest Film
Charlie SaysLewis ArnoldBest Director
Charlie SaysAlfie BiddleBest Cinematography
DemocracyBorja CobeagaBest Editing
DemocracyGonzalez VazquezBest Screenplay
The Bigger PictureDaisy JacobsRising Star Award
Dead MeatKingsley Hoskins60 Hour Film Challenge Winner
2013 The Voorman Problem Mark GillBest Film
This Way OutStaten Cousins-RoeBest Director
Voice OverJose Martín RoseteBest Cinematography
Good NightUna GunjakBest Editing
Good NightMuriel d'AnsembourgBest Screenplay
EmmelineDaniela PasquiniBest Regional Film
UnderageJoonas Makkonen48 Hour Film Challenge Winner
2012Close FriendJose Mari GoenagaBest Film
82Calum MacDiarmidBest Director
Close FriendJauntxo SardonBest Cinematography
82Alexei SlaterBest Screenplay
Little LakeDorukhan Turan & Bilsay Yildrim48 Hour Film Challenge Winner

Previous films from Colchester Film Festival have gone on to have Oscar and BAFTA success.

YearFilmScreenings/Awards
2015Operator [6]
  • BAFTA Winner for Best Short Film
2014The Bigger Picture [7]
  • Oscar Nomination for Best Animated Short Film
  • BAFTA Winner for Animated Short Film
2014The Phone Call
  • Oscar Winner for Best Live Action Short Film
2013The Voorman Problem
  • Oscar Nomination for Best Animated Short Film
  • BAFTA Nomination for Live Action Short Film
2013Good Night
  • BAFTA Nomination for Live Action Short Film
2012Head Over Heels
  • Oscar Winner for Best Live Action Short Film

Venues

Firstsite in Colchester, where the main festival has been held Firstsite, Colchester.jpg
Firstsite in Colchester, where the main festival has been held

The main festival venue is Colchester's firstsite Visual Arts Facility, where it also screens a monthly selection of independent cinema. The Festival also hosts fringe events in other formal arts venues such as The Minories and St Botolphs Waiting Room. Some special outdoor screenings have been held at various Colchester based events each year.

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