Tiscali Short Film Award

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The Tiscali Short Film Award is a major short film award, sponsored by Tiscali and presented at the Raindance Film Festival each year since 2005 to the "best UK short under 10 minutes by a debut filmmaker". [1]

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Films which have won, or been nominated for, the award have gone on to achieve other notable successes, including a BAFTA Award, [2] two BAFTA Award nominations, [2] [3] a Golden Palm nomination at the Cannes Film Festival, [3] an Audience Award at the Kraków Film Festival, [2] a Merit Award at the Arizona International Film Festival, [4] a Best Newcomer Award at the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, [4] a BBC Three New Filmmakers Award nomination [5] and a Best Short Film nomination at the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival. [6]

2007

RankFilmDirector(s)Producer(s)Writer(s)Production Company
Winner Amelia and Michael Daniel Cormack Daniel Cormack , Matt Gunner Stephen Betts Actaeon Films Ltd [7] [8]
Nominated Badmouth Shanti Ramakuri Shanti Ramakuri Shona Pollock, Shanti Ramakuri N/A [9]
Nominated Blood on his Hands Justin Coleman Justin Coleman N/A [10]
Nominated The Collectors Tim Elliot Miles Wilkes, Tim ElliotTim ElliotN/A [11]
Nominated Isabel Katrina Mansfield Katrina Mansfield Katrina Mansfield N/A [12]

2006

RankFilmDirector(s)Producer(s)Writer(s)Production Company
Winner Goodbye Mr Snuggles Jonathon Hopkins Jonathon Hopkins, Rory Aitken Jonathon Hopkins Between the Eyes [13] [14]
Nominated Fetch Dana Dorian Sam McCarthy Dana Dorian N/A [13]
Nominated Film Noir Osbert Parker Osbert Parker, Fiona Pitkin Osbert Parker N/A [13]
Nominated Life Goes On Trevor Hardy Trevor Hardy, A Finbow R Young, Trevor Hardy N/A [13]
Nominated Ynomitset Ym Tuyet Le Tuyet Le Tuyet Le N/A [13]

2005

RankFilmDirector(s)Producer(s)Writer(s)Production Company
Winner Cricker Crack Rob Heppell Rob Heppell Jefferson Keery N/A [15] [16]
Nominated Conehead Don Pan Don Pan Don Pan N/A [17]
Nominated L'Amour Est Adam Comiskey Adam Comiskey Adam Comiskey N/A [18]
Nominated Park Andrew Pearson Simon Plant Andrew Pearson N/A [19]
Nominated Sock Dave Waters Kate O'Mulloy S Riley N/A [20]

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References

  1. ↑ raindance.co.uk: Festival Awards
  2. 1 2 3 Fetch (2006) - Awards
  3. 1 2 Film Noir (2005) - Awards
  4. 1 2 Between The Eyes Archived 2007-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Encounters Short Film Festival: What’s On: Screening: BBC THREE NEW FILM MAKERS AWARD 2007 Archived 2007-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ UK Screen Association News – Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2005 Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ raindance.co.uk: Amelia and Michael
  8. ↑ "raindance.co.uk: Closing Night Press Release". www.raindance.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11.
  9. ↑ raindance.co.uk: Badmouth
  10. ↑ raindance.co.uk: Blood On His Hands
  11. ↑ raindance.co.uk: The Collectors
  12. ↑ raindance.co.uk: Isabel
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 403 Forbidden [ dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Raindance Jury prize Winners Announced in News on DFGDocs – the British Documentary Website". Archived from the original on 2007-04-22. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  15. ↑ 403 Forbidden
  16. ↑ "Close-Up Film Features". Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  17. ↑ 403 Forbidden
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