Following November’s 14th Kinofilm Festival we announced our winners and special mentions on our Facebook page. We are pleased to announce here the award winners and Special mentions to the rest of the world.
Thanks to all our jury members for the task of viewing and appraising all the films. We hope you agree they have made some great decisions from the 270 shorts films screened.
Best International Short Film
The Son – Winner
Kubrick by Candlelight – Runner-up
Saad’s Olive Tree – Honourable Mention
Best British Short Film – Sponsored by Studiobinder
Bedgellert – Winner
Punchline – Runner-up
Prince of Denmark – Honourable Mention
Best North West Short Film – Sponsored by Fast Anchor Film Festival & High Peak Independent Film Festival
Granddad’s House – Winner
Down & Out – runner-up
Hit & Run – Honourable mention
Best Director – sponsored by London Film Academy
Hannah Pike – Hit & Run – Wiinner
Ahmad Zayery – Saad’s Olive Tree – Runner-up
Hristo Simeonov – The Son – Honourable Mention
Best Actor – sponsored by International School of Screen Acting
Tommy Jessop – Down & Out – Winner
Jordan Wendl – Rabbit Punch – Runnerup
Neil McCaul – The Lion – Honourable Mention
Best Actress – sponsored by International School of Screen Acting
Blythe Duff – Hula – Winner
Jane BIrkin – La Femme Et La TGV – Runner-up
Amy Fion Edwards – Zero Sum – Honourable Mention
Best Documentary Short Film
It’s All About The Dots – Winner
The Human Face – Runner-up
Born in Stone – Honourable Mention
Best Animation Short Film – Sponsored by Toon Boom
After All – Winner
Catherine – Runner-up
Corky – Honourable Mention
Best Student Short Short Film
Natia – Winner
Noam – Runner-up
Cigarettes & Alcohol – Honourable Mention
Best Short Film Cinematography – Sponsored by Mediadog
La Femme Et Le TGV – Nausheen Dababhoy – Winner
Icarus – Nico Aguilar – Runner-up
Dark Machine – Gijs Wilbers – Honourable Mention
Best Short Film Screenplay – Sponsored by Final Draft
Kubrick by Candlelight – David O’Reilly – Winner
Hit & Run – Hannah Pike – Runner-up
The Son – Deyan Enev & Hristo Simeonov – Honourable Mention
Best Short Film Score – sponsored by The Composerworks
Born of Stone – Emilio Bellu and Jindrich Kravarik – Winner
Icarus – Ryan Stratton – Runner-up
Zero Sum – Andrew Fisher – Honourable Mention
Best Eurocine Short Film – sponsored by Europia
Maja – Winner
The Last Bus – Runner up
Princess – Honourable Mention
Best Polish Student Short Film – sponsored by Europia
Maliny – Winner
Toast – Runner up
Emilia – Honourable Mention
Best O!PLA Animated Short Film – sponsored by Europia
Black Volga – Winner
Shortseeing – Runner-up
The Whizard of US – Honourable Mention
Congratulations to all our winners this year and it’s been absolutely fantastic to showcase the films of everyone who was selected to be in the festival.
To see all the competition the winners were up against, take a browse of our full festival programme of screenings and events that took place in the 2017 Festival Catalogue.
If you would like to receive a copy of the A4 Festival Catalogue for 2017, please send us a payment of £5 (including Postage and Packing within UK) or a payment of £10 (International) via paypal (using the donate button on the right of our home page) and include your name and address. Thanks
Filmmakers, please note you can now submit your films to the 15th edition of Kinofilm Festival via FilmFreeWay. Earlybird price until the end of January 2018 final deadline 30th June. Festival dates are 24th Nov – 2nd Dec 2018.