Press Release from Rushes Soho

The winners of the Rushes Awards for short format work (www.sohoshorts.com) were announced last night.
 
The event was hosted by Scott Capurro, along with presenters including Doreen Mantle (One Foot in the Grave, Jam and Jerusalem), John Hough (Escape to Witch Mountain, Return From Witch Mountain), Christine Ozanne (The Two Ronnies, Open All Hours), Tim Searle (2DTV, I Am Not An Animal), Stuart Manning (Hollyoaks, Sure Fire Hit due for release in 2011), Fenella Woolgar (Dr Who, Poirot), Felix Buxton (Basement Jaxx) and Damon Thomas (The Late Show, First Men in the Moon).
 
The nominations in each category were selected by a panel of 80 judges and for the first time in the festival’s history the audience was also allowed to vote for their favourite film.

ANIMATION
Winner:
FLY directed by Alan Short at Aardman Animations
Runners Up:
FAMILY PORTRAIT directed by Joseph Pierce at Fifty Nine Productions
JUNK directed by Kirk Hendry at th1ng

SHORT FILM
Winner:
SIS directed by Deborah Haywood at Anthem Films
Runners Up:
I LOVE LUCI directed by Colin Kennedy at Sigma Films
 WAR SCHOOL directed by Ben Newman at ctrl+alt+shift

INTERNATIONAL
Winner:
WEST OF THE MOON directed by Brent Bonacorso at Joyrider
Runners Up:
THE POOL directed by Thomas Hefferon at Warrior Films and Jumper Productions
FEEDBACK (LARSEN) directed by Carlo De Rosa at Imago Films           

LONG FORM
Winner:
WISH 143 directed by Ian Barnes at Union and Swing & Shift
Runners Up:
THE ROAD HOME directed by Rahul Gandotra at London Film School and Nomadosphere
YES, VIRGINIA directed by Pete Circuitt at the Ebeling Group

BROADCAST DESIGN
Winner:
HARMONIX – THE BEATLES ROCK BAND INTRO CINEMATIC directed by Pete Candeland at Passion Pictures
Runners Up:
EVIAN – SKATING BABIES directed by Michael Gracey at Partizan
WINTER OLYMPICS – TITLE SEQUENCE directed by Marc Craste at Studio AKA

MUSIC VIDEO
Winner:
KID BRITISH – OUR HOUSE IS DADLESS directed by Emil Nava at Between the Eyes
Runners Up:
PLAN B – SHE SAID directed by Daniel Wolfe at Partizan
TOM FUN ORCHESTRA – BOTTOM OF THE RIVER directed by Alasdair Brotherston and Jock Mooney at Trunk Animation

NEWCOMERS
Winner:
TWO MEN AND A CAR PARK directed by Federico Forcolini at Well Fed Films
Runners Up:
THE MIDGE directed by Rory Lowe at Once Were Farmers
NOLAN’S CHEDDAR directed by John Nolan at Streetlight Films

DOCUMENTARY
Winner:
UNEARTHING THE PEN directed by Carol Salter at Rock Salt Films
Runners Up:
THE KILLING OF THE IMAM directed by Khalid Shamis at tubafilms
UP THERE directed by Malcolm Murray at Mekanism

AUDIENCE AWARD
HARD HAT directed by Karan Kandhari at Oslo Beach Films