Short Film Competition 2021 – Shortlist Announced

Thank you to everyone who entered a film into the 2021 Performance Short Film Competition. The response has been incredible!

The quality was high across all categories, leading to some heated debates as the shortlist was reached. In fact, for both the Drama and Comedy categories we had to increase the number of shortlisted entries because we really couldn’t choose!

One thing that has become clear from the response to our competition was that we are blessed in the UK with a huge pool of creative talent, ensuring we will continue to be a key force in the creative industries across the world.

Best Animation

DEATH QUIZ
Directed by: Lee Charlish
Produced by: Lee Charlish

MATTRICIDE
Directed by: Gemma Rigg
Produced by: Gemma Rigg

INTRUDERS
Directed by: Steve Simmons
Produced by: Steve Simmons

THE FISHERMAN
Directed by: Steve Simmons and Wayne Daniells
Produced by: Steve Simmons and Wayne Daniells

FRACTURED TIMES
Directed by: Luke van Coot
Produced by: Luke van Coot

DOWN
Directed by: Guy Harvey
Produced by: Guy Harvey

View clips of the shortlisted entries for the Best Animation Short category below

Best Documentary

CENTENARY FILM
Directed by: A.D. Cooper
Produced by: Laurel Parker

RIP SENI
Directed by: Daisy Ifama
Produced by: Grace Stutti and Lucy Owen (exec)

The Rise of No Signal: Black Radio Here to Stay
Directed by: Martin Caulfield & Tee Byford
Produced by: Martin Caulfield

MAD BAMBOO
Directed by: Jen Eve Taylor
Produced by: Jen Eve Taylor

TIME AND TIDE
Directed by: Caleb Yule
Produced by: Harry McCarney

MOTHERLAND
Directed by: Ellen Evans
Produced by: Alice Hughes

View clips of the shortlisted entries for the Best Documentary category below

Best Horror

02:15
Directed by: Matteo Valentini
Produced by: Matteo Valentini

EJECT
Directed by: David Yorke
Produced by: David Yorke

Ouzo and Blackcurrant
Directed by: Nat Luurtsema
Produced by: Sara Huxley, April Kelley and Christian Parton

RISE
Directed by: Martin Fearon
Produced by: Sara Alfonso

WOMEN OF YOUR DREAMS
Directed by: Samantha Locock
Produced by: Andrew Newman and  Samantha Locock

ITCH
Directed by: Susannah Farrugia
Produced by: Catherine Colbourne

View clips of the shortlisted entries for the Best Horror category below

Best ‘Short’ Short

QUIET CARRIAGE
Directed by: Ben S. Hyland

Produced by: Adam Gregory Smith

KEEP SHINING: A LOCKDOWN VISUAL POEM
Directed by: Ross James
Produced by: Ross James

GAZE
Directed by: Jackie Teboul
Produced by: Alisa Tritenko

THE PLAN
Directed by: Gigi Burgdorf
Produced by: Gigi Burgdorf & Jon Geraghty

DOWNTIME
Directed by: Michaela Moir
Produced by: Michaela Moir

Royal Society for Blind Children – Ethan Tailor’s Story

Directed by: Lewis Knaggs
Produced by: LSK Productions

View clips of the shortlisted entries for the Best ‘Short’ short category below

Best Student

Before It All Happened
Directed by: Elton Tan
Produced by: Tiago Francisco

Terror London
Directed by: Tom J Kelly
Produced by: Tom J Kelly

Piece by Piece
Directed by: Georgia Middleton
Produced by: Charlotte Keogh

Last Man
Directed by: Seb Brindle

Persistence Of The Past
Directed by: Joseph Cassidy
Produced by: Joseph Cassidy

The Amazing World of Emma
Directed by: Laurence Roberts

Produced by: Mark Campbell-Garrity

View clips of the shortlisted entries for the Best Student category below

Best Comedy

True Colours
Directed by: Milda Baginskaite
Produced by: Suman Hanif

Stalling It
Directed by: Caroline Ward & Jemma Moore
Produced by: Caroline Ward & Jemma Moore

Pandemic Spy
Directed by: Daniel D. Moses
Produced by: Daniel D. Moses

Pops
Directed by: Lewis Rose
Produced by: Chris Hees, Francois Morisset, Laura Jumel

Other Nature
Directed by: Alex Cartlidge
Produced by: Olympia Christofinis

Paranormal Investigators
Directed by: Markus Daniel Meedt
Produced by: Markus Daniel Meedt

In My Own Manner
Directed by: Vladimirs Kozevnikovs
Produced by: Vladimirs Kozevnikovs

View clips of the shortlisted entries for the Best Comedy category below

Best Drama

Guide Me Home
Directed by: Stefan Georgiou
Produced by: Stefan Georgiou

MICAL
Directed by: Yewweng Ho
Produced by: Gordon Lewis

The Fruit Fix
Directed by: Philip Connolly
Produced by: Tamira Draz

Lead Belly
Directed by: Sean Glynn
Produced by: Rebecca-Clare Evans & Jamie Lomas

PLOT 9
Directed by: Stacie du Perrouzel
Produced by: Gabi Norland

JUNIOR MESSENGER
Directed by: Azeem Bhati
Produced by: James Bowsher

SAMARITAN
Directed by: Dustin Curtis Murphy
Produced by: Dr Adnan Raja, Nicci Brighten

FIVE FROM THIRTY
Directed by: Nathan Miller
Produced by: Adam Oyejobi

SHEAR
Directed by: Riyadh Haque
Produced by: Riyadh Haque & John McGinty

View clips of the shortlisted entries for the Best Drama category below