EARLY BIRDS, the 2012 graduation film of Jeroen Bogaert, has been shortlisted for the British Council Award for Best UK Short Film at the 10th London Short Film Festival. The film has been selected for numerous festivals including Palm Springs, San Sebastian, San Franciso and the BFI London Film Festival.
Press release below.
The 10th London Short Film Festival http://shortfilms.org.uk/
Award nominees announcement
We are pleased to announce the 9 films eligible for the British Council Award for Best UK Short Film, chosen from the 300 titles screening across the Festival
The Curse (Fyzal Boulifa)
Early Birds (Jeroen Bogaert)
Ekki Mukk (Nicholas Abrahams)
Flight of the Pompadour (Karan Kandhari)
Flytopia (Saul Freed / Karni Arieli)
Keri’s Tapes (Keri Leese / Rory Alexander Stewart)
The Lights and Then The Noise (Mathy & Fran)
Morning (Cathy Brady)
Spaceship (Alex Taylor)
The winning film will receive £1000 and an awards trophy
The judges are as follows, and the award will be announced at our Closing Night at the ICA on Sunday 13 January http://shortfilms.org.uk/events/2013-01-13-closing-night
Sarah Chorley: Operations Director, Shooting People
Will Massa: Films Dept, British Council
James Mullighan: Ex Creative Director, Shooting People (2006-2011), Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (2011), boards of Encounters Short Film & Animation and Sheffield Documentary festivals
Kate Taylor: Exhibition & Distribution, Independent Cinema Office / board member, Flatpack Festival / curator, Project: New Cinephilia / + formerly festival co-director & co-founder, London Short Film Festival