(Films Clockwise: Sister Wives, Fire at Will, Happy Snaps, and Let it Flow)
Filmotomy is ecstatic to announce the winners of the 10th Femme Filmmakers Festival. Opening on 19th September with the closing ceremony on 28th September, the festival champions and celebrates the very best selection of short films from female filmmakers across the world.
This year saw expressive, moving, and poignant stories covering important topics from the growing pains of the female journey to the feelings of falling in love, and all the agonies of falling out of love…
We supported poetic documentaries like Issabella Orlando’s Topos to Louisa Connolly-Burnham’s powerful, Sister Wives starring EE BAFTA Rising star winner, Mia McKenna-Bruce. Throughout the showcase, we featured female coming-of-age stories, emotional family dramas, and everything in between.
Each year Filmotomy awards the top three prizes to the very best films of the festival. The Gold Sovereign, the Silver Sword and the Bronze Bell are the topmost prestigious awards. The competition selection jury members have awarded prizes to the following winners.
Top 3 Prize Winners
Gold Sovereign (Grand Prize)
The winner of the Gold Sovereign Prize is awarded to Sister Wives (Louisa Connolly-Burnham)
Silver Sword (Second Prize)
The joint winners of the Silver Sword Prize is awarded to Let It Flow (Galina Chakarova) and Francie (Zoe Ellender)
Bronze Bell (Third Prize)
The winner of the Bronze Bell Prize is awarded to Happy Snaps (Tyro Heath)
The Winners From Each Category
Directing
The winner of Directing is awarded to Morgan Gruer (Fire At Will)
Female Performance
The winner of Female Performance is awarded to Molly Keogh (Mole)
Male Performance
The winner of Male Performance is awarded to Osian Pirotte (Happy Snaps)
Writing
The winner of Writing is awarded to Georgia Michalidi (Boo!)
Cinematography
The winner of Cinematography is awarded to Angela Zoe Neil (Sister Wives)
Editing
The winner of Editing is awarded to Galina Chakarova (Let It Flow)
Original Music
The winner of Original Music is awarded to Jacob Masters (Mole)
Sound Design
The winner of Sound Design is awarded to Annabelle Howell, Kirsten Kidwell, Ruth Knight, Thayna McLaughlin (Francie)
Visual Design
The winner of Visual Design is awarded to Lili Eastell-Adams, Charlotte Cairns, Alice Gegere, Sabrina Theodoro, Summer Janahi, Kelsey Cooke (Nice Package)
Mixed Media
The winner of Mixed Media is awarded to Matilda Irving de Andres (Eventually, Empathy). This marks the first time this prize has been given outside of a Competition Selection short film.
Special Prize Winners
Special Contribution Prize
The winner of the Special Contribution Prize is awarded to joint-winners, Issabella Orlando for Topos and Lea Anderson for It’s A Family Thing for their personal and poignant documentary work.
The Maya Deren Short Film Innovation Prize
The winner of The Maya Deren Short Film Innovation Prize is awarded to Louisa Connolly-Burnham for Sister Wives for not only submitting several of her own short films, but also encouraging and introducing many other filmmakers for the 10th edition.
Audience Prize
The winner of the Audience Prize is awarded to Laura Lee Daly for the positive discussions that followed from audiences responding to both films, Not All Men and MAM.
Student Inspiration Prize
The winner of the Student Inspiration Prize is awarded to Roxana Stroe for bringing 3 highly rated and wonderfully made short films (2 of which were student projects). Roxana’s films including Hello, I’m David Bowie, Paradise Blue, and Poisonous were brought to the 10th edition of the Femme Filmmakers Festival with such variation in style and content.
Thank You For Joining Us!
You can look back on the highlights of the 10th Femme Filmmakers Festival by reading through all of our festival showcase reviews written by the fantastic Filmotomy team here.
Thanks for joining us this year to showcase the very best from female filmmakers. Next year we will come together again to celebrate the 11th edition of the Femme Filmmakers Festival. We hope to see you there to celebrate female filmmakers!