Colchester Film Festival

The Colchester Film Festival is an international film festival in Colchester, Essex, UK. The festival showcases a selection of the new feature and short films by filmmakers from around world, including World, European and UK premieres. The festival also hosts the 60 Hour Film Challenge, which sees filmmakers create a short film under 5 minutes in 60 hours. Previous films include "Love... and all that" which is set to be turned into a feature film by MGM

Awards

Colchester Film Festival is a fully competitive film festival with awards in various categories.

Year	Film	Winner	Award
2015	The Future Perfect	Nick Citton	Best Film
2015	Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi	Neal Broffman	Best Feature Film
2015	Hello, Again	Tom Ruddock	Best Regional Film
2015	Tom In America	Flavio Alves	Best Director
2015	North	Steven Ferguson	Best Cinematography
2015	The Fly	Leo King	Best Editing
2015	The Future Perfect	Nick Citton	Best Screenplay
2015	The Fly	Olly Williams	Rising Star Award
2015	Slow Down	Megan Fox	60 Hour Film Challenge Winner
2014	Heavyweight	Jesper Quistgaard	Best Film
2014	Charlie Says	Lewis Arnold	Best Director
2014	Charlie Says	Alfie Biddle	Best Cinematography
2014	Democracy	Borja Cobeaga	Best Editing
2014	Democracy	Gonzalez Vazquez	Best Screenplay
2014	The Bigger Picture	Daisy Jacobs	Rising Star Award
2014	Dead Meat	Kingsley Hoskins	60 Hour Film Challenge Winner
2013	The Voorman Problem	Mark Gill	Best Film
2013	This Way Out	Staten Cousins-Roe	Best Director
2013	Voice Over	Jose Martín Rosete	Best Cinematography
2013	Good Night	Una Gunjak	Best Editing
2013	Good Night	Muriel d'Ansembourg	Best Screenplay
2013	Emmeline	Daniela Pasquini	Best Regional Film
2013	Underage	Joonas Makkonen	48 Hour Film Challenge Winner
2012	Close Friend	Jose Mari Goenaga	Best Film
2012	82	Calum MacDiarmid	Best Director
2012	Close Friend	Jauntxo Sardon	Best Cinematography
2012	82	Alexei Slater	Best Screenplay
2012	Little Lake	Dorukhan Turan & Bilsay Yildrim	48 Hour Film Challenge Winner

Previous films from Colchester Film Festival have gone on to have Oscar and BAFTA success.

Year	Film	Screenings/Awards
2015	Operator	BAFTA Winner for Best Short Film
2014	The Bigger Picture	Oscar Nomination for Best Animated Short Film BAFTA Winner for Animated Short Film
2014	The Phone Call	Oscar Winner for Best Live Action Short Film
2013	The Voorman Problem	Oscar Nomination for Best Animated Short Film BAFTA Nomination for Live Action Short Film
2013	Good Night	BAFTA Nomination for Live Action Short Film
2012	Head Over Heels	Oscar Winner for Best Live Action Short Film

Venues

The main festival venue is Colchester's firstsite Visual Arts Facility, where it also screens a monthly selection of independent cinema. The Festival also hosts fringe events in other formal arts venues such as The Minories and St Botolphs Waiting Room. Some special outdoor screenings have been held at various Colchester based events each year.

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