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Short Film Category 2007

2007-10-16T11:00:17Z

One Minute Silence: A ballet teacher orders one minutes silence out of respect for a girl in her class, who lost a sister a year ago to the day. What Does Your Daddy Do: It takes brave men and women to protect children, but at what cost? Beginningless: Parallel time frames are used to tell the story of a young man who unwittingly makes himself an easy target. Goodbye To The Normals: A six year-old has decided to run away to America, but is this just another of his little games? I: The eye is a window to the soul in this snapshot of a terrifying moment only partially revealed. Whoops: New fathers have a lot to do these days - they can't get everything right.

Animation Category 2007

2007-10-16T11:00:18Z

Short: 1970's styles add to the nostalgic atmosphere of this beautiful film about Hungarian rail travel. Crush: A young lemon goes for a walk and encounters enigmatic strangers. Gardens By The Bay: A magical ideas pin board mirroring the processes of architects as they formulate ideas. Beauty Is The Promise Of Happiness: Kill your deities, open your eye. Just Jack - Writer's Block: A surrealist attempt to represent writers block through characters and scenarios that represent frustration. The Little Dictator: Napoleon decides to invade Russia, but his adventures leave him beaten by Mother Nature. Blissful: The mind of an evil being, falling through eternal torment, captures a moment of bliss by reflecting on a time when peace had more meaning. Palingensia: After humans screw everything up, evolution gives life another chance, and we are once again at the top of the food chain. Pegman 2006: Fun with pegs. Autumn Moon: Life goes on as three siblings are completely absorbed in competing in a paper lantern competition to celebrate the Autumn Moon despite their surroundings.

Newcomers Category 2007

2007-09-19T14:00:04Z

Peace And Love: War. Huh. What is it good for? The Projectionist: Every night projectionist James watches a red-haired woman from his attic window, and the past begins to encroach on the present. Would Like To Meet: An 8 year-old boy decides to play cupid for his single mum. Guilty By Nature: Set on a militant plant nursery, this film follows the life cycle of a wild and vigorous shrub. Lucky Heather: A man faces the reality of a curse in this black urban fairytale. Growing: A study of three teenage boys whose idle lifestyle of smoking, joking around and chasing girls results in tragedy. Chicken Soup: A chance encounter at an airport leads to an awakening for a man who learns to forgive. Unpossible: A paranoid scientist will go to any lengths to protect his new time machine. A Mouse Funeral: The mouse is dead, but the soldiers of the bathroom have decided to give it a proper send off.

Music Videos, Titles and Idents Categories 2007

2007-09-19T14:00:03Z

Metronomy: 1 string strung. Coldcut - "Mr Nichols". Coldcut: "Aid Dealer". My Heroin Hell - Rachael's Story: A young girl is dragged down into the filthy underworld of heroin addiction. Party Poker Cactus: A cowboy with no one to play with demonstrates the importance of Party Poker.com. "Hallam Foe": The bird represents the character of Hallam Foe. His adventures in the sequence are supposed to be representative of the type of character he is. Vic Reeves' Pirates Titles: Title sequence for 'Vic Reeves' Pirates'. Wall / Pit: A young man is chased through the woods. He uses a '2' shaped portal to hide behind and fool his pursuers. Smokin' Aces: Opening and end title from the feature film 'Smokin' Aces'. Arrows Prop: A cowboy with no one to play with demonstrates the importance of Party Poker.com

Documentary Category 2007

2007-10-16T11:00:18Z

Ghana's Roosting Bird: Despite lush and plentiful fields it is a struggle for Ghana's rice farmers to compete against cheap imported rice. Quest For Fire: The search for the hottest curry in the world. Out Of Time: After moving into the new Arsenal Stadium complex, a woman makes a personal journey from Highbury to Emirates and beyond. The Scavengers: On the Xochiaca dump in Mexico City a priest helps those trying to scrape together a living from scrap. Our Father Who Art In Heaven: After the death of their abusive father, two brothers return home to clear his possessions and remove his remains. For All The Tea In England: A tea-break sized glimpse into the varied ways Britain's favourite brew is enjoyed. Grave Business: Laura, an ageing gravestone saleswoman in New York, faces her customers with a mixture of compassion and abrasive wit. Last Orders - Lifegem: Carol Sullivan goes to the jewellers to collect a diamond made from the remains of her late daughter. Everybody Like Something: Raza, a homosexual asylum seeker facing deportation, decides to take desperate measures. Cheatneutral.com offers a unique and market-based solution to an essential problem of modern life, by offering to offset your infidelity.Gone 2 Soon: This film explores the enormous impact that the murder of 15 year old Billy Cox had on his community. Kurt Diemburger K2: In 1986 Kurt Diemburger lost a close friend in a tragedy on K2, a mountain which holds a spell binding attraction for him today. Last Orders ? Compost: A gardener dreams of being composted when he dies.

Animation Category 2006

2007-10-16T11:00:18Z

Astronauts: An epic space adventure, minus the adventure. Ebenezer Morgan's Photography Emporium: A battle of wills unfolds between Prince, a strong-minded terrier and Ebenezer, the esteemed photographer. Cold Calling: A short film about getting revenge on annoying cold callers. Evo: From the primordial ocean to the data age, evolution is a line through time. Careful: A 7-year old girl escapes her over-protective mother and has an adventure through a surreal landscape. Bows and Arrows: A man lies in his hospital bed whilst an evil robot wreaks mayhem in the city outside?What is the link between them? Codehunters : Heroes join forces to overthrow all that is evil in Lhek, a crumbling portcity in the not to distant future.

Soho Newcomers Category 2006

2007-07-27T08:00:03Z

Turning Shadows: Acquitted of war crimes, Herman Syden returns home and tries to resume a normal life… The Technical Hitch: A satirical take on technological failures starring Tikuf, the atomic anomaly. Ticket Too Far: Ray’s choice of career has crushed his father, but will his first day now crush him? Everything but the Kitchen Sync: A time travelling kitchen poses the question; can we change the past or do we simply become part of it? Dita Von Teese: A film that examines the life and style of world famous burlesque diva, Dita Von Teese. Wonderful World: A mood & performance piece set to music featuring children from the ‘Half Moon’ young people’s theatre. Family Portrait: A terrified mother calls emergency services when her estranged husband turns up on their driveway with a gun.

Soho Music Video Category 2006

2007-07-24T17:00:03Z

Car Park North: 'Human', Ladytron: 'Destroy', Hard Fi: 'Cash Machine', Editors: 'Bullet', Mew: 'Special'

Short Film Category 2006

2007-10-16T11:00:17Z

Assertion Techniques: An assertion techniques class with a twist. Project Huxley: Huxley is a monkey who secretly wants to be a great actor. Who says a Simian can't play Shakespeare? The Clap: An obsessive classical concert goer wants to be the first clapper at the end of every symphony and sonata. Live 8 Masks: A series of short films that ran during the Live 8 concert to encourage people to sign up for 'Make Poverty History'. Old Dog: A black comedy about 3 anti-social brothers who are forced to face up to their shady pasts. This Is Me: The rise and fall of a couple who live under the Heathrow flight path. Zoltan the Great: Zoltan, a retiring human cannonball, makes his last performance a special one.

Newcomers Category 2005

2007-10-18T17:00:33Z

A compilation featuring the following videos from the Soho Shorts Film Festival. 'Leave Me Alone: Escaping from our world of intrusive global personal communications, Sam searches for solitude, sunshine and the soothing hush of the ocean, by way of a tranquil Australian beach. It's not long, however, before his estranged girlfriend Rachel, left far behind in England, tries to track him down. Idiotheque: A young man's first day on the job in a big anonymous corporation turns into a living nightmare. Snaps: What is that weird smell in old people's houses? Commas: A man wakes up in agony and rushes to the bathroom, where circumstances force him to leave "a punctuation mark indicating a slight pause" Gravity: Gravity is a short film that deals with the detached nature of gun violence, and how actions and responsibility are often very disconnected. Who Do You Love?: Heather loves her mum, but does her mum really know what love is? Have I passed?: A short comedy about a driving test.

Music Video Category 2005

2007-10-18T17:00:19Z

A compilation featuring the following videos from the Soho Shorts Film Festival. 'Slash Dot Dash' by Fatboy Slim, 'Room on the Third Floor' by McFly, 'Colossal Grey Sunshine' by Faultline and Wayne Coyne and 'Reign' by Unkle. Emiliana Torrini: 'Sunny Road'

Short Film and Animation Category 2005

2007-10-18T17:00:14Z

A compilation featuring the following videos from the Soho Shorts Film Festival. The Deal: Two men meet at a mansion house, a deck of cards is placed on a table along with a gun. A game of high stakes about love, loss and guilt will be played but only one man will leave the room. Elephant Palm Tree: When a menopausal Miss Jamaica is shat on by an elephant, she decides to ask her cheating husband for a divorce. Mercy: Ben is bullied at school and neglected at home. He finds a chilling resolution to his problems. Good Luck Jeffrey Brown: A man confines himself to a nuclear bunker to hide from the war outside. Heavy Pockets: A film about a girl who loses her gravity and is made to suffer the consequences. Four Hobbies: A short film looking at four eccentric hobbyists and their unusual hobbies. Mr Price: We join middle-aged James on a path of discovery as he aims to find out more about his primary school teacher, ?the best teacher I ever had?. Hallaig: In Hallaig, there is something to protect and remember. The woods are women, Love, a hunter and Time, a deer. The Dead have been seen alive.

Soho Titles and Idents Category 2005

2007-07-24T11:00:03Z

A compilation featuring the following videos from the Soho Shorts Film Festival. 'MTV Flower' by Toykoplastic, 'MTV Modifications' by Chris Strong, 'Oxford and Cambridge Boatrace' by Victor Martinez, 'Hex' by Najma Baitti, 'The Curse of Noel Edmonds' by Chris Sayer.

Short Film and Animation Category 2004

2007-10-18T17:00:33Z

Fishy: Glenda, an unemployed misfit falls in love with Freddie her goldfish. As her search for work flounders, her love for Freddie deepens. Poultry In Motion: The film begins by drawing you down to a cool, winter's forest where a character, Plucky, discovers a frozen patch of ice. Her adventure begins. The Whammy: Inspired by a little known song by blues legend Screaming Jay Hawkins, our hero dog is pursued by a lovesick elephant through a changing graphic landscape. Moo(n): A film about the friendship between a girl and a cow. Their perfect times together are interrupted by a bee and some sneezes. An enforced separation inspired by caring parents pales into insignificance when the cow finds herself on another planet.

Soho Newcomer Category 2004

2007-07-27T08:00:03Z

Waterloo Dentures: A tale of love, loss and rudimentary cosmetic dentistry. Cheese Makes You Dream: A day in the life of Jim O’Connor, an acutely lonely pensioner with high hopes and a subscription to a Golden Oldie dating service. Prototype Orgy: When Eva, Adam’s current obsession, becomes the focus of an older stalker, Adam is forced to make a dangerous choice. Bluebell: ‘Mummy, why am I called Bluebell?’ A small child’s innocent question triggers a chain of flashbacks revealing the disturbing origin of her name….. Hell's Angel: A biker chick is a real hell’s angel. She flirts with men, luring them to fight her boyfriend for her.

Soho Music Videos, Titles & Idents Categories 2004

2007-07-27T08:00:03Z

Bonobo: 'Flutter'. Chikinki: 'Like It Or Leave It'. Future Shock: 'Late At Night'. VH2 Idents - Empty Beer Glasses, Bus Feet, Tits, Robots, Urinals Short clips about pairs: These idents follow the travels and fascinations of a regular bloke who watches VH2.

Newcomer Category 2003

2007-10-18T17:00:19Z

Stagnate: Mildred is a much maligned and neglected receptionist, bored and frustrated working for a large, faceless corporation. One day something very unexpected happens. Boogaloo: A fifty-something woman in a disco fever bathroom tells her story of falling in love. Rhubarb and Roses: Molly?s end is near and she wants to die with dignity. Her son, Ricky, wants to help her but his clumsy attempts at cooking a final meal are disastrous. Whoosh: A dreamy young woman?s attempts to instill life with symbolism and deeper meaning are rudely awakened by life?s determination to reveal the bare facts. Low Street: A traveller seeks shelter in a shack where a hermit appears to be crazy or dangerous ? but is the traveller who he seems?

Short Film and Animation Category 2003

2007-10-18T17:00:14Z

Filling: Ben has a fear of the dentist. On the day of his appointment his over-active imagination shows him what horrors may await. Between The Wars: Initial hostility makes way for an unlikely friendship between an asylum seeker and a war veteran living on the same London council estate, as they realise they are both victims of war. Ca-Chi-Pun: In a small Chilean town the bond is tested between two close childhood friends. The Witches: King James VI of Scotland wants to rid the land of witches. Three North Berwick fishwives devise a strategy to avoid being ?dooked?. The Old Fools: A clear-eyed look at the inevitability of our own decay and death. With some humour and visual seduction, the film uses images that are visceral, abrasive and sometimes quite beautiful. Flybye: Four flies go in search of food in a kitchen inhabited by numerous life-threatening obstacles.

Short Film and Newcomer Categories 2002

2007-10-18T17:00:36Z

Plain Hunger: Maude finishes her lunch and still hungry looks to take on something bigger. You Don't Know What I Think: A random mugging on an apparently innocent victim becomes a tale of revenge. If Money Talked: Haven't you ever wondered where money might have been and where it's going? Stop wondering. One in Three: Bikers, babes, wheelchairs, hills and an old lady who should know better. Flipped: Jack's girlfriend leaving him literally has the effect of turning his world up-side-down. Circles: Lorna lives with her depressed mother. Earl, a butler, visits them to fix a wall, but does he offer hope beyond that? Dead Man Walking: A man wakes up, without realising that he's actually dead. As you do.

Soho Short Film and Newcomer Categories 2001

2007-08-15T11:00:04Z

Fat Chance: A tense and fast-paced comic thriller, set in a betting shop during the 2.40 from Punchestown. Left Turn: Julie has a bad dream. Is it an omen of something that is rapidly approaching to destroy her waking life? Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday: A man goes through three years of a relationship in three days. A romantic comedy. Walking with Walken: Portrait of a man who believes he is possessed by Christopher Walken. The Moment of Accepting Life: Three guys appear at the Pearly Gates, stunned. St Peter himself is surprised to see them there all at once. The first guy’s flashback shows him delivering leaflets in an apartment building. When he comes out, a fridge falls on him. The second guy dies of a heart attack throwing the fridge off a balcony. The third guy … ? And why is he naked? Brilliant: A young artist’s life changes dramatically after he is visited by an art dealer, a collector and a critic.

Soho Animation & Titles & Idents Categories 2001

2007-08-15T11:00:04Z

History of Gaming: Animated documentary on the history of the Playstation. Interrogating Ernie: Ernie tries to explain how dinosaurs really became extinct. The Future of Gaming: Futuristic look at the future of the Playstation. Four Minutes: Mr Patterson, an actor whose career is on the wane, finally rediscovers his self-respect. Robots: Three disabled robots try to make sense of their now futile existence. The Bold Adventure Of The Rabbit: Can the rabbit get to the ant in time? Apple Monkey: One man … one monkey … but only one apple tree. Hannibal Title Sequence: Title sequence for the movie “Hannibal”.

Soho Short film, Animation & Music Video Categories 2000

2007-08-15T11:00:04Z

Perfect Baby: With work just finished on the human genome project, how soon will we see genetically engineered super babies? This is a thought provoking and apocalyptic pastiche of a real, interactive ad. School Disco: School Disco is about embarrassment. Set in a pre-teen school gym, we follow a number of likely lads and lasses as they try out their bogus ‘adult’ personas for the first time. David Bowie 'Thursday's Child'

Soho Animation, Titles And Idents Categories 1999

2007-08-15T11:00:04Z

The Outlaw: The Outlaw is set in a future when all naughty stuff like alcohol, fried food, sugar and smoking is banned. Michael Gommon is on the run from the health police. Six Weeks In June: An animated film edited as it is drawn, then shot on black and white 35 mm as though it was a continuous roll of Super 8. CITV: Four stings produced in 3D using Maya and Media Illusion from an ident launch for CITV. Clarkson: A punchy sequence for Jeremy's new irreverent and opinionated talk show. Escape to River Cottage: A unique sequence for a unique cooking programme, featuring the star of the show. Top Gear: A dynamic new sequence for a new series of this extremely popular and established show.

Soho Music Video Category 1999

2007-08-15T11:00:04Z

George Michael 'As'. Massive Attack 'Angel'. Sheryl Crow 'Anything But Down'. UNKLE 'Rabbit In Your Headlights'. Massive Attack 'Teardrop'