LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Last week saw the winners of the annual reed.co.uk Short Film Competition announced at an exclusive awards ceremony and screening in London.
Now in its second year, reed.co.uk the UK’s number one jobs site offers filmmakers the opportunity to win one of four cash prizes, including the Grand Prix award of £10,000.
This year’s competition took reed.co.uk’s ‘Love Mondays’ advertising campaign as its theme.
Over 350 films were entered and a shortlist of 12 was selected and put before a panel of expert judges, which included awards ceremony host, director, Paul Weiland.
The panel also included Film 4 Commissioning Executive, Jo McClellan, and the winner of the first reed.co.uk Short Film Competition, Oscar Sharp, whose short film, Sign Language, went on to win the coveted Grand Prize in the Virgin Media Shorts competition.
The £10,000 Grand Prix went to filmmakers Ben Ridolfi and Phil Derham for their short film, ‘Spread the Word’
Mark Rhodes, Head of Marketing at reed.co.uk (http://www.reed.co.uk/), joined the judges in praising this year’s winning short film:
“Spread the Word is a really ambitious project, which takes an original idea and combines it with stunning cinematography and incredible attention to detail.
“This year’s Grand Prix winning entry captures everything we love about short film.”
The People's Choice award, voted for by users of reed.co.uk, went to director Jonathan Brooks for his hip-hop music video about a Monday-loving traffic warden, ‘Monday’s a Fine Day’.
Best Animation, selected by the reed.co.uk team, went to Peter Smith, a novice filmmaker who discovered the competition whilst looking for a new job on reed.co.uk. Catch his clever short, ‘Social Security’ on reed.co.uk/film.
London trio Dan Blacker, Matt Bowron and John Addis impressed the panel with their film ‘Starcrossed’, to take the £1,000 Judges’ Commendation prize.
Mark Rhodes, Head of Marketing at reed.co.uk, continues:
“As well as congratulating all of this year’s winners, our thanks go to the directors, casts and crews who dedicated their time, talent and effort to create such a wonderful selection of films.
“We’re extremely proud to continue reed.co.uk’s association with short film for a second year and hope to see this competition continue to act as a springboard for the enterprise and creativity of emerging filmmakers.”