Warwick Film Festival
Results 2023
The very first Warwick Film Festival was held in 2023, a student-led event based on the theme of “Belonging”, highlighting Warwick’s commitment to inclusion, creativity and love of the arts.
Prize Screening
On Wednesday 28 June 2023, we were delighted to screen fourteen winning entries to the Warwick Film Festival 2023 to an audience of filmmakers, students, staff and the local community. We were honoured to be joined by the Mayor of Kenilworth and filmmakers from the Oxford University Filmmaking Foundation who have produced a feature film, Breakwater.
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Screening
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Film Festival Team
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Breakwater Team
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Kenilworth Town Mayor
Cllr. Alix Reading
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Prizewinners
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Drinks reception
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The Films
There were 14 submissions to the Festival. All films had to be between 8 and 20 minutes in length, and focus on the theme of 'Belonging'.
Lysham
After an unexpected knock at his door, Nik begins to learn painful truths about himself and his visitor.
Directed and written by Max Mazower
Starring: Andrew Kingston, Owais Azam
DOP: Almaz Cavanagh
Sound recordist: Harry Watts
Best Sound Design
Requiem Four
During the aftermath of a collapsed society, in a new totalitarian regime where nobody truly belongs, a household reminisces on their losses.
Film by:
L T Zaranyika
Feranmi Alero
CAST:
Joshua Olutunfese
Yasmin Dacre
Freda Ruan
Feranmi Majekodunmi
Ijah Ofon
Best Original Screenplay
Desire Paths
Desire Paths follows Cayden, a man with a mind consumed by shattered and distorted memories. Content warning: suicide.
Writer, Director & Editor: Owais Azam
Sound Design: Owais Azam
Cayden Murphy played by: Andrew Kingston
Director of Photography: Max Mazower
AD: Almaz Cavanagh
Sound Recordist: Harry Watts
Score Composer: Youseph Aziz
Technician: Issa James
Best Editing
Swansong Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Two soldiers consider their morality in the face of their mortality. A film about finding meaning in a time lacking any and discovering what the most important things in life really are.
Directed by Finn Chadwick
Written by Finn Chadwick and Sam Davies
Cinematography by Lewis Burnett
Original Score by Ethan Stubley
Starring Sam Rees and Woody Knight
Edited by Finn Chadwick
Titles by Cordelia Bowden
Sound Recording by Sam Davies
Sound Editing by Ethan Stubley
Production Assistants: George Tarrant and Isobel Kelly
Best Original Score
My Little Flower
Driven by an unwavering desire, Alec brutally attacks Lucas, trapping him in the eerie confines of an abandoned mental asylum. Within its walls, a dangerous
game of power and psychological manipulation ensues as Alec's grip on Lucas tightens.
Connor Daveyas - Alec
Sebastian Smithas - Lucas
Isaac Phelan - Director
Gobi Cheung - First Assistant Director
Sebastian Smith - Second Assistant Director
Isaac Phelan - Screenwriter
Isaac Phelan - Casting Director
Gobi Cheung - Art Director
Lewis Dobbs - Music Composer
Kanon Suzuki - Costume Designer
Gobi Cheung - Editor
Gobi Cheung - Dir. of Photography
Noah Gutmann - Camera Operator
Noah Gutmann - Light Technician
Isaac Phelan - Executive Producer
Noah Gutmann - Sound Mixer
Gobi Cheung - Sound Editor
Kanon Suzuki - Makeup Artist
Gobi Cheung - Set Designer
Rhys Caswell - Production Assistant
Best Set Location
Voidland
'Voidland' is an experimental, atmospheric mood piece. It is comprised of footage and sound recordings mostly from around the University of Warwick campus during 2023, and features stream of consciousness narration.
Written, Narrated, and Filmed by Toby Rodwell
Edited by Toby Rodwell
Best Experimental Shot
Agnes and Elsie
People may change, but art is eternal.
Cast:
Agnes - Junxuan Yin
Elsie - Sin Heng Chan
Student - Emily Smith
Hollis - Qinghan Chen
Crew
Cinematography - Yuanmeng Li & Emily Smith
Editing - Qinghan Chen & Junxuan Yin
Screenplay - Junxuan Yin
Produced by Qinghan Chen
Directed by Junxuan Yin
Best Direction
'Art of Darkness' - Zombie Apocalypse at University Film
Festival..
The Student Film Festival ambassadors are excited to attend the Red Carpet Event of [Unnamed] University’s World Famous Film Festival but they realise something is amiss.
A mysterious professor has appeared. Attendees have started disappearing, and Zombies have started to take over the audience... This is an experimental 'AI Video Short' film.
Plot Outline by ChatGPT
Images by Midjourney
Animation by D-ID Creative Reality Studio
Music by Riffusion
Additional Sound by Freesound
Additional Dialogue and Direction by Steve Street
*All with appropriate attribution
Best Innovative Use Of Technology
Fleeting Sunshine
After Amber and Mariella take a memory loss pill, they meet at a party. When they form an intimate connection, they begin to regret their decision and race against their memories.
Credits
Cast:
Lisa Bussi - Amber
Niamh O'Farrell Tyler - Mariella
Crew:
Director: Andrew Kingston
Writer: Gabriel Youngs
Producer: Flavia Zelle
Executive Producer: Peggy McHale
Cinematography by: Séamus Carroll and Sean Romera
Editor: Coco Goran
Colour Grading: Séamus Carroll
Lighting: Séamus Carroll
Costume: Maia Sampaleanu
Production Design: Sampurna Mookherjee
Best Film,
Best Performance,
Audience Favourite
Belonging: A Series of Questions
A confrontational visual poem consisting of three parts. It explores themes of home, the journey, religion, and of course belonging.
Writer, director, cinematographer and editor: Ben Barnett
Best Response To The Prompt
POV of a POC (2022)
POV: (Point of View)
POC: (Person of Colour)
This documentary was made to raise awareness about the lack of POC representation in the creative arts industry.
This is a University College London Student documentary,
Created by Harry Iloghalu.
Director and Producer: Harry Iloghalu
Cinematographer/Camera Op: Harry Iloghalu
Film Editor: Harry Iloghalu
Voiceover: Emanuel Mendes-de-silva
Best Response To The Prompt
Health is a Privilege
Experimental portrayal of a working class person with chronic pain.
Director, editor, actors, composer & camera - Simonetta Gibejova
Sound recording- Anthony Wood
Best Styling/Costume Design
Waiting...
A Student waiting for her exam results to be published is pushed to the edge by stress.
Jack Carter - Producer and Screenwriter
Finn Chadwick and Adèle D.- Directors
Sin Heng Chan - Actor
Lewis Burnett and Shankar Srikantha- Cinematographers
Will Wroe - Sound Technician
Bianka Efremova and Will Wroe - Editors
Most Innovative Response To The Prompt
Astra Inclinant
Him and Her, destined to be together no matter how the universe tries to separate them through time and space. But is destiny enough for them to find one another, even in their subconscious?
CAST:
Him - George Ogden
Her - CJ Howard
CREW:
Written, directed, edited by: Chase Chen, Anastasia Gandzha, Sofia Bain-
Rendekova, CJ Howard, George Ogden
Original Score - Tanisha Thakore
Best Cinematography
Workshops
As part of the Festival, the team arranged for several film related workshops from industry professionals.
Storyboarding 101
Wed 3 May 2023
Leamington based Animation Studio Founder Louise Haywood led this interactive workshop to start storyboarding Short films and TV production ideas.
Green Production
Wed 17 May 2023
Norma Cuadros González, Director of the International Environmental Film Festival Planet On, provided tools to identify which behaviors during production have a meaningful impact on the environment.
AI Film
Wed 24 May
Steve Street, lecturer in Digitalisation explained how he used AI Tools to create an entry for the Warwick Film Festival, exploring the potential role of AI in helping create plot, plot outlines and sample scripts, and how newer tools can support and encourage ‘normal’ film maker’s technique
Making it in the Industry - Acting on Screen
Thu 1 Jun 2023
Professional actor Niki Mehta (Vera, Blinded by the Light, A Bird Flew In) shared top tips and insider information about the industry, such as auditioning tips, analysing scripts, and getting agent representation.
TV & Broadcasting Production
Wed 14 Jun
Executive Producer Dom Sant explained the production process from pitching an idea, commissioning, pre-production, production, delivery and broadcast - what is involved and who does what.
Introduction to Acting
Wed 21 Jun
Professional actor Mario Barba led this session to explore the fundamental principles of Acting, including active listening, emotional preparation, and truthful reactions through warm-up exercises, improvisations and dialogue work.
Fundraising for Creative Production
Tue 27 Jun 2023
Slovak Theatre in London (STL) explored making a fundraising plan, discovering funding recourses, drafting a grant application and preparing a budget in order to help take a a creative project from an idea to reality.
Working with Lived Experience and VR
Wed 28 Jun 2023
Michele Gutteridge (Warwick Medical School), Nick and Sue Moseley (Moseley Multimedia) and Jannine Perryman (ADHD Wise) explored the process of creating material that can be accessed through Virtual Reality Headsets, depicting a personal journey in the medical arena.