Winning Films 2014
| Kappu Kalina Shaitana (Devil In The Blackstone) Best Student Fiction Ananya Kasaravalli – India – 20 mins A beautifully shot and engaging piece of storytelling with a simple and effective twist. This film provides a compelling portrait of people struggling to get by in poverty. It explores how powerful influences are stacked against the poorest in society and how small moral choices become disproportionately difficult under such pressure. |  |
| Out Of Darkness Cometh Light Best Student Factual / Documentary Emily White – UK – 4:20 mins An excellent example of the poetic form in documentary. This film is engaging and enjoyable to watch while raising interesting ideas and an emotional response to the subject. Being human is about more than material things. This film explores how our ideas, dreams and shared culture can overcome the physical environment we live in. This is a great example of how films can explore ideas in ways that other mediums cannot. |  |
| Immigrants Are Hiding? Best Activist Fiction WORLDbytes – UK – 29 secs This is arguably the most efficient film in the entire festival. It makes a political point, comments on society, and slips in a joke all in less than 29 seconds. |  |
| The Racket Best Activist Factual / Documentary Joe Jenkins – UK – 20 mins This is a powerful documentary exploring an interesting debate from an original angle. It contains fascinating insights and research. The film is focused and clear communicating a consistent message without imposing a personal agenda. This is an excellent example of classical, well researched and informative documentary filmmaking. |  |
Shortlist
Best Student Film Fiction
Red Source – ALRA
Devil in the Black Stone – Ananya Kasaravalli
Civvy Street – Matt Worthington
Best Activist Film – Fiction
Against the Norm – Iqbal Mohammed
Immigrants are hiding? – WORLDbytes
CARE – Blanche’s Nickelodeon
Best Student Film – Factual/Documentary
Traces of My Uncle – Ceren Saner
Perspectives – Alexandros Papathanasiou
Out Of Darkness Cometh Light – Emily White
Best Activist Film – Factual/Documentary
Reach – Voices that Shake! / Rainbow Collective
The True Little Tramp – Jack Brindelli
Just Me – Matthew Kennedy
Po Po – Migrant Media
Bob Crow: Don’t Mourne, Organise – Platform Films
The Racket – Joe Jenkins