The two top prizes at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival went to Screen Stars of Tomorrow Jamie Stone and Felix Massie.
British filmmakers Jamie Stone and Felix Massie have taken the top awards at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, making it the first double British win at the festival.
Stone, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2012, took the Brief Encounters Grand Prix Award for his short film Orbit Ever After for its ‘creative ingenuity, inspired casting, humour, clarity of storytelling and poetic ending’.
Massie, a Star of Tomorrow in 2009, won the Animated Encounters Grand Prix Award for In the Air Is Christopher Gray.
The films now qualify for Oscar nominations. Stone’s Orbit Ever After was also named as the festival’s Short Film nominee for the European Film Awards 2013.
The Best Of British animation award went to Anomalies by Ben Cady, with the live action award going to Rosemary Jane, directed by [link...
British filmmakers Jamie Stone and Felix Massie have taken the top awards at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, making it the first double British win at the festival.
Stone, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2012, took the Brief Encounters Grand Prix Award for his short film Orbit Ever After for its ‘creative ingenuity, inspired casting, humour, clarity of storytelling and poetic ending’.
Massie, a Star of Tomorrow in 2009, won the Animated Encounters Grand Prix Award for In the Air Is Christopher Gray.
The films now qualify for Oscar nominations. Stone’s Orbit Ever After was also named as the festival’s Short Film nominee for the European Film Awards 2013.
The Best Of British animation award went to Anomalies by Ben Cady, with the live action award going to Rosemary Jane, directed by [link...
- 9/23/2013
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
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