National Film Competition Winners Announced at Awards Ceremony

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National Film Competition Winners Announced

at Awards Ceremony

PR Newswire

LONDON, June 1, 2012

LONDON

,

June 1, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

The winners of the third

reed.co.uk Short Film Competition

were

announced last night at an Awards Ceremony held at The Hospital Club, hosted

by

Episodes

star

Stephen Mangan

.

Year on year the competition attracts a high calibre of film makers vying for

the Grand Prix of £10,000 and the opportunity it brings to further their career in

film. With over 500 entries received this year, 12 finalists were selected to go

before the judging panel to decide the winner.

The winners were announced in the following categories; Best Animation was

Tim Wilson

's

How To Be Boss, What Plato Says

, The People's Choice Award

went to

Francis Annan

for

Going Up

, the Judges Commendation went to

Jonathan Brooks

'

The Devil's Apricot

and The Grand Prix Winner was awarded

to

Alex Emslie

for

The Boss

.

The panel of six industry judges included award winning director

Paul

Weiland,

Universal's

Diane Kelly

and The Reel's

Jamie Madge.

Grand Prix Winner

Alex Emslie

said, "It's an incredible feeling to have won the

reed.co.uk Short Film Competition. I'm massively happy that everyone's hard

graft on the short paid off, it was a great shoot and I hope this means we can

work together again soon."

View Alex's winning entry here: http://vimeo.com/41155702

Paul Weiland

, judge and long time supporter of the reed.co.uk Short Film

Awards comments on the winning short: "The Boss is a really ambitious project,

which takes an original idea and combines it with well judged editing, superb

use of special effects, stunning cinematography and incredible attention to

detail. This year's Grand Prix winning entry captures everything there is to love

about short film."

The reed.co.uk Short Film Competition was established in 2010 to give aspiring

film makers a platform to have their work seen by the industry and the

opportunity to further their career in film. In addition to the Grand Prix, the

competition also awards prizes for the Judges Commendation, The People's

Choice Award and Best Animation for which 3 finalists have been selected.

Oscar Sharp won the first competition with

Sign Language

and is currently

working with Olivia Colman (

Tyrannosaur, The Iron Lady

) and Shaun Dooley

(

The Woman in Black

) on his latest film. Last year's winner Ben Ridolfi is

currently developing his first feature.

Following last year's competition, shortlisted filmmakers from the first two

competitions were invited to create a TV ad for the reed.co.uk job site, six of

which were selected and put before a public vote. The winning entry,

Super

Reed,

by Jonathan Brooks, Mat Laroche and comedy trio The Wogans, aired on

major television networks in the UK earlier this year.

http://www.reed.co.uk/film

The Winners

Best Animation

How To Be Boss, What Plato Says

Director: Tim Wilson

Starring: N/A

The People's Choice Award

Going Up

Director: Francis Annan

Starring: Martin Collins, Adam Loxley

Judges Commendation

The Devils Apricot

Director: Jonathan Brooks

Starring: John Rutledge, Mark Davison, Charlotte Hunter

The Grand Prix Winner

The Boss

Director: Alex Emslie

Starring: N/A