Winners are grinners

Wow, we can hardly believe that 2017 is over already. But we will be back next year to keep the TweetFest Film Festival going so don’t worry!

Congratulations to each and every finalist short film, actress and actor. You were all superb. But without further ado, we would like to introduce you to the 2017 Official winners…

BEST SHORT FILM 2017

DUKE’S PURSUIT
Dirs: Joe Williams & Charlie Edwards-Moss.
A revenge-obsessed industrialist hunts a former colleague and forms a partnership with an unlikely ally in this Icelandic set dark comedy thriller.
Starring: Vincent Shiels

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

THE LAST ONE
Dir: Andrea Banjanin
Suddenly, every living thing on the planet disappeared. No warning. No apparent reason. Every human and animal, gone. Except Matthew.
Starring: Paul Bailey

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM

BLOWS WITH THE WIND – Best International Short – IRAN

Dir: Hazhir As’adi
This short animation narrates the story of a scarecrow that faces some unpleasant events. The scarecrow becomes human and breaks away from those situations. On the way he sees two other scarecrows whose conditions are not better than that of him. Thus he is on the horns of a dilemma and must make a hard decision.

BEST ACTRESS

Maia Watkins

PILL

Twitter: Maia Watkins

BEST ACTOR

Paul Bailey

THE LAST ONE

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AND AUDIENCE AWARD

JUST SAYING
Dir: Nick Reed
A mother and son argue over sandwiches, mouth organs and forgiveness in this quintessentially British, black comedy.
Starring: Ewen Macintosh and Carrie Cohen

We were absolutely thrilled to have so many casting directors, directors, producers, and agents in attendance, as well as some of our sponsors and partners, VIP judges, press, and even the lovely folk from Monologue Slam. Thankyou everyone for coming along and celebrating brilliant filmmaking in the UK and beyond!