Our panel of judges chose the following films for each category of our IOMFF2016 International Shorts Competition:
COMEDY
A/K, Antoine Le Carpentier, France
BORIS IN THE FOREST, Robert Hackett, UK
JUST DESSERTS, Michael Yanny, UK
MINISTRY OF GUILT, Matthew Bartlett, UK
FICTION
DOG DAYS, George Taylor, UK
THE CALL, Ethan Jahan, UK
TWINSBURG, Joe Garrity, USA
DOCUMENTARY
HUMANS OF VARANASI, Hartley Woolf, UK
ICHIRO & THE WAVE, Isaac Kerlow, Singapore
ANIMATION
PERCHED, Liam Harris, UK
THE WORLD’S FIRST BICYCLE, Conrad Molleson, UK
HUGO BUMFELDT, Eva Katinka Bognar, Hungary
MANX INDEPENDENT FILM
Gurfa, Rebecca Daniel
Into the Light: Prologue, James Twyman
Misophonia, Eloise White
Right to Play, Nick Coole
The Avenues (music video), Sonya Quayle
U r my Autumn, Richard Plumley
Unesco Biosphere, Glenn Whorrall
Umbrella, Alessandro Mazzotta
Congratulations to the following films, which won awards in their various categories:
Best Fiction: “Twinsburg”
Best Comedy: “Just Desserts”
Best Documentary: “Humans of Varanasi”
Best Animation: “Perched”
Audience Vote: “Ministry of Guilt”
Best Manx Independent Film: “Gurfa”
Best of the Fest (judged by Mark Kermode): “Boris in the Forest”