On reflection…
2015
The 1st Sunderland Shorts took place between the 2 and 5 July 2015.
Selected films from Sunderland’s first festival were featured in the 2015 DC Shorts Film Festival programme, exposing Sunderland’s filmmakers to our sister city’s audience.
The inaugural festival took place over four venues: Sunderland Minster, Independent, Empire Theatre and Sunderland Software Centre. It included over 65 films and a launch party with music from the Lilliput band and a pop up bar from Maxim Brewery at the Minster.
SSFF 2015 Award Winners
- Best Drama – I’m in the Corner with Bluebells directed by Ako Mitchell
- Best Foreign Film – Dinner’s Served directed by Tony Partamian
- Best Art Film – Intrinsic Moral Evil directed by Harm Weistra
- Best Documentary – The Reinvention of Normal by Liam Saint-Pierre
- Best Sci-Fi/Horror – The Herd directed by Melanie Light
- Best Animation – Late by Christi Bertelsen
- Best Comedy – After Eric: Part of that World by Marcus J Richardson
- Special Jury Mentions
- The Weeping Mountain by Santiago Sanchez Ortega
- Final Draft by Scott Calonico
- Audience Favourite Award – Stephen Caught a Star by Michiel ten Kleij
- Special Regional Award – Robert Carr for Road
