Osprey Short Film Award Winners

There may not have been a Keswick Film Festival in 2021 but the Osprey Short Film Awards still went ahead. Entries for the competition were invited back in March 2020 and despite the difficulties of working for much of the year with lockdown restrictions Cumbrian filmmakers responded magnificently in both the Student and Open categories. 

The 12 shortlisted films were shown at the Alhambra on the 23rd October and prizes were awarded to Shadow Of The Mountain by Simon Phelps in the Open category and The Love Song Of T. S. Eliot by Kitty Handley in the Student category.

Shadow Of The Mountain

The Love Song Of T.S Eliot

We are now accepting entries for the 2022 Festival due to take place 24-27 March, for more details please see our FilmFreeway page.

Osprey Short Film Awards Shortlist

We'll be holding this year's Osprey Short Film Awards on Saturday 23rd October 1:30pm at the newly reopened Alhambra. A limited number of free tickets will be available for this socially distanced event.

The following 12 films have been selected covering a number of genres and styles, budgets and technical resources and all showcasing imagination and creativity in under 10 minutes.

2021 Official Selection

• 'Accidental Death' of a Young Black Londoner, The Case of Rashan Charles - Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi
• After The Rain - Lorna de Mello
• All In A Day's Work - Jay Gilmour
• Flames Tear The Soul - Tizzy Canucci
• Of Friction and Gravity - Richard Skelton
• Pandemotion - Kit Taylor
• Shadow of the Mountain - Simon Phelps
• Surplus Women - Lucy Atkinson
• The Catfish Club - BFI Film Academy 19-20 with Signal Film & Media
• The Love Song Of T. S. Eliot - Kitty Handley
• The Not So Super Man - Joel Sheldrake
• What Goes 'round... - Joshua Alexander

More details of all of the films can be found on our website https://www.keswickfilm.org/festival/shorts

Programme Archive

 

To celebrate and/or commiserate what should have been the weekend of the 22nd Keswick Film Festival we've been through our archives and found all of the old festival programmes. They've now been added to the website as PDFs and online film listings. Starting with Derek Jarman's version of The Tempest back in 2000 right through to Roger Michell's Blackbird which closed the festival last year; there are hundreds of films to explore and remember.

There's still too much uncertainty to know when we'll be back but the new roadmap offers some hope. We're still hoping to hold the Osprey Short Film Awards later in the year and maybe even a mini festival so we look forward to welcoming you back as soon as we can.

2020 Audience Awards

In true style, the KFF audience asserted its independence by choosing The Personal History of David Copperfield as its favourite feature film, ahead of big hitters like Parasite and Portrait of a Lady on Fire – and who could argue with such a joyous choice?

The Festival always throws up surprises and Amanda and No Fathers in Kashmir were unexpected pleasures – the latter made more so by the arrival of its star Zara La Peta Webb, along with her family.

The audience did however follow convention in selecting For Sama as the best documentary, with a stunning score of 96.88% - our highest ever score.

Audience Awards – Feature Films

• The Personal History of David Copperfield 85.84%
• Amanda 84.82%
• No Fathers in Kashmir 83.42%
• So Long My Son 82.48%
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire 81.33%
• Parasite 80.00%

Audience Awards – Documentaries

• For Sama 96.88%
• The Kingmaker 83.33%
• The Cordillera of Dreams 79.71%
• Derrière Les Fronts 69.95%

2020 Osprey Short Film Award Winners

More than 100 people came along to the Alhambra on Saturday afternoon to watch a selection of short films. Directors Richard Heap and Mike Tweddle, whose films opened the festival on Thursday evening, handed out the prizes.

The audience selected CROSS by Gillian Harker for the Audience Award and the Judges awarded their prizes to LEARNER by the Signal Film and Media BFI Film Academy group in the Student category and A PINK CHRISTMAS by Adam Ibbotson in the Open category.

Many thanks to all who came along and to the film makers for creating an amazing selection of films.

Film Club Continues on Sunday with The Third Wife

The Festival may be over but Keswick Film Club has four more films coming up every Sunday evening until the end of March.

The Third Wife - Sunday 8th March 5pm
A Hidden Life - Sunday 15th March 4:30pm
Bacura - Sunday 22nd March 5pm
The Truth - Sunday 29th March 5pm

Sunday at Keswick Film Festival

It's the last day of the Festival but there's still plenty to enjoy including Sight & Sound's first and fifth best films of 2019 (although you will have to choose between them) and a preview of Roger Michell's Blackbird starring Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet and Mia Wasikowska.

• The Kingmaker - 11:15am Alhambra
• Derriere Les Fronts - 11:00am Theatre By The Lake
• A Picture with Yuki - 2:00pm Alhambra
• No Fathers in Kashmir - 2:00pm Theatre By The Lake
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire - 5:00pm  Alhambra
• The Souvenir - 5:00pm  Theatre By The Lake
• Blackbird - 8:00pm Alhambra