Best International Short

Winner: AUGUST 15TH directed by Jiang Xuan and SOLITARIO ANONIMO directed by Debora Diniz 

Presented by: Andrea Riseborough

Jury: Andrea Riseborough (actor, Love You More, Happy Go Lucky), Jesse Vile (DailyMotion), Natasha Braier (cinematographer Somers Town, XXY), Asif Kapadia (Director The Warrior, Far North)

 

and the panel of International Shorts juries...

  • Andrea Riseborough

    Andrea is an award-winning English actress, best known for her performance as intern Kirsty MacKenzie in the BBC Two drama 'Party Animals'. For performances during her youth she won the 1999 Mike Figgis Award, and in 2007 she won the Ian Charleson Award for her performances as Isabella in 'Measure For Measure' and as the title character in 'Miss Julie'. In 2008 she appeared in Mike Leigh's 'Happy-Go-Lucky' as well as the short 'Love You More' directed by Sam Taylor Wood.

  • Jesse Vile

    Jesse is the UK creative agent for Dailymotion, the world's largest independent film & video website, where he sources and develops unsigned filmmakers through the platform's Motionmaker programme. Before joining Dailymotion, Jesse was the producer of the Raindance Film Festival from 2006 to 2008.

  • Natasha Brier

    Argentinean cinematographer Natasha Braier has been based in London for the last 10 years, alter moving to the UK to study at the National Film and Television School. She has shot films in the UK, Europe, Africa, North and South America. Her latest work includes 'La Teta Asustada' by Peruvian filmmaker Claudia Llosa, which just won the Golden Bear in Berlin Film Festival, 'Somers Town'by Shane Meadows, winner Best British Film at Edinburgh International Film Festival, and 'XXY', Argentinean film by Lucia Puenzo winner Best Film in Cannes Film Festival Critics Week.

  • Asif Kapadia

    Writer-director Asif Kapadia’s first feature 'The Warrior' won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, the Award for the Most Promising Newcomer at the 2002 BAFTA Awards and the London Film Festival’s Sutherland Trophy for the Most Original and Imaginative First Feature. His new film 'Far North' premiered at the Venice Film Festival 2007, stars Michelle Yeoh, Sean Bean and Michelle Krusiec and was shot in Svalbard in the high Arctic.