2021 virtual fisheye film festival
In 2021, adapting to the global situation, we were proud to deliver our first virtual film festival.
The festival programme included seven short film showcases and three feature films, plus the chance to be involved in filmmaker Q&A’s and the Awards Night event.
Click on the flyer to see the full festival event programme!
awards panel
James McConnel – Award winning composer for more than 100 TV documentaries and dramas
Linda Mason – Independent filmmaker and editor
Glen McCoy – Award-winning screenwriter
Tony McHale – TV writer, director and producer
Jo Southwell – Multi-award winning writer and director
Vivienne Zheng – Blogger and Chinese film distributor
Amita Shankar – Festival programmer, events curator and amateur actor
Sarah @ Caution Spoilers– Film writer and Rotten Tomatoes approved critic
Alan Green – Alan has worked in sound for film, TV, and video on a wide range of material and now runs the BSc Sound Design course at Bucks New University
Carson Black – Multi-award-winning television producer
Dominique Unsworth – A Producer with 20 years experience of finding and developing diverse emerging talent
Mariko Francombe – Mariko is one of the festival founders and currently leads the team
Richard Rowntree – A writer, director and producer of both shorts and features
awards
international film competition
BEST HAIR & MAKEUP – THE MOLE
BEST MUSIC – ARACHNARCHE
BEST SOUND DESIGN – FORTISSIMO
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – NOT A ROBOT
BEST EDITING – ASCENSION
BEST SCREENPLAY – MATCH
BEST ACTOR – JOHN ARTHUR (FEARFULLY MADE)
BEST ACTRESS – RACHAEL BROWN (I HEAR YOU)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – BETH
BEST DIRECTOR – ASCENSION
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY (Audience) – NANIA; CAMBIO TUTTO
BEST MICRO SHORT FILM UNDER 4 MINS – NOT A ROBOT
BEST SHORT FILM BY A FILMMAKER AGED UNDER 22 – THREE DAYS
BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM – FEARFULLY MADE
BEST SHORT FILM OF THE FESTIVAL – FORTISSIMO
BEST FEATURE FILM (Audience) – HELP
key organising team
Fisheye Film Festival could not happen without the team of volunteers who work tirelessly behind the scenes to plan, organise and market events, then run the festival when it lands every year.
We would like to mention the following people for their valuable contribution to the 2018 festival:
Mariko Francombe
Rodney Willott
Simon Kearey
Richard Rowntree
Alex Van Der Borght
Mark Singer
Jerry Joseph
Barbara Muston
Jamie Terry