2021 Festival

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

other winners & nominees


2018 Festival

2018 fisheye film festival

Learning as we go, we felt 2018 was our most polished festival to date. We were proud to host many filmmakers from near and far at our Show Off Your Shorts! and Creative Challenge meet ups, and at our Awards Night event.

Click on the flyer to see the full festival event programme!

awards panel

international film competition

James McConnel – Award winning composer for more than 100 TV documentaries and dramas
Linda Mason – Independent filmmaker and editor
Glen McCoy – Award-winning screenwriter
Mark Jones – Producer and writer
Tony McHale – TV writer, director and producer
Vivian Zheng – Blogger and Chinese film distirbutor
Jo Southwell – Award Winning Film Director

creative challenge

Alan Green – Lecturer in Sound Design at Bucks New University
John Lenehan – Celebrated Pianist, chamber and jazz musician
Nikolas Labrinakos – British film composer

awards

international film competition

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP – CHUCHOTAGE

BEST MUSIC – SPEED DATE

BEST SOUND DESIGN – SPEED DATE

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – CHUCHOTAGE

BEST EDITING – CHUCHOTAGE

BEST SCREENPLAY – CHUCHOTAGE

BEST ACTOR – PAL GOTTINGER (CHUCHOTAGE)

BEST ACTRESS – KATIE ALEXANDER THOM (THE GIRLS WERE DOING NOTHING)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – THE SKY UNDERWATER

BEST DIRECTOR – THE SKY UNDERWATER

BEST DOCUMENTARY – BLACK SNOW

BEST MICRO SHORT FILM – THE WATER’S EDGE

BEST FILM BY A FILMMAKER AGED UNDER 22 – QUIETUS

BEST UK SHORT FILM – SPEED DATE

BEST SHORT FILM – CHUCHOTAGE

creative challenge

BEST SILENT FILM (Film Jury)
For the film “1 2” by :
KIRIL TODOROV

BEST SOUNDTRACK COMPOSITION (Sound Jury)
For the film “RESTRICT” (by KIANA DHANJAL) :
ROSIE MOUNTJOY

BEST FILM with a SOUNDTRACK COMPOSITION (Film Jury)
Film “1 2” by KIRIL TODOROV
with music by TOBY CATT

awards

international film competition

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
CHUCHOTAGE

BEST MUSIC
SPEED DATE

BEST SOUND DESIGN
SPEED DATE

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
CHUCHOTAGE

BEST EDITING
CHUCHOTAGE

BEST SCREENPLAY
CHUCHOTAGE

BEST ACTOR
PAL GOTTINGER (CHUCHOTAGE)

BEST ACTRESS
KATIE ALEXANDER THOM (THE GIRLS WERE DOING NOTHING)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE SKY UNDERWATER

BEST DIRECTOR
THE SKY UNDERWATER

BEST DOCUMENTARY
BLACK SNOW

BEST MICRO SHORT FILM
THE WATER’S EDGE

BEST FILM BY A FILMMAKER AGED UNDER 22
QUIETUS

BEST UK SHORT FILM
SPEED DATE

BEST SHORT FILM
CHUCHOTAGE

creative challenge

BEST SILENT FILM (Film Jury)
For the film “1 2” by :
KIRIL TODOROV

BEST SOUNDTRACK COMPOSITION (Sound Jury)
For the film “RESTRICT” (by KIANA DHANJAL) :
ROSIE MOUNTJOY

BEST FILM with a SOUNDTRACK COMPOSITION (Film Jury)
Film “1 2” by KIRIL TODOROV
with music by TOBY CATT

key organising team

Fisheye Film Festival could not happen without the 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
Simon Kearey

Robert Digby
Jerry Joseph
Rodney Willott

Barbara Muston
Richard Rowntree
Andrew St Maur

Mark Singer
Jamie Terry

other winners & nominees


2017 Festival

2017 fisheye film festival

The 2017 festival was our best yet with increased participation, high quality competition entries and a marked diversity of feature film offerings including newly released British films and a special programme, ‘Black Stars on the Silver Screen’.

awards panel

international film competition

James McConnel – Award winning composer for more than 100 TV documentaries and dramas
Phillip Bergson – Renowned film critic, BBC World Service Correspondent, Visiting Lecturer at Prague Film School, Casting Director
Linda Mason – Independent filmmaker and editor
Glen McCoy – Award-winning screenwriter
Mark Jones – Producer and writer
Tony McHale – TV writer, director and producer
Liz Tagg-Wooster – Award-winning Hair and Make-up Artist
Sheena MacBrayne – Writer, producer and director specialising in international co-productions

awards

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP – THE CALL OF CHARLIE

BEST MUSIC – THE CALL OF CHARLIE

BEST SOUND DESIGN – MOTHER

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – THE CALL OF CHARLIE

BEST EDITING – TRANSMISSION

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTHER

BEST ACTOR – JITIN GULATI (SISAK)

BEST ACTRESS – MIRIAM MARGOLYES (MOTHER)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – TRANSMISSION

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTHER

BEST DOCUMENTARY – THE BROKEN BRIDGE

BEST MICRO SHORT FILM – THE FLOW

BEST FILM BY A FILMMAKER AGED UNDER 25 – SELF

BEST UK SHORT FILM – THE BROKEN BRIDGE

BEST SHORT FILM – THE CALL OF CHARLIE

awards

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
THE CALL OF CHARLIE

BEST MUSIC
THE CALL OF CHARLIE

BEST SOUND DESIGN
MOTHER

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE CALL OF CHARLIE

BEST EDITING
TRANSMISSION

BEST SCREENPLAY
MOTHER

BEST ACTOR
JITIN GULATI (SISAK)

BEST ACTRESS
MIRIAM MARGOLYES (MOTHER)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
TRANSMISSION

BEST DIRECTOR
MOTHER

BEST DOCUMENTARY
THE BROKEN BRIDGE

BEST MICRO SHORT FILM
THE FLOW

BEST FILM BY A FILMMAKER AGED UNDER 25
SELF

BEST UK SHORT FILM
THE BROKEN BRIDGE

BEST SHORT FILM
THE CALL OF CHARLIE

key organising team

Fisheye Film Festival could not happen without the 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 2017 festival:

Mariko Francombe
Simon Kearey
Greg Witek

Robert Digby
Rodney Willott

Barbara Muston
Richard Rowntree

Stan Erraught
Mark Singer

other winners & nominees


2016 Festival

2016 fisheye film festival

The 2016 festival was where the festival really started to get serious. The first international film competition was launched and being free to enter, attracted well over 500 entries! We learned a great deal in 2016.

The awards panel, winners and festival team are all summarised below.

awards panel

international film competition

Phillip Bergson – Renowned film critic, BBC World Service Correspondent, Visiting Lecturer at Prague Film School, Casting Director
Peter Lee-Wright – Award-winning documentary filmmaker and writer; head of television at Goldsmiths, University of London (2005-14)
James McConnel
– Award winning composer for more than 100 TV documentaries and dramas
Rune Temte – Norwegian stage and screen actor, best known for his work in BBC Two’s “The Kingdom

awards

BEST SHORT FILM (Fiction) – FRAGA

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM – MICROSCULPTURE

BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER – THE CANDY GIRL

BEST DIRECTOR (Fiction) – GORBATOV

BEST DIRECTOR (Documentary) – YOU HAVE A PROBLEM

BEST ACTOR – Wieslaw Cichy (FRAGA)

BEST ACTRESS – Agnès Croutelle (EASY REAPPEARANCE)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Fiction) – SPRINT TO THE PAST

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Documentary) – OBJECT

BEST USE OF SOUND (Fiction) – THE WHEEL

BEST USE OF SOUND (Documentary) – OBJECT

awards

BEST SHORT FILM (Fiction)
FRAGA

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
MICROSCULPTURE

BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER
THE CANDY GIRL

BEST DIRECTOR (Fiction)
GORBATOV

BEST DIRECTOR (Documentary)
YOU HAVE A PROBLEM

BEST ACTOR
Wieslaw Cichy (FRAGA)

BEST ACTRESS
Agnès Croutelle (EASY REAPPEARANCE)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Fiction)
SPRINT TO THE PAST

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Documentary)
OBJECT

BEST USE OF SOUND (Fiction)
THE WHEEL

BEST USE OF SOUND (Documentary)
OBJECT

key organising team

Fisheye Film Festival could not happen without the 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
Simon Kearey

Greg Witek
Robert Digby

Barbara Muston
Jess Whiskin

Stan Erraught
Mark Singer

The 2016 festival also had help from the following people:

Paul Fields
Josh Hall
Jamie Terry
Rodney Willott

Joanna Dudderidge
Amin Choudry
Pawel Gminski

Alan McBlane
Richard Rowntree
Linda Mason

Fergus Chalmers
Dominique Henson
Gemma Claridge

other winners & nominees


2020 Festival

2020 fisheye film festival

Learning as we go, we felt 2020 was our most polished festival to date. We were proud to host many filmmakers from near and far at our Show Off Your Shorts! and Creative Challenge meet ups, and at our 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
Sheena MacBryne – A writer, producer and director specialising in international co-production particularly with the Middle East and China
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 – IN THE HUT OF MR VAN DEN BRINK

BEST MUSIC – LIMBO

BEST SOUND DESIGN – THE PINK OR THE GREEN; THE MISSING PIECE

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – THE GERMAN KING

BEST EDITING – THE CLOCK STRIKES ONE

BEST SCREENPLAY – IN THE HUT OF MR VAN DEN BRINK

BEST ACTOR – RAINER KUHN (IN THE HUT OF MR VAN DEN BRINK)

BEST ACTRESS – PAULA HANS (REA)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – THE CLOCK STRIKES ONE

BEST DIRECTOR – BJORN RENNER (IN THE HUT OF MR VAN DEN BRINK)

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY – 2.3 x 2.6 x 3.2

BEST MICRO SHORT FILM UNDER 4 MINS – PANIC ATTACK

BEST SHORT FILM BY A FILMMAKER AGED UNDER 22 – COLOR WORK

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM – BUS STOP

BEST SHORT FILM OF THE FESTIVAL – THE CLOCK STRIKES ONE

BEST FEATURE FILM – HOW I LIVE

awards

international film competition

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
CHUCHOTAGE

BEST MUSIC
SPEED DATE

BEST SOUND DESIGN
SPEED DATE

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
CHUCHOTAGE

BEST EDITING
CHUCHOTAGE

BEST SCREENPLAY
CHUCHOTAGE

BEST ACTOR
PAL GOTTINGER (CHUCHOTAGE)

BEST ACTRESS
KATIE ALEXANDER THOM (THE GIRLS WERE DOING NOTHING)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE SKY UNDERWATER

BEST DIRECTOR
THE SKY UNDERWATER

BEST DOCUMENTARY
BLACK SNOW

BEST MICRO SHORT FILM
THE WATER’S EDGE

BEST FILM BY A FILMMAKER AGED UNDER 22
QUIETUS

BEST UK SHORT FILM
SPEED DATE

BEST SHORT FILM
CHUCHOTAGE

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
IN THE HUT OF MR VAN DEN BRINK

BEST MUSIC
LIMBO

BEST SOUND DESIGN
THE PINK OR THE GREEN; THE MISSING PIECE

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE GERMAN KING

BEST EDITING
THE CLOCK STRIKES ONE

BEST SCREENPLAY
IN THE HUT OF MR VAN DEN BRINK

BEST ACTOR
RAINER KUHN (IN THE HUT OF MR VAN DEN BRINK)

BEST ACTRESS
PAULA HANS (REA)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE CLOCK STRIKES ONE

BEST DIRECTOR
BJORN RENNER (IN THE HUT OF MR VAN DEN BRINK)

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
2.3 x 2.6 x 3.2

BEST MICRO SHORT FILM UNDER 4 MINS
PANIC ATTACK

BEST SHORT FILM BY A FILMMAKER AGED UNDER 22
COLOR WORK

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM
BUS STOP

BEST SHORT FILM OF THE FESTIVAL
THE CLOCK STRIKES ONE

BEST FEATURE FILM
HOW I LIVE

key organising team

Fisheye Film Festival could not happen without the 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
Simon Kearey

Robert Digby
Jerry Joseph
Rodney Willott

Barbara Muston
Richard Rowntree

Mark Singer
Jamie Terry

other winners & nominees