Welcome to the Future BAFTA Winners Short Film Competition!

Dive into a world of cinematic brilliance and be part of an extraordinary event celebrating the next generation of filmmakers. The Future BAFTA Winners Short Film Competition is your exclusive ticket to experience the creativity, passion, and storytelling prowess of emerging talents from Portsmouth, Winchester, and Solent Universities.

Join us for a captivating screening of six short films, each a unique testament to the imaginative power and artistic vision of our students. These films, spanning a variety of genres and styles, promise to engage, inspire, and entertain audiences from all walks of life.

But that’s not all – your voice matters! As part of this exclusive event, you’ll have the opportunity to cast your vote and help select the audience’s favourite film. Meanwhile, our panel of esteemed judges will deliberate to crown the best film of the competition.

Don’t miss your chance to be part of this celebration of future cinematic stars. Whether you’re a film aficionado, a supporter of local talent, or simply in search of an inspiring afternoon, the Future BAFTA Winners Short Film Competition is an event you won’t want to miss.

• When: Thursday 21st March from 3:30pm
• Where: At No6 Cinema, Boathouse 6, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth PO1 3LJ

PROGRAMME

Solent University

The Chopping Block

Duration 9’48”

Frankie O’Bannon hosts the phone-in radio show called “The Chopping Block”, along with her producer Jenna. As per usual, the show starts and Frankie spends her time belittling her attention-hungry listeners, until suddenly these seemingly unrelated calls starts to reveal details that Frankie recognizes from her own past. Tensions rise as the calls become more frantic, strange music appears in the background, the equipment starts malfunctioning and voices blends together. The film is left on an ambiguous note as Frankie comes face to face with an unseen entity. Ultimately, her fate is left unknown.

Cast & Crew

Written and directed by Carl Axel Eduard

Produced by Red Togstead

Director of Photography Viki Kovacs

Production Design Ella Abecassis

Camera Operator Patricia Lorch

Editor Maximus Callan

Sound Designer Ellen Wilson

Sound Recordist Ben Ryan

Helvegr

Duration 10′

In “Helvegr,” Cnut, an Anglo-Saxon slave captured during the Viking age, escapes from captivity only to face death in the guise of a mythological Norse troll. Armed with a knife found with a deceased fellow slave, Cnut vows vengeance against the Norsemen. His journey leads him to a campsite where a nostalgic discovery turns violent, resulting in Cnut killing a man in self-defence, an act that aligns him with the troll’s dark essence. Mortally wounded in the altercation, Cnut collapses by a river, haunted by visions of the ocean and the troll. He awakens in a forest, compelled to follow the troll deeper into the wilderness, a path that seems to lead him towards an inevitable, dark fate.

Cast & Crew

Written, directed and edited by Joakim Fossum Kvello

Produced by Teodor Mitsev

Director of Photography Tomasz Dolega

Camera Operator Alice Dellai

Production Designer Ana P. Rodrigues

Sound Designer Sidney Robinson

Sound Recordist Miguel Granell

University of Portsmouth

When This You See

Duration 7’02”

Hester, a humble woman governed by the effects of a distant war, and her spirited young daughter, Asmi, await the return of her son from battle. When he does not arrive with the rest of the soldiers, the pair must face their new reality.

Cast & Crew

Executive Producer: Riyadh Haque

Producer: Ben Jones

Director: Megan Lyons

Writer/1st AD: Andrew Fitzgerald

DoP: Gabbi Wolfe

Production Designer: Izi Graham

Sound: Sophie Brennan

Editor/Colourist: Justin Comley

Fran Lawton as Hester

Lottie Lawton as Asmi

Luke Feechan as Thrain

Ryan Aust as Henry

Daylight

Duration 5’47”

The short narrative follows a student who has suddenly realised he is late due to Daylight Savings Time, and he must make a mad rush to his exam which begins at 9am on the dot. Along the way he will encounter several issues that desperately try to slow him down. But will he make it in time?

Cast & Crew

Directed by Alfie Sadler

Executive Producer – Riyadh Haque

Producer – Ben Steed

DOP – Louis Westover

Writer – Alfie Sadler

1st AD – Harry Larter

1st AC – Joe Walters

Editor – Ben Steed

Sound – Sulaiman Ali Shah

University of Winchester

Divine Intention

Duration 7’54”

Eve is a meek, innocent woman who is desperately yearning for love, when her life changed on a seemingly average Sunday at Church. Eve meets the bright and bubbly Annalise and is immediately infatuated – this makes her enter a hazy daydream where she imagines a life with her. The audience assume their friendship is flourishing into something more when Annalise’s true feelings are

Cast & Crew

Sins of the Father

Duration 8’29”

John Porter (Ben Knapp) is a successful award-winning author, but he has a traumatic past yet to catch up with him. In this short phycological horror, John is haunted and condemned by the destructive Red Book to have to relive and experience the horrors of his past. When he comes face to face with his worst fear and a familiar face (Roy McClean), transforming into the evil he so desperately despises becomes the least of his worries.

Cast & Crew

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