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The Swansea Bay Film Festival is an annual film festival that takes places in Swansea, Wales.
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Festival mission [edit]
This is a festival that promises to "honour the individual voice".[1][2] Its goal is to provide a worldwide public forum for independent and experimental film makers and to offer educational outreach.[2] The Swansea Bay Film Festival is a qualifying festival for the British Independent Film Awards.[2][3] The Academy of Media, Recording, Interactive, Television and Stage Arts (AMRITSA) are organising the event and the festival's "Special Selection Committee" will comprise seasoned filmmakers, representatives from The City and County of Swansea, The Dylan Thomas Centre, and The Department of Adult and Continuing Education at Swansea University.[2][4]
Critical response [edit]
- Director Michael Attardi says, "The Swansea Film Festival is better than Cannes."*[5] On the other hand, the festival has been described by previous participants as "a sham"[6] and "the worst film festival.".[7] In June 2011 The Guardian headlined the Swansea Bay film festival as a 'disaster' Catherine Zeta-Jones has resigned[8] as patron of the Swansea Bay Film Festival and Michael Sheen has resigned as vice president following criticism of the festival.
Winners [edit]
2010 - main categories
- Best International Documentary: Salt in Salad (Israel) - Michael Kovensky and Elena Mescheryavoka
- Best International Feature Film: Carmilla Hyde (Australia) - Dave De Vries
- Best International Environment and Ecological Film: Poison Wind (USA) - Jenny Pond
- Best in the Festival: Shooter (UK) - Ronnie Goodwin
2009 - main categories
- Best Documentary: War of the Gods (USA) - Jennifer Abbott
- Best International Feature Film: Blue Bus (USA) - Phil Scarpaci
- Best Feature Film: Gods of Circumstance (USA ) - Justin Golding
- Best in Festival: Jackson (USA) - JF Lawton
2008 - main categories
- Best International Short Film: Appassionata (Germany) - Mirko Echghi-Ghamsari
2006 - main categories
- Best Feature Film: Footsteps (UK) - Gareth Evans
- Best Feature Film Under 75 Minutes - Teenage Wasteland (UK) - Andrew Jones (filmmaker)
- Best Short Film (Under 20 Mins) : Tomorrow Never Dais (UK) - Anthony James
- Best Noir: The Girl the Gun & the Desert (UK) - Alun D Pughe
References [edit]
- ^ bbc.co.uk, May 29, 2008, "Swansea Film Festival:, Retrieved September 26, 2009
- ^ a b c d by Binda Singh, festivalfocus.org, Swansea Bay Film Festival information, Retrieved September 26, 2008
- ^ *"Film festival's top of the world". South Wales Evening Post. May 25, 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
- ^ amritsa.com, website of The Academy of Media, Recording, Interactive, Television and Stage Arts (AMRITSA), Retrieved September 26, 2008
- ^ "Anything Cannes can do we can do ... closer.(News)". Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales). June 15, 2006. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
- ^ http://www.montereyherald.com/marccabrera/ci_15238957
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf6f6cIKvCQ
- ^ [1] Wales Online Report
External links [edit]
- Official Website
- remotegoat.co.uk, "Swansea Bay Film Festival 2008"
- fargofilmmaking.wikia.com, Swansea Bay Film Festival
- news.bbc.com, June 3 2006, "Swansea premieres film festival"
- [2]"How Swansea is scamming international film makers"]
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