Wimbledon Shorts is dedicated to showcasing new and innovative work in film and video from around the world
Thank you so much everyone for the incredible films submitted this year
Our 2024 finalist Screening and Awards Night was a wonderful success – thank you to all for attending and supporting the event
Congratulations to our winners and everyone involved in bringing the winning films to the screen
Submissions for 2025 will open January 2025
WISFF 2024 Festival
Best Documentary Award Winner
Black Stroke – dir. Olivia Smart
Best Animated Film Award
El Extraño Caso del Hombre Bala [The Strange Case Of The Human Cannonbal] – dir. Roberto Valencia
Best Young Filmmaker Award
Philophobic – dir. Safien van Westing
Best International Film Award
Bordovasca [Pool Edge] – dir. Giuseppe Zampella
Best Environmental Film
The Hearts of Bwindi – dir. Charli Doherty
Audience Choice Award
Thanks for the Milk – dir. Côme Ferré
Best London Film Award
Crusts- dir. Alfie Dale
Best UK Film
Safe – dir. Debbie Howard
OUR 2024 TRAILER
‘The quality of films at the festival was outstanding, and it was a fantastic evening,’ Tom McNeish producer
‘An intimate festival with a great display of high quality and hand crafted films from across the world. The standards were uncompromising and I left both inspired and reflective about what I had seen.’ Olivia Smart director of Black Stroke
‘The quality of films has always been very high and once again I was not disappointed.’ Fiona Clark-Hackston judge
‘Ruthless are utterly thrilled to take home 2 awards last night @WimbledonShorts for Best UK film and The Audience Award! A real pleasure to screen at such a great fest and congrats to the other winners. GET IT ON! ‘ Kate Perry screenwriter of Ruthless
”Top night watching the outstanding finalists of the Wimbledon Shorts Film Festival awards @polkatheatre It was emotional, poignant, scary, intriguing, engaging, beautiful, funny, sad, captivating. Everything you could want from good short films.’ Lucy Kane MD Time & Leisure
‘The Wimbledon Festival is something special. A fantastic evening was had in the newly refurbished Polka Theatre for the 2021 awards night. My film CANDLE COPS could not have premiered at a better run event. A big THANK-YOU to the dedicated team who make this festival happen year after year!’ Tony Collingwood director of Candle Cops
‘WSIFF is a charming grassroots festival with a focus on uncovering resourceful new filmmakers around the world. The organisers do a fantastic job curating a quality range of up and coming talent, across various genres, and I’m very grateful to have taken part in this festival and won.’ Chris Shenkman director of Copper and Nickel
Huge thank you sponsors and supporters Marcus Beale Architects, Curzon Cinemas and BIFA and our friends at Wimbledon Bookfest and the Polka Theatre.
2024 Awards Jury
Dominic Buttimore – Executive Producer
Andrew Chowns – Chair, Directors’ Charitable Foundation
Tony Collingwood – Animator, Director, Producer
Deborah Haywood – Writer & Director
Manu Luksch – Artist and Filmmaker
Lila Rawlings – Head of Creative; Film and TV for Alfonso Cuarón
Matt Smith – Head of Distribution Lionsgate
Nick Toon – Director of Rational[e] Consulting