Wimbledon Shorts is dedicated to showcasing new and innovative work in film and video from around the world.
We’re a British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) Qualifying Festival
We’re delighted to announce the Wimbledon Shorts Award Winning Films 2022 – here are the 7 films from the UK and around the world. Congratulations to the winning directors and filmmaking teams.
Thank you also to all the filmmakers who submitted films this year, a year of so many quality films made in the toughest of circumstances.
The Wimbledon Shorts Awards Night in Wimbledon Saturday 8 October from 6.30 pm was a terrific event – brilliant films and such an enthusiastic audience. Thank you everyone!
THE WISFF 2022 WINNERS ARE
Best UK Film & Audience Choice Award
Ruthless
directed by Matthew McGuigan
Best International Film
Edderkoppen
directed by Shokat Harjo
Best Documentary
Love Languages
directed by Jason Osborne
Best Animation
Pengugee
directed by Stephen Quenet
Best Young Filmmaker
When the Clapping Stops
directed by Cameron Perry
Best London Filmmaker
Phoenix
directed by Timur Bekir
Best Environmental Film
Ocean Greens
directed by Scott Bradley
THE FILMS
“A Whispered Hope” directed by Samantha Locock & Katie Loughrin
“Eastern Romance” directed by Anna Tabi Jasinska
“Happier Alone” directed by Lili Giacobino
“Ocean Greens” directed by Scott Bradley
“Ruthless” directed by Matthew McGuigan
“Who’s Counting?” directed by Ben Lankester
“Booksmart” directed by Côme Ferré
“EDDERKOPPEN” directed by Shokat Harjo
“Love Languages” directed by Jason Osborne
“Pengugee” directed by Stephen Quenet
“Split or Steal” directed by Jack Bailey
“When the Clapping Stops” directed by Cameron Perry
“Cloud Boy: An Autistic Journey” directed by Kieran Firth-Bernard
“Gruf and Me” directed by Dovi Keich
“Niente di glamour / Nothing glamorous” directed by Giovanni Conte
“Phoenix” directed by Timur Bekir
“This is fine” directed by Gianmarco Nepa
‘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 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!’ Candle Cops Director Tony Collingwood
‘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.’ Copper and Nickel Director Chris Shenkman
‘For once (amongst many of the festivals I have visited) the audience was large and included lots of members of the public as well as film makers. It was extremely well organised and the viewing and audio amongst one of the best I have seen.’ What Happened to Evie Director Kate Cheeseman
Huge thank you sponsors and supporters Marcus Beale Architects, Cut To: Plan, Curzon Cinemas and Wimbledon BookFest, and our friends at the Polka Theatre.
2022 Awards Jury
Dominic Buttimore – Executive Producer
Andrew Chowns – Chair, Directors’ Charitable Foundation
Fiona Clarke-Hackston – Media Consultant, Memini
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
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