Jump Cuts Film Festival

AND THE RESULTS ARE IN!!!!

Here are where the filmmakers finished in each category - namely - where applicable - as a Nominee, Quarter Finalist, Semi Finalist, Finalist and Winner. All laurels/notifications have been sent out via FilmFreeway but if you don't receive notification that you've made it into any of the above positions then you're still of course an 'Official Selection' if you were previously notified of that, and everyone should be able to download laurels here on the FilmFreeway site.

HUGE thanks to every single creative who entered or was a part of all the amazing films we've had the pleasure of watching... Lockdown has flown by!!!

A VIDEO featuring the winning films can be viewed here https://youtu.be/PVbxbP2QxBQ

Stay safe and keep creating,
Aidey Pugh
Festival Director.

Jump Cuts Film Festival 2021
Winner’s country of origin in brackets, if known.

BEST LOCKDOWN FILM

JOINT WINNERS –
In Isolation (UK)
My Dear Quarantine (Poland)

SEMI FINALISTS –
The Other One
The Decisive Moment

QUARTER FINALISTS –
Forge
Hands
Parrot
Who’s Not Listening?

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BEST COMEDY

WINNER – The Last Roll (Ireland)

FINALIST – The Witch Hunters Are Coming

SEMI FINALISTS –
Daddy’s Note
One Last Bite

QUARTER FINALISTS –
Derek and Sheila
Il Maestro + Margherita
Mixed Signals
Stealth

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BEST HORROR

WINNER – After Hours (UK)

FINALIST – Caged

SEMI FINALISTS –
Horror
The Eve

QUARTER FINALIST –
I Scream On The Beach!

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BEST MUSIC VIDEO

WINNER – 2Pillz (UK)

FINALIST – Astronaut

SEMI FINALIST – Alabama Song

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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

WINNER – The Last Loner (Poland)

FINALIST – Succumbing

SEMI FINALIST – The Eve

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BEST ANIMATION

WINNER – The Butterfly Cage (France)

FINALIST – Shotrocity

SEMI FINALISTS –
Mimi Meets Books
Out With The Old

QUARTER FINALISTS –
Bacon Squares & Moondust
Diminuendo
On/Off
Who’s Not Listening?

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BEST CONSERVATION FILM

WINNER – Cedar Creek (United States)

FINALIST – Warhorses

SEMI FINALISTS –
Diminuendo
Shamwari Untamed

QUARTER FINALIST –
Spring (3)

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BEST DOCUMENTARY

WINNER – Digging Deep (UK)

FINALIST – Lost, Taken, Murdered

SEMI FINALISTS –
Blinkers
When I Was 80

QUARTER FINALISTS –
Belle-ile In Acadie
Occupying the Hulme Hippodrome
Queerantine
Succumbing

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BEST LGBT+ FILM

WINNER – Zero As You Are (Japan)

FINALIST – Plastic Boy

SEMI FINALISTS –
Enclosure
Gay as in Happy

QUARTER FINALISTS –
Circular
Cracks In The Patriarchy
Idda
Outlines Of Love

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BEST INSPIRING/MOTIVATIONAL FILM

WINNER – I Live (Slovenia)

FINALIST – Muscle Warriors

SEMI FINALISTS –
The Magic Bracelet;
The Manta Listener

QUARTER FINALISTS –
Anna - I Love Sharks;
Bulldog;
Five Days To Say Goodbye;
When I Was 80

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BEST EDITING

WINNER – The Ghost Of Me And You (UK)

FINALIST – Single

SEMI FINALISTS –
Checkpoint Berlin
The Other Side

QUARTER FINALIST – The Eve

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BEST YOUNG FILM MAKER

WINNER – Jessica Fay – ‘The Making Of Alex’ (UK)

FINALIST – Seth Bowland – ‘The Heat’

SEMI FINALISTS –
Kristen Brookman – ‘Uninspired Moments’
Michael Murray-Draine – ‘Crème Brûlée Or Chocolate Soufflé?

QUARTER FINALISTS –
Luke Couch – ‘The Culture Club’
Callum Thomas – ‘Boyo’

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BEST YOUNG CAST

WINNER – Film (UK)

FINALIST – The Making Of Alex

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BEST STUDENT FILM

WINNER – Unspeakable Things (UK)

FINALIST – Shattered

SEMI FINALISTS
According To Camden
Crème Brûlée Or Chocolate Soufflé?

QUARTER FINALISTS –
4 0 4
Blinkers
Cranberry
The Peach Was Once A Bitter Almond

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER – The Bottom Turn (Indonesia)

FINALIST – Warhorses

SEMI FINALISTS –
The Last Loner
The Letter

QUARTER FINALISTS –
Acid Rain
The Eve
The Other Side
The Peach was Once a Bitter Almond

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BEST 1ST TIME DIRECTOR

WINNER – Tanxuan Shi – ‘Misdirection’ (China)

FINALIST – Zilu Lin – ‘4 0 4’

SEMI FINALISTS –
João Rodrigues – ‘Warhorses’
Russell Southam – ‘Black Heart, Red Hands’

QUARTER FINALISTS –
Danny Ashkenasi - The Tell-Tale Heart - A Musicabre
Robert Cunniff – ‘Clowning Around’
Alla Gopsha – ‘Succumbing’
Luca Machnich – ‘The Eve’

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BEST LOW BUDGET FILM

WINNER – This Is Not Becky (UK)

FINALIST – Hunters

SEMI FINALISTS –
Lavender;
Leagues Apart

QUARTER FINALISTS –
Desert Island Music
Something About Henry
The End Of Comedy
Til Death Us Do Part

NOMINEE – Clowning Around

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BEST YORKSHIRE FILM

WINNER – Leagues Apart

FINALIST – Property

SEMI FINALISTS –
Gloop Café;
Naunet

QUARTER FINALISTS –
Betrayed
Possessed
Pregnancy Test
The Saw Makers;

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BEST YOUNG ACTRESS

WINNER – Anna McAlorum – ‘This Is Not Becky’

FINALIST – Olivia Caley – ‘Lou’

SEMI FINALISTS –
Verity Coverdale Firth – ‘Daddy’s Note’
Maria McCamley – ‘Caged’

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BEST YOUNG ACTOR

WINNER – Quincy Taylor – ‘Straight’ner’

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BEST ACTRESS

WINNER – Esther McAuley – ‘Can’t Hide It’

FINALIST – Kirsty Strain – ‘The Ghost Of Me And You’

SEMI FINALISTS –
Delaney Feener – ‘Single’
Scarlett Marshall – ‘Soundtrack To Sixteen’

QUARTER FINALISTS –
Beverley Bishop – ‘Five Days To Say Goodbye’
Sarah Buchanan – ‘Cranberry’
Caroline Jaden Stussi – ‘Nameless’

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BEST ACTOR

WINNER – John Walker Gray – ‘Hunters’

FINALIST – Gavin Fowler – ‘Can’t Hide It’

SEMI FINALISTS –
Alex Mason – ‘Hunters’
Jordan Wiseley – ‘Single’

QUARTER FINALISTS –
Danny Ashkenasi – ‘The Tell-Tale Heart - A Musicabre’
Andy Dickson – ‘Caged’
Johnny Farrell – ‘Billy’

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BEST SHORT FILM AND DIRECTOR OUTSIDE THE UK

WINNER – Single (United Stated) - Ashley Eakin

FINALIST – Lola's Letters (France) - Rosa Victoria Ritzau-Møllehave

SEMI FINALISTS –
According to Camden (Canada) - Rory de Grasse
The Bottom Turn (Indonesia) - Mike McDougall

QUARTER FINALISTS –
Désir Pastel (France) - Mathieu Rivolier
For the Goblins (United Stated) - Hypnus Yao
Hall Of Fame (United States) - Joshua Wagner
Non è Vero (Italy) - Sergiy Pudich

NOMINEES –
Breakup In 9 Scenes (Lebanon) - Leil Zahra Mortada
Fasten Your Seatbelts While Seated (Egypt) - Samir T. Radwan

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BEST UK SHORT FILM AND DIRECTOR

WINNER – ‘Can’t Hide It’ - Richard Miller & Grant Archer

FINALIST – ‘The Ghost Of Me And You’ - Ben Thompson

SEMI FINALISTS –
‘Lou’ - Rowan Walsh & Freddie Fullalove
‘Taxidermy Tom’ - Nathalie Ekstrom

QUARTER FINALISTS –
‘Lavender’ - Andrew Ball-Shaw
‘One Last Bite’ - John Ferrer
‘Showdown’
‘The Prince of the North West’ - Todor Tragmar

NOMINEE
‘An Eye for an Artisan’ - Guy Nicholls

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BEST FEATURE FILM AND DIRECTOR OUTSIDE THE UK

JOINT WINNERS –
‘Battle Bordel’ - Alexandre Laugier & Sabry Jarod (France)
‘Meet Her’ - Raphaël Kirgo (France)

SEMI FINALISTS –
‘Charlene’ - Hasan Qureshi (Canada)
‘Westgarth’ - Oliver Crawford Smith, Oliver Bailey (Australia)

QUARTER FINALISTS –
‘Kaali Maati’ - Hemantkumar Mahale (India)
‘Medvetna’ - Moritz Geßner (Germany)
‘Pandora's Box’ - Charles Focant (Belgium)
‘Ton-Kaka-Ton’ - Teppei Kohira (Japan)

* * *

BEST UK FEATURE FILM AND DIRECTOR

WINNER – ‘Superterranean’ - Ian Gordon

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UPDATE: NEW CATEGORY for ANY film made during LOCKDOWN !

UPDATE : WE HAVE EXTENDED OUR FINAL CLOSING DATE TO ACCOMMODATE FILM MAKERS WHOSE PROJECTS WERE SCUPPERED BY COVID! Hopefully the extension will give creatives time to finish filming and editing and we look forward to viewing your completed works! Stay safe! :).

FURTHER UPDATE - 07/12/21 Sadly, despite having moved this event date twice, in conjunction with our amazing city centre location, it seems that Covid and the restrictions imposed by it means that the winners of the categories in this festival will now have to be announced online. So sorry folks as we were so looking forward to screenings at the venue but after many discussions (and prayers that the festival would take place in the format detailed below) this doesn't seem possible. After the announcements of the online winners, runners up, etc can obviously download their laurels. Hopefully we'll be able to have a physical festival with screenings, talks, Q&As etc next time! Grrrrr. Stay safe everyone. Further updates on our facebook page as well as here.

Welcome to Jump Cuts Film Festival which will showcase the work of film-makers across the globe. This exciting new event is taking place in the centre of Leeds in September 2020 and will be FREE for anyone to attend. The venue is actually only 0.7 miles from where the world’s very first films were made on Leeds Bridge in 1888 by Louis le Prince - a perfect photo opportunity for film-makers should they wish to do selfies at the plaque only a 3 minute walk away!

The Festival is only a 9 minute walk from Leeds City Train Station and there's plenty of parking very close by. Today Leeds is a leading centre for film culture in a major European region for filmmaking, and at the time of the festival will be the home of new Channel 4 offices and studios.

Talking of Channel 4, one of the guest judges will be Mushy Asghar, from Channel Four’s 'Educating Yorkshire', who'll also be presenting awards, including one for the most inspirational/motivational film. This can be in any area.

Stand up comedian Liam Tulley, who won the 'King Gong' at The Comedy Store in 2014 and who's sharp observations and dry witted humour have since helped him to become a 'So You Think You're Funny' Semi-Finalist, a 'Hilarity Bites' finalist and 'Laughing Horse New Act of the Year' Semi-finalist will also be judging the Best Comedy.

The Music Video category will be judged by musicians who regularly perform at The Cavern Club in Liverpool - the cradle of British pop music and the club where the Beatles musical identity was formed!

Submissions are invited from across the world and there’ll also be a special category for Yorkshire film-makers.

Time allowing we’ll also be having selected Q&As with a couple of directors/producers.

NB - SEE ABOVE UPDATES FOLLOWING COVID TIER/LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS