Bradford Winners | Drunken Film Fest

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BEST NARRATIVE

Abandoned by his parents, a boy takes care of his younger brother Mattie as they fend for themselves in a council house in Sheffield. When the authorities come to take Mattie away, a desperation to retain control forces the boy to take Mattie and go on the run.

Written entirely in spoken rhyming verse, JUMP is 505 Films’ debut short.

BEST ANIMATION

Nuevo Rico by Kristian Mercado

A brother and sister stumble upon a celestial secret that changes their lives forever and propels them into Reggaetón stardom, but they soon discover that their newfound fame comes at a deep price.

WINNING FILMS
2021

BEST AVANT-GARDE

Life of an editor who works for Islamic Republic of IRAN Broadcasting and feels like Frankenstein, creating a monster.

BEST DOCUMENTARY

A box of stunning family photos awakens grief and lost memories as they are viewed for the first time on camera. Filmmaker Sophy Romvari documents her first-hand experience
as an exploration into cinema as therapy in this nonfiction short.

Cutstein by Hamidreza Khosh-Bazan

Still Processing by Sophy Romvari

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Wellerman by Matt Harris-Freeth

Music video for Bristol folk band The Longest Johns' version of "Wellerman" that went viral on Tik Tok and sparked a global interest in sea shanties. A cinematic and characterful video that sees the band passing their time aboard a sail ship waiting for the Wellerman (a supply ship) to come.

BEST LOCAL FILM

Takeaway by Lou Sumray

A hand drawn tale inspired by the antics of the Bowerbird, that gives an insight into what really happens to all that single use plastic that we use and so recklessly discard.