We will be screening the winning films from the 2010 festival, the Best of 2009 and two Screentest Retrospective DVDs which include some of our favourite films from the last few years.

We will also be tweeting about our antics at the festival throughout the week, so follow us on Twitter if you want to see what we get up to.

Or if you are at the festival and fancy spending an hour drinking beer and watching films in a pub then come and find us at the Leaky Sheep.

We look forward to seeing you there

The Screentest Team.

Official partners of BOFF3 are Shooting People , the world’s largest network of independent filmmakers. Joining forces, both organisations hope to to celebrate and reward the very best in international independent short filmmaking by providing exposure and cash awards of up to $6,000.

Deadline for uploads is 28 March, however, filmmakers can submit work from any year of production and there are no restrictions on whether the film has been previously distributed or entered into any offline or online film festival.

To find out more, visit Babelgum

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Best Film: Reaching Albion dir. Jon Scorer. Bournemouth University

Best Animation: Heartstrings dir. Rhiannon Evans. University of Wales

Best Documentary: Reaching Albion dir. Jon Scorer. Bournemouth University

Best Comedy: Foxes in the Underground dir. Daniel Nickson. University of Westminster

Best Drama: Smog dir. Clara Kraft Isono. London Film School

Best Music Video: Poughkeepsie Bound dir. Charlie MacGregor Bristol Univeristy

Best Thriller/Horror: Who’s Afriad of the Water Sprite? dir. William McGregor.  University for the Creative Arts
Best Script: Foxes in the Underground dir. Daniel Nickson. Westminster University

Best Sound: Reaching Albion dir, Jon Scorer. Bournemouth Univeristy

Best Cinematography: Who’s Afraid of the Water Sprite? dir. Willaim McGregor. University for the Creative Arts

Best Acting: Smog dir. Clara Kraft Isono. London Film School

Technical Achievement Award: Who’s Afriad of the Water Sprite? dir. William McGregor. University for the Creative Arts

Film Society Achievement Award: Westminster University

Audience Choice Award: Heartstrings dir. Rhiannon Evan. University of Wales

Filmmakers are asked to make an ad of less than 90 seconds for one of five brands. Prizes include a car, going to Tribeca Film Festival, designing your own film tech packages, and a bunch of other cash prizes (ranging from $1,000 to $10,000).

Last year at Barcelona, four out of the 20 shortlisted winning films were made by Shooting People members. This year, Shooting People want to storm Barcelona showing that UK talent is up there with the best. Mofilm have offered Shooting People members an EXCLUSIVE OFFER – all members who enter go into a draw to win a fabulous Canon 5D Mark II camera. Worth over £1,500, it’s the camera that is the FIRST DSLR in the world to shoot Hi-Definition. Not a member? No problem. Claim your free trial membership at shootingpeople.org/mofilm.

DEADLINE: 1 February 2010. Let’s do it!

holly.wells@screentestfest.org.uk

We can then check to see if it has arrived and look out for it throughout next week!

For entry requirements and a submission form go to: http://www.screentestfest.org.uk/submissions/

Send films to:

Screentest National Student Film Festival
c/o The Treasurer
University of Bristol Students Union
Queens Road
Clifton
Bristol
BS8 1LN

Our sponsor, Shooting People, are offering a very generous deal to anybody who buys a Delegate Pass to Screentest 2010. Shooting People is a community of 37,000+ filmmakers who share their skills and experience and is an invaluable resource for any independent filmmaker. Upon purchasing your pass, you will be able to register on their site for a 6 week free trial, by the end of which, we are sure you will wish to become a full member. You can find out more about Shooting People here.

Remember, this offer is only available to holders of Delegate Passes which can be bought online, right now!

Delegate passes cost £10 and get you into all the events for the entire weekend including all guest screenings, workshops, the awards ceremony and the after-show party.

To purchase your tickets NOW click here.

Aesthetica is looking for filmmakers who are driving the genre of short film forward through inspirational and innovative works. Whether you are fresh out of film school or have been making films for years, we want to hear from you. Accepting films in all genres: drama, documentary, music video, satire, comedy and artists’ film.

This award offers winners and runners-up a fantastic prize package, which will bring your films to a wider audience.

Deadline: 30 April 2010

Prizes

• Screenings of your film at: The National Media Museum (Bradford), Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival (London), Glasgow Film Festival and on the Aesthetica website.
• £500 first prize, £250 runner-up.
• 12 months membership with Shooting People.
• Collection of film books from Wallflower Press.
• Winner and 10 runners-up to be included on a DVD that will go to all Aesthetica readers.

Entry

Films should be up to 20 minutes long.

For detailed guidelines and entry visit www.aestheticamagazine.com