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THE AWARD WINNERS
FUJIFILM AWARD FOR BEST OVERALL PRODUCTION The Brothers Martorana,
LONDON GUILDHALL UNIVERSITY directed by Florian Giefer, producer Sue Hunt
Second: At Death’s Door, DUN LAOGHAIRE INSTITUTE OF ART, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY, directed by Conor Morrissey producer Katherina Fay
Third: Maybe Older, ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, directed by Scott Weintrob producers Tara Dean & Justine Donaldson
Fourth: Carousel, UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER directed by Tom Carr, producer Craig Smith
ARRIFLEX AWARD FOR BEST CAMERAWORK & LIGHTING
At Death’s Door, Tom Comerford runner-up: The Brothers Martorana, Mattias Nyberg
dB POSTPRODUCTION AWARD FOR BEST USE OF SOUND
At Death’s Door, Robert Flanagan runner-up: Fly In The Ointment, Motto Tanaka UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
STEENBECK AWARD FOR BEST EDITING
Carousel, Raymond Flaherty runner-up: At Death’s Door, Joe McElwaine
BBC AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING DIRECTOR
At Death’s Door, Conor Morrissey
BBC DESIGN AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brothers Martorana, Lucy-Sian Clark runner-up: At Death’s Door
Ruth Barry, Jenny Cooney & Ciarn Patterson
MIKE FRASER AWARD FOR MOST COMMERCIALLY VIABLE
At Death’s Door
CARLTON TELEVISION AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
Carousel, Darren Chesworth
joint runner-up: Fly in the Ointment, Anna Coane joint runner-up: At Death’s Door, Conor Morrissey
GRAFFITI AWARD FOR BEST USE OF CREATIVE PUBLICITY At Death’s Door, Katherina Fay
FUJI PROFESSIONAL AWARD FOR BEST USE OF STILLS
Eight O’Clock, University of Northumbria, Mark Savage COLOUR FILM SERVICES AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH ABC CINEMAS
MOST SUITABLE FOR THEATRICAL RELEASE
Maybe Older
This year’s judges were: Robert Allen (AMPS), Chris Bannister (Soho Images), Michael Best (Yorkshire TV), Trevor Boden (Carlton TV), Len Brown (Metrocolor), Paul Brown-Constable (Graffiti Editions),Tony Bungey (TKT Film Services), Tony Covell (Video Film & Grip), Janie Dahn (db Postproduction),
Angie Daniell (BBC Bristol), Eddie Dias (Michael Samuelson VFG Lighting), Mike Fraser (Mike Fraser Ltd), John French (BFDG), Allan Fyfe (Arri GB),
Viv Grant (HTV), Nimal Jayasekera (Graffiti Editions), Peter Lamont (art director), Linda Mattock (BBC Vision), Tracey Pryor (Panavision), Lofty Rice (Pinewood), John Rooke (Transco), Ted Shorthouse (Colour Film Services),
Ronnie Taylor BSC (Panavision), Peter Wright (Film Lab North).
Sponsors were: ABC Cinemas, Arri (GB) Ltd, Arri Lighting, Arri Media, BBC, British Film Designers Guild, BAFTA, The British Society of Cinematographers, Carlton TV, Colour Film Services, dB Postproduction, DSP, Film Lab North, Fuji Professional, Graffiti Editions Ltd, Lee Lighting, Mel Worsfold Ltd, Metrocolor, Michael Samuelson VFG Lighting, Mike Fraser Ltd, Association of Motion Picture Sound, Moving Image Society, Panavision UK, Soho Images,
Television Arts Performance Showcase, TKT Film Services, Transco,
Video Film & Grip, Yorkshire TV, Zed Resistor Co.
THE ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD
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If anyone should ever wonder where a Fujifilm Scholarship award can get you, just ask Paul Chart only you will have to ring him in Hollywood.
Photos main: crew of University of Westminster on location with Carousel; above:stillfromCarousel; right:stillfromMaybeOlder
ifteen years ago he was a student film- maker in Sheffield whose stated ambition of directing feature films seemed pie in the sky. But this year saw the release of his first Hollywood movie, American Perfekt, an offbeat murder mystery road movie co- starring Robert Forster, David Thewlis,
for best film and best use of sound. Another Scholarship entry, Foreign Bodies, picked up an award in 1985.
“Jim Shields has done well too. He’s working for TV in Scotland,” booms Paul down the line from Los Angeles. “I haven’t forgotten the importance of those Fuji awards in getting me started. ■ IAN SOUTAR
American Perfekt was photographed by William Wages on Fujicolor Motion Picture Negative
Fairuza Balk, Paul Sorvino and Amanda Plummer. Underneath the title is the tag line, “there is no escape from Destiny,” which is an apt description of Paul’s progress. Poised to start pre-production on his second film as director, “a serious comedy thriller,” with the arresting title of Great Sex, he’s also been commissioned to write the screenplay for Children of Men, based on a sci fi story by PD James. Then it’s back behind the camera to direct Jeremy Irons and Emma Thompson in Cecilia, “an epic gothic love
story based on the last few years of Puccini’s life.” That will bring him to France and England, but right now life in America sounds, well, perfect. Originally from London, he was a film student at what was then Sheffield City Polytechnic, and stayed on afterwards in the city and made a clutch of short films. Hand in Hand, which Paul co-wrote and pro- duced with fellow student Jim Shields, and also took camera and sound editing credits, won Fuji awards
Photos: Fairuza Balk as Alice and Robert Forster as Jake in American Perfekt.
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