Vauxhall 48-Hour Film Challenge
The films
Create a short film in just two days with genre and title pulled from a hat - and each film must include the famous Jersey cow. Five talented filmmakers excepted the challenge and at a special London Short Film Festival event at the Roxy Bar & Screen, Gaelle Dennis’ Morning Mist was awarded the ‘Best Film’ prize of £1,000. Congratulations to Gaelle.
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Voting
The five films our members voted for are a testament to the talent of indie filmmakers when confronted with tight deadlines and limited resources, which is most of the time! During the voting period, things got pretty tight at times and the fight for second place was particularly close. Members were able to vote once only for each film and our special Culture Counter provided a real-time display of the action.
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The films
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Dashes of Yellow
Kate is searching for something - can Gabriel help her find it?
Having received postcards of Jersey from a stranger, Kate travels to the island to solve the mystery in this fantasy about mending a broken heart. While there she meets the mysterious Gabrielle and realises that she was looking for the wrong thing.
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Morning Mist
A farmer's sanity is threatened by a mysterious woman
Richard is tending his farm when Rachel suddenly appears, dragging a suitcase. Concerned for her wellbeing he implores her to stay, with devastating results that force him to question his sanity - and the contents of the suitcase.
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Occupied
Some would say this is poetry, but they are wrong
A modern adaptation of 'The Odyssey', set in Jersey, with little or no resemblance to the original epic poem - although some might say the film itself is pure poetry, they are wrong.
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Overtaken
Lust triumphs over a broken heart
A subhuman creature watches a girl from afar, deeply in love, and tries to woo her by sending a gift – a magic, semi-living mask. Alarmed at first, she soon enjoys the sensual powers of the mask, but rejects the creature when he reveals himself to her.
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Truth in the Valley
Two sisters escape Nazi oppression with a picnic
Nazi-occupied Jersey. Irene is determined to keep spirits high by taking her younger sister Rose and her baby Daisy down to the beach for a picnic, but her reality will be shattered on the way there.
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