The Research In Film Awards Ceremony is Tonight
Tonight will see film critics, industry experts and senior academics come together for a special ceremony, held at the British Film Institute in London, to celebrate the announcement of the winners of the AHRC's Research In Film Awards.
A central strand of the activities taking place throughout 2015 to mark the AHRC’s tenth anniversary, the awards attracted nearly 200 entries across the five categories. Entries included reconstructions and enactments, animations, installations and gallery pieces, music videos, documentaries, as well as co-produced work including collaborations with community groups.
The awards are designed to recognise the creative and innovative work being undertaken at the interface between research and film by world-leading researchers, practitioners and filmmakers in the UK arts and humanities research community.
The shortlisted films, in no particular order, are:
Best film produced by a researcher or research team in the last year
- KANRAXËL: The Confluence of Agnack – Anna Sowa, SOAS/Chouette Films, University of London
- Questions of Travel – Charlotte Hodes, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
- Lifelines – Jane Dyson, Oxford University
- Troubled Waters - Sara Penrhyn Jones, Bath Spa University
- 6 months – John Oates, Open University
The Anniversary Award – Best AHRC/AHRB- funded film since 1998
- Rufus Stone – Kip Jones, Bournemouth University
- A Modernist in Suburbia – Fiona Fisher, Kingston University London
- How Mermaids Breed – Joan Ashworth, formerly Royal College of Art
- The Voice of Tradition – Lucy Duran, SOAS, University of London
- Troubled Waters - Sara Penrhyn Jones, Bath Spa University
Best film by an AHRC/AHRB-funded doctoral student since 1998
- Spatial Deviants – Janina Schupp, University of Cambridge
- 3 Church Walk – Emily Richardson, Royal College of Art
- The Hidden History of the Zoom Lens - Nick Hall, Royal Holloway University of London
- Estuary England – Simon Robinson, University of the Arts London
- Hazel – Jacqueline Donachie, Northumbria University
Award for innovation in film – Best film in the last year
- I Am A Spy – Sarah Wood, University of Kent
- A Polish Journey – Julian Konczak, Southampton Solent University
- Camrex – Mark Chapman, Northumbria University
- toilet adventures – William A Callahan, London School of Economics
- The Adventure of the Girl with the Light Blue Hair – Ronan Deazley and Bartolomeo Meletti, CREATe University of Glasgow
Inspiration Award – Best film inspired by arts and humanities research (public award)
- GastroNomads - Annebel Huijboom
- The Burglar With the Yellow Hand – Katherine Blakeney
- Watch – Leah Thorn
- "This Island's mine" – Myriam Rey
- Without a Dollar in my Pocket – Anna Brass
Judges praised the high quality of the films submitted and, in particular, those shortlisted. Jan Dalley, Arts Editor of the Financial Times, AHRC Council member and chair of the judges, said: “The quality of the films shortlisted is an indication of a great deal of creative, innovative and highly engaged work being undertaken within the arts and humanities research community. Our congratulations go to the makers of these films and to the many others whose films didn’t quite make the shortlists.”
The winners will be announced on November 12th at a special ceremony at the British Film Institute in London.
Notes for the Editor
- For media enquiries please contact the AHRC Press Office on 01793 416021 or email d.moore-chick@ahrc.ac.uk
- The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funds world-class, independent researchers in a wide range of subjects: ancient history, modern dance, archaeology, digital content, philosophy, English literature, design, the creative and performing arts, and much more. This financial year the AHRC will spend approximately £98m to fund research and postgraduate training in collaboration with a number of partners. The quality and range of research supported by this investment of public funds not only provides social and cultural benefits but also contributes to the economic success of the UK.
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