With a large selection of competition films and numerous prizes, the jury – which included Chris Fell, Director of the Leeds International Film Festival, Nic Wistreich of Netribution.co.uk and Sal Brown, writer and producer – hard a difficult task of deciding upon the eventual winners. But after much deliberation, their final choices were as follows.

Glimmer International Award

£1000 prize supplied to winning film from World Trade Centre Hull and Humber
"Hairlady"
Director: David Birdsell
This experimental 8 minute film from the US showed ‘great invention’ and ‘enormous wit’ according to our jury members

Glimmer UK Award

£500 Prize supported by Hull Trains
"Dog’s Mercury"
Director: Martin Radich
A weird and wonderful glimpse into life providing an ‘aching humanity’ and ‘dark humour’ that the jury members adored

Glimmer Yorkshire Award

£500 Prize supported by Yorkshire Forward
"You, Me and Captain Longbridge"
Director: Kenny Doughty
This film, receiving it’s world premiere at Glimmer, was ‘beautifully shot’ and told an ‘emotional story’ that resonated with our jury.

A special mention also went to:

"Christmas In Huddersfield"
Director: Peter Spence
A simple documentary telling an extraordinary story.

Glimmer Hull Award

Prize of Nokia 6550 sponsored by The Mobile Point
"What You Do by Cool Fun"
Director: Jay Moy
This music video was ‘fun to watch’ and filmed in a ‘visually exciting way’

The 6th Hull International Short Film Festival returns with a new name and attitude from 15th April 2008. Glimmer will provide audiences with the very best new short films from across the world alongside numerous special events and exclusive guests.

Highlights of this year’s Film Festival will include the Glimmer Award for Best International Short which will see directors from around the globe vie for the prize of £1000 sponsored by World Trade Centre Hull & Humber, a hub for developing, promoting and facilitating international trade and investment. Included in the programme will be the UK premiere of Ian Strang’s PIVOT a Canadian film that wryly deals with the notion of masculine competitiveness.

UK Filmmakers will also show the depth and strength of films made in this country with the Glimmer Award for Best UK Short supported by Hull Trains. Films such as Ben Gregor’s WORLD OF WRESTLING (which sees stars such as Mackenzie Crook in a truly funny film about classic British wrestlers getting the night bus home) and Vicki Psarias’ BROKEN (a moving story of an immigrant family starring Michelle Collins) will all have the chance of walking away with £500.

Yorkshire talent will get a chance to shine and win £500 with the Glimmer Award for Best Yorkshire Short sponsored by Yorkshire Forward with films such as the World premiere of actor Kenny Doughty’s directorial debut ME, YOU AND CAPTAIN LONGBRIDGE, a moving drama about a boy dealing with the reality of death. There will also be the Glimmer Award for Best Hull Short with a prize sponsored by The Mobile Point.

An industry weekend, which will provide masterclasses and workshops for those already working within the film industry and those who are merely curious, will be headlined by a BAFTA MASTERCLASS WITH SIMON ELLIS. Ellis, who was recently nominated for a BAFTA and won the Sundance Film Festival with his short SOFT, will talk about his career of making award winning short films and his forthcoming debut feature. After the masterclass Simon will present a programme of short films that have inspired him throughout his career. There will also be an opportunity to see SOFT in a programme of this year’s ORANGE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS NOMINATED SHORTS which also includes DOG ALTOGETHER, the directorial debut of Paddy Consindine which stars Peter Mullan. Other industry weekend highlights include ANATOMY OF A FILM in which Yorkshire based director and writer Sue Everett will be on hand to discuss the genesis of her latest film from initial idea to eventual screening and FILMS, FILMMAKERS AND FESTIVALS in which a panel of industry experts will be on hand to discuss how filmmakers can make the best use of the myriad Festivals on offer throughout the world.

Glimmer will also be proud to host a retrospective of the work of BEN RIVERS, a filmmaker who has worked predominantly in 16mm film, showing in international festivals, galleries and UK theatres. The programme will award winning films such as THIS IS MY LAND and his most recent work AH, LIBERTY! which was the recipient of the Tiger Award for Best Short at this year’s prestigious Rotterdam Film Festival.

Other programmes to look out for include a season of INDIAN SHORT FILMS, a screening from PROPELLER TV, the world premiere of films created in association with CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS and – in collaboration with the London Short Film Festival – the intriguingly titled DEATH TO SHORT TO FILM. There will also be plenty more programmes and events to be announced in the coming weeks when the full programmed is announced.

Glimmer Director Laurence Boyce said:

“Glimmer will provide the same great varied programme that the Hull International Short Film Festival is justly famous for but with a new and more cutting edge attitude. The sheer breadth of films on offer alongside some incredible guests and events means that everyone, whether they be film buff, filmmaker or simple fan will discover a whole new world of film,”

The full programme with time and dates of each programme is still to be revealed but main screenings will take place at REEL CINEMAS HULL, the brand new 7 dolby digital surround screens with modern comfortable seating, concessions kiosk and a box office located at St. Stephens (www.reelcinemas.co.uk) and HULL SCREEN, a staple of the city since 1969 that has a reputation for presenting some of the best independent cinema from across the world.

Funding partners of Glimmer are Screen Yorkshire, Hull City Arts Unit and Arts Council England, Yorkshire.

Leading partners are Axis Graphics, Reel Cinemas and Hull Screen.

Supporting Sponsors are BAFTA, Hull School Of Art and Design, Hull BiD, Hull Trains, University of Hull, University of Lincoln, Yorkshire Forward and World Trade Centre Hull and Humber. Supporting partners are Corporate Communications and Mobile Point

Media Partners are Aesthetica Magazine, BBC Film Network, British Film Magazine, Film And Festivals Magazine, ITV Local Yorkshire, Little White Lies and netribution.co.uk