The National Film and Television School is proud to announce that Sweet Maddie Stone, a film directed by NFTS graduate, Brady Hood has won the Brief Grand Prix award at this year’s Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, which took place between the 20th and 25th September 2016 in Bristol. Winners of this prestigious award qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the Annual Academy Awards®.
The Encounters jury commented that Sweet Maddie Stone is: ‘A film that presents one of the most captivating characters the jury have ever experienced on screen. This subject’s arc is deeply complicated but fully actualised. The story itself utilises humour and drama to tell of a young protagonist desperate for tenderness in a world which requires her to focus on survival alone.’
Sweet Maddie Stone (fiction) is directed by Brady Hood, produced by Jake Riley-Hunte and co-written by Jessica Jackson:
15-year-old Maddie Stone rules her school yard under the protection of her family name. But after discovering her notorious father has been arrested, she has to make his bail money or lose the yard. The more Maddie fights, the more her world spirals out of control – and the closer she gets to becoming the man she’s trying to save.
In addition, two NFTS films won NAHEMI (National Association for Higher Education in the Moving Image) awards at the festival with Present winning ‘Best Film’ and The Alan Dimension receiving the ‘Audience Award’.
Present (fiction) is directed and co-written by Meg Campbell, co-written by Oliver Henderson and produced by Ser En Low.
With her sister slowly succumbing to early-onset Alzheimer’s, Beth struggles to balance her responsibilities as a carer and a mother, whilst dealing with her own fear of developing the genetic disease.
The Alan Dimension (animation) is directed and co-written by Jac Clinch, produced by Millie Marsh and co-written by Jonathan Harbottle.
Alan brown uses divine powers of precognition to foresee the fate of mankind… and breakfast. Meanwhile, Wendy has had enough of being married to the next step in cognitive evolution.
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