Making Waves International Film Festival (MWIFF) supports and exhibits pioneering work by talented international, national and local independent film-makers.
Based in Portsmouth in the UK and now in its ninth year, the Making Waves Short Film Competition opened for entries on 1st August 2020 and encourages submissions from local, national and international filmmakers. As part of the festival, Making Waves hosts a screening event and awards ceremony each year at which the Official Selection for each category is exhibited to a live audience, who are also responsible for the selecting the Audience Award for Best Film from the films shown.
Making Waves is Portsmouth’s annual film festival and short film competition celebrating innovative and bold filmmaking that inspires audiences whilst developing creative talent and new filmmakers.
Making Waves International Film Festival is an IMDb qualifying Festival: https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0010852
- AWARDS -
Best International Film (non-UK)
Best National Film (UK)
Best Local Film (Solent Region)
The Young Film Maker Award (Director and/or Producer aged 21 years and under)
Best Actor (open to all actors, irrespective of gender, within all submitted films)
Best Director (open to all directors within all submitted films)
Audience Award for Best Film
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All Awards will be recognised with an MWIFF Trophy.
Official Selections will receive MWIFF Festival Laurels, with Semi-Finalist Laurels for runners up.
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AWARDS 2019
Trophies for National and International Films, together with the Awards for Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Young Filmmaker, were awarded at the MWIFF Gala Event held at the Wedgwood Rooms, Portsmouth, on Monday 25th November 2019. Laurels were awarded for Officially Selected films shown at that event.
The results for 2019 were:
Best International Film
Winner - Save 2.0 by Ivan Sainz-Pardo
Runner Up - Osuba by Federico Marsicano
Finalist - The Spark by Anastasia Lobkovski
Best National Film
Winner - Disco Dynamite by Tom Clover
Runner Up - Quiet Carriage by Ben S Hyland
Finalist - Quizmasters by William Kherbeck
Best Young Filmmaker
Winner - Charlie Cox for Stripped Bare
Runner Up - Lucie Eckersley for Nut Pops
Finalist - Sunyoung Du for Light in Deep
Best Director
Winner - Anastasia Lobkovski for The Spark
Runner Up - Sebastian Sgodzai for Mother
Finalists - Federico Marsicano for Obusa / Ben S Hyland for Quiet Carriage
Best Actor
Winner - Ian Pirie in Spit of a Common Man
Runner Up - Corinne Stricket in The Loft
Finalist - Paula Weigel in Mother
The Audience Award for Best Film, decided on the night received 91 votes (one per person present, although not all present voted)
Winner - Stripped Bare by Harvey Coombes (17 votes)
Runner Up - Guilt by Annabel Bryant and Shenali Karunatilake (14 votes)
Finalist - Delivery by Jon Small and Maxine Mason (9 votes)