London Vaporetto Shorts
Film Festival
ABOUT
The London Vaporetto Shorts Film Festival is a festival dedicated to showcase short-films from emerging filmmakers. Created by Anouk Witkowska Hiffler and Tomás Felicio Oliveira, the festival is organised by the Vaporetto Films production company and will have its 3rd edition on the 29th of June 2025.
All selected films will be screened at The Garden Cinema. The festival is a place for filmmakers to network, build connections and perhaps find their next filmmaking partnerships.
OUR 2025 SPONSORS
3rd edition – 2025
WINNERS
Best UK Short film: Night Whispers, Adrian Ramirez León
Best INTERNATIONAL short film: Tumbas Vecinas (Neighboring Graves), José Antonio Gutierez, Spain
Best UK script: A Few More Minutes, Please, Dylan Scott
Best INTERNATIONAL script: L’Acquario (The Aquarium), Gianluca Zonta, Italy
Best UK director: House Hunters, Joe Warner
Best INTERNATIONAL director: Fever, Bianca Bothma, South Africa
Best UK cinematography: A Few More Minutes, Please, Dylan Scott
Best INTERNATIONAL cinematography: Period Party, Georgia Brogan, Australia
Best UK editing: Night Whispers, Adrian Ramirez León
Best INTERNATIONAL editing: Tumbas Vecinas (Neighboring Graves), José Antonio Gutierez, Spain
UK SELECTION
Pas de Deux, Sofia Soto
Night Whispers, Adrian Ramirez León
House Hunters, Joe Warner
Applause, Marie-Andrée Lemaire
A Few More Minutes, Please, Dylan Scott
INTERNATIONAL SELECTION
Period Party, Georgia Brogan, Australia
L’Acquario (The Aquarium), Gianluca Zonta, Italy
Tumbas Vecinas (Neighboring Graves), José Antonio Gutierez, Spain
The Image Seller, Donavan Richard, Canada
Fever, Bianca Bothma, South Africa
2nd edition – 2024
WINNERS
Best UK Short film: Blueprint, Lada Kopytova
Best INTERNATIONAL short film: Obra de Arte, Rafael Nieto
Best UK script: Good Luck Nelle, Carissa Thorne
Best INTERNATIONAL script: Obra de Arte, Rafael Nieto
Best UK director: Blueprint, Lada Kopytova
Best INTERNATIONAL director: Talkin’ Trash, Andreas Wessel-Therhorne
Best UK cinematography: Blueprint, Lada Kopytova
Best INTERNATIONAL cinematography: Sincopat, Pol Diggler
Best UK editing: Big Deal, Isabella Thompson
Best INTERNATIONAL editing: Sincopat, Pol Diggler
UK SELECTION
Good Luck Nelle, Carissa Thorne
Blueprint, Lada Kopytova
Marvin the Vampire, Adrian Ramirez León
Big Deal, Isabella Thompson
INTERNATIONAL SELECTION
Obra de Arte, Rafael Nieto
Recalculando, Patricia Benedicto
Sincopat, Pol Diggler
Talkin’ Trash, Andreas Wessel-Therhorne
1st edition – 2023
WINNERS
Best UK short film: Minutes, Olivia Down and Alix Eve
Best INTERNATIONAL shorts film: The Ribbon, Jonathan Galland
Best director: Minutes, Olivia Down and Alix Eve
Best actor: Ugo Onwughalu, For Worse, Grace Edu
Best actress: Ella Dacres and Elle Porter, Minutes, Olivia Down and Alix Eve
Best script: You Ok?, Barrett Loades
Best cinematography: The Young Mozart, Ali Moazen
Best editing: Staying Silent, Luke Maund
UK SELECTION
Animal Pie, Ben Plumb
Minutes, Olivia Down and Alix Eve
In Battle, James Weisz
For Worse, Grace Edu
Staying Silent, Luke Maund
INTERNATIONAL SELECTION
La Lavadora, Diane Malherbe
The Young Mozart, Ali Moazen
Vax, Barak Shpiez
Traces on the Wall, Asel Abakirova
The Ribbon, Jonathan Galland
FILM SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
SUBMISSION PROCESS
Submissions for the London Vaporetto Shorts Film Festival will open on the 5th of June of 2024 and will be done through FilmFreeway and Festhome.
The submissions will close at 23:59 GMT on the 30th of April 2025. No films will be accepted after this deadline.
Reviewing and analysing the films submitted to the festival will take time and effort from our team. For that reason, and because we want to provide you with a well organised festival, we charge a symbolic submission fee.
FILM REQUIREMENTS
All films must be narrative fiction films.
Submitted films can be of any part of the world and of any genre and should be no longer than 20 minutes in length (including credits).
Films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English.
All images and sounds used in your film must be your own or you must have permission of the copyright holder to use their content in your film.
We do not require any kind of premiere status.
SELECTION PROCESS
All submitted films will be reviewed by the London Vaporetto Film Festival team. We will analyse and choose films based on technical quality, originality and social relevance. Our decision is final.
By submitting your film to the London Vaporetto Film Festival you are giving us the permission to screen your film at screenings during the festival and at preview screenings.
We will notify all submitters, selected or not, by May 16 2025.
The festival reserves the right to use brief clips from the selected films to promote the festival on social-media.
ONCE SELECTED
If selected, our team will be in touch with you so that you can provide us with a high-resolution version of your film, as well as other marketing materials.
You will also receive a free ticket for the festival, happening on the 6th of June 2025.
WHERE AND WHEN WILL THE FESTIVAL HAPPEN
The London Vaporetto Shorts Film Festival will take place in London on the 6th of June 2025.
The festival will start with the viewing of all selected films, followed by the award ceremony right after. Once the awards are distributed, all filmmakers will have the opportunity to network between themselves and with the London Vaporetto Shorts Film Festival team. We believe that, more than a film festival, this should be an opportunity for you to network and find the people you will work with next.
WINNERS AND PRIZES
The London Vaporetto Film Festival will have the following categories:
– Best UK short;
– Best INTERNATIONAL short;
– Best UK and INTERNATIONAL directing;
– Best original UK and INTERNATIONAL script;
– Best UK and INTERNATIONAL cinematography;
– Best UK and INTERNATIONAL editing;
The festival will aim to have a diverse selection of films, with dramas and comedies in the highlight.
Any matter not described in this regulation shall be left to the consideration of the London Vaporetto Shorts Film Festival directors.
Good luck to all the filmmakers! We look forward to reviewing your films!
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