Perception – Peter McIver
Punching Bag – Tom Kelly
Billy Bum – Caroline Bryle
Love at First Sight – Billy Stevenson
Forever – Maricar Jagger
Best director – Tom Kelly
Diversity award – Rohina Begum
Best screenplay – Billy Stevenson
Best student – Jane Muir
Audience Choice ‘Pompeywood Best Film’ – Love at First Sight (director: Billy Stevenson)
Audience Choose: Love at First Sight
Aysegul Epengin, project director, Portsmouth Film Society:
‘We approved our students’ different choices and tried to inspire them. We introduced them to a new experience and new friends. There is a Turkish saying “Tell me who your friend is and I’ll tell you who you are”. The same is true of our choices. You have seen the result of 20 weeks of dedication and hard work. We lost 10 students because of battles with challenges such as substance abuse and homelessness. The Christmas season was a particularly difficult time.
The project is being coordinated by Aysegul Epengin, founder of the Portsmouth Film Society and PhD student at the University of Portsmouth. The short films will be created by Portsmouth Film Society and film study students in cooperation with the University of Portsmouth, Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries, the primary supporter of the Portsmouth Film Society’s weekly screenings.
PFS has run similar courses in the past and we are delighted to receive the Awards For All, Big Lottery, which is making this project possible. PFS’s chair Cecelia Young said: “At the end of the project, we hope the people involved will gain a sense of achievement in making the film, be more confident, be more reflective in public, gain a feeling of being accepted and being clearly human. “
Portsmouth Film Society (PFS) is a member of the British Film Institute (BFI) and Cinema For All (British Film Societies Federation).