Tiscali Short Film Award

The Tiscali Short Film Award is a major short film award, sponsored by Tiscali and presented at the Raindance Film Festival each year since 2005 to the "best UK short under 10 minutes by a debut filmmaker".[1]

Films which have won, or been nominated for, the award have gone on to achieve other notable successes, including a BAFTA Award,[2] two BAFTA Award nominations,[2][3] a Golden Palm nomination at the Cannes Film Festival,[3] an Audience Award at the Kraków Film Festival,[2] a Merit Award at the Arizona International Film Festival,[4] a Best Newcomer Award at the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival,[4] a BBC Three New Filmmakers Award nomination[5] and a Best Short Film nomination at the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival.[6]

## 2007

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Rank  | Film  | Director(s)  | Producer(s)  | Writer(s)  | Production Company

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Winner | Amelia and Michael | Daniel Cormack | Daniel Cormack, Matt Gunner | Stephen Betts | Actaeon Films Ltd [7][8]
Nominated | Badmouth | Shanti Ramakuri | Shanti Ramakuri | Shona Pollock, Shanti Ramakuri | N/A [9]
Nominated | Blood on his Hands | Justin Coleman |  | Justin Coleman | N/A [10]
Nominated | The Collectors | Tim Elliot  | Miles Wilkes, Tim Elliot  | Tim Elliot  | N/A [11]
Nominated | Isabel | Katrina Mansfield | Katrina Mansfield | Katrina Mansfield | N/A [12]

## 2006

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Rank  | Film  | Director(s)  | Producer(s)  | Writer(s)  | Production Company

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Winner | Goodbye Mr Snuggles | Jonathon Hopkins | Jonathon Hopkins, Rory Aitken | Jonathon Hopkins | Between the Eyes[13][14]
Nominated | Fetch | Dana Dorian | Sam McCarthy | Dana Dorian | N/A [13]
Nominated | Film Noir | Osbert Parker | Osbert Parker, Fiona Pitkin | Osbert Parker | N/A [13]
Nominated | Life Goes On | Trevor Hardy | Trevor Hardy, A Finbow | R Young, Trevor Hardy | N/A [13]
Nominated | Ynomitset Ym | Tuyet Le | Tuyet Le | Tuyet Le | N/A [13]

## 2005

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Rank  | Film  | Director(s)  | Producer(s)  | Writer(s)  | Production Company

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Winner | Cricker Crack | Rob Heppell | Rob Heppell | Jefferson Keery | N/A [15][16]
Nominated | Conehead | Don Pan | Don Pan | Don Pan | N/A [17]
Nominated | L'Amour Est | Adam Comiskey | Adam Comiskey | Adam Comiskey | N/A [18]
Nominated | Park | Andrew Pearson | Simon Plant | Andrew Pearson | N/A [19]
Nominated | Sock | Dave Waters | Kate O'Mulloy | S Riley | N/A [20]

## References

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1. ^ raindance.co.uk: Festival Awards
2. ^ a b c Fetch (2006) - Awards
3. ^ a b Film Noir (2005) - Awards
4. ^ a b Between The Eyes Archived 2007-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Encounters Short Film Festival: What’s On: Screening: BBC THREE NEW FILM MAKERS AWARD 2007 Archived 2007-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ UK Screen Association News – Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2005 Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
7. ^ raindance.co.uk: Amelia and Michael
8. ^ "raindance.co.uk: Closing Night Press Release". www.raindance.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11.
9. ^ raindance.co.uk: Badmouth
10. ^ raindance.co.uk: Blood On His Hands
11. ^ raindance.co.uk: The Collectors
12. ^ raindance.co.uk: Isabel
13. ^ a b c d e 403 Forbidden[dead link]
14. ^ "Raindance Jury prize Winners Announced in News on DFGDocs – the British Documentary Website". Archived from the original on 2007-04-22. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
15. ^ 403 Forbidden
16. ^ "Close-Up Film Features". Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
17. ^ 403 Forbidden
18. ^ 403 Forbidden
19. ^ 403 Forbidden
20. ^ 403 Forbidden