Well, it's all over with for another year. Crammed full of screenings, workshops, talks, Q&As and events, CWFF 09 really was out busiest and most exciting edition yet! 5 days, over 60 worldwide shorts, 10 premieres, and 6 Golden Canary Awards, presented last Monday night at East Wintergarden...

And The Winner Is...

CWFF 09 wrapped up in fine style last Monday night with the Golden Canary Awards, bringing together industry professionals, partners, and of course the CWFF 09 filmmakers. Photos from the night, and from throughout CWFF 09, are up on the website and the CWFF Flickr.

So, without further ado, the awards went to...

Tweety Canary Award:  Samuel Tholley
For special achievement during the 3 days of our Next Generation filmmaking workshop.

UK Canary Award:  'Noesis', Dir. Sophie Klevenow
"Beautifully done. Impressive and obviously some talent here." - Andy Whittaker - Dogwoof Pictures

International Canary Award:  '¡Neña! / Baby!', Dir. Lluis Segura
"A charming, hilarious domestic satire. Funny, original... A clear winner for me." - Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, film editor, Metro newspaper

Sing Like A Canary Award:  'A Film About Poo', Dir. Emily Howells & Anne Wilkins
"Loved it! I'll be singing that song for ages!" - CWFF 09 audience member

The Golden Canary Award:  'Dear Matthew', Dir. Keith O'Shea
"A deeply upsetting, emotional and personal doc that really gets across the sense of loss and excrutitaing pain the father is going through." - Eran Creevy

Congratulations to Keith for making such a powerful and affecting film, to all the winners, and to all the other filmmakers featured in the programme. It was undoubtedly our strongest programme yet and everyone had their own personal favourites.


TNT Pub In The Park

And after all the excitement of CWFF 09 why not wind down this weekend at TNT's Pub In The Park event at Greenwich Park?

Pub In The Park, in partnership with TNT Magazine, is an exciting new three day outdoor event, which celebrates an essential and unique part of the British culture - The Great British pub.

Over three days, Friday 18 to Sunday 20 September, Greenwich Park will play host to groups of friends meeting up at Pub in the Park to enjoy a day out in a relaxed environment with something for everyone. Alongside the pubs presenting their best pub food and drinks, Pub in the Park will provide a unique experience with a complete mix of entertainment offering the choice of watching; having a go; tasting or just relaxing…

For more info go to: tntonline.co.uk/events


So there you have it. It's been an intense, jam-packed but most of all FUN festival, so we just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who was involved, to the filmmakers, and to the audience, too.

See you at CWFF 10!