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IWM Short Film Festival - R3store sponsor for 2017

Dec 10 2016

IWM Short Film Festival is a showcase of imaginative and challenging films inspired by their collections and its role – to explore the causes, course and consequences of war and conflict, and its impact on people’s lives


R3StoreStudios are hugely proud to be supporting IWM Short Film Festival. Our continued sponsorship of this event is an important part of who we are as a company. Conflict archives on film are part of the world’s heritage and we’re always inspired by the interpretation, changed perspectives, and hope from adversity that the finished films portray. The artistry, respect and social narrative contained in such footage of often very bleak situations, is sometimes profound and always moving.

Call for entries

Call for entries for IWM Short Film Festival 2017 opens Thursday 1 December 2016. Entries will be accepted in two categories:

  • Documentary
  • Creative Response 

There will be four additional awards:

  • IWM Special Category: States of Emergency
  • Best Student Film
  • Best Use of IWM Archive Material
  • Audience Vote Award

Deadline for entries is midnight, Friday 28 April 2017 — Good Luck and register your interest here  All shortlisted films will be screened at IWM London in Autumn 2017.

Find out more about how to submit your film  Find out more about the judging criteria 
Read the 2017 FAQs for further information  See a selection of previously shortlisted films on IWM Vimeo channel.

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IWM Short Film Festival 2017 is sponsored by R3store Studios and October Films