6th London Short Film Festival & Vauxhall look to find the next Scorsese

LONDON - November 10, 2008: Vauxhall Motors is looking for the next Scorsese, Spielberg or Tarantino who can produce, write, direct, shoot, act, edit and/or has written the music for their short film to qualify for the Vauxhall Auteur Theory Award.

The 6th London Short Film Festival wants to hear from talented filmmakers who have worked on at least three aspects of the filmmaking process for the chance to win £1000 in prize money and have their film shown at Curzon Soho.

The Vauxhall Auteur Theory Award, created by Lucia Helenka, a London based artist and filmmaker is looking for the UK’s most talented, undiscovered filmmakers with a strong and personal vision and hands on approach to filmmaking. The award, which is presented at the 6th London Short Film Festival in January, is in conjunction with car company Vauxhall who continue their commitment to driving emerging talent in short film.

To qualify for the competition filmmakers must have worked on at least three areas of the filmmaking process including producing, writing, directing, camera, acting, editing and/or music composing. The film must also be under 10 minutes long.

Those shortlisted for the award will have the chance to see their film shown at the 6th London Short Film Festival and, thanks to Vauxhall’s sponsorship, win prizes of £750 for first place and £250 for second place towards their next film project.

Entries are open until 15 December 2008 for filmmakers to enter the Vauxhall Auteur Theory Award. Lucia Helenka, who created the competition said: “The standard of entries last year was extremely high and from the applications received so far, the bar seems to have been raised even further. To enter all filmmakers need to do is simply fill in the application form at www.shortfilms.org.uk and submit their film on DVD.”

Previous winner’s of the award include Pinny Grylls with her short film “Peter and Ben’, Simon Ellis with his film ‘A Storm and Some Snow’ and Greg Butler with his film ‘A Mouse Funeral’.

The London Short Film Festival was created to celebrate imaginative short film-making and punk attitude. This year’s festival opens on Friday 9th January 2009.