The Strawberry Shorts Film Festival 2012

Hi film fans and welcome to the 11th Strawberry Shorts Film Festival. The festival will run on the evening of Friday the 1st of June, screening will begin at 7:30pm prompt. We have some very special news about this years film festival, so for full details of this and how to book tickets read on.

Well, yet again we are at the cutting edge of Strawberry Fair, re-defining limits, taking it to the flagpole, doing something or other with an envelope, or causing problems and pushing our luck as usual, (depending if your on the SF committee or not).

Well, whatever your perspective there is no doubt about it, this year we have again done something radical. For the first time we have moved a part of Strawberry Fair off the common. Not far, just across the road in fact, but to a fantastic new venue, a little known and well hidden Cambridge gem, The Cambridge Festival Theatre!

The Cambridge Festival Theatre, built in 1814 is situated on Newmarket Road and incorporated into what is now part of The Cambridge Buddhist Centre. This beautiful old building, horseshoe shaped, with sunken audience pit and three tiered balconies, has had a very chequered history. Originally called the Barnwell Theatre it has been a music hall, mission hall, theatre, boys club, store and hosted demoralised troops after Dunkirk. At one point it was on the verge of being demolished but was thankfully saved from the developers and has now been beautifully restored by The Cambridge Buddhist Centre.

Its a joy, and a great privilege for Strawberry Shorts to give our audience a chance to use this lovely building.

As it is just over the road from Midsummer Common we hope you will feel that the film festival is still very much a part of Strawberry Fair, and that this move is in fact an enhancement to it, and to be viewed as Strawberry Fair reaching out into the community and expanding its horizons.

We have a fantastic programme of short films for you. With over 200 submitted, from every corner of the planet we have had a near impossible task of picking the small number we are able to show, so quality is high. And, as this is a competitive festival with both judges and audience awards, you the audience will be able to join in voting for the best.

The programme starts at 7:30pm prompt, so please arrive in good time as no entry will be allowed while films are screening. Also you will only be able to vote if you are there at the beginning. The Cambridge Festival Theatre is located at 38 Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8DT.

Entry is limited to 150 and you can pre book your seat by emailing us at cinemashorts@gmail.com with subject line Strawberry Shorts 2012 BOOKING.

You can request a maximum of four tickets. For each ticket you need to supply the name of the person the ticket is for, this will be written on the ticket.

We suggest a £4 donation for each ticket. This year most of Strawberry Fairs budget has been spent on harris fencing and security, so this donation will help pay for the hire of The Cambridge Festival Theatre.

Booked tickets will be avalable for pickup in The Cambridge Festival Theatre foyer from 6:30pm. NOTE: booked tickets will that have not been claimed by 7:10pm will be released to the public.

And last but by no means least, its goodbye chilly damp tent, boots and waterproofs, hello 198 year old, late Georgian theatre. So the crew are joining the glitteratti for the night, and invite you to do the same. Now is your chance, do yourself a favour, dress to impress, live the dream, and be your own star. Enjoy darlings! Enjoy!

Film Submission

Submission to The Strawberry Shorts Film Festival is now close.

Previous Awards Winners

The Strawberry Shorts Film Festival has a focus on local Cambridgeshire home-grown talent with our Best Local Film Competitive Programme.

We make both an Audience and a Jury award, with the victors receiving a coveted La fraise d’Or.

Although we showcase the work of local filmmakers we very much welcome films from outside our region, bringing the best, the greatest and the latest short films from all over the World to a large, friendly and receptive local audience.

Previous La Fraise d’Or Award Winners

Year	Film	Director	Award	Place
2011	Beach	James Lark	Best Local Film Jury Award
	Striptease	Juan Carlevaris, Charlie Arnaiz	Best Overall Film Jury Award
	Beach	James Lark	Best Local Film Audience Award
	Toothless	Steven Dorrington	Best Overall Film Audience Award
2009	Factotum	Helen Johnson   Tom McPhee	Jury Award
	Silence	Simon Panrucker	Audience Award
2008	Konnichiwa Burning Man 2007	Nicholas B. MacNider	Jury Award
	Video Game Violence: The Documentary	Dan Brand	Audience Award	1st Place
	Kraesy Kitchen	Marc Abrahams	Audience Award	2nd Place
	Magnificent Revolution	Jess Blake	Audience Award	3nd Place

2 Responses to The Strawberry Shorts Film Festival 2012

1. Tom says:

   May 2, 2012 at 12:22 am

   Hi,

   When do we find out which films are shortlisted?

   Thanks

   Reply
   • admin says:

     May 5, 2012 at 9:13 am

     Hi Tom,

     we should have the official selection online by Friday the 25th of May.

     Many thanks
     Simon Mullen

     Reply