The 17th Glasgow Short Film Festival has wrapped, and with it came the announcement of its annual award winners. Twenty new films competed for The Scottish Short Film Award which was won by Annabel Moodie for Friends On The Outside. The festival jury said it was, ‘Very happy to acknowledge a film that both impressed us for its inventive and kinetic visual style and moved us for its sensitivity and empathy. We were also struck by the sophistication and intelligence with which the film elicits wider questions about the conditions facing incarcerated people in this country without ever losing sight of the very vivid and very human subject at the film's core.’ Eubha Akilade’s Blackwool was also given a special mention.

Twenty eight films were up for The Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film, including documentary, animation, fiction and experimental shorts from across the world. The award was given to Saleh Kashefi for And How Miserable Is The Home Of Evil, which the jury described as, ‘Simple, yet clever and deeply effective’. Meanwhile, festival goers bestowed the International Audience Award to Nina Gantz for Wander To Wonder, and the Scottish Audience Award to Jagoda Tłok for Care.

Two promising directors won the The Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize: Guy Woods for Mouth, and Becky Miková for The House Of Culture.

Glasgow Life Chair, Bailie Annette Christie, said, ‘Glasgow’s internationally renowned film festivals are testament to our city’s great love of cinema, and through the years these much-loved events have contributed so much to the worldwide reputation Glasgow has earned as an important focal point for the film and TV industries, and an outstanding destination for cultural events.’

Main picture: Ingrid Muir.