Fawley film wins top prize

The prize for Best International Short Film was awarded to Fawley by Chu-Li Shewring and Adam Gutch (UK, 2022) at the Sheffield DocFest. The award honours the best creative approach to documentary under 40 minutes. Supported by WarnerBros OneFifty, this section is Academy Award®, BAFTA and BIFA accredited.

The jury, Zeynep Güzel, Cherish Oteka and Saskia Wilson said “This is a distinctive and beautifully crafted exploration of the intersection of nature, architecture and the human experience. Bringing together the many voices involved in the landscape – power plant workers, bird watchers, local people and the creatures inhabiting the space – the film is a powerful poetic reflection on the psychological role of our surroundings and our symbiotic relationship with nature. It is fantastically detailed, from observing the beauty in the Brutalist architecture to the tiny minnows swimming in the shallows, the film connects the audience with a range of universal themes such as ‘power’ structures, preserving nature and the impact we leave on our environment.”