Best Short Film Award - This award goes to the best short film in the main film strand chosen by public vote via our digital voting platform.

 

Breakthrough Film Award - This award goes to the best short film in the early career film strand chosen by public vote via our digital voting platform.

 

Justin John Doherty Award - This award is chosen by Justin John Doherty a hugely important pioneer of filmmaking in Luton and one of the founders of the hugely successful and culturally relevant festivals Filmstock. Only projects across the film strands of the festival are eligible to be chosen for this award.

 

Best Music Award - This award goes to the best music project chosen by public vote via our digital voting platform.

 

Best Art Award - This award goes to the best artist project chosen by public vote via our digital voting platform.

 

Directors Choice Award - This award is chosen by the festival director. Projects across all the strands of the festival are eligible to be chosen for this award. This award goes to a project that the festival director feels is worthy of recognition that hasn’t been chosen via public vote for any other awards.

 

 

How final submissions are chosen:

 

Bute Street Festival is made up of six team members. During the first round of considerations each team member chooses projects that they like and that they feel fit with the Bute Street Programme. Choices are discussed and there are three rounds of eliminations until we reach our restricted and final choices. 

 

If there is an impasse then the festival director gets the final deciding vote. All decisions are final and we will not enter into discussions about final selections.