2024 WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Bell Shakespeare Short Film Festival. A total of 31 student films were submitted this year from primary and secondary schools across Australia. Thank you to all students who submitted films about, or inspired by, Shakespeare, and to the many teachers who assisted the filmmaking and submission process.
If you missed our online ceremony, watch our winning films below.
Top Film
Murderers ‘R’ Us
Prince Alfred College SA
Excellence in Direction (Joint Winner)
Do You Bite?
The Cottage School TAS
Excellence in Direction (Joint Winner)
Deceitful Loyalties
The University High School VIC
Excellence in Storytelling
Murderers ‘R’ Us
Prince Alfred College SA
Excellence in Performance
A Midsummer Camp
Perth Modern School WA
Creative Vision Prize
Enter Macbeth
St Gregory’s College, Campbelltown NSW
Community Spirit Prize
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Kelvin Grove State College QLD
The Shorts Festival will return in 2025. For updates on when registration will open, follow us on social media and sign up to our learning enews.
The Festival is open to young people from primary and secondary schools across Australia, as well as household entrants who may want to work on a film individually.
Participating schools and households will have access to a suite of video resources on filmmaking and performing Shakespeare, worksheet resources for students and teachers, as well as a teacher workshop.
By submitting films, students have the chance to win great prizes for themselves and their school, and share their films with a national audience!
Films must be about, or inspired by, Shakespeare and follow these guidelines:
- Films must be no more than 5 minutes in duration (secondary schools) and no more than 3 minutes (primary schools);
- Films can be shot on a smartphone, tablet or camera;
- Films must use Shakespeare’s original text, or be inspired by Shakespeare’s language, plays or characters in some way; and
- Films must reflect your school and/or your unique community in some way.
Full terms and conditions can be read here.
Registrations will open in 2025.
RESOURCES
To assist with the filmmaking process from inspiration to creation, take a look at our video and worksheet resources, including teacher notes.
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