George (UK) FLIP Festival 2010 FLIP Festival 2010 took place on 4–6 November 2010. The award winners of 2010's festival were: Best of Festival: Simon Cartwright & Jessica Cope with The Astronomer's Sun Best International Film: Blu with Big Bang, Big Boom Best Documentary: Samantha Moore with An Eyeful of Sound Best Experimental Film: Will Anderson with Another Day Best Sound: Elli Vuorinen with Tongueling Best New Talent: Julia Gromskaya with L’Anima Mavi Best Student Film: India Swift with Squid in Love Student Runners up: Matthew Duddington with By its Clover; Ben Smallman with Tales of Beardyman FLIP Festival 2009 2009's FLIP Festival took place on 5–7 November. The award winners for 2009's Festival were: Best of Festival: Taku Kimura with Kudan. Best UK Film: Steve Irwin with Black Dogs Progress. Best International Film: Jake Armstrong with The Terrible Thing of Alpha 9, USA. Best Newcomer: Kristian Andrews with Rabbit Punch Best Experimental Film: Virginia Mori with Il Gioco de Silenzio (The Play of Silence). Best Stop Motion: Bang Yao Lui with Deadline Special Jury Mention: Ed Barrett with Man Up FLIP Festival 2008 2008's FLIP Festival took place on 6–8 November. The award winners for 2008's Festival were: Best Film: Blu with Muto. Best UK Film: Luis Cook with The Pearce Sisters. Best International Film: Jeremy Clapin with Skhizein. Best Abstract Film: Blu with Muto. Best Sound Design: Alexei Alexeev with KJFG No5. Best Newcomer: Tom Senior with One Nice Family Photo Best Student Film: Reza Dolatabadi with Khoda FLIP Festival 2007 2007's FLIP Festival took place on 1–3 November. The award winners for 2007's Festival were: Best Film: Lizzy Hobbs with The Old, Old, Very Old Man. Best Student Film: Paul O’Flanagan with Beauty Now. Special Mention (Student Film): Julian Kok with Mimos and the Egg. Best of FLIP FLIP Festival also does several small screenings throughout the year of either just the award winners or all the selected submissions. The "Best of FLIP" is usually shown at various venues throughout the West Midlands. For the 2010 season, FLIP had "best of" screenings at both the Stoke Film Theatre and the Wem Town Hall and there was also a special screening at Artsfest '10 in Birmingham, UK. Notes External links FLIP Festival’s website Light House Media Centre's website Animation film festivals in the United Kingdom Festivals in the West Midlands (county) Film festivals established in 2004 Film festivals