Film Northants 2008 Film Northants is a short film competition originally set up by the Northampton Chronicle & Echo in 2008. Each year people of any age living, working or studying in Northamptonshire are invited to send a film of no more than five minutes length to the competition. All the entries are placed on the internet on http://www.filmnorthants.co.uk A panel of judges draw up a shortlist of eight finalists and the public are invited to vote for their favourite film via text and email. All eight finalists have their films screened at Vue Cinema in Sol Central Northampton at a special red carpet awards night. The winning film in 2008 was made by Northampton College students and was a horror flick titled Confined. The 2008 judges were: Tim Coley, film lecturer, The University of Northampton; John Tredrea, manager, Vue Cinema Northampton; Lily Canter, features editor, Northampton Chronicle & Echo The competition was invented, organised and hosted by Lily Canter. It now runs as an independent not-for-profit film festival with a committee of community volunteers. Film Northants 2009 After the success of the first competition, Film Northants 2009 was launched in March. The 2009 event was supported by Vue Cinema, Aspect Ratio Productions, Heart, Reelscape Films, The University of Northampton, The Film Lab, 20th Century Fox and London Midland train line. The shortlist of eight films were selected by a panel of judges and the public were invited to vote via text or online through the Northampton Chronicle & Echo. The selected films were shown at a red carpet screening at Vue Cinema in Northampton on 22 September 2009 and the awards were announced on the night. Winner - Public Vote No Stone Unturned by Anthony Dumont & Matthew Dumont A history student follows a trail of clues to help put a spirit to rest. Winner - Judges Choice Award ''Tuhfah by Stacey SwiftA witty story with a political message which explores child exploitation in Asia. Second Place If Only I Could by Sharmila WaltersA young boy dreams of winning a creative writing competition. Third Place Death by Deafness'' by Alex Nowak and Jack Hunt A bullied deaf girl struggles to cope with her disability which ultimately leads to a personal tragedy. Film Northants 2010 Film Northants is now an independent organisation and will be running a festival in conjunction with Cineworld, Northampton in September 2010. A new website has