British filmmakers Jamie Stone and Felix Massie have taken the top awards at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, making it the first double British win at the festival.

Stone, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2012, took the Brief Encounters Grand Prix Award for his short film Orbit Ever After for its ‘creative ingenuity, inspired casting, humour, clarity of storytelling and poetic ending’.

Massie, a Star of Tomorrow in 2009, won the Animated Encounters Grand Prix Award for In the Air Is Christopher Gray.

The films now qualify for Oscar nominations. Stone’s Orbit Ever After was also named as the festival’s Short Film nominee for the European Film Awards 2013.

The Best Of British animation award went to Anomalies by Ben Cady, with the live action award going to Rosemary Jane, directed by Carolina Petro. Both now qualify for BAFTA nominations.

The inaugural Music Video Award went to Stardust directed by Mischa Rozema.

In the festival’s 90 second film strand, DepicT!, Ninian Doff’s Cool Unicorn Bruv won the Audience Award and the DepicT! 13 Award, the first time the audience and jury have both chosen the same winner.

The five day festival ran from September 17-22, having moved from its November slot in 2012.

Full list of winners

Grand Prix

Animated Encounters Grand Prix Award
In the Air Is Christopher Gray, Felix Massie (UK)

Special mentions
The Hunter, Marieka Walsh (Australia)
Tap to Retry, Neta Cohen (Israel)

Brief Encounters Grand Prix Award
Orbit Ever After, Jamie Stone (UK)

Best of British Awards

Animated Encounters Best of British Award
Anomalies, Ben Cady (UK)

Brief Encounters Best of British Award
Rosemary Jane, Carolina Petro (UK)

Cartoon d’Or nomination

Cartoon d’Or nomination
Cargo Cult, Bastien Dubois (France)

Special mentions
The Maggot Feeder, Priit Tender (Estonia)
Hollow Land, Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot (Den-Fra-Can)

European Film Awards 2013

Bristol Short Film nominee for the European Film Awards 2013
Orbit Ever After, Jamie Stone (UK)

Special Mention
Fear of Flying, Conor Finnegan (Ireland)

DepicT! ‘13 Awards

DepicT!’13 British Special Mention Award
Return, James Young (UK)

DepicT! ’13 Shooting People RPS Audience Award
Cool Unicorn Bruv, Ninian Doff (UK)

DepicT! 13 Random Acts Special Mention
Sun, Paul Hill (UK)

DepicT! ‘13 RPS Cinematography Award
A Thing, Chintan Gohil (India)

DepicT! ’13 Award
Cool Unicorn Bruv, Ninian Doff (UK)

Encounters 2013 Awards

Children’s Jury Award
Fear of Flying, Conor Finnegan (Ireland)

Encounters Audience Award
Home, Thomas Gleeson (New Zealand)

Music Video Award
Stardust, Mischa Rozema (Netherlands)

Documentary Award
Adrift, Frederik Jan Depickere (Belgium / Colombia)

Special mention
Feeding Five Hundred, Rafed Alharthi, Ray Hadded (UAE)

UWE European New Talent Awards

Animated Encounters: UWE European New Talent Award
Plug and Play, Michael Frei (Switzerland)

Brief Encounters: UWE European New Talent Award
Beat, Aneil Karia (UK)

Best of South West Awards

Animated Encounters Best of South West Award
Winter Trees, Karni and Saul (UK)

Brief Encounters Best of South West Award
Behind The Journey, Bristol Sprout (UK)