2012 WINNER: JAMES KIBBEY
In November James Kibbey was crowned the 2012 winner at a screening and announcement at Soho House New York, attended by the nine finalists and judging panelist Jessica Chastain.
James Kibbey’s film House Cocktail shot at Little House tells the story of an attempt by the film’s hero to win over the beautiful woman. Chastain said of the film, “I picked House Cocktail because of the playfulness, creativity and relationships established in the short.”
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Out of all the House Shorts entries we selected the nine finalists below. James Kibbey was announced as the House Shorts 2012 winner.
The Finalists
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Read interviewNic Alderton
Shoreditch House
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Read interviewIsabel Anderton
Babington House
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Read interviewAndrew Coats
Soho House London
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Read interviewJames Fisher
High Road House
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Read interviewAndrew Harrison
Soho House New York
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Read interviewMark Hendrikx
Soho House Berlin
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Read interviewJames Kibbey
Little House Mayfair
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Read interviewJordan Sommers
SH West Hollywood
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Read interviewDavid Yaffe
Soho Beach House
About
Hosted in collaboration with Bombay Sapphire, BAFTA and The Hollywood Reporter, House Shorts is an international competition open to entrants in the UK, USA and Germany.
The conditions of the competition are simple. Submissions must be set (and subsequently filmed) in one of the ten Soho House clubs, and based around this year’s theme of imagination. Shortlisted entrants will be invited to attend the winners’ screening event, which takes place in New York City this November.
Judging Panel
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Oliver Berben
As the founder of MOOVIE (a subsidiary of Constantin Film), Oliver Berben has produced more than 90 television and theatrical films including Sönke Wortmann’s Pope Joan (2009), Dinosaurier (2009) and Francesco Und der Papst (2011).
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Christine Vachon
Co-founder of Killer Films, Christine Vachon has produced some of the past decade’s most celebrated American indie features including Academy Award-winning films Far From Heaven and Boys Don’t Cry and the Emmy-winning television program This American Life.
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Maike Mia Höhne
Since 2007, Maike Mia Höhne has worked as curator of the Berlinale Shorts at the Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Her own short films are represented by the Arsenal Institute, Berlin and the Short Film Industry, Hamburg.
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Joe Wright
Joe Wright is an English film director best known for Pride and Prejudice, Atonement, The Soloist and more recently Hanna. He is currently directing Anna Karenina, which reunites him with actress Keira Knightley.
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Sean Gray
Winner of House Shorts previous incarnation ‘Electric Shorts’ in 2010, Sean Gray is a British comedy writer and director. His short film ‘Bistro’ starred Peter Capaldi and Alex Macqueen and was shot in High Road House and has since been seen in cinemas around the world.
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Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein, along with brother Bob, founded both Miramax and The Weinstein Company, releasing titles such as Gangs of New York, Good Will Hunting, The Kings Speech and The Artist to name but a few.
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Janice Min
Since 2010 Janice Min has been at the helm of The Hollywood Reporter as Editorial Director. She has revamped the 82-year-old publication, leading it to become one of the strongest players in the industry.
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Jessica Chastain
After being nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Celia in The Help, actress Jessica Chastain was named as one of Time magazine’s most influential people in the world. She is currently filming Kathryn Bigelow’s latest project.
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Paul Greengrass
Director Paul Greengrass has over 40 years of experience, producing some of the industry’s biggest blockbusters including BAFTA nominated United 93 and three times Academy Award winning Bourne Ultimatum. He is currently filming Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks.
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Paul Haggis
After winning Best Film Academy Awards for two scripts back-to-back, Million Dollar Baby (2004) and Crash (2005), filmmaker Paul Haggis has gone on to pen screenplays for Clint Eastwood and the James Bond franchise.
Winners Prize
- Mentoring by all 10 judges
- Soho House membership
- Winners coverage in The Hollywood Reporter
- A year’s subscription to The Hollywood Reporter
- Profile and winning short featured on BAFTA Guru website
- Invitation to a number of BAFTA industry events in 2013
- Travel to the announcement event in NYC
Committee
Following film entry submissions, a short list of ten finalists will be chosen by a committee formed of Soho House, BAFTA, The Hollywood Reporter and esteemed industry friends including:
Will Clarke, Altitude Entertainment
Jess Search, Britdoc
Maurice Galway, Dingle Film Festival
Johanna von Fischer, BIFA
Hamish Moseley, Momentum
Alison Meese, Studio Canal
Mia Bays, Microwave
Philip Ilson, London Short Film Festival
Rebeka Gilbertson, Rainy Day Films
Kate Ogborn, Fly Film
Nik Powell, National Film & Television School
Peter Heinzemann, Senator Entertainment
Marc Schmidheiny, DCM productions
Corey Rogers, Original iPhone Film Festival
Franklin Leonard, The Black List
Catharine Des Forges, ICO
Verena von Stackelberg, Berlinale
Partners
Soho House would like to give warm thanks to this year’s House Shorts partners; Bombay Sapphire, BAFTA, and The Hollywood Reporter.
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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) supports, promotes and develops the art forms of the moving image; film, television and video games, identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public.
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The Hollywood Reporter is the definitive interpretive voice of the entertainment industry. Informing, engaging and empowering content is delivered across a multimedia platform that includes: a weekly magazine, bi-monthly special reports, quarterly glossies, a Website, a daily news PDF, iPad app and events.
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Previous Winner
Sean Gray
Winner of House Shorts previous incarnation ‘Electric Shorts’ in 2010, Sean Gray is a British comedy writer and director. His short ‘Bistro’ starred Peter Capaldi and Alex Macqueen and was shot in High Road House.
He is a member of the writing team of the Armando Iannucci created TV series The Thick of It and Time Trumpet and the radio series Armando Iannucci’s Charm Offensive. Gray was also the researcher on Iannucci’s Oscar-nominated film In The Loop and creator of Radio 4 comedy series ‘iGod’.