Festival 2023
The 9th Annual Scottish Youth Film Festival took place in Perth on September 30th.
200 young people joined us for an inspiring day of workshops, discussions and screenings with guests from across the world of Film and TV including Directors Raisah Ahmed and Andrew Cumming, SYFF patrons Sara Vickers and Andy Rothney and many, many more.
We had practical demos of sound effects from Krotos, animation Director Will Adams of Wild Child talking about his work and hands-on sessions on special effects and animation as well as an all day acting workshop.
This annual Awards show was our best year, with a superb array of shortlisted films from across Scotland and all of the winners in the room to receive their trohies.
Winners 2023
Best Doc 12 and Under - My Tour of Rathlin Island
Best Animation 12 and Under - William Wallace - An Untold Story
Best Live Action 12 and Under - Use it or Lose it
Best Film 12 and Under - Use it of Lose it
Best Doc 13-19 - Socks - A Sockumentary
Best Animation 13-19 - Bored Games
Best Live Action 13-19 - Boy meets Bear meets Dracula
AMES Award - Nat 5 - All they found was the camera
AMES Award - Higher Media - The Dunmore Project
You can watch the winning films here
PKTV
We rounded off the day with our PKTV team broadcasting live for the festival. You can watch their Friday and Saturday shows here, with interviews featuring writer Neil Forsyth, SYFF patrons Jack Lowden, Sara Vickers and Hiftu Quasem and an interview with the one and only Alan Cumming.