The four finalists of the 50th film competition have now made their anniversary films.
The winner was chosen at a special screening and awards event in central Brighton on Thursday 15 March 2012.
The four films
Winner - Sussex as space by Freddie Mason, a third-year English undergraduate, and Oscar Hudson, a third-year Anthropology student
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We attempted to narrate the history of Sussex with particular attention paid to the uniqueness of the University's initial vision and how this has developed to the present day. We narrated this history through interviews with the most zealous students and lecturers juxtaposed with innovative, illuminating night time projections of historical footage onto the University's architecturally-unique buildings. This was then filmed. We hope that Sussex's philosophical, historical and architectural identities harmonize and inter-illuminate one another.
Second - A time to belong by Orban Wallace, a third-year Media Practice and Theory undergraduate
Our project is a continuation of John Upton’s 1967 mural, depicting the life of Sussex in the 60s. We documented the process of producing a new mural. It is a community project, collaborating with alumni and current students, creating an image of what Sussex has represented since. The original mural, 'Christ's Entry into Brighton' by John Upton, 1967, shows Christ flanked by 60s figures Jimi Hendrix, Cassius Clay, Christine Keeler and Harold Macmillian alongside Sussex staff and students. It hangs in Arts A155.
Chair of Council Simon Fanshawe, accompanied by current and past students and staff, discusses the University in the historical context of the five decades. These people made Sussex a place of inspiration, social movements, creation and radicalism - a place for ongoing progress.
Runner-up - Basil Lives! by Nathaniel Statton, a Literature, Film and Visual Culture postgraduate
The film combines animation and documentary and utilises archive film, photographs and interviews to tell the story of the University’s first 50 years.
Prizes
Each of the four film-makers won a cash prize, as follows:
- Winner - £1000
- Second prize - £500
- Third prize - £250
- Runner-up - £125
Voting took place in March 2012 and the winner was announced on 15 March 2012.