BEST SHORT FILM

The BMW Sho ies 2018 awarded its Grand Prize to the 14-minute sho film Colourless by Ananth Subramaniam, a moving story of the journey of a young, aspiring swimmer and her struggles in navigating the waters between her swimming community and life with her single father. Ananth and his team also walked away with a production grant of RM80,000 to fund their next sho film. “We are excited to be in the company of such brilliant talent, from whom we learned a lot as fellow contenders. We are thankful to the BMW

Sho ies for enabling us with this pla orm to tell a powe ul story to a broader audience, whom we hope to inspire through this collective creation of ours.” said Ananth. Colourless stood out as the frontrunner for the judges this year with its production quality, which breathes depth and impact into the narrative through commendable creative direction, sound design and editing skills, and acting pe ormance. The sho film also took home suppo ing awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design,

Best Editing, and Best Actress. “We hoped to po ray the theme “DRIVE” as rooted in the everyday. There is a ‘Samantha’ in all of us – we are always working towards that one thing in life that gets us up every morning and keeps us going. The caveat is that it’s not always an easy journey; but the reward is wo h it. Colourless is our way of telling that story of drive, dream and desire,” said Ananth. View all the sho films by the BMW Sho ies 2018 finalists at www.

bmwsho ies.com.my.