Two Short Nights is proud to announce this year’s Best of the Fest Jury
Published March 2, 2026
Two Short Nights Film Festival celebrates short films and the people who make them. Every film exhibited has earned it's place on the big screen and we are passionate about connecting these films with audiences.
To close the festival, Two Short Nights presents several awards to filmmakers, including our Best of The Fest Award Category. Audiences can view all films that have been short listed for this award at our Best of the Fest screening on Fri 06 Mar, 6:30pm.
Other awards presented at Two Short Nights are:
- The Audience Choice awards - selected by those who have attended the festival
- 48 Hour Film Challenge - awards to the top three films entered as part of our annual film challenge.
This years Best of the Fest Jury are:
LILY MATTHEWS
Lily is a graduate from Falmouth University where she studied Fine Art. Lily has worked for an arts organisation for several years now, and enjoys being part of a creative community.
Her interest in film extends to both filmmaking and film criticism. Her films often blend ideas of nostalgia, nature and character archetypes. She enjoys watching a wide variety of films, but is especially interested in films with experimental and transgressive aspects, such as the films of Antonia Bird, Andrea Arnold, David Lynch and John Waters.
She has enjoyed attending the festival in previous years and has always been impressed by the creativity and variety of the shorts. She is excited to be more involved with the festival this year.
DR TOMI ADESINA
Tomi Adesina is a screenwriter and lecturer in creative writing at the University of Exeter where she convenes the screenwriting modules. Her research explores representations of ageing and place in Nigerian and South Korean cinema. In 2018 she won the AMAA Achievement in Screenplay prize for her contribution to the film, Hakkunde.
OSIAN ANDREW
Osian Andrew is a Welsh film programmer, event producer and panel host. He began his career as a filmmaker before moving into film exhibition and programming, where his work focuses on accessible screenings, rebuilding cinema audiences, and championing Celtic language film in both short and long form. Osian is a BFI Film Academy Young Programmer and programmed the BFI Future Film Festival 2025. In 2024, he co-programmed and delivered the inaugural Celtic Voices event at the BFI London Film Festival, a programme he has since toured across the Celtic nations over the past two years. He is attending Two Short Nights Film Festival presenting another Celtic Voices screening as part of the festival programme, celebrating modern Celtic language cinema
ALLISTER GALL
Allister is an artist-filmmaker and educator whose work explores place, community, and the ecologies of the moving image through collaborative and experimental practices. His films have been supported by the BFI and exhibited internationally in galleries, festivals, and journals. Recent work includes RE/POSIT/ORY (2024), a multi-screen installation examining archival bias. He is co-founder and co-director of Imperfect Cinema, a participatory film collective producing site-specific screenings, co-creative projects, and public film initiatives.
This year's Two Short Nights awards have been made by local artist by Marson Wu.
MARSON WU
Marson is an illustrator from Taiwan, lives and works in Exeter.
Graduated from University of Brighton with Sequential design& illustration MA in 2020. Inspired by nature and animals, she enjoys creating unique plants and quirky creatures. Working with watercolour, pencil, cyanotype and risograph.