Another Accolade for Max from Rochester

An award winning student from Rochester has picked up another award, this time at the 2011 National Student Film Festival, for Best Experimental Film.

Max Kimber, who is in the final year of her BA (Hons) Fine Art degree at UCA Canterbury, has already picked up several accolades this year, including the Grand Jury award at the Exposures Student Festival in November.  

Her short film Cusp examines the tenuous nature of life through a young fledgling. The part-time student said: “It feels amazing to win another award - I am most certainly not taking them for granted.  

“Once again, I was totally convinced that I hadn't won anything and chose a table near the back of the room at the ceremony so that I could leave quickly when they finished.”

Max classifies herself as a fine artist who specialises in taxidermy and bronze sculpture, however her filmmaking achievements have not convinced her to change career path. “The success of my film hasn't made me want to move away from Fine Art,” said Max. “I view my filmmaking as an extension of my fine art practice rather than a destination although I do have another film I want to make.”