OVER 1,000 people attended this year's Worcester Film Festival and the best filmmakers have been announced. 

Worcester Film Festival, a four-day 86 film extravaganza that ended on September 28 has announced its award winners. 

The winners are as follows: 

- Best Student Film: Whistling Dixie 

- Best Costume Designer: Chairs 

- Best Music Video: Cold Eyes 

- Best Director: Crusts 

- Best Performance: Cope 

- Best Hair and Makeup: Gaze

- Best Midlands Film: Ticker

- Best Cinematographer: Where The Old Man Lives

- Best Documentary Film: An Extraordinary Place 

- Best Production Designer: Trust Thy Sister 

- Best Editor: Where Are All The Gay Superheroes?

- Best Animated Film: Le Charade 

- Best Screenplay: Laura Living Backwards

- Best Sound Design: Stain

- Best First-Time Filmmaker: Stir 

- Best Composer: Mutual Tides

- Best Feature Film: Froggie 

- Best Short Film: Crusts 

- Audience Award: Showing Sheep In The Shires