Shortwave is an award winning production company based in Southwark, south London. Recent projects include live camera directing in the Ballroom at Lost Vagueness in Glastonbury, running an outdoor cinema on the Aylesbury Estate in Walworth, managing the first Bermondsey Street Festival and Elefest, the Elephant and Castle annual arts festival.

We also produce our own short films, run training workshops for socially excluded groups and provide AV production and equipment hire for clubs and events across London. Our debut short, 'Race' was nominated for best London film at the inaugural short film festival at the ICA in January 2004.

Staying true to our founding ethos, the outdoor cinema on the Aylesbury, organised as part of the A-List festival, provided a platform for emerging local talent and a live Q & A session with award winning film-maker Don Letts.

Elefest, organised by NEON and directed by Rob Wray (Shortwave), is now in its fifth year. It aims to celebrate the cultural and creative diversity of the Elephant and Castle, mixing classic cinema with the new and the international with locally produced short films. The festival has now expanded and includes live music, dance, photography and literature.

Since launching in 1999 our activities include hosting the VIP Tent of the Dance Arena at Glastonbury, curating a selection for the Portobello Film and Video Festival, organising an outdoor preview screening of "Celebrity Bubble" in Borough Market and providing content for the launch parties of the magazines Theme Park and Marmalade. We have also hosted the premiere of Irvine Welsh's short film 'Dose'.

Alongside organising festivals and production we have also been facilitating practical film/video workshops in partnership with community groups and projects throughout South London. 2008 will see the opening of a permanent base for Shortwave in the shape of a digital cinema, cafe bar and production facility within the Bermondsey Square regeneration scheme.