The best of all the rest
1400 entries were whittled down to just 12 - our Shortlist - all of which are being played out in cinemas across the country for a whole year.
Next, after weeks of deliberation, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Mangan, Richard Branson and the rest of our heavy-weight Judging Panel decided on a winner - The Black Hole by Olly Williams and Phil Sansom.
But which was the nation's favourite?
We put it to the public vote and the People's Choice Award went to The Hobbyist by Justin Waite.
Check out both winning films below, plus the rest of our fantastic Shortlist.
And big congratulations to everyone who took part in this year's competition - but if you think you could do better, that's what Virgin Media Shorts 2009 is all about. We're looking forward to it already!
A light hearted and nostalgic look back at how kids used to get up to mischief, miles away from home.
Two young kids build a ramp for their bike with nothing but high hopes, high risks and high brick
Why is this old woman putting so much effort into pushing a huge pram to the top of a hill?
A sleep-deprived office worker accidentally discovers a black hole - and then greed gets the better of him...
A 2min 30sec Short about everyday life of a Boy and Girl on a Train. And being able to bulid up the courage to talk to her
Desires is a composite of stop frame and drawn animation and live action footage. The desires are represented by a reoccurring wavering light that appears both in the box and the figure.
An amateur 'garden shed' inventor has come up with something truly unique. Unfortunately, the testing doesn't go as smoothly as he'd hoped...
A five-year-old Scottish boy discusses the best way for a group of small dinosaurs to stop a big dinosaur from picking on them.
In a secure institution scientist monitor the thoughts of prisoner 364, who is the strange figure he has made contact with?
Cassandra, discovers by accident the Bureau of Shadows, responsible for making, measuring and resizing our shadows while we are asleep, in this post-modern fairy tale. www.littlenobody.com
