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AWARD WINNERS
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
Venus
Written by Andrew McGee & Tara Shehata
Directed by Andrew McGee
Synopsis:
Iris, torn out of her idyllic digital world and uploaded into a stolen synthetic body by her grieving mother, must face her body's objectification and violent potential in a dark future.
Country: UK
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT FILM
Wooden Sword
Written & Directed by
Behzad Alavi & Sousan Salamat
Synopsis:
Two little boys make friends in the green space, but their fathers have a big problem.
Country: Iran
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
FLUFFYPUNK
Directed by Thomas Harman
Synopsis:
Fluffypunk documents the insecurities, instabilities and conflicts that plague the life of a performer. Trying to balance the responsibilities of parenthood, artistic integrity, and personal happiness is anything but fluffy!
Country: UK
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
Balance
Written by Michael Guest
Directed by Michael Guest & Alexander Halford
Synopsis:
When Ziggy goes to visit his Father's grave, he professes no remorse or guilt for killing him. But Ziggy isn't alone, and soon finds himself in even more trouble...
Country: UK
BEST DIRECTOR
The Stage of Golden Beach
Written & Directed by Xiang Tiange
Synopsis:
A woman who has given up dancing because of sexual assault in youth, now chooses to fight against this male-oriented society
Country: China
BEST SCREENPLAY
JUMP
Written by Niall Ransome
Directed by Rosa Crompton
Synopsis:
Abandoned by his parents, a boy takes care of his younger brother Mattie as they fend for themselves in a council house in Sheffield.
Country: UK
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Rainbow
Directed by Aleksandar Vujović
Cinematography: Vladimir Vučinić
Synopsis:
Rainbow is a film that recounts, through the main character's memory, an event from his early childhood that determined his life's calling.
Country: Montenegro
BEST EDITING
In Isolation
Written, Directed & Edited by
Edmund C. Short
Synopsis:
Three housemates are confined to their home during a severe military lockdown.
Country: UK
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Christian Moullec: Flying With Birds
Composed by Tim Janssens
Synopsis:
Christian Moullec: Flying With Birds. Music composed by Tim Janssens.
Country: Belgium
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Matty Boy
Directed by Shahid Kamal
Sound: Wojciech Dudzicz & Agata Lewandowska
Synopsis:
A man with a suggestible mind marries a second wife mistakenly out of a desperate situation and now faces the consequences...
Country: UK
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Passenger
Directed by Alexander Bruckner
Production Design: Bernadett Skoda
Synopsis:
The Passenger is a psychological thriller about two very different friends who make a fateful late-night stop at a rest area on a deserted stretch of desert highway
Country: Austria
BEST VISUAL FX
Venus
VFX: Lucid Studios, Marcel Sygula,
Andrew McGee, Doug Hey
Synopsis:
Iris, torn out of her idyllic digital world and uploaded into a stolen synthetic body by her grieving mother, must face her body's objectification and violent potential in a dark future.
Country: UK
BEST HAIR, MAKEUP & COSTUME
Venus
HMC: Chiara Giannettino, Ella Wiltshere,
Anna Cichon, Natalia Glow, Stacie Smith
Synopsis:
Iris, torn out of her idyllic digital world and uploaded into a stolen synthetic body by her grieving mother, must face her body's objectification and violent potential in a dark future.
Country: UK
BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER
Welcome to Monterey
Directed by Lauren Z. Ray
Synopsis:
As their population dwindles, their businesses are all about gone, this town in rural Monterey, Indiana fights to stay alive.
Country: USA
BEST ACTOR
JUMP
Directed by Rosa Crompton
Actor: George Edwards
Synopsis:
Abandoned by his parents, a boy takes care of his younger brother Mattie as they fend for themselves in a council house in Sheffield.
Country: UK
BEST ACTRESS
The Greatest of Expectations
Directed by Freddie Hill
Actress: Lena Richardson
Synopsis:
In a desolate near future where Christmas is barely celebrated, a lonely cleaner uncovers a robot version of Charles Dickens.
Country: UK
BEST CHILD ACTOR
Rainbow
Directed by Aleksandar Vujović
Actor: Nikša Radojičić
Synopsis:
Rainbow is a film that recounts, through the main character's memory, an event from his early childhood that determined his life's calling.
Country: Montenegro
BEST DRAMA FILM
Ju-bin
Written & Directed by An sun-young
Synopsis:
A junior high school girl who stays at the academy latest every night to study.
Country: Korea
BEST COMEDY FILM
7 Hours On Earth
Written by Steve Smith
Directed by Patricia Sharpe
Synopsis:
It all kicks off when a bunch of dysfunctional aliens have a glitch in hyper-space, which means they have to emergency download into a school office...
Country: UK
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BEST HORROR FILM
After Hours
Written by Christian Rushbrooke,
George Wilkinson & Hugh Stevenson
Directed by Christian Rushbrooke
Synopsis:
A school janitor returns to work for the first time since finding the body of a female student who took their own life...
Country: UK
BEST SCI-FI FILM
Venus
Written by Andrew McGee & Tara Shehata
Directed by Andrew McGee
Synopsis:
Iris, torn out of her idyllic digital world and uploaded into a stolen synthetic body by her grieving mother, must face her body's objectification and violent potential in a dark future.
Country: UK
BEST HISTORICAL FILM
In Their Eyes
Directed by Arnaud Blin
Synopsis:
Rémy Cassigneul was 19, Marguerite Cassigneul 17, when on June 6, 1944, the Allied forces landed in Normandy...
Country: France
BEST ANIMATED FILM
KAVAL
Written by Jasna Nikolovska-Ovcharovska
Directed by Sasha Stanishik
Synopsis:
One summer, at his grandparents house, a boy meets the kaval and the magic of its sound.
Country: Macedonia
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
*Additional win - Best Poster*
AZUL
Written & Directed by Bianca Ceausescu
Synopsis:
Emerged overnight, Wamai finally comes out of the water.
Country: Spain
GRAND JURY AWARD
Super Soup
Written by Iacopo Fulgi
Directed by Iacopo Fulgi & Valerio Maggi
Synopsis:
Ms. Yoonrye, cook at the 7th Twins boutique in Gwacheon, South Korea, revitalizes her small business with a new soup recipe and an original advertising campaign.
Country: Korea
BEST SHORT SCRIPT
Face Value
Written by George Wroe
Country: UK
Finalists:
The Written Word Written by Dan Moyes
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
To The White Sea
Written by Daniel Eagleton
Country: UK
Finalists:
White Lotus Written by Roland Johnson
Vested Written by
Jay Stamatis & Edmond Coisson
BEST TV SCRIPT
At The Flash
Written by Sean Chandler & David Leeper
Country: USA
Finalists:
Frankenstein's Monsters Written by Ken Colliver
Wanted Dead Written by Glenn Lissner