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MAY 2023 OFFICIAL AWARD WINNERS
BEST SHORT FILM
Selfie Control
Written by Gareth Moore
Directed by Rajesh Kalhan
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When a young girl becomes obsessed with taking selfies, her concerned parents invite a mysterious expert to help them deal with the impact.
(UK)
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
The Last Train
Written & Directed by Lodi Paul Inga
A musician's peaceful late train journey home is suddenly threatened when a passenger asks him to play his guitar.
(South Africa)
BEST DIRECTOR
The Collector of Camden Passage
Directed by Louis Catliff
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In a left-wing borough of London, a mysterious window display intrigues and enrages all who pass by. It’s crammed with provocative, politically incorrect jokes. No one has ever met the person who does it. Until now…
(UK)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Picturing Wonderland
Written by Maud Rowell
Directed by Alfie Elms
An experimental snapshot of Maud's own experience with blindness, colour and analogue photography.
(UK)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
A Comet Landed on Earth
Written & Directed by Miao Xi
Cinematography by Peng Ligen
In each dream, we have different identities, as well as different dilemmas and troubles. Do we choose to stay in our own real world, or do we want to escape to another?
(China)
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BEST EDITING
All Politics is Local
Directed & Edited by
Chris Eipper, Declan Mortimer Eipper
Based upon three decades of ethnographic research comes the story of a rural Irish election campaign that becomes as suspenseful as it is surprising.
(Ireland/Australia)
BEST MUSIC
The Last Train
Music by Lodi Paul Inga
A musician's peaceful late train journey home is suddenly threatened when a passenger asks him to play his guitar.
(South Africa)
BEST SOUND
Once Upon A Midnight
Directed by Vicky Wanless
Sound Design by Damon Sheridan
Post Sound Coordinator: Wayne Quilliam
Sound Assistant: Dylan Mannion
Each day, Dolly lives in terror. Her only reason to cling to life is Angelia. But one night, a knock at the door changes everything...
(Australia)
BEST ACTOR
A Comet Landed on Earth
Directed by Miao Xi
Actor: Zhou Hang as Yuan
In each dream, we have different identities, as well as different dilemmas and troubles. Do we choose to stay in our own real world, or do we want to escape to another?
(China)
BEST ACTRESS
Vanishing Grace
Directed by Matty Killen
Actress: Marie Devine as Ellie
A woman now clean after years of drug abuse finally gets the chance to meet her young estranged daughter.
(UK)
BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER
Gold-Break
Written & Directed by Naphat Boonyaprapa
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Working at a cinema can be boring and monotonous, and even cleaning a screen can be slow and tiring. But what if you dream about wanting more? What if you could immerse yourself in a film and get lost in it?
(UK)
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GRAND JURY AWARD
Coming of Age
Directed by Anna Maria Friedrich
Produced by Philipp Schwabe
Ruth was sent from Schmalkalden to the United States by her parents in 1939 to escape the Holocaust. In an exchange of experiences, Luai came to Schmalkalden from Aleppo as an unaccompanied refugee in 2015.
(USA/Germany)