Nominees and Winners

BEST SHORT FILM (UK only)

Care – Stef O’Driscoll
GSW – Jonny Durgan
Largo – Salvatore Scarpa and Max Burgoyne-Moore
OK/NOTOK – Pardeep Sahota
Olive – Rosie Potts

WINNER: OK/NOTOK

DIR: Pardeep Sahota

BEST DIRECTOR

Alex Boutell – Worst. Experience. Ever.
Ky Dickens IN THE JUNGLE
Lisa Kelly – Remember Me
Pardeep Sahota – OK/NOTOK
Rosie Potts – Olive
Salvatore Scarpa and Max Burgoyne-Moore – Largo

WINNER: Salvatore Scarpa and Max Burgoyne-Moore


BEST CASTING

CARE – Emma Sylvester
G.S.W. – Emma Garrett
HOW LONG – Louise Wildish
Largo – Nicholas Hockaday
The Long Spring – Olly Ginelli
Truckload – Verity Naughton

WINNER: Emma Garrett (G.S.W.)


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

A Matter of Minutes – Hannah Beach
Insomnia – Su-Jin Song
OK/NOTOK – Pardeep Sahota
Spoken Movement Family Honour – Daniel Gurton
The Quackening – James Button
Undeletable – Benjamin Blaine, Christopher Blaine

WINNER: Spoken Movement Family Honour

DIR: Daniel Gurton

BEST ART DIRECTION

Insomnia – Su-Jin Song
National Treasures – Will Wright
Odd Socks – David Ledger
Quackening – James Button
Truckload – Aella Jordan-Edge
Woman in the Wardrobe – Ruby Phelan

WINNER: Quackening – James Button

DIR: James Button

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT

Myriam Garcia Marienstras – Un bagage en trop (English title – An excess baggage)
Nash Edgerton – CANDY BAR
Tara Aghdashloo – Empty Your Pockets
Ky Dickens – IN THE JUNGLE
Su-Jin Song – Insomnia

WINNER: IN THE JUNGLE

DIR: Ky Dickens

BEST SCREENPLAY

G.S.W. – Jonny Durgan
The Long Spring – Olly Ginelli
The Man That I Wave At – Ben Stephen Hyland
There Will Come Soft Rains – Elham Ehsas and Sam Perry
The Silent Choice – Ranw Aso-Rashid and Elliot Cable
Undeletable – Chris Blaine and Ben Blaine

WINNER: Undeletable – Chris Blaine and Ben Blaine

DIR: Benjamin Blaine, Christopher Blaine

BEST STUDENT SHORT

Arena – Dir: Simin Zeng
A Time Before – Dir: Leo Metcalf
Erosion – Dir Rou-Chi Wang
The High Road – Dir: Cheyenne Christie

WINNER: Erosion – Dir Rou-Chi Wang

DIR: Rou-Chi Wang

BEST ACTRESS

Bairavi Manoharan – OK/NOTOK
Chloe Wade – HOW LONG
Diana Martin – Remember Me
Evie Jones – Truckload
Mollie Lockwood – Bleeding
Sophie Verbeeck – Un bagage en trop (English title – An excess baggage)

WINNER: Evie Jones (Truckload)

Evie Jones

BEST ACTOR

Alfred Clay – Aksil
Eben Figueiredo – CARE
Elliot Cable – The Silent Choice
James Button – The Quackening
Will Close – Don’t Bury It
Zack Elsokari – Largo

WINNER: Eben Figueiredo (CARE)


BEST COMPOSER / SOUNDTRACK

A Matter of Minutes – Sound Designer & Composer: Louis Ray; Sound Designer: Greg Claridge
DADDY ISSUES – Cora Miron
IN THE JUNGLE – Martin Pinsonnault
Odd Socks – Jesper Ankarfeldt
Spoken Movement Family Honour – Ben Nobuto
The Man That I Wave At – Hollie Buhagiar

WINNER: IN THE JUNGLEMartin Pinsonnault


AUDIENCE AWARD

As voted by the audience through the entire festival from Friday to Sunday.

WINNER: TRUCKLOAD

DIR: Aella Jordan-Edge

HONOURABLE MENTION

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OLIVE

DIR: Rosie Potts