WINNERS DECEMBER 2023

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All award winners and honourable mentions are eligible for a trophy.

BEST PICTURE

AINO - THE STORY OF HOPE

Director: Terra Eliel

Country of origin: Finland

BEST SHORT FILM

BUS DRIVER

Director: Amar Singh Sethi

Country of origin: United Kingdom

HONOURABLE MENTION:

SOMEBODY’S BABY

Director: Mervyn McCracken

Country of origin: Ireland

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

MAN OF ARRAN

Director: Paul McCambridge

Country of origin: Ireland

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE - PROTECTION FROM EVIL

Director: Tiago Di Mauro

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST STUDENT FILM

OUT OF REACH

Director: Ezra Asfaw

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST DRAMA

THE COW

Director: Justin John Carroll

Country of origin: Ireland

HONOURABLE MENTION:

ONE MORE GUEST?

Director: Edilberto Restino

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST COMEDY

FRESH HELL IS THIS

Director: Bernard Visser

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST HORROR

8:13

Director: Stephen Clarke Dunne

Country of origin: Ireland

BEST THRILLER

FUGUE

Director: Alberto Lais

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST EXPERIMENTAL

DREAMS OF THE PAST

Director: Dmitri Frolov

Country of origin: Russia

BEST DIRECTOR

MAN OF ARRAN

Director: Paul McCambridge

Country of origin: Ireland

BEST FIRST-TIME DIRECTOR

BETWEEN THE TIDES

Director: Valerie Dent

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST PRODUCER

AINO - THE STORY OF HOPE

Producer: Janina Jokimies & Terra Eliel

Country of origin: Finland

HONOURABLE MENTION:

QUIET

Producer: Connor J. Matthews

Country of origin: United Kingdom

HONOURABLE MENTION:

BUS DRIVER

Producer: Sychelle-Kristina Yanda & Connor J. Matthews

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST ACTRESS

HONOURABLE MENTION:

PUT AWAY

Starring: Carol Royle

Country of origin: United Kingdom

HONOURABLE MENTION:

SOMEBODY’S BABY

Starring: Laura Flynn

Country of origin: Ireland

HONOURABLE MENTION:

HEART

Starring: Noelle Joy Sorenson

Country of origin: United States of America

BEST ACTOR

A SMILE FROM ROMY

Starring: Jean-Baptiste Sagory

Country of origin: France

HONOURABLE MENTION:

QUIET

Starring: Joshua Daly

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

FRESH HELL IS THIS

Writer: Bernard Visser

Country of origin: United Kingdom

HONOURABLE MENTION:

ENTER THE ROOM

Writer: Harry Waldman

Country of origin: United States of America

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

AINO - THE STORY OF HOPE

Composer: Teivas Tevajärvi

Country of origin: Finland

HONOURABLE MENTION:

ONE MORE GUEST?

Composer: Eveshka Ghost

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

DREAMS OF THE PAST

Director: Dmitri Frolov

Country of origin: Russia

BEST EDITING

CAUGHT

Editor: Luis Orozco

Country of origin: Mexico

HONOURABLE MENTION:

OUT OF REACH

Editor: Ayush Kanodia

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST SOUND DESIGN

A SMILE FROM ROMY

Sound designer: Esteban Ferey

Country of origin: France

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

RICHARD SPONG

by Terry Luke Podnar

Country of origin: United States of America

BEST EPISODIC SCRIPT

WALKING GRAN

by Suzy Miller

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST SHORT SCRIPT

THE PRICE OF LOVE

by William Dorian Kane Louis

Country of origin: France

HONOURABLE MENTION:

PYNEWOOD

by Shmuel Barber

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST INSPIRATIONAL SCRIPT

HONOURABLE MENTION:

WHAT LIBA FELT

by Nik Perring

Country of origin: United Kingdom

All award winners and honourable mentions are eligible for a trophy.

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