WINNERS

All the winning projects are listed below

Best Short Film (Under 40 minutes)

What I Am
Jackie Oudney
United Kingdom

Best Super Short Film

STRINGS
Erika Skyte
United Kingdom

Best Documentary Short

The Iron Snail
Charles Logan Clare
United Kingdom

Best Indie Short

The Aftermath
Tori Hughes, Sarah France
United Kingdom

Best Feature Film

Violet
Derek Yang
Australia

Best Animation

Christo The Civilized Barbarian
Shaddy Safadi
United States

Best Comedy

I replied with my heart
Anita García Rico
United Kingdom

Best Drama

MERMAN
Madeleine Wynn
United Kingdom

Best Romance

A click away
Tanmay Tushar
United Kingdom

Best LGBTQ

Clutter
James Card
United Kingdom

Best Horror

The Chair
Kevin Reeves
Canada

Best Thriller

Alleged
Joe Foster
United Kingdom

Best Action

Max Sierra
Nacho Martin
Spain

Best Sci-Fi

Pro
Ray Peng
China

Best Fantasy

Ren: The Girl with the Mark (Season Two)
Kate Madison, Christopher Dane, Jonnie Howard, Sophie Black
United Kingdom

Best Experimental

BAYLA
Adriana Mourelle
United Kingdom

Best Music Video

Timeless : A Symphony in Motion
Susan Mey Lee Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Samudra Kajal Saikia
United Kingdom

Best Actor

Donald Watson
Whitey On The Run
United States

Best Actress

Kelsey Cooke
Safe
Isle of Man, United Kingdom

Best Short Script

The Tweets
Jonathan Irwin

Best Screenwriter

The Tweets
Jonathan Irwin

Best Feature Script

A Legend of Persephone
C.J. Palmisano

Best Student Screenwriter

Self-Care
Ayla Jackson Hamilton

Best Television Script - Pilot

My Lady Garden
Sally Llewellyn

Best Original Screnplay

The Venetian Man
Le'Roy Kester

Best UK Screenplay

Heirloom
Phillip Edwards

Best Comedy Screenplay

Tempting Fate
Terry Luke Podnar

Best Drama Screenplay

MTFTM
Abigail Espinal-Andrade

Best Student Short Film

LURE
Jasper Pagan
United Kingdom

Best Student Super Short Film

Portraits?
Juliana Andrade Venturini
United Kingdom

Best Student Documentary

emery, marble and vine
Orestis Rouskas
Greece

Best Student Animation

Creature City
Sophia Kolk-Smith
United Kingdom

Best Student Animation

Creature City
Sophia Kolk-Smith
United Kingdom

Best Student Director

La Petite Détective
Anna Polianichko
UK

Best Student Music Video

Benjamín Haverla
It Takes So Little
Slovakia

Best First Time Director

Atlas
Freddie Green
United Kingdom

Best Male Director

Niall Duffy
G A L A R
United Kingdom

Best Female Director

Vange Tapia, Sofia Ayerdi
The Embrace of a Bird
United States

Best Art Director

Lougé Delcy
Rhythm Family
Bermuda

Honorable mention

‘The Waves’ | A Poetic Short Film
Siana Bangura
United Kingdom

Best Music VIdeo Director

Mirage: An Architectural Sonic Experience
Rikke Benborg
Denmark

Best British Film

Peony Petals
Jack Walker
United Kingdom

Best Cambridge Film

The Howling Corpus
Emily Knutsson
United Kingdom

Best UK Short Film

Stray
Morven Christie
United Kingdom

Honorable mention

Wild Bear
James Hastings
United Kingdom

Best UK Feature Film

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Ian Sciacaluga
United Kingdom

Best UK Documentary

Reflections
Finley Cairns
United Kingdom

Best UK Music Video

Strolling Down Brighton Pier
Zach Stevens
United Kingdom

Best UK Director /Short/

The Skin I´m In
Elena Vialykh
United Kingdom

Best UK Director /Feature/

Ian Sciacaluga
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United Kingdom

Best UK Student Film

A Passion's Night Bloom
Kwesi Awotwi
United Kingdom

Best UK Animation

Monument Valley III: The Lighthouse
Daniel Chester, David Prosser, Margaux Scanatovits
United Kingdom

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