We are thrilled to announce the nominations and honorary mentions for this year.

POSTHUMOUS AWARD FOR ACTING

Nicholas Ball

NOMINEES FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SHORT FILM

Gemma Barnett (Bridge)

Juliet Stevenson (Ceres)

Kalyn Elizabeth Wood ( Screaming Silence)

Tansy Smethurst (Hedgehog)

NOMINNEES FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A SHORT FILM

Bianca Beckles – Rose (Bridge) 

Hannah Morrish (Ceres)

Menai Gnoan (Hedgehog)

NOMINEES FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SHORT FILM

Cherno Jagne (The Backway)

Gradi Kumbi (Go in Peace)

Yiftach Samucha (Father’s Son)

NOMINEES FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SHORT FILM

Kaine Lawrence (Osoro)

Oded Leopold (Father’s Son)

Bito Sack (Safe)

NOMINEES FOR BEST NARATIVE SHORT 

Ceres (Amelia Sears)

Bridge (Tara Aghdashloo)

Safe (Johannes Richard Voelkel)

Father’s Son (Nadan Pines)

SPECIAL AWARD FOR BEST WRITER/DIRECTOR OF A SHORT FILM

Tatyana Petrova Yolin (Loathing)

NOMINEES FOR BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

Where Olive Trees Weep (Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo)

Where does Freedom begin (Linda Genereux)

Everyday Dignity (Ida Does)

NOMINEES FOR BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Ana Morphose (Joao Rodrigues)

The Holiday Maker (Harry Mead)

Super High – a period piece (Bianca Lambert)

NOMINEES FOR BEST FILM SCORE IN AN ANIMATED SHORT

Fatima Fonte (Ana Morphose)

A J Churchill (The Holiday Maker)

Sam Wagstaff (Super High – a period piece)

NOMINEES FOR BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURE FILM

Paul Green (Blue) 

Nicholas Ball (The Kingdom by the Sea)

NOMINEES FOR BEST FILM SCORE IN A FEATURE FILM

Harrison King (Blue) 

Jose Monzon (The Kingdom by the Sea)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A FEATURE FILM

Alfie Nobel (Blue)

Melvyn Barnes (The Kingdom by the Sea)

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE FILM

Olive Wilson (The Kingdom by the Sea)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A FEATURE FILM

Rula Lenska (The Kingdom by the Sea)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A NARRATIVE FEATURE

David Smith (Blue)

Richard John Taylor (The Kingdom by the Sea)

Best Short Documentary

Snowdrops for the Bairns  (Donna Dees)

Bearing Witness: A Name & A Voice (Dina Rudick)

Documenting Twice As Hard (Danyelle Greene, Abimbola Iyun)

SILHOUETTE AWARD

Bristol Bus Boycott: Lost Voices (Jake Roberts / Lorraine Gibbs)

HONORARY MENTION FOR EXCELLENCE IN ACTING

Nikol Todorova  (Loathing)

Viktor Pavlov (Loathing)

HONORARY MENTION FOR COMMUNITY FILMMAKING

Silver Screen Dreams Café (Mike and Rebecca Peacock)