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The films and screenplays honoured at the live screening in Liverpool.

Winter Season 2023/24

2024 MAIN PRIZE WINNER PROJECT

The Sea

Directed by Ian Bartholomew

United Kingdom

Best Indie Feature Film

Unsinkable

Directed by Cody William Hartman

United States

Best Indie Short Film

Complexity

Directed by Brandon Leake, Cleve Brown

United States

Best Indie Super Short Film

cut

Directed by Youness Benali

United Kingdom

Best Feature Film

HER BODY

Directed by NATALIE CISAROVSKA

Czech Republic

Best Short Film

The Sea

Directed by Ian Bartholomew

United Kingdom

Best Feature Documentary

João Ayres, an Independent Painter

Directed by Diogo Varela Silva

Portugal

Best Short Documentary

Man of Arran

Directed by Paul McCambridge

Ireland

Best Music Video

PULSE

Directed by Yumi Sonoda

Canada

Best UK Feature Film

Doll#195

Directed by Martin Lloyd, Anja Ramaroson, Richard Tomes

United Kingdom

Best UK Short Film

Don't Choke

Directed by Sonny Baez

United Kingdom

Best Animation Feature

PIGSY

Directed by LI WEI CHIU

Taiwan

Best Animation Short

Something I said

Directed by Sara Barbas

Portugal

Best Experimental Feature

Aeon Oz

Directed by Heinz Kasper

Austria

Best Experimental Short

The Secret of the Charango

Directed by Bärbel Junk

Germany

Best Student Feature

In the Gaze of a Second

Directed by Lap Zhing Yeung

Hong Kong

Best Student Short

Taking Steps

Directed by Liel Sarah Sharon Gur

Israel

Best First Time Filmmaker Feature

Paper Planes

Directed by Jonas Singer

Switzerland

Best First Time Filmmaker Short

BAGS

Directed by Mitch Ray

Canada

Best Horror Feature

The Revelation

Directed by Chris W. Mitchell

Netherlands

Best Horror Short

My Baby

Directed by John Dada

France

Best Producer

White Feather

Directed by Benjamin Hovington

United Kingdom

Best Female Director

From Afar

Directed by Stephanie Yasemin Renique

United Kingdom

Best Male Director

Without You

Directed by Al Friedman

United States

Best Female Student Director

Best Friend Forever

Directed by Jianghan Zhao

China

Best Actress

REMNANT

Megan Bell (Directed by Mike Horan)

Australia

Best Actor

Blood Dried Hands

Samuel French(Directed by Jason Vandygriff)

United States

Best Male Student Director

Mom's World

Directed by Keith Hyland, Wendy Albiston

United Kingdom

Best New Actress/Actor

Speaker

Nali Hamouan(Directed by Alan Hamwan)

United Kingdom

Best Inspirational Film

THE FACE OF THE FACELESS

Directed by SHAISON P OUSEPH

India

Best LGBTQ Film

Making Up

Directed by Ryan Paige

United Kingdom

Best Mobile Phone Short

Not My Boy : A Ukrainian Story

Directed by Scott Barrington

United Kingdom

Best Acting

IRENE

Susanna Tommasi (Directed by Valerio Pampaglini)

Italy

Best Cinematography

M'Hamid Oasis Morocco

Directed by Monika Koeck

United Kingdom

Best Editing

IRENE

Directed by Valerio Pampaglini

Italy

Best Production Design

Lucinda´s Pandora

Directed by Sylvia Piechocki Gonzalez

Germany

Best Sound Design

Dandelion

Directed by Gillian Simpson

United Kingdom

Best VFX

Vital Tech

Directed by Julius Dattenberger

Germany

Best Sci-Fi Film

Kiseru

Directed by Igor Neljak

Croatia

Best Feature Script

Chateau de Tarot

Written by Reid J. Barwick

United States

Best Short Script

Last Tattoo

Written by Stephanie M Barton-Farcas

United States

Best Super Short Script

Just Talk

Written by Patrick Bailey

United Kingdom

Best Drama Script

Cortland Parkway

Written by Joseph Anthony Francis

United States

Best Comedy Script

Mel's Mascots

Written by Becky Kershaw(Directed by Keith Hyland)

United Kingdom

Best Horror Script

SACRED SUN

Written by Michael Louis Gould

United Kingdom

Best Action Script

Correct Weight

Written by Kenneth Ross MacKenzie

Australia

Best Original Script

The Effects of Losing You

Written by María Elena González

United States

Best Screenwriting

Olvidado

Written by d. b. Roderick

United States

Best Unoptioned Script

Out of her shadow

Written by Clara Cantos

France

Best Web Series

Monologue

Directed by Nick Clifford, Stef Smith

Australia

Best Television Series

Space Station Village EP8:Miss You to the Stars

Directed by Yi-Feng Kao

Produced by Li-Yu Fu (NTHU) & Vick Wang (USC)

Taiwan

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