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Last updated: 22 Feb 2025)

2025 Awards

Best Film:
Elsewhere

Nominees:
Elsewhere, Francie, Hamdardi, LUKi & The Lights, Wander To Wonder

Festival Award (chosen by festival team):
Tanner's Field
 

Best Director:
Ashley Tabatabai and Stefan Fairlamb (Hamdardi)

Nominees:
Anne Thorens (Elsewhere), Ashley Tabatabai and Stefan Fairlamb (Hamdardi), Carter M. Stewart (Lyrical), Rebecca Rose (The Removed), Zoë Ellender (Francie)

Best Actor:
Tom Glenister (Foxhole)

Nominees:
Aaron Carnahan (Ever There), AJ Dyer (Lyrical), Edwin Flay (The Carrot), James Doran (Music To Die For), Tom Glenister (Foxhole)

Best Actress:
Georgie Glen (The Removed)

Nominees:
Aimée Cassettari (Francie), Estelle Bridet (Elsewhere), Georgie Glen (The Removed), Name Önal (Chicken Broth Soup), Suzanna Hamilton (175)

Best Young Performer:
Chloe Dong (The Silent Canary)

Nominees:
Alejandro Carrillo (The Black Dune), Cassandre Helfer (Elsewhere), Chloe Dong (The Silent Canary), Diya Bisht (Ballad Of The Mountain), Rory Galvin (Tanner’s Field)

Best Early Career Filmmaker:
Megan Lyons (Until Today)

Nominees:
Barbara Wiltshire (Book Club), Dominika Tarinová (Darkness All Around), Magda Adamowicz (All I Want Today), Martha Crow (Badger), Megan Lyons (Until Today)

Best Cinematography:
The Black Dune

Nominees:
Elsewhere, Francie, Hamdardi, The Black Dune, Winter Song

Best Editing:
Badger

Nominees:
Badger, Foxhole, Nervous Ellie, OCD & Chips, Skelter

Best Music or Score:
Hamdardi (Howard Carter)

Nominees:
Ever There, Hamdardi, Lay Me Down (HMLTD), LUKi & The Lights, Winter Song

Best Script:
Lyrical (Carter M. Stewart)

Nominees:
All I Want Today, Lyrical, OCD & Chips, Roger, The Overlook

Best Sound:
Francie

Nominees:
Elsewhere, Foxhole, Francie, Hamdardi, The Car That Came Back From The Sea

Best Animation:
LUKi & the Lights

Nominees:
Beautiful Men, Hot Mess, LUKi & the Lights, Wander to Wonder, Yuck!

Best Comedy:
The Carrot

Nominees:
Book Club, STI: Sexually Transmitted Introductions, Studs, The Carrot, The Stroll

Best Documentary:
Darkness All Around

Nominees:
Amu Darya: River To A Missing Sea, Darkness All Around, Milking The Dog, Nostos, Running Away To The Circus

Best Drama:
Foxhole

Nominees:
Ballad Of The Mountain, Chicken Broth Soup, Foxhole, The Silent Canary, Until Today

Best Experimental/Microshort Film:
OCD & Chips

Nominees:
Cry Like A Guy, Dear Child II, Finding Hope, OCD & Chips, Uh Oh

Best Horror/Thriller:
Ever There

Nominees:
Badger, Ever There, Grotto, Nibbling Of The Night, Pretty Bonnets

Best Local Film:
Rock-a-Bye

Nominees:
Amu Darya: River to a Missing Sea, Can You Fight Fires and Diabetes At The Same Time?, Rock-a-Bye, Skelter, Wall Cries

Best Online Film:
Chicken Broth Soup
Roger

Nominees:
Ballad Of The Mountain, Chicken Broth Soup, My Beloved, Roger, While Some Must Sleep

Best Science Fiction/Fantasy:
The End Was Just The Beginning

Nominees:
EXIMO, I Made The Time Machine, Lapso, The End Was Just The Beginning, While Some Must Sleep

Green Awards:
Amu Darya: River to a Missing Sea
It's Time