Official Nominees and Winners 2024
BEST SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
The Midnight Sleepover Club dir. Jack Parr
The Last Moment We Spoke dir. Juggy Sohal
Amentalio dir. Mokotsi Rukundo
Press Conference dir. Alexander Hilli
To See dir. Mika Lipman
BEST BRITISH
FILM
NOMINEES
Two Knights
Ill Fares The Land
Tender
The Promise Goblin
BEST DIRECTOR
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Jack Parr (The Midnight Sleepover Club)
Alexander Hilli ( Press Conference)
Apart (Luca Pirero)
Piotr Szkopiak (Two Knights)
WINNER
APART dir. Luca Pirero
WINNER
Room 224 dir. Jack Haynes
WINNER
Kieran Shayle (Tender)
BEST ACTOR
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Adrian Darko (Two Knights)
David Shields (Backmask)
Ray Calleja (Press Conference)
Karl Martin (APART)
WINNER
Noah Silverstone (Ill Fares The Land)
BEST ACTRESS
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Fernanda Vilela (Amentalio)
Cecilia Campbell (APART)
Jade Milne (Flo)
Julia Sweum (Knight to Queen)
WINNER
Clara Ziegler (Fauve)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Robert Ford (Two Knights)
Shishir Bishankhe (DAKINI)
Ondrej Kymla (Press Conference)
Dennis Kudinov (To See)
WINNER
Tanguy Pochoy (Fauve)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST CASTING
NOMINEES
Charlie Rix (Backmask)
Samuel Small (The Last Moment We Spoke)
Hakan Julander (APART)
Craig McDonald Kelly (Hangover Food: Vampire Influencer)
NOMINEES
Ellinor Wattman (APART)
Smilla Erlandson (Ill Fares The Land)
Mia Brown (Make Me Murder)
Malena Perrot (Here with Me)
NOMINEES
APART
To See
The Midnight Sleepover Club
Two Knights
WINNER
Ruaridh Aldington (Ill Fares The Land)
WINNER
Alice Mukunku alice mukunku(The Midnight Sleepover Club)
WINNER
Ill Fares The Land
BEST BRITISH DIRECTOR
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR (Best Women Directed Short)
BEST ANIMATION
NOMINEES
Patrick Ireland (Ill Fares The Land)
Kieran Shayle (Tender)
Jack Haynes (Room 224)
James Atkins (The Promise Goblin)
WINNER
Piotr Szkopiak (Two Knights)
NOMINEES
Rahel Peker (Make Me Murder)
Bridget Farr (Flo)
Laura Lee Daly (Emma - Mam Anthology)
Adélaïde Nicvert (Here with me)
Sara Lotfi (Knight to Queen)
WINNER
Clara Ziegler (Fauve)
NOMINEES
Learning To Fly
Bubbling Synapses
I Wanna Be A Statue
Sam and Duke's Big River Adventure
Dancing Amid Fire, Rising Above Ruins
WINNER
Offspring
BEST LGBTQ FILM
NOMINEES
Fabulous Femininities (20 mins)
BEST COMEDY FILM
NOMINEES
My Husband Is A Dog
The Book of Love
Raw Chemistry
Quick Cuts
BEST HORROR FILM
NOMINEES
Rat
Sanctimonious
Don't Take Pictures
Wilderness
WINNER
Quick Cuts
WINNER
Stationheads
WINNER
Backmask
BEST FILM EDITING
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Fabrizio Gammardella (Two Knights)
Ant Rubinstein (Cry Like A Guy)
Tanguy Pochoy (Fauve)
Bridget Farr (Flo)
BEST SOUND DESIGN
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Callum Scott (Two Knights)
Matthew Barghout (The Midnight Sleepover Club)
Lukas Podany (Press Conference)
James Everett, James Benn (Cry Like A Guy)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Finlay Ross (Composure)
Peter Pann, Kali and Burai (Pressburg)
Daniel Vendt (Knight to Queen)
Anonymous (Dancing Amid Fire, Rising Above Ruins)
WINNER
Michael Pentney (Ill Fares The Land)
WINNER
Adam Smyth (Backmask)
WINNER
Madil Hardis (Ill Fares The Land)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Malena Arcucci (Raw Chemistry)
Eliza Wasiak (Ill Fares The Land)
Sujan Pariyar (Dakini)
Grace Power (Backmask)
BEST MAKEUP
SHORT FILM
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Eliza Wasiak (Ill Fares The Land)
Nikoleta Stefanova (Raw Chemistry)
Rebecca Rungan (Backmask)
Kirti Joshi (Dakini)
NOMINEES
Madil Hardis (Ill Fares The Land)
Federika Brodzianska, Michal Losonsky, Ateleir Scenografie (Pressburg)
Malena Arcucci (Raw Chemistry)
Julia Kudinova (Too See)
Emily England (Spag Bol)
WINNER
Fyne Faire
(Knight to Queen)
WINNER
Cidalia Espadinha
(Sanctimonious)
WINNER
Jeffrey Tham
(Backmask)
BEST SHORT
DOCUMENTARY
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
BEST MICRO SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Silent Cries (Kiayunik Tuhanak)
When Worlds Collide
The Void
The Great British Gymnast
NOMINEES
Death of Mandanin
Beyond Border
Memento Mori
NOMINEES
Cakes!
The Fly and the Spider
The Little Romance of Will-o'-the-Wisp and Raindrop
Stand Up, Stand Out
WINNER
I am Kanaka
WINNER
Screaming Silence
WINNER
Cry Like A Guy
BEST MID-LENGTH FILM
NOMINEES
Treble Me This
Ruffle
Dakini
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
NOMINEES
A Celtic Woman
Canon - Knocked Out
Space Table Symphony
BEST STUDENT FILM
NOMINEES
Ablaze
Composure
Another Chance
Just Another Soul
WINNER
Fugue
WINNER
Apalachi
WINNER
Polaris
BEST SCREENPLAY (SHORT FILM)
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY (FEATURE FILM)
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY (SHORT FILM)
NOMINEES
Tommaso Genovesi, Adrian Darko (Two Knights)
Matt Fitch, Chris Baker (Backmask)
Luca Pirero, Karl Martin (APART)
Juggy Sohal (The Last Moment We Spoke)
NOMINEES
Bloodline Blues by Kimberley Fisher
False Start by Glenn Lissner
Acid by Luke Hunter
NOMINEES
Dancing with Dr. Loralie by Sam Tuck
Avant Guard by CR Sherman
The Cutting Room by Toby Smith
The Witches of Pool Bottom
WINNER
Patrick Ireland (Ill Fares The Land)
WINNER
I Must Have Been Born on a Sunday by Roo Benjamin Bradley
WINNER
The Estate by Rachel D Griffiths
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY (TV PILOT)
NOMINEES
The Ashen Veil by Polina Komissarova
Hollywood Ghostwriter by Melanie Villines
Vapor by Sean Taylor
Wintermore by Sean Taylor
WINNER
Simply Murderous by Martin Richmond
BEST OF THE FEST
NOMINEES
Two Knights
Dakini
Backmask
I am Kanaka
Make Me Murder
Cakes!
APART
Dancing Amid Fire, Rising Above Ruins
Pressburg
WINNER
Ill Fares The Land