
here are the nominees and winners for our 2023 awards, in alphabetical order.
Congratulations to each and every one of you for your nomination.
best short film (UK only)
BETTER
GEORGE
Gorka
Monochromatic
Take Care
WINNER: Gorka
BEST casting
Blue Boy
Gorka
Blue
Incompatible – by Bailey Frances
Hello, Muscles – by Anna Dawson
WINNER: Incompatible – by Bailey Frances
Best Cinematography
A Matter of Choice – dir: Louis Norton Selzer
BETTER – dir: Zoe Hunter Gordon
Blue Boy – dir: Tyler Riggs
Gorka – dir: Joe Weiland
Monochromatic – dir: Karen Bryson
The Snip – Ben S. Hyland
WINNER: Monochromatic – dir: Karen Bryson
Best costume
A Matter of Choice
Blue Boy
Dream Big
Monochromatic
spag bol
WINNER: Monochromatic – dir: Karen Bryson
Best international short
Blue Boy
Fatih the Conqueror
Fortissimo
Maria
Sand Mama
WINNER: Blue Boy
Best Screenplay
Blue
Blue Boy
GEORGE
Gorka
Hello, Muscles
WINNER: Blue
Best student short
For Better or Worse
Saving Art
Where We Belong
WINNER: Where We Belong
best actress
Ellie James (BETTER)
Izabela Zwierzynska (Take Care)
Hayley Jayne Standing (Incompatible)
Kenedy McCallam-Martin (Monochromatic)
Stephanie Levi-John (Monochromatic)
WINNER: Ellie James (BETTER)
best actor
Aron von Andrian (Boy in the Back Seat)
Jamie Shelton (Gooseneck)
Jude Cooper-Kelly (Boy in the Back Seat)
Yanis Charifi (Gorka)
WINNERS: Jude Cooper-Kelly (Boy in the Back Seat)
Yanis Charifi (Gorka)
Audience award
As voted by the audience through the entire festival
Special mention: Monochromatic
Love in A Minor
WINNER: GEORGE