2022 AWARD WINNERS

BEST SHORTER SHORT

The nominations for best Shorter Short are:

  • Blind
  • So, What Did We Learn Today Georgina?
  • Pouchka

And the winner is… POUCHKA.

Pouchka

Genre: Crime, Drama
Country of production: Belgium
Language: French (English subtitles)
Year of production: 2021
Director: CHG Unfadable
Length of film: 8 mins 11

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Synopsis:

80s Belgian underworld story about a criminal trapped between his disabled brother and his gangster life.

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BEST SHORT

The nominations for best Short are:

  • Musketeer
  • Yellow Star
  • Daejeon, 1960

And the winner is… YELLOW STAR.

Yellow Star

Genre: Short Historical
Country of production: Ukraine
Language: Ukrainian (English subtitles)
Year of production: 2022
Director: Serhii Skobun
Length of film: 18 mins

Synopsis:

1941. A small Ukrainian town occupied by German troops, A Jewish family who are living in the Ghetto, learns about a Nazi-planned operation to send children from the Ghetto to a concentration camp.

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

The nominations for best Supporting Actress are:

  • Rachel Warren for Last Heist
  • Priscila Vaz for Secrets
  • Ko Hyunjoo for Daejeon, 2960

And the winner is… PRISCILA VAZ for SECRETS.

Secrets

Genre: Drama
Country of production: Brazil
Language: English
Year of production: 2022
Director: Emiliano Ruschel
Length of film: 138 mins

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Synopsis:

After a fundraiser, a famous couple boards their jet and heads to their mansion. But a power outage forces them to spend an entire night together. And as the hours tick by, a terrible question arises, will her secrets be too big to ignore?

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BEST ACTRESS

The nominations for best Actress are:

  • Nicole Faraday for Not By The Book
  • Danni Suzuki for Secrets
  • Claudia Scavone for The List

And the winner is… NICOLE FARADAY for NOT BY THE BOOK.

Not By The Book

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country of production: United Kingdom
Language: English (Spanish subtitles)
Year of production: 2021
Director: Raza Mallal
Length of film: 90 mins

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Synopsis:

Ben is caught cheating in his final A-level maths exam by his teacher, Ms Bushnell. In return for not reporting Ben she asks him to do her a favour, help kidnap her cheating husband, a task neither are cut out for.

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

The nominations for best Supporting Actor are:

  • Michael Head for Last Heist
  • Nick Moran for Not By The Book
  • Fernando Abadie for The List

And the winner is… FERNANDO ABADIE for THE LIST.

The List

Genre: Thriller
Country of production: Paraguay
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
Year of production: 2021
Director: Michael Hardy
Length of film: 93 mins

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Synopsis:

After a brutal dictatorship falls, Juan Torres and his family return home to The Gran Chaco but discover the new government has marked him as a collaborator with the old regime, and they must survive a night of being hunted to prove their innocence – if they can stay alive.

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BEST ACTOR

The nominations for best Actor are:

  • Emiliano Rushel for Secrets
  • Kevin McNally for Musketeer
  • Terry Stone for Last Heist

And the winner is… KEVIN McNALLY for MUSKETEER.

Musketeer

Genre: Adventure/Family
Country of production: United Kingdom
Language: English
Year of production: 2022
Director: Philip Shaw
Length of film: 13 mins

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Synopsis:

A once renowned Musketeer meets a youth on the road to Paris. Then along comes trouble.

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BEST DOCUMENTARY

The nominations for best Documentary are:

  • Defeated but not Conquered
  • Nearly Never Made Me
  • 25 Years of UK Garage

And the winner is… 25 YEARS OF UK GARAGE.

25 Years of UK Garage

Genre: Music Documentary
Country of production: United Kingdom
Language: English
Year of production: 2022
Director: Terry Stone & Richard Turner
Length of film: 100 mins

Synopsis:

25 Years of UK Garage is an in-depth documentary about how the UK Garage scene started and how it has ended up being such a huge music movement today. Featuring the stars of the UK Garage Scene the So Solid Crew, The Heartless Crew, DJ Scott Garcia, DJ Luck & MC Neat, Oxide and Neutrino, Pay As You Go Cartel, Miss Dynamite, DJ Majestic (Kiss FM) and a guest appearance by boxing legend MC Anthony Joshua this is the must see music documentary of the year.

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BEST DIRECTOR

The nominations for best Director are:

  • Khatuna Vashadze for Bullet
  • Michael Hardy for The List
  • Cos Greenop for Last Heist

And the winner is… COS GREENOP for LAST HEIST.

The Last Heist

Genre: True Crime
Country of production: United Kingdom
Language: English
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