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
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.Sinopsis:
BEST SHORT
The nominations for best Short are:
- Musketeer
- Yellow Star
- Daejeon, 1960
And the winner is… YELLOW STAR.
Yellow Star
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.Sinopsis:
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
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?Sinopsis:
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
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.Sinopsis:
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
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
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.Sinopsis:
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
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.Sinopsis:
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
Country of production: United Kingdom
Language: English
Year of production: 2022
Director: Coz Greenop
Length of film: 90 mins
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Synopsis:
The Last Heist is inspired by true stories, real events and real people (with the names changed to protect the not-so-innocent). The Last Heist is a witty, gritty, thrilling insight into the real south London criminal underworld and how they plan and pull off an audacious bank heist - this is a look at real villains’ psyche and ongoing volatile relationships.
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BEST FEATURE
The nominations for best Feature are:
- Not by the Book
- Last Heist
- Secrets
And the winner is… SECRETS.
Secrets
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?Sinopsis:
Shorts 2022
Aping Edwin Porter
Film Category: Short
Genre: Comedy
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 27 mins 10
Language: English
Director: James O'Donnell
Trailer: Click here
4 Film Grads, Four Film Pitches, Only One Outcome!
Artistic Character
Film Category: Short
Genre: Black Comedy, Thriller
Country of Production: The Netherlands
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 15 mins
Language: Russian (English subtitles)
Director: Vasily Chuprina
Trailer: Click here
When a quiet artist spends his time daydreaming of his muse, he inadvertently sets in motion a series of actions that he has no control of. A quiet life suddenly upturned with each event and with consequences.
Blind
Film Category: Short
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country of Production: Republic of Korea
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 8 mins
Language: Korean (English subtitles)
Director: Wonjin Kim
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On a late-night train, a blind beggar asks for alms. The eight passengers in the carriage all avert their gaze, each preoccupied with their own concerns. But when the beggar drops behind him a crumpled fifty-dollar note, eyes start to falter.
Daejeon, 1960
Film Category: Short
Genre: Drama, Action
Country of Production: South Korea
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 30 mins
Language: Korean (English subtitles)
Director: Ki-won Bae
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As the Liberal Party’s fraudulent election intensified in 1960, Daeho Park, the leader of the Student National Guard Corps, secretly plans protests with his fellow student executives.
Endstatioun
Film Category: Short
Genre: Comedy
Country of Production: Luxembourg
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 15 mins
Language: French (English subtitles)
Director: François Baldassare
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Denis, a forty-something unemployed and unlucky man, realises the hard way that to believe in Santa Clause is not a child's game.
Fireflies
Film Category: Short
Genre: Drama
Country of Production: Ukraine
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 13 mins 20
Language: Ukrainian (English subtitles)
Director: Sofiichuk Maryna
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Oleksiy never really felt connected or loved to his own mom. But suddenly he has an opportunity to find out all the reasons why, a car accident gives him a chance to relive his childhood fears, and to find a way out from a dark house where he once stayed alone with his father, and finally he has the strength to forgive.
God Will Forgive
Film Category: Short
Genre: Drama
Country of Production: Ukraine
Year of Production: 2020
Running Time: 17 mins
Language: Ukrainian (English subtitles)
Director: Hovannes Khachatryan
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A Ukrainian priest, a chaplain, goes to the anti-terrorist operation zone with the military on a rotation to atone for his own guilt - he could not transgress and forgive the sins of a man who went to war because this man once killed a chaplain's loved one.
Lalibela
Film Category: Short
Genre: Drama
Country of Production: Ukraine
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 25 mins
Language: Ukrainian (English subtitles)
Director: Anna Morozova
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On the eve of Easter, an icon depicting the Ethiopian Mother of God enters a Ukrainian village. This caused a conflict between the young priest and his flock. One night, someone cuts the icon. After the night events, the icon begins to pour myrrh.
Musketeer
Film Category: Short, Winner Actor
Genre: Adventure/Family
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 13 mins
Language: English
Director: Philip Shaw
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A once renowned Musketeer meets a youth on the road to Paris. Then along comes trouble.
Not The 80’s
Film Category: Short
Genre: Romance
Country of Production: Germany
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 17 mins
Language: German (English subtitles)
Director: Marleen Valien
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Lucy likes Anton and Anton likes Lucy. As both are having two "cool looking drinks," Anton reveals that he is HIV positive. Meanwhile Lucy has to realize that her HIV education is in pretty bad shape.
Pouchka
Film Category: Short, Winner Shorter Short
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country of Production: Belgium
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 8 mins 11
Language: French (English subtitles)
Director: CHG Unfadable
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80s Belgian underworld story about a criminal trapped between his disabled brother and his gangster life.
Salvar
Film Category: Short
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Action, Drama
Country of Production: Republic of Korea
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 28 mins
Language: Korean (English subtitles)
Director: Ahn Sangwook
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Soo-hyeong, who visited the shrine after finding his missing mother, meets a shaman, there. She says he was possessed by an evil, so he needs a salpuri(exorcism). However, salpuri was an organ extraction surgery, he struggles to get out of it.
Sliced Bread
Film Category: Short
Genre: Comedy
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 3 mins
Language: English
Director: Gulliver Moore
Sliced Bread is a Comedy short film in which we imagine what a world would look like if Sliced Bread had never been invented - and what would happen in 21st Century society if suddenly it was.
So What Did We Learn Today, Georgina?
Film Category: Short
Genre: Comedy
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 6 mins
Language: English (Spanish subtitles)
Director: Franco Volpi
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