# Romford Film Festival

The Romford Film Festival is an independent film festival founded in 2017 by festival director Spencer Hawken. The festival takes place annually in Romford, United Kingdom and is hosted at Premiere Cinemas inside The Mercury Mall.
The festival celebrates the showcasing of the best independent British and International films. The festival provides a platform for established and emerging filmmakers in showcasing their work, discover new talent, and network with industry professionals. The festival also gives opportunities for audiences to engage with filmmakers through live Q&A's. The festival includes screenings from first-time filmmakers to some of the most established names on the independent film circuit with features, short films, music videos, documentary films and Animation. The festival recognises the achievements of filmmakers through awards in multiple categories.
The festival has attracted a growing audience of filmmakers and industry professionals over the years including Joan Collins, Caroline Munro, Pauline Peart, Larry Lamb and Marc Bannerman.

## History

In 2020, the 4th festival was held from 13 to 18 August 2020 and was the first physical festival in the UK post COVID-19 outbreak.
In 2021, the Romford Film Festival team was invited to attend Tashkent Film Festival where they were the first UK film delegation to attend.
In 2022, the 6th festival was held from 19 to 25 May 2022 hosting over 180 films. The festival screened Becontree 100 years a film about the first ever council estate in the UK.
In 2023, the 7th festival was held from 24 to 30 May 2023 and hosted 160 films. The opening night at the festival featured the screening of Warner Brothers adventure movie, "Jim Button and the Wild 13" a sequel to original book Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver from the creators of The NeverEnding Story. Other notable films included the clacton-made revenge thriller "Morris Men," the UK premiere of the compelling drama "Out and About," and a trio of important and diverse films by acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Kenich Ugana. Caroline Munro known for the bond girl Naomi in the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me. Holby City's Sarah-Jane Potts and Hammer horror star Pauline Peart attend the festival.
In 2024, the 8th festival took place between 24–28 May 2024.

## Awards

The Romford Film Festival recognises the achievements of filmmakers in the following awards.
* Best Feature Film
* Best British Film
* Best Documentary Film
* Best Short Film
* Best Foreign Language Film
* Best Local Film (Previously Best Havering Film)
* Best Animation
* Best No or Low Budget Film
* Best Director
* Best Screenplay
* Best Actor
* Best Actress
* Best Supporting Actor
* Best Supporting Actress
* Best Cinematography
* Best Editing
* Best Score
* Lifetime Achievement
* The Jury Prize
* Commendations
* Audience Choice
Key :
* Award Nomination
* Award winner
2018 Season Nominations & Award Winners :
| Award | Nominee / Award Winner |
| Best Feature Film | Redwood |
| Best Feature Film | A Landscape of Lies |
| Best Feature Film | Alone |
| Best Feature Film | Blue |
| Best Feature Film | Crowhurst |
| Best Feature Film | Dark Beacon |
| Best Feature Film | Drawing Home |
| Best Feature Film | Welcome To Essex |
| Best Feature Film | Your Move |
| Best Documentary Film | Belonging: The Truth Behind The Headlines |
| Best Documentary Film | America Kum |
| Best Documentary Film | Cube Libre? |
| Best Documentary Film | Flin Flon |
| Best Documentary Film | Full Circle |
| Best Documentary Film | The Marvin Case |
| Best Documentary Film | The Ultimate Rally |
| Best Documentary Film | Tonic of the Sea |
| Best Documentary Film | Word From A Gamer |
| Best Short Film | Calamity |
| Best Short Film | 43 Quintillion |
| Best Short Film | Chimera |
| Best Short Film | Disconnected |
| Best Short Film | Kamatayan |
| Best Short Film | Reclamation |
| Best Short Film | Someday |
| Best Short Film | Split Costs |
| Best Short Film | Te Makutu |
| Best Short Film | The Interrogation of Olivia Donovan |
| Best Short Film | The Tolls |
| Best Short Film | Tonic of the Sea |
| Best Havering Film | Mumatar |
| Best Havering Film | Alone |
| Best Havering Film | Disconnected |
| Best Havering Film | Katrina |
| Best Havering Film | Mind Fuck |
| Best Havering Film | Visions |
| Best Havering Film | Wood |
| Best Animation | Let Them Stand |
| Best Animation | Tour |
| Best Animation | Wood |
| Best Director | Luke Goss (Your Move) |
| Best Director | Corrie Greenop (Dark Beacon) |
| Best Director | Gabriela Ledesma (Blue) |
| Best Director | Jonathan Zsofi (Te Makutu) |
| Best Director | Shane Ryan (Paper Kids) |
| Best Director | Simon Rumley (Fashionista) |
| Best Director | Steven Murphy (My Saviour) |
| Best Director | Tom Paton (Redwood) |
| Best Director | Tony Klinger (Full Circle) |
| Best Screenplay | Dark Beacon |
| Best Screenplay | Blue |
| Best Screenplay | Calamity |
| Best Screenplay | Reclamation |
| Best Screenplay | Since I Don't Have You |
| Best Screenplay | Split Costs |
| Best Screenplay | Te Makutu |
| Best Screenplay | The Guardians |
| Best Screenplay | Your Move |
| Best Actor | Francois Maquet (Calamity) |
| Best Actor | Danny Mindwinter (Landscape Of Lies) |
| Best Actor | James Hamer-Morton (My Bloody Banjo) |
| Best Actor | Juan Riedinger (Drawing Home) |
| Best Actor | Luke Goss (Your Move) |
| Best Actor | Mike Beckingham (Redwood) |
| Best Actor | Mu-Shaka Benson (Mei Anchol Ia) |
| Best Actor | Stephen Kerr (Son) |
| Best Actor | Warren Day (Alone) |
| Best Actress | Callie Schuttera (Blue) |
| Best Actress | Amanda Fuller (Fashionista) |
| Best Actress | April Pearson (Dark Beacon) |
| Best Actress | Bayley Freer (My Saviour) |
| Best Actress | Ingrid Heiderscheidt (Calamity) |
| Best Actress | Julie L. Mortenson (Drawing Home) |
| Best Actress | Sarah Hawkins (Roller Coaster) |
| Best Actress | Tatjana Nardone (Redwood) |
| Best Actress | Vanessa Emme (The Observer Effect) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Rutgar Hauer (Drawing Home) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Chris Santos (Someday) |
| Best Supporting Actor | David Whitney (The Guardians) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Eric Balfour (Fashionista) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Laurence Harvey (My Bloody Banjo) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Marc Zammit (Chimera) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Bannerman (Landscape Of Lies) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Shaw Jones (Blue) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Wallace Shawn (Drawing Home) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Mela Hudson (Split Costs) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Amanda Wyss (It Happened Again Last Night) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Amy Loughton (Crowhurst) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Dani Thompson (My Bloody Banjo) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Debra Leigh-Taylor (Dogged) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ellie Paskell (The Interrogations Of Olivia Donnovan) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Hattie Hayridge (The Guardians) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kate Mulgrew (Drawing Home) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Lynne A. Rodgers |
| Best Supporting Actress | Rayanna Dibs (Alone) |
| Best Editing | Tonic of the Sea |
| Best Editing | Calamity |
| Best Editing | Crowhurst |
| Best Editing | Dark Beacon |
| Best Editing | Fashionista |
| Best Editing | Flin Flon |
| Best Editing | My Blood Banjo |
| Best Editing | Someday |
| Best Editing | Te Makutu |
| Life Time Achievement Award | Simon Rumley |
| Life Time Achievement Award | Tony Klinger |
2019 Season Nominations & Award Winners :
| Award | Nominee / Award Winner |
| Best Feature Film | Safe Spaces |
| Best Feature Film | 13 Graves |
| Best Feature Film | All Eyes On You |
| Best Feature Film | Beyond Fury |
| Best Feature Film | Black Site |
| Best Feature Film | I Love My Mum |
| Best Feature Film | Lie Low |
| Best Feature Film | Sugar Cube |
| Best Feature Film | The Guard Of Auschwitz |
| Best Documentary Film | The Little Count |
| Best Documentary Film | Island Road |
| Best Documentary Film | Karen Black on Acting |
| Best Documentary Film | King for a Day |
| Best Documentary Film | Millennium After The Millennium |
| Best Documentary Film | My Martian Dad |
| Best Documentary Film | National Anthem Girl |
| Best Documentary Film | The Doll House |
| Best Documentary Film | The Mentor |
| Best Short Film | Beautified |
| Best Short Film | An Unkind Word |
| Best Short Film | Epiphany |
| Best Short Film | From The Heart |
| Best Short Film | Hold Your Breath |
| Best Short Film | Ilford Lane |
| Best Short Film | Little Milo |
| Best Short Film | My Martian Dad |
| Best Short Film | Old Hearts Cafe |
| Best Short Film | The Goodbye |
| Best Short Film | This Island |
| Best Havering Film | The Guard Of Auschwitz |
| Best Havering Film | All In |
| Best Havering Film | Beautified |
| Best Havering Film | Epiphany |
| Best Havering Film | Gone |
| Best Havering Film | Human Cargo |
| Best Havering Film | Ilford Lane |
| Best Havering Film | Its Over |
| Best Havering Film | London Rampage |
| Best Havering Film | The Eliminator |
| Best Animation | Scars |
| Best Animation | A Face That Launched A Thousand Ships |
| Best Animation | BIWY |
| Best Director | Felix Maxim Eller (All Eyes On You) |
| Best Director | Alberto Sciamma (I Love My Mum) |
| Best Director | Daniel Schechter (Safe Space) |
| Best Director | Darren Ward (Beyond Fury) |
| Best Director | Dean Marriot (Stolen) |
| Best Director | Drago Lazetich (Little Milo) |
| Best Director | George Velez Junior (The Goodbye) |
| Best Director | John Langridge (13 Graves) |
| Best Director | Luke Jacobson (Sugar Cube) |
| Best Director | Tom Paton (Black Site) |
| Best Screenplay | Black Site |
| Best Screenplay | All Eyes on You |
| Best Screenplay | An Unkind Word |
| Best Screenplay | Beyond Fury |
| Best Screenplay | I Love My Mum |
| Best Screenplay | Safe Spaces |
| Best Screenplay | Sugar Cube |
| Best Screenplay | The Eliminator |
| Best Screenplay | The Good Bye |
| Best Screenplay | Human Cargo |
| Best Actor | Kevin Leslie (13 Graves) |
| Best Actor | Eddie Linina (Stray Dog) |
| Best Actor | Ian Slade (Little Milo) |
| Best Actor | James Purefoy (Hold Your Breath) |
| Best Actor | Jannis Kuster (All Eyes On You) |
| Best Actor | Justin Long (Safe Spaces) |
| Best Actor | Matt Marasco (Sugar Cube) |
| Best Actor | Nick Roberts (Beyond Fury) |
| Best Actor | Shaun Medum (The Goodbye) |
| Best Actor | Tommy French (I Love My Mum) |
| Best Actress | Kierston Wareing (I Love My Mum) |
| Best Actress | Claudia Grace McKell (The Guard Of Auschwitz) |
| Best Actress | Danni Thompson (Beyond Fury) |
| Best Actress | Emily Haigh (Beautified) |
| Best Actress | Fernanda Diniz (Red Devil) |
| Best Actress | Fran Drescher (Safe Spaces) |
| Best Actress | Lina Driemel (All Eyes On You) |
| Best Actress | Samantha Schnitzler (Black Site) |
| Best Actress | Susan Penhaligon (An Unkind Word) |
| Best Actress | Terri Dwyer (13 Graves) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Giovanni Lombardo Radice (Beyond Fury) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dan Van Husen (Beyond Fury) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Elvis Clausen (All Eyes On You) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Eneko Sanz (Stolen) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Frank Le Bouf (I Love My Mum) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jim Liu (Little Milo) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Joe Paradavila (From The Heart) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Michael Mckell (13 Graves) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard Schiff (Safe Spaces) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Steven Barkoff (Red Devil) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kate Berlant (Safe Spaces) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Alice Ryan (Human Cargo) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Alexis Martinez (Cyanide Love) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Bright Stauber (Stolen) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Chameli Meir (Ilford Lane) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Elina Saleh (Lie Low) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Sally George (The Guard Of Aushwitz) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Tatiana Kotsimos (Sugar Cube) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Tippy Elgar (Screw Loose) |
| Best Editing | Kharms |
| Best Editing | An Underground Affair |
| Best Editing | An Unkind Word |
| Best Editing | Cyandie Love |
| Best Editing | Epiphany |
| Best Editing | London Rampage |
| Best Editing | Safe Spaces |
| Best Editing | The Goodbye |
| Best Editing | The Lost Sheed |
| Best Editing | The Mentor |
| Life Time Achievement Award | Richard Stanley |
| Life Time Achievement Award | Simon Boswell |
| Special Commendation | Gone (Billy Holland) |
| Special Commendation | Beyond Fury (Darren Ward) |
| Special Commendation | London Rampage (Greg Burridge) |
| Special Commendation | My Name is Kozha |
2020 Season Nominations & Award Winners :
| Award | Nominee / Award Winner |
| Best Feature Film | Shibil |
| Best Feature Film | Doctors Case |
| Best Feature Film | I Scream on the Beach |
| Best Feature Film | Killer Tattooist |
| Best Feature Film | Kings of Mulberry Street |
| Best Feature Film | Puppet Killer |
| Best Feature Film | The Duckpond |
| Best Documentary Film | High Flying Jade |
| Best Documentary Film | Butcher Baronet |
| Best Documentary Film | Chasing The Jeststream |
| Best Documentary Film | Everybody Flies |
| Best Documentary Film | Gift Of Hope |
| Best Documentary Film | Last Tour Of Duty |
| Best Documentary Film | Osprey |
| Best Documentary Film | Patagonia Triple Crown |
| Best Documentary Film | Reclaiming The Negative |
| Best Documentary Film | Ruth Weiss: The Beat Goddess |
| Best Short Film | Powerless |
| Best Short Film | Afterlife Bureau |
| Best Short Film | Cactus Boy |
| Best Short Film | Dinner With Mom |
| Best Short Film | Eugene Vs Humanity |
| Best Short Film | I’m listening |
| Best Short Film | New Woman |
| Best Short Film | One Track Mind |
| Best Short Film | Retrieval |
| Best Short Film | Unregistered |
| Best Local Film | Farside |
| Best Local Film | Black Mass |
| Best Local Film | Cactus Boy |
| Best Local Film | Just A Girl |
| Best Local Film | Killer Tattooist |
| Best Local Film | Little Love |
| Best Local Film | Next in Line |
| Best Local Film | Osprey |
| Best Director | Nikola Bozadzhiev (Shibil) |
| Best Director | Ben Griffin (Ji) |
| Best Director | Benjamin Noah (New Woman) |
| Best Director | Coz Greenop (Sweet Street) |
| Best Director | Daniel Harding (Dinner With Mum) |
| Best Director | Jimmy Kelly (Polybius) |
| Best Director | Nicole Pott (Powerless) |
| Best Director | Sami Mustonen (Marras) |
| Best Screenplay | I’m Listening |
| Best Screenplay | Afterlife Bureau |
| Best Screenplay | Cactus Boy |
| Best Screenplay | Conversations with a Cigarette |
| Best Screenplay | Duckpond |
| Best Screenplay | Honor Among Thieves |
| Best Screenplay | Marras |
| Best Screenplay | Next in Line |
| Best Screenplay | Powerless |
| Best Screenplay | Shibil |
| Best Actor | Colin James O’Gorman (Eugene Vs Humanity) |
| Best Actor | Adam Scott-Houghton (Next in line) |
| Best Actor | Colin Ford (Cactus Boy) |
| Best Actor | Henry Haggard (I’ll Be There) |
| Best Actor | James Cosmo (Off Grid) |
| Best Actor | Mahmut Gökgöz (Sycamore) |
| Best Actor | Panatyot Mustakerski (Shibil) |
| Best Actor | Shane Attwooll (Farside) |
| Best Actor | Tom Atkins (Polibius) |
| Best Actor | Yi-Wen Chen (A Trip With Mom) |
| Best Actress | Saara Runtti (Marras) |
| Best Actress | Ariadna Cabrol (Sweet Street) |
| Best Actress | Claudia Grace McKell (Just A Girl) |
| Best Actress | Dey Young (Fifty) |
| Best Actress | Jane Asher (One Track Mind) |
| Best Actress | Katie Marie Carter (Powerless) |
| Best Actress | Meryl Griffiths (Dinner With Mom) |
| Best Actress | Marjaana Maijala (I’m Listening) |
| Best Actress | Nika Burnet (Week With Rebecca) |
| Best Actress | Sacha Parkinson (Farside) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Victor Von Schirach (The Duckpond) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Bogomil Naidenov (Shibil) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Garden Peaston (The Afterlife Bureau) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Michael B Tabb (Honor Among Thieves) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Stephen T. Shore (Polybius) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Steve Hodgetts (Next in Line) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Steven Brand (In The Campfire Light) |
| Best Supporting Actor | William B Davis (The Doctors Case) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Georgie Flores (Cactus Boy) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ashley Williams (Retrieval) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Denise Crosby (The Doctors Case) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Gergana Hristova (Shibil) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jennifer Kelly (Polytbius) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Monika Hristova (Shibil) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Robyn Coffin (Town Hall) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Yiin-Shang Liou (A Trip With Mom) |
| Best Cinematography | Marras |
| Best Cinematography | Balaika |
| Best Cinematography | Cactus Boy |
| Best Cinematography | House Red |
| Best Cinematography | Ji |
| Best Cinematography | New Woman |
| Best Cinematography | Shibil |
| Best Cinematography | Week With Rebecca |
| Best Score | Shibil |
| Best Score | A Trip With Mom |
| Best Score | Cactus Boy |
| Best Score | Fifty |
| Best Score | Lavender |
| Best Score | Marras |
| Best Score | New Woman |
| Best Score | Reclaiming The Negative |
| Jury Prize | Choker |
| Jury Prize | Paper House |
| Jury Prize | Seconds Out |
| Jury Prize | Parka |
| Jury Prize | Anne |
2021 Season Nominations & Award Winners :
| Award | Nominee / Award Winner |
| Best Feature Film | Maquis |
| Best Feature Film | Dogwood |
| Best Feature Film | I Am Vengeance: Retaliation |
| Best Feature Film | I’m An Electric Lampshade |
| Best Feature Film | Last Call |
| Best Feature Film | Mr Johnson |
| Best Feature Film | The Blue Tooth Virgin |
| Best Feature Film | The Stars My Destination |
| Best Documentary Film | Who Is James Payton |
| Best Documentary Film | More Than Miyagi |
| Best Documentary Film | Hello Sunshine |
| Best Documentary Film | Mujereando: The Lament Of A Goddess |
| Best Documentary Film | Rom Boys: 40 Years Of Rad |
| Best Documentary Film | Safer in Silence |
| Best Documentary Film | The Horror Crowd |
| Best Documentary Film | The Most Dangerous Man in Europe |
| Best Short Film | The Gesture and the Word |
| Best Short Film | A New Leash On Life |
| Best Short Film | Autumn Never Dies |
| Best Short Film | Lunch Hour with the President |
| Best Short Film | Officer Down |
| Best Short Film | Queen Luck |
| Best Short Film | The Snow Maze |
| Best Short Film | The Two Of Us at the Edge of the World |
| Best Local Film | Rom Boys: 40 Years Of Rad |
| Best Local Film | Esther |
| Best Local Film | Homeward Bound |
| Best Local Film | On My Own |
| Best Local Film | Stalling It |
| Best Local Film | Stay Over |
| Best Local Film | The Chain |
| Best Local Film | The Ghosts of Borley Rectory |
| Best Local Film | The Suit Weareth The Man |
| Best Local Film | 77 seconds |
| Best Director | Helen Alexis Yonov (The Gesture and the Word) |
| Best Director | Caroline Ward & Jemma Moore (Stalling It) |
| Best Director | Gavin Michael Booth (Last Call) |
| Best Director | Joshua Benson (Queen Luck) |
| Best Director | Pamela Perrine (Lunch Hour with the President) |
| Best Director | Russell Brown (The Blue Tooth Virgin) |
| Best Director | Sam Cadman (The Snow Maze) |
| Best Screenplay | The Blue Tooth Virgin |
| Best Screenplay | Lunch House with the President |
| Best Screenplay | Maquis |
| Best Screenplay | On My Own |
| Best Screenplay | Queen Luck |
| Best Screenplay | Ruby Days |
| Best Screenplay | The Gesture and the word |
| Best Actor | Lee Hunter (On My Own) |
| Best Actor | Anthony Quinlan (Asphyxiate) |
| Best Actor | Anthony Reynolds (Lunch House with the President) |
| Best Actor | Austin Peck (The Blue Tooth Virgin) |
| Best Actor | James Michael Tyler (The Gesture and the Word) |
| Best Actor | Martin Delaney (Officer Down) |
| Best Actor | Neil Hobbs (Its Going To Be Okay) |
| Best Actor | Toby Wynn-Davis (The Ghosts Of Borley Rectory) |
| Best Actress | Christina Spruell (Queen Luck) |
| Best Actress | Ellie Ekers (Rottweiler) |
| Best Actress | Jemma Moore (Stalling It) |
| Best Actress | Michaela Longden (Asphyxiate) |
| Best Actress | Michaela McManus (Monsters and Muses) |
| Best Actress | Rebekah Stein (Queen Luck) |
| Best Actress | Sarah Booth (Last Call) |
| Best Actress | Sophie McBean |
| Best Supporting Actor | Josef Altin (Officer Down) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ben Turner (Officer Down) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Bryce Johnson (The Blue Tooth Virgin) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Craig Conway (Eulogy) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Lukas Barnett (Calf Rope) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Paul Dooley (The Gesture and the Word) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Renato Gianoli (Living Unscathed) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Vinnie Jones (I Am Vengeance: Retaliation) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Caroline Ward (Stalling It) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Alejandra Gollas (Love Is Not Love) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Erika Christensen (Proxy) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Fatima Plazas (Maquis) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Linda Zhu (Handscape) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Michelle Mitchenor (August Us) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nicole La Librete (The Gesture and the Word) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Toyah Willcox (The Ghosts of Borley Rectory) |
| Best Cinematography | The Snow Maze |
| Best Cinematography | Maquis |
| Best Cinematography | Mr. Johnson |
| Best Cinematography | Officer Down |
| Best Cinematography | Robert The Robot |
| Best Cinematography | The Gesture and the Word |
| Best Cinematography | The Smuggler |
| Best Cinematography | Queen Luck |
| Best Score | The Smuggler |
| Best Score | Handscape |
| Best Score | Mujereando: The Lament Of A Goddess |
| Best Score | Robert The Robot |
| Best Score | Special Delivery |
| Best Score | The Gesture and the Word |
| Best Score | The Snow Maze |
| Best Score | The Two Of Us at the Edge of the World |
| Jury Prize | A New Leash On Life |
| Jury Prize | Autumn Never Dies |
| Jury Prize | Blud |
| Jury Prize | I am Vengence: Retaliation |
| Jury Prize | My Darling Christopher |
| Jury Prize | On My Own |
| Jury Prize | Proxy |
| Jury Prize | Single Line Theory |
| Jury Prize | The Ghosts of Brorley Factory |
| Jury Prize | The Most Dangerous Man in Europe |
| Jury Prize | The Two Of Us at the Edge of the World |
| Audience Choice | Best Feature Film – Election Night |
| Audience Choice | Best Short Film – Asphyxiate |
| Audience Choice | Best Documentary – Who Is James Payton |
2022 Season Nominations & Award Winners :
| Award | Nominee / Award Winner |
| Best Feature Film | Sweet Disaster |
| Best Feature Film | Daddy's Girl |
| Best Feature Film | New Material |
| Best Feature Film | Pretty Boy |
| Best Feature Film | The Lady |
| Best Feature Film | The Swap |
| Best Feature Film | Steps |
| Best Documentary Film | Fraser Syndrome & Me |
| Best Documentary Film | A Better Life |
| Best Documentary Film | Becontree: 100 Years On |
| Best Documentary Film | Cinema Now |
| Best Documentary Film | Cry of the Forests |
| Best Documentary Film | Micropubs – The New Local |
| Best Documentary Film | One last Spin |
| Best Documentary Film | The Tears of Bea Scmidt |
| Best Short Film | The Magician |
| Best Short Film | Colossus |
| Best Short Film | Divertimento |
| Best Short Film | Human Trash |
| Best Short Film | Old Windows |
| Best Short Film | The Other One |
| Best Short Film | Time & Tide |
| Best Short Film | Wool |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Human Trash |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Beats |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Dana |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Moskover Forever |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Swamp |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Sweet Disaster |
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Lady |
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Other One |
| Best Local Film | Visitor |
| Best Local Film | Becontree: 100 Years On |
| Best Local Film | Cinema Now |
| Best Local Film | Collier Row Then And Now |
| Best Local Film | Fortina 2 |
| Best Local Film | In Two Minds |
| Best Local Film | My London Lullaby |
| Best Local Film | See What She Did |
| Best Animation | Live. |
| Best Animation | Claws |
| Best Animation | Crappy Christmas |
| Best Animation | Family Tree |
| Best Animation | Fortina 2 |
| Best Director | Keyvan Sheikhalishahi (Divertimeto) |
| Best Director | Julian Richards (Daddy's Girl) |
| Best Director | Kenichi Ugana (The Empty Flowerpot) |
| Best Director | Laura Lehmus (Sweet Disaster) |
| Best Director | Lukas Baier (The Other One) |
| Best Director | Marcel Walz (Pretty Boy) |
| Best Director | Micky Cornwell (Court Number 5) |
| Best Screenplay | Old Windows |
| Best Screenplay | Human Trash |
| Best Screenplay | New Material |
| Best Screenplay | Pretty Boy |
| Best Screenplay | Sweet Disaster |
| Best Screenplay | The Empty Flowerpot |
| Best Screenplay | The Lady |
| Best Screenplay | The Other One |
| Best Actor | Larry Lamb (Old Windows) |
| Best Actor | Arlos Acrrekootxea (Human Trash) |
| Best Actor | Costas Mandylor (Daddy's Girl) |
| Best Actor | Eddy Munoz (Consequences) |
| Best Actor | Kazuki Abe (The Empty Flower Pot) |
| Best Actor | Paul Bradley (The man at the bottom of the Garden) |
| Best Actor | Sebastian Somma (The Lady) |
| Best Actor | Sebastian Edtbauer (The Other One) |
| Best Actress | Tiggy Bayley (Tildypops) |
| Best Actress | Friederike Kempter (Sweet Disaster) |
| Best Actress | Jamie Windstone (Court Number 5) |
| Best Actress | Laura Bayston (Old Windows) |
| Best Actress | Nera Elizalde (Hikikomori) |
| Best Actress | Paula Gallego (Accomplices) |
| Best Actress | Sarah-Jane Potts (The Magician) |
| Best Actress | Vey Straker (Wool) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Joey Rasdien (New Material) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Bambadjan Bamda (Wasted Seed) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Bob Barrett (The Magican) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jason Segade (Wool) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jesse Moss (Daddy's Girl) |
| Best Supporting Actor | John Neisler (Colossus) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Julian Lehr (Beats) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Matthew Ventre (Dinner for Two) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Lena Urzendowsky (Sweet Disaster) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Britt McKillip (Daddy's Girl) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Desiree Noferini (The Lady) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Giulia Goldammer (Beats) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Heather Grace Hancock (Pretty Boy) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Julia Heinze (The Other One) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Natalie Martins (Shear) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Sammy Winward (Lead Belly) |
| Best Cinematography | Sweet Disaster |
| Best Cinematography | Divertimento |
| Best Cinematography | Pretty Boy |
| Best Cinematography | Steps |
| Best Cinematography | The Empty Flowerpot |
| Best Cinematography | The Magican |
| Best Cinematography | The Other One |
| Best Cinematography | Old Windows |
| Best Score | The Other One |
| Best Score | Divertimento |
| Best Score | Human Trash |
| Best Score | Moskover Forever |
| Best Score | Pretty Boy |
| Best Score | Sweet Disaster |
| Best Score | You Might Get Lost |
| Commendations | Anonymous |
| Commendations | Dana |
| Commendations | My London Lullaby |
| Commendations | Pretty Boy |
| Commendations | The Empty Flower Pot |
| Commendations | Wool |
2023 Season Nominations & Award Winners :
| Award | Nominee / Award Winner |
| Best Feature Film | Out and About |
| Best Feature Film | Coyote |
| Best Feature Film | Good Guy with a Gun |
| Best Feature Film | Publish or Perish |
| Best Feature Film | The Wife and her House Husband |
| Best Feature Film | Walking Against the Rain |
| Best Documentary Film | Danny's Red Box |
| Best Documentary Film | And Outside Life Goes On |
| Best Documentary Film | Drawn To War |
| Best Documentary Film | Langford Tales |
| Best Documentary Film | Morning Without Evening |
| Best Documentary Film | Ray of Hope HAWFC – The Gym of Champions |
| Best Documentary Film | The Stevie Project |
| Best Documentary Film | Queen of Hearts |
| Best Short Film | The Magic World of Miracles |
| Best Short Film | Care |
| Best Short Film | Five Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Seven Pounds |
| Best Short Film | My Dear Aunt Sally |
| Best Short Film | Roises Unicorn Delight |
| Best Short Film | Sensibility |
| Best Short Film | Under The Influence |
| Best Short Film | Wanderland |
| Best Short Film | Wild Angel |
| Best Foreign Language Film | A Butterfly's Heart |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Beloc The Blind |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Broken Wings |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Denali |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Left of Chopin |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Moja |
| Best Foreign Language Film | No Kidding |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Rolling Marbles |
| Best Foreign Language Film | The online Shop |
| Best Local Film | Black and White Duppy |
| Best Local Film | Mothers and Daughters |
| Best Local Film | Playing Away |
| Best Local Film | Split Check |
| Best Local Film | Walking Against The Rain |
| Best Animation | Triskelion |
| Best Animation | Fig Leaves |
| Best Animation | Morning Without Evening |
| Best No or Low Budget Film | A Touch of Vengeance |
| Best No or Low Budget Film | Claudia |
| Best No or Low Budget Film | Danny's Red Box |
| Best No or Low Budget Film | Delirum Tremens |
| Best No or Low Budget Film | Encore |
| Best No or Low Budget Film | Split Check |
| Best Director | Peter Callahan (Out and About) |
| Best Director | David Liban (Publish or Perish) |
| Best Director | Dustin Curtis Murphy (Coyote) |
| Best Director | John Mossman (Good Guy with a Gun) |
| Best Director | Nicole Sarah Fry (Desires and delusions) |
| Best Director | Simon Smith (Murmur) |
| Best Director | Tom Procida (My Dear Aunt Sally) |
| Best Screenplay | Little Mary (Duncan Paveling) |
| Best Screenplay | Everything Is Out To Get Me (Dustin Curtis Murphy) |
| Best Screenplay | Left of Chopin (Sayoko Kitamura and Yoshino Takemoto) |
| Best Screenplay | Out and About (Peter Callahan) |
| Best Screenplay | Pig Killer (Chad Ferrin) |
| Best Screenplay | Publish or Perish (David Liban) |
| Best Screenplay | When The Clapping Stops (Sam Briggs) |
| Best Actor | Ralph Ineson (Waving) |
| Best Actor | Alfie Stewart (Monico Perseus) |
| Best Actor | Brody Stowers (My Dear Aunt Sally) |
| Best Actor | Jake Busey (Pig Killer) |
| Best Actor | Leigh Gill (The Fifth Generation) |
| Best Actor | Michael Begley (Care) |
| Best Actor | Mindaugas Balabonas (A Butterfly's Heart) |
| Best Actor | Reece Douglas (Walking Against the Rain) |
| Best Actress | Becky Lindsay (Burnt Toast and Cigarettes) |
| Best Actress | Ailish Symons (Coyote) |
| Best Actress | Bronaugh Waugh (Murmur) |
| Best Actress | Claire Louise Frost (Sister Karras) |
| Best Actress | Jemma Moore (Eric) |
| Best Actress | Katherine Casto (Weak) |
| Best Actress | Therica Wilson-Read (Coyote) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Sam Barnard (Monico Perseus) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Craig Conway (Burnt Toast and Cigarettes) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jack Cain (Good Guy with a Gun) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Rory Wilton (Encore) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Sule Rimi (Stillness) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Tiffany Bedwell (Good Guy with a Gun) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Bridget Regen (Weak) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Emily Wyatt (The Last Heist) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Rhea Bailey (Stillness) |
| Best Cinematography | The Light That No One Sees (Pasindu Goldmann) |
| Best Cinematography | Beloc The Blind (Yaroslav Prokhorov) |
| Best Cinematography | Blue Boy (Jannis Schelenz) |
| Best Cinematography | Encore (Elliot Millson) |
| Best Cinematography | Five Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Sven Pounds (John Orphan) |
| Best Score | Langford Tales (Christos Andreou) |
| Best Score | Beloc The Blind (Nerea Alberdi) |
| Best Score | Borrowed Time (Kristen Price) |
| Best Score | Encore (Reuben Squirrel) |
| Best Score | Everything is out to get me (Thom Robson) |
| Best Score | Little Mary (Adam Radmall) |
| Best Score | Out and About (Jano Manzali) |
| Best Score | Stillness (Jered Sorkin) |
| The Jury Prize | Encore |
| Audience Choice | Best Feature Film – Coyote |
| Audience Choice | Best Feature Film – Left of Chopin |
| Audience Choice | Best Feature Film – Publish or Perish |
| Audience Choice | Best Short Film – Care |
| Audience Choice | Best Short Film – Eric |
| Audience Choice | Best Documentary – Drawn to War |
| Audience Choice | Best Performance – Danny Ashkenasi (The Pit and Pendulum – A Musciabre) |
| Audience Choice | Best Performance – Alan Cooper (Claudia) |
2024 Season Nominations & Award Winners :
| Award | Nominee / Award Winner |
| Best British Film | Fyre Rises |
| Best British Film | Kill Your Lover |
| Best British Film | Melodrive |
| Best British Film | Mr Doom |
| Best British Film | The Move |
| Best British Film | 10 Swords and the Moon |
| Best Documentary Film | #RevolutionaryOne |
| Best Documentary Film | Big Smooth |
| Best Documentary Film | Diary of an Elephant Orphan |
| Best Documentary Film | Kim's Video |
| Best Documentary Film | Ray of Hope |
| Best Documentary Film | The Gardener |
| Best Short Film | (Dis)connected |
| Best Short Film | Art |
| Best Short Film | Fitting Descriptions |
| Best Short Film | Lies on the Line |
| Best Short Film | Mouse! |
| Best Short Film | Opening Up |
| Best Short Film | The Sea |
| Best Short Film | The Snip |
| Best Short Film | Tits |
| Best International Film | Folie A Famille |
| Best International Film | Hans Crosses the Rubicon |
| Best International Film | Indelible Memories |
| Best International Film | Old Righteous Blues |
| Best International Film | Once and for Real |
| Best International Film | Sleeping Close |
| Best International Film | Somparire |
| Best International Film | Villains Inc |
| Best International Film | What We Don't Say |
| Best Local Film | Beholden |
| Best Local Film | Burnt Flowers |
| Best Local Film | Fyre Rises |
| Best Local Film | The Grey Room |
| Best Local Film | The Night Blooms |
| Best Local Film | Wuss |
| Best Animation | Scale |
| Best Animation | Supertramp |
| Best No or Low Budget Film | Alleviate |
| Best No or Low Budget Film | Bin Day |
| Best No or Low Budget Film | Hearts Desire |
| Best No or Low Budget Film | All I Remember |
| Best No or Low Budget Film | The Lure |
| Best No or Low Budget Film | The Night Blooms |
| Best Director | Ben Kernow (Art) |
| Best Director | Derek Shimoda (The Gardener) |
| Best Director | Kate Surinskaya (Tea) |
| Best Director | Muneera Sallies (Old Righteous Blues) |
| Best Director | Mark Schlichter (Class Trip Chaos) |
| Best Director | Max Mir (Walking Fernando) |
| Best Director | Ryan Singh & Nikila Cole (Ray of Hope) |
| Best Screenplay | Alex Sereno (Folie A Familie) |
| Best Screenplay | Andy Kastelic (The Fox) |
| Best Screenplay | Daniel Keeble (Alleviate) |
| Best Screenplay | Elliot Warren (Hard Times) |
| Best Screenplay | Jamie Effros (Big George) |
| Best Screenplay | Kammy Darweish (The Consequence) |
| Best Screenplay | Matt Moen (Villains Incorporated) |
| Best Screenplay | María Magdalena Cotun (Teodoro) |
| Best Actor | Alexander Lincoln (Losing It) |
| Best Actor | Ayden Croy (Old Righteous Blues) |
| Best Actor | Danny Sutcliffe (Mr Doom) |
| Best Actor | Ed White (Under the Blue) |
| Best Actor | Elliot Warren (Hard Times) |
| Best Actor | Gary Beadle (Opening Up) |
| Best Actor | Jake Hall (Big George) |
| Best Actor | Kammy Darweish (The Consequence) |
| Best Actress | Ania Marson (Ruth) |
| Best Actress | Angela Harvey (Her Castle) |
| Best Actress | Charlotte Coleman (A Positive Contribution) |
| Best Actress | Fabienne Piolini-Castle (Walking Fernando) |
| Best Actress | Lucy Davis (Have a Good Day) |
| Best Actress | Steph Parry (Under the Blue) |
| Best Actress | Tamzin Outhwaite (Opening Up) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Colin Mochrie (Villains Inc) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Greg Sestero (The Founder Effect) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Javier Bardem (Walking Fernando) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Luis Cao (Teodoro) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Oscar Reed (The Interpreter) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Simon Callow (Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock N Roll) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Chos (Teodoro) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Dee Wallace (Roswell Delirium) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Leslie Ash (Ruth) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Megan Alderson (Melodrive) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Michelle Collins (Melodrive) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nicola Walker (Under the Blue) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Prue Griffiths (Bin Day) |
| Best Editing | Big George |
| Best Editing | Far |
| Best Editing | Hans Crosses the Rubicon |
| Best Editing | Lemon Tree |
| Best Editing | Old Righteous Blues |
| Best Editing | Under the Blue |
| Best Editing | Fairplay |
| Best Cinematography | Adrian Wolfson (Deserters) |
| Best Cinematography | Caelan Benn (Have a Good Day) |
| Best Cinematography | Christoph Iwanow and Conrad Lobst (Class Trip Chaos) |
| Best Cinematography | Jannis Schelenz (The Countryman) |
| Best Cinematography | Pui Man Leung (Saving Art) |
| Best Score | Dan Tait (The Founder Effect) |
| Best Score | Edward George King (Old Righteous Blues) |
| Best Score | Jorge Magaz (Teodoro) |
| Best Score | Lionel Gaget (Angel Touch) (Third Eye) |
| Best Score | Marco Mancini (Somparire) |
| Best Score | Sean McAllister (Strings) |
| Best Score | The Strange Blue Dreams (Socks) |
| Best Score | Matt Olivio (Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep) |
| Best Original Concept | Art |
| Best Original Concept | Black Sunflowers |
| Best Original Concept | Chairs |
| Best Original Concept | Children of the Pines |
| Best Original Concept | Far |
| Best Original Concept | Layers of Lies |
| Best Original Concept | Lies on the Line |
| Best Original Concept | Roswell Delirium |
| Best Original Concept | Third Eye |
| First Time Filmmaker | Daniel Ellerby (Her Castle) |
| First Time Filmmaker | Emma Richardson (Unthinkable Conversations) |
| First Time Filmmaker | Ian Bartholomew (The Sea) |
| First Time Filmmaker | Kammy Darweish (The Consequence) |
| First Time Filmmaker | Lee Bamsy (Aborted) |
| First Time Filmmaker | Mitchell Tolliday (Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock N Roll) |
| First Time Filmmaker | Nadine Wilson (Wuss) |
| Best Production Design | Her Castle |
| Best Production Design | Kill Your Lover |
| Best Production Design | Lies on the Line |
| Best Production Design | Progeny |
| Best Production Design | Ruth |
| Best Production Design | War Blade |
| Best Production Design | Hardangerfolk |
| Best Production Design | Burnt Flowers |
| Outstanding Contribution | Ark Pictures |
| The Jury Prize | The Consequence |
| Audience Choice | Opening Up (Short Film) |
| Audience Choice | Sleeping Close (Feature Film) |
| Audience Choice | Ray of Hope (Documentary) |
| Audience Choice | Steph Parry - Under the Blue (Performance) |
| Audience Choice | Louise-Ann Monro - Beholden (Performance) |