The home of British Sign Language on screen Contact TV Schedule Watch Latest Outreach Making Content About BSL Zone > About > Awards Awards The BSL Zone's films and programmes have been selected to be screened at festivals across the world. Below is a list of the awards we have won, in alphabetical order. How many have you seen? 4 Year Award Festival 2015 Best Director Clin d'Oeil, France 50/50 Year Award Festival 2010 Best Directors Ippocampus Ciak International Deaf Cinema Festival, Milan, Italy 2010 Best Actor (Jacob Casselden) International Sign Language Festival, Tolosa, Spain 2011 Best Comedy Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival, Canada Boy from Before Year Award Festival 2010 Nomination for Best Children's Drama BAFTA Children's Awards Chasing Cotton Clouds Year Award Festival 2011 Best Film Deaffest 2012 Award for Best Animation Seattle Deaf Film Festival Champion of the World Year Award Festival 2013 Best Director Deaffest 2014 Best Director Best Actor Best Editing Audience Award International Sign Language Festival, Tolosa, Spain Coming Home Year Award Festival 2010 Reel International Audience Choice Award Jury's Choice Award - Best Feature Drama DCADF, Washington DC, USA Departure Lounge Year Award Festival 2010 Best Film Deaffest 2010 Best Short Film Audience Choice Award Ippocampus Ciak, Milan, Italy 2011 Merit Award SuperFest, Berkeley, California, USA 2012 Honourable Mention Picture This Film Festival, Canada Fairytale of London Town Year Award Festival 2011 Best Cinematography Best Editing International Sign Language Festival, Tolosa, Spain 2011 Jury Prize for Excellence in Filmmaking Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, Las Vegas, USA 2011 Best Director Clin d'Oeil, France 2011 Award of Excellence: Short Film Accolade Film Festival, California, USA 2011 Best Director of Photography Best Editing International Sign Language Film Festival, Tolosa, Spain 2011 Best Drama Best Director Toronto International Deaf Films & Arts Festival, Canada 2012 Best Director Cinedeaf, Rome, Italy 2012 Best Actress (Sarah Beauvoisin) Ippocampus Ciak, Milan, Italy Life Out There Year Award Festival 2014 Honourable Mention Picture This, Canada My Song Year Award Festival 2011 Best Short Film Deaf in the Picture, Holland 2011 Best Actress (Lara Steward) Clin d'Oeil, France Scottish Islanders Year Award Festival 2015 Best Documentary Deaffest, UK Shakespeare: Found in Translation Year Award Festival 2015 Best Documentary Short Film Toronto International Deaf Film Festival, Canada Small World Year Award Festival 2015 Best Actor (Brian Duffy) Deaffest, UK Still Here Year Award Festival 2012 Best Actor (John Smith) Ippocampus Ciak, Milan, Italy 2013 Best Comedy Toronto International Deaf Films & Arts Festival, Canada 2013 Best Actor (Hal Draper) Deaffest 2013 Best Actress (Jean St Clair) Clin d'Oeil, France 2013 Best Director Best Screenplay International Sign Language Festival, Tolosa, Spain 2014 Best Comedy/Musical Seattle Deaf Film Festival, USA Supersonic Year Award Festival 2015 Best Fantasty/Animation Toronto International Deaf Film Festival, Canada Tree Fairy Year Award Festival 2014 Best Director Best Drama Maine Deaf Film Festival, USA 2014 Best Drama Irish Deaf Film Festival 2015 Best Director Audience Choice Award Toronto International Deaf Film Festival, Canada 2015 Best Director Best Film Best Actress (Olivia Jordan-Caws) Deaffest 2015 Best Drama Cindeaf, Rome, Italy Who cares? Year Award Festival 2013 Best Documentary Deaffest 2013 Best Foreign Film Finland Sign Language Film Festival 2013 Best Director Cindeaf, Italy 2015 Documentary Award Picture This, Canada Wicked 2: Programme 1 Year Award Festival 2009 Best TV Programme Deaffest 2009 Doing Media Differently: Factual Programming RADAR People of the Year Wicked 3: Programme 8 Year Award Festival 2011 Best TV Programme Deaffest, UK Zoom 2012: Crossing the Divide Year Award Festival 2012 Runner Up, Best Documentary Irish Deaf Film Festival, Ireland 2013 Best Short Documentary Toronto Deaf Film Festival, Canada Zoom 2011: Five Needles Year Award Festival 2012 Youth Prize European Film Festival, Miami 2013 Best Drama Toronto Deaf Film Festival, Canada Zoom 2012: Little World Year Award Festival 2012 Best Experimental 1st Irish Deaf Film Festival, Ireland 2012 Best International Short Turquoise Film Festival, Australia 2012 Best Animation Maine Deaf Film Festival, USA 2013 Honourable Mention Picture This Film Festival, Canada Zoom 2012: September 11th Year Award Festival 2013 Best Actress Deaffest, UK 2014 Best Actress International Sign Language Festival, Tolosa (Spain) Zoom 2012: Strangers Year Award Festival 2013 Best Director Best Actor Clin d'Oeil, France Zoom 2014: If I Don't Lose, I'll Lose Year Award Festival 2015 Best Actress (Caroline Parker) CineDeaf, Rome, Italy 2015 Best Actress (Caroline Parker) Clin d'Oeil, France Zoom Focus: Confession Year Award Festival 2013 Best Art Direction Toronto Deaf Film Festival Zoom Focus: The End Year Award Festival 2011 Honorable Mention Deaffest 2011 Best Film Clin d'Oeil, France 2012 Best Short Drama Seattle Deaf Film Festival, USA 2012 Best Short Film Cinedeaf, Rome, Italy 2012 Best Film Irish Deaf Film Festival 2012 Best Film Look and Roll Festival, Switzerland 2013 Best Director Deaffest 2014 International TV Award of Sign Language Productions SVT, Sweden 2015 Audience Award Nottingham Alternative Film Network, UK Zoom Focus: You, Me Year Award Festival 2013 Best Director Toronto Deaf Film Festival About Our Vision About BSLBT Board of Trustees Staff Annual accounts and reports Trustee recruitment TV Schedule Awards Terms & Conditions Accessibility Contact Sitemap BSL Zone programmes: WATCH» Find out about visits & events: OUTREACH » Information from BSLBT: LATEST » Find out more About Our Vision About BSLBT TV Schedule Awards Terms & Conditions Accessibility Contact Sitemap Sign up for our email newsletter Please click here for our email policy Follow us on Twitter Contact British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust 153 London Road Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP3 9SQ Charity number: 1145249 e. info@bslbt.co.uk Copyright © 2015 - All rights reserved.