UVFF 2026 Award Nominees & Winners

UVFF  2026 Awards 

Best Web Series 

Winner: My Ghost Stories Web Series

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Best Short Script (not filmed) _ Team

Undetectable (Dylan Patrick Costello)

I’ve Got Lung Cancer (Roy Scintei)

Lab Partners (Tommy Britt)

Imagine (Kirby Gilshamoch) 

Scrape (Julie Bower)

Empty Glasses (Jonathan Skinner)

Special Mention: Imagine (Kirby Gilshamoch) 

Winner: Empty Glasses (Jonathan Skinner)

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Best Sound 

Domestic

The Humbug

Homonym

Good Behaviour

Care

Where There’s Light

Winner: Domestic

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Best Soundtrack

Dressed to the Nines

The Weight

Emiko Jones

The Painting & The Statue

Tell Your Face

The Humbug

Winner: The Weight

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Best Make Up 

Beauty Sleep

Grandma is Thirsty

The Painting & The Statue

Plastic Surgery

Uncle Artoo

Winner: Beauty Sleep

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Best Costume Design 

Beauty Sleep

The Painting & The Statue

Emiko Jones

Vegetables Have Sugar

Grandma is Thirsty

Homonym

Winner: The Painting & The Statue

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Best Foreign Short Film 

Bag People

Hide

The Trophy King

Forever, Liam

The Secret Assistants

Made From Leakproof Plastic

Special Mention: Bag People

Winner: Forever, Liam

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Best Foreign Feature Film 

About My Mom

The Legend of Juan Jose Mundo

Small Gods

Winner: Small Gods

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Best Editing 

Magid / Zafar

Every Time I See a Yellow Car

Big Breakfast

The Weight

The Painting & The Statue

Dressed to the Nines

Winner: Every Time I See a Yellow Car

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Best Screenplay (filmed) 

Truckload

Gone For Milk

Good Behaviour

In the Clouds

Starboy

The Truth About Space

Winner: In the Clouds

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Best Cinematography  

Beauty Sleep

Magid / Zafar

Every Time I See a Yellow Car

The Painting & the Statue

The Humbug

Big Breakfast

Winner: The Humbug

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Open Screen London Award

Winner: Eliab Gabressilase and Tahiyah Taylor (Route Cause)

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Best Director (Documentary) 

Jack Hancock-Fairs (The Dying Trade)

Roberto Duque (Voice Shift) 

Nicholas Jones (Esme Boggart)

Phoebe Cottam (When You Were Young Were You Afraid of The Moon?)

Winner: Phoebe Cottam (When You Were Young Were You Afraid of The Moon?)

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Best Documentary Short Film  

Seekers

When You Were Young Were You Afraid of The Moon?

Houdini II: A Beautiful Way to Die

Esme Boggart

Voice Shift

Winner: Esme Boggart

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Best Documentary Feature Film 

The Banjo Boys

The Dying Trade

Winner: The Dying Trade

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One to Watch Award 

Lily Mellor (Weight of Feeling)

Eliab Gabressilase (Route Cause) 

Shanti Scalpello (Where You At)

Ben Norris (Toad in the Hole)

Olive Pascha (Carrot Cake)

Winner: Olive Pascha (Carrot Cake)

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Best Comedy 

Odd Socks

Uncle Artoo

Easy Sell

The Man That I Wave At

Toad in The Hole

Egg Timer

Gone For Milk

Winner: Toad in the Hole

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Si Spencer Award 

Dressed to the Nines

Vegetables Have Sugar

Tell Your Face

The Truth About Space

Odd Socks

Rule, Britannia

Winner: Rule, Britannia

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The Free at Last TV Award - Barry & David

Between the Piers

Indignitas

I Am the Prize

Homonym

Starboy

The Truth About Space

Winner: Starboy

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Best Actor (Short Film) 

Daniel Weyman (Uncle Artoo)

Russell Tovey (I Am the Prize)

Antonio Aakeel (Good Behaviour)

Eben Figueiredo (Magid / Zafar) 

Ty Tennant (Every time I see a Yellow Car)

Theodore K. Emile Rodney (At This Moment, It’s Us)

Special Mention: Antonio Aakeel (Good Behaviour)

Winner: Eben Figueiredo (Magid / Zafar) 

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Best Actor (Feature)  

Richard Glover (The Old Man)

Daniel McNamee (Breakwater)

Steve Hodgetts (How to Make Her Leave)

Daniel Copeland (Invincible)

Rajdeep Choudhury (A Teacher’s Gift)

Burak Dakak (About My Mom)

Special Mention: Daniel McNamee (Breakwater)

Winner: Richard Glover (The Old Man)

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Best Actress (Short Film) 

Olivia D’Lima (Tell Your Face)

Leila Farzad (Overtones)

Evie Jones (Truckload)

Frances Mayli McCann (Domestic)

Hanako Footman (Emiko Jones)

Juliet Cowan (Toad in the Hole)

Special Mention: Olivia D’Lima (Tell Your Face)

Winner: Hanako Footman (Emiko Jones)

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Best Actress (Feature) 

Samantha Seager (Invincible)

Anjali Patil (A Teacher’s Gift)

Ellie Rose Boswell (How to Make Her Leave)

Cimpaye Florence Mariserena (Small Gods) 

Rachel Barry (The Old Man)

Anna Mirodin (The Legend of Juan Jose Mundo)

Special Mention: Anjali Patil (A Teacher’s Gift)

Winner: Samantha Seager (Invincible)

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Best Director (Short Film) 

Darcia Martin (Indignitas)

Aella Jordan-Edge (Truckload)

Luís Hindman (Magid / Zafar) 

Matt Chandler (Every Time I See A Yellow Car)

Stephen Gallager (Blackpool)

Jill Worsley (Tell Your Face)

Special Mention: Jill Worsley (Tell Your Face)

Winner: Matt Chandler (Every Time I See A Yellow Car)

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Best Director (Feature Film) 

Artur Ribeiro (A Teacher’s Gift)

Marc Hardman (The Old Man)

Max Morgan (Breakwater)

Emma Croft (Invincible)

Asher Rosen (Small Gods)

Michael Boccalini & Che Grant (How to Make Her Leave)

Special Mention: Asher Rosen (Small Gods)

Winner: Marc Hardman (The Old Man)

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FESTIVAL DIRECTOR’S CHOICE AWARD 

Winner:  The Man That I Wave At

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Best UK Short Film 

Largo 

Truckload

Magid / Zafar

Rule, Britannia 

Care  

Good Behaviour

Special Mention: Largo

Winner: Magid / Zafar

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Best UK Feature Film 

Invincible

The Old Man

Breakwater

How To Make Her Leave

A Teacher’s Gift

Special Mention: A Teacher's Gift

Winner: The Old Man 

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