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UVFF 2023 Awards

Best Web Series 

90 Second Stories

DAD-raphy

Walking Shadows

Like in Movies

Special Mention: 90 Second Stories

Winner: Walking Shadows

Best Sound 

I Do Not Exist

Good Grief

The Turn of the Screw

Sonar

Sonder

Special Mention: Sonder

Winner: I Do Not Exist

Best Art Direction 

Waving

The Turn of the Screw

Highs

Supervision

Bubble

But I Don’t Have a Spoon

Special Mention: The Turn of the Screw

Winner: Waving

Best Costume Design 

Waving

The Writing Box

The Girl & The Tide

The Turn of the Screw

Fifty-Four Days

Special Mention: The Girl & The Tide

Winner: The Writing Box

Best Make Up 

This Girl Lost Her Body

Smiley Face

Supervision

Wild Angel

Special Mention: This Girl Lost Her Body

Winner: Supervision

Best Cinematography 

The Writing Box

I Do Not Exist

Waving

Good Grief

Turn of the Screw

Highs

Sonar

Special Mention: Highs

Winner: Waving

Best Soundtrack 

Waving

Good Grief

Stillness

This Girl Lost Her Body

The Mourning Bird

The Girl & The Tide

Special Mention: The Mourning Bird

Winner: This Girl Lost Her Body

Best Editing 

Vicious Circle 

Waving

Who’s Counting

The Turn of the Screw

Reaching Four

Talking to Myself

Special Mention: Reaching Four

Winner: Waving

Best Animation 

Half a Second

TRAJECTOIRE

The Holiday Maker

The Red Ball

Roald

Swing to The Moon

Still Alive

Special Mention: Swing to the Moon

Winner: The Holiday Maker

One to Watch Award 

Augustin Podlipajev & Jonathan Smith (But I Don’t Have a Spoon)

Best Screenplay (filmed) 

Voices

Talking to Myself

The Silent Treatment

Waving

But I Don’t Have a Spoon

Eggs

Two Stars Short

Special mention: The Silent Treatment

Winner: Voices

Best Feature Script (not filmed) 

Natural Born Strugglers (Rita-Marie Lawlor)

Morituriosis (Jesse Dorian)

The Burden of Light (Helen Alexis Yonov)

Freedom Man (Billy Festorazzi)

Crossroads (John Fraser & Dmitry Torgovitsky)

The Mortality Game (Ed Vela)

Special Mention: The Burden of Light (Helen Alexis Yonov)

Winner: Freedom Man (Billy Festorazzi)

Best Short Script (not filmed) 

Baby Crispr (Maureen Hansch)

Futurity Infinitive (Danny Cotton)

3 Ways to Say I Love You in Danish (Amelya Goldy)

Eyes Without a Face (Alan Wills)

A Long Road Ahead (Bernhard Riedhammer)

The Flamingo Girls (Rachel Debolski)

Special Mention: Eyes Without a Face (Alan Wills)

Winner: 3 Ways to Say I love You in Danish (Amelya Goldy)

Best Comedy 

Everyone Forgot

Do Not Touch

The Interview

Spot the Indifference

Eggs

World Fiction

Special Mention: The Interview

Winner: Do Not Touch

Best Actor (Short Film) 

Andy Linden (The Silent Treatment)

Mihai Arsene (Two Stars Short)

Jordan Wallace (Turn of the Screw)

Adam Bellamy (Vulnerable)

Miles Mitchell (When the Clapping Stops)

Sean Connor (Salesmen)

Special Mention: Sean Connor (Salesman)

Winner: Miles Mitchell (When the Clapping Stops)

Best Actor (Feature) 

Brandon McCaffrey (Secrets of a Wallaby Boy)

Tom Sawyer (Dead on the Vine)

David Whitney (Dead on the Vine)

Stephen Carlile (Perfectly Good Moment)

Abdeslam Bouhcini (Sidi Abed)

Asad Shan (Tell Me About It)

Special Mention: Brandon McCaffrey (Secrets of a Wallaby Boy)

Winner: Tom Sawyer (Dead on the Vine)

Si Spencer Award 

Voices

Do Not Touch

Everyone Forgot

Highs

Talking to Myself

But I Don’t Have a Spoon

Winner: Voices

Best Actress (Short Film) 

Ony Uhiara (The Mourning Bird)

Cat White (Fifty-Four Days)

Lucy Pearman (Two Stars Short)

Anwen Bull (Everyone Forgot)

Sarah Beck Mather (‘Who’s Counting’)

Emma Hutchings (The Sleepover)

Special Mention: Cat White (Fifty-Four Days)

Winner: Anwen Bull (Everyone Forgot)

Best Actress (Feature) 

Victoria Johnstone (Dead on the Vine)

Ariya Larker (Tell Me About It)

Shereener Browne (Dead on the Vine)

Marija Skaricic (Traces)

Amanda Jane Stern (Perfectly Good Moment)

Special Mention: Marija Skaricic (Traces)

Winner: Shereener Browne (Dead on the Vine)

Best Documentary Short Film 

Cristina Zenato and the Reef Shark Connection

The Oldest Pub in Britain

The Stevie Project

Letters to Heal a Broken Heart

Still

Nameless Natives

Special Mention: Cristina Zenato And the Reef Shark Connection

Winner: The Stevie Project

Best Micro -Short (Under 5 mins) 

Sisterly love

Say What

Hometopia

What to Wear

Padraig

Innocent

A Love letter to Depression

Special Mention: Padraig

Winner: What to Wear

Best Foreign Short Film 

III Minuten

The White Costume

Mazoji

Café Marylin

A (Maid’s) Room of One’s Own

Special mention: Café Marylin

Winner: III Minuten

Best UK Short Film 

Fifty-Four Days

When One Door Closes

Stillness

The Turn of the Screw

The Mourning Bird

Waving

Special Mention: When One Door Closes

Winner: The Mourning Bird

Best Director (Documentary) 

Oliver Loom (The Summit Mentality)

Joe Bor (The Oldest Comedy Club in Britain)

Jason Perryman (Great White Encounters)

Alexa Sheehan (Surviving Pulse: Life After a Mass Shooting)

Special Mention: Alexa Sheehan (Surviving Pulse: Life After a Mass Shooting)

Winner: Oliver Loom (The Summit Mentality)

Best Director (Short Film) 

Theo Kai Marlow (Everyone Forgot)

Tom Waterhouse & Thomas Kean (When One Door Closes)

Abbie Lucas (Voices)

Tijana Mamula (The Writing Box)

Sophie Colquhoun (Supervision)

Rachel Fowler (Stillness)

Special Mention: Abbie Lucas (Voices)

Winner: Rachel Fowler (Stillness)

Best Director (Feature) 

Mark A.C. Brown (Dead on the Vine)

Dubravka Turic (Traces)

Kieron Moore (Secrets of a Wallaby Boy)

Jack James (Wild Bones)

Special Mention: Dubravka Turic (Traces)

Winner: Mark A.C. Brown (Dead on the Vine)

FESTIVAL DIRECTOR’S CHOICE AWARD

Winner: Joe Bor: The Oldest Comedy Club in Britain/The Oldest Pub in Britain/The Silent Treatment)

Best Foreign Feature Film 

Traces

Perfectly Good Moment

Sidi Abed

Coast Road

Special Mention: Perfectly Good Moment

Winner: Traces

Best Documentary Feature 

Great White Encounters

The Oldest Comedy Club in Britain

The Summit Mentality

Surviving Pulse: Life After a Mass Shooting

Special Mention: Alexa Sheehan (Surviving Pulse: Life After a Mass Shooting)

Winner: Oliver Loom (The Summit Mentality)

Best UK Feature Film 

Dead on the Vine

Secrets of a Wallaby Boy

Horror-Scopes

Tell Me About It

Wild Bones

Special Mention: Secrets of a Wallaby Boy

Winner: Dead on the Vine