Best Advertising Award

Dirty Money dir. Sinan
Sevinç and Dominik Ströhle

Have you thought about the journey a dollar makes before landing in your wallet? There is scrutiny on hygiene; no one seems perturbed about cash.

Best Animation Award

The Clearing dir. Daniel Hope

In a desperate battle with his ego, Bill struggles to re-woo Deb with his below-par outdoor skills and shocking behaviour, until their last-ditch camping trip takes a sinister turn.

Best Artists’ Film Award

A Void dir. Jordy Sank

Mangdaleen, a 75-year-old widower, lives with the imaginary figure of her late husband. An exploration of grief, loss and loneliness, commissioned by kykNET, a South African broadcaster.

Best Comedy Award

Doffice dir. Leclercq David

An old guy works in the same office everyday. But one day, a young colleague arrives and puts his world upside down. A fun, inventive and wordless physical comedy.

Best Dance Award

Viscera dir. Phoebe Davies and Nandi Bhebhe

Viscera is an experimental performance film. It evolved through a research process centring on the deconstruction of rage in all its forms.

Best Documentary Award

Until the Tide Creeps In dir. Jessi Gutch

Canvey Island is outside London. It suffered the worst natural disaster in modern British history, in which a storm flooded it in 1953. 

Best Documentary Feature

The Hermit of Treig dir. Lizzie MackEnzie

This meditative documentary gives a rare glimpse into remote rural life. After 40 years of solitude, a spirited elderly hermit opens his life.

Best Drama Award

Invisible Border dir. Mark Gerstorfer

A deportation in Vienna in the middle of the night. Police officer Nancy and her colleague Albert have the task of evicting a family. 

Best Experimental Award

Fireflies dir. Poulomi Basu and CJ Clarke

Crash landed and alone, a female astronaut is confronted by the ghosts of her past as she struggles for survival on an inhospitable planet that appears to be sentient.

Best Fashion Award

Replica dir. Hannah Bon

A trinity that unites people to become closer. Replica is an experimental fragrance film for Maison Margiela. An inviting film filled with pop colours and a dreamy aesthetic.

Best Music Video Award

Mwanjé ft. Sampa the Great – Wildones dir. Michael Rodrigues & Tarryn Hatchett

Wildones is an exploration of connection with the natural world. This beautiful and mesmerising film is an existential coming-of-age tale.

Best Narrative Feature

I’ll Go To Hell dir. Ismahane Lahmar

Doctors have made it very clear. Najet will die soon. She has been given just two weeks to live. No time to waste. Instead of giving in to self-pity, Najet tackles life head on.

Best Thriller Award

O, GLORY! dir. Joe Williams and Charlie Edwards-Moss

Set in the late 1970s, a psychiatric doctor and his assistant are called to an isolated house to examine Deborah, whose brother believes she is losing her mind.

Best VR & 360 Award

Glimpse dir. Benjamin Cleary and Michael O’Connor

This dreamlike, emotive visual feast is set in the imaginative mind of a panda named Herbie who has recently broken up with his girlfriend, Rice.

Best Cinematography Award

Aska, dir. Clara Miro

Two young disciples must throw their mother’s ashes into the mouth of a volcano in order to prevent its collapse into a flood of flames, which would destroy everything.

Best Director Award

The Hermit of Treig dir. Lizzie MackEnzie

This meditative documentary gives a rare glimpse into remote rural life. After 40 years of solitude, a spirited elderly hermit opens his life.

Best Editing Award

39 dir. Martín Delfino Guevara

39 is a short film based on true events about the horrific and tragic crime of the 39 Vietnamese people who died hidden in the back of a lorry in Essex, England, in 2019.

Best Screenplay Award

Breathless Puppets, dir. Naaman Azhari

Forced apart in childhood by the expectations of their cultures and the disapproval of their fathers, two men with a passion for dance reconnect through the pandemic.

Best of the Festival Award

Until the Tide Creeps In dir. Jessi Gutch

Canvey Island is outside London. It suffered the worst natural disaster in modern British history, in which a storm flooded it in 1953.