Official Selection 2022
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404 Guild – Shortwave
Dir: Ben Eager
UK | Music Video | 3 MinsWinner
Best Music Video
Nomination
Best Animation -
A Change In Time
Dir: Pat Knight
UK | Sci-Fi | 17 MinsSam discovers time travellers have erased his family tree. Can he find a way to restore his timeline?
Nominations
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Best Writer -
A Pet
Dir: Vera Doneva
Bulgaria | Animation | 8 MinsA girl who dreams of having a pet finds a solution to her problem.
Nomination
Best Animation -
Adventures in Cuckooland
Dir: Matt Robinson
UK | Documentary | 6 MinsDocumentary about a cuckoo clock museum (Cuckooland) and it's idiosyncratic proprietor.
Nomination
Best Documentary -
All That Glitters is Bronze
Dir: Jinji Sayson
USA | Documentary | 8 MinsA love letter to the Philippine tradition of Kulintang, which was once nearly wiped out.
Nomination
Best Documentary -
All You Can Eat
Dir: Kieran Reed
UK | Horror | 13 MinsA waitress has a bad feeling about things going on behind the chrome and neon facade of the diner.
Nomination
Best Horror
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Angles of a Man
Dir: Carolena Eugenia Villavicencio
USA | Drama | 2 MinsA visual poem that explores the negative effects of toxic masculinity.
Nomination
Best Micro Short -
Be Free
Dir: Samuel Owonte
Canada | Animation | 2 MinsMerry makes her desires known to the water spirit through paper & ink and what follows is astonishing.
Nominations
Best Student Animation
Best Sound -
Big Foot
Dir: Lee Charlish
UK | Animation | 2 MinsA seasoned Tracker is interviewed about his thoughts on the mysterious creature - Big Foot.
Nomination
Best Micro Short -
Blunda
Dir: Fredrik Hellqvist
Sweden | Horror | 9 MinsA professor finally detectes the cause of a sleep disorder and the result turns out to be quite unpleasant.
Nominations
Best Horror
Best Editing
Best Sound -
Boredom
Dir: George Bartlett
UK | Drama | 13 MinsOn the day of their exam results, three young lads consider life beyond their small town.
Winner
Best Ensemble
Nominations
Best Short Film
Best Drama
Best Director
Best Writer
Best Editing -
Crywank - Imitating A Brief Projection Of Gurdjieff
Dir: C F Sherratt
UK | Animation | 1 MinAnimated Music Video.
Nomination
Best One Minute Film
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Daisy
Dir: Jennfier East
USA | Documentary | 5 MinsDaisy details her Migration story from war-torn Hiroshima, Japan to Orlando, Florida.
Nomination
Best Documentary -
Dajla: Cinema And Oblivion
Dir: Arturo Dueñas Herrero
Spain | Documentary | 15 MinsLife in one of the Sahrawi refugee camps in southern Algeria, forgotten for 45 years.
Nomination
Best Documentary -
Divination Dave
Dir: Georgia Madden
UK | Animation | 7 MinsSavoury snack addict Dave must resort to extreme measures in order to satisfy his salty cravings.
Winner
Best Student Animation -
DogVillization
Dir: M. Hadi Jamali & Fakhredin Jamali
Iran | Drama | 14 MinsA hunter girl falls asleep on the minibus on her way back to the dog cremation.
Nominations
Best Short Film
Best Drama
Best Director
Best Cinematography
Best Sound -
Early Birds
Dir: Cole Stevenson
Canada | Animation | 3 MinsA small penguin tries to find a friend to play with.
Nomination
Best Student Animation -
Earlybird
Dir: Daniel Fitzgerald
UK | Animation | 3 MinsGet up early, eat a healthy breakfast, have a great day! Right?
Winner
Best Animation
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Everybody Needs Some(dead)body
Dir: George Mills & Hannah Seligman
UK | Comedy | 19 MinsWhen a woman's husband returns from the dead, she finds herself in a love triangle.
Winner
Best Short Film
Best Comedy
Nominations
Best Student Film
Best Director
Best Writer
Best Actor
Best Actress -
Forever Allie
Dir: Ricardo Ramos
USA | Sci-Fi | 7 MinsAfter the loss of her girlfriend, a woman discovers a gift that allows her to watch their story unfold.
Nominations
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Best Mobile Film -
Ghatak
Dir: Harsh Sunil Bhatia
India | Music Video | 4 MinsNomination
Best Music Video -
Haunted House
Dir: Jean-Diar Kalantar
Canada | Comedy | 1 MinWhen you realize your house might be haunted...but at least it has some rhythm!
Winner
Best One Minute Film -
Just Like Water
Dir: Manos Triantafillakis
Greece | Drama | 13 MinsAbout the director's father, Spyros, his life & experiences, time and the circle of life.
Nomination
Best Drama
Best Score -
Keep Off The Grass
Dir: Francis Rudd
UK | Drama | 10 MinsTensions rise when an amateur footballer struggles to come to terms with his sexuality.
Nomination
Best Student Film
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Lewford Town
Dir: Lawton Charman
UK | Comedy | 9 MinsWhat this non-league football club lacks in cash and talent, it makes up for in heart and soul.
Nomination
Best Comedy -
Longway To Go
Dir: Bijjakuggwa Kawooya
Uganda | Drama | 11 MinsA street guitarist and father plays his inspirational music as a message of peace, until one day!
Nomination
Best Drama -
Managed
Dir: Janaé Rachel Ballot
USA | Comedy | 11 MinsA hyper sensitive movie star publicly announces his retirement and fires his desperate manager on Twitter.
Nominations
Best Comedy
Best Actor -
Marko
Dir: Marko Šantić
Croatia | Drama | 17 MinsWhen Marko and Ankica's neighbour suggests renting their dead son’s room to tourists, Marko sees that as an insult.
Winner
Audience Award
Best Drama
Best Actor
Best Editing -
Maximus
Dir: Richard Prendergast
UK | Fantasy | 16 MinsOne young warrior's fight for his life, told through the eyes of his little sister.
Winner
Best Director
Best Writer
Best Young Performer
Best Cinematography
Best Score
Nominations
Best Short Film
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Best Actor -
Night Terror
Dir: David Duke
UK | Horror | 3 Mins3 minute horror shot, edited and created on a mobile phone.
Nomination
Best Mobile Film
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Page's Edge
Dir: Isaac Camilleri
UK | Animation | 4 MinsA doodle that comes to life longs for a life off the page.
Nominations
Best Micro Short
Best Student Film -
Papercut
Dir: Marina Fastoso
Italy | Drama | 1 MinHaunted by the memory of his mate, a man come back in their old special place to deal with her ghost.
Nomination
Best One Minute Film -
Pink House
Dir: Cally Trench
UK | Animation | 1 MinA short animation film in which we see the sea level recede and a house miraculously reconstruct itself.
Nomination
Best One Minute Film -
Place To Place
Dir: Natasha Cánepa
Puerto Rico | Animation | 2 MinsA text from a lonely traveler pushes a group of friends from faraway places to reunite.
Nomination
Best Animation -
Possessions
Dir: Zeke Farrow
USA | Comedy | 17 MinsZeke decides to sell all his things. He discovers that some possessions are easier to let go of than others.
Nominations
Best Comedy
Best Actress -
Pumpkin Boy
Dir: Trent Shy
USA | Horror | 2 MinsThis Halloween... he's born.
Winner
Best Micro Short
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Rachel
Dir: David L Knight
UK | Drama | 10 MinsA junkie wakes up to find himself gaged and tied. Realising his captures motives, a battle of wills ensues.
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Best Drama -
Red Omen - Ed Roman
Dir: There Be Dragons
USA | Music Video | 4 MinsNominations
Best Animation
Best Music Video -
Salah
Dir: Yüksel Çilingir
Belgium | Drama | 11 MinsAli, a refugee, is shocked by the news of his father’s death at home, but can't go to the funeral.
Nomination
Best Student Film -
Sleep Tight
Dir: Michael Seabolt
USA | Horror | 11 MinsAre the monsters in Preston’s closet real? Or is it just his over active imagination?
Nominations
Best Horror
Best Young Performer -
Sorta Said - Astro Fish
Dir: Max Thomas Pescherine
USA | Music Video | 5 MinsA sci-fi/pop music video about humans landing on another inhabited world.
Nomination
Best Music Video -
Special Delivery
Dir: Robert Hackett
UK | Drama | 4 MinsA weary postman trudges through the snow on Valentine's Day, making deliveries to all but one door.
Nomination
Best Micro Short
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The Game Just Got Real
Dir: bellopropello
Switzerland | Animation | 1 MinDogs and humans want to play, or not?
Nomination
Best One Minute Film -
The Lossen
Dir: Colin Skevington
UK | Fantasy | 26 MinsAn other-worldly visitor forces a woman to confront her lost dream before it's too late.
Winner
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Best Sound
Nominations
Best Writer
Best Actress
Best Cinematography
Best Score -
The Witch Hunters Are Coming
Dir: James Atkins
UK | Comedy | 10 MinsSpoof reality documentary following a day at work for two London council witch hunters.
Nomination
Best Comedy -
There Is Exactly Enough Time
Dir: Oskar Salomonowitz
Sweden | Animation | 2 MinsAn animation started by 12-year-old Oskar and completed by his father.
Nomination
Best Micro Short -
Tony Bear
Dir: Patrick Hopkins
UK | Horror | 9 MinsThings get twisted when Kyle discovers Linda's loyal companion: a threadbare teddy called Tony.
Winner
Best Horror
Best Actress
Nominations
Best Short Film
Best Director
Best Editing
Best Score -
Tricksters
Dir: Ashwin Mohan
UK | Drama | 25 Mins13-year-old Chinna begrudgingly accompanies his Shaman father village-to-village practicing black magic.
Winner
Best Student Film
Nominations
Best Actor
Best Young Performer
Best Cinematography
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Wetin Man Go Do
Dir: Lukas Zeickner
UK | Music Video | 5 MinsA musical starring Emotan, Ellie Jeffreys, Victoria Malinjod and Anael Elom
Nomination
Best Music Video -
Wood Vibrations
Dir: Gavin Shwahla
USA | Documentary | 7 MinsEvery piece of driftwood has its own journey - its own story.
Winner
Best Documentary -
Young Love In A Dirty Place
Dir: Reinis Spaile
Latvia | Drama | 4 MinsA girl explores multiple ways of closing the door to save their first relationship crisis.
Nominations
Best Micro Short
Best Actress
Best Cinematography -
Zer0 0ne Zer0
Dir: Graham High
USA | Sci-Fi | 12 MinsLooking to boost his confidence, Chuck tries a new meditation technique to manifest a night he won't forget.
Winner
Best Mobile Film
Nominations
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Best Editing
Best Score -
Zmiena
Dir: Pierre Renverseau
France | Horror | 13 MinsOn the edge of the forest, in an old isolated house, in a room, there's a decrepit man.
Nominations
Best Horror
Best Sound