NEW! Midlands Movies Awards 2024 - Full nominations
Midlands Movies Awards 2024 - Full nominations
On Sunday 21st April Midlands Movies Editor Michael Sales & awards ceremony co-host Ed Stagg (BBC Radio) announced the nominations for the 2024 Midlands Movies Awards live from the Queen of Bradgate Vintage Cinema in Leicester.
A big thanks was given to the entire Jury Panel of industry experts who gave up their precious time to watch a huge selection of over 120 films and had such a hugely difficult time choosing from the excellent number of films from the region.
You can read the full list of nominations across all 16 categories below and watch our announcement videos via Facebook live at www.facebook.com/midlandsmovies
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Best Documentary (sponsored by Pinboard Media)
The Black Country Cowboy by Ryan Davis
Red Black Green by Naphat Boonyaprapa
City on Screen by Matthew R. Ford
Lisa Lashes; Feeling Frequencies by Sarah Michelle Durrant
Project Fashion Fixed by Jessica Tooth
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Sherice Banton for Fade In: To Murder
Madeleine Hutchinson for Plaggy Bag
Cherrelle Skeete' for Rushed
Kaja Chan for Period Drama
Imogen Archer for All Roads Lead to Home
Best Animated Film
Just James by Matt Hickinbottom
Alph-FUN-a-bet! with Imagination Jack by James Pyle
Me & the Boys by Matt Hickinbottom
Everybody is Wrong by Chris Sasha Devey
Visible Mending by Samantha Moore
Best Director
Alex Withers for Plaggy Bag
Toby Kearton for Kamerad
George C. Siougas for The One Note Man
Siobhán Cannon-Brownlie for Witches
Evie Fehilly for Period Drama
Best Sound (Editing or Mixing)
Giovanni Tria for Blondi’s War
Michael Leigh for The One Note Man
Esme Crast & Stuart Ankers for Men Only
Jen Cale, Hannah Snowden & their team for The Yellow Wallpaper
Andrea Gobbi for False Front
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Andre Pierre for Baby on Board
Zak Douglas for The Space Between
Will Brown for Period Drama
Pablo Raybould for Dirty Dutch
James Jaysen Bryhan for Dig Me No Grave
Best Visual Effects
Simon Gibbs for A Brighter Blue
Glenn McAllen-Finney for Duskman
Olgaç Öke, Lisa Rustage & Taly Emmanuela for Plaggy Bag
Anthony Michael Winson & team for Terrorvision
Anthony Wright, Louis Jackson, Alfie Hagan & Eve Murray For Masked Conspiracy
Best Cinematography
Nikodem Trzcinowicz for Ugly People
Lou Murrall for Kamerad
George S. Evans for English Rose
Ash Connaughton for Rushed
Kai-Yan Lai for Beautiful Meadow
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Best Costume & Makeup & Hairstyling
Daniel Hall for Period Drama
Amy Jelfs for Kamerad
Francesca Valentina Wilkinson & Emili Tomaić for Witches
Alyssia Marsh, Jonathan Hawes & Stanley Roubaix for The Morgue Party
Bob Cheshire & his team for Only Sky Above
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Tarik Badwan for Beautiful Meadow
Ian Gelder for Ticker
Joseph Sean-Lyons for Soft
Darren McAree for Watch Me Sleep
Joe Warriner for Down in the Basement
Best Editing
Russell Beeden for The One Note Man
Lisa Rustage for Plaggy Bag
Alasdair Gretton for Masked Conspiracy
Keir Black for Men Only
Lewis Clements, Matt Amison, Joe Shirley, Andy Wilcox for The Unusuals
Best Music (Score or song)
Adrián Berenguer for The Cloud
Kirby Spencer for Duskman
Stephen Warbeck for The One Note Man
I Wish I Didn't Wish My Life Away by Jason Havard (performed by Imogen Archer) for All Roads Lead to Home
Tom Jeeves for Treble Me This
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Emma Humpston for Plaggy Bag
Sabrina Sandhu for Witches
Lauren Cornelius for Twin Leaps
Emily Drewett for Treble Me This
Carolina Lopes for False Front
Best Feature
All Roads Lead to Home by Darren Scott
Duskman by Sam Winterton
Watch Me Sleep by John Williams
Dig Me No Grave by Ranjeet Singh Marwa
False Front by Alastair Railton
Best Writing (Original or adapted screenplay)
Stephen Volk for Baby on Board
Shane Grant for Bunny Jake is Missing
Thom Petty for Ticker
Evie Fehilly and Katherine Tozer for Period Drama
Jim Reeves for Snickered
Best Short (winner to be chosen by DI Ray, E.R. and Bend It Like Beckham star - VIP jury member Parminder Nagra)
The One Note Man by George C. Siougas
Blondi's War by Lee Dilley
Plaggy Bag by Alex Withers
Barricade by Alice Johannessen
Kamerad by Toby Kearton
Bunny Jake Is Missing by Shane Grant
Ticker by Thom Petty
Rushed by Nadine O'Mahony
Awards tickets to the ceremony are now available here https://www.midlandsmovies.com/awards-tickets
