Birmingham Film Festival 2020 Award Winners
midlandsmovies • November 22, 2020
Birmingham Film Festival 2020 Award Winners
The 2020 Birmingham Film Festival ran from 13th - 22nd November. Due to COVID-19 the screening of film in this year's festival were online and although the organisers are disappointed to not run their full programme, they managed to award a number of cast, crew and productions as part of their annual award.
The full results:
THE CORONER'S ASSISTANT - BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
MR. JOHNSON - 2020 BULL AWARD
DANNYBOY - BEST FEATURE FILM
POWERLESS - BEST SHORT FILM (Click for our review)
SUN TOWN - BEST DOCUMENTARY
KATIE MARIE CARTER: POWERLESS - BEST FEMALE ACTOR
JAMES MICHAEL TYLER: THE GESTURE AND THE WORD - BEST MALE ACTOR
HATE - BEST ONLINE FILM
ON IN 15 - BEST ENSEMBLE CAST (Click for our review)
BLACK BEAR - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
HOUSEHOLD DEMON - BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
THE HAT - BEST EDITING
PROGENY - BEST SOUND DESIGN
PERFECTLY FRANK - BEST SCORE
THE CONSPIRATORS - BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
LEGACY OF LIES - BEST STUNT
ALINA - BEST COSTUME
THE WICK - BEST HAIR AND MAKE UP
IOLYN - BEST STUDENT FILMMAKER
IT'S JUST A BOY - BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER (Click for our review)
THANK YOU FOR COMING - BEST PROJECT: LOCKDOWN FILM
FRANCISZEK SIWKO: THE LAST CHORD - BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER
BUDDY SKELTON: WINTER COAT - BEST YOUNG MALE ACTOR
EVA MORRIS: THE CANCER MONSTER - BEST YOUNG FEMALE ACTOR
More information at https://www.birminghamfilmfestival.co.uk
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