Midlands Movies Awards 2017 Winners
midlandsmovies • November 1, 2017
Midlands Movies 2017 Film Award Winners
First of all, the Midlands Movies crew and I would like to say a great big thank you to everyone who made suggestions and nominations for our first ever film awards.
A special thank you should also go to all the artistic filmmakers, actors, writers, directors and more who have shown throughout the last 12 months that the Midlands region is a hot bed of talented folk from across different communities and locations.
Midlands Movies is very grateful for your enthusiasm and support in our efforts to help celebrate the brilliantly gifted artists who endeavour to tell their stories no matter what they may be and advance the local filmmaking industry.
And your encouragement has also helped build on the achievements of the Midlands filmmakers, so we would like to reward the hard work and accomplishments of those involved, and showcase this talent to the rest of the UK and beyond.
Winners were certainly not easy to decide upon as the selections were all of such a high quality. Therefore big congratulations go to all of the films submitted as we enjoyed each and every one of them. Finally, Midlands Movies hopes that this celebration can help ensure an even more successful movie awards as we develop an event for next year.
Until then, we have the pleasure in announcing the following Midlands Movies 2017 Film Award winners in each category below.
Mike Sales
Editor, Midlands Movies
Cinematography
Nominations: Transcended, Our Father, The Long Way Home, Archway 0173, Dolls
WINNER: Karl Poyzer (Transcended)
Costume Design
Nominations: The Long Way Home, Hollow Men, Night Owls
WINNER: Sammy-May Buxton (Hollow Men)
Documentary
Nominations: JA40: The Junction Arts Story, Who Killed British Cinema
WINNER: Robin Dutta & Vinod Mahindru (Who Killed British Cinema)
Editing
Nominations: Archway 0173, Static, Dolls, Squidge, Working Girl
WINNER: Keith Allott (Dolls/Archway 0173)
Actress in Leading Role
Nominations: GRID, Static, Squidge, Arrivals: Rachel, Crossing Paths
WINNER: Charlie Clarke (GRID)
Visual Effects
Nominations:The Long Way Home, The Slayers, Paper Plane, Darkwave: EOTS
WINNER: MangledPixel & Mike James VFX (Darkwave: Edge of the Storm)
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
HONORARY WINNER: Tom Young (Pitiful Corpses - monologue from The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov)
Music (Original Score)
Nominations: Our Father, Frettin, The Long Way Home, Karma, Squidge, Dolls
WINNER: Zachary Start (Our Father)
Supporting Actor
Nominations: Hinterland, Transcended, Just Charlie, Kebabylon, Arrivals: Rachel
WINNER: Annil Mittoo (Kebabylon)
Sound Mixing
Nominations: Paper Plane, Frettin, Static, Transcended
WINNER: Joey Lever (Paper Plane)
Best Picture (feature)
Nominations: Neville Rumble, The Slayers, Frettin’, Just Charlie
WINNER: The Slayers
Animation
Nominations: The Fairy & the Dragon, Aladdin & his Magic Teapot, The X-Mas Files
WINNER: The Fairy & the Dragon by Alex Sinclair
Actor in Leading Role
Nominations: Transcended, Squidge, Dolls, Night Owls, Capricious
WINNER: Jonny McPherson (Night Owls)
Supporting Actress:
Nominations: Archway 0173, Just Charlie, Neutral
WINNER: Eleanor Worthington Cox (Archway 0173)
Best Picture (short)
Nominations: Feiht, Archway 0173, A Girl in Words, Static, Transcended, Dolls, Night Owls, Capricious, Ballpoint Hero
WINNER: Feiht by Harry Wilding
Directing
Nominations: Frettin, Neville Rumble, Ballpoint Hero, Static, Squidge,
WINNER: Lee Price (Frettin, Neville Rumble) & Richard Miller (Ballpoint Hero, Neville Rumble)
Foreign Language Film (screened in Midlands)
HONORARY WINNER: Justicia Justiciera by Rafa Dengra
Makeup /Hairstyling
Nominations: Transcended, Hollow Men, Just Charlie, Night Owls, Darkwave
WINNER: Charlotte Price (Night Owls)
Music (Original Song)
Nominations: Frettin’, Just Charlie, Crossing Paths, Night Owls
WINNER: Balls Balls Balls (Frettin’)
Production Design
Nominations: Our Father, The Long Way Home, Transcended, Hollow Men, Night Owls
WINNER: Jen Meredith (The Long Way Home)
Honorary mention: Bugsy Malone (The Curve Theatre)
Sound Editing
Nominations: Frettin, The Long Way Home, Dolls, Paper Plane, Static, Squidge
WINNER: Martin Critchley (Squidge)
Original Screenplay
Nominations: A Girl in Words, Hinterland, Night Owls, Arrivals: Rachel
WINNER: Sophie Black & Tommy Draper (Night Owls)
On Sunday 26th April Midlands Movies Editor Michael Sales & awards ceremony co-host Ed Stagg (BBC Radio) announced the nominations for the 2026 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 creative projects and as always, had a 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 here: Part 1 & Part 2 And please also check out our great awards partner Chrome Video Best Actress in a Leading Role Karendip Phull for Family Kate Bracken for The Lace Rachel Baker for Throwing Fruit Chloe Wade for How Long Sophie Bullock for Ma Prison Best Animated Film Of All the Things by Steff Lee Big Red by James Pyle Statue in the Garden by Qianhui Yu Butterfly by Jacob Christie Best Director Luke Worrall for The Waterline Lily Portman for Quiet Jack Richardson for Daniel’s Room Jonathan Hawes for Sorry We’re Closed Sophia Dall'Aglio for Man from Mars Best Documentary Nothing's Impossible by Jacob Thomas McClean A Birmingham Symphony by Jemma Saunders We Bring Light: Leicester's Diwali Legacy by Kieran Vyas The Sunshine Café by Jill Lampert Through the Viewfinder by William North Best Sound (Editing or Mixing) Neil Evans & his team for Artificial Insanity Alasdair Gretton for Dead on Distribution Deepanjali Patel for Earworm David Hamilton-Smith for The Pause Heidi Wilson for Of All The Things Best Actor in a Supporting Role Devon Junior for Lazar Tim Sparrow for Safety Net Shaiek Ahmed Rana for Family Luke Rollason for Quiet Peter Willoughby for A Story of Spring Best Visual & Special Effects Jake Wesley-Worrall for Soul Trader Steve Askey & team for The Correction Unit Nick Willett, Matt Burkey & Jayne Hyman for Black Goat JaqD SFX MUA, Mind Magic Studios and Ben Harker for Beyond the Witching Hour Jacob Christie for Countenance Best Cinematography Gary Rogers for The Pause Laurence Mason-Guetta for Sorry We’re Closed Ian Snape for Soul Trader Ash Connaughton for Daniel’s Room Duane Adamoli for Surfing (nominations continue below...)
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