Midlands Movies Awards 2021 - Nominations
On Monday 31st May 2021 Midlands Movies Editor Michael Sales and BBC Radio Presenter Ed Stagg announced the nominations for the 2021 Midlands Movies Awards via a Facebook live stream.
A big thanks was given to the entire Jury Panel who gave up their precious time to watch a huge selection of over 100 films and had such a difficult time choosing from the excellent number of films from the region.
The panel includes Shane Meadows (This Is England, Dead Man’s Shoes) who will be deciding the winner of the Best Short category. Also involved is Chief Executive of Northampton Filmhouse Jo Gordon, CineQ organizer and BAFTA voting member Rico Johnson-Sinclair, Script Sirens founder and RTS Award-nominee Scarlett Kefford, BFI Talent Executive and Short Cinema festival director Alexzandra Jackson and Midlands Movies editor Michael Sales.
You can read the full list of nominations across all 16 categories below and watch our announcement videos here:
Part 1
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Part 2
Best Feature (Sponsored by Fishbulb Films)
Sam and Dan Get Lost by Lee Price
Morris by Jason Brown
Spider-Man: Another World by Joey Lever
Best Short
Pennywort by Rebekah Fortune
Judas by Adam Palmer
Swiped by Luke Collins
Trick Shot by Christopher Deans
Stranded by Tenisha White
Safekeeping by David Yorke
Ghosts by Joey Lever
Corrupt by Michael Ellis
Actor in a Leading Role
Nick Preston for Judas
Simon Page for The Holes We Leave Behind
Sonny Michael Chohan for Corrupt
AJ Stevenson For What Happens at Sea
Actress in a Leading Role
Laura Fleming for Swiped
Elinor Machen Fortune for Pennywort
Lara Lemon for Chloe: Daily
Val Monk for One Day
Actor in a Supporting Role
Daemian Greaves for Stairwell
Sebastian Wegner for Divided We Stand
Paul Findlay for Corrupt
Darrell Amory for Stranded
Actress in a Supporting Role
Michelle Regis for Number 3
Olivia Rose Aaron for Pennywort
Patricia Hobday for A Past Tense
Sarah Feltham for On 3…
Animated Film
Afro Goblin & Chums: Tea Break by Thomas Crook
Elevaterror by Lee Charlish
Dragonfly by Matt Williams
Blather – The Series: Rutger Hauer by James Pyle
Costume & Makeup & Hairstyling
Natalie Kay, The History Bunker and Khaki Devil for Divided We Stand
Daniel Arbon and team for White Feather
Elfyn Round, Tracey Cooke, Laura Baines and Ivana Ivanova for Socks & Robbers
Nisaro Karim and his team for The Two
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Best director
Michael Ellis for Corrupt
Idriss Assoumanou for Out on the Field
Rebekah Fortune for Pennywort
Georgie Cubin for Tell Me Who We Are
Documentary
Shape, Refine by Dean Harris
No Fare: The Sian Green Story by Matt Holt
Women of Impact: Defying the Odds by Danielle Vassell and Christopher Bevan
Redt’Blue by Jay Martin
Editing
Arthur Harrison & Theo Vann-Leeds for Lepidopterist
Nathan Coetzee for Judas
Daniel Brock, Phee Simpson and Nuno Magalhaes for Red Light
Daniel Arbon for White Feather
Music (Score or song)
Alex James Lewis for The Mysterious Button
Joel Fossard-Jones for Dreamlike
Joni Fuller for Lepidopterist
Veronica Stanwell for On 3...
Cinematography
Calum Rhys for Divided We Stand
Aram Atkinson for Judas
Adam Whitehouse and Sam Bridges for Domestic Bliss
Rob Gurney for Open Up
Sound (Editing or Mixing)
Brad Sweetman for Divided We Stand
Michael B Clifford & his team for Number 3
Alex Stroud for Socks and Robbers
Sophie Simpson and India Picton for Red Light
Visual Effects
Nick Willett, Matt Burkey & Steve Askey for Socks and Robbers
Joey Lever and his SFX team for Spider-Man: Another World
Raquel Ballester for Pennywort
Matt Blakey and his team for Devoid
Writing (Original/adapted)
Idriss Assoumanou for Out on the Field
Joey Lever for Ghosts: A Mockumentary
Christopher Deans for Trick Shot
Laura Turner for Pennywort
