Midlands Movies Awards 2023 - Full nominations
Midlands Movies Awards 2023 - Full nominations
On Monday 10th April 2023 Midlands Movies Editor Michael Sales announced the nominations for the 2023 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.
You can read the full list of nominations across all 16 categories below and watch our announcement videos via Facebook here
And please check out our great partners Chromosphere Media and Pinboard Media
Best Documentary (sponsored by Pinboard Media)
Atlas by Duncan MacLeod
Making ‘Our Place’ by Christopher Bevan
A Perfect Balance of Absolute Chaos by Carl Woods
When Pigs Escape by Jusep Moreno
10 Thousand Souls by Mathew Beckett
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Michelle Darkin-Price for a Different Place
Murphee Thompson for Inside Turn
Ambika Sharma for Kiran
Betty Anyika for Void
Eilis Cahill for Mind-Set
Best Animated Film
Exhibit A by James Wilkinson
Unhome by Monica Scanlan
Cosmo by Joey Lever
Death Quiz by Lee Charlish
Holiday Classics by James Pyle
Best Director
Inside Turn by James Cookson
A Different Place by Sophie Black
Same Time Next Week by Louis Lampard
Kiran by Bhulla Beghal
2k5 by Nicole Pott
Best Sound (Editing or Mixing)
Duncan McDonald for The Operator
Chris Datson for Kill List, A Shoe Town Story
Michael Bird & Rafe Bird for Spooky B*stard
Thurston Thompson for 2k5
Hutch Demouilpied for A Language of Shapes
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jason Adam for Bluff
Andy Burns for Prostate, Men, Let's Talk
Peter Bankolé for Mind-set
Adris Tariq for Fancy a Redo
Simon Crudgington for Natural
Best Visual Effects
Dan Davison, Thomas Love, Jack Skelton, Aaron Good & Ben Collin for Future Soldier
Brendan O'Neill & his team for The Harrowing
Begoña Fernández Martín, Rebecca Lily Robinson & Ben Harker for The Ghost Within
Liam Banks & his team for The River
Best Cinematography
Oliver Ibbotson for Void
Mathew Beckett & John Palmer for All Roads
James Millar for Kill List, A Shoe Town Story
Sam Kemp for The Mean Spirited
Luke J Collins for A Different Place
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Best Costume & Makeup & Hairstyling
Nick Archer and his team for Arabesque
Thomas Love for Future Soldier
Iona Beresford for The Operator
Begoña Fernández Martín & Rebecca Lily Robinson for The Ghost Within
Grace Bearcroft, Emily Johnson, Jack Barron-Highfield, Nikki Patel & Aimee Boulton for Seen
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Steve Oram for Mind-Set
Gurj Gill for Bluff
Graham Dickson for The Operator
Alphonso Christie for Prostate, Men, Let's Talk
Theo Johnson for Just Two Drops
Best Editing
Borja Torres Sanchez for Good Grief
Dave Alexander Smith & Richard Bailey for Childhood
James Millar for Kill List, A Shoe Town Story
Liam Banks for The River
Matthew R Ford for Left Behind
Best Music (Score or song)
Devesh Sodha for Cosmo
Chris Datson for Kill List, A Shoe Town Story
Ryan Majoris for Gravitational Fields
David Boan for The Body with No Face
Aurora Sunn for Something Different
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Laura Fleming for Reality
Eileen Davies for Inside Turn
Adaya Henry for A Different Place
Georgia Neath for Dosed
Eden Brennan for 2k5
Best Feature (sponsored by Chromosphere Media)
Mind-Set by Mikey Murray
Bluff by Sheikh Shahnawaz
Lollipops and Candyfloss by Gary Anthony Rogers
The Ghost Within by Lawrence Fowler
Just Two Drops by Theo Johnson
Best Writing (Original or adapted screenplay)
Mikey Murray for Mind-Set
James Cookson for Inside Turn
Elena Bracken for Lollipops and Candyfloss
Omar Parvaz for Fancy A Redo
Wayne Nelson for Prostate, Men, Let's Talk
Best Short (winner will be chosen by Scott Adkins)
Natural by Darren Hackett
Inside Turn by James Cookson
Good Grief by Robert Sharp
Fancy A Redo by Gurjant Singh & Omar Parvaz
The Operator by Matt Riley
Arabesque by Nick Archer
A Different Place by Sophie Black
Dosed by Nadine O'Mahony
