Midlands Movies Awards 2023 Winners

midlandsmovies • June 11, 2023

On Saturday 10th June the Midlands Movies Awards 2023 ran at the Y Theatre in Leicester. The nominations for the awards can be found here and the winners are announced below:

Best Feature (Sponsored by Chromosphere Media)

Mind-Set by Mikey Murray

Best Short

Fancy A Redo by Gurjant Singh & Omar Parvaz

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Theo Johnson for Just Two Drops

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Michelle Darkin Price for A Different Place

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Jason Adam for Bluff

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Georgia Neath for Dosed

Best Animated Film

Exhibit A by James Wilkinson

Best Costume & Makeup & Hairstyling

Iona Beresford for The Operator

Best Directing

James Cookson for Inside Turn

Best Documentary (Sponsored by Pinboard Media)

A Perfect Balance of Absolute Chaos by Carl Woods

Best Editing

Borja Torres Sanchez for Good Grief

Best Music (Score or song)

Devesh Sodha for Cosmo

Best Cinematography

James Millar for Kill List, A Shoe Town Story

Best Sound (Editing or Mixing)

Thurston Thompson for 2k5

Best Visual Effects

Dan Davison, Thomas Love, Jack Skelton, Aaron Good & Ben Collin for Future Soldier

Best Writing (Original/adapted)

James Cookson for Inside Turn

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