Midlands Movies Awards 2023 Winners

midlandsmovies • June 11, 2023

Midlands Movies Awards 2023 Winners


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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