Midlands Movies Awards 2025 - Full nominations
Midlands Movies Awards 2025 - Full nominations
On Easter Monday 21st April Midlands Movies Editor Michael Sales & awards ceremony co-host Ed Stagg (BBC Radio) announced the nominations for the 2025 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 via Facebook Live.
And please also check out our great awards partner Chrome Video
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Sarah Feltham for Laura Living Backwards
Lucy Wells for A Glass House
Poppy Abbott for No Worries If Not
Rosie Frost for Run For Your Life
Suzanne Fulton for Derelict
Best Animated Film
Sick Day of the Dead by Lee Charlish
Yen for Zen by James Pyle
Grave by Oz Durose
Creativity is for Everyone by Charlotte Footitt
Best Director
Ades Singh for She Loves Me Not
Jonathan Zaurin for Derelict
James Mason for You Alright Mate
Christopher Bevan for The Other
Emma Hodgkinson for No Worries If Not!
Best Documentary
The Secret to Sustainability by Ella Breanna Sugden and Saphir Beaunol
I Just want to be a Superhero by Joey Lever
Best Sound (Editing or Mixing)
Robin Wade for Overtime
Liam Banks for Run For Your Life
Chas Sheppard for No Worries If Not
Daniel Ferrari for The Calling
Josh King, Ayesha Walker and Luke Brightmore for Homunculus
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Mark Aldrich for Teddy and the Mountain
Jamie Mutambirwa for At What Cost
Vishal Ratnajothy for Axe To Grind
Pete Bird for Derelict
Cameron Moon for The Yard
Best Visual & Special Effects
Dimitris Vrouvas & their team for Living Dolls
Alessia Secci for Inhabitant
Steve Best & Liam Banks for Run For Your Life
Billy Evans for Ascend
James Carpenter & Baz Kannan for Letters from Space
Best Cinematography
Connor Mcloughlin for Persistence
Lewis Malin for No Longer Human
Billy Evans for Ascend
Richard Bailey for Everything
Jack Curtis for A Glass House
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Best Costume & Makeup & Hairstyling
Abbie May Wilson, Lily Matthews, Jacob Thomas McClean & Amelia Helen McClean for Whistling Dixie
Carolina Rodrigues and Aspasia Vrouva for Living Dolls
Miriam Bibi and Oliver Butler for Last December
Luke Worrall and his team for Distill Bill
Sarah Wynne-Kordas for Run For Your Life
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Connor Rembrandt Pollet for No Longer Human
Gary Beadle for A Glass House
Adam Hovarth for The Other
Michael Coombes for Derelict
Andrew Simpson for Operation War Thunder
Best Editing
Christina Hill for You Alright Mate
Luke Worrall for Distill Bill
Charles Leggat, Jack Davies, Kick Orin & Lisa Bustillos-Kovac for Meta Mum
Elodie Bonnick for No Worries If Not
Liam Banks for Run For Your Life
Best Music (Score or song)
Tony J Brown & Roger David Francis for Advent
Sadé Nicole Davis & the team for Love Is…
Tammy King for her song Secret from Remote Witness
Thomas Pearce for Suspect
Ben Casey for Living Dolls
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Isabel Darby for At What Cost
Karina Holness for Love Is…?
Charlotte Claypole for Teddy and The Mountain
Dani Tonks for The Other
Della Thielamay for Couple Goals
Best Feature (sponsored by Chrome Video)
Teddy and The Mountain by Stanley Roubaix
Operation War Thunder by James Peakman
Derelict by Jonathan Zaurin
Love Is…? Sadé Nicole Davis
Best Writing (Original or adapted screenplay)
Samantha Grierson for The Programme
George S. Evans for Meeting Point
Charles Strider for A Glass House
William Kowanec for War Paint
Kitty Harper for Non Fiction
Best Short Film
(winner will be chosen by VIP jury panel member RICHARD ARMITAGE)
No Worries If Not by Emma Hodgkinson
A Glass House by Charles Strider
Talking Rubbish by Ian Donnelly
The Other by Christopher Bevan
Everything by Dave Alexander Smith and Richard Bailey
Laura Living Backwards by Kate Horlor
Fortune Tell Her by Robert George Lane
Awards tickets to the ceremony are now available here https://www.midlandsmovies.com/awards-tickets
