Watch Midlands Movies Awards 2025 films

midlandsmovies • June 23, 2025

With a brilliant range of films in a variety of genres submitted to the Midlands Movies Awards 2025 we are very pleased to share with you a number of those films who were nominated and some who went on to win an award.


The full list of nominees can be found here and the full list of winners can now be found here.


Please take a look at the amazing and fantastic talent we have in the Midlands by watching the shorts & trailers below.


More films coming soon!

The Other directed by Chris Bevan

Winner of Best Short Film & Best Lead Actor

Grave directed by Oz Durose

Winner of Best Animated Film

Couple Goals directed by Tom Bridger and Jonny Gillard

Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Creativity is For Everyone directed by Charlotte Footitt

Nominated for Best Animated Film

War Paint directed by William Kowanec

Nominated for Best Writing

Homunculus directed by Ayesha Walker

Nominated for Best Sound

Yen for Zen directed by James Pyle

Nominated for Best Animated Film

Meta Mum directed by Kick Holman

Nominated for Best Editing

Non Fiction directed by Kitty Harper

Nominated for Best Writing

Review of When Evil Lurks

By midlandsmovies • August 6, 2025
Demián Rugna’s follow up to his cult classic Terrified (2017) gets the special edition treatment from Second Sight. When Evil Lurks was originally released in 2023 and showcased that Rugna had lost none of his ability to create shocking, uncomfortable horror sequences.

Midlands Review of Fanmail

By midlandsmovies • August 5, 2025
Opening with a guitarist head-banging on stage as he solos on a guitar, Fanmail tells us of a young rocker called Eric who hopes to make it to the big time in the music biz.

Midlands Review of Bovine Comedy

By midlandsmovies • August 5, 2025
A new comedy film comes from the Midlands this month courtesy of filmmaker Nicholas Tuck who has used the region’s farming history as the basis of his latest short

Review of Bring Her Back

August 4, 2025
If their stunning debut, Talk to Me (2022), used possessions and hauntings as representations for substance abuse and grief, in Bring Her Back Danny and Michael Philippou double down on the generational trauma that can be caused through grief. The result is a thoroughly disturbing horror film that never resorts to jump
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