Official Nominations 2026
Best Feature Film
The Broken Arrow dir. Pablo Raybould
Think of England dir. Richard Hawkins
It's my Time dir. Xue Bai
Lotus dir. Phillip Ray Tommy
Best Comedy Film
The Graduate Scheme dir. Archie Macintosh
Meet Cute dir. Nadine O'Mahony
Off Track dir. Peter Kehoe
Throwing Fruit dir. Alex Bell
Diet dir. Gurjant Singh
Best Emerging Filmmaker
Dead of Fright dir. Chris Boxwell
Friendship was not a Safe Bet dir. Nara Toktoshova
Throwing Fruit dir. Alex Bell
The Hero dir. Oliver Woolridge
Best T.V. Pilot or Episode
Kitty Clap Klub dir. Jack Richardson
This Call may be Recorded dir. Cullen Ryan
Spar dir. Anthony Vander
Ethel and Ernie dir. Julia Wackenheim
Crip Trip dir. Frederick Kroetsch, Daniel Ennett
Best Short Screenplay
The Mug by Tom Woolley
No by Caroline Grebbell
Snowball by Leonardo Raphael
Feed by Mazy Burns
The Estate by Rachel D Griffiths
The Last Rave on Earth by Liam Wallace-Cook
Turkey Baster by Alex Jackson
Best Editing
Simon Jones & Kaylee Nicholas Dogshit
David Yorke I Spy
Will Simpson Meet Cute
Benjamin Putland Seed
Best Lead Actor
Karen Henthorn in Jackie is lost
Marcus Aldred-Traynor in Mates
James Dawoud in Fatherhood
Kerry Frater in Crosswinds
Best Short Film
Crosswinds dir. Kit Brown
Chokehold dir. Christopher Bevan
Empathy Rehearsals dir. Jacopo Cullin
Fatherhood dir. Robin De Vernon Ryding
Dogshit dir. Simon Jones & Kaylee Nicholas
The Shadow dir. Kyran Townley
Seed dir. Sara L Roberts & Suzy Shepherd
Closedown dir.Michael Spicer
Mates dir. Rory Pearson
Jackie is Lost dir. Maximillian King
Best Animation
Batmans Despair
Big Red
Dobrina
Night of the Living Fish
Rat Bastard
JJ'S Unteachebales
Best Young Filmmaker
Legs dir. Ruben Barry Carmona
Hand Me Down dir. Ema Dobilaite
The Prophecy of Self-Fulfilling dir. Xanthe Acquah Story
Toms Dress dir. Ismay Sandoe
The Country Gentlewoman dir. Hope lines
Best Documentary
Shindiana
My Father and Qadaffi
Ballroom Boom
Attractor
The Cost of Growth
A Return to Oz
Best Episodic Screenplay
Whoosh'd by Luis Calvo-Ramos
Gross Prophet by Kathryn Robinson
Exiles by Caroline Grebbell
Small Empire by Amii Griffith
Whalebone by Thomas Winward
The Shakespeares by Mike Took
Hunt for the Hare by Helen Rana
Best Cinematography
David Cawley The Man That I Wave At
Leo Townsend Mates
Adam Hale Seed
Karl Poyzer Chokehold
Best West Midlands Actor
Rachel Baker in Throwing Fruit
Karendip Phull in Family
Alan Cammish in Soul Trader
Polly Florence in Sound of Movement
Best Horror Short
Rosebud dir. Xanthe Pajarillo
Deck of Many Horrors dir. Sam Renew
I Spy dir. David Yorke
Eat Me dir. Willow May Murray
The Man That I Wave At dir. Ben S Hyland
Best Music Video
Man from Mars
Hold On
Picture Parlaysed
Tigercub - A Black Moon
AY - NO ONE
Bade
MØL - Hud
Priya Veda - Promises
Everybody Left Us On The Dance Floor
Big Man
Best West Midlands Film
Sound of Movement dir. Rory Rawson
Quiet dir. Lily Portman
Soul Trader dir. Genevieve Lowe
Family dir. Shaiek Ahmed Rana
Best Feature Screenplay
From Saigon by Kayla Hendy
The Victorian Chocolatier by Lisa Mac
Brand New Day by Caroline Grebbell
101 Ways to Drown a Monkey by Rhys Lloyd Jones
America Decides by Phil Reilly
Wade in the Water by Amii Griffith
Best Make Up or SFX
Emily Laye & Millissa Morris - Soul Trader
Mara Robinson - Rosebud
Nathaniel Mcgirr - The Shadow
Suzie Davies & Madeliien Gallagher - I Spy
Best Director
Rory Pearson Mates
Maximillian King Jackie is Lost
Ben S. Hyland The Man That I Wave At
Jacopo Cullin Empathy Rehearsals