2017: The Festival Returns to Pop Up Cinema, Acklam Village

Best Film

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Winner
Zarathustra (Mazin Sherabayani)

Shortlist
The Ladder (Marc Lucero)
Titled (Lana McIver)
Notting Hill Carnival, Who Started It? (Wyn Baptiste & Dominic Aldridge)
Ogaden (Graham Peebles)
Lucie (Ran Li)
A Passion Of Gold And Fire (Sebastian Pinns)
Angry Buddha (Stefan Ludwig)
Esel (Rafael Haider)
The Return Of Erkin (Maria Guskova)
Just Like You (Philip Da Silva)
Language Is A Virus From Outer Space (Richard Strange/ Neville Farmer)



Drama


Winner
Drift (Aimee Powell)

Shortlist
The Singing Teacher (Indira Russell)
Sty (Rex Russell)
Art In Heaven (Jessica Boyd)
Blue Borsalino (Marc Lobato)
Orhan (Gunalp Kocak)
Nelly (Chris Raiber)
Winter Hymns (Dusty Mancinelli)
Yaadikoone (Marc Picavez)
Who Doesn’t Have A Dark Side? (Leo Favier)
The Trip (Sophie King)
Shopping (Layke Anderson)



Documentary


Winner
Dancehall Is Us (Egor Papulov)

Shortlist
The Republic Of Frestonia (Rob Kerr)
Notting Hill Carnival, Who Started IT? (Wyn Baptiste & Dominic Aldridge)
Zarathustra (Mazin Sherabayani)
Barefoot On The Catwalk (Judith Darko)
Putting On A Pow Wow (Keeley Gould)
Christine (Belinda Harman)
Ogaden (Graham Peebles)
The Road Home (Dominic Brown)
Lancaster West (Constantine Gras)
Heroes Without Capes (Lia Beltrami)
Angry Buddha (Stefan Ludwig)
Senza Di Voi (Chiara Cremaschi)



Music


Winner
Titled (Lana McIver)

Nominees
The Cops Don’t Know (Sam Chegini)
Floating Anarchy ( Hayley Allardyce)
Scooter Accident (Philipp Käßbohrer)
Metube 2 - August Sings (Carmina Burana)
London A Love Story (Suzanna Helden)
Drift (Aimee Powell)



Comedy


Winner
The Ladder (Marc Lucero)

Shortlist
Window Cleaner (Dan Eycott)
The 7th Zombie (Molly Brown)
2.40 To London (Gavin Irvine)
Futurity ((Stuart Collinge)
Curtains (Nathan Evans)
Guys Guys (Lee Butterly)
This Could Happen To You (Ivana Rados)
Oscar Desafindado (Mikel Alvariño)
Yuri On The Phone (Rene Nuijens & Steve Korver)
Guantanamo Baby (Dieter Primig)
Nachspiel (Ralf Beyerle)
Une Bonne Affaire (Laurent Ardoint & Stephane Duprat)
Venice (Venetia Taylor)



Horror


Winner
Arcana (Jerovino Rocard)

Shortlist
Polterheist (David Gilbank)
Cake TV (Magnus Irvin)
Broken Swords (Paul Groom)
The Technician (James Arden)
Am Berg (Nicole Scherer)



International

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Winner
Just Like You (Philip W. Da Silva)

Shortlist
Angry Buddha (Stefan Ludwig)
Sofia B. Didn’t Sleep Well (Lea Triboulet)
Fallen Leaves (Masha Kondokova)
Esel (Rafael Haider)
The Return Of Erkin (Maria Guskova)



Sc-Fi


Winner
Native (Daniel Fitzsimmons)

Shortlist
Getting Fat In A Healthy Way (Kevork Aslanyan)
They Will All Die In Space (Javier Chillon)
Juliet (Marc-Henri Boulier)
Zero (David Victori)
Kryo (Christoph Heimer)
Not The End (César Esteban Alenda & José Esteban Alenda)



Art/Animation


Winner
Language Is A Virus From Outer Space (Neville Farmer & Richard Strange)

Shortlist
Alphonsos Jaw (Sarah Jane Swan & Roger Simian)
Blue Screen (Dominic Wade)
The Egos Eye (She Rocola)
Starry Starry Night ( Clara Aparicio Yoldi)
Quarry Doll & The Colour Of Magic (Phoenix Coyle)
Wass Wisst Ihr Denn Eigentlich Song Davon? (Nina Mielitz)
Freedom & Independence (Bjørn Melhus)
Red-End And The Factory Plane (Robin Noorda)
Voices Of Finance (Clara Van)
We Can’ t Live Without Cosmos (Konstantin Bronzit)