PUNCHBAG
Mat Johns
Director, Writer & Producer // Mat Johns
Writer/Producer// Emm Kenny
Country of origin // United Kingdom
Season Award #17 Nomination // Best Short Narrative, Best Acting Ensemble
Synopsis //Zoe has bills to pay and she’s found herself with an unusual job title.
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best Short Narrative, Best Acting Ensemble
Stray
Morven Christie
Director/ Writer //Morven Christie
Producers// Lauren Dark, Jodie Caron
Country of origin // United Kingdom
Season Award #17 Nomination // Best First-Time Filmmaker, Best Actor (Frankie Corio)
Synopsis //On her first trip to a Glasgow nightclub, 14 year old Eilidh has an experience that shakes her soul. She ventures out into the night alone and changed, in search of somewhere -or someone- that feels like shelter. Stray explores how nature can help us hold onto tenderness in a world that’s hostile towards it.
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best First-Time Filmmaker, Best Actor (Frankie Corio)
Clare's Law
Phoebe Brooks
Director/ Writer // Phoebe Brooks
Producers // Connor Cross
Country of origin // United Kingdom
Season Award #17 Nomination // Best Short Documentary
Synopsis //A short documentary raising awareness surrounding Clare’s Law; if your partner has a history of violent or abusive behaviour, you have the right to be told
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best Short Documentary
In the shadows 75
Zubayr Zubayr
Director// Zubayr Zubayr
Writer// Nichaela Farrell
Producer// King Davies Dogbe
Country of origin // United Kingdom
Season Award #17 Nomination // Best Director, Best Art Direction
Synopsis //In 1970s turbulent Libya, a weary Nigerian man and a young Cameroonian woman hide on their journey to Europe. As night falls, confessions spark connection, but a violent knock shatters fragile truths. Inspired by Dupe Okundaye’s journey.
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best Director, Best Art Direction
Director & Writer // Aaron Blaise
Writer/ Producer // Nicholas Burch
Country of origin // United States
Synopsis //𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙…. 𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚.
Set in a rapidly changing world, “Snow Bear” tells the story of a polar bear in an unforgiving environment on his quest to find a friend.
This independently produced 2D hand drawn film was painstakingly created entirely by Aaron Blaise over 3 years. With Aaron’s lifelong dedication to studying, drawing, and animating animals, the adventure is infused with humor, relatability, and emotional depth in the tradition of classic animated films.
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best Animation
Director/Writer/Producer//Matthew Fearney
Producer // Amy Cornforth
Country of origin // United Kingdom
Season Award #17 Nomination // Best Animation
Synopsis //A protagonist who is frustrated in life and feels depressed tries to come to a seaside town to find spiritual comfort. As a result, he encounters a typhoon. He gets into a dilapidated taxi and embarks on a journey full of accidents and troubles with weird carpool passengers and taxi drivers. But in the end the protagonist still finds his own happiness in this imperfect journey.
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best Feature Narrative
Director , Writer, & Producer // Bedabrata Pain
Producers // Rajashik Tarafder, Sristy Agrawal
Country of origin // United States
Season Award #17 Nomination // Best Feature Documentary
Synopsis //At a time when corporate power has made everyday life a veritable struggle for working people, comes the documentary “Déjà vu”. Framed against the backdrop of Indian farmers’ protests – the largest such mobilization in recent times – the movie chronicles voices that are rarely heard: small family farmers in the United States — oft-ignored and conveniently marginalized.
Season Awards #17 Shortlist:
Best Feature Documentary
