Birmingham Film Festival 2020 Award Winners

midlandsmovies • November 22, 2020
Birmingham Film Festival 2020 Award Winners

The 2020 Birmingham Film Festival ran from 13th - 22nd November. Due to COVID-19 the screening of film in this year's festival were online and although the organisers are disappointed to not run their full programme, they managed to award a number of cast, crew and productions as part of their annual award.

The full results: 

THE CORONER'S ASSISTANT - BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

MR. JOHNSON - 2020 BULL AWARD

DANNYBOY - BEST FEATURE FILM

POWERLESS - BEST SHORT FILM (Click for our review)

SUN TOWN - BEST DOCUMENTARY

KATIE MARIE CARTER: POWERLESS - BEST FEMALE ACTOR

JAMES MICHAEL TYLER: THE GESTURE AND THE WORD - BEST MALE ACTOR

HATE - BEST ONLINE FILM

ON IN 15 - BEST ENSEMBLE CAST (Click for our review)

BLACK BEAR - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

HOUSEHOLD DEMON - BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

THE HAT - BEST EDITING

PROGENY - BEST SOUND DESIGN

PERFECTLY FRANK - BEST SCORE

THE CONSPIRATORS - BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

LEGACY OF LIES - BEST STUNT

ALINA - BEST COSTUME

THE WICK - BEST HAIR AND MAKE UP

IOLYN - BEST STUDENT FILMMAKER

IT'S JUST A BOY - BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER (Click for our review)

THANK YOU FOR COMING - BEST PROJECT: LOCKDOWN FILM

FRANCISZEK SIWKO: THE LAST CHORD - BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER

BUDDY SKELTON: WINTER COAT - BEST YOUNG MALE ACTOR

EVA MORRIS: THE CANCER MONSTER - BEST YOUNG FEMALE ACTOR

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