Midlands Movies Awards 2020 - Nominations

1. Best Feature sponsored by Fish Bulb Films

Invasion Planet Earth by Simon Cox

Sustain by Dave Hastings

The Jack in the Box by Lawrence Fowler

Outside the City by Nick Hamer

2. Best Short

Keep Breathing by Mark Corden

Night Tide by Richard Miller

I Need to Tell You Something by Lucy Alder

Knock Door Run by Andrew Rutter

Off Grid by Carl Timms

3. Actor in a Leading Role

Melvyn Rawlinson in Coping

Ryan J Harvey in Death Knock

Damien Molony in Keep Breathing

Varakunan Panchalingam in My Father

4. Actress in a Leading Role

Emmeline Hartley in Keep Breathing

Ravneet Sehra in Scars

Esther McAuley in Can’t Hide It

Sophie Wheelans in I Need To Tell You Something

5. Actor in a Supporting Role

James Bryhan in Shame My Name

Ed Spence in My Friend Frank

Joe Warriner in Park Life

John Sugden in Knock Door Run

6. Actress in a Supporting Role

Cate Johannessen in I Need to Tell You Something

Jenn Day in Unmade

Cherry Bagnall in Death Knock

Bharti Patel in Damage

7. Animated Film

James Pyle for Lip Flaps

Lee Charlish for Waxworks Owner Fumes at Closure

Bhulla Beghal for A Scribbled Memory

Matt Williams for Rubber Johnny

8. Costume & Makeup & Hairstyling

Jessica Peck and Lee Charlish for The Cold Caller

Terri Hughes and Louis Brough for The Reunion

May Weller and Emma Grant for Not Again Lily

Isabella Larter, Liz Fowler & AnnMarie Malley for The Jack in the Box

9. Directing

Lucy Alder for I Need to Tell You Something

Simon Cox for Invasion Planet Earth

Joseph Archer & Jack Archer for On in 15

Carl Timms for Off Grid

Nick Hamer for Outside the City

10. Documentary

Raised by Queenz by Soph Webberley

Outside the City by Nick Hamer

Carolyn - A survivor of aversion therapy by Andrew Cardinal

Connor by Jessica Brain

11. Editing

Lawrence Fowler for The Jack in the Box

Richard Miller for Night Tide

Asher Hardy for I Need to Tell You Something

Simon Cox for Invasion Planet Earth

12. Music (Score or song)

David Beard for McKinley

Matthew Tucker for Rubber Johnny

Joe Reeves for Raised by Queenz

Les Hayden for Hidden

13. Cinematography

Jon O’Neill for McKinley

David Cawley for Knock Door Run

Grant Archer for Night Tide

Ed Radford for Coping

14. Sound (Editing or Mixing)

Justin Dolby for The Siren’s Song

Lee Charlish for The Cold Caller

Jason Nightall for Dead Air

Wayne Kelly For Inkling

15. Visual Effects

Dojo FX for Off Grid

Lukas Remis for Invasion Planet Earth

Ali T. Khan for Inkling

Lawrence Fowler for The Jack in the Box

16. Writing (Original/adapted)

Josh Brown for Greenlight

Richard Miller for Can’t Hide It

Tommy Draper, Mark Corden & Emmeline Hartley for Keep Breathing

Lucy Alder for I Need To Tell You Something