Midlands Movies Awards 2017 Winners
midlandsmovies • November 1, 2019
Midlands Movies 2017 Film Award Winners
First of all, the Midlands Movies crew and I would like to say a great big thank you to everyone who made suggestions and nominations for our first ever film awards.
A special thank you should also go to all the artistic filmmakers, actors, writers, directors and more who have shown throughout the last 12 months that the Midlands region is a hot bed of talented folk from across different communities and locations.
Midlands Movies is very grateful for your enthusiasm and support in our efforts to help celebrate the brilliantly gifted artists who endeavour to tell their stories no matter what they may be and advance the local filmmaking industry.
And your encouragement has also helped build on the achievements of the Midlands filmmakers, so we would like to reward the hard work and accomplishments of those involved, and showcase this talent to the rest of the UK and beyond.
Winners were certainly not easy to decide upon as the selections were all of such a high quality. Therefore big congratulations go to all of the films submitted as we enjoyed each and every one of them. Finally, Midlands Movies hopes that this celebration can help ensure an even more successful movie awards as we develop an event for next year.
Until then, we have the pleasure in announcing the following Midlands Movies 2017 Film Award winners in each category below.
Mike Sales
Editor, Midlands Movies
Cinematography
Nominations: Transcended, Our Father, The Long Way Home, Archway 0173, Dolls
WINNER: Karl Poyzer (Transcended)
Costume Design
Nominations: The Long Way Home, Hollow Men, Night Owls
WINNER: Sammy-May Buxton (Hollow Men)
Documentary
Nominations: JA40: The Junction Arts Story, Who Killed British Cinema
WINNER: Robin Dutta & Vinod Mahindru (Who Killed British Cinema)
Editing
Nominations: Archway 0173, Static, Dolls, Squidge, Working Girl
WINNER: Keith Allott (Dolls/Archway 0173)
Actress in Leading Role
Nominations: GRID, Static, Squidge, Arrivals: Rachel, Crossing Paths
WINNER: Charlie Clarke (GRID)
Visual Effects
Nominations:The Long Way Home, The Slayers, Paper Plane, Darkwave: EOTS
WINNER: MangledPixel & Mike James VFX (Darkwave: Edge of the Storm)
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
HONORARY WINNER: Tom Young (Pitiful Corpses - monologue from The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov)
Music (Original Score)
Nominations: Our Father, Frettin, The Long Way Home, Karma, Squidge, Dolls
WINNER: Zachary Start (Our Father)
Supporting Actor
Nominations: Hinterland, Transcended, Just Charlie, Kebabylon, Arrivals: Rachel
WINNER: Annil Mittoo (Kebabylon)
Sound Mixing
Nominations: Paper Plane, Frettin, Static, Transcended
WINNER: Joey Lever (Paper Plane)
Best Picture (feature)
Nominations: Neville Rumble, The Slayers, Frettin’, Just Charlie
WINNER: The Slayers
Animation
Nominations: The Fairy & the Dragon, Aladdin & his Magic Teapot, The X-Mas Files
WINNER: The Fairy & the Dragon by Alex Sinclair
Actor in Leading Role
Nominations: Transcended, Squidge, Dolls, Night Owls, Capricious
WINNER: Jonny McPherson (Night Owls)
Supporting Actress:
Nominations: Archway 0173, Just Charlie, Neutral
WINNER: Eleanor Worthington Cox (Archway 0173)
Best Picture (short)
Nominations: Feiht, Archway 0173, A Girl in Words, Static, Transcended, Dolls, Night Owls, Capricious, Ballpoint Hero
WINNER: Feiht by Harry Wilding
Directing
Nominations: Frettin, Neville Rumble, Ballpoint Hero, Static, Squidge,
WINNER: Lee Price (Frettin, Neville Rumble) & Richard Miller (Ballpoint Hero, Neville Rumble)
Foreign Language Film (screened in Midlands)
HONORARY WINNER: Justicia Justiciera by Rafa Dengra
Makeup /Hairstyling
Nominations: Transcended, Hollow Men, Just Charlie, Night Owls, Darkwave
WINNER: Charlotte Price (Night Owls)
Music (Original Song)
Nominations: Frettin’, Just Charlie, Crossing Paths, Night Owls
WINNER: Balls Balls Balls (Frettin’)
Production Design
Nominations: Our Father, The Long Way Home, Transcended, Hollow Men, Night Owls
WINNER: Jen Meredith (The Long Way Home)
Honorary mention: Bugsy Malone (The Curve Theatre)
Sound Editing
Nominations: Frettin, The Long Way Home, Dolls, Paper Plane, Static, Squidge
WINNER: Martin Critchley (Squidge)
Original Screenplay
Nominations: A Girl in Words, Hinterland, Night Owls, Arrivals: Rachel
WINNER: Sophie Black & Tommy Draper (Night Owls)
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