Midlands Movies Awards 2019 Nominations
midlandsmovies • June 1, 2019
Midlands Movies Awards 2019 - Nominations
1. Best Feature
James Smith (Do Something Jake)
Kaushy Patel & Philip Huzzey (Out of Gas)
2. Best Short
The Front Door by Andrew Rutter
73 Cows by Alex Lockwood
Scarecrow by Lee Charlish
Troubled Waters by Gemma Norton
Little Boxes by Joshua King
Bang Bang by Zeyn Haider
Bee-Loved by Sarah Wynne Kordas & James Pyle
Shining Tor by Andrew David Barker
3. Actor in a Leading Role
Joshua Barrett in Trentside
Lawrence Walker in Answer
Chris Butler in The Front Door
Harrington Day in Last Call
Ross Samuel in Cappuccino
Dave Inglis in Eviction
4. Actress in a Leading Role
Vivienne Bell in Troubled Waters
Natsumi Kuroda in The Nail that Sticks Out
Amelia Gabbard in Aurora
Kelly McCormack in Two’s Company
Rebekah Hinds in Woman of the Night
Claire Lowrie in Last Call
5. Actor in a Supporting Role
Paul Findlay in Breakdown
Brad Ash in The Front Door
Nisaro Karim in Duality
Jonny Parlett in Enemies
Michael Cotton in Carriages
6. Actress in a Supporting Role
Nathalie Codsi in Answer
Olivia Noyce in Headphones
Laura Peterson in The Nail That Sticks Out
Helen Lewis in Martin Sharp Is Sorry
Rhi Hardman in Return of the Ring
7. Animated Film
Sarah Wynne Kordas & James Pyle for Bee-Loved
Matt Williams for Crawl
Lee Charlish for Return from the Moon
Liam Harris for Perched
8. Costume & Makeup & Hairstyling
Eleanor Frith, Katherine Newbury & Karentino for Aurora
Lee Charlish, Meg Charlish and Jenny McDonald for Scarecrow
Monica Montalvo for Best Friends Forever
Coralie Hudson, Jessica Campbell, Alice Green, Elysia Fisher & Emile Wilson for Deeds not Words.
Chris Morris, Laura Viale Durand, Ben Fallaize, Monica Montalvo & Katarina Horvatic for Make Do or Mend
9. Directing
Gemma Norton for Troubled Waters
Christopher Bevan for Make Do or Mend
Thomas Line for Headphones
Alex Lockwood for 73 Cows
Sophie Black for Songbird
Charlie Delaney for Trentside
Luke J Collins for Cappuccino
10. Documentary
Paul Stringer for Boarders without Borders
Rick Goldsmith for Herefordshire: Life Through A Lens
Daina Anderson for BLACK' The Documentary - 'Strong'
Laura Ray for OCD: Can you hear it too?
Alex Lockwood for 73 Cows
11. Editing
Ashleigh Harley for Judge Me
Simon Dymond for Make Do or Mend
Dave Jones for Cappuccino
Ed Radford and Joshua King for Little Boxes
Zeyn Haider for Bang Bang
12. Music (Score or song)
Felix Mercer for Troubled Waters
Janet Devlin for Songbird
Peter Flint for Not Alone
Ashleigh Harley for Judge Me
Savfk (Saverio Blasi) for Gamer
13. Cinematography
David Andrew Smith for Trentside
Richard Staff for Troubled Waters
Connor Goodwin for Aurora
Gary Rogers for The Beauty of It
Oliver Walton for 73 Cows
14. Sound (Editing or Mixing)
Simon Haupt for Headphones
Keith Morrison for Make Do or Mend
Liam Banks for Best Friends Forever
Luke Galloway for Bang Bang
John Roddy for 73 Cows
15. Visual Effects
Sheikh Shahnawaz for Gamer
Hayley Allen, Steve Askey, Matt Burkey, Matt Oakley,
Dom Stables and Nick Willet for Songbird
Mick Walker for Shining Tor
Ashleigh Harley for The Wall of Lyon
Lee Charlish for Return from the Moon
16. Writing (Original/adapted)
Luke Collins for Cappuccino
Tommy Draper & Sascha Zimmermann for Lilli
Adam Palmer for Answer
Andrew Rutter for The Front Door
Daley-James Francis for Martin Sharpe is Sorry
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