And the winners are….!

Anchor – Dominic Grant Award for Best of the Festival
INVINCIBLE by Emma Croft – UK

Brenda Blethyn Award for Best First Feature
CARVED BY THE WIND by Layla Triqui – Morocco

Best Narrative Feature
MIDDLE by Maxime Pothérat – France

Special Narrative Feature Commendation
THE COLOUR OF EXILE by Azlarabe Alaoui – Ivory Coast / Morocco

Best Actor
ROMANNI VILLICAÑA for Beings – Mexico

Best Actress
SAMANTHA SEAGER for Invincible – UK

Special Commendation for Ensemble Cast
MIDDLE – France

Best Documentary Feature
CINEMA KAWAKEB by Mahmoud al Massad

Special Documentary Feature Film Commendation
A DAIRY STORY by Ian Findlay

Best Experimental Feature
APPOLOGY by Marco von Moos – Switzerland

Best World Short
FULL METAL BASKET by by Pablo Bodin, Lucie Cabon and Lou Lemoine – France

Special World Short Film Commendation
WE HAVE SINNED BEFORE YOU by Ifat Nener Orgad – Israel

Special World Short Film Commendation
DAY 21 by Dashiell Meyer – USA

Best UK Short
THE PEARL COMB by Ali Cook

Best Local Short
BLACK TIME by Sharon Axcel

Best Music Video
CAMENS – SLEEP PATTERNS REPEATING by Thomas Jackson

Best Documentary Short
CLEMENT GASA by Daniel Bayle

Best Experimental Short
HIDDEN TIME by Giovanni Soldi

Best Animation Short
OVARY ACTING by Michelle Brøndum

Special Animation Short Commendation for its Art Direction
THE WEDDING VEIL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS by Anna-Ester Volozh

Special Animation Short Commendation for the writing
WAVELENGTH by Benjamin Verrall

Best Episodic
WHEEL GONE KID by Wayne Kelly