NOMINEES & WINNERS PRIFF 2024
Congratulations to all the selected films this year! Please see below our complete list of nominees and winners for PRIFF 2024.
BEST SHORT FILM
BEST BRITISH
FILM
BEST DIRECTOR
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
The Midnight Sleepover Club
The Last Moment We Spoke
Amentalio
Press Conference
To See
Apart
NOMINEES
Two Knights
Ill Fares The Land
Tender
The Promise Goblin
Room 224
NOMINEES
Jack Parr (The Midnight Sleepover Club)
Alexander Hilli ( Press Conference)
Luca Pirero (Apart)
Kieran Shayle (Tender)
Piotr Szkopiak (Two Knights)​
WINNER
​​​​​APART
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WINNER
Room 224
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WINNER
​​​​ Kieran Shayle (Tender)
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BEST ACTOR
SHORT FILM
BEST ACTRESS
SHORT FILM
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Adrian Darko (Two Knights)
David Shields (Backmask)
Noah Silverstone (Ill Fares The Land)
Ray Calleja (Press Conference)
Karl Martin (Apart)
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WINNER
​​​​​​Noah Silverstone
(Ill Fares The Land)
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NOMINEES
Fernanda Vilela (Amentalio)
Cecilia Campbell (Apart)
Jade Milne (Flo)
Julia Sweum (Knight to Queen)
​Clara Ziegler (Fauve)
WINNER
​​​​​​Clara Ziegler
(Fauve)
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NOMINEES
Robert Ford (Two Knights)
Shishir Bishankhe (Dakini)
Tanguay Pochoy (Fauve)
Ondrej Kymla (Press Conference)
Dennis Kudinov (To See)
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WINNER
​​​​​​Tanguy Pochoy
(Fauve)
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BEST SUPPORTING
ACTOR
NOMINEES
Charlie Rix (Backmask)
Samuel Small (The Last Moment We Spoke)
Hakan Julander (Apart)
Ruaridh Aldington (Ill Fares The Land)
Craig McDonald Kelly (Hangover Food: Vampire Influencer)
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WINNER
​​​​​Ruaridh Aldington
(Ill Fares The Land)
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BEST SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
BEST CASTING
NOMINEES
Ellinor Wattman (Apart)
Smilla Erlandson (Ill Fares The Land)
Mia Brown (Make Me Murder)
Malena Perrot (Here with Me)
Alice Mukunku (The Midnight Sleepover Club)
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NOMINEES
APART
To See
Ill Fares The Land
The Midnight Sleepover Club
Two Knights
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WINNER
Alice Mukunku
(The Midnight Sleepover Club)
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WINNER
​​​​​​Ill Fares The Land
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BEST BRITISH
DIRECTOR
BEST FEMALE
DIRECTOR
NOMINEES
Patrick Ireland (Ill Fares The Land)
Kieran Shayle (Tender)
Piotr Szkopiak (Two Knights)
Jack Haynes (Room 224)
James Atkins (The Promise Goblin)
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WINNER
Piotr Szkopiak
(Two Knights)
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NOMINEES
Rahel Peker (Make Me Murder)
Bridget Farr (Flo)
Clara Ziegler (Fauve)
Laura Lee Daly (Emma - Mam Anthology)
Adélaïde Nicvert (Here with me)
Sara Lotfi (Knight to Queen)
WINNER​​​​
Clara Ziegler
(Fauve)
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BEST ANIMATION
NOMINEES
Learning To Fly
Bubbling Synapses
Offspring
I Wanna Be A Statue
Sam and Duke's Big River Adventure
Dancing Amid Fire, Rising Above Ruins
WINNER​​​​​​​​​
Offspring
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BEST LGBTQ FILM
BEST COMEDY FILM
BEST HORROR FILM
NOMINEES
Fabulous Femininities
Quick Cuts
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NOMINEES
My Husband Is A Dog
The Book of Love
Stationheads
Raw Chemistry
Quick Cuts
NOMINEES
Rat
Backmask
Sanctimonious
Don't Take Pictures
Wilderness
WINNER
​​​​​Quick Cuts
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WINNER
Stationheads
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WINNER
​​​​​​Backmask
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BEST FILM EDITING
SHORT FILM
BEST SOUND DESIGN
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Fabrizio Gammardella (Two Knights)
Ant Rubinstein (Cry Like A Guy)
Michael Penney (Ill Fares The Land)
Tanguy Pochoy (Fauve)
Bridget Farr (Flo)
NOMINEES
Callum Scott (Two Knights)
Matthew Barghout (The Midnight Sleepover Club)
Lukas Podany (Press Conference)
James Everett, James Benn (Cry Like A Guy)
Adam Smyth (Backmask)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Finlay Ross (Composure)
Peter Pann, Kali and Burai (Pressburg)
Magdalena Maria Herfurtner (Ill Fares the Land)
Daniel Vendt (Knight to Queen)
Anonymous (Dancing Amid Fire, Rising Above Ruins)
WINNER
​​​​​Michael Pentney
(Ill Fares The Land)
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WINNER
​​​​​Adam Smyth​
(Backmask)
WINNER
Magdalena Maria Herfurtner
(Ill Fares The Land)
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BEST COSTUME DESIGN
SHORT FILM
BEST MAKEUP
SHORT FILM
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Malena Arcucci (Raw Chemistry)
Eliza Wasiak (Ill Fares The Land)
Fyne Faire (Knight to Queen)
Sujan Pariyar (Dakini)
Grace Power (Backmask)
NOMINEES
Eliza Wasiak (Ill Fares The Land)
Nikoleta Stefanova (Raw Chemistry)
Rebecca Rungan (Backmask)
Kirti Joshi (Dakini)
Cidalia Espadinha (Sanctimonious)
NOMINEES
Madil Hardis (Ill Fares The Land)
Federika Brodzianska, Michal Losonsky (Pressburg)
Malena Arcucci (Raw Chemistry)
Julia Kudinova (Too See)
Jeffrey Tham (Backmask)
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WINNER
​​​​​Fyne Faire
(Knight to Queen)
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WINNER
​​​​​Cidalia Espadinha
(Sanctimonious)
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WINNER
​​​​​Jeffrey Tham
(Backmask)
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BEST SHORT
DOCUMENTARY
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
BEST MICRO SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Silent Cries (Kiayunik Tuhanak)
When Worlds Collide
The Void
I am Kanaka
The Great British Gymnast
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NOMINEES
Death of Mandanin
Beyond Border
Memento Mori
Screaming Silence
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NOMINEES
Cakes!
The Fly and the Spider
The Little Romance of Will-o'-the-Wisp and Raindrop
Stand Up, Stand Out
Cry Like A Guy
WINNER
I am Kanaka
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WINNER
Screaming Silence
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WINNER
Cry Like A Guy​
BEST MID-LENGTH FILM
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
BEST STUDENT FILM
NOMINEES
Treble Me This
Ruffle
Dakini
Fugue
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NOMINEES
A Celtic Woman
Canon - Knocked Out
Space Table Symphony
Apalachi
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NOMINEES
Ablaze
Composure
Another Chance
Just Another Soul
Polaris
WINNER
Fugue
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WINNER
Apalachi
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WINNER
Polaris​
BEST SCREENPLAY
(SHORT FILM)
BEST OF THE FEST
NOMINEES
Tommaso Genovesi, Adrian Darko (Two Knights)
Matt Fitch, Chris Baker (Backmask)
Luca Pirero, Karl Martin (APART)
Juggy Sohal (The Last Moment We Spoke)
Patrick Ireland (Ill Fares The Land)
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WINNER
Patrick Ireland (Ill Fares The Land)
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NOMINEES
Two Knights
Dakini
Backmask
I am Kanaka
Make Me Murder
Cakes!
Apart
Ill Fares The Land
Dancing Amid Fire, Rising Above Ruins
Pressburg
WINNER
Ill Fares The Land
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BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY (TV PILOT)
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY (FEATURE FILM)
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY (SHORT FILM)
NOMINEES
Bloodline Blues by Kimberley Fisher
False Start by Glenn Lissner
I Must Have Been Born on a Sunday by Roo B Bradley
Acid by Luke Hunter
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NOMINEES
The Ashen Veil by Polina Komissarova
Hollywood Ghostwriter by Melanie Villines
Vapor by Sean Taylor
Wintermore by Sean Taylor
Simply Murderous by Martin Richmond
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NOMINEES
Dancing with Dr. Loralie by Sam Tuck
Avant Guard by CR Sherman
The Estate by Rachel D Griffiths
The Cutting Room by Toby Smith
The Witches of Pool Bottom by Ava Bounds
WINNER
Simply Murderous by Martin Richmond
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WINNER
I Must Have Been Born on a Sunday by Roo Benjamin Bradley
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WINNER
The Estate by Rachel D Griffiths​