The 8th annual Exit 6 Film Festival - our first ever BIFA-qualifying edition - returns on Saturday 23rd September and here are the nominees in contention for awards announced on the night.
We have a wonderful selection of guest judges selecting the winners of each of our awards this year, with our delegates selecting the Audience Choice winner. All awards will be announced and presented at our evening awards party on 23 September.
The nominees in our specialist award categories are:
BEST FILM
Joe Williams & Charlie Edwards-Moss - O, GLORY!
Geej Ower - Five Weeks
Amy Hodge - The Date
Guen Murroni - As For Me
Andreas Nilsson - Claudio's Song
Andrew Rutter - The Heritage
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tom Sweetland - Diables
Øyvind Svanes Lunde - Norwegian nature, suburbia and the Creatures living there
Lasse Frank - Claudio's Song
Beatriz Sastre - The Date
Brian Fawcett - Tommies
Csaba Kondor - O, Glory
BEST EDITING
Jill Worsley - Choked Up
Tom Turner - Caterpillar
Jarreau Carrillo - The Vacation
Jim Page - The Snip
Donya Maguire - O, GLORY!
Scott Pickup - Boy In The Back Seat
BEST PERFORMANCE
Matti Houghton - Three
Esther Smith - Five Weeks
Jonny Phillips - Spinning
Gbemisola Ikumelo - Displaced
Ellora Torchia - Spoor
Bryony Davies - As For Me
BEST SCRIPT
Natalie Malla - Apex
Andrew Rutter & Chris Butler - The Heritage
Louisa Sexton - The Ceiling
Ben S. Hyland - The Snip
Brian Fairbairn & Karl Eccleston - Tommies
Will Bishop & Colm Gleeson - I Have Heard You Calling In The Night
