HRIFF Winners 2024

BEST FEATURE FILM

 "Burnt Flowers" (2024)
​Directed by Michael Fausti
Following a visit from a mysterious femme fatale, detective Francis Alban finds herself embroiled in a missing persons case in which all is not what it seems. The trail leads her to a 1960s serial killer who was never caught and a violent gangster. As Detective Alban delves deeper into the criminal underbelly of Swinging Sixties London, will she uncover more about herself than she is willing to face? Past crimes, revenge and obsessive love collide in this haunting and surreal Horror-Noir.

SPIRIT OF HASTINGS AWARD

"The Auteur"
​​Directed by Bethany White
A male film writer begins to write his perfect, objectified female character to terrorise. However, he's not prepared for her to fight back...
The Spirit of Hastings Award is given to a work that champions Hastings Rocks’ values and ideals. Drawing on and subverting genre conventions, “The Auteur” uses impressive visuals and sound design to say something very important

CATEGORY WINNERS

Animation

Comedy-Horror

Drama

Fantasy

LGBTQIA+

Micro Movie

Music Videos

Student Film

Comedy

Documentary

Experimental Film

Horror

Made in Hastings

Micro-Budget Movie

Science Fiction

 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 
"Ruth"
 &
"Beneath a Mother's Feet"
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BEST DIRECTOR
Andy Edwards for "Punch" 
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BEST EDITING
"Seasalter Road" by Will Kenning

BEST MISE EN SCENE
"Rebirth" by William Brooke
 &
"Manicure" by Carluccio

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
"Burnt Flowers" by Michael Fausti

BEST PERFORMANCES
Daniel Fathers in "Punch"
Madeline Hatt in "Room For One"
Julia Parlato & Mark Rush in "Seasalter Road"
Ruaridh Aldington in "Ill Fares the Land"
Noah Silverstone in "Ill Fares the Land"

BEST SCREENPLAY
"The Dead of Winter" by Stephen Graves

BEST SOUND DESIGN
"Ill Fares the Land" by Patrick Ireland

BEST YOUNG PERFORMANCE
Rex Kane in "The Good Fight"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"Outer Reaches" by Karl Redgen