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BRIFF Winners 2023 

BEST FEATURE FILM

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"Finally Nearly Getting There" directed by James Card

A mumblecore-cum-road trip movie-cum-rom com - innovative indie cinema at its best!
Two couples plan a carshare to get to a wedding, but when two of the four suddenly can’t attend, the ‘plus ones’ end up on the long journey together. Strangers to each other, thrust into sudden intimacy, Dan and Alice skip the small talk and go straight to fighting about directions. But as motorway turns to country lanes, the tension between driver and passenger thaws. Sharing stories, jokes and a picnic by a waterfall, each begins to feel listened to, perhaps even liked, for the first time in a long time. An enforced overnight stop pushes them even closer and, as boundaries are crossed, the long drive seems too short for all that they want to say to each other. Decisions must be made, about the journey and their lives: keep going as they are, or make a change.

CATEGORY WINNERS

Animation

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Comedy-Horror

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Documentary (feature)

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Experimental Film

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Horror

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Made in Brighton

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Music Video

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Science Fiction

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Comedy

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Documentary (short)

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Drama

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Fantasy

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LGBTQIA + Film

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Micro Movie

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Micro-Budget Movie

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Student Film

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AUDIENCE VOTE FOR BEST FILM AWARD​
"LUCI"
By Dean Foy

 
CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Weightless"
By Lois Norman, Rowena Amos & Louise Monaghan


DIRECTOR
Lois Norman for “Weightless”
 Brian Reynolds for “The Nanny”

 
EDITING

"Waving"
By Rolfin Nyhus


MISE-EN-SCENE
"Moustache Man"
By Sean Joseph Young

 
ORIGINAL SCORE

“Finally Nearly Getting There”
By James Card


PERFORMANCE AWARDS
 
Reubens Baggaley in "The Witching Hour"
Leo Fuica in "The Little Devil & The Big Demon"
Georgia Gould in “The Nanny”
 Paul McGann & Kerrie Taylor in “The Day of the Sun Dog”
​Lena Richardson Hill in "Dissonance"

Nazaré Sousa-Coutinho in "Limina"
 
SCREENPLAY

"StopStart"
By Kew & Michael Bennett Leroux


YOUNG ACE AWARD
Ella Riley for "Lavender"
 
VISUAL EFFECTS​
"It's Dog to Make A Houseplant If You're A Sandwich"
By Olivia Waring


SPIRIT OF BRIGHTON AWARD
"The Fifth Generation"
By Hugo Santa Cruz


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