BRIFF Winners 2024 

BEST FEATURE FILM

"The Entertainer" directed by David Clay Diaz

A mumblecore movie for the here & now - this film is a breath of fresh air mixed with seawater spray. Director David Clay Diaz & lead actor Alexander Arnold are talents to watch.
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One night and one day in the life of a regular Joe (Alexander Arnold), a musician in his mid 30s who's artistically and personally stagnating. After a failed gig he gets wasted, loses his keys and being too broke for a locksmith he goes on a hung-over one day journey in search for his keys, having several encounters that challenge his expectations of art and life as a whole.

CATEGORY WINNERS

Animation

Comedy-Horror

Documentary (feature)

Experimental Film

Horror

Micro Movie

Music Video

Spirit of Brighton

Thriller

Comedy

Documentary (short)

Drama

LGBTQIA + Film

Made in Brighton

Micro-Budget Movie

Science Fiction

Student Film

Women Rock

AUDIENCE VOTE FOR BEST FILM AWARD​
“DOPAMINE”
by UMNIA & Anna Vengarte

 CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Beneath a Mothers Feet” by Elias Suhail 

DIRECTOR
Danny Gibbons for “Sherbet”
- and -
Louisa Connolly-Burnham for “Sister Wives” & “Fleeting” 
 
EDITING
“That Great British Documentary” by Joan Hillery

MISE-EN-SCENE
“Jelly” by Samantha O'Rourke
“Spirit of Place” by Jack Cooper Stimpson

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
"The Sewing Circle" by Jesse Williams

ORIGINAL SCORE
“Dustlight” by Julia Lima 

PERFORMANCE AWARDS
Samuel Anderson in “Meeting Mr Samuel”
Vikash Bhai in “Mouse!”
Guillaume Campanacci in “Whenever I’m Alone With You”
Vesper Egon in “Whenever I’m Alone With You”
Charlotte Fenton in “Internal Abyss”
Felix Edwards in “Internal Abyss”

SCREENPLAY
“Under The Blue” by Linda Ludwig & James Curle

SOUND DESIGN
“Skewered” by Nick Rutter

YOUNG ACE AWARD
Christiano Harding for “When Will The Wind Stop Carrying Us”

YOUNG PERFORMANCE AWARDS
 Ellie-Mae Siame in “My Week with Maisy”
Elijah Sholanke in “Grandmaster”