EDIFF AWARD NOMINEES 2023
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Film of the Festival
Curator: Jenny Pill
Morning – Holly Wilder
She Dreamt Alone – Nina McNeel
Herbarium – Iwona Pasińska
CORNERBOY – Kai Kurve
WINNER - HERBARIUM
Concept
Guest Curator: Jeff Howard
She Dreamt Alone – Nina McNeely
Herbarium – Iwona Pasińska
Gaps in the Light – Abi Mortimer, Carrie Whitaker, Garry Crystal
Sister – Quinn Wharton
ENGE – Clara Rosa Hilscher
LAYERS – Rose Sutton
HONOURABLE MENTION - SHE DREAMT ALONE
HONOURABLE MENTION - GAPS IN THE LIGHT
WINNER - HERBARIUM
General
Guest Curator: Lois Taylor
Morning – Holly Wilder
She Dreamt Alone – Nina McNeely
Still Life – Ryan Renshaw
What’s Bred in the Blood and Bone – Robin M Gee
Herbarium – Iwona Pasińska
Sister – Quinn Wharton
ZWEET (SWEAT) - DansBlok
HONOURABLE MENTION - HERBARIUM
WINNER - ZWEET (SWEAT)
Home Grown in the South West
Guest Curator: Sarah Berridge
SHADE – Poppy Payne
Shamanic Journey – Julian Konczak
JOINT WINNERS - SHADE & SHAMANIC JOURNEY
Editing
Guest Curator: Dom Lee
Still Life – Ryan Renshaw
What’s Bred in the Blood and Bone – Robin M Gee
ZWEET (SWEAT) - DansBlok
Shamanic Journey – Julian Konczak
Impossible Image – Karen Pearlman
HONOURABLE MENTION - STILL LIFE
HONOURABLE MENTION - IMPOSSIBLE IMAGE
WINNER - ZWEET (SWEAT)
Soundtrack/Music
Guest Curator: Kimwei McCarthy
Morning – Holly Wilder
La Solitude – Ben Sellick
What’s Bred in the Blood and Bone – Robin M Gee
Looking for Loïe – Tuulia Soininen
Amorange - Nona Siepmann
Alkis - Ūla Rubaževičiūtė
By The Sea – Edd Arnold
BEST SOUND DESIGN WINNER - AMORANGE
BEST SOUNDTRACK WINNER - ALKIS
Choreography
Guest Curator: Sue Smith
Morning – Holly Wilder
Herbarium – Iwona Pasińska
Gaps in the Light – Abi Mortimer, Carrie Whitaker, Garry Crystal
Sister – Quinn Wharton
ZWEET (SWEAT) - DansBlok
ENGE – Clara Rosa Hilscher
HONOURABLE MENTION - ENGE
HONOURABLE MENTION - ZWEET (SWEAT)
WINNER - HERBARIUM
Location
Guest Curator: Bart Weiss
Brave Steps – Wilma Casal
ZWEET (SWEAT) - DansBlok
This is Us – Luca Silvestrini, Alice Underwood
Shapes of Aether – Elias Benedikt Choi-Buttinger
Impossible Image – Karen Pearlman
HONOURABLE MENTION - ZWEET (SWEAT)
HONOURABLE MENTION - SHAPES OF AETHER
WINNER - BRAVE STEPS
Documentary
Guest Curator: Dr James Rowlins
Transparent – Siobhan Davies
Dancing with reality – Sylvain Elfassy
Dancing Without Steps – Adriana Davis, Margaret Beals
ADUMU – Steve Woods
Impossible Image – Karen Pearlman
HONOURABLE MENTION - TRANSPARENT
HONOURABLE MENTION - DANCING WITHOUT STEPS
WINNER - IMPOSSIBLE IMAGE
Cinematography
Guest Curator: John Tomkins
Morning – Holly Wilder
Still Life – Ryan Renshaw
Yar (friend) – Fran Menchon
Shapes of Aether – Elias Benedikt Choi-Buttinger
By The Sea – Edd Arnold
HONOURABLE MENTION - STILL LIFE
HONOURABLE MENTION - SHAPES OF AETHER
WINNER - BY THE SEA
Costume
Guest Curator: Lara Goodband
She Dreamt Alone – Nina McNeely
Herbarium – Iwona Pasińska
Yar (friend) – Fran Menchon
Shapes of Aether – Elias Benedikt Choi-Buttinger
Alkis - Ūla Rubaževičiūtė
Impossible Image – Karen Pearlman
HONOURABLE MENTION - SHE DREAMT ALONE
HONOURABLE MENTION - HERBARIUM
WINNER - IMPOSSIBLE IMAGE
Dancer
Guest Curator: Sarah Berridge
La Solitude (DIR: Ben Sellick) Dancer: Jordyn Hubbs
Gaps in the Light – (DIR: Abi Mortimer, Carrie Whitaker, Garry Crystal) dancer: Michael Kelland
Amorange – DIR and dancer: Nona Siepmann
CORNERBOY – (DIR: Kai Kurve) dancer: Piotr Simba Abramowicz
Undercover – (DIR: Omer Ben David) dancer: Gianni Notarnicola
HONOURABLE MENTION - LA SOLITUDE: JORDYN HUBBS
WINNER - CORNERBOY: PIOTR SIMBA ABRAMOWICZ
Experimental
Guest Curator: Lauren Tenn
Amorange - Nona Siepmann
CORNERBOY – Kai Kurve
seCURE – Zoé Kugler, Jana Dünner
Shapes of Aether – Elias Benedikt Choi-Buttinger
LAYERS – Rose Sutton
HONOURABLE MENTION - LAYERS
WINNER - CORNERBOY
Short Short
Curator: Jenny Pill
Retrieval Loop – Thomas Ellis
The Weaver – Aly Rose
By The Sea – Edd Arnold
HONOURABLE MENTION - RETRIEVAL LOOP
WINNER - BY THE SEA
Student
Guest Curator: Kyra Norman
La Solitude – Ben Sellick
SCRUPUS – Timo Paris
ENGE – Clara Rosa Hilscher
Alkis - Ūla Rubaževičiūtė
WINNER - LA SOLITUDE
Music Video
Guest Curator: Ruth Janssen
Moth – Kate Weare, Jack Flame Sorokin
Yar (friend) – Fran Menchon
Do You Believe Me Now? – Austin Jaye
WINNER - MOTH
EDIFF AWARD WINNERS 2022
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Film of the Festival
Nominees: Yurodivy (Ryan Renshaw), Information Environment (Jessie Brett), Saint-Louis on the move (Kita Bauchet), Barbarians: origins (Romain Rachline Borgeaud), The late bloomer (Amnon Sivan), Fist (Thomas Bos).
WINNER: FIST
Concept
Guest Curator: Jeff Howard
Nominees: Swivel (Lois Norman), Yurodivy (Ryan Renshaw), The Filmmaking Performance - Roll & Action (Seung-Jung Seong), Fist (Thomas Bos), Dance with me (Gabriel Diamond).
HONOURABLE MENTIONS: YURODIVY & DANCE WITH ME
WINNER: FIST
General
Guest Curator: Lois Taylor
Nominees: Fist (Thomas Bos), Eightfold (Cassa Pancho, Mark Donne), Information Environment (Jessie Brett), The Coming Silence (Melanie Kloetzel), Bert the turtle’s DOA (2Faced Dance Company).
HONOURABLE MENTION: BERT THE TURTLE'S DOA
WINNER: FIST
Home Grown in the South West
Guest Curator: Kyra Norman
Nominees: Wake (Katie Beard, Naomi Turner), Borderlines (Jemma Cholawo), Into Unbrokenness (Emma Kate Holbrook).
WINNER: WAKE
Editing
Guest Curator: Dom Lee
Nominees: Her fight (Phoebe Stapleton), Wake (Katie Beard, Naomi Turner), Falling apart (Mia Mullarkey), Borderlines (Jemma Cholawo), Our Planet Destiny (Chen Li).
HONOURABLE MENTION: OUR PLANET DESTINY
WINNER: WAKE
Soundtrack/Music
Guest Curator: Kimwei McCarthy
Nominees: A feast that never comes (Maria Juranic), Wake (Katie Beard, Naomi Turner), Let them eat cake! (Avatâra Ayuso), Information Environment (Jessie Brett), House of glass (Mike Godlewski), Don’t play with L(Kn)ives (Omari 'Motion' Carter).
HONOURABLE MENTION: DON'T PLAY WITH L(KN)IVES
WINNER: WAKE
Choreography
Guest Curator: Sue Smith
Nominees: Falling apart (Mia Mullarkey), Heart of glass (Clara Vieira Silveira), Saint-Louis on the move (Kita Bauchet), Maya’s Faces (Jadi Italian Carboni), The Filmmaking Performance - Roll & Action (Seung-Jung Seong).
WINNER: SAINT-LOUIS ON THE MOVE
Location
Guest Curator: Bart Weiss
Nominees: Saint-Louis on the move (Kita Bauchet), A feast that never comes (Maria Juranic), Eilean Eisdeal (Ruth Bell), Timeless land (Mary Fitzgerald), Reminiscence (Sarah Kuntz).
HONOURABLE MENTION: EILEAN EISDEAL & REMINISCENCE
WINNER: SAINT-LOUIS ON THE MOVE
Documentary
Guest Curator: Dr James Rowlins
Nominees: Dance with me (Gabriel Diamond), Intramur (Pepe Andreu, Rafa Molés), Saint-Louis on the move (Kita Bauchet), The Filmmaking Performance - Roll & Action (Seung-Jung Seong), Acceptance (Lily Shepherd, Lucy Lipscombe).
HONOURABLE MENTIONS: DANCE WITH ME & ACCEPTANCE
WINNER: SAINT-LOUIS ON THE MOVE
Cinematography
Guest Curator: John Tomkins
Nominees: Timeless land (Mary Fitzgerald), House of glass (Mike Godlewski), Our Planet Destiny (Chen Li), Into Unbrokenness (Emma Kate Holbrook), Eilean Eisdeal (Ruth Bell).
HONOURABLE MENTIONS: OUR PLANET DESTINY & INTO UNBROKENNESS
WINNER: EILEAN EISDEAL
Costume
Guest Curator: Lara Goodband
Nominees: Reminiscence (Sarah Kuntz), To be touched (Tuulia Soininen), Let them eat cake! (Avatâra Ayuso), El comienzo (Tsukuda Hisanori), The coming silence (Melanie Kloetzel).
HONOURABLE MENTION: THE COMING SILENCE
WINNER: TO BE TOUCHED
Dancer
Guest Curator: Sarah Berridge
Nominees: Folk+: Jaih Betote, Paralaxe: Rita Spider, Composure: Kyle Scheurich, House of Glass: Alexandria Diaz de Fato, Swivel: Iron&Sparks, Eightfold: Isabela Coracy, Elixir: Elie-Ann Ross.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS: SWIVEL, EIGHTFOLD & ELIXIR
WINNER: COMPOSURE
Experimental
Guest Curator: Lauren Tenn
Nominees: Swivel (Lois Norman), Idiom (Tamara Mancini), Yurodivy (Ryan Renshaw), House of glass (Mike Godlewski).
HONOURABLE MENTION: YURODIVY
WINNER: HOUSE OF GLASS
Short Short
Guest Curator: Juan Manuel Ramos
Nominees: Back Home (Luca Di Bartolo), Werewolf Heart (Christian Weber), Mascara (Luli Brindisi, Alesso), Falling free (Jakub Wittchen), The late bloomer (Amnon Sivan).
WINNER: WEREWOLF HEART
Student
Guest Curator: Kyra Norman
Nominees: Go too far (Jiahui Lin, Liuyang Yue), Lover’s human tears (Liya Zech), Hunger (Lou-Andréa Fière).
WINNER: HUNGER
Music Video
Guest Curator: Ruth Janssen
Nominees: A feast that never comes (Maria Juranic), Falling Apart (Mia Mullarkey), Barbarians: origins (Romain Rachline Borgeaud), Folk+ (Lisa Maria Canny).
HONOURABLE MENTION: FOLK+
WINNER: FALLING APART