And The Winner Is…

This Saturday evening we held the Oxford Shorts 2023 awards ceremony. Before announcing who won, we’d like to say a big thank you the wonderful Lucie Richardson for stepping in as our awards host. Also a big thank you to everyone who attended the ceremony.

Below are the full list of festival winners:

Best Film: In Too Deep
Best Documentary: Friday Night Blind
Best Local Film: Echo
Best Director: Margaret Kane-Rowe (Mask)
Best Actor: Saman Mustefa (The Banishment)
Best Actress: Teresa Del Olmo (Sola)
Best Young Performer: Tom Mulheron (Brotherly Love)
Best Early Career Filmmaker: Vanessa Stachel (A Bloody Graveyard Story)
Best Editing: Pani Scott (Fireworks)
Best Cinematography: Andy Toovey (Jackdaw)
Best Music or Score: Kurt Rosenberg (The Moon Followed Me To Falmouth)
Best Sound: The Storm Chaser
Best Production Design: Tommies
Best Animation: The Well
Best Comedy: A Dishonourable Death
Best Experimental Film: i THINK about KILLING you
Best Horror, Science Fiction or Thriller: Edicius

We’d like to congratulate all of this year’s winners.
Let’s also not forget all of the wonderful nominees either – there was a reason you were all chosen! The final thank you goes to this year’s festival judges for all of their hard work.