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The Big Screen Awards

The Big Screen Awards

SHORTLIST 2023

Big Screen Awards Curtain

Congratulations to all those that made the shortlist!

We look forward to seeing you all on the night; for information about table packages click here.

BEST BRITISH FILM

aftersun british film

Aftersun - MUBI Distribution
 

Producers: Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak

banshees british film

The Banshees Of Inisherin - Searchlight Pictures Distribution

Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh

empire of light british film

Empire Of Light- Searchlight Pictures Distribution

Producers: Pippa Harris, Sam Mendes

living british film

Living - Lionsgate UK Distribution
 

Producers: Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen

nothing compares british film

Nothing Compares - Paramount Distribution

Producers: Eleanor Emptage, Michael Mallie

polite society

Polite Society - Universal Pictures Distribution

Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Olivier Kaempfer, John Pocock 

matilda british film

Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical - Sony Pictures Distribution

Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, John Finn, Luke Kelly

rye lane british film

Rye Lane - Searchlight Pictures Distribution

Producers: Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Damian Jones

scrapper british film

Scrapper - Picturehouse Entertainment Distribution

Producer: Theo Barrowclough

wonder british film

The Wonder - Netflix Distribution

Producers: Ed Guiney, Tessa Ross, Andrew Lowe, Juliette Howell 

BIG SCREEN EVENT OF THE YEAR (FESTIVALS/SEASONS/SINGLE-NIGHT EVENTS) 

barbican v2

Barbican Outdoor
Cinema 2023

Barbican Centre

Edinburgh Festival

Edinburgh International Film
Festival 2023

Edinburgh International Film Festival

Evil Dead Rise

Evil Dead Rise -
Fear in the Foyer

Organic - Experiential Events

LYRA

LYRA: Good Friday Agreement
Screening & Panel

Queen's Film Theatre

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer in IMAX
70mm

BFI IMAX

Prey for the Devil

Prey For The Devil -
Experiential Screening

Lionsgate UK

Sundance

Sundance Film Festival: London 2023

Picturehouse Cinemas

The Woman king

The Woman King
 

We Are Parable

BIG SCREEN EVENT OF THE YEAR (PREMIERES) 

Barbie

Barbie's Best Day Ever!
 

Warner Bros.

Black Panther premiere

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever -
European Premiere

The Walt Disney Company

The Greatest Days

The Greatest Days -
Premiere

Elysian Film

Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones And The
Dial of Destiny - UK Premiere

The Walt Disney Company

John Wick

John Wick: Chapter 4 -
UK Premiere

Lionsgate UK

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid -
UK Premiere

The Walt Disney Company

BLOCKBUSTER OF THE YEAR

   

avatar BB

Avatar: The Way Of Water

The Walt Disney Company

Sponsored by: Eikon

Barbie BB

Barbie

Warner Bros.

   

mission impossible BB

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Paramount

oppenheimer BB

Oppenheimer

Universal

mario BB

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Universal

BRAND PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR

Barbie

Barbie & PROPERCORN
 

Warner Bros. Discovery, Bridge & PROPERCORN

Barbie

Barbie & Tango Ice Blast
 

Vue Entertainment

Black Panther NHS

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever &
NHS Blood and Transplant 

The Walt Disney Company

Empire

Empire Of Light & UK Cinema
Association

Searchlight Pictures Distribution

Little Mermaid

Into Film & Till (Universal)
 

Into Film

Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid & Ocean Bottle
& Swim England

The Walt Disney Company

Harold Fly

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold
Fry & Forestry England

Lime Communications

 BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH ACTOR

frankie actor

Frankie Corio, Aftersun

 

david actor

David Jonsson, Rye Lane

 

aimee actor

Aimee Lou Wood, Living

 

archie actor

Archie Madekwe, Gran Turismo

 

vivian actor

Vivian Oparah, Rye Lane

 

 BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILMMAKER

raine filmmaker

Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane

 

thomas filmmaker

Thomas Hardiman, Medusa Deluxe

 

georgia actor

Georgia Oakley, Blue Jean

 

charlotte reagan

Charlotte Regan, Scrapper

 

charlotte wells

Charlotte Wells, Aftersun 

 

 CINEMA MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR 

Barbie

Barbie
 

ODEON

BFI

BFI IMAX Relaunch/
Destination Campaign

BFI IMAX

Bring A Ken

Bring A Ken
 

Vue Entertainment

Feel Unlimited

Feel Unlimited

Cineworld

My way of water

My Way of Water

Cineworld

Picturehouse

Picturehouse Membership

Picturehouse Cinemas

Feel Unlimited

Share the Magic of Christmas
with The Light

The Light

My way of water

Vue's 20th Birthday
 

Vue Entertainment

CINEMA OF THE YEAR (24 SCREENS OR UNDER)

BFI Cinema

BFI Southbank, London

ealing cinema

Ealing Project, London

highland cinema

Highland Cinema, Fort William

jam jar Cinema

Jam Jar Cinema, Whitley Bay
 

living room cinema

The Living Room Cinema, Liphook
 

montrose cinema

The Montrose Playhouse, Montrose

palace Cinema

Palace Cinema, Broadstairs

parkway cinema

Parkway Cinema, Barnsley

queen's theatre cinema

Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

CINEMA OF THE YEAR (25 SCREENS OR OVER)

cineworld boldon

Cineworld, Boldon, Tyne & Wear

curzon cinema

Curzon, Kingston

greenwich picturehouse

Greenwich Picturehouse, London

the light cinema walsall

The Light, Walsall
 

odeon cinema

ODEON Luxe, Derby
 

vue cinema

Vue Entertainment, Manchester Printworks

scott cinemas

WTW-Scott Cinemas, Bridgwater

DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR (INDEPENDENT)

MUBI

MUBI

Picturehouse

Picturehouse Entertainment

Trinity CineAsia v2

Trinity CineAsia
 

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION INITIATIVE

Autism Friendly Screenings

Autism Friendly Screenings

Cineworld Dalton Park

MilkTea Diversity

MilkTea

Momentum We Are Parable

Momentum

We Are Parable

Origins by Organic

Origins

Organic

Our Incredible Differences

Our Incredible Differences

ODEON Cinemas

Queer East Festival

Queer East Festival

 

Reclaim The Frame

Reclaim The Frame

X-Pollinator

X-Pollinator: CREATOR

X-Pollinator

 DOCUMENTARY FILM CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

A bunch amateurs

A Bunch Of Amateurs

Met Film Distribution, Labor of Love Films, Tull Stories & Zoe Flower

Beauty and Bloodshed

All the Beauty And The Bloodshed

Altitude

Meet bathroon

Meet Me In The Bathroom

Universal Pictures Content Group & Dogwoof

Moonage

Moonage Daydream

Universal Pictures Content Group

Lawand

Name Me Lawand

BFI

EVENT CINEMA CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Eurovision

Eurovision Song Contest
Grand Final

Vue Entertainment

Metallica

Metallica: 72 Seasons -
Global Premiere

Trafalgar Releasing

NT Live

NT Live: Life Of Pi
 

National Theatre Live

Queens Funeral

The Queen's Funeral
 

Vue Entertainment

Vermeer

Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition – EXHIBITION ON SCREEN

Seventh Art Productions

GREEN SCREEN SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

Clean Energy

Clean Energy

Green Eyes Productions

Leigh Film

Leigh Film Factory

 

ODEON GS

Odeon Cinemas

Picturehouse GS

Picturehouse Cinemas

Savoy Cinemas & Triage v2

Savoy Cinemas & Trigage

Studio 74

Studio 74

Exeter Phoenix

INDUSTRY RISING STAR AWARD

Claire BFI

Claire Furner

BFI

Elena ODEON

Elena Martinez Pelaez

Odeon

Ella Organic

Ella Dar

Organic

Emma MUBI

Emma Farrugia

MUBI

Jasmine DocHouse

Jasmine Haniff

Betha DocHouse

Lucy Strike Media

Lucy Summerton

Strike Media

Emma MUBI

Oteri Otobor

Cineworld

Jasmine DocHouse

Toby Connell-Cooke

National Theatre Live

VALERIA CALZA

Valeria Calza

Everyman

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Broker

Broker

Picturehouse Entertainment

Close

Close

MUBI

Corsage

Corsage

Picturehouse Entertainment

Decision to Leave

Decision To Leave

MUBI

godland

Godland

Curzon Film

Joyland v2

Joyland

Studio Soho Distribution

sick of myself

Sick Of Myself

Modern Films

The Wandering Earth v2

The Wandering Earth II

Trinity CineAsia (Trinity Filmed Entertainment)

POSTER DESIGN OF THE YEAR

Aftersun

Aftersun

MUBI & Intermission

Corsage

Corsage

Picturehouse Entertainment & Mister S

Harka

Harka

Studio Soho Distribution

Aftersun

Living

Lionsgate UK

reality v2

Reality

Vertigo Releasing

rye lane poster v2

Rye Lane

Searchlight Pictures Distribution

Scrapper

Scrapper

Picturehouse Entertainment & Intermission

See How They Run

See How They Run

Creative Partnership & Searchlight Pictures Distribution

Harka

Talk To Me

Creative Partnership & Altitude Film Distribution

See How They Run

Triangle Of Sadness

The Posterhouse

PR CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR (INDEPENDENT RELEASE)

aftersun pr

Aftersun

MUBI & Organic

enys men

Enys Men

BFI Distribution

blow up

How to Blow Up A Pipeline

Vertigo Releasing & Jon Rushton

no bears

No Bears

Picturehouse Entertainment & Jon Rushton

reality v2

Reality

Vertigo Releasing / Chris Lawrance

scrapper

Scrapper

Picturehouse Entertainment & DDA PR

PR CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR (STUDIO RELEASE) 

banshee pr

The Banshees Of Inisherin

Searchlight Pictures Distribution & Premier PR

barbie pr

Barbie

Warner Bros.

BP PR

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Disney

Little Mermaid PR

The Little Mermaid

The Walt Disney Company

MDD PR

Moonage Daydream

Universal Pictures Content Group

rye lane pr

Rye Lane

Searchlight Pictures Distribution, Organic & VAMP

TEAM OF THE YEAR

ALTITUDE TOTY

Altitude

Distribution Team

DDA TOTY

The DDA Group

Digital Team

MUBI TOTY

MUBI

Distribution Team

odeon toty

Odeon

Spotlight Team

organic toty

Organic

picturehouse toty

Picturehouse

Marketing Team

organic toty

Warner Bros.

Marketing and Publicity Team

THEATRICAL CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR (INDEPENDENT/SPECIALTY RELEASE)

   

AFTERSUN THEATRICAL

Aftersun

MUBI

Sponsored by: Powster

living v2

Living

Lionsgate UK

   

rye lane theatrical

Rye Lane

Searchlight Pictures Distribution

scrapper

Scrapper

Picturehouse Entertainment

talk to me

Talk To Me

Altitude

   

THEATRICAL CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR - (STUDIO/SATURATION RELEASE)

  

avatar theatrical

Avatar: The Way Of Water

The Walt Disney Company

Sponsored by: Powster

banshees theatrical

The Banshees Of Inisherin

Searchlight Pictures Distribution

 

  

barbie theatrical

Barbie

Warner Bros.

john wick theatrical

John Wick: Chapter 4
 

Lionsgate UK

 

little mermaid theatrical

The Little Mermaid
 

The Walt Disney Company

guardians theatrical

Marvel Studios' Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3

The Walt Disney Company

m3gan theatrical

M3gan

Universal

smile theatrical

Smile

Paramount

 

TRAILER OF THE YEAR

aftersun trailer

Aftersun

MUBI

blue jean trailer

Blue Jean

Altitude

corsage trailer

Corsage

Picturehouse Entertainment & Intermission

decision to leave trailer

Decision To Leave

MUBI

dive trailer v2

The Dive

Vertigo Releasing & Intermission Film

hatching trailer

Hatching

Picturehouse Entertainment & Lipsync

kurosawa trailer

Kurosawa: A Complete Film Season

The Picture Production Company / BFI

living trailer

Living

Lionsgate UK

good trailer

NT Live: Good

National Theatre Live

otto trailer

Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing
Horror Story

Sky TV & Met Film Distribution

rye lane trailer v2

Rye Lane
 

Searchlight Pictures Distribution

scrapper trailer

Scrapper
 

Picturehouse Entertainment & Intermission

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