BEST BYRON FILM
NOMINEES 2020
Homegrown Talent
AWOKO
DIRECTOR: ANDY BOWLES
An alien is sent to earth by it's race to learn, experience and observe from humanities wrong doings, how not to live. She is desperate to return home but must first understand all that she needs to know before she may be sent back...
BREATHE
DIRECTOR: ASHLEY MCLEOD
A reflective short film, looking at ourselves, our impact on the environment and our path forward.
CHUCKY BOY BLUE
DIRECTOR: TIM NATHAN
On the cusp of adulthood, Vinny sees a disparity in his life. Faced with the same decisions as his father or to forge his own path, we see a boy step into manhood and a man confront his childhood.
HATE DANCE
DIRECTOR: BEVERLEY CALLOW
When a dancer is the victim of a hate attack, her boyfriend is forced to look at his own, normal, everyday racism.
HOME
DIRECTORS: JAHVIS LOVEDAY & JOY BEN HUR
A girl must leave her home town, her family, her friends. Everything she remembers that was horrible, how the town was so small, everyone knew everyone, becomes the things she will miss the most.
THE MEN THAT COME
DIRECTOR: CLARE SLADDEN
'The Men that Come' is a gothic allegory about the way we treat victims and survivors of violence and abuse.