After receiving nearly 175 films & scripts this season from writers & filmmakers across the globe, Bournemouth International Film festival is honoured to recognise the following projects as the official Selection, Nominees and Winners of the 2025 Bournemouth International Film Festival.
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Animation & Student
ANIMATION
Henry
Tommy Edward Balmont
If I Raised My Mother
Bhavna Madan Mohan
Jörð
Nicholas Mitchell
(G)host Country
Kheyal Roy-Meighoo
Voicemail
Iona Menzies
GRAVE
Oz Durose
What we imagined
Shubhavi Arya
Make a Wish
Justyna Green
STUDENT
Mr Lonely
Daniel Noonan
HIM
Lucas Reinke
Acronymity
Andrew Imai
Small I’s
Tonie OW
An Absent Mind
Daniel Davies
Spectacle
Shantelle-Ellysé English
Machine of Quiet Killing
Raphael Allason
The Hatch
Suzanne Curtis
Mother Country
Moges Ababu Belachew
Ayomikun
Euphemia Olaiya
Handbag
Em Robinson
Limbo
Bethany Barr
The Case of the Dirty Dishes
Joe Rider
UK Shorts
TUNNELS
Paul Bloomfield
THE PEARL COMB
Ali Cook
Participant
Johan Nayar
Signature
Nick Zerafa
Graded
Toby Martin Hughes
Bluff
Naomi Wright
HIDE
Ian Curtis
The Red Veil
Callum Brown
The Breakdown of a Toxic Relationship as Told by Fluffmeister, a Poodle of Questionable Heritage
Peter Fellows
Puddles
Ben Ryder
Never Came Back
Dave Young, Ciaran Jamie Parsons
The Lace
Nicole Sarah Fry
Waiting Room
Takudzwa Zibengwa
Ice Cream Headache
Benjamin K. Dyson
One in Five
Esmond Yao
Broken Bird
Sheherazade Bodin
Paranoyya
Mike Glover
THE REMOVED
Rebecca Rose
The Barn
Jonathan P. Brooker
Bolbol
Lucianna Kyriacou
Diverse Hire
Dominic Alexander Christopher
Seeking Thomas
Julia Lisa Zlotnick
Cherry B
Ornella Hawthorn Gardez
Lest We Forget
Scott Newman
Bluebottle Theory
John J. Sanders, Luke Roberts
The Duke Of Wentworth
James Lockey
The weight of a Post-It
Danielle Reid
Unseen Scars
Carl Mackenzie
Brown Trousers
Jim Eaves, Glen Yard
Same Difference
Declan Slattery
Face to Face
Danny Jeffs
Tomorrow Never Knows
Alexander Hogarth
Mein Surname
Adam Cowie
UK Short Script
Kodachrome
Karla S. Bryant
Squeaky Clean
Kathryn Robinson
The Trouble with Superpowers
Helen Rana
Gina’s Veil
Kevin Silva
Less Tither More Tether
Mary Marron
Choice
Bernhard Riedhammer
Regmaglypt
Barnaby Taylor
Sleep Shifting
Martin Richmond
CivPop
George Reardon
Almost Human
Bernhard Riedhammer
The War Effort
Nathan Hancock
The Waiting Room
András Fasimon
Death stalks us all.
Karl Mather
ALIVE
Jamie Bishop
All The Way Home
Jamie Bishop
“ALEXA, STOP!”
Billy Simms
Empty Chair
Harry Larter
How Possible.
D.K. Nwosu
Distanced
Barry Staff
Treasure
Lindsey May Sharp
Back to Black
Lindsey May Sharp
Girl on a Bike
Lindsey May Sharp
SINGO
ashkan chavoshi
Jashu
ashkan chavoshi
BOUBOUNI
ashkan chavoshi
WHEN THE VEILS DANCE
Tayebeh Babaei
Broody
Josh Shevill
Catching Fleas
Georgina Foiniki
Puppy Cam
Sally Llewellyn
WalkBy
Poppy Abbott
School Run
Mazy Burns
Tree
Benjamin K. Dyson
Unauthorised Absencw
Jo Clayton
UK Feature
A Fluorescent Sky
Harry Tomlin
DOUBLE EDGE
Stefania Montesolaro
The Caretaker
Luke Tedder
Clarke Andrews Tempest
Charlie Coldfield
The Hook
Thomas David Beatty
International Short
Loose Change
Richard Ellis
Vas Mar
Nima Tabandeh
Blood Like Water
Dima Hamdan
Silenced
Zeynab Mousavi, Houri Shafieioun
Waiting for the Man
Gerard Lambkin
A NICE LADY
Jessica Weber Kass
Conveyance
Gemma Creagh
Small I’s
Tonie OW
Darcine’s Day
Aaron Goffman
Mother Country
Moges Ababu Belachew
Ayomikun
Euphemia Olaiya
“CHIKUWACCHA! “
Chieko Misaka
No 34915
Robin Antiga
International Feature
Gaav Bolavato [The Village Calls]
Vinod Manikrao
Icarus
Gökşin Doğa Egesoy
SEEMS LIKE LOVE
Yana Klimova-Yusupova
Breathing Underwater
Eric Lamhène
The Holy Scoundrel
Gerald Lawson
Documentary Short
Re-Story Your Life
Susanna Wright
She Fishes
Sabine Gilley
Tidal Roots
Edward Peter Weller
More Like Paul
Damian Sciberras
Brewed by the coast
Ariana King
Documentary Feature
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
Mark Forbes
#RevolutionAnyone
Archie Lauchlan, Jodie Lauchlan
Y Crwydryn
Rhys Edwards
Gentle, Angry Women
Barbara Santi
FINALISTS
Animation & Student
ANIMATION
Henry
Tommy Edward Balmont
If I Raised My Mother
Bhavna Madan Mohan
Jörð
Nicholas Mitchell
(G)host Country
Kheyal Roy-Meighoo
GRAVE
Oz Durose
Make a Wish
Justyna Green
STUDENT
Acronymity
Andrew Imai
An Absent Mind
Daniel Davies
Spectacle
Shantelle-Ellysé English
Machine of Quiet Killing
Raphael Allason
The Hatch
Suzanne Curtis
Handbag
Em Robinson
Limbo
Bethany Barr
UK Shorts
TUNNELS
Paul Bloomfield
THE PEARL COMB
Ali Cook
Signature
Nick Zerafa
Graded
Toby Martin Hughes
Puddles
Ben Ryder
The Lace
Nicole Sarah Fry
Bluff
Naomi Wright
HIDE
Ian Curtis
The Barn
Jonathan P. Brooker
Bolbol
Lucianna Kyriacou
Diverse Hire
Dominic Alexander Christopher
Seeking Thomas
Julia Lisa Zlotnick
Cherry B
Ornella Hawthorn Gardez
Bluebottle Theory
John J. Sanders, Luke Roberts
The Duke Of Wentworth
James Lockey
Unseen Scars
Carl Mackenzie
Same Difference
Declan Slattery
Lest We Forget
Scott Newman
UK Short Script
Squeaky Clean
Kathryn Robinson
Regmaglypt
Barnaby Taylor
WHEN THE VEILS DANCE
Tayebe babaei
CivPop
George Reardon
The War Effort
Nathan Hancock
The Waiting Room
András Fasimon
Tree
Benjamin K. Dyson
Unauthorised Absence
Jo Clayton
Puppy Cam
Sally Llewellyn
WalkBy
Poppy Abbott
UK Feature
A Fluorescent Sky
Harry Tomlin
DOUBLE EDGE
Stefania Montesolaro
The Caretaker
Luke Tedder
Clarke Andrews Tempest
Charlie Coldfield
The Hook
Thomas David Beatty
International Short
Vas Mar
Nima Tabandeh
Blood Like Water
Dima Hamdan
Waiting for the Man
Gerard Lambkin
A NICE LADY
Jessica Weber Kass
No 34915
Robin Antiga
Conveyance
Gemma Creagh
Small I’s
Tonie OW
Darcine’s Day
Aaron Goffman
Mother Country
Moges Ababu Belachew
Ayomikun
Euphemia Olaiya
“CHIKUWACCHA! “
Chieko Misaka
International Feature
SEEMS LIKE LOVE
Yana Klimova-Yusupova
The Holy Scoundrel
Gerald Lawson
Documentary Short
Re-Story Your Life
Susanna Wright
She Fishes
Sabine Gilley
Tidal Roots
Edward Peter Weller
More Like Paul
Damian Sciberras
Brewed by the coast
Ariana King
Documentary Feature
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
Mark Forbes
#RevolutionAnyone
Archie Lauchlan, Jodie Lauchlan
Y Crwydryn
Rhys Edwards
Gentle, Angry Women
Barbara Santi
WINNERS
Animation & Student
ANIMATION
Best Editing – Animation
If I Raised My Mother
Best Sound – Animation
If I Raised My Mother
Best Cinematography – Animation
(G)host Country
Best Director – Animation
If I Raised My Mother
Best UK Animation
If I Raised My Mother
STUDENT
Best Director – Student Film
Handbag
Best Cinematography – Student Film
Handbag
Best Editing – Student Film
Machine of Quiet Killing
Best Sound – Student Film
The Hatch
Best Student Film
Handbag
UK Shorts
Best Director – UK Short
HIDE
Best Cinematography – UK Short
Same Difference
Best Editing – UK Short
HIDE
Best Sound – UK Short
HIDE
Best UK Short Film
HIDE
UK Short Script
Best Short Script
Walk By
UK Feature
Best Director – UK Feature
The Caretaker
Best Cinematography – UK Feature
Double Edge
Best Editing – UK Feature
The Hook
Best Sound – UK Feature
The Caretaker
Best UK Feature Film
The Caretaker
International Short
Best Director – International Short
Blood Like Water
Best Cinematography – International Short
Vas Mar
Best Editing – International Short
Blood Like Water
Best Sound – International Short
Blood Like Water
Best International Short
Blood Like Water
International Feature
Best Director – International Feature
Seems Like Love
Best Cinematography – International Feature
Seems Like Love
Best Editing – International Feature
Seems Like Love
Best Sound – International Feature
Seems Like Love
Best International Feature
Seems Like Love
Documentary Short
Best Director – Documentary Short
Re-Story Your Life
Best Cinematography – Doc Short
Tidal Roots
Best Editing – Doc Short
More Like Paul
Best Sound – Doc Short
More Like Paul
Best Documentary Short
More Like Paul
Documentary Feature
Best Director – Documentary Feature
Y Crwydryn
Best Cinematography – Doc Feature
Y Crwydryn
Best Editing – Doc Feature
Y Crwydryn
Best Sound – Doc Feature
Y Crwydryn
Best Documentary Feature
Y Crwydryn
Genre Short
Best Director – Genre Short
Pearl Comb
Best Cinematography – Genre Short
Pearl Comb
Best Editing – Genre Short
The Lace
Best Sound – Genre Short
The Lace
Best Genre Short
The Lace
Extra Awards
Audience Choice Award
Paranoyya
Jury Prize
HIDE
Social Impact Award Short
Bluff
Best Performance
Niamh Blackshaw – HIDE
Social Impact Award Feature
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
Best Original Score or Song
The Hook
Outstanding Bournemouth/Local Filmmaker
The Lace
