2017 London Film Award Winners
London Film Awards Winners truly represent the best of the independent film and screenwriting. The London Film Awards proudly recognizes the Gold Lion Award Winners of the 2017 Film and Screenplay competitions.
Grand Jury Prize
The Activists: War, Peace, and Politics in the Streets directed by Melody Shemtov
Special Jury Prize
Cotton Wool directed by Nicholas Connor
Best Experimental Film
Sirocco: Prophecy of Wind directed by John Taschner
Best Animated Film
Ghost Beats directed by Brent Barson
Best Screenplay
An Old Man of the Hills, and the Schoolmaster's Story directed by Harry Pearson
Best Documentary Feature
Trial By Fire - The Terry Dunnage Story directed by Adrian Scott
Best Documentary Short
Birmingham's Phenomenal Woman directed by Tonya Joy Bolton
Best British Film
Our Little Haven directed by Ben Rider
Best Director
Filling In directed by Bradley Hawkins
Cinematic Vision Award
Timeless Charms directed by Zah Ahmad
Best First-Time Director
Wild directed by Leticia Cáceres
Best Actor
Tristan Barr in Watch the Sunset
Best Actress
Alexandra Ficken in Baggage directed by Andi Behring
Best Feature
The Reverse Diaries directed by Shin Sonoda
Best Short
Will Wilson directed by David C. Herman
Best Supporting Actor
Karl Holtz in Filling in Directed by Bradley Hawkins
Best Supporting Actress
Danielle Kronenberg in Taste directed by Jay Palmieri Jr.
Best Television Commercial
Thanks for 50 Years directed by Nick Myall
Best Television Pilot
Star Crash® directed by Cam Pippitt, Jaclyn O'Laughlin
Best Student Film
Burning in the Mekong directed by Orson Dijle
Best Music Video
Vertical Lines directed by Miles Flanagan
Best Web Video
Spectrum London directed by Tim Porter & Campbell X
Official Finalists
Pizza Face directed by Justin Ulloa, Jamie Dwyer
Hard To Believe directed by Ken Stone
Carpathian Karma - The Story of Joshka directed by Mario Damolin
Bosatsu - Year of the Dragon directed by Sid Ahl
Marina directed by Story Chen
Listen directed by Niko Mikadze
Into a Dark Mind directed by Harley Wallen
Incredible India directed by Keyur Shah
Quantum Earth directed by Frederic Eger
Get Staffed! directed by Pier Van Tijn
Feature Screenplay Competition Winners
Grand Prize Winner
Parousia written by Todd Sorrell
Second Place
TreePeople written by Guy Polin
Third Place
The Devil's Dandruff written by JoAnn Hess
Fourth Place
Diplomatic Ammunity! Written by Jonathan LaPoma
Fifth Place
Julie
written by Stephen Cottage
Official Finalists
Faceless written by Elaine Purnell
Bobby Kyle written by Richard Mallett
The Salt Box written by Robert J. Rogers
Larry Alexander's Airboy written by Larry Alexander
The Doll written by Serge Adam
Honorable Mentions
A Boy From the Third Country written by Owen Guo
Waiting for Dardolle written by Stephen Evans
A Violent Edge written by Joaquim Barreto
The Lady Pirates written by Theresa Anne Carey
Leaving Graceland written by Tracey Lion-Cachet
Short Screenplay Competition Winners
Grand Prize Winner
MUSED written by James M Martin
Second Place Old
Pierre written by Helen Georgiou
Third Place
Little Bo Peep written by Denise Cowap
Fourth Place
Mr. Happy written by Sydney Lloyd Smith
Fifth Place
Edna's Dearest Possessions written by Ozge Gozturk
Official Finalists
Trickery written by Mark Cowan
Come to Grief written by Michelle Bracks
The law of dishonor written by Francisco Yvan Luzemo, David Bourgie , Babetida Sadjo
Blonde Malfunction written by Mackenzie Munro
Trinity Loft 2017 written by Roland Zistler
Best First-Time Writer
First Place
Your Last Chance, Veronica Lange written by Rohan Stephens
Second Place
N.E.R.D.S. written by Andrew M. Ward
Third Place
Hollywood Noir written by Jax Miller
Fourth Place
Odilo Fabian or (The Possibility of Impossible Dreams) written by Michael Rowney
Fifth Place
SQUIB written by Sydney Clara Brafman
Official Finalists
The Tower written by Melissa Reynolds
The Otahiti Philosophers written by Fernanda Harrington
Broken Glass and Plastic written by Alexander Lincoln
The Unsung written by Samuel Lee McGinley
Lime written by Amber Snow
Best Television Pilot
First Place
Death Takes a VayKay written by Holie Barker
Second Place
The Lost Opera written by Rachel Thomas-Medwid
Third Place
Swipe written by Jeff Opdyke
Fourth Place
Little Dragon written by Bonnie Hendrickson
Fifth Place
Loyal Royals written by Sonia Gumuchian
Official Finalists
Crackle & Pop written by Nick Myall
United We Stand! Written by Mezerette Pierre
Michelangelo written by Roberto Lemos
The Reset written by Kate Traill
Stardust written by Freddy White
Best Stage Plays
First Place
Two-Bit Taj Mahal written by Paul D'Andrea / Christian D'Andrea
Second Place
ERR written by Rahul Kumar Srivastava
Third Place
Stop at a Winner written by Justin Scott