The London Rolling Film Festival announces the Winners of the 2022’s edition.

Editor 15/08/202228/07/2023 Alida Pantone, Backseat Driver, Benjamin Thompson, Dream Sequence, Ellie Yermakova, Emily Wells, Faith Elizabeth, Jake Balfour-Lynn, London, London Rolling Film festival, LRFFXII, Mothership, My Baby Cries, Rachele Fregonese, Sarah Lawton, Short Film, Stephen Cooper Reade, Studio Le Bus & Pablo Butorin, VUE, winners

The first film festival (and only one as far as we know), based on the presence of the filmmakers in competition, was back in full force, with a brand new location, a great line-up of films and dazzling red carpet moments.

After the last edition held online due to the restrictions imposed for the Covid-19, the London Rolling Film Festival returns, celebrating its 12th edition at the VUE Cinema in Piccadilly on Sunday, August 14.

The Jury of the 12th London Rolling Film Festival was chaired by Lionsgate’s Senior Theatrical Sales Manager Paul Sophocli, surrounded by director and producer Luisa Pretolani, investor Stephen Cooper Reade, Producer Natasha Marburgher and Director Tom Paton.

During the closing ceremony of this excellent edition, presenter Rachele Fregonese and Festival Director Alida Pantone, together with their team of international volunteers (Debora Zappalá, Nancy Stapleton, Alexandra Mascott, Ioana Maria Guicin and Kate Skripko), announced the winners’ list among the 12 films in Competition:

Best Short Film (Jury Award): “My Baby Cries” By Faith Elizabeth

Best Director: Jake Balfour-Lynn for “Backseat Driver”

Best Performance: Will Parsonson in “Big Dog” & Aya Ilieva-Kraynova in “Task”

Best Music Score: Studio Le Bus & Pablo Butorin for “Dream Sequence”

Best Screenplay: Deyan Rumen Angelov for “Task”

Best Cinematography: Benjamin Thompson for “My Baby Cries”

Best Production Design: Sarah Lawton for “Mothership”

Best Make up and Hairstyling: Ellie Yermakova for “Backseat Driver”

Best Costume Design: Emily Wells for “Dream Sequence”

Best Casting: “Task”

The traditional Audience Award went to “Backseat Driver” By Jake Balfour-Lynn.

Born in the suburbs of London 8 years ago, edition after edition the London Rolling Film Festival has grown in size and quality, giving independent filmmakers a bespoke platform where grow their connections and supporters.

This Festival, unique in its kind, sees the presence of professionals who have worked on the selected short films. In fact, the presence of directors is mandatory for the participation and screening of the film during the Festival, thus making the event a valuable opportunity for contact and exchange between professionals in the sector and not.

This aspect of networking has always been fundamental for the founder, the Italian actress and producer Alida Pantone: “Allowing emerging filmmakers to create that network of knowledge essential to grow their projects has always been at the heart of the Festival. This is why I have always tried to attract an audience of film industry enthusiasts and professionals at all levels: investors, directors, producers, costume designers, actors, machinists etc. This is what makes the LRFF unique”.

Several prestigious guests, professionals from the world of cinema and television, have alternated during the various editions of the Festival that this year have seen the presence of Mike Smith, documentary producer for the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV, Smithsonian Channel and PBS, Nominated for 2 Grierson Awards for One Thousand Years a Slave and Ashley Banjo: Britain in Black & White.

Congratulations to all the winners and runners up!

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