Finalists 2019 – L.I.M.P.A
Main categories
Note: Mentions of the additional categories will be announced at the awards ceremony.
Best International Film Theatrical Release Feature Film
| The House Invictus | 2018 | Uche Aguh | United States |
| Don’t Call Me a Spinster | 2018 | Ani Alva Helfer | Peru |
Best International Narrative / Fiction Feature Film
| Tree House | 2019 | Florin Brinza | Romania |
| Bikini Blue | 2017 | Jarek Marszewski | Poland |
| Second Samuel | 2018 | J. Wayne Patterson, Jr | USA |
| Daitona | 2018 | Lorenzo Giovenga | Italia |
| MADHA | 2018 | Srividya Basawa | India |
| The Witches of Dumpling Farm | 2018 | The Pickering Brothers | United Kingdom |
Best UK Narrative / Fiction Feature Film
| SUSAN | 2018 | Mahmoud Shoolizadeh | United Kingdom |
| Muse | 2019 | Richard John Taylor | United Kingdom |
| Beautiful in the Morning | 2019 | Flavia Casà | United Kingdom |
Best International Documentary Feature Film
| Women: a success story | 2018 | Ceri Dingle | United Kingdom |
| Touch of an Angel | 2015 | Marek Tomasz Pawlowski | Poland |
| CHECKER TOBI AND OUR PLANET’S SECRET (dir. Tischner) | 2019 | Martin Tischner | Germany |
| Women of 1915 | 2016 | Bared Maronian | United States |
| On the Go with Dmitri Kourliandski | 2016 | Katya Kesten | Russia |
Best International Animation Feature Film
| The Laws of the Universe-Part I | 2018 | Isamu Imakake | USA/JAPAN |
| The Jungle is our Home | 2018 | laxmi dhaul | India |
Best International Experimental Feature Film
| DEATH & LIFE | 2017 | Eric Norcross | United States |
| Stories of Passers Through | 2018 | Koutaiba Al-Janabi | Iraq |
Short Films 2019
Best International Fiction Short Film
| SIKLUS | 2018 | Louis Minnaar | South Africa |
| Blessed Days | 2017 | Valentina Casadei | France |
| A Leaf | 2018 | Bishara Shoukry | Egypt |
| The Crossing | 2018 | Jaak Erasmus | South Africa |
| 2 by 2 | 2017 | Mark Playne | Turkey |
| Mírame | 2019 | Juan Andres Mateos | Spain |
| Sare Jahan Se Accha | 2018 | Gurprasad Singh | India |
| Borderless | 2018 | Mohamed Noaman | Egypt |
Best Documentary International Short Film
| Fighting Two Wars: The Story of Thalia Jane Ainsley | 2018 | Aaron Curtis | United States |
| SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN PUERTO ESCONDIDO | 2018 | Camilla daldoss | Italy |
| New Faustian World | 2018 | Piero Passaro | Italy |
| The suicide game | 2018 | Lojika | Sri Lanka |
Best International Experimental Short Film
| Nostalgia for Existing Without Delay | 2018 | Slawomir Milewski | Poland |
| Franca | 2017 | Antonella Barbera, Patrizia Fazzi | Italy |
| All The Same | 2017 | Chan Hon Wa | Hong Kong |
| Light as a Feather | 2018 | Aimee Norwich | United States |
| Betrayed | 2018 | Mykhailo Andriiers | United States |
Best International Animation Short Film
| Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle & the Millionaires’ Conspiracy | 2017 | Akihiro Hino | Japan |
| The Elevator | 2018 | Hannah Keiffert | United States |
| OCD | 2018 | Xiaotian Mi, Baolin Zhong, Zinan Zhao | China |
| Chasing the Sun | 2018 | Haochen Du | China |
Best United Kingdom Fiction Short Film
| Beautified | 2018 | Emily Haigh | United Kingdom |
| Standby | 2018 | Ethan Evans, Sean Toshach | United Kingdom |
| Entrance No Exit | 2018 | Jo Southwell | United Kingdom |
| It Follows | 2017 | Eresha Sale | United Kingdom |
| Dearly Departed | 2018 | Elise Martin | United Kingdom |
| Misty | 2019 | Seb Body | United Kingdom |
| Reality 101 | 2018 | Nathan Rawlings | United Kingdom |
| Supper for Civilised Girls | 2019 | Ella Robertson | United Kingdom |
| Penumbra | 2019 | Oscar Knott | United Kingdom |
| A sense of chaos | 2018 | Julian Were | United Kingdom |
Best United Kingdom Documentary Short Film
| Against All Odds | 2018 | James Evans, Elliott Humbles | United Kingdom |
| Oregu | 2018 | Marina Ivaniceva | United Kingdom |
| Hell’s Valley | 2014 | William Allum | United Kingdom |
| 125/hr | 2018 | Andrew Owens | United Kingdom |
| MASHA AND DASHA TWO HEARTS IN ONE | 2018 | DIANA TAYLOR | United Kingdom |
Best United Kingdom Experimental Short Film
| Tunnel | 2018 | James Coe | United Kingdom |
| The House That Henry Built | 2018 | Peter Mckeirnon | United Kingdom |
| Becoming Me | 2018 | Stefano Pasotti | United Kingdom |
| CHILDREN | 2018 | Stewart Giles | United Kingdom |
| “At Dawn the Flowers Open the Gates of Paradise” | 2017 | Elzbieta Piekacz | United Kingdom |
| Embrace | 2015 | Elzbieta Piekacz | United Kingdom |
Best United Kingdom Animation Short Film
| The Masque of Blackness | 2018 | Epoh Beech | United Kingdom |
| METEORLIGHT | 2018 | Jonny Eveson | United Kingdom |
| The Masterpiece | 2014 | Christopher Satola | United Kingdom |
Series 2019
Best Pilot Series
| Battledream Chronicles: A new beginning | 2018 | Alain Bidard | France |
| Unorganized Crime | 2018 | Nick Vallelonga | United States |
Best Web Series
| Rebecca Gold | 2018 | Ian Diaz | United Kingdom |
| Shakespeare Republic: #LoveTheBard (Season Two) | 2017 | Sally McLean | Australia |
| The Wind on your Skin | 2018 | Jana von Hase, Naomi Beukes, Birgit Stauber | Namibia |
Music Videos & Music 2019
Best International Music Video
| Life in a Diffused Light | 2018 | Ruslan Fradkin | Latvia |
| Social Butterfly | 2018 | Anthony Barbarich | Australia |
| Butterflies | 2019 | Lika Lipskaya | Russian Federation |
Best United Kingdom Music Video
| Son Of The Morning | 2018 | Caspar Leopard | United Kingdom |
| Jawjaw – Survive This | 2018 | Ian Roderick Gray | United Kingdom |
| Heartache | 2018 | Katherine Evans | United Kingdom |
Best United States Music Video
| In Cold Blood | 2018 | Yonatan Elkayam | USA |
| Uncrossed | 2017 | Jonah King | USA |
| PLS&TY – Motives | 2019 | Sean Cartwright | USA |
Best Music (Only Music)
| Sounds of Sevan | 2018 | Music of Armenia | Armenia |
| Amen Amen | 2018 | Tanesha Allmon | United States |
| M W daniels-bedroom scene (from the film ‘being without’) | 2018 | Martin Daniels | United Kingdom |