Awards
The BSL Zone's films and programmes have been selected to be screened at festivals across the world. Below is a list of the awards we have won, in alphabetical order. How many have you seen?
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Best Director (Bim Ajadi) |
Clin d'Oeil, France |
2015 |
Outstanding Contribution to Media Award (Director - Bim Ajadi) |
Deaffest |
2017 |
Best Short Film |
Deaf Rochester Film Festival |
50/50 |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2010 |
Best Directors |
Ippocampus Ciak International Deaf Cinema Festival, Milan, Italy |
2010 |
Best Actor (Jacob Casselden) |
International Sign Language Festival, Tolosa, Spain |
2011 |
Best Comedy |
Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival, Canada |
Almost |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2020 |
Favourite Alternate Abilities Film |
Film Only Film Festival |
2020 |
Best Performance (Vilma Jackson) |
OutlantaCon Short Film Festival, Atlanta, USA |
Battle Lines |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Diversity Award |
Royal Television Society, Midlands Centre |
The Boy from Before |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2010 |
Nomination for Best Children's Drama |
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Champion of the World |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2013 |
Best Director |
Deaffest, UK |
2014 |
Best Director |
International Sign Language Festival, Tolosa, Spain |
Chasing Cotton Clouds |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2011 |
Best Film |
Deaffest, UK |
2012 |
Award for Best Animation |
Seattle Deaf Film Festival |
Close Up 1: Doug Alker |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2016 |
Nomination for Presenter of the Year (Tessa Padden) |
Royal Television Society North East and Border Centre Awards |
Coming Home |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2010 |
Reel International Audience Choice Award |
DCADF, Washington DC, USA |
Confession (Zoom Focus 2012) |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2013 |
Best Art Direction |
Toronto Deaf Film Festival, Canada |
Crossing the Divide (Zoom 2012) |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2012 |
Runner Up, Best Documentary |
Irish Deaf Film Festival, Ireland |
2013 |
Best Short Documentary |
Toronto Deaf Film Festival, Canada |
2013 |
Honourable mention |
Picture This Film Festival, Canada |
Deaf Funny: Programme 1 |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2017 |
Best Fiction |
Cinedeaf, Rome, Italy |
2018 |
Best Writer (Charlie Swinbourne) |
Royal Television Society (RTS) Yorkshire |
Deaf Funny: Programme 3 |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2019 |
Best Television Programme |
Deaffest, Wolverhampton, UK |
Deaf Victorians |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2017 |
Best Screenwriter (Norma McGilp) |
Deaffest, UK |
Departure Lounge |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2010 |
Best Film |
Deaffest, UK |
2010 |
Best Short Film |
Ippocampus Ciak, Milan, Italy |
2011 |
Merit Award |
SuperFest, Berkeley, California, USA |
2012 |
Honourable Mention |
Picture This Film Festival, Canada |
Dot's Legacy |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2018 |
Semi-Finalist |
Courage Festival |
Double Discrimination (Zoom Focus 2014) |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2016 |
Disability Justice Award |
Superfest International Film Festival, USA |
Fairytale of London Town |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2011 |
Jury Prize for Excellence in Filmmaking |
Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, Las Vegas, USA |
2011 |
Best Director (Louis Neethling) |
Clin d'Oeil, France |
2011 |
Award of Excellence: Short Film |
Accolade Film Festival, California, USA |
2011 |
Best Cinematography |
International Sign Language Film Festival, Tolosa, Spain |
2011 |
Best Drama |
Toronto International Deaf Films & Arts Festival, Canada |
2012 |
Best Director (Louis Neethling) |
Cinedeaf, Rome, Italy |
2012 |
Best Actress (Sarah Beauvoisin) |
Ippocampus Ciak, Milan, Italy |
Five Needles (Zoom 2011) |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2012 |
Youth Prize |
European Film Festival, Miami |
2013 |
Best Drama |
Toronto Deaf Film Festival, Canada |
Found |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2016 |
Award of Merit, Documentary Short |
Accolade Global Film Competition |
Four Deaf Yorkshiremen go to Blackpool |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Best Film |
International Sign Language Festival, Tolosa, Spain |
Hope |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2019 |
Deaf Shorts Showcase Award |
Encounters Film Festival |
2019 |
Best Film |
X Tolosa International Deaf Film Festival |
2020 |
Best Deaf Cinema Short |
Madrid Film Festival |
2020 |
Grand Jury Award |
Deaf Rochester Film Festival |
If I Don't Lose, I'll Lose (Zoom 2014) |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Best Actress (Caroline Parker) |
CineDeaf, Rome, Italy |
2015 |
Best Actress (Caroline Parker) |
Clin d'Oeil, France |
2016 |
Best Short Comedy Screenplay Award |
Alliance for Women in Media Southern California and Genii Awards |
I Want To Change The World |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2020 |
Best Documentary |
Seattle Deaf Film Festival |
2020 |
Children's |
RTS West of England |
2020 |
Best Documentary |
Deaf Rochester Film Festival |
2021 |
Best Children's Programme |
Broadcast Awards |
Life Out There |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2014 |
Honourable Mention |
Picture This, Canada |
2015 |
Best Actor (Sean Richards) |
Manos K Rien Festival IV, San Sebastian (Spain) |
Little World (Zoom 2012) |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2012 |
Best Experimental |
1st Irish Deaf Film Festival, Ireland |
2012 |
Best International Short |
Turquoise Film Festival, Australia |
2012 |
Best Animation |
Maine Deaf Film Festival, USA |
2013 |
Honourable Mention |
Picture This Film Festival, Canada |
My Song |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2011 |
Best Short Film |
Deaf in the Picture, Holland |
2011 |
Best Actress (Lara Steward) |
Clin d'Oeil, France |
Punk Chef: Kids Challenge - Episode 1 |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2016 |
Best Children's Programme (nomination) |
Broadcast Awards |
Scottish Islanders |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Best Documentary |
Deaffest, UK |
September 11th (Zoom 2012) |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2013 |
Best Actress (Aliya Gulamani) |
Deaffest, UK |
2014 |
Best Actress (Aliya Gulamani) |
International Sign Language Festival, Tolosa (Spain) |
Shakespeare: Found in Translation |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Best Documentary Short Film |
Toronto International Deaf Film Festival, Canada |
Signs of an Affair |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2017 |
Best Actress (Jean St Clair) |
Clin d'Oeil, France |
2017 |
Best Director (Louis Neethling) |
CineDeaf, Rome, Italy |
2018 |
Audience Participation Award |
Shanghai Deaf Film Festival |
Small World 1: Episode 1 |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Best Actor (Brian Duffy) |
Deaffest, UK |
Small World 1: Episode 3 |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2017 |
Best Actor (Matthew Gurney) |
Deaffest, UK |
Still Here |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2012 |
Best Actor (John Smith) |
Ippocampus Ciak, Milan, Italy |
2013 |
Best Comedy |
Toronto International Deaf Films & Arts Festival, Canada |
2013 |
Best Actor (Hal Draper) |
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2013 |
Best Actress (Jean St Clair) |
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2013 |
Best Director (Louis Neethling) |
International Sign Language Festival, Tolosa, Spain |
2014 |
Best Comedy/Musical |
Seattle Deaf Film Festival, USA |
Strangers (Zoom 2012) |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2013 |
Best Director (Brian Duffy) |
Clin d'Oeil, France |
Supersonic |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Best Fantasty/Animation |
Toronto International Deaf Film Festival, Canada |
2016 |
Best Short Film |
Providence Children's Film Festival, USA |
2016 |
Best Action/Thriller Film |
Seattle Deaf Film Festival, USA |
2016 |
Best of Festival Award (Shorts) |
Superfest International Disability Festival, USA |
The Big Decisions (Zoom 2014) |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Second Prize |
Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival, Texas, USA |
2016 |
Best Short Film |
LA Disability Film Festival, USA |
The End (Zoom Focus 2011) |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2011 |
Honorable Mention |
Deaffest, UK |
2011 |
Best Film |
Clin d'Oeil, France |
2012 |
Best Short Drama |
Seattle Deaf Film Festival, USA |
2012 |
Best Short Film |
Cinedeaf, Rome, Italy |
2012 |
Best Film |
Irish Deaf Film Festival, Ireland |
2012 |
Best Film |
Look and Roll Festival, Switzerland |
2013 |
Best Director (Ted Evans) |
Deaffest, UK |
2014 |
International TV Award of Sign Language Productions |
SVT, Sweden |
2015 |
Audience Award |
Nottingham Alternative Film Network, UK |
The Muddy Boot Room Series 1: Episode 1 |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2020 |
Deaf Sports Media of the Year |
Deaf Sports Personality of the Year |
To Know Him |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2018 |
Deaf Shorts Award |
Encounters Film Festival |
2018 |
Nomination for Best Performance (female) in a single drama or drama series (Jemma Joyce) |
Royal Television Society (RTS) North West |
2018 |
Nomination for Best Script Writer (Kellie Smith) |
Royal Television Society (RTS) North West |
2018 |
Nomination for Best British Short Film |
British Independent Film Awards |
2019 |
Longlisted for Best British Short Film |
BAFTA |
2019 |
Best Film |
Deaffest, Wolverhampton, UK |
2020 |
Best Drama |
Seattle Deaf Fim Festival |
Tree Fairy |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2014 |
Best Director (Louis Neethling) |
Maine Deaf Film Festival, USA |
2014 |
Best Drama |
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2015 |
Best Director (Louis Neethling) |
Toronto International Deaf Film Festival, Canada |
2015 |
Best Director (Louis Neethling) |
Deaffest, Wolverhampton, UK |
2015 |
Best Drama |
Cindeaf, Rome, Italy |
Two Deaf Travellers |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2020 |
Independent Travel Video up to 10” Silver |
Amorgos Tourism Film Festival |
2021 |
Independent Tourism Travel Video 3rd Prize |
Japan World’s Tourism Film Festival |
2021 |
People's Choice Award |
Equality and Diversity Film Festival |
2021 |
Independent Travel - Gold |
International Tourism Film Festival Africa |
2021 |
Independent Travel Video - Gold |
International Committee of Tourism of Film Festival (CIFFT) |
Who cares? |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2013 |
Best Documentary |
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2013 |
Best Foreign Film |
Finland Sign Language Film Festival |
2013 |
Best Director (Camilla Arnold) |
Cindeaf, Italy |
2015 |
Documentary Award |
Picture This, Canada |
Wicked 2: Programme 1 |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2009 |
Best TV Programme |
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2009 |
Doing Media Differently: Factual Programming |
RADAR People of the Year |
Wicked 3: Programme 8 |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2011 |
Best TV Programme |
Deaffest, UK |
You, Me (Zoom Focus 2012) |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2013 |
Best Director (Simon Herdman) |
Toronto Deaf Film Festival, Canada |
2016 |
Best Drama Film |
Seattle Deaf Film Festival, USA |
What if? |
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| Year | Award | Festival |
2021 |
Favourite LGBT+ Film |
Film Only Film |
2021 |
Best Overall Filmmaker |
Sappho Film Festival |
2021 |
LGBTIQQ |
Splice Film Fest |
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