The mission here, at Prodigy Film Festival, is to discover the most innovative student, indie and international films, as well as television productions, with an aim to showcase and recognise raw talent. We also believe in nurturing talent from a young age and will look into this as we judge, focusing on natural aptitude shown from each young performer.
We'll also be awarding winning laurels, on the day of the online event, for Special Recognition. In previous years we've awarded the Elysium, Vision, Eden, Arcadia and Genesis awards to contributors from miscellaneous categories that didn't necessarily fall under any of the main ones, which included, but not limited to: Outstanding Performances, Most Anticipated Music In A Trailer, Best Documentary, Most Original Concept, Most Powerful Narrative, Best Film Poster Design & much more.
At Prodigy, we love good competition, but we value team work and industry support more.
We champion diversity and inclusivity and welcome film/TV submissions from everybody!
As we move forward into the future with Prodigy we have TWO brand new categories!
Any music lovers out there? Feel free to submit your music videos, musicals, musical episodes/films and anything predominantly music oriented into our Music category and any artists, you now have a chance to highlight your work with our Animation category where you can submit your cartoons, anime, stop motion and claymation!
We look forward to bringing you our seventh annual Prodigy Film Festival and we look forward to your submissions from June 2024!
The 2023 Prodigy Film Festival Award Winners:
2023 Indie:
Best Film - Rêverie
Best Actor - Lladel Bryant - Mourning Sickness
Best Actor (Dual Award) - Ross Cawton & Ian Kay - The Snogging Scene
Best Direction & Cinematography - Rêverie
Best Score - Rêverie
Special Recognition Award - The Elysium Award - For Best Documentary - Images Of A Trainman
2023 International:
Best Film - The Darkened Cottage
Best Actor - Anne McCaffery-French - The Darkened Cottage
Best Actor - Gabrielle Johnsen - Capital Games
Best Direction & Cinematography - The Darkened Cottage
Best Score - The Darkened Cottage
Special Recognition Award - The Arcadia Award - For Best Makeup & SFX - The Darkened Cottage
2023 Poster:
Special Recognition Award - The Vision Award - For Best Film Poster Design - Waltz
Runner Up - Picus Viridis
2023 Student:
Best Film - HANGNAIL
Best Actor (Dual Award) - Mollie Milne & Freya Rivero - HANGNAIL
Best Actor - Caleb O'Brien - Mama's Boy
Best Direction & Cinematography - HANGNAIL
Best Score - HANGNAIL
Special Recognition Award - The Eden Award - For Creepiest Horror - Mama's Boy
2023 Trailer
Best Trailer - Waltz
2023 TV
Best TV Episode - The Sceptic Investigates