Rick Joaquim SASC wins Best Cinematography at British Short Film Awards for Adjustments

On 14 December, The British Short Film Awards took over the Everyman Screen on the Green to host its second annual event and the first in-person event, hosted by Alex Zane for the second year running.

Around 100 film makers, actresses and actors, were welcomed to the venue in London, including Larry Lamb, Twinnie Lee Moore and Rory Keenan.

“We had a brand-new award design this year – a gold statuette. Over forty awards were given out and with them came fantastic acceptance speeches,” said British Short Film Awards Founder Tommy Clarke. “After the winners collected their awards, they headed straight for an interview with our camera crew in front of our fantastic step and repeat board.”

Cinematographer Rick Joaquim SASC won the award for Best Cinematography (sponsored by British Cinematographer) for his lensing of Adjustments. Commenting on the win, Joaquim said: “I am extremely grateful and proud to have won this award. Thank you to the British Short Film Awards and for the opportunity to my director Harry Mackrill, Nisha Oza and writer Nicola May-Taylor.

“Adjustments was a really special project for me and I really resonated with the heart and soul of it. I had the best time working on this. It was also one of the first narrative projects I DP’d after moving to London a year and a half ago. Thank you to the cast and crew on this production as well as Panavision London for all the support on this project.”

Watch Adjustments on the BCinePlayer here:

BSFA supported Hear Art this year who are an amazing non-profit organisation that aims to bring the deaf and hearing communities together through film making. They created three film this year that had a crew of 50% deaf and 50% hearing.

The event was supported by British Cinematographer, Leica, Mermaid Gin, Fisherman’s Friends, and The British Snack Company, who all provided amazing items for the goody bags.

“It was a fantastic evening celebrating amazing film makers and short films and we look forward to next year,” said Clarke.

Photo Credit: Chris Lewis

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The British Short Film Awards – Winners 2022 

Principal category winners:

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Sponsored by British Cinematographer

WINNER: Adjustments – cinematography by Rick Joaquim SASC

NOMINEES:

Kafkas – Charlie Goodger

The Mourning Bird – Courtney Bennett

I Fall – Max Graham

Leader – Ali Farahani

BEST SHORT FILM

Sponsored by Leica

An Irish Goodbye – produced by Tom Berkeley, Ross White, Pearce Cullen; directed by Tom Berkeley, Ross White

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM

Everybody Dies…Sometimes – produced by Leonora Darby, Charlotte Hamblin, James Harris, Mark Lane; directed by Charlotte Hamblin

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

Centred – Directed by Sam Coffey

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Cuties – directed by Theo Scott

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT FILM

Abia – Directed by Sam Nutt

BEST DIRECTOR

Rory Keenan – Bump

BEST BRITISH DIRECTOR

Alix Eve and Olivia Dowd – Minutes

BEST ACTOR

Larry Lamb – Old Windows

BEST ACTRESS

Nicola May-Taylor – Adjustments

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Anthony Welsh – Walls Like Windows

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Ony Uhiara – The Mourning Bird

BEST SCORE

The Mourning Bird – score by Michael Llewelyn Barker

BEST EDITING

Everybody Dies…Sometimes – Editing by Caitlin Spiller

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP

O, Glory! – hair and make up by Elvis Schmoulianoff

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Jim – costume design by Edie Moles

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Herd Immunity – production design by the Set Sisters

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Kafkas – sound design by Ed de Lacy

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

My Protector (My Beskermer) – Visual effects by Keno Naidoo

BEST SCREENPLAY

Sponsored by Final Draft

Step by Step – written by Imogen Bole

Additional Categories:

BEST DRAMA

Leopard – Written and directed James Arden, produced by James Arden and Poppy Ashton

BEST COMEDY

The Butternut Squash Gang in… Lapushka! – Written, directed, and produced by Kevin Proctor

BEST SCI-FI

The Operator – Written and directed by Matt Riley and produced by Becky Adams and Paul Mills

BEST HORROR

Mantis – Directed, written, and produced by Luigi Sibona

BEST SCOTTISH SHORT FILM

SCOTT – directed by Will Clark and produced by Empty Street Productions

BEST NORTHERN IRISH SHORT FILM

Soul Office – Written and directed by Ryan Loughran, produced by Fiona McLaughlin, Tom Getty and Grace Loughrey

BEST ENGLISH SHORT FILM

Pointe Black – Directed by Rebecca Murray, produced by Hannah Tookey and Sam Katz

BEST WELSH SHORT FILM

Salt Water Town – Directed by Dan Thorburn, produced by Sarah Palmer

BEST SUPER SHORT FILM

SURPRI-! – Written and directed by Rory D. Bentley and produced by Fred Deeds

BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM

Wheels of Fortune – Directed by George Pack and produced by Isha Thorat

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

Tell Tyler – Directed by Frankie Joe Gommon and produced by Jenny Richards

BEST NON-NARRATIVE/EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM

The Promise – Directed by Daniel James Baldwin and Chris Egglestone and produced by Daniel James Baldwin

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Country Life – directed by Luis Hindman and produced by Liam Wallace-Cook, Music by Master Peace

BEST LONG SHORT

These Spinning Straight Lines – Written and directed by Jamie Flatters

BEST SHORT FILM FROM THE ARCHIVES

Road Rage – written, directed, produced and starring James Button

BEST SHORT-FORM CONTENT/COMMERCIAL

The Pick Up – written and directed by Jack Howard and produced by Sophie Newton

Honorary Awards:

Audience Award

Welcome to the Club – directed by Twinnie Lee Moore and produced by Fraser Taylor. Music by Twinnie

Auteurs Award

Ali Farahani for his cinematography on Leader

Jury Award

An Irish Goodbye –  Directed by Tom Berkeley, Ross White and produced by Tom Berkeley, Ross White, Pearce Cullen

Founders Award

One Letter – Directed by Brian Duffy and produced by Ashley Horne

Night Shift – Directed by Bim Ajadi and produced by Earleatha Oppon

Hair Uncovered – Directed by Cathy Heffernan and produced by Abigale Borsberry

Impact Award

Hear Art Founders – Cindy Sasha & Rachel Shenton