Winners and Shortlisted Nominees for the 2023 FOCAL Awards

Full details can be found by selecting the 'Category Title' from the list below.

The 2023 Awards gala evening was held at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, London, hosted by Ed Byrne.

Winners are noted in bold below, congratulations to all.

All the Awards Photos are now available to view.

Personnel Category:

Footage Person of the Year
Sponsored By: IMES
Jo Griffin - R3store Studios
Martin Lisius - Prairie Pictures' StormStock
Graham Relton - Yorkshire and North East Film Archive

Company of the Year
Sponsored By: CNN Collection
Getty Images
Huntley Film Archives
R3store Studios

The Jane Mercer Researcher of the Year
Sponsored By: The Associated Press
Jessica Berman-Bogdan for Moonage Daydream
Lizzy McGlynn for Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Rich Remsberg & Gideon C. Kennedy for Light & Magic
Vanessa Gonzalez-Block for The U.S. and the Holocaust
Barbara Gregson for Meltdown: Three Mile Island

Restoration and Preservation Category:

Best Archive Restoration and Preservation Project or Title
Sponsored By: FilmFinity
Apache Drums | NBCUniversal
The Draughtsman's Contract | Dragon Post Production (Wales)
Thamp̄ | L'Immagine Ritrovata Group
Pasolini's Project | L'Immagine Ritrovata Group

Production Category:

The Student Jury Award for Most Inspiring Use of Footage
Sponsored By: Sky Clip Sales
37 Words | ESPN Films, Trilogy Films, Industrial Media
Fire of Love | National Geographic Documentary Films, Sandbox Films -Production, Intuitive Pictures, Cottage M Production
God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines | Washington Hill Pictures, XTR
Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis | Film Five GmbH

Best Use of Footage in Advertising or Branded Content:
Sponsored By: Nimia
Chevron | STALKR, Hyper Object Inustries
BAFTA "Behind Every BAFTA" | STALKR LTD, DCM Studio
Victoria's Secret "Undefinable" | STALKR, AP Studio

Best Use of Footage in an Arts & Entertainment Production:
Sponsored By: Global ImageWorks
The Andy Warhol Diaries | Abstract Submarine LLC
A Czechoslovak Fairy Tale (Un conte de fée tchécoslovaque) | Talweg, Sirius Films, ARTE G.E.I.E., Slovenský filmový ústav
Sidney | Apple Original Films, Harpo Productions, Network Entertainment
Cesária Évora | Carrossel Produções
Queen of the Deuce | Storyline Entertainment Inc., Exile Films

Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature:
Sponsored By: British Pathé
Seeds of Hunger - Ukraine 1933 | Les Films du Poisson, Lobster Films
Nelly & Nadine | Auto Images AB, Associate Directors, UpNorth Film
Moonage Daydream | Public Road Productions Inc.
Fire of Love | National Geographic Documentary Films, Sandbox Films Production, Intuitive Pictures, Cottage M Production
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes | Top Hat Productions Ltd

Best Use of Footage in a Factual or Natural World Production:
Sponsored By: Orchard Clips
Shouting Down Midnight | TIME Studios, Day Zero, Sugar23, Mainstay, MSNBC Films
La Generazione Perduta | MIR Cinematografica, Luce Cinecittà
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story | 72 Films
The Princess | Lightbox
Fire of Love | National Geographic Documentary Films, Sandbox Films Production, Intuitive Pictures, Cottage M Production

Best Use of Footage in a History Feature:
Sponsored By: Historic Films
Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis | Film Five GmbH
American Experience: Taken Hostage | A Robert Stone Productions Film for American Experience
The Natural History of Destruction | LOOKS Filmproduktionen GmbH, Studio Uljana Kim, ATOMS & VOID
Non-Aligned: Scenes from the Labudović Reels | Poppy Pictures, Survivance, Restart, Kino
Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen | BBC Studios

Best Use of Footage in a History Production:
Sponsored By: Screenocean
Echoes of the North: Four Chapters in Time | Yorkshire and North East Film Archive, Yorkshire Silent Film Festival, Neil Brand
1979 The Year of the Islamist Revolution | OR Media Ltd
Normandie Will Not Sail Tonight (Normandie ne partira pas ce soir) | Talweg
Meltdown: Three Mile Island | Moxie Pictures, MAS Production

Best Use of Footage in a Music Production:
Sponsored By: Reelin' in the Years Productions
Janet Jackson | Workerbee Documentary Films, AEC
God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines | Washington Hill Pictures, XTR
Meet Me In The Bathroom | Pulse Films, XTR, Vice, Utopia, Universal
Nothing Compares | SHOWTIME Documentary Films Presents, Tara Films and Ard Mhacha Productions Co-Production
Moonage Daydream | Public Road Productions Inc.

Best Use of Footage in a Short Film Production:
Sponsored By: WPA Film Library
Solus | United Magic Studios
The Looking Glass Anthology | Northern Ireland Screen, PRONI, BAI, DFC
Cost of Living | Yorkshire and North East Film Archive, York St John University
A History Of The World According To Getty Images | Once Aurora

Best Use of Footage in a Sports Production:
Sponsored By: Getty Images
The Figo Affair: The Transfer that Changed Football | Pitch International
Gazza | Haviland Digital, Mark Stewart Productions, Western Edge Pictures
37 Words | ESPN Films, Trilogy Films, Industrial Media
Una Squadra (The Team) | Sky Italia, Luce Cinecittà, Fandango
Villeneuve Pironi | Noah Media Group, Sky Studios

Best Use of Footage on Innovative Platforms:
Sponsored By: ARK by KOMI
StoryTrails - The People's Metaverse | StoryFutures, Nexus Studios, ISO Design, Produce UK, The Reading Agency, BFI, BBC, Uplands
ERA BBC Shakespeare Archive Resource | ERA
BBC Rewind | BBC
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats | East City Films