FOCAL Awards 2025 - Shortlisted Nominees

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

The Personnel and Restoration categories nominations will be announced in mid-May.

Production Categories:

Best Use of Footage in Advertising or Branded Content:
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Burger King 70 year anniversary campaign "Born to be a flame lover" | Buzzman/Paris
Dick’s Sporting Goods "Big Moments" | Arts and Letters / STALKR
Moncler x Roc Nation designed by JAY-Z  "City of Mountains" | Hinterland Films / Convicts

Best Use of Footage in an Arts & Cultural Production:
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Documerica, auto-portrait d'une nation au bord de l'abime (Documerica, Self-Portrait of a Nation on the Brink) | LES FILMS EN VRAC / KARAMOJA PRODUCTIONS / RING PROD
In My Own Words: Alison Lapper | Chalk Productions
In My Own Words: Billy Connolly | Whisper Films
Jim Henson: Idea Man | Disney Branded Television / Imagine Documentaries
So Surreal: Behind the Masks | Rezolution Pictures

Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature:
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Nesjomme (Neshoma) | Family Affair Films
One to One: John & Yoko | Mercury Studios / KGB Films / Plan B / Shanakee
Riefenstahl | Vincent Productions GmbH
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat | Onomatopee Films / Warboys Films / BALDR Film / Zapomatik
Strike: An Uncivil War | VeryMuchSo Productions / Embankment Films / Davy Films / Meadowlark Media

Best Use of Footage in a Factual or Natural World Production:
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A Return to Memory | National Film Board of Canada
Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown | 72 Films
Red Fever | Rezolution Pictures
Spotlight - The Secret Army | BBC Northern Ireland, Current Affairs Dept
The White House Effect | Actual Films / Department of Motion Pictures / Impact Partners

Best Use of Footage in a History Feature:
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Nesjomme (Neshoma) | Family Affair Films
Riefenstahl | Vincent Productions GmbH
The Propagandist | Docmakers
The White House Effect | Actual Films / Department of Motion Pictures / Impact Partners
Trains | Drygas Film Production

Best Use of Footage in a History Production:
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A Return to Memory | National Film Board of Canada
American Experience: Fly With Me | Sarah Colt Productions / AMERICAN EXPERIENCE/GBH Boston
The Zelensky Story | 72 Films (A BBC Open University Partnership)
Strike: An Uncivil War | VeryMuchSo Productions / Embankment Films / Davy Films / Meadowlark Media
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae | Laylow Pictures

Best Use of Footage in a Music Production:
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Becoming Madonna | Optomen Television
Kurt Cobain: Moments That Shook Music | Touchdown Films
One to One: John & Yoko | Mercury Studios / KGB Films / Plan B / Shanakee
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat | Onomatopee Films / Warboys Films / BALDR Film / Zapomatik
STAX: Soulsville U.S.A. | Laylow Pictures / Whitehorse Pictures

Best Use of Footage in a Short Film Production:
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In the Veins | Yorkshire and North East Film Archive / Teesside University
Motorcycle Mary | ESPN Films / Breakwater Studios
The Ban | Unbecoming / Erica Starling Productions / Northern Ireland Screen

Best Use of Footage in a Sports Production:
BBC Sport Paris Olympics Opening Film: '100 Years of Love' | BBC Sport
I'm Just Here For The Riot | ESPN Films
In the Arena: Serena Williams | Religion of Sports
Moses - 13 Steps | BROADVIEW Pictures GmbH
Surf, le feu sacré | Yami2 / ZDF

Student Jury Award for Most Inspiring Use of Footage:
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Becoming Madonna | Optomen Television
Jim Henson: Idea Man | Disney Branded Television / Imagine Documentaries
Moses - 13 Steps | BROADVIEW Pictures GmbH
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae | Laylow Pictures