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The FOCAL International Awards 2022 - Winners and Shortlisted Nominees

We are pleased to announce the Winners and Shortlisted Nominees within the 2022 Awards.

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

Winners are in bold.

Restoration and Preservation Category:

Best Archive Restoration & Preservation Project or Title
Sponsored By: Prasad

L'Avventura | Cinematographique Lyre

Sambizanga | L'Immagine Ritrovata

Celestial's Shaw Brothers Collection Project | L'Immagine Ritrovata SRL

Personnel Category:

The Jane Mercer Researcher of the Year Award:
Sponsored By: piemags

Adrian Wood for Film, the Living Record of Our Memory

Rosemary Rotondi for ATTICA

Mridu Chandra and Lewanne Jones for CURED

Stephanie Jenkins for Muhammad Ali

Kate Griffiths and Tess McNally-Watson for The Sparks Brothers


Company of the Year:
Sponsored By: Footage.net

Frames Dealer

LOLA Clips

R3store Studios

Yorkshire and North East Film Archives

Footage Person of the Year:
Sponsored By: IMES

Nicole Wilkinson and Misbah Ullah - Getty

Vicky Turner - Nimia

Richard Watson - R3store Studios

Aurélia Charrier - Ina - Institut national de l'audiovisuel

James West - Nimia


Student Jury:

Student Jury Award for Most Inspiring Use of Footage:
Sponsored By: Sky Clip Sales

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | HBO Documentary Films, Screen Media, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Macrocosm Entertainment

Film, the Living Record of Our Memory | El Grifilm Productions, Filmoption International

SEVE; Artist, Fighter, Legend | Zig Zag Productions, Rakuten TV, R&A, Egoli and North Ridge Films

Latin Noir | Anemon Productions, Point Du Joir - Les Films Du Balibari

Production Category:

Best Use of Footage in an Arts and Entertainment Production:
Sponsored By: LOLA Clips

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | HBO Documentary Films, Screen Media, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Macrocosm Entertainment

Charlie Chaplin, the genius of liberty | Kuiv Productions

Latin Noir | Anemon Productions, Point Du Joir - Les Films Du Balibari

Film, the Living Record of Our Memory | El Grifilm Productions, Filmoption International

Camera Tripod Bicycle | South Wind Blows


Best Use of Footage in Advertising or Branded Content:
Sponsored By: WPA Film Library

Broadway League 'This Is Broadway' | STALKR, Lucky Generals

Sandy Hook 'The Kids Are Not Alright - Disappearing Act' | STALKR, BBDO NY

Google 'It Starts With Summer' | STALKR, Uncommon Creative Studio

HBO Max 'Celebrating Devoted Fans' | STALKR, BBDO NY


Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature:
Sponsored By: British Pathé

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Searchlight Pictures, Onyx, Hulu

Citizen Ashe | Rexpix Media, CNN Films, HBO Max, Dogwoof Pictures, Stick Figure Productions

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | HBO Documentary Films, Screen Media, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Macrocosm Entertainment

Attica | Firelight Films, Showtime

Living Proof - A Climate Story | National Library of Scotland, Film Hub Scotland


Best Use of Footage in a Factual or Natural World Production:
Sponsored By: Fremantle

Playing with Sharks | A Wildbear Entertainment Production, National Geographic, Screen NSW, Dogwoof, TDOG

Launch! On the Sea with Scotland's Lifeboats | A Kind of Seeing, Screen Argyll

Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11 | Dog and Duck, NBC News Studios, Yard 44

The Return: Life After Isis | Alba Sotorra Productions, MetFilm, Sky

Bruno v Tyson | Workerbee


Best Use of Footage in a History Feature:
Sponsored By: Getty Images

Attica | Firelight Films, Showtime

Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11 | Dog and Duck, NBC News Studios, Yard 44

Charlie Chaplin, the genius of liberty | Kuiv Productions

9/11: One Day in America: Told in Full | 72 Films


Best Use of Footage in a History Production:
Sponsored By: Screenocean

Lotte Eisner - A Place, Nowhere | Ilona Grundmann Filmproduction, Acqua Alta

Colonia Dignidad: Eine deutsche Sekte in Chile [Colonia Dignidad: A Sinister Sect] | LOOKSfilm, Netflix, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Südwestrundfunk (SWR), ARTE

Antoine The Fortunate | Anemon Productions, Les Films Du Balibari, EPO-Film

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce vita - Cinecittà, making of History | Temps Noir, Palomar, Cinecittà-Luce

Σε γνωρίζω από την όψη (By the light of thine eyes) | Committee Greece 2021, Animasyros


Best Use of Footage in a Music Production:
Sponsored By: Reelin in the Years Productions

The Sparks Brothers | Complete Fiction Pictures Limited

Blitzed: The 80s Blitz Kids Story | Get Blitzed Ltd.

King Rocker | Krocker Film Ltd

Lindisfarne's Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story | Daisybeck Studios


Best Use of Footage in a Short Film Production:
Sponsored By: Newsflare

We Were There to Be There | Field of Vision

The Silent Pulse of the Universe | Breakwater Studios

Lost Connections | Yorkshire Film Archive


Best Use of Footage in a Sports Production:
Sponsored By: ITV Archive

Citizen Ashe | Rexpix Media, CNN Films, HBO Max, Dogwoof Pictures, Stick Figure Productions

Muhammad Ali | Florentine Films

SEVE; Artist, Fighter, Legend | Zig Zag Productions, Rakuten TV, R&A, Egoli and North Ridge Films

Dettori | Trombone Productions

Queen of Speed | Sky Studios, Drum Studios