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