'To Leslie' and 'Karaoke' Win Top Awards at Raindance Film Festival

Michael Morris' feature debut "To Leslie" won the festival film award at the 30th Raindance Film Festival in London and Andrea Riseborough won Best Performance for the film.

Israel's Moshe Rosenthal won Best Director and Best Screenplay for "Karaoke". Korean director Hee-il Leesong's "Swallow," starring actor and musician Woo Ji-hyun, which had its world premiere at Raindance, won the award for best international feature film. Pratibha Parmar's hybrid documentary drama "My Name is Andrea", with a cast including Ashley Judd, Soko and Andrea Riseborough, won Best Documentary Feature. Selected as the UK entry in the International Feature Film category of the Oscars, "Winners" was named Best British Feature Film by Raindance.

2022 RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS WINNERS

Festival Film: "To Leslie" (dir: Michael Morris, UK)

Best Performance: Andrea Riseborough, "To Leslie"

Best International Film: "Swallow" (dir: Hee-il Leesong, Korea)

Best British Feature: "Winners" (dir: Hassan Nazar, UK)

Best Documentary Feature: "My Name Is Andrea" (dir: Pratibha Parmar, USA)

Best Director: Moshe Rosenthal, "Karaoke" (Israel)

Best Screenplay: Moshe Rosenthal, "Karaoke"

Discovery / Best First Feature: "Gentle" (Dir: László Csuja, Anna Nemes, Hungary) < /p>

Best Cinematography: Nikita Kuzmenko, "Pamfir" (Dir: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-sobchuk, Ukraine)

Spirit Of Raindance: "Swede Caroline" (Dir: Finn Bruce, Brook Driver, UK)

Short Film Oscar Qualifier ProgramRaindance is an Oscar Qualifier Festival. The recipient of the festival's Best Short Film is eligible for consideration in the Oscar short film category without the standard theatrical run (provided the film otherwise complies with academy rules.

Festival Best Short Film: "Same Old" (Dir: Lloyd Lee Choi, USA)

Best British Short Film: "Glorious Revolution" (Dir: Masha Novikova, UK/Ukraine/ Germany)< /p>

Best Documentary Short: "Elephant Food Is For The Strongest Teeth" (Dir: Michael Kinsella-Perks , Will McBain, UK)

Best Animated Short Film: "My Year Of Dicks" (Dir: Sara Gunnarsdóttir, United States/Iceland)< /p>

Best Clip: Crazy (C Prinz, USA)

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