Awards – Lucy Nordberg

Blank Canvas selected as quarter-finalist in ScreenCraft Film Fund

Lucy Nordberg — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 16:05:05 +0000

I was excited to find out that Blank Canvas, my short film script containing dialogue in verse – along with its accompanying production plan – was selected as a quarter-finalist in the ScreenCraft Film Fund Spring 2025. This year’s fund had 1100 submissions. ScreenCraft is an organisation that offers “production grants to talented creators for narrative features, short films, TV pilot series scripts, and documentaries that display originality, vision & exceptional potential”. Its film fund is a programme designed to help realise filmmakers’ ideas and connect them with companies looking for new stories to develop.

I received some great feedback on the script, which was especially encouraging as I know that verse dialogue is unusual as part of a film script. You can read more about Blank Canvas here

Time and Tide wins Best Cinematography Award at Brighton Rocks

Lucy Nordberg — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:56:00 +0000

The Time and Tide trilogy has won the award for Best Cinematography at Brighton Rocks International Film Festival (BRIFF). Many congratulations to the cinematographers Michael O’Connor, Alexx Paul Sherman and Justin Spray! With many of those involved based in Brighton, this was something of a ‘home screening’ and we were able to invite family and friends along, which meant the award felt like a celebration of all the hard work and support we’ve been lucky enough to benefit from while making the films.

There was a short Q&A session after the screening, with me and co-producer Marc Green, John Locke, star of The Last Lighthouse Keeper, Alexx Paul Sherman, cinematographer and editor of The Last Lighthouse Keeper, and Justin Spray, director of The Arena.

The awards were presented by William Nicholson, screenwriter for Gladiator among many other films, who gave a thought-provoking talk before the presentation – with useful advice covering screenwriting, directing and the art of collaboration and compromise, while remaining true to a central vision. Coincidentally, The Arena, the first part of the Time and Tide trilogy, has aspects that were influenced by Gladiator, so this was a particularly resonant session for us!

Time and Tide wins Best UK Short at London Independent Film Festival

Lucy Nordberg — Thu, 05 May 2022 15:37:00 +0000

Time and Tide has won Best UK Short at the London Independent Film Festival (LIFF). A week after the film’s screening at the Genesis Cinema in Whitechapel, the awards ceremony was presented by the actor Cathy Tyson.

After all the work on the films, it was satisfying to watch the performances of John Locke, Greta Scacchi and Sam West at this inspiring venue. There was an excellent selection of films during the evening, which played to a packed house.

Many thanks to LIFF for this recognition and congratulations to all who worked on all three films, under the direction of Marc Green, Jonathan Stow and Justin Spray.

Time and Tide wins at Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema

Lucy Nordberg — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:41:00 +0000

Further to the exciting announcement that Time and Tide was nominated for no less than 9 awards at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema (IIFC), comes the news that the trilogy has won the IDY Award for Best International Short Film and the Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement in Original Music Score for a short film.

The IIFC was held online this year due to ongoing Covid restrictions, including the awards ceremony which was broadcast on 13th March. Roger Taylor chose and presented the winners for best score, while Lesley Paterson presented the international short film awards.

Cast, producers and crew are very grateful to IIFC for the awards and nominations!

Time and Tide receives 9 award nominations at IIFC

Lucy Nordberg — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 19:13:00 +0000

Time and Tide has been nominated for awards in nine categories at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema (IIFC), which takes place from 8th-13th March in Idyllwild, California.

The festival – which Hollywood Insider calls ‘The Greatest Little Film Festival on Earth’ – is dedicated to showcasing emerging talent in both studio and independent film. The Idy Awards (Idyllwild Film Awards) have become one of California’s most prestigious film festival prizes.

Time and Tide has been nominated for Best Short Film, Best International Short Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Ensemble Cast, Best Screenplay, Roger Taylor Award for Best Original Short Film Score (which is judged by Roger Taylor himself), Best Performance by a Child and the Mary Austin Award for Excellence in Screenwriting.

Due to the constantly changing restrictions and mandates due to Covid in California, IIFC is going virtual again this year, but the MPT team is looking forward to participating as much as possible and watching the films online.

Further festival success for Time and Tide

Lucy Nordberg — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:19:00 +0000

Soon after winning an award at London Rocks, Time and Tide has won second place at the Monologues & Poetry International Film Festival, which highlights individual talent and creativity through monologues, soliloquies, and spoken-word.

The trilogy is being shown in competition for the East/South European International Film Festival, which will take place online this year from 13th-18th December and is viewable with a password, which is available here

The film has been selected by the Global Network for the London Lift-Off Festival. Lift-Off Global Network is an organisation encompassing worldwide live screening events, distribution initiatives, a seasonal awards ceremony, and an active network of indie film creators.