LumoTV’s films and programmes have been selected to screen at festivals across the world, over the years. See below all the awards we are incredibly grateful to have won.

Coffee Morning Club: Episode 1 |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2024 |
Best Television Programme |
Deaffest, UK |

Diagnonsense |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2024 |
Best Film |
Deaffest, UK |
2024 |
Best Drama |
Seattle Deaf Film Festival |
2023 |
Prize of the Jury & Prize of the Audience |
FECS - Festival Itinerante di Cinema Sordo |
2023 |
Gold Prize - 2nd HK Deaf Short Film Contest |
12th Hong Kong International Deaf Film Festival (HKIDFF12) |
2023 |
Best Film Best Actor (Ilan Dwek) |
della Awards |

Sign2Win Series 2: Episode 4 |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2024 |
Best Presenter (Fifi Garfield) |
Deaffest, UK |

I Want To Change The World |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2024 |
Special mention of the jury |
FECS - Festival Itinerante di Cinema Sordo |
2022 |
Official Selection |
DISability Education Film Festival |
2021 |
Best Children's Programme |
Broadcast Awards |
2020 |
Best Documentary |
Seattle Deaf Film Festival |
2020 |
Children's |
RTS West of England |
2020 |
Best Documentary |
Deaf Rochester Film Festival |

CODA & Proud |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2023 |
Silver Prize - 2nd HK Deaf Short Film Contest |
12th Hong Kong International Deaf Film Festival (HKIDFF12) |

Two Deaf Yorkshiremen in Lockdown |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2022 |
Comedy |
Seattle Deaf Film Festival |

Veneer |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2022 |
Drama |
Seattle Deaf Film Festival |

Here/Not Here |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2022 |
Disability Justice Award |
Superfest |
2022 |
Best Film |
Deaffest, UK |

Summer in Lockdown |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2022 |
Best Documentary |
Deaffest, UK |
2021 |
Disability Unscripted
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MIPCOM CANNES Diversify TV Awards
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This Is Deaf: LGBTQIA+ Life |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2022 |
Best Television Programme |
Deaffest, UK |

Being Marcus |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2021 |
Best Documentary |
Together! 2021 Disability Film Festival |

Deaflympics: Running Out Of Time? |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2021 |
Best Film in a Language other than English |
Together! 2021 Disability Film Festival |

What if? |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2021 |
Favourite LGBT+ Film |
Film Only Film |
2021 |
Best Overall Filmmaker |
Sappho Film Festival |
2021 |
LGBTIQQ |
Splice Film Fest |

Two Deaf Travellers |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2022 |
Eco-tourism and Responsible Travel - Silver
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Deaville Green Awards |
2022 |
Best Short Documentary |
London Movie Awards |
2021 |
Independent Tourism Travel Video 3rd Prize |
Japan World’s Tourism Film Festival |
2021 |
People's Choice Award |
Equality and Diversity Film Festival |
2021 |
Independent Travel - Gold |
International Tourism Film Festival Africa |
2021 |
Independent Travel Video - Gold |
International Committee of Tourism of Film Festival (CIFFT) |
2021 |
White Acacia Best General Sensibility of the Film |
SILAFEST, Serbia |
2021 |
Independent Filmmakers - Gold |
Terres Festival, Catalonia |
2021 |
Best Independent Travel Film |
Zagreb Tourfilm Festival, Croatia |
2021 |
Best Documentary Short Film - Finalist |
British Short Film Awards |
2021 |
Independent Travel Video - 1st Place |
ART&TUR International Tourism Film Festival, Portugal |
2021 |
Gold Award in independent Travel videos |
International Tourism Film Festival, Cappadocia, Turkey |
2020 |
Independent Travel Video up to 10” Silver |
Amorgos Tourism Film Festival |

Almost |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2020 |
Favourite Alternate Abilities Film |
Film Only Film Festival |
2020 |
Best Performance (Vilma Jackson) |
OutlantaCon Short Film Festival, Atlanta, USA |

The Muddy Boot Room Series 1: Episode 1 |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2020 |
Deaf Sports Media of the Year |
Deaf Sports Personality of the Year |

Hope |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2020 |
Best Deaf Cinema Short |
Madrid Film Festival |
2020 |
Grand Jury Award |
Deaf Rochester Film Festival |
2019 |
Deaf Shorts Showcase Award |
Encounters Film Festival |
2019 |
Best Film |
X Tolosa International Deaf Film Festival |

To Know Him |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2020 |
Best Drama |
Seattle Deaf Fim Festival |
2019 |
Best Film |
Deaffest, UK |
2019 |
Longlisted for Best British Short Film |
BAFTA |
2018 |
Deaf Shorts Award |
Encounters Film Festival |
2018 |
Nomination for Best Performance (female) in a single drama or drama series (Jemma Joyce) |
Royal Television Society (RTS) North West |
2018 |
Nomination for Best Script Writer (Kellie Smith) |
Royal Television Society (RTS) North West |
2018 |
Nomination for Best British Short Film |
British Independent Film Awards |

Deaf Funny: Programme 3 |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2019 |
Best Television Programme |
Deaffest, UK |

Dot's Legacy |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2018 |
Semi-Finalist |
Courage Festival |

Deaf Funny: Programme 1 |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2018 |
Best Writer (Charlie Swinbourne) |
Royal Television Society (RTS) Yorkshire |
2017 |
Best Fiction |
Cinedeaf, Rome, Italy |

Signs of an Affair |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2018 |
Audience Participation Award |
Shanghai Deaf Film Festival |
2017 |
Best Actress (Jean St Clair) |
Clin d'Oeil, France |
2017 |
Best Director (Louis Neethling) |
CineDeaf, Rome, Italy |

Deaf Victorians |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2017 |
Best Screenwriter (Norma McGilp) |
Deaffest, UK |

Small World 1: Episode 3 |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2017 |
Best Actor (Matthew Gurney) |
Deaffest, UK |

4 |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2017 |
Best Short Film |
Deaf Rochester Film Festival |
2015 |
Best Director (Bim Ajadi) |
Clin d'Oeil, France |
2015 |
Outstanding Contribution to Media Award (Director - Bim Ajadi) |
Deaffest, UK |

Close Up 1: Doug Alker |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2016 |
Nomination for Presenter of the Year (Tessa Padden) |
Royal Television Society North East and Border Centre Awards |

Double Discrimination |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2016 |
Disability Justice Award |
Superfest International Film Festival, USA |

Found |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2016 |
Award of Merit, Documentary Short |
Accolade Global Film Competition |

Punk Chef: Kids Challenge - Episode 1 |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2016 |
Best Children's Programme (nomination) |
Broadcast Awards |

If I Don't Lose, I'll Lose |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2016 |
Best Short Comedy Screenplay Award |
Alliance for Women in Media Southern California and Genii Awards |
2015 |
Best Actress (Caroline Parker) |
CineDeaf, Rome, Italy |
2015 |
Best Actress (Caroline Parker) |
Clin d'Oeil, France |

Supersonic |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2016 |
Best Short Film |
Providence Children's Film Festival, USA |
2016 |
Best Action/Thriller Film |
Seattle Deaf Film Festival, USA |
2016 |
Best of Festival Award (Shorts) |
Superfest International Disability Festival, USA |
2015 |
Best Fantasty/Animation |
Toronto International Deaf Film Festival, Canada |

The Big Decisions (Zoom 2014) |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2016 |
Best Short Film |
LA Disability Film Festival, USA |
2015 |
Second Prize |
Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival, Texas, USA |

You, Me |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2016 |
Best Drama Film |
Seattle Deaf Film Festival, USA |
2013 |
Best Director (Simon Herdman) |
Toronto Deaf Film Festival, Canada |

Battle Lines |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Diversity Award |
Royal Television Society, Midlands Centre |

Four Deaf Yorkshiremen go to Blackpool |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Best Film |
International Sign Language Festival, Tolosa, Spain |

Scottish Islanders |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Best Documentary |
Deaffest, UK |

Shakespeare: Found in Translation |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Best Documentary Short Film |
Toronto International Deaf Film Festival, Canada |

Small World 1: Episode 1 |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Best Actor (Brian Duffy) |
Deaffest, UK |

Life Out There |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Best Actor (Sean Richards) |
Manos K Rien Festival IV, San Sebastian (Spain) |
2014 |
Honourable Mention |
Picture This, Canada |

The End |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Audience Award |
Nottingham Alternative Film Network, UK |
2014 |
International TV Award of Sign Language Productions |
SVT, Sweden |
2013 |
Best Director (Ted Evans) |
Deaffest, UK |
2012 |
Best Short Drama |
Seattle Deaf Film Festival, USA |
2012 |
Best Short Film |
Cinedeaf, Rome, Italy |
2012 |
Best Film |
Irish Deaf Film Festival, Ireland |
2012 |
Best Film |
Look and Roll Festival, Switzerland |
2011 |
Honorable Mention |
Deaffest, UK |
2011 |
Best Film |
Clin d'Oeil, France |

Tree Fairy |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Best Director (Louis Neethling) |
Toronto International Deaf Film Festival, Canada |
2015 |
Best Director (Louis Neethling) |
Deaffest, UK |
2015 |
Best Drama |
Cindeaf, Rome, Italy |
2014 |
Best Director (Louis Neethling) |
Maine Deaf Film Festival, USA |
2014 |
Best Drama |

Who cares? |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2015 |
Documentary Award |
Picture This, Canada |
2013 |
Best Documentary |
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2013 |
Best Foreign Film |
Finland Sign Language Film Festival |
2013 |
Best Director (Camilla Arnold) |
Cindeaf, Italy |

Champion of the World |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2014 |
Best Director |
International Sign Language Festival, Tolosa, Spain |
2013 |
Best Director |
Deaffest, UK |

September 11th (Zoom 2012) |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2014 |
Best Actress (Aliya Gulamani) |
International Sign Language Festival, Tolosa (Spain) |
2013 |
Best Actress (Aliya Gulamani) |
Deaffest, UK |

Still Here |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2014 |
Best Comedy/Musical |
Seattle Deaf Film Festival, USA |
2013 |
Best Comedy |
Toronto International Deaf Films & Arts Festival, Canada |
2013 |
Best Actor (Hal Draper) |
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2013 |
Best Actress (Jean St Clair) |
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2013 |
Best Director (Louis Neethling) |
International Sign Language Festival, Tolosa, Spain |
2012 |
Best Actor (John Smith) |
Ippocampus Ciak, Milan, Italy |

Confession |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2013 |
Best Art Direction |
Toronto Deaf Film Festival, Canada |

Strangers (Zoom 2012) |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2013 |
Best Director (Brian Duffy) |
Clin d'Oeil, France |

Crossing the Divide |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2013 |
Best Short Documentary |
Toronto Deaf Film Festival, Canada |
2013 |
Honourable mention |
Picture This Film Festival, Canada |
2012 |
Runner Up, Best Documentary |
Irish Deaf Film Festival, Ireland |

Five Needles |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2013 |
Best Drama |
Toronto Deaf Film Festival, Canada |
2012 |
Youth Prize |
European Film Festival, Miami |

Little World |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2013 |
Honourable Mention |
Picture This Film Festival, Canada |
2012 |
Best Experimental |
1st Irish Deaf Film Festival, Ireland |
2012 |
Best International Short |
Turquoise Film Festival, Australia |
2012 |
Best Animation |
Maine Deaf Film Festival, USA |

Chasing Cotton Clouds |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2012 |
Award for Best Animation |
Seattle Deaf Film Festival |
2011 |
Best Film |
Deaffest, UK |

Departure Lounge |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2012 |
Honourable Mention |
Picture This Film Festival, Canada |
2011 |
Merit Award |
SuperFest, Berkeley, California, USA |
2010 |
Best Film |
Deaffest, UK |
2010 |
Best Short Film |
Ippocampus Ciak, Milan, Italy |

Fairytale of London Town |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2012 |
Best Director (Louis Neethling) |
Cinedeaf, Rome, Italy |
2012 |
Best Actress (Sarah Beauvoisin) |
Ippocampus Ciak, Milan, Italy |
2011 |
Jury Prize for Excellence in Filmmaking |
Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, Las Vegas, USA |
2011 |
Best Director (Louis Neethling) |
Clin d'Oeil, France |
2011 |
Award of Excellence: Short Film |
Accolade Film Festival, California, USA |
2011 |
Best Cinematography |
International Sign Language Film Festival, Tolosa, Spain |
2011 |
Best Drama |
Toronto International Deaf Films & Arts Festival, Canada |

My Song |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2011 |
Best Short Film |
Deaf in the Picture, Holland |
2011 |
Best Actress (Lara Steward) |
Clin d'Oeil, France |

Wicked 3: Programme 8 |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2011 |
Best TV Programme |
Deaffest, UK |

50/50 |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2011 |
Best Comedy |
Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival, Canada |
2010 |
Best Directors |
Ippocampus Ciak International Deaf Cinema Festival, Milan, Italy |
2010 |
Best Actor (Jacob Casselden) |
International Sign Language Festival, Tolosa, Spain |

The Boy from Before |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2010 |
Nomination for Best Children's Drama |

Coming Home |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2010 |
Reel International Audience Choice Award |
DCADF, Washington DC, USA |

Wicked 2: Programme 1 |
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Year | Award | Festival |
2009 |
Best TV Programme |
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2009 |
Doing Media Differently: Factual Programming |
RADAR People of the Year |