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48 Hour Film Project - Inverness
Sam Goldblatt
City Producer
Louise E Knowles
City Producer
Announcing the Winners!
After much deliberation, our distinguished panel of judges has selected this year’s winning films. Congratulations to all of the filmmakers and teams who participated. We are proud to announce our winners.
The Best Film of 2025 goes to Dropshack! Their film ‘’Piece in Dal Riata’’ will go on to represent Inverness against all the other city winners from around the world at Filmapalooza 2026!
Character
Chip or Charlie Chapman - Cinema Employee
Chip or Charlie Chapman - Cinema Employee
Line
“But, why?”
“But, why?”
Prop
a Potato
a Potato
1st Place: Best Film of 2025
Piece in Dal Riata
by Dropshack
2nd Place: Best Film of 2025
Now Showing
by Big Jaw Gettys
3rd Place: Best Film of 2025
Rhinoceros
by Hepflicks
Audience Favorite Group A:
Piece in Dal Riata
by Dropshack
Audience Favorite Group B:
Rhinoceros
by Hepflicks
All Awards
Best Film
- Winner: Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack
- Now Showing by Big Jaw Gettys
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Still Water by Loch & Load Productions
- What's Next by AllanWith1Eils
- The Fare by B-Roll Films
- Sprout by Tonnin Seteli
Best Writing
- Winner: Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack
- Winner: Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Table For Two by CARZAR Creative
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Now Showing by Big Jaw Gettys
- What's Next by AllanWith1Eils
- Sprout by Tonnin Seteli
Best Editing
- Winner: What's Next by AllanWith1Eils
- Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- DETECTIVE COP by BLOCK414
- What's Next by AllanWith1Eils
- Sprout by Tonnin Seteli
- Metamorphochips by Pop Box
- Strange Eruptions by Vhairilisa
Best Directing
- Winner: Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack (Jack Willison)
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Still Water by Loch & Load Productions
- Now Showing by Big Jaw Gettys
- What's Next by AllanWith1Eils
- The Fare by B-Roll Films
- Sprout by Tonnin Seteli
Best Cinematography
- Winner: Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack
- Winner: The Fare by B-Roll Films
- The Release by ScotNess
- Beached by Just film
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Still Water by Loch & Load Productions
- Now Showing by Big Jaw Gettys
Best Sound Design
- Winner: Roadtrippin' by Strange Goose Productions
- Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack
- Table For Two by CARZAR Creative
- Roadtrippin' by Strange Goose Productions
- The Release by ScotNess
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Now Showing by Big Jaw Gettys
- What's Next by AllanWith1Eils
- Strange Eruptions by Vhairilisa
Best Original Musical Score
- Winner: Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack
- Table For Two by CARZAR Creative
- Roadtrippin' by Strange Goose Productions
- Nostalgia by Neurovision
- Fragments by Lynch lovers
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- DETECTIVE COP by BLOCK414
- The Fare by B-Roll Films
- Dramatik by Instant Crush
- Sprout by Tonnin Seteli
Best Song
- Winner: DETECTIVE COP by BLOCK414
- Winner: Seer by Scooby Dubhs
- Missing Lynx by GetTae Films
Best Actor
- Winner: The Fare by B-Roll Films (Brian McCafferty)
- Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack (Ryan J Mackay)
- Table For Two by CARZAR Creative (Craig Noble)
- Roadtrippin' by Strange Goose Productions (Owen Coomber)
- Now Showing by Big Jaw Gettys (Magnus Kelly)
- What's Next by AllanWith1Eils (Allan Crook)
Best Actress
- Winner: The Fare by B-Roll Films (Alex Jackson)
- Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack (Catriona Faint)
- Nostalgia by Neurovision (Cassiano De Melo)
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks (Megan Lovat)
- What's Next by AllanWith1Eils (Zoe MacBeath)
Best Acting Ensemble
- Winner: Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Sprout by Tonnin Seteli
Best Choreography
- Winner: Beached by Just film
- Missing Lynx by GetTae Films
Best Costume Design
- Winner: Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack
- Behind the Killer Moves by S21 Studio
- Buntàta by Whiteboard Productions
- Roadtrippin' by Strange Goose Productions
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Still Water by Loch & Load Productions
- DETECTIVE COP by BLOCK414
- Metamorphochips by Pop Box
- Missing Lynx by GetTae Films
Best Production Design
- Winner: Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Still Water by Loch & Load Productions
- Now Showing by Big Jaw Gettys
- DETECTIVE COP by BLOCK414
- Metamorphochips by Pop Box
- The Price of Business by Are we cooking or cooked?
Best Make Up
- Winner: Still Water by Loch & Load Productions
- Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack
- The Dinner Party from HELL! by Concrete Slab Productions
- Missing Lynx by GetTae Films
Best Poster
- Winner: Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack
- Roadtrippin' by Strange Goose Productions
- What's Next by AllanWith1Eils
- Sprout by Tonnin Seteli
- Metamorphochips by Pop Box
- The Oracle by ECVS - The Edinburgh Cinema & Video Society
Best Use of Character
- Winner: Now Showing by Big Jaw Gettys
- Behind the Killer Moves by S21 Studio
- Nostalgia by Neurovision
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Now Showing by Big Jaw Gettys
- What's Next by AllanWith1Eils
- Dramatik by Instant Crush
- Sprout by Tonnin Seteli
- Strange Eruptions by Vhairilisa
Best Use of Prop
- Winner: Sprout by Tonnin Seteli
- Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack
- Roadtrippin' by Strange Goose Productions
- Fragments by Lynch lovers
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Now Showing by Big Jaw Gettys
- Metamorphochips by Pop Box
- Strange Eruptions by Vhairilisa
Best Use of Line
- Winner: What's Next by AllanWith1Eils
- The Release by ScotNess
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- The Fare by B-Roll Films
- Dramatik by Instant Crush
- Metamorphochips by Pop Box
Best Use of Genre
- Winner: Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack
- Table For Two by CARZAR Creative
- Buntàta by Whiteboard Productions
- Roadtrippin' by Strange Goose Productions
- Nostalgia by Neurovision
- Beached by Just film
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Now Showing by Big Jaw Gettys
- DETECTIVE COP by BLOCK414
- What's Next by AllanWith1Eils
- Sprout by Tonnin Seteli
- Missing Lynx by GetTae Films
- The Price of Business by Are we cooking or cooked?
- Strange Eruptions by Vhairilisa
Best Practical Effects
- Winner: Sprout by Tonnin Seteli
- Metamorphochips by Pop Box
- The Price of Business by Are we cooking or cooked?
- Strange Eruptions by Vhairilisa
Best Visual Effects
- Winner: Now Showing by Big Jaw Gettys
- DETECTIVE COP by BLOCK414
Best Lighting
- Winner: Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack
- Buntàta by Whiteboard Productions
- The Release by ScotNess
- Fragments by Lynch lovers
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Now Showing by Big Jaw Gettys
- Sprout by Tonnin Seteli
- Strange Eruptions by Vhairilisa
- Strange Eruptions by Vhairilisa
Paw D'Or
- Winner: Red Stewart Theatre FILM by SignVine Films (East and West)
- Wanted Guest by At The Edge Films (Benji and Bailey)
Alba Award
- Winner: Piece in Dal Riata by Dropshack
- Red Stewart Theatre FILM by SignVine Films
- Roadtrippin' by Strange Goose Productions
- The Release by ScotNess
- Rhinoceros by Hepflicks
- Still Water by Loch & Load Productions
Are we cooking or cooked?
The Price of Business
At The Edge Films
Wanted Guest
Dropshack
Piece in Dal Riata
ECVS - The Edinburgh Cinema & Video Society
The Oracle
GetTae Films
Missing Lynx
Highvidz
Instant Crush
Dramatik
Just film
Beached
Neurovision
Nostalgia
Pop Box
Metamorphochips
Scooby Dubhs
Seer
Sooth-Moother's Kin.
Strange Goose Productions
Roadtrippin'
Tonnin Seteli
Sprout
AllanWith1Eils
What's Next
B-Roll Films
The Fare
Big Jaw Gettys
Now Showing
BLOCK414
DETECTIVE COP
CARZAR Creative
Table For Two
Concrete Slab Productions
The Dinner Party from HELL!
Hepflicks
Rhinoceros
Loch & Load Productions
Still Water
Lynch lovers
Fragments
S21 Studio
Behind the Killer Moves
ScotNess
The Release
SignVine Films
Red Stewart Theatre FILM
Vhairilisa
Strange Eruptions
Whiteboard Productions
Buntàta
Sponsoren