Jury selects 25 nominees across six categories – winners to be announced at EnergaCAMERIMAGE on 16 November
Live from an evening celebrating colour at Cooke Optic’s London Gallery, FilmLight has announced the nominees for the 2025 FilmLight Colour Awards. In their fifth year, the awards attracted over 500 entries from 47 countries across the globe and the independent jury of cinematographers, colourists and creatives – led by this year’s Jury President Bradford Young, ASC – have now revealed the names of the 25 colourists shortlisted across six categories.
“It has been an honour and a true pleasure to serve as president of this year’s FilmLight Colour Awards jury,” says Young. “What’s most evident about this year’s work is that the world of colour is a growing and dynamic expression harnessed by an international community of great artists. Thus, was true of our jury. This process was a true, unfiltered example of how cinema can bring us together. And how moving images are expressions of the human condition, in all its vibrancy and struggle.
“Colour grading is the final utterance of nuance in this journey we call filmmaking. And our journey is incomplete without it. Congratulations to all our final nominees, you are all winners. You have all inspired us tremendously.”
This year’s nominees for the award for the grading of a Theatrical Feature are:
- Mickey 17 – graded by Damien Vandercruyssen at Harbor
- Nosforatu – graded by Adam Glasman at Goldcrest
- Sinners – graded by Kostas Theodosiou at FotoKem
- The Brutalist – graded by colourist Máté Ternyik
- The Phoenician Scheme – graded by Gareth Spensley at Company 3
In the TV Series / Episodic category, the nominees are:
- Andor (season 2, episode 4, 9, 12) – graded by Jean-Clement Soret at Company 3
- Disclaimer (season 1) – graded by Peter Doyle at PostWorks NY
- Severance (season 2) – graded by Tom Poole at Company 3
- The Studio (season 1) – graded by Damien Vandercruyssen at Harbor
In the Commercial category, the judges chose:
- Bluff Bounce, ‘Prologue’ – graded by freelance colourist, Franziska Heinemann
- Gucci, ‘We Will Always Have London’ – graded by Tim Masick at Company 3
- KFC, ‘Obsession’ – graded by Mark Gethin at Trafik
- Office Magazine, ‘Michael Shannon: A Reflection on Life, Art, Unity and the Divine’ – graded by Dylan Hageman at House Post
For the Music Video category, the judges selected:
- Bad Bunny, NUEVAYoL – graded by Dante Pasquinelli at Ethos Studio
- Damiano David, Next Summer – graded by Valerio Liberatore at Frame by Frame
- Maggie Rogers, In the Living Room – graded by Jake White at Company 3
- Wren Evans, CỨU LẤY ÂM NHẠC – graded by Sam Howells at Ethos Studio
The Spotlight award aims to recognise the unsung talents in the industry. For this category, the nominees are:
- Duchoň – graded by Ondřej Štibingr at PFX
- Good Shot – graded by Connor Bailey at House Post
- La Hija Cóndor – graded by Leo Fallas at Fermento Color
- NAWI: Dear Future Me – graded by colourist, Marina Starke
The Emerging Talent award celebrates the work of young colourists (age 18-35). For this category, the nominees are:
- Bluff Bounce, ‘Prologue’ – graded by freelance colourist, Franziska Heinemann
- Converse x Daily Paper, ‘Homecoming’ – graded by colourist, Marina Starke
- S Bahn, ‘A Century In Motion’ – graded by freelance colourist, Imri Agmon
- Timberland, ‘50 Years of Hip-Hop’ – graded by Connor Bailey at House Post
This year’s winners will be announced at the annual FilmLight Colour Awards ceremony, taking place at EnergaCAMERIMAGE in Poland on Sunday 16 November 2025.