Four UK Filmmakers Got £20,000 Each. One Winning Film Asks About the Limits of Protest.
The jury selected four emerging UK filmmakers as winners of the 2026 awards, with each receiving £20,000. One is Rich Felgate, director, producer and cinematographer of We, The Hated.
His film is described as conveying the impact on the individuals involved, raising pressing questions about the wider political context, and asking honest questions about the limits of protest itself.
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Four equal awards make this less a coronation than a set of grants: the prize spreads its money across a cohort instead of anointing one winner.
Pushback
A grant can still be a taste test. The citation’s emphasis falls on a film asking honest questions about protest, not on settling them.