Delta Film Award

The Delta Film Award celebrated significant achievement by low-budget directors.

The award was relaunched for the 2022 festival with a new short film competition following the death of Gil Lane-Young, with a committee of festivalgoers agreeing to update the annual Festival of Fantastic Films in Manchester while retaining the event's unique atmosphere and intimate feel.

A new best-in-festival award was also announced in honour of the late British horror film director Norman J. Warren, a regular attendee at the Manchester festival.

Entries are being overseen by Darrell Buxton, with the chair of judges for 2022 named as Warren's long-time friend and collaborator, screenwriter and critic David McGillivray.

Previous Delta judges have included Warren himself, freelance journalist Steve Green (also awards administrator for many years), film journalists M J Simpson, Calum Waddell, Darrell Buxton and Tris Thompson, horror author Stephen Gallagher, former Critical Wave reviewer Ray Holloway and actor David Hess.