GWEFAN GYMRAEG YN FUAN
OUR FOUNDING PARTNERS
WHERE CRAFT TAKES CENTRE STAGE
Craft shapes everything we see on screen – bringing story worlds to life through design, creativity and collaboration.
The Ember Awards celebrate excellence in the screen craft disciplines and bring that work into clear focus. They exist to honour the creativity, skill and collaboration of film and television professionals across production design, costume and hair & make-up.
Entries for the 2026 Awards have now closed.
The 2026 Nominees are listed below.
ROUND 2 VOTING NOW OPEN
Full Voting members please sign in to view entries and cast your votes.
Celebrating the breadth of productions eligible for the 2026 Ember Awards.
2026 EMBER AWARD NOMINEES
Congratulations to all our 2026 Nominees, as chosen by our Full Voting Guild Members!
Contemporary Production Design
Presented by Real SFX
Lost Boys & Fairies
Production Designer: Keith Andrew Dunne
Set Decorator - Marian Murray
Art Director - Daniel Kennedy
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Production Designer: Alexandra Toomey
Set Decorator - Eliora Darmon
The Guest
Production Designer: Edward Thomas
Set Decorator - Joëlle Rumbelow
Contemporary Costume Design
Presented by Broadwicks London
Death Valley
Costume Designer: Hayley Nebauer
Assistant Costume Designer - Stacey Richards
Costume Supervisor - Andie Mear
Lost Boys & Fairies
Costume Designer: Andrew Cox
Costume Maker & Assistant Costume Designer - Petros Kourtellaris
The Capture
Costume Designer: Hayley Nebauer
Costume Supervisor - Ceri Walford
Principal Standby - Eleanor Roberts
Contemporary Hair & Make-up Design
Presented by Walford-Richards Designs
Lost Boys & Fairies
Hair & Make-up Designer: Emma Cowen
Hair & Make-up Supervisor - Amy Riley
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Hair & Make-up Designer: Frances Hounsom
Make-up Supervisor - Amy Carter
The Guest
Hair & Make-up Designer: James Spinks
Short Form Production Design
Presented by Location Solutions Cymru | Wales
Beyond
Production Designer: Dafydd Roberts
Mudlark
Production Designer: Max Van de Banks
The Green Cottage
Production Designer: William Dean
Short Form Costume Design
Presented by Creative Casting
Blackout
Costume Designer: Stacey Clare Richards
Mudlark
Costume Designer: Rosi Flood
Rocket Fuel
Costume Designer: Zoë Howerska
Short Form Hair & Make-up Design
Presented by Compass Travel Management
Beyond
Hair & Make-up Designer: Betsan Dafydd
Mudlark
Hair & Make-up Designer: Max Van de Banks
Over the Rainbow
Hair & Make-up Designer: Libby Macklin-Broad
Atemporal Production Design
Presented by Marigold Costumes
Dope Girls
Production Designer: Sherree Philips
Madfabulous
Production Designer: Keith Dunne
Art Director - Tim Overson
Set Decorator - Bethan Edward Wilson
Mr. Burton
Production Designer: Tim Dickel
Art Director - Guto Humphreys
Set Decorator - Hannah Nicholson
Atemporal Costume Design
Presented by Angels Costumes
Madfabulous
Costume Designer: Francisco Rodriguez-Weil
Costume Trainee - Elin Torr
Rivals 1
Costume Designer: Ray Holman
Assistant Costume Designer - Simon Marks
The Other Bennet Sister
Costume Designer: Siân Jenkins
Atemporal Hair & Make-up Design
Presented by Peris Costumes Group
Deadpool & Wolverine
Hair & Make-up Designer: Claire Pritchard
Dope Girls
Hair & Make-up Designer: Mirna Curak
Madfabulous
Hair & Make-up Designer: Nadia Stacey
AWARD CATEGORIES
The Ember Awards are industry-led and responsive to the changing production landscape, placing design excellence firmly centre stage. Rooted in the strength and ambition of the Welsh screen sector, they are a celebration of craft at its highest level.
Each year, 10 awards are presented across three disciplines, using an adaptive model that reflects the breadth and diversity of work being entered. Categories are defined annually by the Guild in response to the entries submitted.
Production Design
– 2 × Adaptive Awards
– 1 × Excellence in Short Form
Costume Design
– 2 × Adaptive Awards
– 1 × Excellence in Short Form
Hair & Make-up Design
– 2 × Adaptive Awards
– 1 × Excellence in Short Form
The Ember Award for Craft Ally
The Ember Award for Craft Ally recognises an industry colleague working outside production design, costume, and hair & make-up who has shown meaningful commitment to championing craft, supporting creative teams, and helping raise the visibility, respect and value of screen design within the wider industry.
Nominations are welcomed from all current Guild members. For more information on the Ally Award Guidance
ADAPTIVE AWARDS EXPLAINED
Entries are submitted by discipline at the point of entry – production design, costume, hair & make-up. Once the entry window closes, the Guild reviews the body of work and defines that year’s award categories based on the volume, scale, format and creative nature of the entries.
This approach aims to consider both large-scale international productions and smaller independent projects on their own terms.
ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility Period for 2026 Awards
For the 2026 Ember Awards, Feature Film, Television Dramas and short films are eligible if they had their premiere/first screening or broadcast between:
1 April 2024 - 31 March 2026
Eligible by Entrant's status
The Ember Awards welcome submissions from eligible Welsh and Wales-connected screen craft professionals, who:
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were born in Wales
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OR have live in and have a minimum of five years’ continuous residence in Wales
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OR can demonstrate a meaningful connection to the Welsh screen industry (subject to review by the Guild). See Entry Guidance FAQ at the bottom of this page for more information.
Eligible by Filming Location
Non-Welsh HODs may also be eligible where the majority of filming (more than 50%) has taken place in Wales.
Eligible by Membership
You do not need to be a member to enter the awards, but you do require membership to vote in the awards. We encourage all entrants to become guild members.
For more information about eligibility, the judging process and adaptive awards categories, please see the Ember Awards Entry Guidance and full Terms and Conditions.
VOTING
Shortlisting and final craft awards are determined by full voting members of the Guild – who are all practitioners actively working within the craft disciplines.
Nominations and winning work is selected based on the expertise, insight and consideration of these professional members.
Nominees for the Ember Award for Craft Ally are submitted by Guild members of any tier, the final award recipient is then chosen by the committee.
THE INAUGURAL 2026 EMBER AWARDS
WHERE CRAFT TAKES CENTRE STAGE
ENTRIES HAVE NOW CLOSED
ENTRY FEES
Feature Films and Television Drama Entries
£48 per entry
Guild membership preferred
Short Form works (up to 40 minutes)
£24 per entry
Guild membership not required
All prices are inclusive of VAT.