Eastern Eye Award for Arts
Awarded to an individual, curator or exhibition working through the medium of painting, photography or mixed media.
- Bharti Kherfor
The Intermediary Family- Matthew Krishanufor
The Sun Never Sets- The Singh Twinsfor
Splendours of the SubcontinentEastern Eye Award for Dance
Awarded to an outstanding dancer or choreographer whose work is influenced by South Asian dance traditions.
- Mavin Khoofor
Man to Monk- Seeta Patelfor
Not Today’s Yesterday- Sonia Sabrifor
ViragoEastern Eye Award for Literature
Awarded to an author for literary work (fiction and non-fiction) which has, at its core, a South Asian influence.
- Amit Dhand for
City of Sinners- Gautam Malkani for
Distortion- Preti Taneja for
We That Are YoungEastern Eye Award for Photography
Presented for an exceptional body of work highlighting South Asia or produced by someone of a South Asian heritage.
- Nitin Sachania for
Breastfeeding in Public Places- Ram Shergill for
Exoskeleton, curated by Daen Palma Hus
- Suki Dhanda for
Race, Place and Diversity by the SeasideEastern Eye Award for Contemporary Music
Presented to an outstanding artist for creative achievement in the contemporary music industry.
- Naughty Boy for
Bungee Jumping- Niraj Chag for
The Captive Queen- Susheela Raman for
Ghost GamelanEastern Eye Award for Traditional Music
Presented to an artist for outstanding achievement in the field of traditional Indian music for creativity and performance.
- Chandra Chakraborty for excellency in performing Indian classical music
- Sanju Sahai for his
tablasolo at the Barbican
- Shammi Pithia for
About The ElephantEastern Eye Award for Comedy
Presented to an exceptional artist of South Asian heritage working in the field of live comedy, television sitcom or online web comedy.
- Imran Yusuf for
Saint, Sinner, Sufi- Mawaan Rizwan for
Juice- Paul Chowdhry for
Live Innit- Tez Ilyas for
TeztifyEastern Eye Award for Best Presenter
Presented to an outstanding Asian presenter who has excelled in Asian or mainstream media.
- Bobby Friction (aka Paramdeep Sehdev) for
Pump up the Bhangra: The Sound of Asian Britain- Nadiya Hussain for
Nadiya’s Family Favourites- Rana Mitter for
Chinese CharactersEastern Eye Award for Best Production
Awarded to an individual or team for outstanding production in television, stage, film or any live event (concert, exhibition, and festival). The event must have been marketed to a UK audience.
- Dishoom!by
Rifco Theatre Company - Tartuffeby Royal Shakespeare Company
- Three Sat Under the Banyan Treeby Tara Arts and Polka Theatre
Eastern Eye Award for Best Director
Presented for outstanding directing in film, television or the stage.
- Indhu Rubasingham for
White Teeth- Iqbal Khan for
Tartuffe- Pravesh Kumar for
Dishoom!Eastern Eye Award for Best Scriptwriter
Awarded to a writer for best original or adapted script or screenplay (for film, TV, theatre, radio or a streaming service).
- Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto for
Tartuffe- Iman Qureshi for
The Funeral Director- Vinay Patel for
Doctor Who: Demons of the PunjabEastern Eye Emerging Artist Award - supported by Arts Council England
Presented to an emerging artist who has earned significant recognition for a piece of work in arts and culture. It recognises new and undisputed talent and encourages the UK’s most promising artists at an early stage of their careers. There is no age cut-off.
- Antonio Aakeel for
Eaten by Lions- Bally Gill for
Romeo and Juliet- Shareefa Energy for
Grenfell One Year LaterEastern Eye Community Engagement Award
Awarded to a museum, gallery, library, education body or cultural centre for an exceptional and innovative exhibition, programme or project that has taken community engagement a step further through cultural understanding.
- Artists in Residence for their
Promoting Creativity in Educationprogramme, founded by Andria Zafirakou
- Manchester Art Gallery for
Speech Acts: Reflection-Imagination-Repetition,curated by Hammad Nasar with Kate Jesson
- The Queen's Gallery for
Splendours of the Subcontinent,curated by Emily Hannam and Kajal Meghani
Eastern Eye Award for Theatre, Best Actor
Presented to a male individual for the best performance in a play.
- Asif Khan for
Tartuffe- Nitin Ganatra for
End of the Pier- Simon Nagra for
TartuffeEastern Eye Award for Theatre, Best Actress
Presented to a female individual for the best performance in a play.
- Anjana Vasan for
An Adventure- Shobna Gulati for
Richard II- Sophie Khan Levy for
HannaEastern Eye Award for Film, TV & Drama, Best Actor
Presented to a male individual for the best performance in a film, drama or television series.
- Ash Tandon for
Bodyguard- Ray Panthaki for
Marcella- Sid Akbar Ali for
PolterheistEastern Eye Award for Film, TV & Drama, Best Actress
Presented to a female individual for the best performance in a film, drama or television series.
- Kiran Sonia Sawar for
Pure- Maya Sondhi for
Line of Duty- Priyanga Burford for
PressEastern Eye People's Choice Award – supported by Media Hive
Presented to an exceptional individual for outstanding contribution to the arts and cultural landscape of Britain. Voted for by the public.
- Hussain Manawer for poetry
- Jameela Jamil for female empowerment
- Jasmin Walia for music
- Mandip Gill for acting
- Nadiya Hussain for TV presenting
- Naughty Boy for music
- Dr Ranj Singh for TV presenting
- Romesh Ranganathan for comedy
In Order of First Name .