Michelle Williams Gamaker, Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings, Jenn Nkiru, Project Art Works, Larissa Sansour and Andrea Luka Zimmerman have been shortlisted for the 2020 Jarman Award, a prize inspired by visionary film maker Derek Jarman.

The winner will be announced on 24 November, before which a special weekend of online screenings, discussions and performances featuring the work of all six shortlisted artists will take place on 14 and 15 November. London’s Whitechapel Gallery will also be showcasing relevant materials on their website in the run up to November.

Adrian Wootton OBE, Chief Executive of Film London and the British Film Commission, said: “With the impact of Covid-19 being felt so deeply by artists and exhibitors, we are more proud than ever to present this year’s Jarman Award shortlist and help raise the profile of this important body of original work that questions and articulates the world around us. We would like to congratulate all six shortlisted artists and thank our funders, Arts Council England, as well as returning partners Whitechapel Gallery and Genesis Cinema for all their vital support.”

You can find out more about the submissions – including Jenn Nkiru, the artist and film maker whose practice is grounded in the Afro-surrealist lens and the history of Black music, drawing on the Black arts movement and Black diasporic cinematic traditions – via Film London Artists' Moving Image Network.

Watch Nkiru’s Black To Techno teaser, 2019