British Independent Film Award for Best British Short Film

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British Independent Film Award for Best British Short Film
Awarded forBest British Short Films
Country United Kingdom
Presented by BIFA
First award2003
Currently held byWander to Wonder (2024)
Website www.bifa.org.uk

The British Independent Film Award for British Short Film is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best British short film.

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The award was first presented in the 2003 ceremony. The film Dad's Dead was the first recipient of the award, directed by Chris Shepherd and Maria Manton.

Winners and nominees

2000s

YearFilmRecipient(s)
2003
(6th)
[1] [2]
Dad's Dead Chris Shepherd and Maria Manton
72 Faced LiarMark Waites
Extn. 21Lizzie Oxby
PerfectRankin and Simon Ashdown
Salaryman 6Jake Knight and Ryoko Tanaka
2004
(7th)
[3]
School of Life Jake Polonsky and Malachi Smyth
6.6.04Simon Hook and Jayne Kirkham
Brand SpankingJohn-Paul Harney and Neil Jaworski
London Skies are BlueBrendan Grant
Wasp Andrea Arnold and Natasha Marsh
2005
(8th)
[4]
Six Shooter Martin McDonagh, Kenton Allen and Mia Bays
Can't Stop BreathingAmy Neil
DupeChris Waitt and Henry Trotter
Pitch Perfect J Blakeson
2006
(9th)
[5] [6]
Cubs Tom Harper
At the End of the SentenceMarisa Zanotti and David Greig
Ex Mmemoria Josh Appignanesi
The 10th ManSam Leifer
Who I Am and What I Want Chris Shepherd, David Shrigley and Maria Manton
2007
(10th)
[7] [8]
Dog Altogether Paddy Considine and Diarmid Scrimshaw
Cherries Tom Harper and Fiona Kissane
The GirlsSebastian Godwin
What Does Your Daddy Do?Martin Stitt
À bout de truffeTom Tagholm
2008
(11th)
[9] [10]
Soft Simon Ellis
Alex and Her Arse TruckSean Conway
Gone Fishing Chris Jones and Ivan Francis Clements
Love Does Grow on Trees Bevan Walsh and Geraldine Patten
Red Sands David Procter, Geoff Bellhouse, Tom Turley and Andrea Farrena
2009
(12th)
[11] [12]
Love You More Sam Taylor-Wood, Patrick Marber, Caroline Harvey, Anthony Minghella and Adrian Sturges
Christmas with DadConor McCormack
LeavingSam Hearn and Richard Penfold
Sidney Turtlebaum Tristram Shapeero and Raphael Smith
WashdaysSimon Neal and Graham Lester-George

2010s

YearFilmRecipient(s)
2010
(13th)
[13] [14]
Baby Daniel Mulloy and Ohna Falby
Photograph of JesusLaurie Hill
Sign Language Oscar Sharp and Stephen Follows
SisDeborah Haywood
The Road HomeRahul Gandotra and Milja Fenger
2011
(14th)
[15] [16]
Chalk Martina Amati and Ilaria Bernardini
507Ben Blaine and Chris Blaine
Rough Skin Laura Lomas and Cathy Brady
Love at First SightMichael Davies and Julian Unthank
RiteMichael Pearce
2012
(15th)
[17] [18]
Volume Mahalia Belo and Anna Ingeborg Topsøe
FridaySebastian Rice-Edwards and Anna Symon
JunkKirk Hendry
Skyborn Jamie Magnus Stone
Swimmer Lynne Ramsay
2013
(16th)
[19] [20]
Z1Gabriel Gauchet and Rungano Nyoni
Dr. EasyJason Groves, Chris Harding and Richard Kenworthy
Dylan's Room Layke Anderson
Jonah Kibwe Tavares and Jack Thorne
L'AssenzaJonathan Romney
2014
(17th)
[21] [22]
The Kárman Line Oscar Sharp, Dawn King
CrocodileGaëlle Denis and Robin French
Emotional FuseboxRachel Tunnard
Keeping Up with the JonesesMichael Pearce, Selina Lim and Megan Rubens
SlapNick Rowland and Islay Bell-Webb
2015
(18th)
[23] [24]
Edmond Nina Gantz
BalconyToby Fell-Holden
CrackPeter King
Love Is BlindDan Hodgson
ManomanSimon Cartwright
2016
(19th)
[25] [26]
JackedRene van Pannevis and Ashish Ghadiali
MotherLeo Leigh
OverJörn Threlfall
Rate Me Fyzal Boulifa
The Wrong End of the StickTerri Matthews and Chris Cornwell
2017
(20th)
[27] [28]
Fish StoryCharlie Shackleton
1745Gordon Napier and Morayo Akandé
The EntertainerJonathan Schey
WorkAneil Karia
Wren Boys Harry Lighton and John Fitzpatrick
2018
(21st)
[29] [30]
The Big DayDawn Shadforth, Kellie Smith, Michelle Stein
Bitter SeaFateme Ahmadi and Emma Parsons
The Field Sandhya Suri, Balthazar de Ganay and Thomas Bidegain
Pommel Paris Zarcilla, Sebastian Brown and Ivan Kelava
To Know HimTed Evans, Kellie Smith, Jennifer Monks and Michelle Stein
2019
(22nd)
[31] [32]
Anna Dekel Berenson, Merlin Merton and Olga Beskhmelnitsyna
Boiling PointBart Ruspoli, Philip Barantini, Grace Nelder, Gabriella Callea and James Cummings
GoldfishHector Dockrill, Laura Dockrill, Benedict Turnbull and Harri Kamalanathan
The Devil's HarmonyDylan Holmes Williams, Jess O'Kane and Nathan Craig
Serious TingzAbdou Cisse and Kieran Kenlock

2020s

YearFilmRecipient(s)
2020
(23rd)
[33] [34]
The Long GoodbyeAneil Karia, Riz Ahmed and Tom Gardner
FilipiñanaRafael Manuel and Naomi Pacifique
MandemJohn Ogunmuyiwa and Emily Everdee
Sudden LightSophie Littman and Tom Wood
The Forgotten CMolly Manning Walker and Jessi Gutch
2021
(24th)
[35]
FemmeSam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Sam Ritzenberg, Hayley Williams and Rienkje Attoh
Egúngún (Masquerade)Olive Nwosu and Alex Polunin
Night of the Living DeadIda Melum, Laura Jayne Tunbridge, Hannah Kelso and Danielle Goff
Play It SafeMitch Kalisa and Chris Toumazou
Precious Hair & BeautyJohn Ognmuyiwa, Sophia Gibber, Tony Longe and Lene Basager
2022
(25th)
[36]
Too Rough Sean Lìonadh, Ross McKenzie and Alfredo Covelli
A Fox in the NightKeeran Anwar Blessie and Benjamin Jacob Smith
HonestyRoxy Rezvany, Emily Renée and Elly Camisa
SandstormSeemab Gul and Abid Aziz Merchant
Scale Joseph Pierce and Hélène Mitjavile
2023
(26th)
[37]
Festival of SlapsAbdou Cissé, Cheri Darbon and George Telfer
Christopher at Sea Tom CJ Brown, Amanda Miller, Hanna Stolarski, Emily-Jane Brown, Nick Read, Pierre Boivin, Constance Le Scouarnec and Laure Desmazières
LionsBeru Tessema and Ama Ampadu
Muna Warda Mohamed, Angela Moneke and Simon Hatton
The TalentThomas May Bailey, Emma D'Arcy and Ellen Spence
2024
(27th)
[38]
Wander to Wonder Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Daan Bakker and Maarten Swart
HousewarmingLiam White and Guy Lindley
Meat PuppetEros V, Masha Thorpe and Leah Draws
A MoveElahe Esmaili and Hossein Behboudi Rad
DeliveryBen Lankester, Bophanie Lun and Joe Binks

See also

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