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 awarded2003
Currently held byFestival of Slaps (2023)
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. The award was first presented in the 2003 ceremony.

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Winners and nominees

2000s

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

2010s

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

2020s

YearFilmRecipient(s)
2020
(23rd)
[33] [34]
The Long GoodbyeAneil Karia, Riz Ahmed, Tom Gardner
FilipiñanaRafael Manuel, Naomi Pacifique
MandemJohn Ogunmuyiwa, Emily Everdee
Sudden LightSophie Littman, Tom Wood
The Forgotten CMolly Manning Walker, Jessi Gutch
2021
(24th)
[35]
FemmeSam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Sam Ritzenberg, Hayley Williams, Rienkje Attoh
Egúngún (Masquerade)Olive Nwosu, Alex Polunin
Night of the Living DeadIda Melum, Laura Jayne Tunbridge, Hannah Kelso, Danielle Goff
Play It SafeMitch Kalisa, Chris Toumazou
Precious Hair & BeautyJohn Ognmuyiwa, Sophia Gibber, Tony Longe, Lene Basager
2022
(25th)
[36]
Too Rough Sean Lìonadh, Ross McKenzie, Alfredo Covelli
A Fox in the NightKeeran Anwar Blessie, Benjamin Jacob Smith
HonestyRoxy Rezvany, Emily Renée, Elly Camisa
SandstormSeemab Gul, Abid Aziz Merchant
Scale Joseph Pierce, Hélène Mitjavile
2023
(25th)
[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]
DeliveryBen Lankester, Bophanie Lun and Joe Binks
HousewarmingLiam White and Guy Lindley
Meat PuppetEros V, Masha Thorpe and Leah Draws
A MoveElahe Esmaili and Hossein Behboudi Rad
Wander to Wonder Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Daan Bakker and Maarten Swart

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