Sutherland Trophy

The Sutherland Trophy was created in 1958 by the British Film Institute (BFI) as an annual award for "the maker of the most original and imaginative [first or second] feature film introduced at the National Film Theatre during the year". ^{[1] [2]} The award was named after a patron of the BFI, George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland. ^[2]

History

In 1997, the criteria changed to honour the maker of the most original and imaginative first feature screened during the London Film Festival. ^[2]

The award is a sculpture in silver by Gerald Benney. It is presented on the closing night of the Festival.

List of winners

Year	Director(s)	Film	Country
1958	Yasujirō Ozu [2]	Tokyo Story	Japan
1959	Satyajit Ray [2]	The World of Apu	India
1960	Michelangelo Antonioni [2]	L'Avventura	Italy
1961	Ermanno Olmi [2]	Il Posto	Italy
1962	Jacques Rivette [2]	Paris Belongs to Us	France
1963	Alain Resnais [2]	Muriel	France
1964	Grigori Kozintsev [2]	Hamlet	Soviet Union
1965	Jean-Luc Godard [2]	Pierrot le Fou	France
1966	André Delvaux [2]	The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short	Belgium
1967	Masaki Kobayashi [2]	Samurai Rebellion	Japan
1968	Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet [2]	The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach	France
1969	Jacques Rivette [2]	L'Amour fou	France
1970	Bernardo Bertolucci [2]	The Conformist	Italy
1971	Robert Bresson [2]	Four Nights of a Dreamer	France
1972	Octavio Getino and Fernando Solanas [2]	The Hour of the Furnaces	Argentina
1973	Giorgi Shengelaia [2]	Pirosmani	Soviet Union
1974	Rainer Werner Fassbinder [2]	Martha	West Germany
1975	Theodoros Angelopoulos [2]	The Travelling Players	Greece
1976	Nagisa Oshima [2]	In the Realm of the Senses	Japan
1977	Hans-Jürgen Syberberg [2]	Hitler: A Film from Germany	West Germany
1978	Mark Rappaport [2]	The Scenic Route	United States
1979	Zeki Ökten and Yılmaz Güney [2]	The Herd	Turkey
1980	Peter Greenaway (shared) [2]	The Falls	United Kingdom
	Xie Jin (shared) [2]	Two Stage Sisters	China
1981	Helma Sanders-Brahms [2]	No Mercy, No Future	West Germany
1982	Adoor Gopalakrishnan [2]	Elippathayam	India
1983	Chris Marker [2]	Sans Soleil	France
1984	Lino Brocka [2]	This Is My Country	Philippines
1985	Chen Kaige [2]	Yellow Earth	China
1986	Bill Douglas [2]	Comrades	United Kingdom
1987	Edward Yang (shared) [2]	Terrorizers	Taiwan
	Souleymane Cissé (shared) [2]	Yeelen	Mali
1989	Nils Gaup [2]	Pathfinder	Norway
1990	Steve Kloves [2]	The Fabulous Baker Boys	United States
1991	Elaine Proctor [2]	On the Wire	South Africa
1992	Jocelyn Moorhouse [2]	Proof	Australia
1993	Julio Medem [2]	Vacas	Spain
1994	Tran Anh Hung [2]	The Scent of Green Papaya	Vietnam
1995	Moufida Tlatli [2]	The Silences of the Palace	Tunisia
1996	Jevon O'Neill [2]	Bob's Weekend	United Kingdom
1997	Bruno Dumont [2]	The Life of Jesus	France
1998	Samira Makhmalbaf [2]	The Apple	Iran
1999	Lynne Ramsay [2]	Ratcatcher	United Kingdom
2000	Kenneth Lonergan [2]	You Can Count on Me	United States
2001	Asif Kapadia [2]	The Warrior	United Kingdom
2002	Delphine Gleize [3]	Carnages	France
2003	Siddiq Barmak [2]	Osama	Afghanistan
2004	Jonathan Caouette [4]	Tarnation	United States
2005	Kari Paljakka [5]	For the Living and the Dead	Finland
2006	Andrea Arnold [2]	Red Road	United Kingdom
2007	Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi [6]	Persepolis	France
2008	Sergey Dvortsevoy [2]	Tulpan	Kazakhstan
2009	Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani [2]	Ajami	Palestine
2010	Clio Barnard [7]	The Arbor	United Kingdom
2011	Pablo Giorgelli [8]	Las Acacias	Argentina
2012	Benh Zeitlin [9]	Beasts of the Southern Wild	United States
2013	Anthony Chen [10]	Ilo Ilo	Singapore
2014	Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy [11]	The Tribe	Ukraine
2015	Robert Eggers [12]	The Witch	United States
2016	Julia Ducournau [13]	Raw	France
2017	John Trengove [14]	The Wound	South Africa
2018	Lukas Dhont [15]	Girl	Belgium
2019	Mati Diop [16]	Atlantics	France
2021	Laura Wandel [17]	Playground	Belgium
2022	Manuela Martelli [18]	1976	Chile
2023	Mika Gustafson [19]	Paradise Is Burning	Sweden
2024	Laura Carreira [20]	On Falling	United Kingdom
2025	Vincho Nchogu [21]	One Woman One Bra	Kenya

See also

• John Cassavetes Award
• Independent film

References

1. 1963 London Film Festival Programme, London: BFI
2. "60 years of awards at the London Film Festival – A brief history of the competition". BFI. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
3. The Independent, "'Carnages' at London Film Festival", 22 November 2002
4. 'Tarnation' wins top prize at London Film Festival – Chron.com
5. Finnish Embassy, "Kari Paljakka's film wins the Sutherland Trophy", 9 November 2002
6. Persepolis, Unrelated take prizes at London Film Festival| News |Screen Daily
7. London film festival: British director Clio Barnard wins best newcomer, The Guardian
8. "London Film Festival: Sutherland Trophy discoveries". Sight & Sound . October 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
9. "BFI London Film Festival announces 2012 award winners". BFI. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
10. "Child of the 90s: Anthony Chen on Ilo Ilo". BFI. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
11. "Russian Oscar Entry 'Leviathan' Takes Top Prize at London Film Fest". Variety . 19 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
12. "London Film Festival Closes With Well-Received 'Steve Jobs' And Femme-Dominated Awards Ceremony". Deadline Hollywood . 19 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
13. "Certain Women, Raw triumph in London". Cineuropa. 17 October 2016.
14. Ide, Wendy (6 December 2017). "'The Wound' director John Trengove: 'It's an exciting time to be making queer cinema'". Screen International. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
15. "2018 competition winners". British Film Institute. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
16. "2019 competition winners". British Film Institute. 12 October 2019. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
17. "Belgian playground bullying drama wins at London Film Festival". British Film Institute. 18 October 2021.
18. "Competition winners announced at 66th BFI London Film Festival". British Film Institute. 16 October 2022.
19. "Award winners announced at 67th BFI London Film Festival". BFI. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
20. "Award winners announced at 2024 BFI London Film Festival". BFI. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
21. Dalton, Ben (19 October 2025). "BFI London Film Festival winners led by Lucrecia Martel's 'Landmarks'". ScreenDaily . Retrieved 19 October 2025.

External links

• British Film Institute