British Independent Film Award for Best British Short Film explained

British Independent Film Award for Best British Short Film
Awarded For:	Best British Short Films
Presenter:	BIFA
Country:	United Kingdom
Year:	2003
Holder:	Too Rough (2022)

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.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2003 ^[1] ^[2]	Dad's Dead	Chris Shepherd, Maria Manton
	72 Faced Liar	Mark Waites
	Extn. 21	Lizzie Oxby
	Perfect	Rankin, Simon Ashdown
	Salaryman 6	Jake Knight, Ryoko Tanaka
2004 ^[3]	School of Life	Jake Polonsky, Malachi Smyth
	6.6.04	Simon Hook, Jayne Kirkham
	Brand Spanking	John-Paul Harney, Neil Jaworski
	London Skies are Blue	Brendan Grant
	Wasp	Andrea Arnold, Natasha Marsh
2005 ^[4]	Six Shooter	Martin McDonagh, Kenton Allen, Mia Bays
	Can't Stop Breathing	Amy Neil
	Dupe	Chris Waitt, Henry Trotter
	Pitch Perfect	J Blakeson
2006 ^[5] ^[6]	Cubs	Tom Harper
	At the End of the Sentence	Marisa Zanotti, David Greig
	Ex Mmemoria	Josh Appignanesi
	The 10th Man	Sam Leifer
	Who I Am and What I Want	Chris Shepherd, David Shrigley, Maria Manton
2007 ^[7] ^[8]	Dog Altogether	Paddy Considine, Diarmid Scrimshaw
	Cherries	Tom Harper, Fiona Kissane
	The Girls	Sebastian Godwin
	What Does Your Daddy Do?	Martin Stitt
	À bout de truffe	Tom Tagholm
2008 ^[9] ^[10]	Soft	Simon Ellis
	Alex and Her Arse Truck	Sean 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 ^[11] ^[12]	Love You More	Sam Taylor-Wood, Patrick Marber, Caroline Harvey, Anthony Minghella, Adrian Sturges
	Christmas with Dad	Conor McCormack
	Leaving	Sam Hearn, Richard Penfold
	Sidney Turtlebaum	Tristram Shapeero, Raphael Smith
	Washdays	Simon Neal, Graham Lester-George

2010s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2010 ^[13] ^[14]	Baby	Daniel Mulloy, Ohna Falby
	Photograph of Jesus	Laurie Hill
	Sign Language	Oscar Sharp, Stephen Follows
	Sis	Deborah Haywood
	The Road Home	Rahul Gandotra, Milja Fenger
2011 ^[15] ^[16]	Chalk	Martina Amati, Ilaria Bernardini
	507	Ben Blaine, Chris Blaine
	Rough Skin	Laura Lomas, Cathy Brady
	Love at First Sight	Michael Davies, Julian Unthank
	Rite	Michael Pearce
2012 ^[17] ^[18]	Volume	Mahalia Belo, Anna Ingeborg Topsøe
	Friday	Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Anna Symon
	Junk	Kirk Hendry
	Skyborn	Jamie Magnus Stone
	Swimmer	Lynne Ramsay
2013 ^[19] ^[20]	Z1	Gabriel Gauchet, Rungano Nyoni
	Dr. Easy	Jason Groves, Chris Harding, Richard Kenworthy
	Dylan's Room	Layke Anderson
	Jonah	Kibwe Tavares, Jack Thorne
	L'Assenza	Jonathan Romney
2014 ^[21] ^[22]	The Kárman Line	Oscar Sharp, Dawn King
	Crocodile	Gaëlle Denis, Robin French
	Emotional Fusebox	Rachel Tunnard
	Keeping Up with the Joneses	Michael Pearce, Selina Lim, Megan Rubens
	Slap	Nick Rowland, Islay Bell-Webb
2015 ^[23] ^[24]	Edmond	Nina Gantz
	Balcony	Toby Fell-Holden
	Crack	Peter King
	Love Is Blind	Dan Hodgson
	Manoman	Simon Cartwright
2016 ^[25] ^[26]	Jacked	Rene van Pannevis, Ashish Ghadiali
	Mother	Leo Leigh
	Over	Jörn Threlfall
	Rate Me	Fyzal Boulifa
	The Wrong End of the Stick	Terri Matthews, Chris Cornwell
2017 ^[27] ^[28]	Fish Story	Charlie Shackleton
	1745	Gordon Napier, Morayo Akandé
	The Entertainer	Jonathan Schey
	Work	Aneil Karia
	Wren Boys	Harry Lighton, John Fitzpatrick
2018 ^[29] ^[30]	The Big Day	Dawn Shadforth, Kellie Smith, Michelle Stein
	Bitter Sea	Fateme Ahmadi, Emma Parsons
	The Field	Sandhya Suri, Balthazar de Ganay, Thomas Bidegain
	Pommel	Paris Zarcilla, Sebastian Brown, Ivan Kelava
	To Know Him	Ted Evans, Kellie Smith, Jennifer Monks, Michelle Stein
2019 ^[31] ^[32]	Anna	Dekel Berenson, Merlin Merton, Olga Beskhmelnitsyna
	Boiling Point	Bart Ruspoli, Philip Barantini, Grace Nelder, Gabriella Callea, James Cummings
	Goldfish	Hector Dockrill, Laura Dockrill, Benedict Turnbull, Harri Kamalanathan
	The Devil's Harmony	Dylan Holmes Williams, Jess O'Kane, Nathan Craig
	Serious Tingz	Abdou Cisse, Kieran Kenlock

2020s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2020 ^[33] ^[34]	The Long Goodbye	Aneil Karia, Riz Ahmed, Tom Gardner
	Filipiñana	Rafael Manuel, Naomi Pacifique
	Mandem	John Ogunmuyiwa, Emily Everdee
	Sudden Light	Sophie Littman, Tom Wood
	The Forgotten C	Molly Manning Walker, Jessi Gutch
2021 ^[35]	Femme	Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Sam Ritzenberg, Hayley Williams, Rienkje Attoh
	Egúngún (Masquerade)	Olive Nwosu, Alex Polunin
	Night of the Living Dead	Ida Melum, Laura Jayne Tunbridge, Hannah Kelso, Danielle Goff
	Play It Safe	Mitch Kalisa, Chris Toumazou
	Precious Hair & Beauty	John Ognmuyiwa, Sophia Gibber, Tony Longe, Lene Basager
2022 ^[36]	Too Rough	Sean Lìonadh, Ross McKenzie, Alfredo Covelli
	A Fox in the Night	Keeran Anwar Blessie, Benjamin Jacob Smith
	Honesty	Roxy Rezvany, Emily Renée, Elly Camisa
	Sandstorm	Seemab Gul, Abid Aziz Merchant
	Scale	Joseph Pierce, Hélène Mitjavile
2023 ^[37]	Christopher at Sea	Tom CJ Brown, Amanda Miller, Hanna Stolarski, Emily-Jane Brown, Nick Read, Pierre Boivin, Constance Le Scouarnec, and Laure Desmazières
	Festival of Slaps	Abdou Cissé, Cheri Darbon, and George Telfer
	Lions	Beru Tessema and Ama Ampadu
	Muna	Warda Mohamed, Angela Moneke, and Simon Hatton
	The Talent	Thomas May Bailey, Emma D'Arcy, and Ellen Spence

See also

• BAFTA Award for Best Short Film
• Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dirty Pretty Things leads BIFA nominations. Screen Daily. Tim. Dams. September 22, 2003. October 6, 2021.
2. Web site: Dirty Pretty Things sweeps Brit indie awards. The Guardian. November 3, 2003. October 6, 2021.
3. Web site: 'Drake' takes the cake. Variety. Adam. Dawtrey. November 30, 2004. October 6, 2021.
4. Web site: Constant Gardener wins UK awards. BBC News. December 1, 2005. October 6, 2021.
5. Web site: 'Scotland' duo, 'Queen' pic among top BIFA nominees. The Hollywood Reporter. October 31, 2006. October 6, 2021.
6. Web site: "This is England" Takes Top Prize at British Independent Film Awards. Indiewire. November 30, 2006. October 6, 2021.
7. Web site: British Independent Film Awards nominations list. Variety. October 23, 2007. October 6, 2021.
8. Web site: Control takes over at British Independent Film Awards. CBC News. November 29, 2007. October 6, 2021.
9. Web site: Nominations for British Independent Film Awards announced. Screen Daily. Audrey. Ward. October 28, 2008. October 6, 2021.
10. Web site: 'Slumdog' wins big at British indie awards. The Hollywood Reporter. Stuart. Kemp. December 1, 2008. October 6, 2021.
11. Web site: "Fish Tank," "Moon" Lead British Indie Award Nods. IndieWire. Peter. Knegt. October 26, 2009. October 6, 2021.
12. Web site: British Independent Film Awards: Moon Wins Best Film. IndieWire. Anne. Thompson. December 6, 2009. October 6, 2021.
13. Web site: The King's Speech rings out in Bifa awards nominations. The Guardian. Ben. Child. November 2, 2010. October 6, 2021.
14. Web site: King's Speech reigns at British Independent Film awards. BBC News. Tim. Masters. December 6, 2010. October 6, 2021.
15. Web site: "Shame," "Tyrannosaur" and "Tinker Tailor" Lead British Independent Film Award Nominations. IndieWire. Peter. Knegt. October 31, 2011. October 6, 2021.
16. Web site: Tyrannosaur in triple win at British Independent Film Awards. BBC News. Tim. Masters. December 5, 2011. October 6, 2021.
17. Web site: Broken fixed up with nine British independent film award nominations. The Guardian. Ben. Child. November 6, 2012. October 6, 2021.
18. Web site: British Independent Film Awards: 'Broken' Takes Best Film, 'Berberian Sound Studio' and 'The Imposter' Big Winners. IndieWire. Matt. Mueller. December 9, 2012. October 6, 2021.
19. Web site: 'Metro Manila' gets 5 nominations in British film awards. ABS-CBN News. November 13, 2013. October 6, 2021.
20. Web site: 'Metro Manila' Wins Big at British Independent Film Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. Stuart. Kemp. December 8, 2013. October 6, 2021.
21. Web site: '71, Pride lead BIFA nominations. Screen Daily. Michael. Rosser. November 3, 2014. October 6, 2021.
22. Web site: Pride wins best film at British Independent Film Awards. BBC News. December 7, 2014. October 6, 2021.
23. Web site: 'The Lobster', '45 Years', 'Macbeth' Lead British Independent Film Award Nominations. Deadline. Nancy. Tartaglione. November 3, 2015. October 6, 2021.
24. Web site: Ex Machina triumphs at British independent film awards. The Guardian. Benjamin. Lee. December 7, 2015. October 6, 2021.
25. Web site: I, Daniel Blake leads British independent film award nominations. The Guardian. Alan. Evans. November 1, 2016. October 6, 2021.
26. Web site: 'American Honey' Triumphs at British Independent Film Awards. Variety. Leo. Barranclough. December 4, 2016. October 6, 2021.
27. Web site: 'Lady Macbeth' Tops Nominations for British Independent Film Awards. Variety. Stewart. Clarke. November 1, 2017. October 6, 2021.
28. Web site: British Independent Film Awards: 'God's Own Country' and 'Lady Macbeth' Win Top Prizes. IndieWire. Michael. Nordine. December 10, 2017. October 6, 2021.
29. Web site: The Favourite dominates British independent film award nominations. The Guardian. Mark. Brown. October 31, 2018. October 6, 2021.
30. Web site: 'The Favourite' Wins 10 British Independent Film Awards, Living Up to Its Title. IndieWire. Michael. Nordine. December 2, 2018. October 6, 2021.
31. Web site: 2019 British Indie Film Awards Nominations: 'David Copperfield,' Zellweger, and More. IndieWire. Zack. Sharf. October 30, 2019. October 6, 2021.
32. Web site: British Independent Film Awards: 'For Sama' Wins Top Prize. The Hollywood Reporter. Alex. Ritman. December 1, 2019. October 6, 2021.
33. Web site: 'Saint Maud,' 'His House,' 'Rocks' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations. Variety. Naman. Ramachandran. December 9, 2020. October 6, 2021.
34. Web site: 'Rocks' & 'His House' Win Big At British Independent Film Awards. Deadline. Tom. Grater. February 18, 2021. October 6, 2021.
35. Web site: ‘Belfast,’ ‘Boiling Point’ Lead BIFA Nominations. Variety. Naman. Ramachandran. November 3, 2021. November 3, 2021.
36. Web site: British Independent Film Awards: Debut Movies ‘Aftersun,’ ‘Blue Jean’ Lead Nominations. The Hollywood Reporter. Georg. Szalai. 4 November 2022. 4 November 2022.
37. Web site: Jodie Comer, Paul Mescal Score Nods as 'Rye Lane,' 'Scrapper', 'All of Us Strangers' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations. Variety. 2 November 2023. 2 November 2023. Naman. Ramachandran. Naman Ramachandran.