British Short Film Award winners announced

The British Short Film Awards (BSFA) – a competition celebrating the incredible talent in short films from Great Britain and around the world – has announced the winners. 

The awards were founded in 2020, with the first annual awards going ahead in December 2021, featuring Academy Award winners Peter Capaldi and Rachel Shenton, BAFTA winner Aimee Lou Wood, Netflix star Elizabeth Lail, award winning Aisling Franciosi, and BIFA winning Samuel Adewunmi as well as many more stars. 

The winners were as followed:

ICON AWARD
Peter Capaldi

IMPACT AWARD
Elliot Grove

JURY AWARD
Iniquity (Oliver Goodrum, Luke Goodrum, Jane Yatsuta, Darren Skulsky)

AUTEURS AWARD
Ditectrice (Guille Santos, Sadaf H Nava, Ada O Higgins, Sarah Blue)

FOUNDERS AWARD
Divination Dave (Georgia Madden, Jen Bradfield, Ian Fenton, Allan Campbell)

AUDIENCE AWARD
Dodie – Build A Problem (Jack Howard, Sophie Newton, Dodie Clark)

PRINCIPAL CATEGORIES

BEST SHORT FILM
STARBOY (Tibo Travers, Directed by Joëlle Bentolila)

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM
ENJOY (Gabriele Lo Giudice, Nick Rowell, Directed by Saul Abraham)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
LOVE IS JUST A DEATH AWAY (Jakub Kostal, Directed by Bára Anna Stejskalová)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT FILM
A SWEDISH DEFENCE (Jimm Garbis, Directed by Simon Elväs)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
LOOKING BACK WITH PRIDE (Scarlett Barclay, Sasha Nixon, Directed by Emily McDonald)

BEST DIRECTOR
FLORA TENNANT (We All Just Want to be Mad)

BEST BRITISH DIRECTOR
BERTIE GILBERT (Please Care)

BEST ACTOR
DAVID BRADLEY (Roy)

BEST ACTRESS
ISABELLE CONNOLLY (Pale Saint)

BEST EDITING
FIRST ONE AWAY (Nathan Baker)

BEST SCORE
FANTASY OF COMPANIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN AND INANIMATE (Manu Martin, Ron J Danziger, Joi Barua)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
PALE SAINT (Lasse Ulvedal Tolboll)

BEST SCREENPLAY
REG (Tom Allpress)

ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES

BEST ENGLISH SHORT FILM
HOME (Fozia Khaliq, Ndrika Anyika)

BEST NORTHERN IRISH SHORT FILM
BACK IN FIVE (Jude Sharvin, Michael O’Neill, Stephen Pierce)

BEST SCOTTISH SHORT FILM
MONSTER (Rebecca Deane, Reiff Gaskell)

BEST WELSH SHORT FILM
PALE SAINT (Alexander Polunin, Rhys Marc Jones)

BEST LONG SHORT FILM
TEQUILA DREAM (Joe Andrews, Peter Lavery)

BEST SUPER SHORT FILM
PUB KID (Mollie Bromfield, Liam Young)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
TOM SWEET (Enjoy)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
SHARON ROONEY (Do No Harm)

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
MUDLARKS (Mirren Mack, Naomi Preston-Low, Dominic Gilday)

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM
ANOTHER DAY (Alan Hall, Daniel Topic, Gráinne Good)

BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM
VISKAR I VINDEN (James Newman, Harry Newman)

BEST HORROR SHORT FILM
A SICKNESS (Jennifer Gelin, Guy Soulsby)

BEST SCI FI SHORT FILM
COGNITION (Ravi Ajit Chopra)

BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
A SWEDISH DEFENCE (Simon Elvås, Jimm Garbis)

BEST HAIR AND MAKE UP
STARBOY (Elizabeth Hedley)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
WE ALL JUST WANT TO BE MAD (Zara de Freitas, Freddie Anderson, William Howell Jackson)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
BAILE (Faye Connor , Charlie Cooper)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
COGNITION (Peerless, Territory Studios, Foundry, Chocolate Tribe)

BEST SOUND DESIGN
LOUDER IS NOT ALWAYS CLEARER (Andrew Gough)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
JORJA SMITH – “HOME” (Rob Akin, Femi Anderson)

BEST COMMERCIAL SHORT FILM
TOPJAW – “48HRS IN LONDON” (Will Warr, Jesse Burgess)

BEST SHORT FILM FROM THE ARCHIVES
THE SILENT CHILD (Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton, Rebecca Harris, Julie Foy)

You can view all of the nominees here.