British Independent Film Award for Best British Short Film
Awarded forBest British Short Films
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBIFA
First awarded2003
Currently held byToo Rough (2022)
Websitewww.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.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year Film Recipient(s)
2003
(6th)
[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
(7th)
[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
(8th)
[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
(9th)
[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
(10th)
[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
(11th)
[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
(12th)
[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
(13th)
[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
(14th)
[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
(15th)
[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
(16th)
[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
(17th)
[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
(18th)
[23][24]		 Edmond Nina Gantz
Balcony Toby Fell-Holden
Crack Peter King
Love Is Blind Dan Hodgson
Manoman Simon Cartwright
2016
(19th)
[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
(20th)
[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
(21st)
[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
(22nd)
[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
(23rd)
[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
(24th)
[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
(25th)
[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
(25th)
[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

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