BAFTA Award for Best Short Film
This page lists the winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film for each year. formerly known as the John Grierson Award. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. Since 1960, selected films have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Short Film at an annual ceremony.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a dark grey background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
1970s
Category | Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Writer(s) |
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1977 | ||||
Best Short Fictional Film | Bead Game | Ishu Patel | ||
The Chinese Word for House | Kate Canning | |||
The Sand Castle | Co Hoedeman | |||
1978 | ||||
No Award | ||||
1979 | ||||
Best Short Film | Butch Minds the Baby | Peter Webb | ||
Dilemma | Clive Mitchell | |||
Dream Doll | Bob Godfrey | |||
Mr. Pascal | Alison De Vere |
1980s
1990s
Category | Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Writer(s) |
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1990 | ||||
Best Short Film | Say Good-bye | John Roberts | Michele Carmada | |
An der Grenze | Max Linder | Michael Drexler | ||
Chicken | Jo Shoop | Julian Nott | ||
Dear Rosie | Peter Cattaneo | Barnaby Thompson | ||
1991 | ||||
Best Short Film | The Harmfulness of Tobacco | Nick Hamm | Bary Palin | |
Breath of Life | Navin Thapar | |||
Man Descending | Neil Grieve | Ray Lorenz | ||
Trauma | Gerhard Johannes Rekel | |||
1992 | ||||
Best Short Film | Omnibus | Sam Karmann | Anne Bennett | Sam Karmann |
Deux Ramoneurs chez une Cantatrice | Michel Cauléa | |||
Heartsongs | Sue Clayton | Caroline Hewitt | Sue Clayton | |
Sense of History | Mike Leigh | Simon Channing Williams | Jim Broadbent | |
1993 | ||||
Best Short Film | Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life | Peter Capaldi | Ruth Kenley-Letts | Peter Capaldi |
A Small Deposit | Eleanor Yule | Paul Holmes | Barry Ackroyd | |
One Night Stand | Bill Britten | Georgia Masters | ||
Syrup | Paul Unwin | Anita Overland | ||
1994 | ||||
Best Short Film | Zinky Boys Go Underground | Paul Tickell | Tatianna Kennedy | |
Lost Mojave | Jonathan Cordish | Vladimir Perlovich | ||
Marooned | Jonas Grimås | Andrea Calderwood | ||
That Sunday | Dan Zeff | Damiano Vukotic | Dan Zeff | |
1995 | ||||
Best Short Film | It's Not Unusual | Kfir O | Asmaa Pirzada | Kfir O |
Cabbage | David Stewart | Noelle Pickford | David Stewart | |
Hello, Hello, Hello | David Thewlis | Helen Booth, James Roberts | David Thewlis | |
The Last Post | Ed Blum | Neris Thomas | Ed Blum | |
1996 | ||||
Best Short Film | Majorettes in Space (Des majorettes dans l'espace) | David Fourier | Carole Scotta | David Fourier |
Butterfly Man | Barry Ackroyd | Robin Macpherson | Barry Ackroyd | |
Dual Balls | Dan Zeff | Laurence Bowen | Dan Zeff | |
Machinations | Ralph Seiler | Alice Beckmann | Ralph Seiler | |
Tout doit disparaître | Jean-Marc Moutout | François Barat | Jean-Marc Moutout | |
1997 | ||||
Best Short Film | The Deadness of Dad | Philippa Cousins, Mandy Sprague | Philippa Cousins, Mandy Sprague | Stephen Volk |
Crocodile Snap | Joe Wright | James Greville | James Greville | |
Gas Man | Lynne Ramsay | Gavin Emerson, Barbara McKissack, Oscar van Heek | Lynne Ramsay | |
Little Sisters | Andy Goddard | Mark Grindle, Nic Muirson, Oscar van Heek | Andy Goddard | |
1998 | ||||
Best Short Film | Home | Morag McKinnon | Hannah Lewis | Colin McLaren |
Anthrakitis | Sara Sugarman | Natasha Dack | Sara Sugarman | |
Eight | Stephen Daldry | Jon Finn | Tim Clague | |
In Memory of Dorothy Bennett | Martin Radich | Catherine McArthur | Martin Radich | |
1999 | ||||
Best Short Film | Who's My Favourite Girl | Adrian McDowall | Joern Utkilen, Kara Johnston | Adrian McDowall |
Bait | Tom Shankland | Soledad Gatti-Pascual | Jane Harris | |
Perdie | Faye Gilbert | Rachel Shadick | Faye Gilbert | |
The Tale Of The Rat That Wrote | Billy O'Brien | Ruth Kenley-Letts, Lisa-Marie Russo | Murilo Pasta |
2000s
Category | Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Writer(s) |
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2000 | ||||
Best Short Film | Shadowscan | Tinge Krishnan | Gary Holding, Justine Leahy | Tinge Krishnan |
Going Down | Tom Shankland | Soledad Gatti-Pascual | Jane Harris | |
The Last Post | Dominic Santana | Lee Santana | Lee Santana | |
Sweet | James Pilkington | Rob Mercer | James Pilkington | |
2001 | ||||
Best Short Film | About a Girl | Brian Percival | Janey de Nordwall | Julie Rutterford |
Inferno | Paul Kousoulides | Teun Hilte | Sharat Sardana | |
The Red Peppers | Dominic Santana | Dominic Santana, Lee Santana | Lee Santana | |
Skin Deep | Yousaf Ali Khan | Andy Porter | Yousaf Ali Khan | |
Tattoo | Jules Williamson | Arabella Page Croft, Sara Putt | Jemma Field | |
2002 | ||||
Best Short Film | My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117 | Chris Morris | Mark Herbert | Chris Morris |
Bouncer | Michael Baig Clifford | Natasha Carlish, Sophie Morgan | Geoff Thompson | |
Candy Bar Kid | Shah Khan | Benjamin Johns | Shah Khan | |
Good Night | Sun-Young Chun | Yoav Factor | Sun-Young Chun | |
The Most Beautiful Man in the World | Alicia Duffy | Hugh Welchman | Alicia Duffy | |
2003 | ||||
Best Short Film | Brown Paper Bag | Michael Baig Clifford | Natasha Carlish, Mark Leveson | Geoff Thompson |
Bye Child | Bernard Maclaverty | Andrew Bonner | Bernard Maclaverty | |
Nits | Harry Wootliff | George Isaac | Harry Wootliff | |
Sea Monsters | Mark Walker | Matt Delargy | Raphael Smith | |
Talking with Angels | Yousaf Ali Khan | Michael Knowles, Janey de Nordwall | Yousaf Ali Khan | |
Rank | David Yates | Andrew O'Connell | Robbie McCallum | |
2004 | ||||
Best Short Film | The Banker | Hattie Dalton | Kelly Broad | Hattie Dalton |
Can't Stop Breathing | Amy Neil | Ravinder Basra | Amy Neil | |
Elephant Boy | Rene Mohandas | Durdana Shaikh | Rene Mohandas | |
Knitting a Love Song | Debbie Ballin, Annie Watson | Debbie Ballin, Annie Watson | Debbie Ballin | |
Six Shooter | Martin McDonagh | Mia Bays, Kenton Allen | Martin McDonagh | |
2005 | ||||
Best Short Film | Antonio's Breakfast | Daniel Mulloy | Howard Stogdon, Amber Templemore-Finlayson | Daniel Mulloy |
Call Register | Ed Roe | Kit Hawkins, Adam Tudhope | Ed Roe | |
Heavy Metal Drummer | Toby MacDonald, Luke Morris | Toby MacDonald, Luke Morris, Amanda Boyle | Toby MacDonald, Luke Morris | |
Heydar, An Afghan in Tehran | Babak Jalali | Homayoun Assadian | Babak Jalali | |
Lucky | Avie Luthra | Bex Hopkins | Avie Luthra | |
2006 | ||||
Best Short Film | Do Not Erase | Asitha Ameresekere | Asitha Ameresekere | Asitha Ameresekere |
Care | Corinna Faith | Rachel Bailey, Tracy Bass | Corinna Faith | |
Cubs | Tom Harper | Lisa Williams | Tom Harper | |
Hikikomori | Paul Wright | Karley Duffy | Paul Wright | |
Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored | Jim McRoberts | David Smith | Jim McRoberts | |
2007 | ||||
Best Short Film | Dog Altogether | Paddy Considine | Diarmid Scrimshaw | Paddy Considine |
Hesitation | Julien Berlan | Michelle Eastwood | Virginia Gilbert | |
The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island | James Griffith | Charlie Henderson | Tim Key , Tom Basden | |
Soft | Simon Ellis | Jane Hooks | Simon Ellis | |
The Stronger | Lia Williams | Dan McCulloch | Frank McGuinness | |
2008 | ||||
Best Short Film | September | Esther May Campbell | Stewart Le Marechal | Esther May Campbell |
Kingsland #1: The Dreamer | Tony Grisoni | Kate Ogborn | Tony Grisoni | |
Love You More | Sam Taylor-Wood | Adrian Sturges | Patrick Marber | |
Ralph | Alex Winckler | Olivier Kaempfer | Alex Winckler | |
Voyage d'Affaires (The Business Trip) | Sean Ellis | Celine Quideau | Sean Ellis | |
2009 | ||||
Best Short Film | I Do Air [1] | Martina Amati | James Bolton | Martina Amati |
Jade [2] | Daniel Elliott | Samm Haillay, Duane Hopkins | Daniel Elliott | |
Mixtape [3] | Luke Snellin | Luke Snellin, Luti Fagbenle | Luke Snellin | |
Off Season [4] | Jonathan van Tulleken | Jacob Jaffke, Shrihari Sathe | Jonathan van Tulleken | |
14 [5] | Asitha Ameresekere | Asitha Ameresekere | Asitha Ameresekere | |
2010s
Category | Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Writer(s) |
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2010 | ||||
Best Short Film | Until the River Runs Red [6] | Paul Wright | Poss Kondeatis | Paul Wright |
Lin [7] | Piers Thompson | Piers Thompson, Simon Hessel, Mila Kirova | Piers Thompson | |
Connect [8] | Samuel Abrahams | Beau Gordon | Samuel Abrahams | |
Rite [4] | Michael Pearce | Ross McKenzie, Paul Welsh | ||
Turning [9] | Karni Arieli, Saul Freed | Kat Armour-Brown, Alison Sterling | Karni Arieli, Saul Freed | |
2011 | ||||
Best Short Film | Pitch Black Heist [10] | John Maclean | Gerardine O'Flynn | John Maclean |
Chalk [11] | Martina Amati | Martina Amati, Gavin Emerson | Martina Amati, Ilaria Bernardini | |
Mwansa The Great [12] | Rungano Nyoni | Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet | Rungano Nyoni | |
Only Sound Remains [13] | Arash Ashtiani | |||
Two & Two [14] | Babak Anvari | Babak Anvari, Kit Fraser | Babak Anvari, Gavin Cullen | |
2012 | ||||
Best Short Film | Swimmer [15] | Lynne Ramsay | Peter Carlton, Diarmid Scrimshaw | |
The Curse [16] | Fyzal Boulifa | |||
Good Night [17] | Muriel d'Ansembourg | Eva Sigurdardottir | Muriel d'Ansembourg | |
Tumult [18] | Johnny Barrington | Rhianna Andrews | Johnny Barrington | |
The Voorman Problem [19] | Mark Gill | Baldwin Li, Lee Thomas | David Mitchell, Baldwin Li, Mark Gill | |
2013 | ||||
Best British Short Film | Room 8 [20] | James W. Griffiths | Ohna Falby, Sophie Venner | Geoffrey Fletcher, James W. Griffiths |
Island Queen [21] | Ben Mallaby | Emma Hughes | Nat Luurtsema | |
Keeping Up with the Joneses [22] | Michael Pearce | Megan Rubens | Selina Lim | |
Orbit Ever After [23] | Jamie Magnus Stone | Chee-Lan Chan, Len Rowles | Jamie Magnus Stone | |
Sea View [24] | Jane Linfoot | Anna Duffield | Jane Linfoot | |
2014 | ||||
Best British Short Film | Boogaloo and Graham | Michael Lennox | Brian J. Falconer, Richard Irwin | Ronan Blaney |
Emotional Fusebox | Rachel Tunnard | Paul Ashton, Michael Berliner | Rachel Tunnard | |
The Kármán Line | Oscar Sharp | Campbell Beaton, Dawn King, Tiernan Hanby, Oscar Sharp | Dawn King, Oscar Sharp | |
Slap | Nick Rowland | Michelangelo Fano | Islay Bell-Webb, Nick Rowland | |
Three Brothers | Aleem Khan | Matthieu de Braconier, Stephanie Paeplow | Aleem Khan | |
2015 | ||||
Best British Short Film | Operator | Caroline Bartleet | Caroline Bartleet, Rebecca Morgan | Caroline Bartleet |
Elephant | Nick Helm | Nick Helm, Esther Smith | Nick Helm | ||
Mining Poems or Odes | Callum Rice | Jack Cocker, Callum Rice | Robert Fullerton | |
Over | Jörn Threlfall | Jörn Threlfall, Jeremy Bannister | Jörn Threlfall | |
Samuel-613 | Billy Lumby | Cheyenne Conway, Billy Lumby | Billy Lumby | |
2016 | ||||
Best British Short Film | Home | Daniel Mulloy | Shpat Deda, Afolabi Kuti, Daniel Mulloy, Scott ODonnell | Daniel Mulloy |
Consumed | Richard John Seymour | Richard John Seymour | Richard John Seymour | |
Mouth of Hell | Samir Mehanović | Mark Evans, Ross McKenzie, Ailie Smith, Michael Wilson | Bart Gavigan, Samir Mehanović, Rakesh Kumar Tripathi | |
The Party | Andrea Harkin | Farah Abushwesha, Emmet Fleming | Conor MacNeill | |
Standby | Charlotte Regan | Charlotte Regan, Jack Hannon | Charlotte Regan | |
2017 | ||||
Best British Short Film | Cowboy Dave | Colin O'Toole | Mathias Gilay, Jonas Mortensen | Colin O'Toole |
Amir | Vika Evdokimenko | Vika Evdokimenko, Emma Stone, Oliver Shuster | Vika Evdokimenko, Oliver Shuster | |
A Drowning Man | Mahdi Fleifel | Mahdi Fleifel, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Patrick Campbell | ||
Work | Aneil Karia | Ben Coren, Scott O'Donnell, Eva Yates | ||
Wren Boys | Harry Lighton | Sorcha Bacon | John Fitzpatrick, Harry Lighton | |
2018 | ||||
Best British Short Film | 73 Cows | Alex Lockwood | Alex Lockwood | |
Bachelor, 38 | Angela Clarke | Angela Clarke | ||
The Blue Door | Paul Taylor | Ben Clark, Megan Pugh | ||
The Field | Sandhya Suri | Sandhya Suri, Thomas Bidegain, Balthazar de Ganay | ||
Wale | Barnaby Blackburn | Barnaby Blackburn, Sophie Alexander, Catherine Slater, Edward Speleers | Barnaby Blackburn | |
2019 | ||||
Best British Short Film | Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) | Carol Dysinger | Sasha Rainbow and Rosalind Croad | |
Azaar | Myriam Raja | Myriam Raja and Nathanael Baring | ||
Goldfish | Hector Dockrill | Hector Dockrill, Harri Kamalanathan, Benedict Turnbull, and Laura Dockrill | Hector Dockrill and Laura Dockrill | |
Kamali | Sasha Rainbow | |||
The Trap | Lena Headey | Lena Headey and Anthony Fitzgerald | Lena Headey |
References
- "I Do Air (2009) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Jade (2009) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Mixtape (2009) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Rite (2010) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "14 (2008) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Until the River Runs Red (2010) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Lin (2010) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Connect (2010) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Turning (2010) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Pitch Black Heist (2011) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Chalk (2011) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Mwansa the Great (2011) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Only Sound Remains (2010) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Two & Two (2011) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Swimmer (2012) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "The Curse (2012) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Good Night (2012) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Tumult (2012) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "The Voorman Problem (2011) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Room 8 (2013) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Island Queen (2012) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Keeping Up with the Joneses (2013) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Orbit Ever After (2013) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Sea View (2013) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.