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BAFTA Award for Best British Short Film
Presented by British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Location United Kingdom
First awarded 1959
Currently held by Jellyfish and Lobster (2023)

The BAFTA Award for Best British Short Film is a special prize given each year to the best short film made in Britain. It's awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), a famous organization in the United Kingdom that celebrates great work in film, TV, and games.

Since 1960, talented filmmakers have received this award for their short movies. Short films are usually much shorter than regular movies, often lasting only a few minutes. They can tell amazing stories or show interesting ideas in a short amount of time.

On this page, you'll find a list of the films that have won this important BAFTA award. The winning films and their creators are shown in bold with a gold background. The years listed are when the films were released, not when the award ceremony took place (which is usually the next year).

Winners of the Best British Short Film Award

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1950s Winners

Year Film Recipient(s)
Best Short Film
1959
(13th)
Seven Cities of Antarctica Winston Hibler

1960s Winners

Year Film Recipient(s)
1960
(14th)
High Journey Peter Baylis
1961
(15th)
Terminus John Schlesinger
1962
(16th)
Incident at Owl Creek (La Rivière du Hibou) Robert Enrico
1963
(17th)
Happy Anniversary
1964
(18th)
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak John Feeney
1965
(19th)
Rig Move Don Higgins
1966
(20th)
The War Game Peter Watkins
1967
(21st)
Indus Waters Derek Williams
1968
(22nd)
Not awarded
1969
(23rd)
Picture to Post Sarah Erulkar

1970s Winners

Year Film Recipient(s)
1970
(24th)
The Shadow of Progress Derek Williams
1971
(25th)
Alaska: The Great Land Derek Williams
John Grierson Award (Short Film)
1972
(26th)
Memorial
1973
(27th)
Caring for History
1974
(28th)
Location North Sea John Armstrong
1975
(29th)
Sea Area Forties John Armstrong
Best Short Factual Film
1976
(30th)
The End of the Road John Amstrong
1977
(31st)
Best Short Factual Film
Not awarded
Best Short Fictional Film
Bead Game Ishu Patel
1978
(32nd)
Best Short Factual Film
Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook Tony White
Best Short Fictional Film
Not awarded
Best Short Film
1979
(33rd)
Butch Minds the Baby Peter Webb

1980s Winners

Year Film Recipient(s)
1980
(34th)
Sredni Vashtar Andrew Birkin
1981
(35th)
Recluse Bob Bentley
1982
(36th)
The Privilege Ian Knox
1983
(37th)
Goodie Two Shoes Ian Emes
1984
(38th)
The Dress Eva Sereny
1985
(39th)
Careless Talk Noella Smith
1986
(40th)
La Boule Simon Shore
1987
(41st)
Artisten Jonas Grimås
1988
(42nd)
Defence Counsel Sedov (Zashchitnik Sedov) Evgeny Tsymbal
1989
(43rd)
The Candy Show Damian Jones, Peter Hewitt, David Freeman

1990s Winners

Year Film Recipient(s)
1990
(44th)
Say Good-bye Michele Carmada, John Roberts
1991
(45th)
The Harmfulness of Tobacco Nick Hamm, Bary Palin
1992
(46th)
Omnibus Anne Bennett, Sam Karmann
1993
(47th)
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life Ruth Kenley-Letts, Peter Capaldi
1994
(48th)
Zinky Boys Go Underground Paul Tickell, Tatianna Kennedy
1995
(49th)
It's Not Unusual Asmaa Pirzada, Kfir Yefet
1996
(50th)
Majorettes In Space (Des Majorettes Dans L'Espace) Carole Scotta, David Fourier
1997
(51st)
The Deadness of Dad Philippa Cousins, Mandy Sprague, Stephen Volk
1998
(52nd)
Home Morag McKinnon, Hannah Lewis, Colin McLaren
1999
(53rd)
Who's My Favourite Girl Joern Utkilen, Kara Johnston, Adrian McDowall

2000s Winners

Year Film Recipient(s)
2000
(54th)
Shadowscan Gary Holding, Justine Leahy, Tinge Krishnan
2001
(55th)
About a Girl Brian Percival, Janey de Nordwall, Julie Rutterford
2002
(56th)
My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117 Chris Morris, Mark Herbert
2003
(57th)
Brown Paper Bag Natasha Carlish, Mark Leveson, Michael Baig Clifford, Geoff Thompson
2004
(58th)
The Banker Hattie Dalton, Kelly Broad
2005
(59th)
Antonio's Breakfast Daniel Mulloy, Amber Templemore-Finlayson, Daniel Mulloy
2006
(60th)
Do Not Erase Asitha Ameresekere
2007
(61st)
Dog Altogether Paddy Considine, Diarmid Scrimshaw
2008
(62nd)
September Esther May Campbell, Stewart Le Marechal
2009
(63rd)
I Do Air James Bolton, Martina Amati

2010s Winners

Year Film Recipient(s)
2010
(64th)
Until the River Runs Red Poss Kondeatis, Paul Wright
2011
(65th)
Pitch Black Heist John Maclean, Gerardine O'Flynn
2012
(66th)
Swimmer Lynne Ramsay, Peter Carlton, Diarmid Scrimshaw
Best British Short Film
2013
(67th)
Room 8 James W. Griffiths, Sophie Venner
2014
(68th)
Boogaloo and Graham Michael Lennox, Brian J. Falconer, Richard Irwin, Ronan Blaney
2015
(69th)
Operator Rebecca Morgan, Caroline Bartleet
2016
(70th)
Home Daniel Mulloy, Shpat Deda, Afolabi Kuti, Scott O'Donnell
2017
(71st)
Cowboy Dave Colin O'Toole, Mathias Gilay, Jonas Mortensen
2018
(72nd)
73 Cows Alex Lockwood
2019
(73rd)
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) Carol Dysinger, Elena Andreicheva

2020s Winners

Year Film Recipient(s)
2020
(74th)
The Present Farah Nabulsi
2021
(75th)
The Black Cop Cherish Oleka
2022
(76th)
An Irish Goodbye Tom Berkeley, Ross White
2023
(77th)
Jellyfish and Lobster Yasmin Afifi, Elizabeth Rufai

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