AWARD Categories 2024

As we move into our fourth year we’ve made a few changes and updates to our categories and awards:

All winners will receive a gold statuette at the 2024 awards ceremony. The longlists will be announced a few weeks after submissions close, after that, the nominees will be selected from the longlists. SO, here are the 2024 categories:

𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆

𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝗽
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻

We will also be continuing to celebrate filmmakers from the four corners of the United Kingdom; England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, with our Regional Categories.

Films submitted to the following ‘Regional Categories' will only be in contention for that category and they will not be in contention for any of the above awards.

𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺

The final submittable category is:

𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺

If selected on this year’s longlist you will be asked to prove that your principal crew members (Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor etc) were full-time students at the time of your film production.

Films submitted to 'Student Short Film' will only be in contention for that category.

Each year there will be an Impact and an Icon Award given to people that the jury deem to have had a great influence on the landscape of British short film.

There will be four other honorary awards; an Auteurs Award for a film with exceptional creative value, a Jury Award chosen by the jury, a Founders Award chosen by the founding members of the awards and an Audience Choice Award voted by the public.