The British SHort Film Awards 2021 - Nominees
Principal Categories
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BEST SHORT FILM
A SWEDISH DEFENCE (Jimm Garbis, Directed by Simon Elväs)
DITECTRICE (Ada O Higgins, Sarah Blue, Directed by Guille Santos and Sadaf H Nava)
DIVINATION DAVE (Jen Bradfield, Ian Fenton, Allan Campbell, Directed by Georgia Madden)
ENJOY (Gabriele Lo Giudice, Nick Rowell, Directed by Saul Abraham)
MUDLARKS (Dominic Gilday, Amy Gardner, Directed by Dominic Gilday)
PALE SAINT (Rhys Marc Jones, Alexander Polunin, Anders Berg, Directed by Rhy Marc Jones)
STARBOY (Tobi Travers, Directed by Joëlle Bentolila)
WE ALL JUST WANT TO BE MAD (Rafael Manuel, Jack Stacey, Naomi Pacifique, Directed by Flora Tennant)
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Best British Short Film
ENJOY (Gabriele Lo Giudice, Nick Rowell, Directed by Saul Abraham)
EYELASH (Jesse Lewis-Reece, Ike Newman, Directed by Jesse Lewis-Reece)
FATHER OF THE BRIDE (Alex Polunin, Directed by Rhys Marc Jones)
INIQUITY (Luke Goodrum, Darren Skulsky, Jane Yatsuta, Directed by Oliver Goodrum)
MONSTER (Rebecca Deane, Directed by Reiff Gaskell)
MUDLARKS (Dominic Gilday, Amy Gardner, Directed by Dominic Gilday)
PLEASE CARE (Ash Horne, Chris Overton, Rebecca Harris, Directed by Bertie Gilbert)
ROY (Bryony Pulizzi, Directed by Tom Berkeley, Ross White)
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Best animated short film
DIVINATION DAVE (Jen Bradfield, Ian Fenton, Allan Campbell, Directed by Georgia Madden)
LEAF BOAT (Cwch Deilen) (Amy Morris, Directed by Efa Blosse-Mason)
LOVE IS JUST A DEATH AWAY (Jakub Kostal, Directed by Bára Anna Stejskalová)
PAGE’S EDGE (Isaac Camilleri)
SOFT RAIN (Kelvin Chow, Directed by Sacha Goedegebure)
THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT (Laura Duncalf, Directed by Mole Hill)
TREASURE (Alexandre Manzanares, Philipp Merten, Silvan Moutte-Roulet, Guillaume Cosenza)
WASTOPIA (Qianhui Yu)
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Best Foreign Language short film
120 SECONDS DI MENDEL (Directed by Nico Vecchione, Paolo Vecchione)
A SWEDISH DEFENCE (Jimm Garbis, Directed by Simon Elväs)
LANDING POINT (Ka-ming Chan, Directed by Sei-hong Cheng)
MARIE - LUISE (Marion H von Loewenstern, Directed by Hervine De Boodt)
MISSING PIECE (Nadim - El Khoury)
STAIN (Park Sinwook, Directed by Park Deokjin)
TROUBADOURS CELÉSTES (Marion H von Loewenstern, Directed by Hervine De Boodt)
VISKAR I VINDEN (Harry Newman, James Newman, Directed by James Newman)
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Best Documentary Short Film
FIRST WEEK OUT (Dugan Bridges, Remo Wakeford, Erica Hilbert, Directed by Charles Fritschner)
I THANK MY MOTHER FOR MY HAIR (Susie Peng, Directed by Anna Dobos and Susie Peng)
LIKE FATHER LIKE SON (Cameron Dupuy, Directed byHugo Esposti)
LOOKING BACK WITH PRIDE (Scarlett Barclay, Sasha Nixon, Directed by Emily McDonald)
NO ADMISSION (Directed by Matt Brown)
TIME AND TIDE (UK) (Harry McCarney, Directed by Caleb Yule)
URBANO (Directed by Arianna Marin, Ken Kamara)
YOUTH OF RURAL NORTH (Juliet Klottrup)
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Best Director
EDOARDO CANTIELLO (Kill me in your room)
EMILY RUHL (Blue Moon)
FLORA TENNANT (We All Just Want to be Mad)
GUILLE SANTOS & SADAF H NAVA (Ditectrice)
BIG RED BUTTON (Don vs. Lightning)
NADIM - EL KHOURY (Missing Piece)
NICO VECCHIONE & PAOLO VECCHIONE (120 Seconds di Mendel)
TOM BERKLEY & ROSS WHITE (Roy)
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Best British Director
BERTIE GILBERT (Please Care)
DOUGLAS KING (Do No Harm)
JOËLLE BENTOLILA (Starboy)
NDRIKA ANYIKA (Home)
OLIVER GOODRUM (Iniquity)
RHYS MARC JONES (Pale Saint)
SAUL ABRAHAM (Enjoy)
ZAK HARNEY (First One Away)
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Best Actor
ANDREW SCOTT (Cognition)
BARNEY HARRIS (Starboy)
DAVID BRADLEY (Roy)
ELIJAH W HARRIS (Eyelash)
HIMESH PATEL (Enjoy)
HUGH SKINNER (Please Care)
JAY LYCURGO (Father of the Bride)
RICHARD CREHAN (Iniquity)
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Best Actress
ADE AJIBADE (Home)
CELINE BERAN (Shear)
FANTA BARRIE (The Darkest Blue)
HANNAH DANIEL (Burial)
ISABELLE CONNOLLY (Pale Saint)
ISOBEL LAIDLER (We All Just Want to be Mad)
MIRREN MACK (Mudlarks)
TALLULAH HADDON (Starboy)
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Best Editing
BURIAL (Amber Saunders)
EYELASH (Jesse Lewis-Reece)
FIRST ONE AWAY (Nathan Baker)
IT’S OUR MOVEMENT (Morgan Sinclair)
PALE SAINT (Rhys Marc Jones)
PUB KID (Dave Jones)
STARBOY (Joëlle Bentolila, Olly Stothert)
THE KING OF THE FOREST (Leroy Da Silva)
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Best Score
BRAZEN SOULS (Mike Flood)
COGNITION (Samuel Karl Bohn)
FANTASY OF COMPANIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN AND INANIMATE (Manu Martin, Ron J Danziger, Joi Barua)
INIQUITY (Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres)
MONSTER (Crystal Serghio)
MUDLARKS (Lindsay Wright)
RESONANCE (Rebecca Doherty)
STARBOY (Michael Blainey)
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Best Cinematography
ENJOY (Tasha Back)
EYELASH (Evangelos Polychronopoulos)
INIQUITY (James Blann)
LANDING POINT (Szeto Yat-lui)
PALE SAINT (Lasse Ulvedal Tolboll)
STARBOY (Andrew Alderslade)
THE STRANGER (Rick Joaquim)
TIME AND TIDE (UK) (Caleb Yule)
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Best Screenplay
A GENTLE PUSH (Eoin Ryan)
A PACKAGE OF DREAMS (Bradley M. Look)
BADGER AND THE BLITZ (Richard Turley and Darren Francis)
HELLO I MUST BE GOING (Sara Hallowell)
MY WEEK WITH MAISY (Mark Oxtoby)
REG (Tom Allpress)
SHAKESPEAR’S ROADSHOW (Richard Bruce Stirling)
UNMANNED (Shan Christopher Ogilvie)
The British Short Film Awards 2021 - Nominees
Additional categories
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Best English Short Film
ANOTHER DAY
FLOPPY TOAST WITH DRIPPY BUTTER
HOME
NO WAY BACK
THE DEAD OF SUMMER
THE DRY CLEANER
THE OTHER HALF
THE SHOW
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Best Northern Irish Short Film
BACK IN FIVE
CANT CRY
HEAVEN COME IN
NINETY SECONDS
RESONANCE
THE LOST PIG
THE PAINTED LADY
UPSIDE
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Best Scottish Short Film
DO NO HARM
DON VS. LIGHTNING
MONSTER
NEW SIGNS FOR ANIMATION
STRAW IN THE WIND
TALK
WRECKED
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Best Welsh Short Film
BURIAL
DIRT ASH MEAT
FATHER OF THE BRIDE
LEAF BOAT (Cwch Deilen)
LOUDER IS NOT ALWAYS CLEARER
MY TOWN
PALE SAINT
THE GRIFFGONS: IN THE BAKEHOUSE
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Best Long Short Film
BUILD A PROBLEM
MACHO DIGITAL
OLD FRIENDS AND OTHER DAYS
RING OF BEASTS
TEQUILA DREAM
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Best Super Short Film
BE MY EYES
BOTTLEJOB
ENTANGLED ANIMALS
PAGE TURNER
PUB KID
REVERENCE
YOURS SINCERELY
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Best Supporting Actor
ANGUS IMRIE (First One Away)
BHASKER PATEL (Shear)
GARMON RHYS (Pale Saint)
JEREMY IRVINE (Cognition)
NEIL D’SOUZA (5 Stars)
NICHOLA ROWE (Baile)
QUENTIN CLEAZ SAVOYEN (Kill me in your room)
TOM SWEET (Enjoy)
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Best Supporting Actress
BELLA MAY (Please Care)
BRONAGH TAGGART (Back in Five)
JOANNA SCANLAN (Don vs. Lightning)
MARIA CRITTEL (Fairground)
MARIA MAGDEFRAU (Marie - Luise)
NAOMI PRESTON-LOW (Mudlarks)
ROLI OKORODUDU (F*ck the Honeymoon)
SHARON ROONEY (Do No Harm)
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Best Acting Ensemble
ANOTHER DAY
FIRST ONE AWAY
INIQUITY
MR THEATRE COMES HOME DIFFERENT
MUDLARKS
PALE SAINT
PLEASE CARE
SHEAR
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Best Drama Short Film
ANOTHER DAY
BETTER
BLUE CORRIDOR 15
CONTROL
DITECTRICE
KILL ME IN YOUR ROOM
MISSING PIECE
THE MORNING AFTER
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Best Comedy Short Film
BACK IN FIVE
BURIAL
DIVINATION DAVE
DON VS. LIGHTNING
ROAD RAGE!
THE HOME TEAM
VISKAR I VINDEN
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Best Horror Short Film
A SICKNESS
AWAKE IN THE DREAM
BE MY EYES
BUGBEAR
CREATURE
VOX FUREM
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Best Sci Fi Short Film
COGNITION
FANTASY OF COMPANIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMANS AND INANIMATE
MARS ZONE
POP DOWN
ROAD RAGE!
THE HOME TEAM
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Best Student Short Film
A SWEDISH DEFENCE
ANOTHER DAY
BAILE
IT’S OUR MOVEMENT
LOVE IS JUST A DEATH AWAY
MONSTER
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Best Hair and Make Up
A SICKNESS (Stacey Fitzgerald)
BAILE (Ffion Megan, Tigerlily Taylor)
BLUE MOON (Kenia Daniels)
BURIAL (Hannah Lewis-Jones)
DITECTRICE (Ada O’Higgins)
INIQUITY (Michelle Hutley)
RING OF BEASTS (Mary Sue Morris)
STARBOY (Elizabeth Hedley)
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Best Costume Design
A SICKNESS (Sammy Corneille)
BAILE (Annie Turner)
COGNITION (Heidi Miller)
STARBOY (Jeffrey Michael)
THE FOUL (Jayne Hyman)
THE HOME TEAM (Melanie Gillbank)
THE STRANGER (Sabrina Linder)
WE ALL JUST WANT TO BE MAD (Zara de Freitas, Freddie Anderson, William Howell Jackson)
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Best Production Design
BACK IN FIVE (Holly Pierce)
BAILE (Faye Connor , Charlie Cooper)
COGNITION (Nicola Parke)
MUDLARKS (May Curtis)
PLEASE CARE (Deborah Milner)
RETRIEVAL (Carlee Wyman)
STARBOY (Lili Leah Abraham)
THE HOME TEAM (Emma Bourke)
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Best visual effects
BOTS (Steve Beta)
COGNITION (Peerless, Territory Studios, Foundry, Chocolate Tribe)
CREATURE (Eric McAvoy)
DIVINATION DAVE (Georgia Madden)
INIQUITY (Automatik VFX, Vikram Chada, Sebastian Barker, Thomas Castagna, George Nyer)
ROAD RAGE! (Paul Marke)
THE HOME TEAM (Elliot Goodman, Joel Goodman)
THE PAINTED LADY (Apex Pictures, Carlton Rodgers, Timothy Holderman)
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Best Sound Design
BUGBEAR (Matt Smith)
CREATURE (Tamara Johnson, Larissa James)
EYELASH (Oliver Mapp)
I THANK MY MOTHER FOR MY HAIR (Martina Carluccio)
I WANT TO BE BORED (Max Gausepohl, Magda Kreps)
INIQUITY (Ines Adriana)
LOUDER IS NOT ALWAYS CLEARER (Andrew Gough)
THERE’S SOMEONE HERE (Ryan De Rooy)
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Best Music video
JORJA SMITH - HOME (Rob Akin)
MERCURY MACHINE - FICTIONAL MIND (Joshua Wright)
NEW WORLD ORDER (Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Samudra Kajal Saikia)
SINNER - LEADLEY (Jack Howard)
SLEEPAWAY - THE WILDHEARTS (Justin Griffiths)
TAKE THE PAIN AWAY - USED TWINS (Veronika Bolotina, Greta Griniute)
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Best Commercial Short Film
FIT FOR FUTURE (Jonas Hofmann)
MORNING ROUTINE, VOGUE PARIS (Peter Joseph)
TOPJAW - 48HRS IN LONDON (Will Warr, Jesse Burgess)
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Best Short Film from the Archives
BEYOND THE CLOUDS (Lee Phillips)
BITE (Simon Berry)
DARKLIGHT (Richard Turley, David Pusey)
LETTERS (Anthony Hett, Sophia Mertins)
QUEST FOR FIRE (Russell Curtis, Patrik Bergh)
STRINGS (Richard Turley, Ruth Wright)
THE SILENT CHILD (Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton, Rebecca Harris, Julie Foy)
UPSTATE PURGATORY (Lee Phillips)