The 2023 winners included:

• Best Short Film – You Fit the Description by Davy Lazare
• Best Film Script – Black Samphire by Cathy Wippell
• Directors UK Best Film Direction – Realness with a Twist directed by Cass Virdee

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The 2022 winners included:

• Best Short Film Under 19 – Slay The Beast from A State of Peace by Miro Alleyne-McCarthy
• Best Short Film 19 or Over – Grace by Luke Bradford
• Best Film Script Under 19 – Lye by Miguel Mellinger
• Best Film Script 19 or Over – Knaves by Laurie Barraclough
• Directors UK Best Film Direction – Harold & Mary by Stephen Gallacher

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The 2020 winners included:

• Best Short Film Under 19 – Deserter by Saul Bell-West
• Best Short Film 19 or Over – Our Sister by Rosie Westoff
• Best Film Script Under 19 – If You Have Been Murdered, Please Press 3 by Charlotte Roberts
• Best Film Script 19 or Over – Get In The Groove by Taiyo Yoshida
• Directors UK Best Film Direction Under 19 – I’ll Be Back Tomorrow by Freya Hannan-Mills
• Directors UK Best Film Direction 19 or Over – 22. Anna Matthews by Ben Hector

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The 2019 winners included:

• Best Film Under 16 – Swallow by Freya Hannan-Mills
• Best Short Film 16 or Over – The Circle by Lanre Malaolu
• Best Original Film Script Under 16 – Swallow by Freya Hannan-Mills
• Best Original Film Script 16 or Over – Repair by Bertil Nilsson
• Directors UK Best Film Direction Under 16 – Haven by Morgan O’Connell
• Directors UK Best Film Direction 16 or Over – Gladiators on Wheels by Souvid Datta

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The 2018 winners included:

• Best Film Under 16 – The Help We Give by Morgan O’Connell
• Best Short Film 16 or Over – The Silent by Karen Turner
• Best Original Film Script Under 16 – The Iron Grotto by Freya Hannan-Mills
• Best Original Film Script 16 or Over – Dearest Otto by Luke Andrews

The winners were given their awards by Lord Dobbs, writer and executive producer of House of Cards.

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The 2017 winners included:

• Best Film Under 16 – Turning Tides by Freya Hannan-Mills
• Best Short Film 16 or Over – City Lights by Ed Wiles
• Best Original Film Script – A Mother’s Journey by Sade Adeniran

The winners were given their awards by Lord Puttnam, producer of Chariots of Fire.

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