Alex Zane To Host The 2023 British Short Film Awards On November 7th!

Today, Legendary TV host Alex Zane will be hosting the third annual British Short Film Awards on November 7th at the Marylebone Theatre in London. The event will feature Academy Award-winning directors Chris Overton (The Silent Child) and Tom Berkeley & Ross White (An Irish Goodbye), as well as BAFTA-nominated actor Kosar Ali among the attending nominees.

The awards chair, Tommy Clarke, founded The British Short Film Awards to celebrate, nurture, and provide funding to a vital area of the British film industry, which acts as a breeding ground for emerging talent. By supporting and celebrating the short film industry, more opportunities are created for diverse voices to be heard and stories to be told. It also provides filmmakers with a vital testing ground for storytelling techniques and experimental narratives.

Clarke believes that the British Short Film Awards serve as a bridge to international audiences, promoting British culture and talent worldwide. Therefore, the investment made into the British short film industry is not just investment in entertainment, but also in cultural enrichment and creative excellence.

The British Short Film Awards were founded in 2020 to celebrate the incredible talent in short films from Great Britain and around the world. The first annual awards ceremony took place online in December 2021 and featured Academy Award winners Peter Capaldi and Rachel Shenton as hosted by Alex Zane. The body behind the show also provided funding to Hear Art, a charity that aims to provide funding for underrepresented filmmakers.

In 2022, the team launched a Short Film Fund to help British short filmmakers get funding for their projects and held their second annual ceremony in person, hosted by Alex Zane once again. On November 7th, they will welcome back Alex as the host for the third year running and will be screening last year's Best Short Film winner, An Irish Goodbye, which has now gone on to win an Oscar and a BAFTA.

By Anita Johnson-Brown

The nominees and the categories for the awards this year include:

Best British Short Film:

In Too Deep

Jellyfish and Lobster

ManMade

Meet Me By The Sea

Winner Fights the Moon

Best Animated Short Film:

Alongside

Candlelight

Inner Polar Bear

Middle Watch

Best Documentary Short Film:

Okhmatdyt

Pulse

Unbroken: A Story of Resistance

Where the Sun Always Shines

Best Short Film:

By Any Other Name

Muna

Requiem

Saving Art

The Golden West

Best Foreign Language Short Film:

Icelandic Poppies

Isla Soledad

IYOV

Married

Best Screenplay:

Bell Tolls

Carma

Paps Trace

The Last Supper

Best British Director:

Emma Swinton - The Witch's Daughter

Liam Pinheiro-Rogers - London's Forgotten

Marnie Baxter - Hello, Muscles

Yasmin Afifi - Jellyfish &Lobster

Zak Harney - Reflections

Best Director

Anne-Sofie Lindgaard - Icelandic Poppies

Chris Overton - In Too Deep

Em J. Gilbertson - REQUIEM

Remi R.M. Moses - Saving Art

Tom Berekely & Ross White - The Golden West

Best Cinematography:

BANDITS

Everything is Out to Get Me

The Golden West

Winner Fights the Moon

Best Actress & Best Actor In A Female Role:

Bella Ramsey - REQUIEM

Eileen Walsh - The Golden West

Flo Wilson - Jellyfish & Lobster

Helen Behan - Suzie

Kosar Ali - Muna

Best Actor & Best Actor In A Male Role:

Ladi Emeruwa - When It's Over

Lucas Jones - Winner Fights the Moon

Michael Salami - Saving Art

Paul Kaye - The Puppet Asylum

Ralph Ineson - Waving

Best Supporting Actress & Best Supporting Actor In A Female Role:

Alina Allison - Winner Fights the Moon

Avita Jay - By any other Name

Paula Wharton - Dog Run

Phoebe Campbell - Twofold

Safia Oakley-Green - REQUIEM

Best Supporting Male Actor & Best Supporting Actor In A Male Role:

Burn Gorman - The Witch's Daughter

Cavan Clerkin - ManMade

Richard Rankin - Hello, Muscles

Sayed Badreya - Jellyfish and Lobster

Will Johnson - The Track

Best Score

Jellyfish and Lobster

Permanent Damage

The Golden West

Best Hair & Make Up:

Empress ClawScream

Rhyme or Die

The Puppet Asylum

Best Editing:

Boy in the Back Seat

Echo

Jellyfish and Lobster

Best Production Design:

OCRAS

Rhyme or Die

Waving

Best Costume Design:

A Dishonourable Death

REQUIEM

The Witch's Daughter

Best Sound Design:

Between the Ocean and the Snow

The Golden West

You're Absolutely Right

Best Student Film:

BANDITS

OCRAS

REQUIEM

Best English Short Film:

A Dishonourable Death

ORTOLAN

Séance

Best Scottish Short Film:

Just A Walk

Shackle

Terror

Best Welsh Short Film:

RoButler

SIN EATER

While Time is Away

Best Northern Irish Short Film:

Banshee

Candlelight

You, I know

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Full details for the event can be found here.

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