The Big Screen Awards 2023: vote for the best British film of the year

Voting is now open for the Big Screen Award’s Best British Film of the Year 2023.

The vote closes on November 1 and the winner will be announced at the Big Screen Awards ceremony on November 23 at The Brewery in London.

Last year’s best British film was awarded to Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast  with Mark Jenkin’s Bait winning in 2019 and 2018’s inaugural prize going to Daniel Kokotajlo’s Apostasy.

The full list of nominees for this year’s Big Screen Awards can be found here. 

This year’s top 10 was selected by Screen International  editors based on British-qualifying films that received a UK theatrical release during the Big Screen Awards eligibility period (September 1, 2022-September 8, 2023). Titles were defined as British based on BFI or Bafta criteria.

Best British Film nominees 

Aftersun
Dir. Charlotte Wells
Producers: Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak
UK distributor: MUBI
UK release date: November 18, 2022 

The Banshees Of Inisherin
Dir. Martin McDonagh
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
UK distributor: Disney/Searchlight 
UK release date: October 21, 2022

Empire Of Light
Dir. Sam Mendes
Producers: Pippa Harris, Sam Mendes
UK distributor: Disney/Searchlight 
UK release date: January 9, 2023

Living
Dir. Oliver Hermanus
Producers: Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen
UK distributor: Lionsgate UK
UK release date: November 4, 2022

Nothing Compares
Dir. Kathryn Ferguson
Producers: Eleanor Emptage, Michael Mallie
UK distributor: Paramount 
UK release date: October 7, 2022 

Polite Society
Dir. Nida Manzoor
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Olivier Kaempfer, John Pocock 
UK distributor: Universal Pictures 
UK release date: April 7, 2023 

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
Dir. Matthew Warchus
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, John Finn, Luke Kelly
UK distributor: Sony Pictures
UK release date: November 25, 2022

Rye Lane
Dir. Raine Allen Miller
Producers: Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Damian Jones
UK distributor: Searchlight 
UK release date: March 17, 2023 

Scrapper
Dir. Charlotte Regan 
Producer: Theo Barrowclough
UK distributor: Picturehouse Entertainment
UK release date: August 25, 2023

The Wonder
Dir. Sebastian Lelio
Producers: Ed Guiney, Tessa Ross, Andrew Lowe, Juliette Howell 
UK distributor: Netflix
UK release date: November 2, 2022

The event is sponsored by EIKON in association with the UKCA. If you are interested in attending or sponsoring the event please contact bigscreenawards@screendaily.com.