London autism drama ‘Tapped’ key winner at BUFF 2025 awards

Teoman Sayin’s Tapped won two awards at the 2025 British Urban Film Festival (BUFF), as the 20th anniversary edition drew to a close with a ceremony at London’s Genesis cinema on October 24.

Elijah Baker won the prize for best actor in a feature for his portrayal of a young autistic man navigating love and trauma in south London. Director Sayin received the award for best script supervision.

Christopher M. Anthony’s boxing drama Heavyweight, starring Jason Isaacs, Jordan Bolger and Nicholas Pinnock, won best UK feature, while Van Alpert’s Venice Beach documentary Skategoat, executive produced by Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk, won best documentary.

Ghana’s Harry Bentil walked away with the best international feature prize for thriller Letters To Goddo, about two university students who find a suitacase stashed with money that belongs to a dangerous criminal. 

Boxing Day filmmaker Aml Ameen presented the honorary award to actor-filmmaker Femi Oyeniran.

BUFF 2025 feature winners

Actress in a feature – Stella Damasus, The Water Girl

Actor in a feature – Elijah Baker, Tapped

International feature – Letters To Goddo dir. Harry Bentil

UK feature – Heavyweight dir. Christopher M. Anthony

Documentary – Skategoat dir. Van Alpert

Script supervision – Tapped dir. Teoman Sayin

Live scripts – Mailman scr. Robin Scovill, Blood Enough scr. Saeid Ghasemi, The Town scr. Al Mertens

Honorary award – Femi Oyeniran

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