Awards History

Each year, the Cambridge Film Festival presents several Audience and Jury awards.

Since 2019, the Festival has also presented the Youth Lab Jury Award and the Cambridge Film Festival Outstanding Contribution to Cinema Award.


Cambridge Film Festival Outstanding Contribution Award

  • 2024 - Daniel Kaluuya - Actor and Screenwriter 
  • 2023 - Asif Kapadia - Director and Documentarian
  • 2022 - Emma Thompson - Actor and Screenwriter
  • 2020 - No award
  • 2019 - Tony Jones - Festival Director


Golden Punt Award for Best Discovery Feature

  • 2024 - Nebelkind - The End of Silence by Tereza Kotyk


Audience Award - Best Fiction Feature

  • 2024 - Nebelkind - The End of Silence by Tereza Kotyk
  • 2023 - Creatura by Elena Martín Gimeno
  • 2022 - Little Nicholas, Happy As Can Be by Amandine Fredon & Benjamin Massoubre
  • 2021 - Coppelia by Jeff Tudor, Steven De Beul & Ben Tesseur
  • 2020 - No award
  • 2019 - Castle of Dreams by Reza Mirkarmi
  • 2018 - Shoplifters by Hirokazu Kore-eda
  • 2017 -
  • 2016 - Chocolat by Roschdy Zem
  • 2015 - Bill by Richard Bracewell
  • 2014 - Monica Z by Per Fly
  • 2013 - The Forgotten Kingdom by Andrew Mudge


Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature

  • 2024 - The Cigarette Surfboard by Ben Judkins 
  • 2023 - Pure Clean Water by Tony Eva
  • 2022 - Seaside Special by Jens Meurer
  • 2021 - Film, The Living Record of Our Memory by Inés Toharia
  • 2020 - No award 
  • 2019 - Streetkids United III by Jacco Groen
  • 2018 - Letter from Masanjia by Leon Lee
  • 2017 -
  • 2016 - Future Baby by Maria Arlamovsky
  • 2015 - Streetkids United II: The Girls From Rio by Maria Clara Costa
  • 2014 - A Poem In Exile by Alba Gómez
  • 2013 - Black Africa, White Marble  by Clemente Bococchi


Audience Award - Best Short Film

  • 2024 - Magic Candies by Daisuke NISHIO
  • 2023 - The Snip by Ben S. Hyland
  • 2022 - Till the Music Stops by Emilie De Monsabert
  • 2021 - Georgia by Jayil Pak
  • 2020 - No award
  • 2019 - Alina by Rami Kodeih
  • 2018 -
  • 2017 -
  • 2016 - Speechless by Robin Polák
  • 2015 - Group B by Nick Rowland
  • 2014 - The Showreel by Keir Burrows
  • 2013 - Rhino Full Throttle by Erik Schmitt

CFF Youth Lab Jury Award

  • 2024 - Silent Trees by Agnieszka Zwiefka
  • 2023 - Fledglings by Lidia Duda
  • 2022 - Pushing Boundaries by Lesia Kordonets
  • 2021 - Nico by Eline Gehring
  • 2019 - County Lines by Henry Blake