PFA Awards
The Awards
Every film starts as Applied, can be selected for This Year’s festival or for Competition, and the Academy names Top Nominees and Winners in each category.
🏆 Winners
Every winner, year by year. Each badge stays on the film page and on the crew profile for good.
See winners →⭐ Top nominees
The Academy’s top nominees in every category, from every year.
See nominees →Prizes & categories
The film prizes, the 13 people-and-craft medals and the entry categories.
See prizes →Rules & terms
Who can enter, how films are judged, and what we need from you.
Read the rules →How a film wins
- Applied — the film is entered through our submission form or FilmFreeway.
- Display only or Competition — our programmers select films for the festival. Films in Competition are judged in their section and for their crew roles.
- Top Nominee — the Academy's first round of voting names the best films and performances in each category.
- Special awards — a jury and the public can honour stand-out films and people.
- Winner — the top prize of the section in each category. Every badge stays on the film page and on each crew member's profile for good.
Featured Films and the World Section are shown at the festival but are not in competition, so they have no awards.