Drum roll… Your votes are in and we can now reveal the winners of the Audience Award categories at the 67th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express.

We’d also like to take this opportunity to say an enormous thank you to each and every one of you who came along to this year’s Festival and made it so special.

‘It was an absolute joy seeing audiences enthusiastically connecting to this year’s programme which was beautifully handcrafted by our talented festival team. Over 12 days we saw audiences coming together and being rewarded for their curiosity and fandom across the full breadth of what the moving image has to offer. UK artists shone bright across the whole programme, alongside some of international cinema’s greatest legends and exciting new talents; our sincere thanks to them for sharing their supreme creativity with us all.’

Kristy Matheson, BFI London Film Festival Director

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LFF 2023 in numbers

• Over 430,000 audience attendances in person and online
• 90% occupancy across in-person screenings and events
• 54% bookers new to the Festival
• 252 films, series and immersive works from 92 countries and featuring 79 languages
• 29 world premieres, 7 international premieres and 30 European premieres
• 39% of the programme made by female and non-binary filmmakers
• More than 800 international and UK filmmakers, XR artists and series creatives presented their work in the capital

Best Feature
Gassed Up Directed by George Amponsah

Best Documentary
The Taste of Mango Directed by Chloe Abrahams

Best British Film or Work Festival of Slaps Directed by Abdou Cissé		Best Immersive Art and XR Murals Lead Artists: Alex Topaller, Daniel Shapiro, Artem Ivanenko