2023
| Category | Winner |
| Best of Festival | The Golden West dirs. Tom Berkeley & Ross White |
| Best Advertising | RNIB | See Differently dir. Jesse Lewis-Reece |
| Best Animation | Letter to a Pig dir. Tal Kantor |
| Best Artists’ Film | The Song dir. Bani Abidi |
| Best Comedy | Festival of Slap dir. Abdou Cissé |
| Best Dance | Spicy Pink Tea dir. Aqsa Arif |
| Best Documentary | Nai Năi & Wài Pó (Grandma & Grandma) dir. Sean Wang |
| Best Documentary Feature | After the Bridge dirs. Davide Rizzo & Marzia Toscano |
| Best Drama | The Golden West dirs. Tom Berkeley & Ross White |
| Best Experimental | Thieves dir. Michelle Williams Gamaker |
| Best Family Friendly | I’m Not Afraid! dir. Marita Mayer |
| Best Fashion | An Ode to Procrastination dir. Aleksandra Kingo |
| Best Music Video | Debbie Feat. Berwyn – Cousin’s Car dir. Relta |
| Best Narrative Feature | Black Moon dir. Tonatiuh García |
| Best Thriller | Hide Your Crazy dir. Austin Kase |
| Best VR & 360 | From the Main Square dir. Pedro Harres |
| Best Game | Paper Trail dev. Newfangled Games |
| Best Cinematography | The Red Suitcase dir. Cyrus Neshvad |
| Best Director | Safe dir. Debbie Howard |
| Best Editing | Outlets dir. Duncan Cowles |
| Best Screenplay | Safe dir. Debbie Howard |
2022
| Category | Winner |
| Best of Festival | Until the Tide Creeps In dir. Jessi Gutch |
| Best Advertising | Dirty Money dir. Sinan Sevinç and Dominik Ströhle |
| Best Animation | The Clearing dir. Daniel Hope |
| Best Artists’ Film | A Void dir. Jordy Sank |
| Best Comedy | Doffice dir. David Leclercq |
| Best Drama | Invisible Border dir. Mark Gerstorfer |
| Best Dance | Viscera dir. Phoebe Davies and Nandi Bhebhe |
| Best Documentary | Until the Tide Creeps In dir. Jessi Gutch |
| Best Experimental | Fireflies dir. Poulomi Basu and CJ Clarke |
| Best Fashion Film | Replica dir. Hannah Bon |
| Best Music Video | Mwanjé ft. Sampa the Great – Wildones dir. Michael Rodrigues & Tarryn Hatchett |
| Best Thriller | O, GLORY! dir. Joe Williams and Charlie Edwards-Moss |
| Best Documentary Feature | The Hermit of Treig dir. Lizzie MackEnzie |
| Best Narrative Feature | I’ll Go To Hell dir. Ismahane Lahmar |
| Best VR & Immersive Experience | Glimpse dir. Benjamin Cleary and Michael O’Connor |
| Best Cinematography | Aska dir. Clara Miro |
| Best Director | The Hermit of Treig dir. Lizzie MackEnzie |
| Best Editing | 39 dir. Martín Delfino Guevara |
| Best Screenplay | Breathless Puppets, dir. Naaman Azhari |
2021
| Category | Winner |
| Best of Festival | Hanging On Alfie Barker |
| Best Advertising | The North Face x Gucci presented by Highsnobiety Fiona Jane Burgess |
| Best Animation | The Chimney Swift Frédéric Schuld |
| Best Artists’ Film | Centarium Aleksander Johan Andreassen |
| Best Comedy | Taj Mahal Presents… A Short Film David Dearlove |
| Best Drama | See You Garbage! Romain Dumont |
| Best Dance | Blast Joshua Ben-Tovim & Roseanna Anderson |
| Best Documentary | Hanging On Alfie Barker |
| Best Experimental | The Bang Straws Michelle Williams Gamaker |
| Best Fashion Film | Rejoice Resist Elisha Smith-Leverock |
| Best Music Video | Tesfay Leah Vlemmiks |
| Best Thriller, Best Cinematography & Best Director | Such Small Hands Maria Martinez Bayona |
| Hijack Visionary Filmmaker & Best Editing | One Thousand and One Attempts to be an Ocean Wang Yuyan |
| Best Documentary Feature | Bank Job Daniel Edelstyn, Hilary Powell |
| Best Narrative Feature & Best Screenplay | The Cleaner Ta Pu Chen |
| Best VR & Immersive Experience | Meet Mortaza Joséphine Derobe |
2020
| Category | Winner |
| Best of Festival | The Fantastic Maija Blåfield |
| Best Advertising | Safe Water Mario Dahl |
| Best Animation | The Passerby Pieter Coudyzer |
| Best Artists’ Film | Factory Talk Lucie Rachel and Chrissie Hyde |
| Best Comedy | Maradona’s Legs Firas Khoury |
| Best Drama | The Present Farah Nabulsi |
| Best Dance | The Conversation Lanre Malaolu |
| Best Documentary | The Fantastic Maija Blåfield |
| Best Experimental | Softer Ayanna Dozier |
| Best Fashion Film | Baba Sarah Blok and LIsa Konno |
| Best Music Video | Adventure Monster Rally, Zak Marx |
| Best Thriller | Night Bus Jessica Ashworth and Henrietta Ashworth |
| Peoples Choice Award Winner | Grab My Hand: A Letter to My Dad Camrus Johnson |
| Hijack Visionary Filmmaker Award Winner | Thinking About the Weather Gardar Thor Thorkelsson |
| York Youth Award Winner | Talia Cara Bamford |
| Best Documentary Feature | Neighbors Tomislav Zaja |
| Best Narrative Feature | How to Stop A Recurring Dream Edward Morris |
| Best VR & Immersive Experience | VR Free Milad Tangshir |
2019
| Category | Winner |
| Best of Festival | Kofi & Lartey Dir. Sacha Rainbow |
| Best Advertising | NIKE | L’incredibile Dir. LEONE |
| Best Animation | Roadkill Dir. Leszek Mozga |
| Best Artists’ Film | A Protest, A Celebration, A Mixed Message Dir. Rhea Storr |
| Best Comedy | Norteños Dirs. Grandmas |
| Best Drama | Miss Chazelles Dir. Thomas Vernay |
| Best Dance | The Golden Age Dir. Eric Minh Cuong Castaing |
| Best Documentary | Bright Lights Dir. Charby Ibrahim |
| Best Experimental | Kindred Dir. Samona Olanipekun |
| Best Fashion Film | Lola’s Manifesto Dir. Gsus Lopez |
| Best Music Video | Shahmaran – Sevdaliza Dir. Emmanuel Adjei |
| Best Thriller | Madame Dir. Garth Jennings |
| Peoples Choice Award Winner | Down Dir. Garry Crystal |
| BFI Network & Film Hub North Award Winner | Henceforth Dir. Charlene Jones |
| Hijack Visionary Filmmaker Award Winner | They Found Her in a Field Dir. Ellie Rogers |
| York Youth Award Winner | Lasagne Dir. Hannah Hill |
| Best Feature | Irene’s Ghost Dir. Iain Cunningham |
| Best VR & Immersive Experience | Virtual Viking Dir. Erik Gustavson |
2018
| Category | Winner |
| Best of Festival | Black Sheep Dir. Ed Perkins |
| Best Advertising | Start the Buzz Giacomo Boeri & Matteo Grimaldi |
| Best Animation | Double Portrait Ian Bruce |
| Best Artists’ Film | Author of Expectations bielecki&bielecka |
| Best Comedy | Sex Ed Alice Seabright |
| Best Drama | In Wonderland Christopher Hayden |
| Best Dance | Dances With Circles Paul McLean |
| Best Documentary | Black Sheep Dir. Ed Perkins |
| Best Experimental | Something Said Jay Bernard |
| Best Fashion Film | C 41 Magazine x Adidas Originals Prophere Leone Balduzzi |
| Best Music Video | I Am Sex – Alon Elder Yuval Haker |
| Best Thriller | Wale Barnaby Blackburn |
| Peoples Choice Award Winner | Turning Tide Dir. Andrew Muir |
| BFI Network & Film Hub North Award Winner | Venus Faye Carr Wilson |
| Northern Film School Screenplay Award | Black Sheep Dir. Ed Perkins |
| York Youth Award Winner | Camlo David Moody |
| Best Narrative Feature | You Go To My Head Dimitri de Clercq |
| Best Documentary Feature | Almost Heaven Carol Salter |
| Best VR & Immersive Experience | Ashes to Ashes Ingejan Ligthart Schenk, Jamille van Wijngaarden & Steye Hallema |
2017
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best of Festival | Wave Dir. Benjamin Cleary & TJ O’Grady Peyton |
| Best Advertising | #WeBelieveInThePowerOfLove Dir. Luca Finotti |
| Best Animation | Johnno’s Dead Dir. Chris Shepherd |
| Best Artists’ Film | For Real Tho Dir. Baptiste Penetticobra |
| Best Comedy | Fucking Bunnies Teemu Niukkanen |
| Best Dance | Lil Buck with Icons of Modern Art Dir. Andrew Mergetson |
| Best Drama | Wave Dir. Benjamin Cleary & TJ O’Grady Peyton |
| Best Documentary | Homeland Dir. Sam Peeters |
| Best Fashion Film | The Sleeping Field Dir. That Jam |
| Best Music Video | Sirens – Metaxas Dir. Savvas Stavrou |
| Best Thriller | Gridlock Dir. Ian Hunt Duffy |
| Peoples Choice Award Winner | The Silent Child Dir. Chris Overton |
| York Youth Award Winner | The Silent Child Dir. Chris Overton |
| Northern Film School Screenplay Award Winner | For Real Tho Dir. Baptiste Penetticobra |
2016
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best of Festival | Irregulars Dir. Fabio Palmieri |
| Best Advertising | Robo-Trumble Dir. John Wright |
| Best Animation | Machine Dir. Sunit Parekh-Gaihede |
| Best Artists’ Film | Solo Damas Dir. Callum Hill |
| Best Comedy | 90 Grad Nord Dir. Detsky Graffam |
| Best Dance | Lay Me Low Dir. Marlene Millar |
| Best Drama | Silence Dir. Dejan Mrkic |
| Best Documentary | Irregulars Dir. Fabio Palmieri |
| Best Fashion Film | Breaking Rules Dir. Victor Claramunt |
| Best Experimental | Two Signs’ Den: Epilogue Dir. Bruno Decc |
| Best Music Video | Beardyman – Mountanside Dir. Lewis Rose |
| Best Thriller | Cork Man Dir. Dawn Han |
| Peoples Choice Award Winner | Dust & Resin Dir. Stephen Parker |
| York Youth Award Winner | Litterbugs Dir. Peter Stanley-Ward |
| Northern Film School Screenplay Award Winner | Rhonna & Donna Dir. Daina O. Pusic |
2015
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best of Festival | A Confession Dir. Petros Silvestros |
| Best Advertising | The Experimenter Dir. Simon Emmerson, Andy Russell, Tim Spence & Phil Robson |
| Best Animation | Somewhere Down The Line Dir. Julien Regnard |
| Best Artists’ Film | Towards The Possible Dir. Shezad Dawood |
| Best Comedy | How I Didn’t Become a Piano Player Dir. Tommaso Pitta |
| Best Dance | Primitive Dir. Tom Rowland |
| Best Documentary | Across Still Water Dir. Ruth Grimberg |
| Best Drama | Stutterer Dir. Benjamin Cleary |
| Best Experimental | Drifters Dir. Anu Valia |
| Best Fashion | Pinch Me (For Ted Baker) Dir. Crowns & Owls | |
| Best Music Video | We Were Evergreen – Daughters Dir. Dominique Rocher |
| Best Thriller | A Confession Dir. Petros Silvestros |
| Peoples Choice Award Winner | Acoustic Kitty Dir. Jennifer Sheridan |
| York Youth Award Winner | Billy The Kid Dir. Sam Johnson |
2014
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best of Festival | Coda Dir. Alan Holly |
| Best Advertising | The Directors Project Dir. Ben Marshall |
| Best Animation | Coda Dir. Alan Holly |
| Best Artists’ Film | Forgotten Memories From The End of The World Dir. Danilo Godoy |
| Best Comedy | Girl Power Dir. Benjamin Bee |
| Best Dance | Primitive Dir. Tom Rowland |
| Best Documentary | Herd In Iceland Dir. Lindsay Blatt |
| Best Drama | A Good Story Dir. Martin-Christopher Bode |
| Best Experimental | Léthé Dir. Harald Hutter |
| Best Fashion | River Island x Joseph Turvey (Featuring JUSTANORM) Dir. Alex Turvey |
| Best Music Video | Night Mail – Public Service Broadcasting Dir. Robert Hackett |
| Best Thriller | Keeping Up With The Joneses Dir. Michael Pearce |
| Peoples Choice Award Winner | The Wolf, The Ship & The Little green Bag Dir. Kathryn MacCorgarry Gray |
| York Youth Award Winner | How To Disappear Completely Dir. Phil Drinkwater and Tim Woodall |
2013
| Winner | Category |
|---|---|
| Best of Festival | Out of Darkness Dir. Manjinder Virk |
| Best Artists’ Film | Ma Dir. Imran Perretta |
| Best Animation | Oh Willy Dir. Emma De Swaef |
| Best Comedy | This Way Out Dir. Staten Cousins-Roe |
| Best Drama | Out of Darkness Dir. Manjinder Virk |
| Best Documentary | Danger Overhead Powerlines Dir. Mia Mullarkey |
| Best Experimental | Man vs Sand Dir. Prano Bailey-Bond |
| Best Music Video | Call Me In The Afternoon – Half Moon Run Dir. Czlowiek Kamera |
| Best Thriller | Lapsus Dir. Karim Ouaret |
| Peoples Choice Award Winner | But Milk Is Important Dir. Anna Mantzaris |
2012
| Winner | Category |
|---|---|
| Best of Festival | The Sugar Bowl Dir. Shasha Nakhai / Richard Williamson |
| Best Artists’ Film | Reduction Study (Ping Pong) Dir. Joanna Tam |
| Best Animation | The Jockstrap Raiders Dir. Mark Nelson |
| Best Comedy | Photoshopping Dir. Mark Davenport |
| Best Drama | Dylan’s Room Dir. Layke Anderson |
| Best Documentary | The Sugar Bowl Dir. Shasha Nakhai / Richard Williamson |
| Best Experimental | To The Sea Dir. Anna Valdez Hanks / Anna Blanford |
| Best Music Video | Let It Go Dir. Ashley Dean |
| Best Thriller | Augenblicke Dir. Martin Bargiel |
| Peoples Choice Award Winner | Hollow Dir. Rob Sorrenti |
2011
| 2011 | |
|---|---|
| Best of Festival | River Dog Dir. James Muir / Daniel Hunter |
| Best Artists’ Film | Wall Dir. Michael Barwise |
| Best Comedy | Tooty’s Wedding Dir. Frederic Casella |
| Best Drama | LIN Dir. Piers Thompson |
| Best Documentary | River Dog Dir. James Muir / Daniel Hunter |
| Best Experimental | Dogged Dir. Jo Shaw |
| Best Music Video | Soldier – Amatorski Dir. Maria de Gier |
| Best Thriller | Cleaning Up Dir. Thomas Guerrier |
| Peoples Choice Award Winner | Dr. Knowgood: Lion’s Pride Dir. Arnold Zwanenburg |