Basil Wright Film Prize

Past Recipients

2007: SchoolScapes (David MacDougall, Australia, 2007) 37 Uses of a Dead Sheep (Ben Hopkins, UK, 2006)

Special Commendation: The Bimo Records (Yang Rui, China, 2006)

2005: The City Beautiful (Sunder Nagri) (Rahul Roy, India, 2003)

Special Commendation: Sisters in Law (Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi, UK)

2003: A Kalahari Family (John Marshall, USA, 2002)

Special Commendation: Kusum (Jouko Aaltonen, Finland, 2000)

2000: Tigers Apprentice (M.Trinh Nguyen, USA, 1968) *

Special Commendation: Quand les Hommes Pleurent (Yasmine Kassari, Morroco/Belgium, 1999)

1998: Ymako (Laurent Van Lanker and Robin Shuffield, Belgium) *

1996: Aeroplane Dance (Trevor Graham, Australia, 1993) *

1994: Our Way of Loving (Jean Lydall and Joanna Head) 
Special Commendation: Tempus de Baristas (David MacDougall, Sardinia/Australia, 1983) *

1992: Black Harvest (Robin Anderson and Bob Connolly, Australia) and Eyes of Stone (Nilita Vachani, Greece, 1990)

Special Commendation: Turnim Head (James Bates, UK)

1990: Joe Leahy's Neighbours (Robin Anderson and Bob Connolly, Australia, 1988) and The Condor and the Bull (Peter Getzels and Harriet Gordon, UK) *

Special Commendation: Imbalu: Ritual of Manhood of the Gisu of Uganda (Richard Hawkins and Suzette Heald, USA, 1989)*

Kafi's Story (Arthur Howes and Amy Hardie, UK 1989)

1988: A Tibetan New Year (Jon Jerstad, 1987) *

1986: Pomen (Georgui Balabanov, 1981)

* distributed by RAI: please see Video Sales List