Roll ofHonour

We turn Black filmmakers into award-winning Black filmmakers. Presented each year at BFI Southbank, judged across seven categories. This is the full record — every winner, every edition.

Award Winners 2026

The 2026 S.O.U.L. Fest winners and presenters lined up with their trophies at BFI Southbank

Left to right: Jasper Enujuba, Clara Amfo, Bolu Babalola, Precious Wura Alabi, Danielle Goff, Michael Ahomka-Lindsay and James William Mellors.

Impact Award · In memoriam

Danielle Scott-Haughton

Awarded posthumously, and collected on the night by Clara Amfo and Bolu Babalola.

Best Film

To Run Is To Return

Producers: Victoria Wijeratne and Precious Wura Alabi
Best Director

James William Mellors

We’re All Black Down Here
Best Screenplay

Precious Wura Alabi

To Run Is To Return
Best Performer

Michael Ahomka-Lindsay

Michael, To Run Is To Return
Craft Award

Jasper Enujuba

Cinematographer, How To Hide It
We See You Award

Danielle Goff

Producer

Precious Wura Alabi with three trophies at BFI Southbank — Precious Wura Alabi Best Screenplay · Best Film

Jasper Enujuba with his trophy at BFI Southbank — Jasper Enujuba Craft Award

Danielle Goff with her trophy at BFI Southbank — Danielle Goff We See You Award

Michael Ahomka-Lindsay with his trophy at BFI Southbank — Michael Ahomka-Lindsay Best Performer

James William Mellors with his trophy at BFI Southbank — James William Mellors Best Director

S.O.U.L. Fest 2026 · Wein Williams, fotogenix_uk

Award Winners 2025

S.O.U.L. Fest 2025 awards ceremony at BFI Southbank

Impact Award

Miranda Wayland

Best Film

Mango

Producers: Laura Jumel, Alison Holder, Mary Iyiola & Joan Iyiola
Best Director

Letitia Wright

Highway to the Moon
Best Screenplay

Susan Wokoma

Dark Skin Bruises Differently
Best Performer

Olivia Nakintu

Zadie, Mango
Craft Award

Yinka Edward

Director of Photography, Mango
We See You Award

Nana Duncan

The Donor

Award Winners 2024

Impact Award

Jimmy Akingbola

Best Film

Chasing the Night

Producer: Abiola Rufai-Awojide
Best Director

Samona Olanipekun

i and i
Best Screenplay

Chimaobim Nathan

Whenever You're Ready
Best Performer

Cecilia Noble

Angel, Bathsheba
Craft Award

Heather Basten

Casting Director, Chasing the Night
We See You Award

Kudzai Mangombe

Tasha, Love Language

Award Winners 2023

Impact Award

Simone Pennant MBE

Best Film

Jellyfish and Lobster

Producer: Elizabeth Rufai
Best Director

Yero Timi-Biu

Essex Girls
Best Screenplay

Tracey Lopes

The Girls' Room
Best Performer

Jo Martin

Bev, My Jerome
Craft Award

Dumebi Anozie

Hair & Make-Up Designer, The Perfect Knight
We See You Award

Selorm Adonu

Man to Man

Award Winners 2022

Impact Award

Kiell Smith-Bynoe

Best Film

Reflection

Producer: Pamela Drameh
Best Director

Ade Femzo

Drop Out
Best Screenplay

Edem Wornoo

The Butterfly Affect
Best Performer

Denzel Baidoo

Reflection
Craft Award

Juliet Antoinette Green

Production Design, The Ballad of Olive Morris

Award Winners 2021

Impact Award · In memoriam

Menelik Shabazz

1954–2021. Awarded posthumously at our first hybrid edition, three months after his death. A founding figure of Black British cinema, whose Burning an Illusion and The Story of Lovers Rock — and the magazine and the festival he built around them — made the ground the rest of us are standing on. The first Impact Award we made, and the reason there is a list at all.

Best Film

Rear View

Daniel Rands
Best Director

Lanre Malaolu

The Conversation
Best Screenplay

Jennifer Martin

Teeth
Best Performer

Joyin Adetola

The Photograph
Craft Award

Stephanie Okoye

Casting, Blue Corridor 15

No awards were made. The first edition ran without a ceremony; the second was entirely online.

The next name hasn't been read out yet

The S.O.U.L. Fest Short Film Awards are presented every year on closing night at BFI Southbank, straight after the short film programme and before the closing party.

The shorts in competition