Awards History

Each year, the Cambridge Film Festival presents several audience and Jury awards; the most prestigious of these, the audience awards, are the Golden and Crystal Punt Awards.

Since 2019, the Festival has also presented the Youth Lab Jury Award and the Cambridge Film Festival Outstanding Contribution to Cinema Award.

Cambridge Film Festival Outstanding Contribution Award

2023 - Asif Kapadia - Director and Documentarian
2022 - Emma Thompson - Actor and Screenwriter
2020 - No award
2019 - Tony Jones - Festival Director

Golden Punt - Best Fiction Feature

2023 - Creatura by Elena Martín Gimeno
2022 - Little Nicholas, Happy As Can Be by Amandine Fredon & Benjamin Massoubre
2021 - Coppelia by Jeff Tudor, Steven De Beul & Ben Tesseur
2020 - No award
2019 - Castle of Dreams by Reza Mirkarmi
2018 - Shoplifters by Hirokazu Kore-eda
2017 -
2016 - Chocolat by Roschdy Zem
2015 - Bill by Richard Bracewell
2014 - Monica Z by Per Fly
2013 - The Forgotten Kingdom by Andrew Mudge

Golden Punt - Best Documentary Feature

2023 - Pure Clean Water by Tony Eva
2022 - Seaside Special by Jens Meurer
2021 - Film, The Living Record of Our Memory by Inés Toharia
2020 - No award
2019 - Streetkids United III by Jacco Groen
2018 - Letter from Masanjia by Leon Lee
2017 -
2016 - Future Baby by Maria Arlamovsky
2015 - Streetkids United II: The Girls From Rio by Maria Clara Costa
2014 - A Poem In Exile by Alba Gómez
2013 - Black Africa, White Marble by Clemente Bococchi

Crystal Punt - Best Short Film

2023 - The Snip by Ben S. Hyland
2022 - Till the Music Stops by Emilie De Monsabert
2021 - Georgia by Jayil Pak
2020 - No award
2019 - Alina by Rami Kodeih
2018 -
2017 -
2016 - Speechless by Robin Polák
2015 - Group B by Nick Rowland
2014 - The Showreel by Keir Burrows
2013 - Rhino Full Throttle by Erik Schmitt

CFF Youth Lab Jury Award

2023 - Fledglings by Lidia Duda
2022 - Pushing Boundaries by Lesia Kordonets
2021 - Nico by Eline Gehring
2019