The nominees for Screen International’s 2019 Best British Film of the Year award have been revealed.

The winner will be voted for by Screen International readers (see below) and will be announced at this year’s Screen Awards ceremony held on November 28 at The Ballroom Southbank in London. Voting closes on October 31. This year’s other Screen Awards nominees have been announced here.

The award launched last year, with Dan Kokotajlo’s Apostasy winning the first edition.

This year’s top 10 was selected by Screen International’s team of critics based on films that received a UK theatrical release during the Screen Awards eligibility period (October 1, 2018-September 30, 2019). Titles were defined as British based on BFI or Bafta criteria.

The nominees are: Bait (BFI Distribution); The Favourite (Fox Searchlight); For Sama (Republic Film); In Fabric (Curzon); Ray & Liz (New Wave); Rocketman (Paramount); The Souvenir (Curzon); Three Identical Strangers (Dogwoof); Widows (20th Century Fox); and Wild Rose (eOne).

The category is sponsored by ScreenSkills.

To vote for the winning film, select one of the options below.

Screen Awards 2019: Best British Film of the Year

Bait

Dir. Mark Jenkin

Producers: Kate Byers, Linn Waite

UK distributor: BFI Distribution

UK release date: 30 August, 2019

The Favourite

Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

Producers: Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lee Magiday

UK distributor: Fox Searchlight

UK release date: 1 January, 2019

For Sama

Dirs. Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts

Producer: Waad Al-Khateab

UK distributor: Republic Film

UK release date: 13 September, 2019

In Fabric

Dir. Peter Strickland

Producer: Andrew Starke

UK distributor: Curzon

UK release date: 28 June, 2019

Ray & Liz

Dir. Richard Billingham

Producer: Jacqui Davies

UK distributor: New Wave

UK release date: 8 March, 2019

Rocketman

Dir. Dexter Fletcher

Producers: Adam Bohling, David Furnish, David Reid, Matthew Vaughn

UK distributor: Paramount

UK release date: 22 May, 2019

The Souvenir

Dir. Joanna Hogg

Producers: Joanna Hogg, Luke Schiller

UK distributor: Curzon

UK release date: 30 August, 2019

Three Identical Strangers

Dir. Tim Wardle

Producers: Grace Hughes-Hallett, Becky Read

UK distributor: Dogwoof

UK release date: 30 November, 2018

Widows

Dir. Steve McQueen

Producers: Iain Canning, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Emile Sherman

UK distributor: 20th Century Fox

UK release date: 6 November, 2018

Wild Rose

Dir. Tom Harper

Producer: Faye Ward

UK distributor: eOne

UK release date: 12 April, 2019