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

The winner of the new award will be voted for by Screen International readers online (see below) and will be announced at this year’s Screen Awards ceremony held on November 29 at The Ballroom Southbank in London. Voting closes on October 30. This year’s other Screen Awards nominees have already been announced here.

The top ten 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, 2017-September 30, 2018). Titles were defined as British based on BFI or BAFTA criteria.

The nominees are: American Animals (STX Entertainment); Apostasy (Curzon Artificial Eye); Beast (Altitude Film Distribution); The Death Of Stalin (eOne); Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool (Lionsgate); The Killing Of A Sacred Deer (Curzon Artificial Eye); McQueen (Lionsgate); Paddington 2 (Studiocanal); Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (20th Century Fox) and You Were Never Really Here (Studiocanal).

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

This year’s nominees

American Animals

Dir. Bart Layton

Producers: Katherine Butler, Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger, Mary Jane Skalski

UK distributor: STX Entertainment

UK release date: September 7, 2018

Apostasy

Dir. Daniel Kokotajlo

Producers: Andrea Cornwell, Marcie MacLellan

UK distributor: Curzon Artificial Eye

UK release date: July 27, 2018

Beast

Dir. Michael Pearce

Producers: Kristian Brodie, Lauren Dark, Ivana MacKinnon

UK distributor: Altitude

UK release date: April 27, 2018

The Death Of Stalin

Dir. Armando Iannucci

Producers: Kevin Loader, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou

UK distributor: eOne

UK release date: October 20, 2017

Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool

Dir. Paul McGuigan

Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Colin Vaines

UK distributor: Lionsgate

UK release date: November 16, 2017

The Killing Of A Sacred Deer

Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

Producers: Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos

UK distributor: Curzon Artifical Eye

UK release date: November 3, 2017

McQueen

Dir. Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui

Producers: Paul Van Carter, Nick Taussig, Ian Bonhôte, Andee Ryder

UK distributor: Lionsgate

UK release date: June 8, 2018

Paddington 2

Dir. Paul King

Producer: David Heyman

UK distributor: Studiocanal

UK release date: November 10, 2017

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Dir. Martin McDonagh

Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh

UK distributor: 20th Century Fox

UK release date: January 12, 2018

You Were Never Really Here

Dir. Lynne Ramsay

Producers: Rosa Attab, Pascal Caucheteux, Rebecca O’Brien, Lynne Ramsay, James Wilson

UK distributor: Studiocanal

UK release date: March 9, 2018