Director
Gil Kenan

Producer
Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin

Production Company
StudioCanal, Blueprint Pictures

In this origin story of Father Christmas, an ordinary boy (with a loyal pet mouse and a reindeer at his side) sets out on an extraordinary adventure to find his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of Elfhelm.

Director
Thomas Hardiman

Producers
Michael Elliott
Lee Groombridge
Louise Palmkvist Hansen

Production Companies
StudioCanal, Blueprint Pictures, Netflix
EMU Films, Time Based ArtsProduction: (U.K.)
An A24 (in U.S.)/Mubi release of a BBC Film

BIFA Nomination
Best Production Design - Gary Williamson
Best Debut Director
Best Hair & Make Up Design

A murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing competition. Extravagance and excess collide, as the death of one of their own sows seeds of division in a community whose passion for hair verges on obsession.

Director
Paul King

Producer
David Heyman

Production company
Heyday Films / StudioCanal / Warner Bros

Paddington (Ben Whishaw), now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's (Imelda Staunton's) 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.

Director
Richard Ayoade

Producers
Mary Burke, Mark Herbert, Andy Stebbing

Production Company
Warp Films, Film4

Submarine is a coming of age comedy set in Swansea following 15 year old Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) through the impending break-up of his parents’ marriage and his first relationship.

Director
Paul King

Producer
David Heyman

Production company
Heyday Films / StudioCanal / Warner Bros

A young bear originally from Peru with a passion for all things British travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington station, he begins to realise that city life is not all he had imagined. This is until he meets the kindly Brown family who offer him a temporary haven.

Director
Iain Softley

Producer
Dixie Linder

Production Company
Forthcoming Productions / Lionsgate

A young girl suffering from amnesia after surviving a house fire that takes her childhood friend's life, begins a tormented road to recovery.

Director
Paul King

Producer
Mary Burke

Production Company
Warp X

2009 BIFA nomination
Robin Gutch, Mark Herbert

Stephen has agoraphobia and, in the flat he won't leave, meticulously labels and stores everything from nail clippings to urine. In long flashbacks we see a trip to the continent he took with his only friend Bunny, an outgoing, inveterate gambler.

Director
Richard E Grant

Producer
Jeff Abberley, Marie-Castille Mention-Shaar, Pierre Kubel

Production Company
Reelelyes Film, Scion Films

Set at the end of the '60s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from Great Britain. The film follows the young Ralph Compton through his parents' traumatic separation. It is written and directed by Richard E Grant, and based on true events from Richard E Grant's childhood

Director
Antoine De Caunes

Producers
Pierre Kubel, Marie-Castille, Mention-Schaar

Production Company
Poisson Rouge Pictures

Thirty years ago they were lovers. Their affair fascinated a nation. Louis was a director and Alice was his muse. Then came the breakup It too, was public and painful.

They have not met since, but Alice, who has established herself as a first lady of English theatre is asked to present Louis with a lifetime achievement award

Director
Michel Blanc

Producer
Claude Berri

Production Company
Canal+ / Pathé Productions

He'll be your friend, he'll be your lover, but it's strictly by the hour.