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The '''Sutherland Trophy''' was created in 1958 by the [[British Film Institute]] (BFI) as an annual award for "the maker of the most original and imaginative [first or second] feature film introduced at the [[BFI Southbank|National Film Theatre]] during the year".<ref>''1963 London Film Festival Programme'', London: BFI</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=60 years of awards at the London Film Festival – A brief history of the competition |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/60-years-awards-london-film-festival-brief-history-competition |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref> The award was named after a patron of the BFI, [[George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland]].<ref name=":0" />

==History==
In 1997, the criteria changed to honour the maker of the most original and imaginative first feature screened during the [[BFI London Film Festival|London Film Festival]].<ref name=":0" />

The award is a sculpture in silver by Gerald Benney. It is presented on the closing night of the Festival.

==List of winners==
{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col" width=40|Year
!scope="col" width=250|Director(s)
!scope="col" width=270|Film
!scope="col" width=140|Country
|-
|align=center|1958
!scope=row|{{sortname|Yasujirō|Ozu}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Tokyo Story]]''
|{{flag|Japan}}
|-
|align=center|1959
!scope=row|{{sortname|Satyajit|Ray}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[The World of Apu]]''
|{{flag|India}}
|-
|align=center|1960
!scope=row|{{sortname|Michelangelo|Antonioni}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[L'Avventura]]''
|{{flag|Italy}}
|-
|align=center|1961
!scope=row|{{sortname|Ermanno|Olmi}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Il Posto]]''
|{{flag|Italy}}
|-
|align=center|1962
!scope=row|{{sortname|Jacques|Rivette}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Paris Belongs to Us]]''
|{{flag|France}}
|-
|align=center|1963
!scope=row|{{sortname|Alain|Resnais}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Muriel (film)|Muriel]]''
|{{flag|France}}
|-
|align=center|1964
!scope=row|{{sortname|Grigori|Kozintsev}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Hamlet (1964 film)|Hamlet]]''
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|-
|align=center|1965
!scope=row|{{sortname|Jean-Luc|Godard}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Pierrot le Fou]]''
|{{flag|France}}
|-
|align=center|1966
!scope=row|{{sortname|André|Delvaux}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (film)|The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short]]''
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|-
|align=center|1967
!scope=row|{{sortname|Masaki|Kobayashi}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Samurai Rebellion]]''
|{{flag|Japan}}
|-
|align=center|1968
!scope=row|[[Straub-Huillet|Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet]]<ref name=":0" />
|''[[The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach]]''
|{{flag|France}}
|-
|align=center|1969
!scope=row|{{sortname|Jacques|Rivette}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[L'Amour fou (1969 film)|L'Amour fou]]''
|{{flag|France}}
|-
|align=center|1970
!scope=row|{{sortname|Bernardo|Bertolucci}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[The Conformist (film)|The Conformist]]''
|{{flag|Italy}}
|-
|align=center|1971
!scope=row|{{sortname|Robert|Bresson}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Four Nights of a Dreamer]]''
|{{flag|France}}
|-
|align=center|1972
!scope=row|{{sortname|Octavio|Getino}} and {{sortname|Fernando|Solanas}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[The Hour of the Furnaces]]''
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|-
|align=center|1973
!scope=row|{{sortname|Giorgi|Shengelaia}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Pirosmani (film)|Pirosmani]]''
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|-
|align=center|1974
!scope=row|{{sortname|Rainer Werner|Fassbinder}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Martha (1974 film)|Martha]]''
|{{flag|West Germany}}
|-
|align=center|1975
!scope=row|{{sortname|Theodoros|Angelopoulos}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[The Travelling Players]]''
|{{flag|Greece}}
|-
|align=center|1976
!scope=row|{{sortname|Nagisa|Oshima}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[In the Realm of the Senses]]''
|{{flag|Japan}}
|-
|align=center|1977
!scope=row|{{sortname|Hans-Jürgen|Syberberg}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Hitler: A Film from Germany]]''
|{{flag|West Germany}}
|-
|align=center|1978
!scope=row|{{sortname|Mark|Rappaport}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[The Scenic Route]]''
|{{flag|United States}}
|-
|align=center|1979
!scope=row|{{sortname|Zeki|Ökten}} and {{sortname|Yılmaz|Güney}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[The Herd (1978 film)|The Herd]]''
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|-
|align=center rowspan=2|1980
!scope=row|{{sortname|Peter|Greenaway}} {{small|(shared)}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[The Falls (1980 film)|The Falls]]''
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|-
!scope=row|{{sortname|Xie|Jin}} {{small|(shared)}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Two Stage Sisters]]''
|{{flag|China}}
|-
|align=center|1981
!scope=row|{{sortname|Helma|Sanders-Brahms}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[No Mercy, No Future]]''
|{{flag|West Germany}}
|-
|align=center|1982
!scope=row|{{sortname|Adoor|Gopalakrishnan}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Elippathayam]]''
|{{flag|India}}
|-
|align=center|1983
!scope=row|{{sortname|Chris|Marker}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Sans Soleil]]''
|{{flag|France}}
|-
|align=center|1984
!scope=row|{{sortname|Lino|Brocka}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[This Is My Country (film)|This Is My Country]]''
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|-
|align=center|1985
!scope=row|{{sortname|Chen|Kaige}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Yellow Earth]]''
|{{flag|China}}
|-
|align=center|1986
!scope=row|{{sortname|Bill|Douglas}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Comrades (1986 film)|Comrades]]''
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|-
|align=center rowspan=2|1987
!scope=row|{{sortname|Edward|Yang}} {{small|(shared)}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Terrorizers]]''
|{{flag|Taiwan}}
|-
!scope=row|{{sortname|Souleymane|Cissé|Souleymane Cissé (film director)}} {{small|(shared)}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Yeelen]]''
|{{flag|Mali}}
|-
|align=center|1989
!scope=row|{{sortname|Nils|Gaup}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Pathfinder (1987 film)|Pathfinder]]''
|{{flag|Norway}}
|-
|align=center|1990
!scope=row|{{sortname|Steve|Kloves}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[The Fabulous Baker Boys]]''
|{{flag|United States}}
|-
|align=center|1991
!scope=row|{{sortname|Elaine|Proctor}}<ref name=":0" />
|''On the Wire''
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|-
|align=center|1992
!scope=row|{{sortname|Jocelyn|Moorhouse}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Proof (1991 film)|Proof]]''
|{{flag|Australia}}
|-
|align=center|1993
!scope=row|{{sortname|Julio|Medem}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Vacas]]''
|{{flag|Spain}}
|-
|align=center|1994
!scope=row|[[Tran Anh Hung]]<ref name=":0" />
|''[[The Scent of Green Papaya]]''
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|-
|align=center|1995
!scope=row|{{sortname|Moufida|Tlatli}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[The Silences of the Palace]]''
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|-
|align=center|1996
!scope=row|{{sortname|Jevon|O'Neill}}<ref name=":0" />
|''Bob's Weekend''
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|-
|align=center|1997
!scope=row|{{sortname|Bruno|Dumont}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[La vie de Jésus|The Life of Jesus]]''
|{{flag|France}}
|-
|align=center|1998
!scope=row|{{sortname|Samira|Makhmalbaf}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[The Apple (1998 film)|The Apple]]''
|{{flag|Iran}}
|-
|align=center|1999
!scope=row|{{sortname|Lynne|Ramsay}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Ratcatcher (film)|Ratcatcher]]''
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|-
|align=center|2000
!scope=row|{{sortname|Kenneth|Lonergan}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[You Can Count on Me]]''
|{{flag|United States}}
|-
|align=center|2001
!scope=row|{{sortname|Asif|Kapadia}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[The Warrior (2001 British film)|The Warrior]]''
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|-
|align=center|2002
!scope=row|{{sortname|Delphine|Gleize}}<ref>''The Independent'', [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/carnages-at-london-film-festival-128748.html "'Carnages' at London Film Festival"], 22 November 2002</ref>
|''[[Carnage (2002 film)|Carnages]]''
|{{flag|France}}
|-
|align=center|2003
!scope=row|{{sortname|Siddiq|Barmak}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Osama (film)|Osama]]''
|{{flag|Afghanistan}}
|-
|align=center|2004
!scope=row|{{sortname|Jonathan|Caouette}}<ref>[https://www.chron.com/entertainment/movies/article/Tarnation-wins-top-prize-at-London-Film-Festival-1978666.php 'Tarnation' wins top prize at London Film Festival – Chron.com]</ref>
|''[[Tarnation (2003 film)|Tarnation]]''
|{{flag|United States}}
|-
|align=center|2005
!scope=row|{{sortname|Kari|Paljakka|nolink=yes}}<ref>Finnish Embassy, [http://www.finemb.org.uk/public/default.aspx?contentid=98244&contentlan=2&culture=en-GB "Kari Paljakka's film wins the Sutherland Trophy"], 9 November 2002</ref>
|''For the Living and the Dead''
|{{flag|Finland}}
|-
|align=center|2006
!scope=row|{{sortname|Andrea|Arnold}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Red Road (film)|Red Road]]''
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|-
|align=center|2007
!scope=row|{{sortname|Vincent|Paronnaud}} and {{sortname|Marjane|Satrapi}}<ref>[https://www.screendaily.com/persepolis-unrelated-take-prizes-at-london-film-festival/4035623.article Persepolis, Unrelated take prizes at London Film Festival| News |Screen Daily]</ref>
|''[[Persepolis (film)|Persepolis]]''
|{{flag|France}}
|-
|align=center|2008
!scope=row|{{sortname|Sergey|Dvortsevoy}}<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Tulpan]]''
|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|-
|align=center|2009
!scope=row|{{sortname|Scandar|Copti}} and Yaron Shani<ref name=":0" />
|''[[Ajami (film)|Ajami]]''
|{{flag|Palestine}}
|-
|align=center|2010
!scope=row|{{sortname|Clio|Barnard}}<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/27/clio-barnard-award-london-film-festival London film festival: British director Clio Barnard wins best newcomer], ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref>
|''[[The Arbor (film)|The Arbor]]''
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|-
|align=center|2011
!scope=row|{{sortname|Pablo|Giorgelli|nolink=yes}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2011 |title=London Film Festival: Sutherland Trophy discoveries |url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/reviews/specials/lff-2011-sutherland-trophy-films.php |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=[[Sight & Sound]]}}</ref>
|''[[Las Acacias (film)|Las Acacias]]''
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|-
|align=center|2012
!scope=row|{{sortname|Benh|Zeitlin}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=BFI London Film Festival announces 2012 award winners |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-london-film-festival-announces-2012-award-winners |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>
|''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]''
|{{flag|United States}}
|-
|align=center|2013
!scope=row|{{sortname|Anthony|Chen}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Child of the 90s: Anthony Chen on Ilo Ilo |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/child-90s-anthony-chen-ilo-ilo |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>
|''[[Ilo Ilo]]''
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|-
|align=center|2014
!scope=row|{{sortname|Myroslav|Slaboshpytskiy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/russian-oscar-entry-leviathan-takes-top-prize-at-london-film-fest-1201333550/|title=Russian Oscar Entry 'Leviathan' Takes Top Prize at London Film Fest |accessdate=23 October 2014 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=19 October 2014 }}</ref>
|''[[The Tribe (2014 film)|The Tribe]]''
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|-
|align=center|2015
!scope=row|{{sortname|Robert|Eggers}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/london-film-festival-closes-with-well-received-steve-jobs-and-femme-dominated-awards-ceremony-1201587514/ |title=London Film Festival Closes With Well-Received 'Steve Jobs' And Femme-Dominated Awards Ceremony |accessdate=19 October 2015 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=19 October 2015 }}</ref>
|''[[The Witch (2015 film)|The Witch]]''
|{{flag|United States}}
|-
|align=center|2016
!scope=row|{{sortname|Julia|Ducournau}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=318611|title=Certain Women, Raw triumph in London |date=17 October 2016 |work=Cineuropa}}</ref>
|''[[Raw (film)|Raw]]''
|{{flag|France}}
|-
|align=center|2017
!scope=row|{{sortname|John|Trengove|John Trengove (director)}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ide |first=Wendy |date=6 December 2017 |title='The Wound' director John Trengove: 'It's an exciting time to be making queer cinema' |url=https://www.screendaily.com/interviews/the-wound-director-john-trengove-its-an-exciting-time-to-be-making-queer-cinema/5124754.article |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Screen International |language=en}}</ref>
|''[[The Wound (2017 film)|The Wound]]''
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|-
|align=center|2018
!scope=row|{{sortname|Lukas|Dhont}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/lff-62-awards-winners-announced |title=2018 competition winners |date=20 October 2018 |accessdate=30 December 2018 |publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>
|''[[Girl (2018 film)|Girl]]''
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|-
|align=center|2019
!scope=row|{{sortname|Mati|Diop}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/announcements/lff-63-competition-winners|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013012516/https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/announcements/lff-63-competition-winners|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 October 2019|title=2019 competition winners |date=12 October 2019 |accessdate=27 April 2020 |publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>
|''[[Atlantics]]''
|{{flag|France}}
|-
|align=center|2021
!scope=row|{{sortname|Laura|Wandel}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/189697/belgian-playground-bullying-drama-wins-at-london-film-festival/|title=Belgian playground bullying drama wins at London Film Festival |date=18 October 2021|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>
|''[[Playground (2021 film)|Playground]]''
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|-
|align=center|2022
!scope=row|{{sortname|Manuela|Martelli}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/london-film-festival/news/competition-winners-announced-2022/|title=Competition winners announced at 66th BFI London Film Festival |date=16 October 2022|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>
|''[[1976 (film)|1976]]''
|{{flag|Chile}}
|-
|align=center|2023
!scope=row|{{sortname|Mika|Gustafson|nolink=yes}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Award winners announced at 67th BFI London Film Festival |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/london-film-festival/news/award-winners-67th-bfi-london-film-festival |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>
|''[[Paradise Is Burning|Paradise is Burning]]''
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|-
!2024
|Laura Carreira<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-20 |title=Award winners announced at 2024 BFI London Film Festival |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/london-film-festival/news/award-winners-2024-bfi-london-film-festival |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>
|''[[On Falling]]''
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|}

==See also==
*[[John Cassavetes Award]]
*[[Independent film]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121010133100/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/eventseries/27 British Film Institute]

{{Sutherland Trophy}}

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