# European Film Award for Best Short Film

European Film Award for Best Short Film has been awarded annually since 1998 by the European Film Academy.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| 1998 (11th) |
| 1998 (11th) | Un Jour | Un Jour | Marie Paccou | France |
| 1999 (12th) |
| 1999 (12th) | Welcome to San Salvario | Ben Venuto in San Salvario | Enrico Verra | Italy |
| 1999 (12th) | The Difference | La Différence | Rita Küng | Switzerland |
| 1999 (12th) | Senhoer Jeronimo | Senhoer Jeronimo | Inès de Medeiros | Portugal |
| 1999 (12th) | Vacancy | Vacancy | Matthias Müller | Germany |
| 1999 (12th) | Wanted | Wanted | Milla Moilanen | Finland |

### 2000s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| 2000 (13th) |
| 2000 (13th) | Our stork | A mi gólyánk | Lívia Gyarmathy | Hungary |
| 2000 (13th) | The Zone | De Zone | Ben van Lieshout | Netherlands |
| 2000 (13th) | And I Will Not Leave You Until I Die | I Nie Opuszczę Cię aż do śmierci | Maciej Adamek | Poland |
| 2000 (13th) | A Stone Left Unturned | Kovat miehet | Maarit Lalli | Finland |
| 2000 (13th) | Ferment | Ferment | Tim MacMillan | United Kingdom |
| 2001 (14th) |
| 2001 (14th) | Je t'aime John Wayne | Je t'aime John Wayne | Toby MacDonald | United Kingdom |
| 2001 (14th) | Sweden 200 | Svitjod 200 | Mårten Nilsson, David Flamholc | Sweden |
| 2001 (14th) | The Heist | Kuppet | Frederik Meldal, Dennis Petersen | Denmark |
| 2001 (14th) | The Basics | Lo Básico | José García Hérnandez | Spain |
| 2001 (14th) | Peau de Vache | Peau de Vache | Gérald Hustache-Mathieu | France |
| 2001 (14th) | I See A Boat in Sail | Å se en båt med seil | Anja Breien | Norway |
| 2001 (14th) | Better or Worse? | Better or Worse? | Jocelyn Cammack | United Kingdom |
| 2001 (14th) | Copy Shop | Copy Shop | Virgil Widrich | Austria |
| 2001 (14th) | A Man Thing | Męska sprawa | Sławomir Fabicki | Poland |
| 2001 (14th) | The Whiz Kids | Freunde | Jan Krüger | Germany |
| 2001 (14th) | In Between | Corpo e meio | Sandro Aguilar | Portugal |
| 2002 (15th) |
| 2002 (15th) | 10 Minutes | 10 Minuta | Ahmed Imamović | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2002 (15th) | Muno | Muno | Bouli Lanners | Belgium |
| 2002 (15th) | News from L Project | Nouvelle de la Tour L | Samuel Benchetrit | France |
| 2002 (15th) | Part-Times | Mi-Temps | Mathias Gokalp | France |
| 2002 (15th) | That Old Dream That Moves | Ce vieux rêve qui bouge | Alain Guiraudie | France |
| 2002 (15th) | Relativity | Relativity | Virginia Heath | United Kingdom |
| 2002 (15th) | Wedding Night | Nuit de Noces | Olga Baillif | Belgium, France |
| 2002 (15th) | Brother of Mine | Bror Min | Jens Jonsson | Sweden |
| 2002 (15th) | The Reflector | Kuvastin | Tatu Pohjavirta | Finland |
| 2002 (15th) | Procter | Procter | Joachim Trier | Norway, United Kingdom |
| 2002 (15th) | Lover of Pirates | Kalózok Szeretője | Zsófia Péterffy | Hungary |
| 2003 (16th) |
| 2003 (16th) | (A Torsion) | (A) Torzija | Stefan Arsenijević | Serbia, Slovenia |
| 2003 (16th) | La Chanson-Chanson | La Chanson-Chanson | Xavier Diskeuve | Belgium |
| 2003 (16th) | Mamaman | Mamaman | Iao Lethem | Belgium |
| 2003 (16th) | At Dawning | At Dawning | Martin Jones | United Kingdom |
| 2003 (16th) | Save the Children | Redd Barna | Terje Rangnes | Norway |
| 2003 (16th) | An Embrace | Une Étreinte | Eskil Vogt | Norway |
| 2003 (16th) | Your Native Country | Kraj Urodzenia | Jacek Bławut | Poland |
| 2003 (16th) | We Are Living on the Edge | My Zhivem Na Krai | Victor Asliuk | Belarus |
| 2003 (16th) | The Wallet | Le Portefeuille | Vincent Bierrewaerts | France, Belgium |
| 2003 (16th) | Small Avalanches | Små Skred | Birgitte Staermose | Denmark |
| 2003 (16th) | The Trumouse Show | The Trumouse Show | Julio Robledo | Spain |
| 2003 (16th) | The Giant | Velikan | Alexander Kott | Russia |
| 2004 (17th) |
| 2004 (17th) | I'll Wait for the Next One | J'attendrai le suivant | Philippe Orreindy | France |
| 2004 (17th) | "C" Block Story | Poveste La Scara "C" | Cristian Nemescu | Romania |
| 2004 (17th) | Cigarettes and Coffee | Un Cartus De Kent Si Un Pachet De Cafea | Cristi Puiu | Romania |
| 2004 (17th) | Other People's Kisses | Les Baisers des Autres | Carine Tardieu | France |
| 2004 (17th) | Fender Bender | Fender Bender | Daniel Elliott | Estonia |
| 2004 (17th) | All in All | Alt I Alt | Torbjørn Skårild | Norway |
| 2004 (17th) | The Card Thieves | Panique Au Village: Les Voleurs Des Cartes | Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier | Belgium, France |
| 2004 (17th) | Love Me or Leave Me Alone | Love Me or Leave Me Alone | Duane Hopkins | United Kingdom |
| 2004 (17th) | Me, Myself and the Universe | Ich Und Das Universum | Hajo Schomerus | Germany |
| 2004 (17th) | Goodbye | Goodbye | Steve Hudson | Germany |
| 2004 (17th) | Cleopatra's Nose | La Nariz de Cleopatra | Richard Jordan | Spain |
| 2004 (17th) | At 7:35 in the Morning | 7:35 de la Mañana | Nacho Vigalondo | Spain |
| 2005 (18th) |
| 2005 (18th) | Undressing My Mother | Undressing My Mother | Ken Wardrop | Ireland |
| 2005 (18th) | Little Terrorist | Little Terrorist | Ashvin Kumar | United Kingdom |
| 2005 (18th) | Rendezvous | Rendevú | Ferenc Cakó | Hungary |
| 2005 (18th) | Rain is Falling | Rain is Falling | Holger Ernst | Germany |
| 2005 (18th) | Flatlife | Flatlife | Jonas Geirnaert | Belgium |
| 2005 (18th) | Hi Maya | Hoi Maya | Claudia Lorenz | Switzerland |
| 2005 (18th) | Dust | Toz | Halit Fatih Kizilgok | Turkey |
| 2005 (18th) | Bawke | Bawke | Hisham Zaman | Norway |
| 2005 (18th) | The Serpent | A Serpente | Sandro Aguilar | Portugal |
| 2005 (18th) | Autobiography Scene Number 6882 | Scen Nr. 6882 Ur Mitt Liv | Ruben Östlund | Sweden |
| 2005 (18th) | Paycheck | Prva Plata | Alen Drljević | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2005 (18th) | Butterflies | Butterflies | Max Jacoby | Luxembourg |
| 2005 (18th) | Minotauromaquia, Pablo in the Labyrinth | Minotauromaquia, Pablo en el Laberinto | Juan Pablo Etcheverry | Spain |
| 2006 (19th) |
| 2006 (19th) | Before Dawn | Before Dawn | Bálint Kenyeres | Hungary |
| 2006 (19th) | Delivery | Delivery | Till Nowak | Germany |
| 2006 (19th) | Vincent | Vincent | Giulio Ricciarelli | Italy |
| 2006 (19th) | Zakaria | Zakaria | Gianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De Serio | Italy |
| 2006 (19th) | Pistache | Pistache | Valérie Pirson | France |
| 2006 (19th) | For Intérieur | For Intérieur | Patrick Poubel | France |
| 2006 (19th) | By the Kiss | By the Kiss | Yann Gonzalez | France |
| 2006 (19th) | It's in the Air... | Comme un Air... | Yohann Gloaguen | France |
| 2006 (19th) | Meander | Meander | Joke Liberge | Belgium |
| 2006 (19th) | The Fence | El Cerco | Ricardo Íscar, Nacho Martín | Spain |
| 2006 (19th) | Sniffer | Sniffer | Bobbie Peers | Norway |
| 2006 (19th) | Good Luck Nedim | Sretan Put Nedime | Marko Šantić | Slovenia |
| 2006 (19th) | The Making of the Parts | The Making of the Parts | Daniel Elliott | United Kingdom |
| 2006 (19th) | Never Like the First Time | Aldrig Som Första Gången | Jonas Odell | Sweden |
| 2007 (20th) |
| 2007 (20th) | Alumbramiento | Lightborne | Eduardo Chapero-Jackson | Spain |
| 2007 (20th) | Adjustment | Adjustment | Ian Mackinnon | United Kingdom |
| 2007 (20th) | Dad | Dad | Daniel Mulloy | United Kingdom |
| 2007 (20th) | Dreams and Desires - Family Ties | Dreams and Desires - Family Ties | Joanna Quinn | United Kingdom |
| 2007 (20th) | Rotten Apple | Rotten Apple | Ralitza Petrova | United Kingdom |
| 2007 (20th) | Tokyo Jim | Tokyo Jim | Simon Ellis | United Kingdom |
| 2007 (20th) | Soft | Soft | Jamie Rafn | United Kingdom |
| 2007 (20th) | Amin | Amin | David Dusa | France |
| 2007 (20th) | Le Dîner | Le Dîner | Cécile Vernant | France |
| 2007 (20th) | Kwiz | Kwiz | Renaud Callebaut | Portugal |
| 2007 (20th) | Plot Point | Plot Point | Nicolas Provost | Belgium |
| 2007 (20th) | Salvador | Salvador | Abdelatif Hwidar | Switzerland |
| 2007 (20th) | Tommy | Tommy | Ole Giæver | Norway |
| 2008 (21st) |
| 2008 (21st) | Frankie | Frankie | Darren Thornton | Ireland |
| 2008 (21st) | Contact | Raak | Hanro Smitsman | Netherlands |
| 2008 (21st) | The Apology Line | The Apology Line | James Lees | United Kingdom |
| 2008 (21st) | Procrastination | Procrastination | Johnny Kelly | United Kingdom |
| 2008 (21st) | Joy | Joy | Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy | United Kingdom |
| 2008 (21st) | The Pearce Sisters | The Pearce Sisters | Luis Cook | United Kingdom |
| 2008 (21st) | Time is Running Out | Time is Running Out | Marc Reisbig | United Kingdom |
| 2008 (21st) | A Kiss for the World | Un Bisou pour le Monde | Cyril Paris | France |
| 2008 (21st) | Fire | Uguns | Laila Pakalniņa | Latvia |
| 2008 (21st) | 2 Birds | Smáfuglar | Rúnar Rúnarsson | Iceland |
| 2008 (21st) | Love You More | Love You More | Sam Taylor-Johnson | United Kingdom, United States |
| 2008 (21st) | Tolerance | Tolerantia | Ivan Ramadan | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2008 (21st) | The Altruists | De onbaatzuchtige | Koen Dejaegher | Belgium |
| 2008 (21st) | With a Little Patience | Türelem | László Nemes | Hungary |
| 2009 (22nd) |
| 2009 (22nd) | Poste restante | Poste restante | Marcel Łoziński | Poland |
| 2009 (22nd) | 14 | 14 | Asitha Ameresekere | United Kingdom |
| 2009 (22nd) | Peter in Radioland | Peter in Radioland | Johanna Wagner | United Kingdom |
| 2009 (22nd) | Between Dreams | Between Dreams | Iris Olsson | France, Russia, Finland |
| 2009 (22nd) | Good Night | Good Night | Valéry Rosier | Belgium, France |
| 2009 (22nd) | Renovare | Renovare | Paul Negoescu | Germany, Romania |
| 2009 (22nd) | Swimming Lesson | Zwemles | Danny de Vent | Belgium |
| 2009 (22nd) | Tile M for Murder | Lägg M för mord | Magnus Holmgren | Sweden |
| 2009 (22nd) | Was bleibt | Was bleibt | David Nawrath | Germany |
| 2009 (22nd) | Sinner | Sinner | Meni Philip | Germany |
| 2009 (22nd) | The Suffering of Mr. Karpf - The Birthday | Die Leiden des Herrn Karpf - Der Geburtstag | Lola Randl | Germany |
| 2009 (22nd) | The Glass Trap | The Glass Trap | Pawel Ferdek | Poland |

### 2010s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| 2010 (23rd) |
| 2010 (23rd) | Hanoi - Warsaw | Hanoi - Warszawa | Katarzyna Klimkiewicz | Poland |
| 2010 (23rd) | Amor | Amor | Thomas Wangsmo | Norway |
| 2010 (23rd) | Lights | Ampelmann | Giulio Ricciarelli | Germany |
| 2010 (23rd) | The External World | The External World | David OReilly | Germany |
| 2010 (23rd) | Joseph's Snails | Les escargots de Joseph | Sophie Roze | France |
| 2010 (23rd) | Rendezvous in Stella-Plage | Rendez-vous à Stella-Plage | Shalimar Preuss | France |
| 2010 (23rd) | Blijf bij me, weg | Stay, Away | Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito | Netherlands |
| 2010 (23rd) | Out of Love | Ønskebørn | Birgitte Stærmose | Denmark |
| 2010 (23rd) | Venus VS Me | Venus VS Me | Nathalie Teirlinck | Belgium |
| 2010 (23rd) | The Little Snow Animal | Lumikko | Miia Tervo | Finland |
| 2010 (23rd) | Tussilago | Tussilago | Jonas Odell | Sweden |
| 2010 (23rd) | Maria's Way | Maria's Way | Anne Milne | United Kingdom, Spain |
| 2010 (23rd) | Talleres Clandestinos | Talleres Clandestinos | Catalina Molina | Austria, Argentina |
| 2010 (23rd) | Diarchy | Diarchia | Ferdinando Cito Filomarino | Italy, France |
| 2010 (23rd) | Here I Am | Itt vagyok | Bálint Szimler | Hungary |
| 2011 (24th) |
| 2011 (24th) | The Wholly Family | The Wholly Family | Terry Gilliam | Italy |
| 2011 (24th) | Berik | Berik | Daniel Joseph Borgman | Denmark |
| 2011 (24th) | Little Children, Big Words | Små barn, stora ord | Lisa James-Larsson | Sweden |
| 2011 (24th) | Incident by a Bank | Händelse vid bank | Ruben Östlund | Sweden |
| 2011 (24th) | The Unliving | Återfödelsen | Hugo Lilja | Sweden |
| 2011 (24th) | Derby | Derby | Paul Negoescu | Romania |
| 2011 (24th) | Jessi | Jessi | Mariejosephin Schneider | Germany |
| 2011 (24th) | The Wolves | I lupi | Alberto de Michele | Italy, Netherlands |
| 2011 (24th) | Silent River | Apele tac | Anca Miruna Lăzărescu | Germany, Romania |
| 2011 (24th) | Paparazzi | Paparazzi | Piotr Bernaś | Poland |
| 2011 (24th) | Frozen Stories | Opowieści z chłodni | Grzegorz Jaroszuk | Poland |
| 2011 (24th) | The Great Race | La gran carrera | Kote Camacho | Spain |
| 2011 (24th) | Dimanches | Dimanches | Valéry Rosier | Belgium |
| 2011 (24th) | Out | Tse | Roee Rosen | Israel |
| 2011 (24th) | Hypercrisis | Hypercrisis | Josef Dabernig | Austria |
| 2012 (25th) |
| 2012 (25th) | Superman, Spiderman or Batman | Superman, Spiderman or Batman | Tudor Giurgiu | Romania |
| 2012 (25th) | The Back of Beyond | The Back of Beyond | Michael Lennox | United Kingdom |
| 2012 (25th) | Beast | Csicska | Attila Till | Hungary |
| 2012 (25th) | How to Pick Berries | Miten Marjoja Poimitaan | Elina Talvensaari | Finland |
| 2012 (25th) | In the Open | Im Freien | Albert Sackl | Austria |
| 2012 (25th) | Morning of Saint Anthony's Day | Manhã de Santo António | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal |
| 2012 (25th) | Objection VI | Einspruch VI | Rolando Colla | Switzerland |
| 2012 (25th) | The Ambassador and Me | L'Ambassadeur et Moi | Jan Czarlewski | Switzerland |
| 2012 (25th) | Tomorrow Will Be Good | Demain, ça sera bien | Pauline Gay | France |
| 2012 (25th) | Two Ships | Vilaine fille mauvais garçon | Justine Triet | France |
| 2012 (25th) | Out of Frame | Titloi telous | Yorgos Zois | Greece |
| 2012 (25th) | Silent | Sessiz - Be Deng | L. Rezan Yeşilbaş | Turkey |
| 2012 (25th) | Two Hearts | Two Hearts | Darren Thornton | Ireland |
| 2012 (25th) | Villa Antropoff | Villa Antropoff | Kaspar Jancis, Vladimir Leschiov | Latvia |
| 2013 (26th) |
| 2013 (26th) | Death of a Shadow | Dood van een Schaduw | Tom Van Avermaet | Belgium, France |
| 2013 (26th) | A Story For The Modlins | A Story For The Modlins | Sergio Oksman | Spain |
| 2013 (26th) | Mystery | Misterio | Chema García Ibarra | Spain |
| 2013 (26th) | Butter Lamp | La Lampe au Beurre de Yak | Hu Wei | France, China |
| 2013 (26th) | Cut | Cut | Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller | Germany |
| 2013 (26th) | Sunday 3 | Sonntag 3 | Jochen Kuhn | Germany |
| 2013 (26th) | Houses with Small Windows | Houses with Small Windows | Bülent Öztürk | Belgium |
| 2013 (26th) | Jump | Skok | Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva | Bulgaria |
| 2013 (26th) | Letter | Letter | Sergei Loznitsa | Russia |
| 2013 (26th) | Zima | Zima | Cristina Picchi | Russia |
| 2013 (26th) | Wasted | Wasted | Sarah Woolner, Cathy Brady | Ireland, United Kingdom |
| 2013 (26th) | Nuclear Waste | Yaderni Wydhody | Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy | Ukraine |
| 2013 (26th) | Orbit Ever After | Orbit Ever After | Jamie Stone | United Kingdom |
| 2013 (26th) | The Waves | As Ondas | Miguel Fonseca | Portugal |
| 2013 (26th) | Though I Know the River is Dry | Though I Know the River is Dry | Omar Robert Hamilton | Egypt, Palestine, United Kingdom |
| 2014 (27th) |
| 2014 (27th) | The Chicken | The Chicken | Una Gunjak | Germany, Croatia |
| 2014 (27th) | Emergency Calls | Hätäkutsu | Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen | Finland |
| 2014 (27th) | Shipwreck | Shipwreck | Morgan Knibbe | Netherlands |
| 2014 (27th) | A Town Called Panic: The Christmas Log | Panique au Village: La Bûche de Noël | Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier | Belgium, France |
| 2014 (27th) | Dinola | დინოლა | Mariam Khatchvani | Georgia |
| 2014 (27th) | Summer 2014 | Lato 2014 | Wojciech Sobczyk | Poland |
| 2014 (27th) | Wall | Fal | Simon Szabó | Hungary |
| 2014 (27th) | Taprobana | Taprobana | Gabriel Abrantes | Portugal, Sri Lanka, Denmark |
| 2014 (27th) | Pride | Pride | Pavel Vesnakov | Bulgaria, Germany |
| 2014 (27th) | The Chimera of M. | The Chimera of M. | Sebastian Buerkner | United Kingdom |
| 2014 (27th) | Little Block of Cement with Disheveled Hair Containing the Sea | Pequeño bloque de cemento con pelo alborotado conteniendo el mar | Jorge Lopez Navarette | Spain |
| 2014 (27th) | The Missing Scarf | The Missing Scarf | Eoin Duffy | Ireland |
| 2014 (27th) | Whale Valley | Hvalfjörður | Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Denmark, Iceland |
| 2014 (27th) | Daily Bread | פת לחם | Idan Hubel | Israel |
| 2014 (27th) | Still Got Lives | Ich hab noch Auferstehung | Jan-Gerrit Seyler | Germany |
| 2015 (28th) |
| 2015 (28th) | Picnic | Piknik | Jure Pavlović | Croatia |
| 2015 (28th) | E.T.E.R.N.I.T. | E.T.E.R.N.I.T. | Giovanni Aloi | France |
| 2015 (28th) | Son of the Wolf | Fils du loup | Lola Quivoron | France |
| 2015 (28th) | Field Study | Field Study | Eva Weber | United Kingdom |
| 2015 (28th) | Over | Over | Jörn Threlfall | United Kingdom |
| 2015 (28th) | Kung Fury | Kung Fury | David Sandberg | Sweden |
| 2015 (28th) | Dissonance | Dissonance | Till Nowak | Germany |
| 2015 (28th) | Symbolic Threats | Symbolic Threats | Mischa Leinkauf, Lutz Henke & Matthias Wermke | Germany |
| 2015 (28th) | Listen | Kuuntele | Hamy Ramezan & Rungano Nyoni | Denmark, Finland |
| 2015 (28th) | Our Body | Naše telo | Dane Komljen | Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina |
| 2015 (28th) | Smile, and the World Will Smile Back | Im tekhayekh, ha'Olam yekhayekh elekha | Yoav Gross, Ehab Tarabieh & the al-Haddad family | Israel, Palestine |
| 2015 (28th) | The Runner | El corredor | José Luis Montesinos | Spain |
| 2015 (28th) | The Translator | Çevirmen | Emre Kayiş | United Kingdom, Turkey |
| 2015 (28th) | This Place We Call Our Home | This Place We Call Our Home | Thora Lorentzen & Sybilla Tuxen | Denmark |
| 2015 (28th) | Washingtonia | Washingtonia | Konstantina Kotzamani | Greece |
| 2016 (29th) |
| 2016 (29th) | 9 days: From My Window in Aleppo | 9 days: From My Window in Aleppo | Thomas Vroege, Floor van der Meulen, Issa Touma | Netherlands, Syria |
| 2016 (29th) | The Wall | Le mur | Samuel Lampaert | Belgium |
| 2016 (29th) | Edmond | Edmond | Nina Gantz | United Kingdom |
| 2016 (29th) | The Goodbye | El adiós | Clara Roquet | Spain, United States |
| 2016 (29th) | 90 Degrees North | 90 Grad Nord | Detsky Graffam | Germany |
| 2016 (29th) | In the Distance | In the Distance | Florian Grolig | Germany |
| 2016 (29th) | We All Love the Seashore | Tout le monde aime le bord de la mer | Keina Espiñeira | Spain |
| 2016 (29th) | A Man Returned | A Man Returned | Mahdi Fleifel | United Kingdom, Denmark, Netherlands, Lebanon |
| 2016 (29th) | Small Talk | Small Talk | Even Hafnor, Lisa Brooke Hansen | Norway |
| 2016 (29th) | I'm Not From Here | Yo no soy de aquí | Maite Alberdi, Giedrė Žickytė | Chile, Denmark, Lithuania |
| 2016 (29th) | Home | Home | Daniel Mulloy | Kosovo, United Kingdom, Albania |
| 2016 (29th) | The Fullness of Time (Romance) | L'immense retour | Manon Coubia | France, Belgium |
| 2016 (29th) | Limbo | Limbo | Konstantina Kotzamani | Greece, France |
| 2016 (29th) | Amalimbo | Amalimbo | Juan Pablo Libossart | Sweden, Estonia |
| 2016 (29th) | Shooting Star | Падаща звезда | Lyubo Yonchev | Bulgaria, Italy |
| 2017 (30th) |
| 2017 (30th) | Timecode | Timecode | Juanjo Giménez | Spain |
| 2017 (30th) | Coca-Loca | Coca-Loca | Christos Massalas | Greece |
| 2017 (30th) | En la Boca | En la Boca | Matteo Gariglio | Switzerland, Argentina |
| 2017 (30th) | Fight in a Swedish Beach!! | Fight in a Swedish Beach!! | Simon Vahlne | Sweden |
| 2017 (30th) | Information Skies | Information Skies | Daniel van der Velden, Vinca Kruk | Netherlands, South Korea |
| 2017 (30th) | LOVE | LOVE | Réka Bucsi | Hungary, France |
| 2017 (30th) | The Artificial Humors | Os Humores Artificiais | Gabriel Abrantes | Portugal |
| 2017 (30th) | The Circle | Hevêrk | Rûken Tekes | Turkey |
| 2017 (30th) | The Disinherited | Los Desheredados | Laura Ferrés | Spain |
| 2017 (30th) | The Party | The Party | Andrea Harkin | Ireland |
| 2017 (30th) | Ugly | Ugly | Nikita Diakur | Germany |
| 2017 (30th) | Wannabe | Wannabe | Jannis Lenz | Austria |
| 2017 (30th) | Written/Unwritter | Scris/Nescris | Adrian Silisteanu | Romania |
| 2017 (30th) | You Will Be Fine | Gros Chagrin | Céline Devaux | France |
| 2017 (30th) | Young Men at Their Window | Jeunes hommes à fenêtre | Loukianos Moshonas | France |
| 2018 (31st) |
| 2018 (31st) | The Years | Gli Anni | Sara Fgaier | Italy, France |
| 2018 (31st) | Aquaparque | Aquaparque | Ana Moreira | Portugal |
| 2018 (31st) | Burkina Brandenberg Komplex | Burkina Brandenberg Komplex | Ulu Braun | Germany |
| 2018 (31st) | Kontener | Kontener | Sebastian Lang | Germany |
| 2018 (31st) | Graduation '97 | ВИПУСК '97 | Pavlo Ostrikov | Ukraine |
| 2018 (31st) | I Signed the Petition | I Signed the Petition | Mahdi Fleifel | United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland |
| 2018 (31st) | Kapitalistis | Kapitalistis | Pablo Muñoz Gómez | Belgium, France |
| 2018 (31st) | Meryem | Meryem | Reber Dosky | Netherlands |
| 2018 (31st) | Prisoner of Society | სოციუმის პატიმარი | Rati Tsiteladze | Georgia, Latvia |
| 2018 (31st) | Release the Dogs | Lâchez les chiens | Manue Fleytoux | France, Belgium |
| 2018 (31st) | Shame | Cpam | Petar Krumov | Bulgaria |
| 2018 (31st) | The Escape | L'Èchappèe | Laëtitia Martinoni | France |
| 2018 (31st) | Those Who Desire | Los que desean | Elena López Riera | Switzerland, Spain |
| 2018 (31st) | What's the Damage | What's the Damage | Heather Phillipson | United Kingdom |
| 2018 (31st) | Wildebeest | Wildebeest | Nicolas Keppens, Matthias Phlips | Belgium |
| 2019 (32nd) |
| 2019 (32nd) | The Christmas Gift | Cadoul de Crăciun | Bogdan Mureşanu | Romania, Spain |
| 2019 (32nd) | Dogs Barking at Trees | Cães que ladram aos pássaros | Leonor Teles | Portugal |
| 2019 (32nd) | Reconstruction | Rekonstrukce | Jiří Havlíček, Ondřej Novák | Czech Republic |
| 2019 (32nd) | The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady | Les Extraordinaires mésaventures de la jeune fille de pierre | Gabriel Abrantes | France, Portugal |
| 2019 (32nd) | Watermelon Juice | Suc de Síndria | Irene Moray | Spain |

### 2020s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| 2020 (33rd) |
| 2020 (33rd) | All Cats Are Grey in the Dark | Nachts sind alle Katzen grau | Lasse Linder | Switzerland |
| 2020 (33rd) | Genius Loci | Genius Loci | Adrien Mérigeau | France |
| 2020 (33rd) | Past Perfect | Past Perfect | Jorge Jácome | Portugal |
| 2020 (33rd) | Sun Dog | Sun Dog | Dorian Jespers | Belgium, Russia |
| 2020 (33rd) | Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days | Tio Tomás, A Contabilidade dos dias | Regina Pessoa | Portugal, Canada, France |
| 2021 (34th) |
| 2021 (34th) | My Uncle Tudor | Nanu Tudor | Olga Lucovnicova | Belgium / Portugal / Hungary / Moldova |
| 2021 (34th) | Bella | Bella | Thelyia Petraki | Greece |
| 2021 (34th) | Displaced | Pa vend | Samir Karahoda | Kosovo |
| 2021 (34th) | Easter Eggs | Easter Eggs | Nicolas Keppens | Belgium / France / the Netherlands |
| 2021 (34th) | In Flow of Words | In Flow of Words | Eliane Esther Bots | the Netherlands |
| 2022 (35th) |
| 2022 (35th) | Granny's Sexual Life | Babičino Seksualno Življenje | Urška Djukič, Émilie Pigeard | Slovenia / France |
| 2022 (35th) | Ice Merchants | Ice Merchants | João Gonzalez | Portugal / France / UK |
| 2022 (35th) | Love, Dad | Milý tati | Diana Cam Van Nguyen | Czechia / Slovakia |
| 2022 (35th) | Techno, Mama | Techno, Mama | Saulius Baradinskas | Lithuania |
| 2022 (35th) | Will My Parents Come to See Me | Will My Parents Come to See Me | Mo Harawe | Austria / Germany / Somalia |
| 2023 (36th) |
| 2023 (36th) | Hardly Working | Hardly Working | Susanna Flock, Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf | Austria |
| 2023 (36th) | 27 | 27 | Flóra Anna Buda | Hungary |
| 2023 (36th) | Aqueronte | Aqueronte | Manuel Muñoz Rivas | Spain |
| 2023 (36th) | Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays | La herida luminosa | Christian Avilés | Spain |
| 2023 (36th) | Flores del otro patio | Flores del otro patio | Jorge Cadena | Colombia / Switzerland |

## Most wins for Best Short film by country

| Country | Awards | Nominations | Awards (with co-productions) | Nominations (with co-productions) |
| France | 2 | 21 | 3 | 28 |
| Poland | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| Hungary | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| Italy | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Ireland | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 27 | 1 | 30 |
| Germany | 1 | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| Belgium | 1 | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| Spain | 1 | 14 | 2 | 15 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Serbia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Portugal | 0 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| Norway | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sweden | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Denmark | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Finland | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Austria | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Romania | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Georgia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Greece | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Israel | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Russia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| State of Palestine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Albania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Luxemburg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kosovo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |