BFE Cut Above Awards names nominees

British Film Editors (BFE) has announced the nominations for the 2026 BFE Cut Above Awards, recognising excellence in editing across Film, TV and streaming in drama, documentary, entertainment and animation.

This year’s nominees include Affonso Gonçalves, ACE BFE & Chloé Zhao, ACE (Hamnet), Sam Sneade (I Swear), Gareth C. Scales BFE CCE (Pillion), Quin Williams (The Ballad of Wallis Island) & Fin Oates (Warfare) in the Best Edited British Film category. Whilst in the Best Edited British Documentary or Non-Fiction Programme category Dan Gitlin (Becoming Led Zeppelin), Andy Kemp BFE & Melanie Quigley BFE (Gaza: Doctors Under Attack), Samuel R. Santana BFE (Grenfell: Uncovered) and Philippa Edwards BFE (Ocean With David Attenborough) have all received nominations.

In addition, the 13 categories range from Best Edited Drama, Documentary or Non-Fiction and Comedy Series to Animation and Current Affairs. The announcement included two categories dedicated to up and coming talent, the Chris Crookall Award for Breakthrough Editor and the Michael Johns BFE Award for Outstanding Assistant Editor. On the night the Outstanding Contribution Award will also be presented to someone who has gone over and above in fostering the art and craft.

Announcing the nominees Col Goudie BFE (Rogue One, Tetris) said: “By celebrating such a talented group of nominees, the British Film Editors Cut Above Awards continue to promote and elevate the art of editing for audiences and filmmakers alike this is especially true of the diversity represented in the two awards unique to the BFE the Chris Crookall Award for Breakthrough Editor and the Michael Johns BFE award for outstanding Assistant Editor.”

Úna Ní Dhonghaíle, ACE BFE (Belfast, Paddington in Peru & Prisoner 951) added: “I was so proud, and deeply humbled, to receive the BFE Outstanding Contribution award last year. One of the great joys of my life was having my beautiful parents and our beloved Ferg McGrath (who sadly passed last year) there, if I could bottle that moment to preserve it forever, I would. Thank you BFE for celebrating the craft of editing, for championing editors and recognising our contribution to film-making. We all work so hard behind the scenes and this visibility is important and appreciated.”

The Awards Ceremony takes place Friday 24^th April at Picturehouse Central, in London.

Full list of nominees:

Best Edited Single Drama:
F1 — Stephen Mirrione, ACE | Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie | One Battle After Another — Andy Jurgensen | Sinners — Michael P. Shawver BFE

Best Edited Single Documentary or Non-Fiction Programme:
Becoming Led Zeppelin — Dan Gitlin | Cover-Up — Peter Bowman, Amy Foote, ACE, Laura Poitras | Gaza: Doctors Under Attack — Andy Kemp BFE, Melanie Quigley BFE | The Perfect Neighbour — Viridiana Lieberman

Best Edited Series: Drama:
Andor S2 — Matthew Cannings, Craig Ferreira, John Gilroy, ACE, Yan Miles, ACE BFE, Morten Højbjerg BFE | Pluribus — Skip MacDonald, ACE, Chris McCaleb, ACE, Joey Liew | Slow Horses S5 — Zsófia Tálas BFE HSE, Fiona Brands BFE | The White Lotus S3 — John M. Valerio, ACE, Scott Turner, Kyle Traynor

Best Edited Series: Documentary / Non-Fiction Programme:
Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers — Jennifer Asheitu Hampson BFE, Duncan Hill BFE, Paweł Slawek BFE, George Taylor | The Celebrity Traitors — Jimmy Barnett, Paddy Bowerman, Steve Charles, Noel Deiton, Steve Donlon, Chris Garwood, Danny Harvey, Jason Hart, Aaron Kidd, Craig Langman, Nathan Lindley, Afton Mills, James Ralph, James Sheldon, Gary Skipton BFE, Alex Wilkinson | Drive to Survive S7 — Chris Baker, Cristina Ballesteros, Alex Baxter, James Bull, Chris Dale, Max Downey BFE, Solomon Heale, Alex Kirkland, Iain Kitching BFE, Mark Knowles BFE, Jake Lofdahl BFE, Mark Norgate, Jessica Owen, Weston Owens, Raphael Pereira, Mark Pickles, Tom Pierce, Paul Ruston, Charlie Smedley, Kevin Thompson, Mark Thompson, Jacob Thomson | Vietnam: The War That Changed America — Sam Bergson, Mike Davey, Dan Lavender

Best Edited Current Affairs:
2000 Meters to Andriivka — Michelle Mizner, ACE | Antidote — Rupert Houseman | Apocalypse In The Tropics — Nels Bangerter, David Barker, ACE, Tina Baz, Jordana Berg, Eduardo Gripa, Victor Miaciro | Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media — David Meneses | Gaza: Doctors Under Attack — Andy Kemp BFE, Melanie Quigley BFE

Best Edited Series: Comedy:
Amandaland — Gavin Buckley, Gareth Heal, Gareth McEwen BFE, Lindsey Woodward BFE | Hacks S4 — Joseph Ettinger, Rob Paglia, Jon Philpot | Spitting Image: The Rest Is Bullshit — Roberta Bononi BFE | The Studio — Eric Kissack, ACE

Best Edited Single Animation:
Dog Man — Brian Hopkins | Elio — Anna Wolitzky, Steve Bloom, ACE | KPop Demon Hunters — Nathan Schauf | Zootropolis 2 — Jeremy Milton, ACE

Best Edited Series: Animation:
Bob’s Burgers S16 — Stephanie Earley, ACE, Jeremy Reuben, ACE | Common Side Effects — Tony Christopherson | Love Death & Robots S4 — Kirk Baxter, ACE, Daniel Budin, Julian Clarke, ACE, Jacob Ehrlich, Matt Mariska, Benjamin Martian, Iain Miller BFE, Stephen Mulholland BFE ISE, Valerian Zamel, Brian Zwiener | The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball — Andy Goodman, Steve Hughes

Best Edited British Drama:
Hamnet — Affonso Gonçalves, ACE BFE, Chloé Zhao, ACE | I Swear — Sam Sneade | Pillion — Gareth C. Scales BFE CCE | The Ballad of Wallis Island — Quin Williams | Warfare — Fin Oates

Best Edited British Documentary / Non-Fiction Programme:
Becoming Led Zeppelin — Dan Gitlin | Gaza: Doctors Under Attack — Andy Kemp BFE, Melanie Quigley BFE | Grenfell: Uncovered— Samuel R. Santana BFE | Ocean With David Attenborough — Philippa Edwards BFE

Chris Crookall Award for Breakthrough Editor:
Rosanne Wilke | Jack Goessens BFE | Craig Ferreira

Michael Johns BFE Award for Outstanding Assistant Editor:
Casey Wong | Grace Couzins | Riccardo Bacigalupo | Gaz Evans | Elisha McCormick