Empire Award for Best British Film is an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine '' Empire '' to honour the best British film of the previous year . The Empire Award for Best British Film is one of five ongoing awards which were first introduced at the 1st Empire Awards ceremony in 1996 ( the others being Best Actor , Best Actress , Best Director and Best Film ) with '' Shallow Grave '' receiving the award . '' I , Daniel Blake '' is the most recent winner in this category . Winners are voted by the readers of '' Empire '' magazine
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Empire Award for Best British Film