The winners of the 2023 British Independent Film Awards were announced live from Old Billingsgate, London on Sunday 3rd December 2023, with Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers earning the Best British Independent Film award on a successful night for the relationship drama.

In a ceremony hosted by Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Lolly Adefope, All of Us Strangers took home British Independent Film Awards for Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Music Supervision and Best Editing, with 2023 Oscar nominee Paul Mescal (Aftersun) being named the joint winner for Best Supporting Performance for his part in the film.

Justine Triet’s 2023 Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a Fall was awarded the title of Best International Independent Film, earning the accolade over competing titles Fallen Leaves, Fremont, Monster and Past Lives.

Mia McKenna-Bruce won the award for Best Lead Performance for her part in How to Have Sex, with casting director Isabella Odoffin also earning an accolade for Best Casting.

The full list of 2023 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs):

Best British Independent Film – All of Us Strangers
Femme
How to Have Sex
Rye Lane
Scrapper

Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger – Anatomy of a Fall
Fallen Leaves
Fremont
Monster
Past Lives

Best Director sponsored by Sky Cinema – Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers)
Raine Allen-Miller (Rye Lane)
Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Femme)
Molly Manning Walker (How to Have Sex)
Charlotte Regan (Scrapper)

Best Screenplay sponsored by Apple Original Films – Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers)
Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia (Rye Lane)
Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Femme)
Molly Manning Walker (How to Have Sex)
Charlotte Regan (Scrapper)

Best Lead Performance – Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex)
Jodie Comer (The End We Start From)
Tia Nomore (Earth Mama)
Nabhaan Rizwan (In Camera)
Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers)
Tilda Swinton (The Eternal Daughter)

Best Supporting Performance – Paul Mescal (All of Us Strangers)
Ritu Arya (Polite Society)
Jamie Bell (All of Us Strangers)
Samuel Bottomley (How to Have Sex)
Alexandra Burke (Pretty Red Dress)
Amir El-Masry (In Camera)
Clair Foy (All of Us Strangers)
Alia Shawkat (Drift)
Shaun Thomas (How to Have Sex)
Katherine Waterston (The End We Start From)

Best Joint Lead Performance – Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, George MacKay (Femme)
Lola Campbell, Harris Dickinson (Scrapper)
David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane)

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) sponsored by BBC Film – Savanah Leaf (Earth Mama)
Raine Allen-Miller (Rye Lane)
Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Femme)
Holly Manning Walker (How to Have Sex)
Charlotte Regan (Scrapper)

Breakthrough Producer sponsored by Pinewood and Shepperton Studios – Theo Barrowclough (Scrapper)
Georgia Goggin (Pretty Red Dress)
Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo (Rye Lane)
Gannesh Rajah (If the Streets Were on Fire)
Chi Thai (Raging Grace)

Breakthrough Performance sponsored by Netflix – Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane)
Le’Shantey Bonsu (Girl)
Lola Campbell (Scrapper)
Priya Kansara (Polite Society)
Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex)

Best Debut Screenwriter sponsored by Film4 – Nida Manzoor (Polite Society)
Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia (Rye Lane)
Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Femme)
Molly Manning Walker (How to Have Sex)
Charlotte Regan (Scrapper)

Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary – Chloe Abrahams (The Taste of Mango)
Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn (Another Baby)
Ella Glendining (Is There Anybody Out There?)
Alice Russell (If the Streets Were on Fire)
Christopher Sharp (Bobi Wine: The People’s President)

The Raindance Maverick Award – If the Streets Were on Fire
Is There Anybody Out There?
Name Me Lawand
Raging Grace
Red Herring

Best Feature Documentary sponsored by Intermission Film – If the Streets Were on Fire
Another Body
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Lyra
Occupied City

Best British Short Film – Festival of Slaps
Christopher At Sea
Lions
Muna
The Talent

Best Casting sponsored by Casting Society & Spotlight – Isabella Odoffin (How to Have Sex) 
Shaheen Baig (Scrapper)
Kharmel Cochrane (Rye Lane)
Kahleen Crawford (All of Us Strangers)
Salome Oggenfuss, Geraldine Barón, Abby Harri (Earth Mama)

Best Cinematography sponsored by Harbor & Kodak – Jamie D. Ramsay (All of Us Strangers)
Olan Collardy (Rye Lane)
Suzie Lavelle (The End We Start From)
Molly Manning Walker (Scrapper)
James Rhodes (Femme)

Best Costume Design – Buki Ebiesuwa (Femme)
George Buxton (How to Have Sex)
Oliver Cronk (Scrapper)
Cynthia Lawrence-John (Rye Lane)
PC Williams (The End We Start From)

Best Editing – Jonathan Alberts (All of Us Strangers) 
Victoria Boydell (Rye Lane)
Paul Carlin (Bobi Wine: The People’s President)
Avdhesh Mohla (High & Low – John Galliano)
Arttu Salmi (The End We Start From)

Best Effects – Jonathan Gales, Richard Baker (The Kitchen)
Paddy Eason (Polite Society)
Theodor Flo-Groeneboom (The End We Start From)

Best Music Supervision – Connie Farr (All of Us Strangers)
Ciara Elwis (Femme)
David Fish (Rye Lane)

Best Make-Up & Hair Design sponsored by The Wall Group – Marie Deehan (Femme)
Zoe Clare Brown (All of Us Strangers)
Claire Carter (Polite Society)
Natasha Lawes (How to Have Sex)
Bianca Simone Scott (Rye Lane)

Best Original Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group – Kwes (Rye Lane)
Adam Janota Bzowski (Femme)
Patrick Jonsson (Scrapper)
Anna Meredith (The End We Start From)
Ré Olunuga (Girl)

Best Production Design sponsored by ATC & Broadsword – Nathan Parker (The Kitchen)
Laura Ellis Cricks (The End We Start From)
Sarah Finlay (All of Us Strangers)
Elena Muntoni (Scrapper)
Anna Rhodes (Rye Lane)

Best Sound supported by Halo – Mark Jenkin (Enys Men)
Scrapper
How to Have Sex
All of Us Strangers
The End We Start From

Per BIFA.

The British Independent Film Awards announced on 2nd November 2023 the nominees for their latest annual awards show, with debut features Rye Lane and Scrapper leading the list of nominated films.

Announced via an event hosted by Susan Wokoma and Morfydd Clark at One Hundred Shoreditch, London, the nominees for what BIFA consider to be the most outstanding British independent films of 2023 were revealed.

Overall, 26 British feature films were included, with Raine Allen Miller’s Rye Lane earning 16 nominations and Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper earning 14. Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers, starring Paul Mescal, Andrew Scott, Claire Foy and Jamie Bell, also earned 14 nominations, with Molly Manning Walker’s How to Have Sex earning 13 in total. Other success stories were Femme (11 nominations) and The End We Start From (9 nominations).

Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a Fall was nominated for Best International Feature Film, as was festival favourite Past Lives, while heavyweights Tilda Swinton, Andrew Scott and Jodie Comer are among those nominated in the Best Lead Performance category.

The nominees for the 2023 British Independent Film Awards are as follows:

Best British Independent Film
All of Us Strangers
Femme
How to Have Sex
Rye Lane
Scrapper

Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger
Anatomy of a Fall
Fallen Leaves
Fremont
Monster
Past Lives

Best Director sponsored by Sky Cinema
Raine Allen-Miller (Rye Lane)
Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Femme)
Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers)
Molly Manning Walker (How to Have Sex)
Charlotte Regan (Scrapper)

Best Screenplay sponsored by Apple Original Films
Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia (Rye Lane)
Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Femme)
Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers)
Molly Manning Walker (How to Have Sex)
Charlotte Regan (Scrapper)

Best Lead Performance
Jodie Comer (The End We Start From)
Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex)
Tia Nomore (Earth Mama)
Nabhaan Rizwan (In Camera)
Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers)
Tilda Swinton (The Eternal Daughter)

Best Supporting Performance
Ritu Arya (Polite Society)
Jamie Bell (All of Us Strangers)
Samuel Bottomley (How to Have Sex)
Alexandra Burke (Pretty Red Dress)
Amir El-Masry (In Camera)
Clair Foy (All of Us Strangers)
Paul Mescal (All of Us Strangers)
Alia Shawkat (Drift)
Shaun Thomas (How to Have Sex)
Katherine Waterston (The End We Start From)

Best Joint Lead Performance
Lola Campbell, Harris Dickinson (Scrapper)
David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane)
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, George MacKay (Femme)

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) sponsored by BBC Film
Raine Allen-Miller (Rye Lane)
Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Femme)
Savanah Leaf (Earth Mama)
Holly Manning Walker (How to Have Sex)
Charlotte Regan (Scrapper)

Breakthrough Producer sponsored by Pinewood and Shepperton Studios
Theo Barrowclough (Scrapper)
Georgia Goggin (Pretty Red Dress)
Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo (Rye Lane)
Gannesh Rajah (If the Streets Were on Fire)
Chi Thai (Raging Grace)

Breakthrough Performance sponsored by Netflix
Le’Shantey Bonsu (Girl)
Lola Campbell (Scrapper)
Priya Kansara (Polite Society)
Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex)
Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane)

Best Debut Screenwriter sponsored by Film4
Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia (Rye Lane)
Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Femme)
Molly Manning Walker (How to Have Sex)
Nida Manzoor (Polite Society)
Charlotte Regan (Scrapper)

Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary
Chloe Abrahams (The Taste of Mango)
Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn (Another Baby)
Ella Glendining (Is There Anybody Out There?)
Alice Russell (If the Streets Were on Fire)
Christopher Sharp (Bobi Wine: The People’s President)

The Raindance Maverick Award
If the Streets Were on Fire
Is There Anybody Out There?
Name Me Lawand
Raging Grace
Red Herring

Best Feature Documentary sponsored by Intermission Film
Another Body
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
If the Streets Were on Fire
Lyra
Occupied City

Best British Short Film
Christopher At Sea
Festival of Slaps
Lions
Muna
The Talent

Best Casting sponsored by Casting Society & Spotlight 
Shaheen Baig (Scrapper)
Kharmel Cochrane (Rye Lane)
Kahleen Crawford (All of Us Strangers)
Isabella Odoffin (How to Have Sex)
Salome Oggenfuss, Geraldine Barón, Abby Harri (Earth Mama)

Best Cinematography sponsored by Harbor & Kodak
Olan Collardy (Rye Lane)
Suzie Lavelle (The End We Start From)
Molly Manning Walker (Scrapper)
Jamie D. Ramsay (All of Us Strangers)
James Rhodes (Femme)

Best Costume Design
George Buxton (How to Have Sex)
Oliver Cronk (Scrapper)
Buki Ebiesuwa (Femme)
Cynthia Lawrence-John (Rye Lane)
PC Williams (The End We Start From)

Best Editing 
Jonathan Alberts (All of Us Strangers)
Victoria Boydell (Rye Lane)
Paul Carlin (Bobi Wine: The People’s President)
Avdhesh Mohla (High & Low – John Galliano)
Arttu Salmi (The End We Start From)

Best Effects
Paddy Eason (Polite Society)
Theodor Flo-Groeneboom (The End We Start From)
Jonathan Gales, Richard Baker (The Kitchen)

Best Music Supervision
Ciara Elwis (Femme)
Connie Farr (All of Us Strangers)
David Fish (Rye Lane)

Best Make-Up & Hair Design sponsored by The Wall Group
Zoe Clare Brown (All of Us Strangers)
Claire Carter (Polite Society)
Marie Deehan (Femme)
Natasha Lawes (How to Have Sex)
Bianca Simone Scott (Rye Lane)

Best Original Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group
Adam Janota Bzowski (Femme)
Patrick Jonsson (Scrapper)
Kwes (Rye Lane)
Anna Meredith (The End We Start From)
Ré Olunuga (Girl)

Best Production Design sponsored by ATC & Broadsword
Laura Ellis Cricks (The End We Start From)
Sarah Finlay (All of Us Strangers)
Elena Muntoni (Scrapper)
Nathan Parker (The Kitchen)
Anna Rhodes (Rye Lane)

Best Sound supported by Halo
Scrapper
How to Have Sex
All of Us Strangers
Enys Men
The End We Start From

Debuting screenwriter-director Charlotte Wells and her film Aftersun were the big winners at an evolved 2022 British Independent Film Awards.

Sunday 4th December saw the airing of the Twenty-Fifth British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs). Presented by Ben Bailey Smith in London, the ceremony awarded the very best of British independent film from the past year.

The biggest success of the night was Aftersun, Charlotte Wells’ stunningly poignant debut. Starring Paul Mescal and newcomer Frankie Corio, the drama explores the complex relationship between a daughter and her father whilst on holiday. The film received critical praise, with The Film Magazine giving it a perfect score. Aftersun picked up seven awards, including Best Director and Best British Independent Film, the latter of which was presented by Mescal’s ‘Normal People’ co-star Daisy Edgar-Jones. Aftersun‘s victory here could pave the way for BAFTA success.

2022 also marked the first time the ceremony awarded gender neutral acting awards. Previously, separate awards were given to actors and actresses. These categories were retooled as Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance respectively. The recipients of these awards, Rosy McEwen and Kerrie Hayes, both starred in Blue Jean, Georgia Oakley’s heartbreaking LGBTQ+ drama.

Further new acting categories included Best Joint Lead Performance and Best Ensemble Performance. The former was awarded to Tamara Lawrance and Letitia Wright for their work in The Silent Twins, while the latter was picked up by Our River… Our Sky.

Sinéad O’Connor documentary, Nothing Compares, dominated its field, winning Best Feature Documentary and Best Debut Director for Feature Documentary – which was awarded to Kathryn Ferguson.

Finally, The Worst Person in the World received the award for Best International Independent Film. Joachim Trier’s romantic comedy faced stiff competition from the likes of Everything Everywhere All at Once and Decision to Leave, but was able to come out on top.

The winners of the 2022 British Independent Film Awards:

Best British Independent Film – Aftersun
Blue Jean
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Living
The Wonder

Best Director – Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)
Oliver Hermanus (Living)
Sophie Hyde (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande)
Sebastian Lelio (The Wonder)
Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean)

Best Screenplay – Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)
Katy Brand (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande)
Kazuo Ishiguro (Living)
Sebastian Lelio, Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue (The Wonder)
Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean)

Best Lead Performance – Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean)
Sally Hawkins (The Lost King)
Cosmo Jarvis (It Is in Us All)
Emma Mackey (Emily)
Bill Nighy (Living)
Florence Pugh (The Wonder)
Emily Watson (God’s Creatures)
Hala Zein (Nezouh)

Best Supporting Performance – Kerrie Hayes (Blue Jean)
Zoey Deutch (The Outfit)
Aisling Franciosi (God’s Creatures)
Lucy Halliday (Blue Jean)
Zainab Joda (Our River…Our Sky)
Fatma Mohamed (Flux Gourmet)
Paul Mescal (God’s Creatures)
Fionn Whitehead (Emily)
Aimee Lou Wood (Living)

Best Joint Lead Performance – Tamara Lawrance, Letitia Wright (The Silent Twins)
Frankie Corio, Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
Daryl McCormack, Emma Thompson (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande)
Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear (Men)

Best Ensemble Performance – Our River…Our Sky
Blue Jean
Emily
Flux Gourmet
The Wonder

Breakthrough Performance – Safia Oakley-Green (The Origin)
Frankie Corio (Aftersun)
Leo Long (I Used to Be Famous)
Kila Lord Cassidy (The Wonder)
Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean)

The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director – Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)
Andrew Cumming (The Origin)
Thomas Hardiman (Medusa Deluxe)
Frances O’Connor (Emily)
Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean)

Breakthrough Producer – Nadira Murray (Winners)
Aleksandra Bilic, Jennifer Corcoran (Nascondino)
Paul Kennedy (Nightride)
Rupert Majendie (Brian and Charles)
Helene Sifre (Blue Jean)

Best Debut Screenwriter – Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean)
Shane Crowley (God’s Creatures)
David Earl, Chris Hayward (Brian and Charles)
Ruth Greenberg (The Origin)
Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)

Best Debut Director for Feature Documentary – Kathryn Ferguson (Nothing Compares)
Victoria Fiore (Nascondino)
Leah Gordon, Eddie Hutton Mills (Kanaval)
Jono McLeod (My Old School)
Becky Hutner (Fashion Reimagined)

The Raindance Discovery Award – Winners
Electric Malady
Fadia’s Tree
Off the Rails
Rebellion

Best Feature Documentary – Nothing Compares
My Childhood, My Country
My Old School
Nascondino
Young Plato

Best British Short Film – Too Rough
A Fox in The Night
Honesty
Sandstorm
Scale

Best International Independent Film – The Worst Person in The World
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Close
Decision To Leave
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Casting – Shaheen Baig (Blue Jean)
Leila Bertrand (Our River… Our Sky)
Kharmel Cochrane (The Silent Twins)
Kahleen Crawford (Living)
Lucy Pardee (Aftersun)

Best Cinematography – Gregory Oke (Aftersun)
Alfredo De Juan (Nascondino)
Rob Hardy (Men)
Joel Honeywell (Kanaval)
Ari Wegner (The Wonder)

Best Costume Design – Jenny Beavan (Mrs Harris Goes to Paris)
Saffron Cullane (Flux Gourmet)
Odile Dicks-Mireaux (The Wonder)
Frank Gallacher (Aftersun)
Sandy Powell (Living)

Best Editing – Blair McClendon (Aftersun)
Joanna Crickmay (Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts)
Izabella Curry (Blue Jean)
Matyas Fekete (Flux Gourmet)
Mick Mahon (Nothing Compares)

Best Original Music – Matthew Herbert (The Wonder)
Saunder Jurriaans (God’s Creatures)
Oliver Coates (Aftersun)
Adam Janota Bzowski (The Origin)
Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow (Men)

Best Makeup & Hair Design – Eugene Souleiman, Scarlett O’Connell (Medusa Deluxe)
Oya Aygor, Murat Çagin (Aftersun)
Morna Ferguson, Lorri Ann King (The Wonder)
Siobhan Harper-Ryan (Flux Gourmet)
Niamh Morrison (The Origin)

Best Effects – David Simpson (Men)
Chris Marshall (The Feast)
Ahmed Yousry (Nezouh)

Best Music Supervision – Lucy Bright (Aftersun)
Phil Canning (The Phantom of the Open)
Rupert Hollier (Living)

Best Sound – Flux Gormet
Men
Aftersun
The Wonder
The Feast

Best Production Design – Living
Flux Gourmet
The Wonder
Aftersun
Medusa Deluxe

The Richard Harris Award For Outstanding Contribution By An Actor To British Film
Samantha Morton

The Special Jury Prize
Open Door

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Among the nominees for the awards celebrating the best in British independent cinema were stalwarts of the UK film industry such as Kenneth Branagh, Jude Law and Ruth Wilson, with 2021 Oscar nominee Riz Ahmed also nominated.

Heading the list of awards nominees was Philip Barantini’s one-shot drama Boiling Point starring Stephen Graham and Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, each with 11 nominations. Prano Bailey-Bond’s debut horror Censor, Aleem Khan’s After Love and Joanna Hogg’s much-anticipated sequel The Souvenir: Part II earned 9 nominations each.

The nominees for the 2021 British Independent Film Awards: 

Best British Independent Film
After Love
Ali & Ava
Boiling Point
The Nest
The Souvenir: Part II

Best Director
Philip Barantini (Boiling Point)
Clio Barnard (Ali & Ava)
Sean Durkin (The Nest)
Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir: Part II)
Aleem Khan (After Love)

Best Actress
Caitríona Balfe (Belfast)
Carrie Coon (The Nest)
Claire Rushbrook (Ali & Ava)
Joanna Scanlan (After Love)
Ruth Wilson (True Things)

Best Actor
Riz Ahmed (Encounter)
Adeel Akhtar (Ali & Ava)
Stephen Graham (Boiling Point)
Jude Law (The Nest)
James Norton (Nowhere Special)

Best Supporting Actress
Judi Dench (Belfast)
Jo Hartley (Sweetheart)
Nathalie Richard (After Love)
Vinette Robinson (Boiling Point)
Tilda Swinton (The Souvenir: Part II)

Best Supporting Actor
Talid Ariss (After Love)
Richard Ayoade (The Souvenir: Part II)
Lucian-River Chauhan (Encounter)
Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
Ray Panthaki (Boiling Point)

The Douglas Hickox Award 
(Best Debut Director)
Prano Bailey-Bond (Censor)
Celeste Bell (Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché)
Cathy Brady (Wildfire)
Aleem Khan (After Love)
Marley Morrison (Sweetheart)

Best Screenplay
Clio Barnard (Ali & Ava)
Terence Davies (Benediction)
Sean Durkin (The Nest)
Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir: Part II)
Aleem Khan (After Love)

Breakthrough Producer
Michelle Antoniades (Sweetheart)
Helen Jones (Censor)
Jessica Malik (She Will)
Hester Ruoff (Boiling Point)
Rob Watson (The Power)

Best Debut Screenwriter
Prano Bailey-Bond (Censor)
Cathy Brady (Wildfire)
Aleem Khan (After Love)
Marley Morrison (Sweetheart)
Reggie Yates (Pirates)

The Raindance Discovery Award
Bank (Job Daniel Edelstyn, Hilary Powell, Christopher Hird)
The Bike Thief (Matt Chambers, Pk Fellowes, Sophia Gibber, Lene Bausager)
I Am Belmaya (Sue Carpenter, Christopher Hird)
Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché (Paul Sng, Celeste Bell, Zoë Howe, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Matthew Silverman, Daria Nitsche)
Rebel Dykes (Harri Shanahan, Siân A. Williams, Siobhan Fahey)

Best British Short Film
Egúngún (Masquerade)
Femme
Night of the Living Dread
Play It Safe
Precious Hair & Beauty

Best International Independent Film
Compartment No. 6
First Cow
Flee
Petite Maman
Pleasure

Best Casting
Shaheen Baig (After Love)
Shaheen Baig (Ali & Ava)
Shaheen Baig (Pirates)
Lucy Bevan, Emily Brockmann (Belfast)
Carolyn Mcleod (Boiling Point)

Best Cinematography
Mátyás Erdély (The Nest)
Magdalena Kowalczyk (Cow)
Matthew Lewis (Boiling Point)
Annika Summerson (Censor)
Haris Zambarloukos (Belfast)

Best Costume Design
Michael O’Connor (The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain)
Grace Snell (The Souvenir: Part II)
Guy Speranza (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie)
Annie Symons (Benediction)
Charlotte Walter (Belfast)

Best Music
Iain Cooke (Pirates)
Connie Farr, Harry Escott (Ali & Ava)
Jed Kurzel (Encounter)
Clint Mansell (In the Earth)
Van Morrison (Belfast)

Best Effects
Steven Bray, Mike Knights (Dashcam)
Gary Brown, István Molnár, Dan Martin (Censor)
Rupert Davies (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain)

Best Editing
Helle Le Fevre (The Souvenir: Part II)
Rebecca Lloyd, Jacob Schulsinger, Nicolas Chaudeurge (Cow)
Úna Ní Dhonghaíle (Belfast)
Mark Towns (Censor)
Ben Wheatley (In the Earth)

Best Make-Up & Hair
Siobhan Harper-Ryan (The Souvenir: Part II)
Vickie Lang, Kristyan Mallett, Donald Mcinnes (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain)
Ruth Pease (Censor)
Nadia Stacey (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie)
Wakana Yoshihara (Belfast)

Best Production Design
Jim Clay (Belfast)
Stéphane Collonge (The Souvenir: Part II)
Suzie Davies (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain)
Aimee Meek (Boiling Point)
Paulina Rzeszowska (Censor)

Best Sound
Nicolas Becker, Cyril Holtz, Linda Forsen (Cow)
James Drake (Boiling Point)
Tim Harrison, Jamie Roden, Adele Fletcher (Censor)
Martin Pavey (In the Earth)
Andrew Stirk, Paul Davies, Morgan Muse, Bernard O’Reilly, Julian Howarth (Encounter)

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Broadcast live via YouTube and Facebook Live, the 23rd annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) celebrated so much of the cinema that went under the radar in 2020, the big winners on the night being His House, Saint Maud and Rocks.

Felton and his zoom party of dozens of filmmakers imbued the ceremony with a sense of excitement and youth, painting the picture of an independent national industry that may be going through difficult times but is still producing undeniably great pieces of art.

The winners of the 2020 British Independent Film Awards are:

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM – ROCKS
Calm with Horses
The Father
His House
Saint Maud

BEST DIRECTOR – REMI WEEKES (HIS HOUSE)
Sarah Gavron – Rocks
Rose Glass – Saint Maud
Nick Rowland – Calm with Horses
Florian Zeller – The Father

BEST SCREENPLAY – FLORIAN ZELLER, CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON (THE FATHER)
Rose Glass – Saint Maud
Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson – Rocks
Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed – Mogul Mowgli
Remi Weekes – His House

BEST ACTRESS – WUNMI MOSAKU (HIS HOUSE)
Bukky Bakray – Rocks
Morfydd Clark – Saint Maud
Clare Dunne – Herself
Andrea Riseborough – Luxor

BEST ACTOR – ANTHONY HOPKINS (THE FATHER)
Riz Ahmed – Mogul Mowgli
Sope Dirisu – His House
Amir El-Masry – Limbo
Cosmo Jarvis – Calm with Horses

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – KOSAR ALI (ROCKS)
Niamh Algar – Calm with Horses
Jennifer Ehle – Saint Maud
Ashley Madekwe – County Lines
Fiona Shaw – Kindred

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – D’ANGELOU OSEI KISSIEDU (ROCKS)
Harris Dickinson – County Lines
Barry Keoghan – Calm with Horses
Alyy Khan – Mogul Mowgli
Merab Ninidze – The Courier

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD (DEBUT DIRECTOR) – ROSE GLASS (SAINT MAUD)
Henry Blake – County Lines
Eva Riley – Perfect 10
Nick Rowland – Calm with Horses
Remi Weekes – His House

BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER – IRUNE GURTUBAI (LIMBO)
Douglas Cox – Host
Daniel Emmerson – Calm with Horses
Oliver Kassman – Saint Maud
Edward King, Martin Gentles – His House

DEBUT SCREENWRITER – RIZ AHMED (MOGUL MOWGLI)
Rose Glass – Saint Maud
Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson – Rocks
Joe Murtagh – Calm with Horses
Remi Weekes – His House

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER – KOSAR ALI (ROCKS)
Niamh Algar – Calm with Horses
Bukky Bakray – Rocks
Frankie Box – Perfect 10
Conrad Khan – County Lines

BEST DOCUMENTARY – THE REASON I JUMP
The Australian Dream
Being a Human Person
Rising Phoenix
White Riot

THE RAINDANCE DISCOVERY AWARD – PERFECT 10
Justine
Looted
One Man and His Shoes
Rose: A Love Story

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM (SUPPORTED BY BFI NETWORK) – THE LONG GOODBYE
Filipiñana
The Forgotten C
Mandem
Sudden Light

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM – NOMADLAND
Babyteeth
Les Misérables
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Notturno

BEST CASTING – LUCY PARDEE (ROCKS)
Shaheen Baig – Calm with Horses
Kharmel Cochrane – Saint Maud
Carmen Cuba – His House
Dan Jackson – Limbo

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – BEN FORDESMAN (SAINT MAUD)
Nick Cooke – Limbo
Hélène Louvart – Rocks
Annika Summerson – Mogul Mowgli
Jo Willems – His House

BEST COSTUME DESIGN – CHARLOTTE WALTER (MISBEHAVIOUR)
Michele Clapton – The Secret Garden
Ruka Johnson – Rocks
Tina Kalivas – Saint Maud
Michael O’Connor – Ammonite

BEST EDITING – YORGOS LAMPRINOS (THE FATHER)
Julia Bloch – His House
Maya Maffioli – Rocks
Brenna Rangott – Host
Mark Towns – Saint Maud

BEST EFFECTS – HIS HOUSE
Undergods
Saint Maud

BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIR DESIGN – JILL SWEENEY (MISBEHAVIOUR)
Jaquetta Levon – Saint Maud
Sharon a Martin – His House
Ivana Primorac – Ammonite
Nora Robertson – Rocks

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – JAQUELINE ABRAHAMS (HIS HOUSE)
Cristina Casali – Misbehaviour
Peter Francis – The Father
Marketa Korinkova, Elo Soode – Undergods
Paulina Rzeszowska – Saint Maud

BEST MUSIC – PAUL CORLEY (MOGUL MOWGLI)
Roque Baños – His House
Nainita Desai – The Reason I Jump
Connie Farr, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch – Rocks
Adam Janota Bzowski – Saint Maud

BEST SOUND – THE REASON I JUMP
His House
Saint Maud
Mogul Mowgli
Host

The Film Magazine’s live coverage of this event was hosted on via Discord.

At 17 total nominations, it is Rose Glass’ Saint Maud that is the most popular film at this year’s BIFAs, His House sitting on 16 and Rocks on 15. Irish gang drama Calm with Horses and Riz Ahmed passion project Mogul Mowgli earned 10 and 7 nominations respectively.

Overall, 27 different films are represented in BIFA’s list of the best of 2020, with first-time directors Nick Rowland (Calm with Horses) and Rose Glass (Saint Maud) leading their projects to a combined 27 awards nominations between them.

The 2020 line-up for the Best International Independent Film award is one of the strongest in recent years, with French Oscar nominee Les Misérables joined by women’s bodily rights drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always, the critically lauded (7-time AACTA award winning) Australian drama Babyteeth and upcoming Oscars front-runner Nomadland starring Frances McDormand.

The winners of the 2020 BIFAs will be announced in February 2021.

The nominees for the 2020 British Independent Film Awards are: 

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
Calm with Horses
The Father
His House
Rocks
Saint Maud

BEST DIRECTOR
Sarah Gavron – Rocks
Rose Glass – Saint Maud
Nick Rowland – Calm with Horses
Remi Weekes – His House
Florian Zeller – The Father

BEST SCREENPLAY
Rose Glass – Saint Maud
Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson – Rocks
Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed – Mogul Mowgli
Remi Weekes – His House
Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton – The Father

BEST ACTRESS
Bukky Bakray – Rocks
Morfydd Clark – Saint Maud
Clare Dunne – Herself
Wunmi Mosaku – His House
Andrea Riseborough – Luxor

BEST ACTOR
Riz Ahmed – Mogul Mowgli
Sope Dirisu – His House
Amir El-Masry – Limbo
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Cosmo Jarvis – Calm with Horses

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Niamh Algar – Calm with Horses
Kosar Ali – Rocks
Jennifer Ehle – Saint Maud
Ashley Madekwe – County Lines
Fiona Shaw – Kindred

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Harris Dickinson – County Lines
Barry Keoghan – Calm with Horses
Alyy Khan – Mogul Mowgli
Merab Ninidze – The Courier
D’Angelou Osei Kissiedu – Rocks

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD (DEBUT DIRECTOR)
Henry Blake – County Lines
Rose Glass – Saint Maud
Eva Riley – Perfect 10
Nick Rowland – Calm with Horses
Remi Weekes – His House

BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER
Douglas Cox – Host
Daniel Emmerson – Calm with Horses
Irune Gurtubai – Limbo
Oliver Kassman – Saint Maud
Edward King, Martin Gentles – His House

DEBUT SCREENWRITER
Riz Ahmed – Mogul Mowgli
Rose Glass – Saint Maud
Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson – Rocks
Joe Murtagh – Calm with Horses
Remi Weekes – His House

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Niamh Algar – Calm with Horses
Kosar Ali – Rocks
Bukky Bakray – Rocks
Frankie Box – Perfect 10
Conrad Khan – County Lines

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Australian Dream
Being a Human Person
The Reason I Jump
Rising Phoenix
White Riot

THE RAINDANCE DISCOVERY AWARD
Justine
Looted
One Man and His Shoes
Perfect 10
Rose: A Love Story

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM (SUPPORTED BY BFI NETWORK)
Filipiñana
The Forgotten C
The Long Goodbye
Mandem
Sudden Light

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM
Babyteeth
Les Misérables
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland
Notturno

BEST CASTING
Shaheen Baig – Calm with Horses
Kharmel Cochrane – Saint Maud
Carmen Cuba – His House
Dan Jackson – Limbo
Lucy Pardee – Rocks

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nick Cooke – Limbo
Ben Fordesman – Saint Maud
Hélène Louvart – Rocks
Annika Summerson – Mogul Mowgli
Jo Willems – His House

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Michele Clapton – The Secret Garden
Ruka Johnson – Rocks
Tina Kalivas – Saint Maud
Michael O’Connor – Ammonite
Charlotte Walter – Misbehaviour

BEST EDITING
Julia Bloch – His House
Yorgos Lamprinos – The Father
Maya Maffioli – Rocks
Brenna Rangott – Host
Mark Towns – Saint Maud

BEST EFFECTS
Undergods
Saint Maud
His House

BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIR DESIGN
Jaquetta Levon – Saint Maud
Sharon a Martin – His House
Ivana Primorac – Ammonite
Nora Robertson – Rocks
Jill Sweeney – Misbehaviour

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jaqueline Abrahams – His House
Cristina Casali – Misbehaviour
Peter Francis – The Father
Marketa Korinkova, Elo Soode – Undergods
Paulina Rzeszowska – Saint Maud

BEST MUSIC
Roque Baños – His House
Paul Corley – Mogul Mowgli
Nainita Desai – The Reason I Jump
Connie Farr, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch – Rocks
Adam Janota Bzowski – Saint Maud

BEST SOUND
His House
Saint Maud
Mogul Mowgli
The Reason I Jump
Host

Recommended for you:
– Saint Maud Review
– Calm with Horses Review
– Mogul Mowgli Review
– Herself Review
– Limbo Review
– Host Review
– Rose: A Love Story Review
– Babyteeth Review
– Never Rarely Sometimes Always Review
– Misbehaviour Review

The big winner of the evening was Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ documentary feature For Sama which won not only Best Documentary Feature but also Best Editing, Best Director and Best British Independent Film. Armando Ianucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield earned similar praise with wins for Hugh Laurie in the Supporting Actor category and a Best Screenplay win for Ianucci himself.

Here is the full list of winners at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards:

Best British Independent Film
For Sama

Best Director (Sponsored by Broadsword Event House)
Waad Al-Kateab; Edward Watts – For Sama

Best Screenplay (Sponsored by BBC Films)
Armando Ianucci; Simon Blackwell – The Personal History of David Copperfield

Best Documentary
For Sama

Best Actress
Renee Zellweger – Judy

Best Actor
Josh O’Connor – Only You

Best Supporting Actress
Ruthxjiah Bellenea – The Last Tree

Best Supporting Actor
Hugh Laurie – The Personal History of David Copperfield

Most Promising Newcomer
Sam Adewunmi – The Last Tree

Debut Director – The Douglas Hickox Award (Sponsored by Kodak & Pinewood)
Harry Wootliff – Only You

Debut Screenwriter (Sponsored by Film4)
Emma Jane Unsworth – Animals

Breakthrough Producer
Kate Byers; Linn Waite – Bait

The Raindance Discovery Award
Children of the Snow Land

Best Casting (Sponsored by Casting Society of America & Spotlight)
Sarah Crowe – The Personal History of David Copperfield

Best Cinematography
Benjamin Kracun – Beats

Best Costume Design
Suzie Harman; Robert Worley – The Personal History of David Copperfield

Best Editing (Sponsored by Intermission Film)
Chloe Lambourne; Simon McMahon – For Sama

Best Make-Up & Hair Design (Sponsored by MAC Cosmetics)
Jeremy Woodhead – Judy

Best Music (Sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group)
Jack Arnold – Wild Rose

Best Production Design (Sponsored by Studio Juice)
Cristina Casali – The Personal History of David Copperfield

Best Sound (Supported by Halo Post)
David Bowtle-McMillan; Joakim Sundstrom; Robert Farr – Beats

Best British Short Film (Supported by BFI Network)
Anna

Best International Independent Film (Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger)
Parasite

Special Jury Prize
Amanda Nevill

The Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Actor to British Film
Kristin Scott Thomas

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Other successful British indies celebrated by the awards were the Tom Harper directed Jessie Buckley led musical drama Wild Rose, the latest Peter Strickland film In Fabric and Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir which picked up 10, 9 and 8 nominations respectively.

The winners of the following categories will be announced at the British Independent Film Awards 2019 from Old Billingsgate, London on Sunday 1st December 2019:

Best British Independent Film

Bait
For Sama
The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Souvenir
Wild Rose

Best Director (Sponsored by Broadsword Event House)

Waad Al-Kateab; Edward Watts (For Sama)
Oliver Hermanus (Moffie)
Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir)
Mark Jenkin (The Bait)
Asif Kapadia (Diego Maradona)

Best Screenplay (Sponsored by BBC Films)

Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir)
Armando Ianucci; Simon Blackwell (The Personal History of David Copperfield)
Paul Laverty (Sorry We Missed You)
Peter Strickland (In Fabric)
Nicole Taylor (Wild Rose)

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose)
Holliday Grainger (Animals)
Sally Hawkins (Eternal Beauty)
Vicky Knight (Dirty God)
Renee Zellweger (Judy)

Best Actor 

Sam Adewunmi (The Last Tree)
Tom Burke (The Souvenir)
Kris Hitchin (Sorry We Missed You)
Josh O’Connor (Only You)
Dev Patel (The Personal History of David Copperfield)

Best Supporting Actress

Jessica Barden (Scarborough)
Ruthxjiah Bellenea (The Last Tree)
Elizabeth Debicki (Vita & Virginia)
Tilda Swinton (The Personal History of David Copperfield)
Julie Walters (Wild Rose)

Best Supporting Actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor (The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind)
Hugh Laurie (The Personal History of David Copperfield)
Edlison Manuel Olbera Nunez (Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story)
Peter Mullan (The Vanishing)
Bluey Robinson (Dirty God)

The Douglas Hickox Award – Debut Director (Sponsored by Kodak & Pinewood)

Will Becher; Richard Phelan (A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon)
Fyzal Boulifa (Lynn + Lucy)
Ninian Doff (Boyz in the Wind)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind)
Harry Wootliff (Only You)

Breakthrough Producer

Finn Bruce (Tucked)
Kate Byers; Linn Waite (Bait)
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor (Blue Story)
Becky Read (Three Identical Strangers)
Jake Sidey (Moffie)

Debut Screenwriter (Sponsored by Film4)

Kieran Hurley (Beats)
Lisa Owens (Days of the Bagnold Summer)
Nicole Taylor (Wild Rose)
Emma Jane Unsworth (Animals)
Harry Wootliff (Only You)

Most Promising Newcomer

Sam Adewunmi (The Last Tree)
Vicky Knight (Dirty God)
Lorn Macdonald (Beats)
Roxanne Scrimshaw (Lynn + Lucy)
Honor Swinton Byrne (The Souvenir)

Best Documentary

Coup 53
Diego Maradona
For Sama
Seahorse
Tell Me Who I Am

The Raindance Discovery Award

The Bump Along the Way
Children of the Snow Land
Here for Life
Muscle
The Street

Best British Short Film (Supported by BFI Network)

Anna
Boiling Point
The Devil’s Harmony
Goldfish
Serious Tingz

Best International Independent Film (Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger)

Ash Is Purest White
Marriage Story
Monos
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best Casting (Sponsored by Casting Society of America & Spotlight)

Shaheen Baig (In Fabric)
Shaheen Baig; Aisha Bywaters (The Last Tree)
Kahleen Crawford; Caroline Stewart (Only You)
Kahleen Crawford (Wild Rose)
Sarah Crowe (The Personal History of David Copperfield)

Best Cinematography

Ole Bratt Birkeland (Judy)
Benjamin Kracun (Beats)
Zac Nicholson (The Personal History of David Copperfield)
Jamie D Ramsay (Moffie)
Ari Wegner (In Fabric)

Best Costume Design 

Suzie Harmon; Robert Worley (The Personal History of David Copperfield)
Anna Mary Scott Robbins (Wild Rose)
Grace Snell (The Souvenir)
Jany Temime (Judy)
Jo Thompson (In Fabric)

Best Editing (Sponsored by Intermission Film)

Mick Audsley; Peter Lambert (The Personal History of David Copperfield)
Mark Jenkin (Bait)
Chris King (Diego Maradona)
Chloe Lambourne; Simon McMahon (For Sama)
Helle Le Fevre (The Souvenir)

Best Effects

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
In Fabric
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Best Make-Up & Hair Design (Sponsored by Mac Cosmetics)

Morten Jacobsen; Rogier Samuels; Lindelotte van der Meer (Dirty God)
Karen Hartley-Thomas (The Personal History of David Copperfield)
Emma Scott (In Fabric)
Jody Williams (Wild Rose)
Jeremy Woodhead (Judy)

Best Music (Sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group)

Jack Arnold (Wild Rose)
Cavern of Anti-Matter (In Fabric)
Nainita Desai (For Sama)
Antonio Pinto (Diego Maradona)
JD Twitch; Penelope Trappes; Stephen Hindman (Beats)

Best Production Design (Sponsored by Studio Juice)

Cristina Casali (The Personal History of David Copperfield)
Stephane Collonge (The Souvenir)
Kave Quinn (Judy)
Anne Siebel (The White Crow)
Paki Smith (In Fabric)

Best Sound (Supported by Halo Post)

Gwen
Beats
Diego Maradona
Wild Rose
In Fabric

We have reviews of the following nominated films:

• The Last Tree
• Portrait of A Lady on Fire
• Sorry We Missed You
• The Souvenir
• Wild Rose

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The ceremony, held to honour the best of films made for under £10million, intended for theatrical release and at least co-produced by a British company, also honoured Dame Judi Dench by awarding her the Richard Harris Award. The ceremony also celebrated awards season favourite Roma in the event which was hosted by actor Russell Tovey.

Here’s the full list of winners:

Best British Independent Film – The Favourite

American Animals
Beast
Disobedience
You Were Never Really Here

Best Screenplay (Supported by BBC Films) – Deborah Davis/Tony McNamara (The Favourite)

Bart Layton (American Animals)
Michael Pearce (Beast)
Sebastián Lelio/Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Disobedience)
Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Director (Sponsored by Broadsword Event House) – Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)

Bart Layton (American Animals)
Michael Pearce (Beast)
Andrew Haigh (Lean on Pete)
Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here)

Best British Short (Supported by BFI Network) – The Big Day

Bitter Sea
The Field
Pommel
To Know Him

Best Actor – Joe Cole (A Prayer Before Dawn)

Rupert Everett (The Happy Prince)
Charlie Plummer (Lean on Pete)
Steve Coogan (Stan & Ollie)
Joaquin Phoenix (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Actress (Sponsored by M.A.C Cosmetics)- Olivia Colman (The Favourite)

Jessie Buckley (Beast)
Rachel Weisz (Disobedience)
Gemma Arterton (The Escape)
Maxine Peake (Funny Cow)

Best Supporting Actor – Alessandro Nivola (Disobedience)

Evan Peters (American Animals)
Barry Keoghan (American Animals)
Dominic West (Colette)
Steve Buscemi (Lean on Pete)

Best Supporting Actress – Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)

Molly Wright (Apostasy)
Rachel McAdams (Disobedience)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Nina Arianda (Stan & Ollie)

Most Promising Newcomer – Jessie Buckley (Beast)

Molly Wright (Apostasy)
Michaela Cole (Been So Long)
Liv Hill (Jellyfish)
Marcus Rutherford (Obey)

The Discovery Award (Sponsored by Raindance) – Voyageuse

The Dig
Irene’s Ghost
A Moment in the Reeds
Super November

The Douglas Hickox Award: Debut Director (Sponsored by Kodak & Pinewood) – Richard Billingham (Ray & Liz)

Daniel Kokotajlo (Apostasy)
Michael Pearce (Beast)
Matt Palmer (Calibre)
Leanne Welham (Pili)

Debut Screenwriter – Bart Layton (American Animals)

Daniel Kokotajlo (Apostasy)
Michael Pearce (Beast)
Matt Palmer (Calibre)
Karen Gillan (The Party’s Just Beginning)

Best Documentary – Evelyn

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Island
Nae Pasaran
Under the Wire

Breakthrough Producer (Sponsored by Creativity Media) – Jacqui Davies (Ray & Liz)

Marcie MacLellan (Apostasy)
Kristian Brodie (Beast)
Anna Griffin (Calibre)
Faye Ward (Stan & Ollie)

Best International Independent Film (Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger) – Roma

Capernaum
Cold War
The Rider
Shoplifters

Best Casting (Sponsored by Casting Society of America & Spotlight) – Dixie Chassay (The Favourite)

Avy Kaufman (American Animals)
Michelle Smith (Apostasy)
Julie Harkin (Beast)
Andy Pryor (Stan & Ollie)

Best Cinematography (Supported by Blackmagic Design) – Robbie Ryan (The Favourite)

Ollie Bratt Birkeland (American Animals)
Magnus Nordenhof Jønck (Lean on Pete)
David Ungaro (A Prayer Before Dawn)
Tom Townend (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Costume Design – Sandy Powell (The Favourite)

Andrea Flesch (Colette)
Alyssa Tull (An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn)
Jacqueline Durran (Peterloo)
Guy Speranza (Stan & Ollie)

Best Editing (Sponsored by Intermission Film) – Nick Fenton/Julian Hart/Chris Gill (American Animals)

Yorgos Mavropsaridis (The Favourite)
Ben Wheatley (Happy New Year, Colin Burstead)
Marc Boucrot (A Prayer Before Dawn)
Joe Bini (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Make-Up & Hair Design – Nadia Stacey (The Favourite)

Ivana Primorac (Colette)
Christine Blundell (Peterloo)
Stacey Louise Holman (A Prayer Before Dawn)
Mark Coulier/Jeremy Woodhead (Stan & Ollie)

Best Music (Sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group) – Johnny Greenwood (You Were Never Really Here)

Anne Nikitin (American Animals)
Jim Williams (Beast)
Richard Hawley (Funny Cow)
Aaron Cupples (Island of the Hungry Ghosts)

Best Production Design – Fiona Crombie (The Favourite)

Michael Carlin (Colette)
Suzie Davies (Peterloo)
Beck Rainford (Ray & Liz)
John Paul Kelly (Stan & Ollie)

Best Sound (Supported by Silk Factory) – Johnnie Burn (The Favourite)

Andrew Stirk (American Animals)
Séverin Favriau (A Prayer Before Dawn)
CJ Mirra (Time Trial)
Paul Davies (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Effects – Howard Jones (Early Man)

Matthew Strange/Mark Wellband (Dead in a Week (or Your Money Back))
George Zwier/Paul Driver (Peterloo)

The Richard Harris Award (Life-Time Achievement) – Judi Dench

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The BIFAs are celebrating 20 years of awards in 2018 and will hold a ceremony to announce the winners at Old Billingsgate, London on Sunday 2nd December 2018. Here is the full list of nominees:

Best British Independent Film

American Animals
Beast
Disobedience
The Favourite
You Were Never Really Here

Best Screenplay (Supported by BBC Films)

Bart Layton (American Animals)
Michael Pearce (Beast)
Sebastián Lelio/Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Disobedience)
Deborah Davis/Tony McNamara (The Favourite)
Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Director (Sponsored by Broadsword Event House)

Bart Layton (American Animals)
Michael Pearce (Beast)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
Andrew Haigh (Lean on Pete)
Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here)

Best British Short (Supported by BFI Network)

The Big Day
Bitter Sea
The Field
Pommel
To Know Him

Best Actor

Rupert Everett (The Happy Prince)
Charlie Plummer (Lean on Pete)
Joe Cole (A Prayer Before Dawn)
Steve Coogan (Stan & Ollie)
Joaquin Phoenix (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Actress (Sponsored by M.A.C Cosmetics)

Jessie Buckley (Beast)
Rachel Weisz (Disobedience)
Gemma Arterton (The Escape)
Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Maxine Peake (Funny Cow)

Best Supporting Actor

Evan Peters (American Animals)
Barry Keoghan (American Animals)
Dominic West (Colette)
Alessandro Nivola (Disobedience)
Steve Buscemi (Lean on Pete)

Best Supporting Actress

Molly Wright (Apostasy)
Rachel McAdams (Disobedience)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Nina Arianda (Stan & Ollie)

Most Promising Newcomer

Molly Wright (Apostasy)
Jessie Buckley (Beast)
Michaela Cole (Been So Long)
Liv Hill (Jellyfish)
Marcus Rutherford (Obey)

The Discovery Award (Sponsored by Raindance)

The Dig
Irene’s Ghost
A Moment in the Reeds
Super November
Voyageuse

The Douglas Hickox Award – Debut Director (Sponsored by Kodak & Pinewood)

Daniel Kokotajlo (Apostasy)
Michael Pearce (Beast)
Matt Palmer (Calibre)
Leanne Welham (Pili)
Richard Billingham (Ray & Liz)

Debut Screenwriter

Bart Layton (American Animals)
Daniel Kokotajlo (Apostasy)
Michael Pearce (Beast)
Matt Palmer (Calibre)
Karen Gillan (The Party’s Just Beginning)

Best Documentary

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Evelyn
Island
Nae Pasaran
Under the Wire

Breakthrough Producer (Sponsored by Creativity Media)

Marcie MacLellan (Apostasy)
Kristian Brodie (Beast)
Anna Griffin (Calibre)
Jacqui Davies (Ray & Liz)
Faye Ward (Stan & Ollie)

Best International Independent Film (Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger)

Capernaum
Cold War
The Rider
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Casting (Sponsored by Casting Society of America & Spotlight)

Avy Kaufman (American Animals)
Michelle Smith (Apostasy)
Julie Harkin (Beast)
Dixie Chassay (The Favourite)
Andy Pryor (Stan & Ollie)

Best Cinematography (Supported by Blackmagic Design)

Ollie Bratt Birkeland (American Animals)
Robbie Ryan (The Favourite)
Magnus Nordenhof Jønck (Lean on Pete)
David Ungaro (A Prayer Before Dawn)
Tom Townend (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Costume Design

Andrea Flesch (Colette)
Alyssa Tull (An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn)
Sandy Powell (The Favourite)
Jacqueline Durran (Peterloo)
Guy Speranza (Stan & Ollie)

Best Editing (Sponsored by Intermission Film)

Nick Fenton/Julian Hart/Chris Gill (American Animals)
Yorgos Mavropsaridis (The Favourite)
Ben Wheatley (Happy New Year, Colin Burstead)
Marc Boucrot (A Prayer Before Dawn)
Joe Bini (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Make-Up & Hair Design

Ivana Primorac (Colette)
Nadia Stacey (The favourite)
Christine Blundell (Peterloo)
Stacey Louise Holman (A Prayer Before Dawn)
Mark Coulier/Jeremy Woodhead (Stan & Ollie)

Best Music (Sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group)

Anne Nikitin (American Animals)
Jim Williams (Beast)
Richard Hawley (Funny Cow)
Aaron Cupples (Island of the Hungry Ghosts)
Johnny Greenwood (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Production Design

Michael Carlin (Colette)
Fiona Crombie (The Favourite)
Suzie Davies (Peterloo)
Beck Rainford (Ray & Liz)
John Paul Kelly (Stan & Ollie)

Best Sound (Supported by Silk Factory)

Andrew Stirk (American Animals)
Johnnie Burn (The Favourite)
Séverin Favriau (A Prayer Before Dawn)
CJ Mirra (Time Trial)
Paul Davies (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Effects

Matthew Strange/Mark Wellband (Dead in a Week (or Your Money Back))
Howard Jones (Early Man)
George Zwier/Paul Driver (Peterloo)

Image: BIFA

Access the full list of 2017 BIFA winners here.

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