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BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS

    • AWARDS CENTRAL
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    British Independent Film Award

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    Best British Independent Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      All of Us Strangers

      7.6 (75K)
      Andrew Haigh
      Graham Broadbent
      Peter Czernin
      Sarah Harvey
    • [object Object]

      Femme

      7.3 (8K)
      Sam H. Freeman
      Ng Choon Ping
      Myles Payne
      Sam Ritzenberg
    • [object Object]

      How to Have Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      Molly Manning Walker
      Ivana MacKinnon
      Emily Leo
      Konstantinos Kontovrakis
    • [object Object]

      Rye Lane

      7.2 (15K)
      Raine Allen-Miller
      Nathan Bryon
      Tom Melia
      Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo
      Damian Jones
    • [object Object]

      Scrapper

      6.9 (7.9K)
      Charlotte Regan
      Theo Barrowclough

    Best British Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Festival of Slaps

      6.7 (114)
      Abdou Cisse
      Cheri Darbon
      George Telfer
    • [object Object]

      Christopher at Sea

      6.7 (116)
      Tom Brown
      Laure Desmazières
      Emmanuel-Alain Raynal
      Pierre Baussaron
      Amanda Miller
      E. Hanna Stolarski
      Nick Read
      Emily-Jane Brown
    • [object Object]

      Lions

      7.7 (19)
      Beru Tessema
      Ama Ampadu
    • [object Object]

      Muna

      7.1 (26)
      Warda Mohamed
      Angela Moneke
      Simon Hatton
    • [object Object]

      The Talent

      6.2 (192)
      Thomas May Bailey
      Emma D'Arcy
      Ellen Spence

    Best Casting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      How to Have Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      Isabella Odoffin
    • [object Object]

      All of Us Strangers

      7.6 (75K)
      Kahleen Crawford
    • [object Object]

      Earth Mama

      6.6 (1.2K)
      Salome Oggenfuss
      Geraldine Barón
      Abby Harri
    • [object Object]

      Rye Lane

      7.2 (15K)
      Kharmel Cochrane
    • [object Object]

      Scrapper

      6.9 (7.9K)
      Shaheen Baig

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      All of Us Strangers

      7.6 (75K)
      Jamie Ramsay
    • [object Object]

      The End We Start From

      5.9 (8.6K)
      Suzie Lavelle
    • [object Object]

      Femme

      7.3 (8K)
      James Rhodes
    • [object Object]

      Rye Lane

      7.2 (15K)
      Olan Collardy
    • [object Object]

      Scrapper

      6.9 (7.9K)
      Molly Manning Walker

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Femme

      7.3 (8K)
      Buki Ebiesuwa
    • [object Object]

      The End We Start From

      5.9 (8.6K)
      PC Williams
    • [object Object]

      How to Have Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      George Buxton
    • [object Object]

      Rye Lane

      7.2 (15K)
      Cynthia Lawrence-John
    • [object Object]

      Scrapper

      6.9 (7.9K)
      Oliver Cronk

    Best Debut Director - Feature Documentary

    • Winner
      • Chloe Abrahams
      • The Taste of Mango
    • Sophie Compton at an event for Another Body (2023)
      Reuben Hamlyn at an event for Another Body (2023)
      • Sophie Compton
      • Reuben Hamlyn
      • Another Body
      • Christopher Sharp
      • Bobi Wine: The People's President
      • Alice Russell
      • If the Streets Were on Fire
      • Ella Glendining
      • Is There Anybody Out There?

    Best Debut Screenwriter

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Polite Society

      6.6 (12K)
      Nida Manzoor
    • [object Object]

      Femme

      7.3 (8K)
      Sam H. Freeman
      Ng Choon Ping
    • [object Object]

      How to Have Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      Molly Manning Walker
    • [object Object]

      Rye Lane

      7.2 (15K)
      Nathan Bryon
      Tom Melia
    • [object Object]

      Scrapper

      6.9 (7.9K)
      Charlotte Regan

    Best Director

    • Andrew Haigh
      Winner
      • Andrew Haigh
      • All of Us Strangers
      • Sam H. Freeman
      • Ng Choon Ping
      • Femme
    • Molly Manning Walker at an event for Asteroid City (2023)
      • Molly Manning Walker
      • How to Have Sex
    • Raine Allen-Miller at an event for Rye Lane (2023)
      • Raine Allen-Miller
      • Rye Lane
    • Charlotte Regan at an event for Scrapper (2023)
      • Charlotte Regan
      • Scrapper

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      All of Us Strangers

      7.6 (75K)
      Jonathan Alberts
    • [object Object]

      Bobi Wine: The People's President

      7.1 (1.9K)
      Paul Carlin
    • [object Object]

      The End We Start From

      5.9 (8.6K)
      Arttu Salmi
    • [object Object]

      High & Low - John Galliano

      7.1 (1.4K)
      Avdhesh Mohla
    • [object Object]

      Rye Lane

      7.2 (15K)
      Victoria Boydell

    Best Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Kitchen

      4.8 (8.8K)
      Jonathan Gales
      Richard Baker
    • [object Object]

      The End We Start From

      5.9 (8.6K)
      Theodor Groeneboom
    • [object Object]

      Polite Society

      6.6 (12K)
      Paddy Eason

    Best Feature Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      If the Streets Were on Fire

      8.0 (74)
      Alice Russell
      Gannesh Rajah
    • [object Object]

      Another Body

      6.4 (502)
      Sophie Compton
      Reuben Hamlyn
      Isabel Freeman
      Elizabeth Woodward
    • [object Object]

      Bobi Wine: The People's President

      7.1 (1.9K)
      Moses Bwayo
      Christopher Sharp
      John Battsek
    • [object Object]

      Lyra

      7.7 (162)
      Alison Millar
      Jackie Doyle
    • [object Object]

      Occupied City

      6.6 (989)
      Steve McQueen
      Bianca Stigter
      Floor Onrust
      Anna Smith Tenser

    Best International Independent Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Anatomy of a Fall

      7.6 (183K)
      Justine Triet
      Arthur Harari
      Marie-Ange Luciani
      David Thion
    • [object Object]

      Fallen Leaves

      7.3 (35K)
      Aki Kaurismäki
      Misha Jaari
      Mark Lwoff
      Reinhard Brundig
    • [object Object]

      Fremont

      6.9 (3.9K)
      Babak Jalali
      Carolina Cavalli
      Marjaneh Moghimi
      Sudnya Shroff
      Rachael Fung
    • [object Object]

      Monster

      7.8 (38K)
      Hirokazu Koreeda
      Yûji Sakamoto
      Genki Kawamura
      Kenji Yamada
      Taichi Itô
      Hijiri Taguchi
    • [object Object]

      Past Lives

      7.8 (162K)
      Celine Song
      David Hinojosa
      Christine Vachon
      Pamela Koffler

    Best Joint Lead Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Femme

      7.3 (8K)
      Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
      George MacKay
    • [object Object]

      Rye Lane

      7.2 (15K)
      David Jonsson
      Vivian Oparah
    • [object Object]

      Scrapper

      6.9 (7.9K)
      Lola Campbell
      Harris Dickinson

    Best Lead Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      How to Have Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      Mia McKenna-Bruce
    • [object Object]

      All of Us Strangers

      7.6 (75K)
      Andrew Scott
    • [object Object]

      Earth Mama

      6.6 (1.2K)
      Tia Nomore
    • [object Object]

      The End We Start From

      5.9 (8.6K)
      Jodie Comer
    • [object Object]

      The Eternal Daughter

      5.9 (7.3K)
      Tilda Swinton
    • [object Object]

      In Camera

      5.7 (299)
      Nabhaan Rizwan

    Best Makeup & Hair Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Femme

      7.3 (8K)
      Marie Deehan
    • [object Object]

      All of Us Strangers

      7.6 (75K)
      Zoe Clare Brown
    • [object Object]

      How to Have Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      Natasha Lawes
    • [object Object]

      Polite Society

      6.6 (12K)
      Claire Carter
    • [object Object]

      Rye Lane

      7.2 (15K)
      Bianca Simone Scott

    Best Music Supervision

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      All of Us Strangers

      7.6 (75K)
      Connie Farr
    • [object Object]

      Femme

      7.3 (8K)
      Ciara Elwis
    • [object Object]

      Rye Lane

      7.2 (15K)
      David Fish

    Best Original Music

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rye Lane

      7.2 (15K)
      Kwes
    • [object Object]

      The End We Start From

      5.9 (8.6K)
      Anna Meredith
    • [object Object]

      Femme

      7.3 (8K)
      Adam Janota Bzowski
    • [object Object]

      Girl

      6.1 (149)
      Ré Olunuga
    • [object Object]

      Scrapper

      6.9 (7.9K)
      Patrick Jonsson

    Best Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Kitchen

      4.8 (8.8K)
      Nathan Parker
    • [object Object]

      All of Us Strangers

      7.6 (75K)
      Sarah Finlay
    • [object Object]

      The End We Start From

      5.9 (8.6K)
      Laura Ellis Cricks
    • [object Object]

      Rye Lane

      7.2 (15K)
      Anna Rhodes
    • [object Object]

      Scrapper

      6.9 (7.9K)
      Elena Muntoni

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      All of Us Strangers

      7.6 (75K)
      Andrew Haigh
    • [object Object]

      Scrapper

      6.9 (7.9K)
      Charlotte Regan
    • [object Object]

      Femme

      7.3 (8K)
      Ng Choon Ping
      Sam H. Freeman
    • [object Object]

      How to Have Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      Molly Manning Walker
    • [object Object]

      Rye Lane

      7.2 (15K)
      Nathan Bryon
      Tom Melia

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Enys Men

      5.6 (4.2K)
      Mark Jenkin
    • [object Object]

      All of Us Strangers

      7.6 (75K)
      Stevie Haywood
      Joakim Sundström
      Per Boström
    • [object Object]

      The End We Start From

      5.9 (8.6K)
      Jens Rosenlund Petersen
      Amy Felton
      Joe Jackson
      Tim Cavagin
      Lori Dovi
    • [object Object]

      How to Have Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      Steve Fanagan
    • [object Object]

      Scrapper

      6.9 (7.9K)
      Ben Baird
      Jack Wensley
      Adam Fletcher
      Alexej Mungersdorff

    Best Supporting Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      All of Us Strangers

      7.6 (75K)
      Paul Mescal
      Tied with Shaun Thomas for How to Have Sex (2023).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      How to Have Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      Shaun Thomas
      Tied with Paul Mescal for All of Us Strangers (2023).
    • [object Object]

      All of Us Strangers

      7.6 (75K)
      Jamie Bell
    • [object Object]

      All of Us Strangers

      7.6 (75K)
      Claire Foy
    • [object Object]

      Drift

      6.3 (799)
      Alia Shawkat
    • [object Object]

      The End We Start From

      5.9 (8.6K)
      Katherine Waterston
    • [object Object]

      How to Have Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      Samuel Bottomley
    • [object Object]

      In Camera

      5.7 (299)
      Amir El-Masry
    • [object Object]

      Polite Society

      6.6 (12K)
      Ritu Arya
    • [object Object]

      Pretty Red Dress

      6.5 (645)
      Alexandra Burke

    Breakthrough Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rye Lane

      7.2 (15K)
      Vivian Oparah
    • [object Object]

      Girl

      6.1 (149)
      Le'Shantey Bonsu
    • [object Object]

      How to Have Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      Mia McKenna-Bruce
    • [object Object]

      Polite Society

      6.6 (12K)
      Priya Kansara
    • [object Object]

      Scrapper

      6.9 (7.9K)
      Lola Campbell

    Breakthrough Producer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Scrapper

      6.9 (7.9K)
      Theo Barrowclough
    • [object Object]

      If the Streets Were on Fire

      8.0 (74)
      Gannesh Rajah
    • [object Object]

      Pretty Red Dress

      6.5 (645)
      Georgia Goggin
    • [object Object]

      Raging Grace

      5.8 (2.8K)
      Chi Thai
    • [object Object]

      Rye Lane

      7.2 (15K)
      Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo

    Douglas Hickox Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Earth Mama

      6.6 (1.2K)
      Savanah Leaf
    • [object Object]

      Femme

      7.3 (8K)
      Sam H. Freeman
      Ng Choon Ping
    • [object Object]

      How to Have Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      Molly Manning Walker
    • [object Object]

      Rye Lane

      7.2 (15K)
      Raine Allen-Miller
    • [object Object]

      Scrapper

      6.9 (7.9K)
      Charlotte Regan

    Richard Harris Award

    Edit
    • Stephen Graham
      Winner
      • Stephen Graham

    Maverick Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      If the Streets Were on Fire

      8.0 (74)
      Alice Russell
      Gannesh Rajah
    • [object Object]

      Is There Anybody Out There?

      7.2 (209)
      Ella Glendining
      Janine Marmot
    • [object Object]

      Name Me Lawand

      7.4 (227)
      Edward Lovelace
    • [object Object]

      Raging Grace

      5.8 (2.8K)
      Paris Zarcilla
      Chi Thai
    • [object Object]

      Red Herring

      8.1 (58)
      Kit Vincent
      Edward Owles

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    Academy Awards, USABAFTA AwardsBerlin International Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalCritics Choice AwardsDirectors Guild of America, USAFilm Independent Spirit AwardsGolden Globes, USAGrammy AwardsMumbai Film FestivalPGA AwardsPrimetime Emmy AwardsScreen Actors Guild AwardsSundance Film FestivalSXSW Film FestivalToronto International Film FestivalTribeca Film FestivalVenice Film FestivalWriters Guild of America, USA

    Event location

    England, UK

    Event links

    • http://www.bifa.org.uk/

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