The winners for the 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) representing the best in independent British film have been announced. Here are this year’s winners…
Best British Independent Film
KNEECAP – Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling
LOVE LIES BLEEDING – Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL – Rungano Nyoni, Tim Cole, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe
THE OUTRUN – Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan
SANTOSH – Sandhya Suri, Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Balthazar de Ganay, Alan McAlex
Best International Independent Film
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT – Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim, Julien Graff
ANORA – Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan
LA CHIMERA – Alice Rohrwacher, Carlo Cresto-Dina, Paolo Del Brocco
NO OTHER LAND – Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Fabrien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG – Mohammad Rasoulof, Rozita Hendijanian, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner
Best Director
ANDREA ARNOLD – Bird
NORA FINGSCHEIDT – The Outrun
ROSE GLASS – Love Lies Bleeding
RUNGANO NYONI – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
RICH PEPPIATT – Kneecap
Best Lead Performance
RADHIKA APTE – Sister Midnight
SUSAN CHARDY – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE – Hard Truths
ELLIOT PAGE – Close to You
SAOIRSE RONAN – The Outrun
ALICIA VIKANDER – The Assessment
Best Supporting Performance
MICHELE AUSTIN – Hard Truths
ELIZABETH CHISELA – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
BARRY KEOGHAN – Bird
JACK O’CONNELL – Back to Black
FRANZ ROGOWSKI – Bird
HAYLEY SQUIRES – Hoard
Best Joint Lead Performance
JOSEPH QUINN, SAURA LIGHTFOOT LEON – Hoard
KATY O’BRIAN, KRISTEN STEWART – Love Lies Bleeding
LIAM ÓG Ó HANNAIDH, NAOISE Ó CAIREALLÁIN, JJ Ó DOCHARTAIGH – Kneecap
JASON PATEL, BEN HARDY – Unicorns
Best Screenplay
NORA FINGSCHEIDT, AMY LIPTROT – The Outrun
ROSE GLASS, WERONIKA TOFILSKA – Love Lies Bleeding
RUNGANO NYONI – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
RICH PEPPIATT – Kneecap
SANDHYA SURI – Santosh
The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)
CHRISTOPHER ANDREWS – Bring Them Down
LUNA CARMOON – Hoard
JAMES KRISHNA FLOYD – Unicorns [also directed by Sally El Hosaini]
KARAN KANDHARI – Sister Midnight
RICH PEPPIATT – Kneecap
Breakthrough Producer
HOLLIE BRYAN, LUCY MEER – The Ceremony
BALTHAZAR DE GANAY, JAMES BOWSHER – Santosh [also produced by Mike Goodridge, Alan McAlex]
JACOB SWAN HYAM – Bring Them Down [also produced by also produced by Julianne Ford, Ivana MacKinnon, Jean-Yves Roubin, Ruth Treacey, Cassandre Warnauts]
BEN TOYE – Treading Water
REBECCA WOLFF – Grand Theft Hamlet [also produced by Julia Ton]
Breakthrough Performance
NYKIYA ADAMS – Bird
SUSAN CHARDY – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
SAURA LIGHTFOOT-LEON – Hoard
RUARIDH MOLLICA – Sebastian
JASON PATEL – Unicorns
Best Debut Screenwriter
JAMES KRISHNA FLOYD – Unicorns
KARAN KANDHARI – Sister Midnight
RICH PEPPIATT – Kneecap
SANDHYA SURI – Santosh
MRS & MR THOMAS – The Assessment [also written by John Donnelly]
Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary
PINNY GRYLLS, SAM CRANE – Grand Theft Hamlet
MANON OUIMET, JACOB PERLMUTTER – Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other
RACHEL RAMSAY – Copa 71 [also directed by James Erskine]
CLAIR TITLEY – The Contestant
The Raindance Maverick Award
THE CEREMONY – Jack King, Hollie Bryan, Lucy Meer
GRAND THEFT HAMLET – Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton, Rebecca Wolff
RESTLESS – Jed Hart, Benedict Turnbull
SATU – THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT – Joshua Trigg
WITCHES – Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura, Manon Ardisson
Best Feature Documentary
THE CONTESTANT – Clair Titley, Megumi Inman, Andee Ryder, Amit Dey, Ian Bonhôte
GRAND THEFT HAMLET – Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton, Rebecca Wolff
SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY – Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford
TWO STRANGERS TRYING NOT TO KILL EACH OTHER – Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet, Signe Byrge Sørensen
WITCHES – Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura, Manon Ardisson
Best British Short Film
DELIVERY – Ben Lankester, Bophanie Lun, Joe Binks
HOUSEWARMING – Liam White, Guy Lindley
MEAT PUPPET – Eros V, Masha Thorpe, Leah Draws
A MOVE – Elahe Esmaili, Hossein Behboudi Rad
WANDER TO WONDER – Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Daan Bakker, Maarten Swart
Best Casting
HEATHER BASTEN – Hoard
ISABELLA ODOFFIN – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
LUCY PARDEE – Bird
CARLA STRONGE – Kneecap
MARY VERNIEU, LINDSAY GRAHAM AHANONU – Love Lies Bleeding
Best Cinematography
PAWEL EDELMAN – Lee
BEN FORDESMAN – Love Lies Bleeding
ROB HARDY – Civil War
YUNUS ROY IMER – The Outrun
RYAN KERNAGHAN – Kneecap
Best Costume Design
ZJENA GLAMOCANIN – Kneecap
MEGHAN KASPERLIK – Civil War
OLGA MILL – Love Lies Bleeding
NIRAGE MIRAGE – Unicorns
MICHAEL O’CONNOR – Firebrand
Best Editing
STEPHEN BECHINGER – The Outrun
JOE BINI – Bird
MARGARIDA CARTAXO, STUART DAVIDSON – Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
JAKE ROBERTS – Civil War
JULIAN ULRICHS, CHRIS GILL – Kneecap
Best Effects
JAMES ALLEN – Love Lies Bleeding
GLEN MCGUIGAN, INGO PUTZE – Lee
DAVID SIMPSON – Civil War
Best Music Supervision
IAIN COOKE, GILES MARTIN – Back to Black
KLE SAVIDGE – Sister Midnight
GARY WELCH, JEANETTE REHNSTROM – Kneecap
Best Make-Up & Hair Design
MEGAN DAUM, FRIEDA VALENZUELA – Love Lies Bleeding
PETA DUNSTALL – Back to Black
KAT MORGAN – The Outrun
LISA MUSTAFA – Unicorns
JENNY SHIRCORE – Firebrand
Best Original Music
MICHAEL ‘MIKEY J’ ASANTE – Kneecap
BURIAL – Bird
STUART EARL – Unicorns
JOHN GÜRTLER, JAN MISERRE – The Outrun
CLINT MANSELL – Love Lies Bleeding
Best Production Design
BOBBIE COUSINS – Hoard
JAN HOULLEVIGUE – The Assessment
KATIE HICKMAN – Love Lies Bleeding
CATY MAXEY – Civil War
NICOLA MORONEY – Kneecap
Best Sound
LOUISE BURTON, BRENDAN REHILL, AZA HAND, SIMON KERR – Kneecap
PAUL DAVIES, ANDREW STIRK, LINDA FORSÉN, ROSE BLADH, TIM BURNS – Love Lies Bleeding
GLEN FREEMANTLE – Civil War
DOMINIK LEUBE, OSCAR STIEBITZ, JONATHAN SCHORR, GREGOR BONSE – The Outrun
MIKE PRESTWOOD SMITH, CSABA MAJOR, JIMMY BOYLE – Lee
Special Jury Prize – Fully Focused | Million Youth Media
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