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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

      Pillion

      7.4 (2K)
      Emma Norton
      Harry Lighton
      Lee Groombridge
      Ed Guiney
      Andrew Lowe
    • [object Object]

      The Ballad of Wallis Island

      7.4 (16K)
      Rupert Majendie
      James Griffiths
      Tom Basden
      Tim Key
    • [object Object]

      I Swear

      8.5 (6.5K)
      Piers Tempest
      Kirk Jones
      Georgia Bayliff
    • [object Object]

      My Fathers Shadow

      7.3 (383)
      Funmbi Ogunbanwo
      Akinola Davies
      Wale Davies
      Rachel Dargavel
    • [object Object]

      Urchin

      6.8 (2.3K)
      Archie Pearch
      Harris Dickinson
      Scott O'Donnell

    Best British Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Magid / Zafar

      8.2 (27)
      Aidan Robert Brooks
      Luís Hindman
      Sufiyaan Salam
    • [object Object]

      Flock

      7.3 (6)
      Mac Nixon
      Matt Ashwell
      Daley Nixon
    • [object Object]

      A Sisyphean Task

      8.9 (12)
      Gus Flind-Henry
      George Malcher
      Sufiyaan Salam
    • [object Object]

      Stomach Bug

      7.3 (61)
      Matty Crawford
      Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou
    • [object Object]

      Two Black Boys in Paradise

      6.6 (71)
      Dean Atta
      Ben Jackson
      Baz Sells

    Best Casting, sponsored by Casting Society & Spotlight

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Swear

      8.5 (6.5K)
      Lauren Evans
    • [object Object]

      Brides

      6.7 (159)
      Shaheen Baig
    • [object Object]

      Steve

      6.4 (15K)
      Robert Sterne
    • [object Object]

      Urchin

      6.8 (2.3K)
      Shaheen Baig
    • [object Object]

      Warfare

      7.2 (98K)
      Kharmel Cochrane

    Best Cinematography, sponsored by Kodak & Molinare

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Die My Love

      6.1 (25K)
      Seamus McGarvey
    • [object Object]

      H Is for Hawk

      7.0 (111)
      Charlotte Bruus Christensen
    • [object Object]

      Mother Vera

      7.4 (48)
      Cécile Embleton
    • [object Object]

      My Fathers Shadow

      7.3 (383)
      Jermaine Canute Edwards
    • [object Object]

      Lumière pâle sur les collines

      6.8 (288)
      Piotr Niemyjski

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pillion

      7.4 (2K)
      Grace Snell
    • [object Object]

      100 Nights of Hero

      6.0 (701)
      Susie Coulthard
    • [object Object]

      My Fathers Shadow

      7.3 (383)
      PC Williams
    • [object Object]

      Lumière pâle sur les collines

      6.8 (288)
      Matthew Price
      Sayaka Takahashi
    • [object Object]

      Tornado

      5.6 (3.5K)
      Kirsty Halliday

    Best Debut Director - Feature Documentary

    • Winner
      • Myrid Carten
      • A Want in Her
      • Toby Robson
      • Poised
      • Cécile Embleton
      • Alys Tomlinson
      • Mother Vera
      • Victoria Mapplebeck
      • Motherboard

    Best Debut Screenwriter, Sponsored by Film4

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pillion

      7.4 (2K)
      Harry Lighton
    • [object Object]

      The Ballad of Wallis Island

      7.4 (16K)
      Tom Basden
      Tim Key
    • [object Object]

      My Fathers Shadow

      7.3 (383)
      Wale Davies
    • [object Object]

      On Falling

      7.1 (1.5K)
      Laura Carreira
    • [object Object]

      Wasteman

      8.0 (88)
      Hunter Andrews
      Eoin Doran

    Best Director, Sponsored by Sky Cinema

    • Akinola Davies
      Winner
      • Akinola Davies
      • My Fathers Shadow
    • Lynne Ramsay
      • Lynne Ramsay
      • Die My Love
    • Kirk Jones
      • Kirk Jones
      • I Swear
    • Laura Carreira
      • Laura Carreira
      • On Falling
    • Harry Lighton
      • Harry Lighton
      • Pillion

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Warfare

      7.2 (98K)
      Fin Oates
    • [object Object]

      LifeHack

      6.0 (294)
      Sasha Kletsov(as Aleksandr Kletsov)
      Ronan Corrigan
    • [object Object]

      My Fathers Shadow

      7.3 (383)
      Omar Guzmán(as Omar Guzman Castro)
    • [object Object]

      One to One: John & Yoko

      7.2 (1.4K)
      Sam Rice-Edwards
    • [object Object]

      Pillion

      7.4 (2K)
      Gareth C. Scales

    Best Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Warfare

      7.2 (98K)
      Simon Stanley-Clamp
      Ryan Conder
    • [object Object]

      Die My Love

      6.1 (25K)
      Victor Tomi
    • [object Object]

      The Thing with Feathers

      5.9 (1.5K)
      Conor O'Sullivan
      Martin Malmqvist
      Hayley J. Williams

    Best Ensemble Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Warfare

      7.2 (98K)
      Charles Melton
      Cosmo Jarvis
      D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
      Will Poulter
      Kit Connor
      Finn Bennett
      Joseph Quinn

    Best Feature Documentary, Sponsored by Intermission Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Want in Her

      7.3 (48)
      Kat Mansoor
      Myrid Carten
      Tadhg O'Sullivan
      Roisin Geraghty
    • [object Object]

      Les empoisonneurs de Poutine

      7.4 (247)
      David Moulton
      James Jones
    • [object Object]

      Mother Vera

      7.4 (48)
      Cécile Embleton
      Alys Tomlinson
      Laura Shacham
    • [object Object]

      Motherboard

      7.2 (53)
      Victoria Mapplebeck
    • [object Object]

      The Shepherd and the Bear

      7.8 (46)
      Jesse Moss
      Max Keegan
      Elizabeth Woodward
      Amanda McBaine

    Best International Independent Film, Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Valeur sentimentale

      7.9 (20K)
      Joachim Trier
      Eskil Vogt
      Maria Ekerhovd
      Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
    • [object Object]

      Un simple accident

      7.6 (12K)
      Jafar Panahi
      Philippe Martin
    • [object Object]

      Sirāt

      7.0 (12K)
      Esther García
      Oliver Laxe
      Santiago Fillol
      Domingo Corral
      Oriol Maymó
      Andrea Queralt
      Mani Mortazavi
      Xavi Font
      Pedro Almodóvar
      Agustín Almodóvar
    • [object Object]

      Sorry, Baby

      7.2 (15K)
      Adele Romanski
      Mark Ceryak
      Barry Jenkins
      Eva Victor
    • [object Object]

      Les échos du passé

      7.1 (2.1K)
      Mascha Schilinski
      Louise Peter
      Maren Schmitt
      Lucas Schmidt

    Best Joint Lead Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Ballad of Wallis Island

      7.4 (16K)
      Tim Key
      Tom Basden
    • [object Object]

      Brides

      6.7 (159)
      Ebada Hassan
      Safiyya Ingar
    • [object Object]

      Dragonfly

      7.5 (242)
      Andrea Riseborough
      Brenda Blethyn

    Best Lead Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Swear

      8.5 (6.5K)
      Robert Aramayo
    • [object Object]

      Die My Love

      6.1 (25K)
      Jennifer Lawrence
    • [object Object]

      Pillion

      7.4 (2K)
      Harry Melling
    • [object Object]

      Steve

      6.4 (15K)
      Cillian Murphy
    • [object Object]

      Urchin

      6.8 (2.3K)
      Frank Dillane
    • [object Object]

      Wasteman

      8.0 (88)
      David Jonsson

    Best Makeup & Hair Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pillion

      7.4 (2K)
      Diandra Ferreira
    • [object Object]

      100 Nights of Hero

      6.0 (701)
      Natasha Lawes
    • [object Object]

      Die My Love

      6.1 (25K)
      Colleen LaBaff
      Miho Suzuki
    • [object Object]

      My Fathers Shadow

      7.3 (383)
      Kehinde Are
      Feyzo Oyebisi
    • [object Object]

      Warfare

      7.2 (98K)
      Paul Gooch
      Tristan Versluis

    Best Music Supervision

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Die My Love

      6.1 (25K)
      Ian Neil
      Raife Burchell
    • [object Object]

      Urchin

      6.8 (2.3K)
      Bridget Samuels
    • [object Object]

      Wasteman

      8.0 (88)
      Phil Canning

    Best Original Music, sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Ballad of Wallis Island

      7.4 (16K)
      Tom Basden
      Adem Ilhan
    • [object Object]

      Anemone

      5.6 (5.7K)
      Bobby Krlic
    • [object Object]

      My Fathers Shadow

      7.3 (383)
      CJ Mirra
      Duval Timothy
    • [object Object]

      Ocean with David Attenborough

      8.5 (4.7K)
      Steven Price
    • [object Object]

      Tornado

      5.6 (3.5K)
      Jed Kurzel

    Best Production Design, sponsored by ATC & Broadsword

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Harvest

      6.0 (1.8K)
      Nathan Parker
    • [object Object]

      100 Nights of Hero

      6.0 (701)
      Sofia Sacomani
    • [object Object]

      Die My Love

      6.1 (25K)
      Tim Grimes
    • [object Object]

      My Fathers Shadow

      7.3 (383)
      Jennifer Anti
      Pablo Anti
    • [object Object]

      Warfare

      7.2 (98K)
      Mark Digby

    Best Screenplay, Sponsored by Apple Original Films

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Ballad of Wallis Island

      7.4 (16K)
      Tom Basden
      Tim Key
    • [object Object]

      I Swear

      8.5 (6.5K)
      Kirk Jones
    • [object Object]

      My Fathers Shadow

      7.3 (383)
      Wale Davies
    • [object Object]

      On Falling

      7.1 (1.5K)
      Laura Carreira
    • [object Object]

      Pillion

      7.4 (2K)
      Harry Lighton

    Best Sound Sponsored by Bleat

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Warfare

      7.2 (98K)
      Glenn Freemantle
      Mitch Low
      Howard Bargroff
      Ben Barker
      Richard Spooner
      (Sound Team)
    • [object Object]

      Anemone

      5.6 (5.7K)
      Steve Fanagan
      Stevie Haywood
    • [object Object]

      Die My Love

      6.1 (25K)
      Tim Burns
      Ron Osiowy
      Paul Davies
      Linda Forsén
      Andrew Stirk
    • [object Object]

      Ish

      7.5 (29)
      Rob Davidson
      Nina Hartstone
      Jake Whitelee
      Jens Rosenlund Petersen
      Mike Tehrani
    • [object Object]

      My Fathers Shadow

      7.3 (383)
      Pius Fatoke
      CJ Mirra
      James Ridgway
      Joe Jackson
      Adele Fletcher

    Best Supporting Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Steve

      6.4 (15K)
      Jay Lycurgo
    • [object Object]

      I Swear

      8.5 (6.5K)
      Maxine Peake
    • [object Object]

      I Swear

      8.5 (6.5K)
      Peter Mullan
    • [object Object]

      I Swear

      8.5 (6.5K)
      Scott Ellis Watson
    • [object Object]

      Pillion

      7.4 (2K)
      Alexander Skarsgård
    • [object Object]

      Wasteman

      8.0 (88)
      Tom Blyth

    Breakthrough Performance, sponsored by Netflix

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lollipop

      7.3 (135)
      Posy Sterling
    • [object Object]

      Brides

      6.7 (159)
      Ebada Hassan
    • [object Object]

      Brides

      6.7 (159)
      Safiyya Ingar
    • [object Object]

      I Swear

      8.5 (6.5K)
      Scott Ellis Watson
    • [object Object]

      The Son and the Sea

      6.8 (25)
      Connor Tompkins

    Breakthrough Producer, Sponsored by Pinewood, and Shepperton Studios

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ish

      7.5 (29)
      Dhiraj Mahey
    • [object Object]

      LifeHack

      6.0 (294)
      Joann Kushner
    • [object Object]

      Palestinian Comedy Club

      8.2 (6)
      Charlotte Knowles
    • [object Object]

      Shoot the People

      8.0 (17)
      Wyn Baptiste
    • [object Object]

      Urchin

      6.8 (2.3K)
      Archie Pearch

    Cinema of the Year

    • Winner
        For "The Magic Lantern Cinema"
        • For "Depot Cinema"
          • For "Montrose Playhouse"
            • For "Queen’s Film Theatre"
              • For "Watershed"

              Douglas Hickox Award

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              Best Debut Director, Sponsored by BBC FILM

              • Winner
                • Cal McMau
                • Wasteman
              • Akinola Davies
                • Akinola Davies
                • My Fathers Shadow
              • Laura Carreira
                • Laura Carreira
                • On Falling
              • Harry Lighton
                • Harry Lighton
                • Pillion
              • Harris Dickinson
                • Harris Dickinson
                • Urchin

              Richard Harris Award

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              • Emily Watson
                Winner
                • Emily Watson

              Maverick Award

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              • [object Object]
                Winner

                A Want in Her

                7.3 (48)
                Myrid Carten
              • [object Object]

                Foul Evil Deeds

                7.0 (41)
                Richard Hunter
              • [object Object]

                Holloway

                7.8 (26)
                Stella Heath Keir
                Sophie Compton
                Daisy-May Hudson
                Alice Hughes
                Polly Creed
              • [object Object]

                Mother Vera

                7.4 (48)
                Cécile Embleton
                Alys Tomlinson
                Laura Shacham
              • [object Object]

                Motherboard

                7.2 (53)
                Victoria Mapplebeck

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              England, UK

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              • http://www.bifa.org.uk/

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