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Paul Marquess and Susanne Farrell, who worked together on long-running British cop drama The Bill, have teamed up on a new British crime drama for the BBC and BritBox North America.

They have created Hope Street, set in the fictional town of Port Devine on the Northern Ireland coast.

It stars The Night Of’s Amara Khan as English Detective Constable Alimah Kahn, the first Muslim police officer in the town’s history.

Combining a long-running serial narrative with self-contained crime stories in each episode, the cast also includes Brid Brennan (Brooklyn), Des McAleer (The Crown) and Ciaran McMenamin (Primeval).

It will air exclusively on BritBox North America in the UK and Canada and on BBC Daytime and BBC Northern Ireland.

Created by Farrell and Marquess, Farrell writes alongside Jess Lea, Christine Murphy, Stuart Drennan, and Shazia Rashid. It is exec produced by Donna Wiffen and Marquess for Long Story TV.

BritBox North America, the BBC Studios and ITV-backed SVOD service specializing in British content, and the BBC have commissioned crime drama “Hope Street.”

The ensemble serial is set in the fictional town of Port Devine in Northern Ireland, and will focus on its police department, and the mysterious arrival of English detective constable Alimah Khan, the first Muslim police officer in the town’s history.

The cast includes Brid Brennan (“Brooklyn”), Des McAleer (“The Crown”), Ciaran McMenamin (“Primeval”) and Amara Karan (“The Night of”).

The show is created by Susanne Farrell (“Dirty God”) and Paul Marquess (“London Kills”), and written by Farrell, Jess Lea (“Eastenders”), Christine Murphy (“Emmerdale”), Stuart Drennan (“Hollyoaks”), and Shazia Rashid (“Eastenders”). It is executive produced by Donna Wiffen (“The Bill”) and Marquess for Long Story TV.

“Hope Street” will be made with the support of Northern Ireland Screen. It will premiere exclusively on BritBox in the U.

An Irish bog consumes two men seeking revenge and redemption, in Ryan and Andy Tohill’s tense thriller

Twins Ryan and Andy Tohill’s distinctive homecoming parable, further proof of Irish cinema’s resurgent boldness and versatility, finds a striking visual metaphor for the emotional labours required to find peace of mind nowadays. In the prologue’s teachable example of show-don’t-tell film-making, rough-hewn, edgy Ronan (Moe Dunford) returns to the boarded-up farmhouse he once called home with an apparent eye to starting afresh. An obstacle to the quiet life soon emerges, in the form of a crumpled older man, Sean (Lorcan Cranitch), observed digging up the adjoining peat bog. Why his quest agitates the prodigal farmhand is but gradually revealed; yet with admirable economy the Tohills and screenwriter Stuart Drennan establish a stand-off between men in small, dark holes who have sublimated all feeling into obsessive, possibly futile activity.

The 2018 British Independent Film Awards (The BIFAs) took place at Old Billingsgate in London this evening with The Favourite living up to its name and taking home 10 awards including Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz.

Disobedience’s Alessandro Nivola took home Best Supporting Actor while Peaky Blinders’ Joe Cole won Best Actor for A Prayer Before Dawn. American Animals and You Were Never Really Here were winners and won two awards apiece and we said hello to Star Trek Discovery’s Jason Isaacs, Bart Layton, Joe Cole, Black Mirror & Been So Long’s Michaela Coel, The Happy Prince’s Rupert Everett, Yann Demange, Barry Keoghan and Bart Layton on the red carpet.

Attending the event were Emma Stone, Yorgos Lathinmos, Michael Pearce, Lynne Ramsay, Gemma Arterton, Steve Coogan, Jessie Buckley, Maxine Peake, Rachel McAdams, Charlie Plummer, Joaquin Phoenix, Dominic West, Evan Peters, Karen Gillan,...

Yorgos Lanthimos’s acclaimed comedy-drama The Favourite won a record ten awards at the British Independent Film Awards (Bifa) in London tonight.

The film won Best British Independent Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay sponsored by BBC Films. Olivia Colman maintained her perfect record of winning at Bifa every time she is nominated and took home her fourth Bifa trophy.

Her performance as Queen Anne was awarded Best Actress. Her co-star Rachel Weisz was named Best Supporting Actress; Weisz won at Bifa for The Constant Gardener in 2005. The five awards on the night took the tally for The Favourite to ten, added to its five craft awards announced earlier this month for Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Make Up & Hair Design and Best Production Design.

The Fox Searchlight charge is rolling into the awards season on a high having garnered acclaim out of the gate at the Venice Film Festival.

The Favourite leads the way with 13 nominations.

The 2018 British Independent Film Awards are taking place now in London.

Scroll down to see all the winners revealed so far.

Yorgos Lanthimos’ period comedy The Favourite leads the field with 13 nominations. Bart Layton’s American Animals has 11 nominations, while Michael Pearce’s Beast has 10.

At the previously announced craft awards, The Favourite won five prizes.

Judi Dench and Felicity Jones will both receive honorary prizes during tonight’s ceremony, which will be hosted by actor Russell Tovey.

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The awards shows will continue until morale improves. That’s good news for Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite,” which got off to a great start by winning both Best Actress for Olivia Colman and a Special Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival and now leads all movies with 13 nominations at the British Independent Film Awards. Following it are “American Animals” (11), “Beast” (10), and “You Were Never Really Here” (8); all are nominated for the top prize, as is “Disobedience.”

Also well represented is Rachel Weisz, whose roles in “Disobedience” and “The Favourite” have her up for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively; her co-stars in both films — Olivia Colman and Emma Stone in “The Favourite,” Rachel McAdams in “Disobedience” — are all nominated as well.

This year’s Bifa ceremony takes place on Sunday, December 2 in London. Here’s the full list of nominees:

Best British Independent Film

American Animals Bart Layton,...

Yorgos Lanthimos’ Venice Special Grand Jury Prize winner The Favourite leads nominations for this year’s British Independent Film Awards with 13 in its court. The twisted take on the British monarchy and period cinema, which Fox Searchlight releases November 23 in North America, has nods for Venice Best Actress laureate Olivia Colman as well as for Best Film, Director, Screenplay and for its supporting cast Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz. The latter is also up for Best Actress in Oscar winner Sebastian Lelio’s Disobedience, which likewise scored a Best Film nom and put Rachel McAdams in the Supporting Actress category.

Following The Favourite is Bart Layton’s heist pic American Animals with 11 nominations, Michael Pearce’s Beast with 10 and Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here scooping eight. Each is also competing in the Best British Independent Film race.

Bifa noted today that the nominations list demonstrates a record year for female representation, with over 40% of the individual nominations recognizing women in the industry across directing, writing, producing, performance and craft. Female nominees make up over 50% of the talent nominated in Best British Independent Film and dominate both Most Promising Newcomer and Breakthrough Producer.

Ramsay notably continues her long association with Bifa, scoring her third nomination for Best Screenplay and her second for Best Director. With her You Were Never Really Here, Joaquin Phoenix scores his second Bifa Best Actor nomination for his role as a tortured hitman in the psychological noir thriller.

Joe Cole (A Prayer Before Dawn), Rupert Everett (The Happy Prince), Charlie Plummer (Lean On Pete) and Steve Coogan (Stan & Ollie) round out Best Actor. The Best Actress category also features Gemma Arterton (The Escape), Maxine Peake (Funny Cow) and Jessie Buckley (Beast).

The Bifa ceremony will be held on Sunday December 2 at London’s Old Billingsgate. Below is the full list of nominations.

Bifa Nominations 2018

Best British Independent Film

American Animals Bart Layton, Katherine Butler, Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger, Mary Jane Skalski

Beast Michael Pearce, Kristian Brodie, Lauren Dark, Ivana MacKinnon

Disobedience Sebastián Lelio, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Ed Guiney, Frida Torresblanco, Rachel Weisz

The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday

You Were Never Really Here Lynne Ramsay, Pascal Caucheteux, Rosa Attab, James Wilson, Rebecca O’Brien

Best Director sponsored by Broadsword Event House

Andrew Haigh Lean on Pete

Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite

Bart Layton American Animals

Michael Pearce Beast

Lynne Ramsay You Were Never Really Here

Best Screenplay sponsored by BBC Films

Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara The Favourite

Bart Layton American Animals

SEBASTIÁN Lelio, Rebecca Lenkiewicz Disobedience

Michael Pearce Beast

Lynne Ramsay You Were Never Really Here

Best Actress sponsored by Mac

Gemma Arterton The Escape

Jessie Buckley Beast

Olivia Colman The Favourite

Maxine Peake Funny Cow

Rachel Weisz Disobedience

Best Supporting Actress

Nina Arianda Stan & Ollie

Rachel McAdams Disobedience

Emma Stone The Favourite

Rachel Weisz The Favourite

Molly Wright Apostasy

Best Actor

Joe Cole A Prayer Before Dawn

Steve Coogan Stan & Ollie

Rupert Everett The Happy Prince

Joaquin Phoenix You Were Never Really Here

Charlie Plummer Lean on Pete

Best Supporting Actor

Steve Buscemi Lean on Pete

Barry Keoghan American Animals

Alessandro Nivola Disobedience E

Van Peters American Animals

Dominic West Colette

Most Promising Newcomer

Jessie Buckley Beast

Michaela Coel Been So Long

Liv Hill Jellyfish

Marcus Rutherford Obey

Molly Wright Apostasy

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) sponsored by Kodak & Pinewood

Richard Billingham Ray & Liz

Daniel Kokotajlo Apostasy

Matt Palmer Calibre

Michael Pearce Beast

Leanne Welham Pili

Debut Screenwriter

Karen Gillan The Party’s Just Beginning

Daniel Kokotajlo Apostasy

Bart Layton American Animals

Matt Palmer Calibre

Michael Pearce Beast

Breakthrough Producer supported by Creativity Media

Kristian Brodie Beast

Jacqui Davies Ray & Liz

Anna Griffin Calibre

Marcie MacLellan Apostasy

Faye Ward Stan & Ollie

The Discovery Award sponsored by Raindance

The Dig Andy Tohill, Ryan Tohill, Stuart Drennan, Brian J. Falconer

Irene’S Ghost Iain Cunningham, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, David Arthur, Ellie Land

A Moment In The Reeds Mikko Makela, James Watson

Super November Douglas King, Josie Long

Voyageuse May Miles Thomas

Best Documentary

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story Steve Sullivan

Evelyn Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara

Island Steven Eastwood, Elhum Shakerifar

Nae Pasaran Felipe Bustos Sierra

Under The Wire Christopher Martin, Tom Brisley

Best British Short Film supported by BFI Network

The Big Day Dawn Shadforth, Kellie Smith, Michelle Stein

Bitter Sea Fateme Ahmadi, Emma Parsons

The Field Sandhya Suri, Balthazar de Ganay, Thomas Bidegain

Pommel Paris Zarcilla, Sebastian Brown, Ivan Kelava

To Know Him Ted Evans, Kellie Smith, Jennifer Monks, Michelle Stein

Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger

Capernaum Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwani, Khaled Mouzanar, Michel Merkt

Cold War Pawel Pawlikowski, Janusz Glowacki, Ewa Puszczynska, Tanya Seghatchian

The Rider Chloé Zhao, Mollye Asher, Sacha Ben Harroche, Bert Hamelinck

Roma Alfonso Cuarón, Nicolás Celis, Gabriela Rodriguez

Shoplifters Hirokazu Koreeda

Best Casting sponsored by Casting Society of America & Spotlight

Dixie Chassay The Favourite

Julie Harkin Beast

Avy Kaufman American Animals

Andy Pryor Stan & Ollie

Michelle Smith Apostasy

Best Cinematography supported by Blackmagic Design

Ole Bratt Birkeland American Animals

Magnus Nordenhof JØNK Lean on Pete

Robbie Ryan The Favourite

Tom Townend You Were Never Really Here

David Ungaro A Prayer Before Dawn

Best Costume Design

Jacqueline Durran Peterloo

Andrea Flesch Colette

Sandy Powell The Favourite

Guy Sperenza Stan & Ollie

Alyssa Tull An Evening With Beverly Luff Lin

Best Editing sponsored by Intermission Film

Joe Bini You Were Never Really Here

Marc Boucrot A Prayer Before Dawn

Nick Fenton, Julian Hart, Chris Gill American Animals

Yorgos Mavropsaridis The Favourite

Ben Wheatley Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

Best Effects

Howard Jones Early Man

Matthew Strange, Mark Wellband Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)

George Zwier, Paul Driver Peterloo...

Yorgos Lanthimos comedy to compete against American Animals, Beast, Disobedience and You Were Never Really Here.

The nominations for the 2018 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) were revealed today (October 31), with Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite leading the field with 13 nominations.

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