The winners of the 2023 British Independent Film Awards were announced at a ceremony in London last night, with Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers the big winner with seven awards in total including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Performance.
Mia McKenna-Bruce was the recipient of the award for Best Lead Performance for her role in How to Have Sex, while Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay were presented with the Best Joint Lead Performance award for Femme. You can check out the full list of 2023 BIFA winners here…
Best British Independent Film
All Of Us Strangers
Femme
How To Have Sex
Rye Lane
Scrapper
Best Joint Lead Performance
Lola Campbell, Harris Dickinson – Scrapper
David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, George MacKay – Femme
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 Director
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
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 Supporting Performance
Ritu Aryu – Polite Society
Jamie Bell – All Of Us Strangers
Samuel Bottomley – How To Have Sex
Alexandra Burke – Pretty Red Dress
Amir El-Masry – In Camera
Claire 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 Feature Documentary
Another Body
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
If The Streets Were On Fire
Lyra
Occupied City
Breakthrough Performance
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
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
The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)
Raine Allen-Miller – Rye Lane
Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping – Femme
Savanah Leaf – Earth Mama
Molly Manning Walker – How To Have Sex
Charlotte Regan – Scrapper
Breakthrough Producer
Theo Barrowclough – Scrapper
Georgia Goggin – Pretty Red Dress
Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo – Rye Lane [Also Produced By Damian Jones]
Gannesh Rajah – If The Streets Were On Fire
Chi Thai – Raging Grace
Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary
Chloe Abrahams – The Taste Of Mango
Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn – Another Body
Ella Glendining – Is There Anybody Out There?
Alice Russell – If The Streets Were On Fire
Christopher Sharp – Bobi Wine: The People’s President [Also Directed By Moses Bwayo]
The Raindance Maverick Award
If The Streets Were On Fire
Is There Anybody Out There?
Name Me Lawand
Raging Grace
Red Herring
Best British Short Film
Christopher At Sea – Tom C J Brown, Laure Desmazières, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Amanda Miller, Hannah Stolarski, Nick Read, Emily-Jane Brown
Festival Of Slaps – Abdou Cissé, Cheri Darbon, George Telfer
Lions – Beru Tessema, Ama Ampadu
Muna – Warda Mohamed, Angela Moneke, Simon Hatton
The Talent – Thomas May Bailey, Emma D’arcy, Ellen Spence
Best International Independent Film
Anatomy Of A Fall
Fallen Leaves
Fremont
Monster
Past Lives
Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Actor to British Film
Stephen Graham
Special Jury Prize
We Are Parable
Previously Announced Craft Award Winners
Best casting – Isabella Odoffin for How To Have Sex
Best cinematography – Jamie D. Ramsay for All Of Us Strangers
Best costume design – Buki Ebiesuwa for Femme
Best editing – Jonathan Alberts for All Of Us Strangers
Best effects – Jonathan Gales, Richard Baker for The Kitchen
Best music supervision – Connie Farr for All Of Us Strangers
Best make-up and hair design – Marie Deehan for Femme
Best original music – Kwes for Rye Lane
Best production design – Nathan Parker for The Kitchen
Best sound – Mark Jenkin for Enys Men
