After last year’s virtual event, The British Independent Film Awards returning to Old Billingsgate in London last night to present its 2021 awards, with writer-director Aleem Khan’s After Love scooping six awards in total including Best British Independent Film, Best Director (Khan), Best Debut Director (Khan), Best Screenplay (Khan), Best Actress (Joanna Scanlan) and Talid […]
Belfast and Boiling Point lead nominations for 2021 British Independent Film Awards
The nominations for the 2021 British Independent Film Awards have been announced, with Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical coming of age story Belfast and the Stephen Graham-headlined single-take drama Boiling Point leading the field with 11 nominations in total. Boiling Point finds itself contesting the top award, Best British Independent Film, alongside After Love, Ali & Ava, […]
Rocks leads winners of 2020 British Independent Film Awards
Director Sarah Gavron’s coming of age drama Rocks was named Best British Independent Film during Thursday’s 2020 BIFA Awards, with the film picking up a further four awards in Best Supporting Actress (Kosar Ali), Most Promising Newcomer (Ali), Best Supporting Actor (D’Angelou Osei Kissiedu) and Best Casting. Netflix’s British horror His House received the awards […]
Saint Maud leads nominations for the 2020 British Independent Film Awards
The nominations for the 2020 British Independent Film Awards have been announced today, with director Rose Glass’ acclaimed psychological horror Saint Maud leading the pack with 17 nominations including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay as well as Breakthrough Producer, Debut Director and Debut Screenwriter. Saint Maud will contest the […]
For Sama takes top honours at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards
The winners of the 2019 British Independent Film Awards were revealed at a ceremony in London last night, with the acclaimed documentary For Sama taking home the top honour, Best British Independent Film, ahead of Bait, The Personal History of David Copperfield, The Souvenir and Wild Rose. Along with Best British Independent Film, For Sama […]
The Personal History of David Copperfield leads 2019 British Independent Film Awards nominations
The nominations for the 2019 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) have been announced today, with Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield leading the pack with ten nominations in total including Best British Independent Film, which it will contest with Bait, For Sama, The Souvenir and Wild Rose. Also enjoying multiple nominations this year […]
The Favourite sets a record at the British Independent Film Awards 2018
After leading the pack at the Craft Awards last month, Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite continued its dominance at the British Independent Film Awards as it added a further five gongs for a record-setting 10 BIFAs in total. In addition to Best British Independent Film, Best Director (Lanthimos) and Best Screenplay (Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara), The […]