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 […]
The Favourite wins five Craft Awards at the British Independent Film Awards 2018
Ahead of the full ceremony next month, BIFA has announced the winners of the Craft Awards at the 2018 British Independent Film Awards, with Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite taking five honours in Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Make Up & Hair Design and Best Production Design. There were also wins for You […]
The Favourite leads the British Independent Film Awards 2018 nominations
The nominations have been announced for the 21st British Independent Film Awards, with Yorgos Lanthimos’s black comedy The Favourite leading the pack with 13 nominations in total, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Olivia Colman) and Best Supporting Actress (Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz). The Favourite will contest the top […]
God’s Own Country takes top prize at the 2017 British Independent Film Awards
God’s Own Country, Lady Macbeth and The Death of Stalin were the big winners of the 2017 British Independent Film Awards tonight. God’s Own Country won four BIFAs – Best British Independent Film, Best Actor (Josh O’Connor), Best Debut Screenwriter (Francis Lee) and the previously announced Best Sound award – while Lady Macbeth won Best Screenplay (Alice Birch), Best […]
First winners for the British Independent Film Awards 2017 announced
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) has today announced the first of this year’s award winners, covering the nine newly-created craft award categories. The Death of Stalin took three awards, followed by two wins each for Lady Macbeth and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. You can check out a full list of the winners below, and […]