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British Independent Film Awards 2024 - Wikipedia

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27th British Independent Film Awards
Awarded for	Best in British independent film
Date	8 December 2024
Site	Roundhouse, London
Hosted by	TBC
Official website	www.bifa.film
Highlights
Best Film	TBC
Most awards	TBC
Most nominations	Kneecap (14)
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The British Independent Film Awards 2024 are to be held on 8 December 2024 to recognise the best in British independent cinema and filmmaking talent from United Kingdom.^[1] The ceremony will take place at the Roundhouse in London after being held previously for fourteen years at Old Billingsgate.^[2]

The nominations were announced on 5 November 2024 by actors Mia McKenna-Bruce and Vivian Oparah at One Hundred Shoreditch, London. Irish musical film Kneecap led the nominations with 14, followed by Love Lies Bleeding and The Outrun with 12 and 9 respectively.^[1]^[3]^[4]

Winners and nominees

The winner of craft categories were announced on 26 November 2024.^[5] The winners for the remaining categories will be announced on 8 December 2024.^[2]

Best British Independent Film	Best Director
Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt, Trevor Birney and Jack Tarling Love Lies Bleeding – Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska, Andrea Cornwell and Oliver Kassman On Becoming a Guinea Fowl – Rungano Nyoni, Tim Cole, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe The Outrun – Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot, Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden and Saoirse Ronan Santosh – Sandhya Suri, Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Balthazar de Ganay and Alan McAlex	Rungano Nyoni – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Andrea Arnold – Bird Nora Fingscheidt – The Outrun Rose Glass – Love Lies Bleeding Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap
Best Lead Performance	Best Supporting Performance
*Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths* as Pansy Deacon** Radhika Apte – Sister Midnight as Uma Susan Chardy – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl as Shula Elliot Page – Close to You as Sam Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun as Rona Alicia Vikander – The Assessment as Virginia	*Franz Rogowski – Bird* as Bird** Michele Austin – Hard Truths as Chantelle Elizabeth Chisela – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl as Nsansa Barry Keoghan – Bird as Bug Jack O'Connell – Back to Black as Blake Fielder-Civil Hayley Squires – Hoard as Cynthia
Best Joint Lead Performance	Breakthrough Performance
*Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh – Kneecap* as themselves (Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí)** Joseph Quinn and Saura Lightfoot-Leon – Hoard as Michael and Maria Katy O'Brian and Kristen Stewart – Love Lies Bleeding as Jackie Cleaver and Louise "Lou" Langston Jason Patel and Ben Hardy – Unicorns as Aysha and Luke	*Susan Chardy – On Becoming a Guinea Fowl* as Shula** Nykiya Adams – Bird as Bailey Saura Lightfoot-Leon – Hoard as Maria Ruaridh Mollica – Sebastian as Max Williamson Jason Patel – Unicorns as Aysha
Best Screenplay	Best Documentary
Santosh – Sandhya Suri The Outrun – Nora Fingscheidt and Amy Liptrot Love Lies Bleeding – Rose Glass and Weronika Tofilska On Becoming a Guinea Fowl – Rungano Nyoni Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt	Witches – Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura and Manon Ardisson The Contestant – Clair Titley, Megumi Inman, Andee Ryder, Amit Dey and Ian Bonhôte Grand Theft Hamlet – Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton and Rebecca Wolff Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gillett and Robert Ford Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other – Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet and Signe Byrge Sørensen
Best International Independent Film	Best Short Film
Anora – Sean Baker, Alex Coco and Samantha Quan All We Imagine as Light – Payal Kapadia, Thomas Hakim and Julien Graff La Chimera – Alice Rohrwacher, Carlo Cresto-Dina and Paolo Del Brocco No Other Land – Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Fabrien Greenberg and Bård Kjøge Rønning The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad Rasoulof, Rozita Hendijanian, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon and Mani Tilgner	Wander to Wonder – Nina Gantz, Stienette Bosklopper, Simon Cartwright, Daan Bakker and Maarten Swart Delivery – Ben Lankester, Bophanie Lun and Joe Binks Housewarming – Liam White and Guy Lindley Meat Puppet – Eros V, Masha Thorpe and Leah Draws A Move – Elahe Esmaili and Hossein Behboudi Rad
Best Casting	Best Cinematography
Kneecap – Carla Stronge Hoard – Heather Basten On Becoming a Guinea Fowl – Isabella Odoffin Bird – Lucy Pardee Love Lies Bleeding – Mary Vernieu and Lindsay Graham Ahanonu	Love Lies Bleeding – Ben Fordesman Lee – Pawel Edelman Civil War – Rob Hardy The Outrun – Yunus Roy Imer Kneecap – Ryan Kernaghan
Best Costume Design	Best Editing
Firebrand – Michael O'Connor Kneecap – Zjena Glamocanin Civil War – Meghan Kasperlik Love Lies Bleeding – Olga Mill Unicorns – Nirage Mirage	Kneecap – Julian Ulrichs and Chris Gill The Outrun – Stephen Bechinger Bird – Joe Bini Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger – Margarida Cartaxo and Stuart Davidson Civil War – Jake Roberts
Best Effects	Best Make-Up & Hair Design
Civil War – David Simpson Love Lies Bleeding – James Allen Lee – Glen McGuigan and Ingo Putze	Unicorns – Lisa Mustafa Love Lies Bleeding – Megan Daum and Frieda Valenzuela Back to Black – Peta Dunstall The Outrun – Kat Morgan Firebrand – Jenny Shircore
Best Original Music	Best Music Supervision
Kneecap – Michael “Mikey J” Asante Bird – Burial Unicorns – Stuart Earl The Outrun – John Gürtler and Jan Miserre Love Lies Bleeding – Clint Mansell	Kneecap – Gary Welch and Jeanette Rehnstrom Back to Black – Iain Cooke and Giles Martin Sister Midnight – Kle Savidge
Best Production Design	Best Sound
The Assessment – Jan Houllevigue Hoard – Bobbie Cousins Love Lies Bleeding – Katie Hickman Civil War – Caty Maxey Kneecap – Nicola Moroney	Civil War – Glen Freemantle Kneecap – Louise Burton, Brendan Rehill, Aza Hand and Simon Kerr Love Lies Bleeding – Paul Davies, Andrew Stirk, Linda Forsén, Rose Bladh and Tim Burns The Outrun – Dominik Leube, Oscar Stiebitz, Jonathan Schorr and Gregor Bonse Lee – Mike Prestwood Smith, Csaba Major and Jimmy Boyle
Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)	Best Debut Screenwriter
Christopher Andrews – Bring Them Down Luna Carmoon – Hoard James Krishna Floyd – Unicorns [also directed by Sally El Hosaini] Karan Kandhari – Sister Midnight Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap	Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap James Krishna Floyd – Unicorns Karan Kandhari – Sister Midnight Sandhya Suri – Santosh Mrs & Mr Dave Thomas – The Assessment [also written by John Donnelly]
Breakthrough Producer	The Raindance Maverick Award
*Balthazar De Ganay and James Bowsher – Santosh* [also produced by Mike Goodridge and Alan McAlex]** Hollie Bryan and Lucy Meer – The Ceremony Jacob Swan Hyam – Bring Them Down [also produced by Julianne Ford, Ivana Mackinnon, Jean-Yves Roubin, Ruth Treacey and Cassandre Warnauts] Ben Toye – Treading Water Rebecca Wolff – Grand Theft Hamlet [also produced by Julia Ton]	Grand Theft Hamlet – Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton and Rebecca Wolff The Ceremony – Jack King, Hollie Bryan and Lucy Meer Restless – Jed Hart and Benedict Turnbull Satu: The Year of the Rabbit – Joshua Trigg Witches – Elizabeth Sankey, Jeremy Warmsley, Chiara Ventura and Manon Ardisson
Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary
Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane – Grand Theft Hamlet Manon Ouimet and Jacob Perlmutter – Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other Rachel Ramsay – Copa 71 [also directed by James Erskine] Clair Titley – The Contestant
Richard Harris Award
Sophie Okonedo

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
14	Kneecap
12	Love Lies Bleeding
9	The Outrun
7	Bird
	On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
	Unicorns
6	Civil War
6	Hoard
4	Grand Theft Hamlet
	Santosh
	Sister Midnight
3	The Assessment
	Back To Black
	Lee
2	Bring Them Down
	The Ceremony
	The Contestant
	Firebrand
	Hard Truths
	Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other
	Witches

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
7	Kneecap
2	Civil War
	Grand Theft Hamlet
	On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
	Santosh

References

^ ^a ^b Pulver, Andrew (2024-11-05). "Kneecap leads nominations for British independent film awards". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
^ ^a ^b "BIFA Returns to the Roundhouse · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards". BIFA · British Independent Film Awards. 2024-03-26. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
^ "BIFA 2024 Nominations Announced · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards". BIFA · British Independent Film Awards. 2024-11-05. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
^ Shafer, Ellise (2024-11-05). "'Kneecap,' 'Love Lies Bleeding' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
^ Ritman, Alex (26 November 2024). "'Kneecap' Tops British Independent Film Awards Craft Categories With Four Wins". Variety. Retrieved 26 November 2024.

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